Day 95/7

Waking up sore again! Geeeez!!

Today I decided to try quinoa. It is DELICIOUS!!! (Wow there are a lot of !'s tonight). I promised a friend I'd post the recipe here but I can't find it at the moment, I will post it in the comments tomorrow. The rest of the day, I ate alright, not as much as I should have and more carbs than I've eaten lately but my muscles feel better for it.

Breakfast: Oatmeal with cinnamon, coffee
Lunch: Leftover wholewheat spagetti w tuna and vegies, green tea
AT: 2 corn thins w pb
Dinner: Quinoa w carrot, celery, peas and spices. Next time I would add more vegies but it was extremely delicious and filling.

I had to sort of trick myself into exercising today. I was really sore when I woke up and tried to used DOMS as an excuse to avoid exercise. But I figure pain is weakness leaving my body, and the tiny tears in my muscles are what builds them up, so I started slow and picked up the intensity. I did one set of all these in a circuit, then 10 minutes on the bike, then another set each. For the first set I did the abs first, and for the second I did them last. The first round of abs were the tester. They were extemely sore, as were my arms. But screw you pain barrier! Raaaaaarrr! I am She-Hulk!

•Chest Flys x 15
•Skull Crushers x 10
•Chest Press w Crunch x 12
•Single Arm Bent Over Row x 12
•Hammer Curl x 12
•Bicep Curl x 12
•Clean and Press (deadlift to shoulder press) x 12
•Reverse Flies, W and T positions w arms, no weights, as mine are too heavy and I like having functioning back.
•Crunch x 50
•Side Crunch (drop knees) x 25 per side
•Single-Leg Drops x 15-20ea
•Plank 1 min

I also attempted some lat raises but 5kg is definitely too heavy. It doesn't sound like a lot and I use to be able to do it however I've been out of training for a little while.

Tomorrow I have to work, and I have a friend coming around for dinner, so I will wake up early to do cardio and probably will skip the weights. It's a lower body day so I ... I don't really know if I should push the lower body! But I would not enjoy missing my ab blast. Hmm. Let's just see how early I can wake up. Good night, blogosphere!

PS: WOW! I just noticed that today marks a week since I started this! I know it doesn't fully count because I took two days off in the middle. But hooray, I stuck with it! Now only 95 days to go! Woo woo!