Friday, Week 1

Yesterday went well. I'm not nearly as sore as I thought I would be this morning. Perhaps my POS1 worked, or it could be another muscle soreness delayed reaction. My goal for today is a medium amount of running after work (we're supposed to leave by 5:15 today, so there should be time). Tonight we're going to eat out and see the new Batman movie. I'm hoping for Red Lobster or somewhere that I can get salmon and eat decently healthy. The movie's not until 10:10pm, so dinner will be a little late.

I went to lunch with a friend from work who used to work with me at my previous company. She wanted to go to a place outside of work, so we went to a Chinese food place. When she mentioned it, I automatically was thinking that this could be trouble, since we're going out to eat tonight. But, it actually turned out quite well. I got the chicken and broccoli lunch special with white rice (which I didn't eat) and vegetable beef soup. The veggie beef soup was awesome. It was a very small cup of soup which had a lot of veggies (cabbage, carrots, green beans, onion) and 1 bite of beef. I ate all the veggies, the beef, and left the broth. Then, the chicken with broccoli dish came, and it was good. It had a clear sauce, which I left most of. I ate 2/3 of the chicken and broccoli and left everything else. I brought the other 1/3 of the chicken and broccoli with me in a to go box. So, this lunch actually probably turned out better than what I would have gotten at the cafeteria. Lots of veggies and some chicken. And, it was a good change. Also, the 8 minute round trip walk to the south side of the business campus to meet her was good.

Food:
Breakfast: Mixed fruit (mostly watermelon and cantaloupe), 2 turkey deli slices
Lunch: Mixed veggies and beef from soup, chicken and broccoli and a little white sauce, 1/2 a fortune cookie
Snack 1: Leftover chicken and broccoli from lunch
Snack 2: Fiber One Yogurt
Post Workout Snack: 6 oz skim milk, 4 small chicken pieces
Dinner: Salad, 7 oz sirloin, broccoli

Exercise:
Stretching: Morning, Pre and Post Workout
Abdominal work: 50 crunches in the morning
Treadmill: 1 mi 11:18, continued consecutively to 1.5 mi 16:46, total 3.5 mi 41:50

About dinner, we went to Long Horn. I decided to get some red meat for protein. I ordered the 8 oz sirloin, but I cut off some parts of it (fat, gristle, etc), so I figure I ate 7 oz of it. Regardless, it was a lot of protein. I think I might have had a little trouble digesting it since I haven't had red meat in a while. I'm glad I didn't go overboard with it. Overall, it was an excellent choice for dinner.