Farewell Late Nights

As I've stated prior, I love getting up early in the morning. Unfortunately, as a geek I sometimes really get into my work and stay up way too late.

Last night was one of those nights. Now my whole day is thrown off, and I'm eating meals way later than I should.

As Patrick stated in a recent post, the only person responsible is myself. I need to know when to pack it away for the night. I'm more productive in the mornings anyways.

Farewell late nights.

What Doesn't Kill You... Well It Sure As Hell Won't Make You Stronger Either

We've all heard the phrase, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," but think of that in terms of food for a minute.

One could argue that eating unhealthy food is "killing" us in a way; but if you were to take a more literal perspective, you would see that while the unhealthy food is not literally killing us, it's not exactly helping us either.

Today was the first day that I really felt the full effect of eating the way we have been. I have struggled for years to fight off a consistently tired state. The first wind came when I went Pescetarian this year, the second when I started working out more regularly, and the third -- now.

I can't believe the energy that I've had today let alone the fact that I'm seeing muscle come in that I've never had before. This is my second wind, my new motivation. It's going to get tougher, so your encouragements to us are necessary and much appreciated!

Um, Ouch?

Saturday I sprained/pulled the top of my foot. I have no idea how it happened as I didn't notice it until Sunday, but I've been doing my jump ropes with my weight on one foot for the time being.

Yesterday I was only able to do 15 push ups! I've completed all sets in the days prior, but yesterday my arms kept giving out from fatigue. I'm hoping that I'll be able to get through them today.

I like being sore, though. Not too sore, but the soreness in my arms tells me that I have exerted them well, and new and improved strength is on the way.

Patrick says that this is about the time where people start to break down and want to cheat and quit. But whenever I see who I was, and who I want to become (Tyler Durden), I'm reinvigorated. It is a choice to work out, to change eating habits, to get in shape; but at the same time, as Patrick so well put, removing that choice of quitting makes it easier to stick with it.

I don't have a choice in this anymore. I'm doing it. Not only do I not want to let myself down -- I don't want to let our team, Patrick, Chen, my friends, and our readers down.

Helpful Sites

Here are some sites that I have found to aid in determining the nutrients of food:

http://www.nutritiondata.com/

and

http://www.carb-counter.org/


These seem to be good sources for such information. Any other recommendations?

Build That Muscle!

I just finished my exercises for the day.

Jump ropes become fun yet challenging very quickly; there's an increasing desire to do more consecutive jumps. Strength training, on the other hand, takes some time to really develop a love for. It truly is mental. You dread having to do it, but once you finish, you love it.

I feel pretty amazing right now. Isn't it interesting how you can wake up a little groggy, but once you exercise you feel that you can take on the world?

That's how I feel right now, so watch out world!

So Close

I almost fulfilled my diet today.

I'm out of eggs and bananas and won't be able to have my late P. M. Snack. I also only consumed 115 of my target 200 grams of protein for lunch.

It's tough coming up with that much protein, but I'm going to figure it out.

Any suggestions for foods that are high in protein?

New image coming tomorrow.

FAIL

Yesterday we began our new diets:

Morning
100 grams carbs
100 grams fruit (no bananas)
150 grams vegetable
1 whole egg (not cooked with oil)

A.M. Snack (around 10:30am)
100 grams fruit (no banana)
1 egg white

Lunch
200 grams carbs
250 grams vegetables
200 grams protein (Seafood)

P.M. Snack (around 3:30pm)
100 grams fruit

Dinner
2 egg whites, 1 apple and 1 banana, combined with 150 ml milk in a smoothie.

P.M. Snack
1 egg white, 1 banana.


I totally failed this yesterday. It's not that I ate things that I wasn't supposed to, it's that I can't recall ever eating this much food in one day!

I'm going to figure this out. I'm going to try again until I get it. I can't get it right the first time every time, right? But I can and will try again and again until I succeed.

Thank you all for your support.