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Monday
0830: strawberries in yogurt with flax seed, 12 oz water
1000: 10 oz coffee, cream, sugar
1230: leftover stir fry, 2 slices wheat bread, 20 oz water
1300: 12 oz coffee black
forgot to write the rest
rock climbing 1700-1830  Power Training #2
night: greek yogurt with frozen cherries, almond slices and flax seed, splenda and nutmeg

Tuesday
lunch: tomato, celery, spinach salad with balsamic dressing
dinner: 2 big macs, large ice tea, side salad...fail

keep better notes bonehead

Weekend Update With Normal Me

exercise Fri morn: 20 min jog
Friday night: Joy Yee Noodle's spicy seafood soup, 2 chicken spring rolls,  mango tapioca milk tea
exercise Fri nigh: 2 hrs climbing

weight Sat morn: 206.0
Saturday lunch: double cheeseburger with olives and coleslaw (in it!) french fries
exercise(?) afternoon: 3 games of bowling, high score 158!
Sat night: Italian beef sandwich, Skittles

Sunday morn: steel cut oats, walnuts
Sunday afternoon: stir fry! (see recipe page)
Sunday night: 2 sm bowls of chili (real chili that lacks beans), with cheese. a few cookies.

Monday morning weight: 204.8 (same as Thrs morn)

moral of the story: scale fluctuates 1-2 lbs over a day or so, as evidenced by my apparent lack of concern for dietary wisdom.

Captains Log

Well I forgot to note my climbing today but i pretty much remembered some of it.  I wasnt so nervous leading today so thats good. Not only will i annihilate many a 5.14 before I turn 35 (I'm starting to yell like Sharma so I might as well start climbing like Sharma) but I will also not pee my pants every time I try to lead a 5.9 by end of 2012 (please forgive my pottymouth).

0600
1/2 grapefruit in cottage cheese

0930
14 oz coffee
DD sausage link, egg, cheese, on english muffin

1200
8 oz coffee
2 slices of cake

1330
5 oz top sirloin
veggie mix leftover from last night

finished at least 32 oz water by 1600

1700
Chipotle burrito ($2 make ya holla!), water, SB solo espresso with steamed cream and 1 pack raw sugar

1800 - 2030 rock climbing
warmup 10 min: squats, single leg calf raises on stair edge, hangs on jugs and slopers, knee raises
meat 2 hrs: lead two 5.8 (black above exit, green recessed area left of stairs before arch) no falls but practiced a fall, top 5.10a (few falls), top 5.10c (few falls)
cooldown 20 min: boulder; two semi-attempts (3-4 moves) on unofficial V2, knee raises (alt left/right side) while lockoff on jugs on VE campus board, 2 sets of 10 pushups, single leg calf raises on stairs, side bridge with one leg raised on edge of a bench while lifting other leg up to it (ill add this exercise to another page with pictures later, found it on pinterest obvy)
drank 48 oz of water during this period

2200
1/2 grapefruit and 1 kiwi with cottage cheese. 12 oz fruit water (see addtl. page)

after this post ill fall asleep watching old episodes of 30 Rock and/or Dexter...

it really just started rolling

0745 - breakfast taco #2

0930 - 12 oz coffee

1230 - 8 oz coffee

1245 - lunch salad #2

1515 - grapes, broccoli with salad dressing

1700 - 1/2 of my calisthenic workout #1, plus some pullups, farmers walk, and wrist stuff with 15 lb dumbells

1800 - 4 oz top sirloin, mix of broccoli, red bell pepper, asparagus

2200 - yogurt with strawberries, chips and salsa

Progress Tracker 2012

In response to a short question, "how am I going to gauge my [climbing] progress" I gave this rather long winded response... (ctrl-c ctrl-v)

"This is really my first attempt to to gauge my progress besides the usual... "I can climb that route" meter. I also used to go by feel too. I try to remember how I felt after climbing a particular route, jittery/smooth, fast/slow, pumped/relaxed, but never write anything down.

So to gauge my progress now, I think I'll keep a small notepad with me at VE and write down the route name, grade, setter, # of attempts, climbing mode (top or lead) and any observations I, or others, make during the climb. This includes bouldering problems as well.

Well I may be showing my newbness but I've never heard of Eric Horst so I'll check that out. I've picked up a few books though; Rock Sport (forgot authors name) and Conditioning for Outdoor Fitness, by Mark Pierce, ATC, and David Musnick.

Oh and I've been giving special attention to core and balance movement in my regular workouts like doing squats with my feet against the wall and crazy core workout stuff I find on pinterest lol. One thing I dont know quite how to handle is how to make sure my joint and tendon strength keep up with the bigger muscles.

But cool, glad to see there are folks out there interested in this stuff. It adds another level of fun for me."

Here's my first food and exercise log. I'll try to keep these post simple and put the details on the additional pages.

Yesterday's food

0830 - breakfast tacos#1 x2

0945 - 12 oz coffee black

1315 - Lunch Salad #1

1500 - 12 oz coffee black

1745 - raw broccoli with balsamic dressing, big black grapes , 1 apple, water

Yesterday's exercise

Afternoon

10 min walk fast paced, one large hill inclucded

1945 - 2145

rock climbing (see page) - Power Training #1 (strength and endurance)

Today's weight: 208.0

Cheers!

Jacques de l'Argent

Lets Get it Started

Im just going to use this as my not-so-personal diet and exercise logbook.

Last Monday I "started" the ole Mayo Clinic Diet. I found the book at Half Price Bookstore because I read some good reviews about this diet, i.e. nutritional lifestyle.  In the past week I've had 4 journal entries and weighed myself twice (but never wrote it down, although I remember a 210.something-or-other) but I wont copy those here (lots of cheating involved, including but not limited to an Italian beef sandwich and adult beverages)

Later today I'll post my food record.

This morning's weight: 207.8

estimated height: 73"

estimated BMI: 27.4, overweight BMI Calculator 

According to the BMI weight-height map, if I want to have a normal weight with a BMI < 25 I need to weigh 182. And a BMI of 20 is a weight of 151? Ha! So unless anyone comments otherwise. 

Weight goal Feb 1, 2012: 182. yes, this does include thanksgiving and christmas holidays...

Cheers!