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Wow, this evening around 10pm or so I started to get some really bad stomach cramps and a stomach ache.  It wasn’t from the food I ate though.  I think it’s the flu.  My wife had the flu exactly one week ago and it started with the exact same symptoms on the first day.  I thought I dodged it when I didn’t get it, but now it’s looking like maybe I didn’t.

It probably doesn’t help that everyone at work, and I mean everyone has it as well.  Everyone’s at different stages of the flu, but pretty much every person has it except me, until now.  It just started off with these annoying cramps that I still have right now.

At around 11:15pm I thought about skipping my workout for tonight, due to the cramping and nausea.  The only thing that feels good is sitting still.  I actually fell asleep on the couch and woke up just after midnight.  The cramps were still there, and I wondered what I should do.  I’ve been doing so well, working out every single day, I didn’t want to give up that easily.

I decided to try going on the treadmill and see what happens.  I kept the pace slow and light and even though I wanted to give up about 423 times especially when a bout of stomach cramps came around, I managed to get through the 30 minutes at a slightly slower pace than normal, finishing at around 1.45 miles or so.

I then did a lighter version of my upper body workout as well.

Here’s what it looked like:

Bench Press:

Set #1: 100lbs x 8 reps
Set #2: 100lbs x 8 reps
Set #3: 100lbs x 12 reps

Bicep Curls:
Set #1: 40lbs x 10 reps
Set #2: 20lbs x 8 reps
Set #3: 20lbs x 12 reps

Tricep Reverse Curls:
Set #1: 20lbs x 8 reps

 That’s all the strength I could muster up.

For food today I had the following:

Breakfast:
Nothing

Lunch:
Big Salad - Lettuce, mixed greens, baby spinach, green onions, red pepper, radishes, cherry tomatoes, avacado, cucumber, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, flax seed and some sprinkled on dehydrated cranberries.

Snacks:
One Organic Apple
One Organic Grapefruit

Dinner:

For dinner my wife made me this awesome vegetable stirfry made with cauliflower, broccoli, green peppers, red peppers, zukhini, onion, garlic, ginger, bragg liquid amino’s, black bean sauce, oyster sauce, with a bit of brown rice. Here’s a picture:

It was really good.  Mmmm…

Wow, this weekend starting on Saturday I decided to add in my new diet plan to my exercise routine.  Looks like it’s been working because I’ve been able to lose 3.4lbs in just two days.  Not bad at all.

Well, off I run to make myself a salad for lunch.

Today was a pretty good day for diet again. First thing I noticed this morning was that I lost 0.8lbs since yesterday. It shows once again what I saw last time when I started working out - that you have to exercise AND eat healthy to lose weight. I’m still very much experimenting with what I can make within the guidelines of the healthy food I want to eat, and I haven’t had time to go and get all the groceries I need. However, I still managed to eat really healthy today. This is what I ate:

Breakfast:
Nothing

Lunch:
Bowl of Pacific Brand Organic Tomato Soup

Dinner:
Big Salad - Lettuce, mixed greens, baby spinach, green onions, red pepper, radishes, cherry tomatoes, avacado, cucumber, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, flax seed and some sprinkled on dehydrated cranberries.

Snacks:
Organic Apple
Banana
Raw Almonds

Today’s workout consisted of the following:

Cardio:

Treadmill - 30 Minutes - 1.75 Miles Ran

Strength Training:

Squats:
Set #1 - 260lbs x 8 reps
Set #2 - 260lbs x 8 reps
Set #3 - 260lbs x 8 reps

Seated Calf Raises:
Set # 1 - 260 lbs x 8 reps
Set # 2 - 260 lbs x 8 reps
Set # 3 - 260 lbs x 8 reps

Well, the knee was still bothering me a little bit today, so I took it easy on the treadmill again. I added in one extra exercise into my back/should/abs routine for strength training. Here’s what the workout looked like:

Cardio:
Treadmill Run for 30 minutes -1.78 miles - 273 calories burned.

Strength Training:

Seated Lat Rows:
Set #1 - 100 lbs x 8 reps
Set #2 - 100 lbs x 8 reps
Set #3 - 100 lbs x 8 reps

Rear Deltoid Rows:
Set #1 - 100 lbs x 8 reps
Set #2 - 100 lbs x 8 reps
Set #3 - 100 lbs x 8 reps

Dumbell Shoulder Presses:
Set #1 - 40 lbs/side x 8 reps
Set #2 - 40 lbs/side x 8 reps
Set #3 - 40 lbs/side x 8 reps

Big Rubber Ball Sit-ups: 25 reps

I also started implementing the basics of my diet. Here’s what I had today:

Breakfast:
Nothing

Lunch:
Vegetable Soup

Dinner:
Big Salad - Lettuce, mixed greens, baby spinach, green onions, red pepper, radishes, cherry tomatoes, avacado, pumpkin seeds, pine nuts, flax seed
Bowl of Pacific Brand Organic Tomato Soup

Snack:
Organic Apple

One thing I definitely need to get better at is drinking more water. I didn’t drink any pop or tea or anything with sugar in it, but then I also didn’t drink any water all day. Need to get into that habit.