7:15am
huge tuna and egg patties, kinda like meatloaf.
4 cans of tuna, 7 eggs, garlic, basil, pepper, rosemary crackers that i made on sunday for the “bread”, mixed and poured into an oven pan, baked at 350F for 45 mins. it should have only taken 30 mins., but my patties were extra thick. after it was done baking, i split the huge patty into three servings for w, th, and f breakfasts of this week.
12pm
was not hungry (wonder why =P). had my grapefruit green tea and was good to go.
4:50pm
workout
lower body and abs 6 sets of: 12, 10, 8, 6, 12, 12; with increasing weights (unless otherwise noted): 6, 10, 13, 16
quads: dumbbell squats- low-carry (10, 13, 16, 18, 10), shoulder rack (10, 13, 16, 18, 10)
hamstrings: dumbbell lunges, straight-leg deadlifts (10, 13, 16, 18, 10)
calves: standing heel raises (10, 13, 16, 18, 10), one-leg raises (10, 13, 16, 18, 10)
abs: ab ripper x (from p90x).
6:30pm
tilapia, sautéed garlic peppers, bean sprouts, some pork and chicken (like three bites), spinach. was still hungry after dinner, so i had a handful of nuts and a few gulps of almond milk, too.
i am feeling really good! today was a bit tiring because i subbed for another p.e. teacher and was out in the sun all day, but i honestly feel better than i have felt in a long time. i am feeling like i felt before my whole downward spiral, which is awesome. also, i am extra encouraged because a colleague of mine told me something special. there was a former teacher whose daughter was a victim of a car crash, and, sadly, she did not make it. my colleague asked us all to write letters if we wanted to so that she could send the former teacher and her family a care package. i had not known the teacher well. in fact, i only knew her name and would see her at the same church before she left for the states. however, i still wanted to reach out to her in hopes of helping her in some way. and i did! and i am so happy that i could make a positive impact, albeit a small one, on someone who is practically a stranger. =] PTL. i hope that i can keep glorifying God in this way, especially for peace. speaking of peace, i think my family mistakes my peace for cruelty. it can be difficult, but people who do not have God cannot have peace. a few of my family members are so stressed out over the physical. i am sad that my father is in the hospital, but, because it is out of my control, i can only place my trust in God. He has some sort of plan, and it is not important for me to know it. i can only do what i can.
it’s been interesting figuring out how to do breakfast. 50g of protein within half an hour of getting out of bed can be difficult sometimes, so i have been preparing bulk breakfasts to last me a couple of days. also, i like to stretch and do a little bit of yoga in the morning before eating anything, so it makes it extra difficult to try to prep in the morning. b.i.l. got me egg whites today, which was really nice of him. it was funny, though, because i had only asked him how much egg whites cost per unit, and then he said, “oh, they are 125nt (~$4usd) for one bottle, and one bottle has 30 egg yolks. i bought you four.” x_X well, i guess i’m set for a week. =P
interesting article husby showed me (“how i stopped eating food”):
http://robrhinehart.com/?p=298
and to end today’s post, here’s some motivation for what i call the the move, be moved, make a move MOVEMENT.:
=]
leptin resetting and heavy hiiting. 