So I have avoided coffee for the past 4 days and this morning my head finally reminded me. That’s right; I woke up this morning with a lovely headache. Now I knew that this was a possibility since coffee had become one of my main food groups. However, I trudged forward, made my green tea and got ready for work. This morning I enjoyed a granola bar and some fresh fruit with fresh squeezed orange juice. Yes ladies and gentlemen, I bought juicing oranges and used the juicer that my sister bought me for Christmas and made myself a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice.
As I walked to the PATH train this morning, I took notice of the new restaurants and businesses that were getting ready to open. Kind of exciting since I was now a home owner and Jersey City
As far as work goes, it was just a normal day at the office. Nothing out of the ordinary. You will be happy to know that once again I stayed away from the left over ruins of Holiday tweets and opted for healthier snack, like apple and orange slices, almonds and even a granola/fruit parfait. For lunch I enjoyed organic vegetable and tomato soup with half a lemon grilled chicken sandwich with cucumbers and mixed greens. I also began drinking more water. Does anyone know the suggested amount of water to drink a day? Would love to know.
After work I headed home and had a nice chicken stir fry that I made myself. Fresh vegetable and chicken that I marinated in fresh lemon and lime juice, threw in a little thyme and rosemary and yummy in my tummy. After cleaning the kitchen and paying some bills, I headed to the gym for some cardio action. Now today was not a session with my trainer. This was just the treadmill, a like mike action and myself. After working out for a little over an hour, I headed home.
I have to admit that I am a little nervous for my first real session with my trainer. Even though I met with him on Monday, we really didn’t work out. Wednesday will be the first time in over 5 months that I have worked out at the gym. Let alone had someone watching me and holding me accountable for working out. But I guess that’s why I hired a trainer. I wanted there to be someone to hold me accountable for going to the gym. I feel that it is easier to go to the gym and work out when you have a workout buddy. Someone that is, waiting for you, depending on you to show up. In this situation, I hired the trainer and if I don’t go and give it my all and push myself, it’s like throwing away money. And that my friend is something I never do. Well, off to bed. Looking forward to hearing your comments and suggestions. Till then, good night.
I think you're supposed to drink 1/2 of your body weight (in ounces) per day. So a 150 lb. person would need to drink 75 ounces of water a day. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI have a tip for you Dave! I always have really healthy teas that are in abundance in my cupboard. Can't drink them all hot! So I brew a huge batch with many tea bags of the healthy stuff like licorice tea, green tea, roobius etc. and let it cool in the fridge. I use that concentrated tea water in my protein shakes in the morning. I also use concentrated green vegetable powder from the health food store and put that in my protein shake. That way if I don't have the amount of greens I should in a day....at least I got my share in my shake!
ReplyDeleteHey Dave - About 8 glass of water (64 oz) is recommended every day. Since this is usually pretty difficult, just drink as much as you can. And don't worry - once your body adjusts to being well hydrated, you'll stop having to run to the bathroom every 20 minutes! One thing to help get more water in there & lower your calories, is if you're having a craving for something & you're out of calories or low on calories for the day, drink a tall glass of water. It will help fill you up for a little while, hydrate you & it's 0 calories! Good luck my good man :)
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