Saturday, June 16, 2012

Power 90 Day 13 – A Prelude to Fathers Day


Today was a good day.  Not necessarily a best day ever kind of day, but definitely a good day.    For starters, I had the opportunity to sleep in.  After Jen was gone for a week, I hadn’t slept in for a while, but today I slept in until after 10:30.  Sure the gym was a furnace when I finally got started but it was well worth it.  I also finally got the scale moving again, which it’s been a discouraging week on the scales (I’ll share more tomorrow).

As far as the ultra warm workout went, it was a great one.  I was a little worried as I’d been having a little lower back pain as well as my right knee.  But after stretching I felt just fine and was able to push myself more then I had before.  It amazes me to see the progress as I am able to push farther and farther with non modified exercises.  I even pushed through 80 crunches in the Ab Ripper and lived to tell about it. 

When I returned home, my family was heading out to do some Father’s Day shopping, which allowed me to watch some Star Trek Voyager and eat some cold pizza which is one of my favorites.  When they got home, Emmy headed over to see her grandparents and Jen needed a nap, which allowed Connor and I to fire up the PS3 and have an afternoon of video games.  (Yes there were things I should be doing but every once in awhile you need a day of rest.) 

Around 6:00 I headed off for a movie night and was pleasantly surprised with Battle Ship.  It could be that I expected so little that it didn’t have much to live up to, but I thought it was a fun movie, with a nice salute to Veterans.  I did find it distracting as they had several actors from Friday Night Lights, so I kept waiting for the football game to start, but it had a classic story line a few exciting moments and a lot of things blowing up.  Although I have no idea what a fight to save earth against an alien horde has to do with the game Battleship.

As far as my eating went today, I was back to a lower calorie count, although with food including pizza and popcorn, I didn’t want to push it.  Here is a look at my food Journal for Saturday June 16th. 

                        Post Workout:  Protein Drink (1 scoop protein powder, 8 oz skim milk ) (220 Calories)

                        Breakfast:  Mandarin Oranges with Fat Free Cool Whip (480 Calories)

Lunch: 2 Slices Pizza, (Pizza – Chicken, Mushrooms, Olives, Green Onions) (560 Calories)

Afternoon Snack: Popcorn (220 Calories)

Dinner: Omelet (3 medium eggs, mock crab, portabella mushroom, ¼ cup shredded cheese) (519 Calories)

Evening Snack: Banana (105 Calories)

That’s about it.  Had a great day today looking forward to another great one tomorrow.  My wife and kids are even cooking me a healthy lunch as the whole family is behind me in this challenge.  I’ll tell you about it tomorrow, along with a look at this week’s pathetic weight loss.  Until then…

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