5lbs in 5 days-Tuesday

Five Pounds in Five Days

Tuesday: Day Two

           

            Beginning of the second day and I am down to 186lbs.  This starts me off on track for 1lb per day which is the pace I need to hit the goal of 5lbs in 5 days.  I have come to two realizations regarding breakfast: 1) Spinach and eggs are incredibly bland; to compensate for this I added some garlic powder and black pepper for seasoning; 2) An entire avocado is hard to eat in one sitting because it is also a little bland.  Some black pepper and a few drops of lime juice fixed this problem.  It is nice to have a wife who makes homemade guacamole.  Dinner presented a major mental obstacle; 16 shrimp and 2 cups of diced yellow squash feel more like an appetizer than a meal.  But I prevailed and stuck with the plan.  Mental discipline 1, waking up to a grumbling stomach at 3am 1.  We will call this match a draw.  In an upwards related note, by avoiding elevators, I again climbed 32 floors today.

Tuesday Diet:

Breakfast: Omelet: 6 egg whites, 1 avocado, 2 tbsp. flax seed, 2 tbsp. salsa, 1c milk, 4 pieces turkey bacon

Morning Snack: 2 Baked Pork Chops, 2 c Green Beans

Lunch: 4oz Chicken Breast, 2 c broccoli, sweet potato

Post Workout Snack: 1 scoop Protein Powder, 28 Almonds, 6 oz. Tuna in water

Dinner: 16 medium-sized Shrimp sautéed in 1 tbsp. olive oil, 2 cups yellow squash

Total Nutrition for the day: 2061 call, 88g fat, 127g carbs, 205 g protein, 25g fiber

Tuesday’s Workout

            If you are anything like me you find sitting on a bike or using a treadmill to be an incredibly boring and unappealing way to exercise.  So today’s workout is a challenging mix of cardio based upon a boxing workout. Perform the dynamic warm up before doing this and finish with 5-10 minutes of stretching afterwards. The Boxing part is done wearing a pair of boxing gloves and hitting a heavy bag or one of those ‘evil-looking’ rubber humanoid stands.  Alternate between throwing the outlined punch combinations and jumping rope; the timing of this is 45 seconds of punching combos, 15 sacs rest, 45 seconds of jump rope, 15 seconds rest.  Repeat this until you have completed every punching combination.  Do not sit idle during the 15 seconds of rest.  This is really only enough time to take the gloves on and off.  Keep moving.  After completing the boxing workout ride a bike for 30 minutes.

Boxing Cardio Workout

1.      Left Jab, Right Cross

2.      Jump Rope

3.      Left Jab, Right Cross, Left Hook

4.      Jump Rope

5.      Left Jab, Right Cross, Left Hook, Right Uppercut

6.      Jump Rope

7.      Left Jab, Right Cross, Left Hook, Right Uppercut, Left Body

8.      Jump Rope

9.      Left Jab, Left Jab, Right Cross

10.  Jump Rope

11.  Right Cross, Left Jab, Right Cross

12.  Jump Rope

13.  Left Body, Right Body, Left Uppercut

14.  Jump Rope

15.  Right Uppercut, Right Cross, Left Hook

16.  Jump Rope

17.  Right Cross, Left Hook, Right Hook

18.  Jump Rope