16 oz. water
2.5 scoops of soy protein powder
1 banana (for insulin spike)
2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp Splenda
4-6 ice cubes

Add water, protein powder, cocoa powder, and Splenda to blender.
Break up banana and add to blender.
Add ice cubes..to...
Lecture husband about leaving all the ice cube trays empty when he used them last.
Refill ice trays. ( Read more... )

Because I got no sleep Sunday night, I skipped the gym on Monday. To catch up, I've done two hard workouts in the last 12 hours: lower body yesterday afternoon around 4:30, and upper body this morning at about 5:30 ( Read more... )

For the third time I actually got my ass out of bed and to the gym early enough to work out, shower, change, and be to work by 7am. This despite forgetting to reset and turn on the alarm for 4:45. Luckily(?), Aaron was in "snore like a wood saw" mode all night, and one of the five times I was woken up was at 5:10am: just barely enough time to get ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had my appointment for a fitness and body age eval at the gym, to resolve my little bet with Nathan. In the last seven months, while I did manage to shed 4 years off my body age, 10 lbs., and 5.7% body fat, all of my performance numbers stayed the same or declined slightly. So either I need a better (or just different) workout program, ( Read more... )

The title of this entry was prompted by stairs. Specifically, trying to walk downstairs. The first leg workout after more than two weeks off is a killer. I was slightly nauseous by the end of it, but I read somewhere in Muscle & Fitness that if I puke after squats it means I'm hardcore.

w00t.

While sitting on this bullshit conference call, I decided to compare the results of my first workouts last August and my latest ones within the last two weeks. I was really surprised; I tend to sneer at "only" going up 5-10 lbs with each workout, or only adding a couple reps with the same weight, forgetting how much those few pounds add up over ( Read more... )

Last week I faced an unpleasant fact: despite being in my workout program for 10 months, I STILL have the same damn gut and love handles I started with, if not more. The muscles have grown nicely, although I'd like to see more definition, and those ropy bicep veins I find so hot continue to elude me.

I was pissed, and had no one to blame but ( Read more... )

I've just received my third appreciation award this month, after two years of nothing. The first one got me a free movie rental, the second $5 off at the cafeteria, and today's is a solid chrome cube with beveled corners that looks like a big shiny six-sided die. I'm not sure whether to roll for damage with it or carry it back to my nest. Maybe ( Read more... )

This weekend seemed to last forever, in a mostly good way. Friday after work roadster_guy, brokenbryan, onlylunacy and I waded through Friday work traffic to Ann Arbor to show Ashe the sights. Had dinner at Zingerman's, which I've never actually eaten at before, despite getting occasional gift basket stuff from there for other people. Afterwards we wandered all over downtown on ( Read more... )