Velocity Diet Journal Day 7
March 14th, 20088:30pm - 2 HotRox, 5 BCAA + NEPA walk @ 3.2mph on 4 degree incline (60 mins)
9:45pm - 2 scoops Vanilla MD + 1tsp instant coffee, 3g EPA/DHA, multi-vitamin
12:30pm - Solid Meal - 4 eggs scrambled, pan-fried shrimp, 2 cups steamed broccoli, olive oil.
5:00pm - 2 scoops Banana MD + 3g EPA/DHA, CLA
8:00pm - 1 scoop Vanilla MD, 1 scoop Strawberry MD
9:00pm - 5 BCAA tabs
9:30pm - Gym - 10×3 Routine (bulgarian squats, good mornings, db bench press, db rows)
10:15pm - 1 serving of Surge, 20g creatine
1:00am - 1tsp peanut butter
2:30am - 3 BCAA, calcium, magnesium, zinc
Woke up a little earlier this morning to get my progress information, NEPA walk, solid meal, blog updates, and shakes prepared before going into work this afternoon. It required some sleep sacrifice, so I only slept about 5 hours, which is unlike my usual 8 hour slumber. For some reason I thought it was Saturday today, so I expected the treadmills to be buzzing, but fortunately it’s Friday so it was empty. Great walk as usual, good sweat from the HotRox. I’ve been really enjoying the 80’s power ballads on my iPod lately, so I’ve been feeling especially upbeat and optimistic lately.
My end-of-week solid meal was enjoyable, but not as spectacular as I imagined in my mind. I think I prepared a little too much, because I was stuffed afterwards. Stuffed, but not lethargic, which is often the case from unhealthy solid meals. The shrimp might have been too much. The thought of solid food got me too excited. The eggs and broccolli were good, so I’ll keep them for next week also, unless I end up eating out for my solid meal. In any case, I know the caloric count must have been high, seeing how I used about 6tbsp of olive oil in total (for cooking the eggs and shrimp and drizzling on the broccoli), so I decided to cut one MD shake from the daily total.
Now that the first milestone has been reached, I feel like I am now officially committed. Between Day 2 and Day 4 I was cynical towards myself. “Anybody can do this for a few days” were my thoughts. Even though I took the diet seriously, those first few days felt like an eternity. Now that it’s Day 7, I realize how quickly the last couple of days have passed. I have a feeling that Week 2 will be easier, now that I know how to manage situations with my trusty cooler, and now that I know, more or less, what to expect in general.
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