Velocity Diet Journal Day 18
March 26th, 20082:00pm - 3 BCAA, 2 HotRox, 1 scoop whey + NEPA walk @ 3.2mph,4deg incline for 60 mins
3:00pm - 1 scoop whey, 3 BCAA, 3g EPA/DHA, 500g CLA, multi-vitamin
5:00pm - 2 scoops Vanilla MD w/ 1tsp coffee
8:00pm - 1 scoop Strawberry MD + 1 scoop Banana MD, 3 BCAA, 1 HotRox, 3g EPA/DHA, 500g CLA
11:00pm - 1 scoop Strawberry MD + 1 scoop Banana MD
3:00am - 2 scoops Chocolate MD, 3tbsp flaxmeal, 1tbsp p-butter, 3g EPA/DHA, 500g CLA
4:00am - 3 BCAA, calcium, magnesium, melatonin
Today was an amazing day. I got to sleep in, which was necessary because I need to adjust to night shift for the next two weekends for work. In addition to the great rest, it was a relaxed day but I was full of energy. I think the HotRox + morning walk combo is a great way to boost energy for the rest of the day.
I didn’t need any coffee, nor did I have cravings for diet soda. Today was the first day of the diet where I began to actually crave the taste and hydration of water. It’s an amazing thing. I’ve wanted to blacklist diet sodas for so long, because of the acidic load they create on the body. I originally began drinking them because they are carb-free, however, after further reading I learned more about the negatives effects on body and mouth pH levels. Water and green tea alkanize the body (good), whereas carbonated drinks, coffee, and many fruit juices, produce an acidic load. Our bodies neutralize the acidic load one way or another, so if we don’t consume enough alkalizing foods and drinks, our bodies will use calcium sources, like bones, to do the job, and then disease builds. I won’t get into the damaging effects of carbonation on our oral hygiene. Just ask a dentist.
I am looking forward to muay thai training tomorrow. I’m always leaner in the days following. This Friday I have my green shirt test for muay thai, so I should be in pretty good condition to perform it. It will be a very tight day for me because I work night shift that night. Everything will have to be done in the first 6 hours upon waking. It’s at 6:00pm, so I’m gonna wake up a few hours earlier, and get my NEPA walk done (with progress pics and measurements beforehand), then go to the test at 6pm, followed by either my solid meal, or the gym at 9pm, then work at 10:30pm. Then it’s all shakes until bedtime. I may postpone the solid meal until Saturday, because it might be too tight for Fridays schedule. I’d rather postpone the solid meal than the gym, because then it messes up the whole training mojo and it’s more important.
Another symbolic milestone on Friday is that it’s Day 21. In a book, Psycho-Cybernetics, it describes how it typically takes about 21 days for new habits to form or for new paradigms to become internalized. It’s only Day 18, and I feel that in many ways it has happened already. For example, in the past I was dismissive towards the smell of East Indian food, but a few days ago, I smelt the aroma of curry and my mouth began to water. Or take my new attitude towards water and diet sodas. It’s crazy. Physical progress aside, this has been yielding massive progress in my behavior, self-image, and self-discipline. I can only imagine what weeks 4-6 will bring.
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