I feel you. I tried it a couple of weeks ago for the extra energy it's supposed to give me, that totally did not happen. Felt like sleepin in my cube the whole week. I stopped doing it.

well todays my day off, and i need lots of activity to make up what i burn on the job... either that or eat less.

I did a light cardio on the bike while watching a movie

47 mins
325 cals 60% fat
max hr 76%
avg 56%
3 mins in zone

I've temporarily solved my protein problem by making some tuna patties, they came out delicious! low carb, low fat, high protein. the bummer is that they a little high in sodium too. i wonder if i should worry about sodium i'll start to look it up

how did u make those tuna patties? If you like tuna, i make a very good tuna spread..im going to find out the calories for it and share the recipe.its sooooo good.

see the problem is that i like the benefits of tuna... just getting tired of the taste so... does that mean i dont like tuna? or do i? i think its a love hate type of relationship

i did better today at eating my calorie restriction came out to 963, a little higher than the planned 726
40% protein
33% carbs
27% fat

Well i decided to weight myself today and the scale went up to 298.6 i thought the 296.6 drop was excessive. i think it has a lot to do with water intake and retention, yesterday was my day off and water consumption is far less, as i am not in the heat sweating it all off.

No discouragement. infact im happy... but it better show a lil lower next time

ok little catch up i been slacking on journal entries....

3/15/07
I've decided to work through my knee "annoyance" and work on SLOWLY building strength in that area, being honest withmyself for sometime there has been some serious time using that entire range of motion.
so i started with just doing very slow, perfect form body weight squats just to the point of discomfort.
x5 x3 x7 x5 x5

03/16/07

after a little bit of research (T-nation- Set/rep bible (chad waterbury)im going im switching it up to a more appropriate level, i need to calculate my 1rm max to be more accurate, i just looked back on my numbers and tried to guesstimate the appropriate weight. of course there was some fiddling as soem of the first sets felt too easy.

BACK

wide grip pulldown
160x8 170x8 180x5 180x5
narrow
200x6 220x5 240x5 240x5
rows
200x5 220x5 240x5 240x5

looking back now i think that using all of these is overlapping and unnecessary im gonna do a little more reading and try to find a good plan




we'll see how this goes.

Just wanted to send you a little encouragement. Keep up the good work.

RJ, just be careful about doing "partial squats". I've read a couple of articles that suggest those are actually bad for your knees, whereas ATG squats strengthen your knees.

thanks for stopping in Happy and Tom,

Big thanks on the partials tip Tom, I really apreciate any insight. hopefully im going to work past that point, i have no intention of staying there. you wouldnt by any chance have any links to those articles would you?

Happy thank you very much for the words of encouragement, every little bit helps

did some stretches
Did a 11 min warmup
HIIT
4 reps on gazelle
1:00min walk periods
30secs max effort.
10 min cooldown and stretch

stats
25:32
252 cals 50% fat
max hr 92%
avg 68%

Note to self: do not do HIIT on saturdays...
Work really sucked today, not kicking my ass earlier might have helped.

feeling good today! acutally woke up at 6:30 for work with no problem... had cheerios for breakfast, oatmeal snack, came home to eat chicken stir fry... now its time to do a little work

ok ive come up with a plan i'm thinking about implementing... It hits my muscle groups twice a week... low reps per set total of 25 reps. 45 seconds rest between sets. any input would be nice thanks...

Saturday

Cardio (interval) 30 mins

Sunday

Bench 5x5
Squats 5x5

Cardio (interval) 30 mins

Monday
HIIT

Tuesday
Cable Rows
5x5

Wednesday
Crunches (resisted)
5x5

Military presses (standing)
5x5

Cardio (interval) 30 mins

Thursday

Deadlifts
5x5

Friday (day off from work)

Curls
5x5

triceps press downs
5x5

shoulder laterals
5x5

HIIT