Today had a really early start. Up at 4:30 to be at the gym by 5 and had a really good workout. Ran some ball afterwards, just like every Friday morning with some of the regulars. Today at work had a going away party for a co-worker so I had to endure some of the goodies some folks brought for it. I did a good job though because I planned ahead and had my food ready. That was one of the hardest things for me to do was to turn down the goodies during work and especially family functions. I’m not sure if others feel this way but when I decided to do my first show and I wanted to eat healthier I felt like everyone was wondering what the hell I was doing. I packed my own food around and avoided all the unhealthy food. My family is founded around good food so when we’re all together we’re all supposed to eat, eat, and eat. With my in-laws I was expected to eat a lot because I was Tongan. So this was challenging to me because I felt like people judging me or making fun of me for trying to change my role. Now whether this was the case or not it was part of my struggle to be healthier. Well, I had to make the decision and so I started to let people know and I would let them know until they realized I was really going, not trying, but going to make a the change. Doing so put more accountability on me so I had more incentive not to give up. That’s similar to what this blog does for me. I know that I have to basically report everything I eat and do so I have a greater focus to stay on top of it.
My intake today and workout
4:30 am Meal 1: Protein shake + piece of banana + blueberries + 1tbsp. all natural peanut butter. I drink this during my morning workout.
5:00 am Workout: Legs and shoulders
Legs
Dumbbell calf jumps 3*12
Machine leg press 3*12
Dumbbell lunge 3*12
Barbell front squat + single leg calf raises superset 3*12
Shoulders
Seated shoulder dumbbell press 4*10-12
Bar up right row 4*10-12 (superset w/ previous lift)
Dumbbell rear lateral raise + dumbbell lateral raise superset 4*12-15
Cable lateral raise + shoulder shrug superset 4*12-15
Abs
Kneeling cable crunch + Swiss ball jackknife superset (3*as many reps as you can)
8:00am Meal 2: 6 egg whites + 2 yokes, ½ cup oatmeal + 1 tbsp. honey + raisins + 6 almonds and splenda to sweeten.
10:45am Meal 3: 6 oz. chicken breast, 4 oz. sweet potato, 1/3 cups broccoli, ¼ avocados.
12:30pm Meal 4: 6 oz. chicken breast, ½ cup brown rice, 1/3 cups broccoli, and ¼ avocados
3:30pm Meal 5: Protein shake, ½ ruby red grapefruit + splenda to sweeten, 6 almonds.
5:45pm Meal 6: 6 oz. chicken breast, ½ cup brown rice, 1/3 cups broccoli, and ¼ avocados
8:00pm Meal 7: 4 oz. chicken breast, 2 oz. sweet potato, spinach, 1 tbsp. all natural peanut butter.