Calgon, take me away

its been one of those months at work. never a dull moment. my friend who's 1year old's bday party we attended on Saturday sent this picture of Melissa and me at the party. This is pretty typical of our weekends or weeknights too. Me off in the background on a phone. Not sure whether the picture makes me want to laugh or cry. we got a Dyson vacuum cleaner last night and are pretty freakin excited. It has more horse power than our car and is AMAZING. I never in my life thought a vacuum would excite me but a Dyson is something special. WOW!! I took today off from the gym but will be back at it tomorrow. Might use it as an excuse to do Saturday workout since i haven't done one in a long time.

Workout:
rode bike quickly to work

Diet:
12pm 1 sw green chile burrito

burrito day

today i got lost trying to drive us to a friends bday party. ended up discovering another fabulous taco truck behind a gas station though. sounds funny but all of the best burritos i've had have come from taco trailers behind gas stations in North Porrland. It was unbelievable. The taco trucks don't skimp on cilanro, onion, or avocado. I can't stress to you enough how important those ingredients are. we got to the party for our 1year old friend camben and it was like no 1st birthday ive seen. 5 bajillion people, kegs of beer, a live band, and a live donkey. I dont think my 21st bday or any other was that eventful. Work has been busy even today. spent much of the party in their back room using their computer for work. felt like a jerk but this friend is also a vendor i work with so he totally understood. we're getting loaded up on coffee now for a double date. we want the other couple to think we're cool and can stay up late so we're drinking tons of coffee so we can at least make it until 10. Truth is, i could sleep right now(5:15pm) if you told me it was bed time. we are meeting the couple for burritos before going to a play. not a bad day when i get to eat two burritos and pet a live donkey.

workout:
pet donkey

diet:
1:30pm burrito
2pm 10 pretzels
3pm 20 peanuts
5pm lean body shake
6:20 2 cupcakes
6:30pm burritosw green chile.
11:30pm one slice of pizza
12am: lean body shake

deadlifts

Today was dead lift day. My lower back has been tender from the kb cert on Sunday. im 30somehting so i dont recover as quickly as i used to. its not a bad pain but it does feel like it needs some time before i go too heavy with dead lifts. I learned to do double unders today and did 90 of them(not in a row). i could only do 5 last time i tried. That was the hi-light of my day. Next hi-light will be the burrito i have at lunch if i get a lunch today. been so busy at work, i've had to live off my shakes lately. i guess thats ok though because its keeping my waistline in check. In fact the other day, i put something in my pocket that was a little bit heavy and my shorts fell down. i was so excited. Joel has inspired not only me but so many people at work to focus on their diets. I pull up his Success blog entry to anyone walking by and they are like "oh my god, sign me up for whatever he's doing". I tell them that he eats very good and works hard. He's one of my role models for sure. Even Hannah will say "Dad, did you notice how good Joel looks!" ok, time to go to work. im starting to babble. Handsome Stephen was back in the gym today and it definitely changed the energy. Everyone was smiling and awake. was good to have him back.

warmup
pvc pass thrus
squats
jumprope

desd lifts
5X185
5X225
5x255
5x285
10x305

play time: ring holds: 45 seconds, 90 double unders(not in a row) Did get 26 in a row and 24 in a row.

Diet:
8am: lean body shake
12pm: kombucha
12:30 real food bar
4pm lara raw food bar
8pm 2 hushpuppies
8:30 bbq tofu po boy with slaw from miss delta mash potatoes
9pm: pecan bread pudding

got called out of class :(

so i got through the warmup before i was paged out of class by work. its been one thing after another lately. i was bummed. The only bright side is that today's warmup was actually harder than some workouts i've done. :)

Workout:
great kb complex(goal was not to set kb down)

Diet:
8am: Lean Body shake
12pm: Lara Raw Food Bar
1pm: Lean Body Shake
5pm: Lean Body Shake

new shakes

so i got some more meal replacement shakes which means i wont be eating donuts for lunch anymore. i got a new kind of shake. i use to drink the muscle milks because they taste like a damn dream and they have a lot of fat in them. I switched to the Lean Body shakes for 2 reasons. They have more protein, more fiber, less carbs, and still have a descent amount of fat in them. They dont taste as good as muscle milks but i'm thinking the nutrient ratio might be worth trying. people tease me all the time and give me crap for drinking my meals. they take all the guess work out of eating an "ideal" meal. if i do them most of the time, i can go nuts around a burrito or pizza when i want to. today's workout was the kind i like talking about at work. There were some bodybuilding guys at work and they asked what i had been up to and how i lost weight. i described today's workout as an example of the stuff we do. I told them that today's workout for some was under 5 minutes and we had fit guys almost puking. These guys lit up with excitement and said they wanted to come. They said they wanted to workout a bit more first so they could get fit enough to come check us out. I told them that i'm still not fit enough to finish most of the workouts and i couldn't be happier. John reminded me today that its all about the big picture; The world outside of our workouts that makes it all worth it. He couldn't be more right. i don't even have another sport yet and i'm so thankful for all that these workouts have done for my mental and physical health. i feel so much more confident and energetic. ok, i'm babbling. i'm still working and needed a little distraction.

workout
fran: 7:49

diet:
3 lean body meal replacement shakes
2 pieces of pepperjack cheese

i dropped my first barbell.

so i recently commented about how i've never dropped a barbell before. lastnight in front of the entire class Nathan ordered me to drop the bar. Its a lot like trying to pee in your wet suit when you're surfing. Its ok to do but you're conditioned not to pee your pants so it becomes difficult to do while surfing. Well, dropping weight is similar for me. I have been conditioned not to do it for so long that doing it felt really uncomfortable. One of my classmates said i drop weight like a girl. You'd think after an entire day with Steve "Rambo" Maxwell i'd be dropping weight in a very manly way. I guess not. I thought dropping the bar would be similar to breaking plates at a greek restaurant. nope. instead it was like trying to pee your pants on purpose. oh well. i ate a donut for lunch today and that's all i had. I'll blame the sugar for why my blog has gone into the gutter. i'll try to get back on track tomorrow. i ran out of meal replacement shakes and all i know how to eat are donuts and cupcakes. I went to my first night class in a while and i'm glad i did. Got to see all my evening friends which was such a treat.

workout:
none.

diet:
2:30pm: apple fritter

cert

so yesterday was our Steve Maxwell Kettlebell Cert. it was quite valuable and entertaining. i've learned lots of things. One memorable thing i learned is that "you don't put your tongue in your grandmother's mouth" Steve put things in terms we could relate with. That certainly helped me with my lunge. Steve was a great guy. I'm glad i attended the cert. i thought i'd be more sore today so i didn't work out today. i feel surprisingly good today so i probably could have worked out. oh well. A day off never hurt anyone. Fun group of people too.