Yesterday I had the rest of the oatmeal-date square, no smoothie, 1 banana, 1 banana + peanut butter all in the morning; then I had the longest meeting ever which made me have lunch 3-4 hours later. I had some nuts on the way to Subway and at Subway I got a salad: lettuce, spinach, red onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and avocado. I wish they had corn. I escaped Subway before I could turn around and order a cookie (most likely 2). I got a side of sweet onion dressing and was dipping my fork in it until Dakota got a hold of it and licked it so that was over for me. Probably for the better anyway. That's our Dakota -- keeping me in check! At the bbq I had a veggie patty (no bun!) with tomato and guac and ketchup. I also had red and yellow bell peppers, both raw and bbq-ed. And more guac. I also ate a lot of corn chips.... oy. Oh and corn. And 3 stalks of asparagus. I just realized I'm a huge party pooper at bbqs: I am "that person" who doesn't eat meat or drink alcohol at bbqs. Oh well, at least I'm that "skinny" "healthy" person. Also escaped this bbq without eating the brownie bites. My discipline immediately becomes stronger when I set a hard, steadfast rule like "no eggs or dairy" rather than "cookies and brownie bites in moderation."
I *almost* got out of working out tonight but I just finished -- it's 10:40 PM. I'm so glad I did it. Today I had 42g protein, 2 pcs of mung bean cake, and chocolate french toast and french fries from 26 Beach (I didn't want to, but Meg made me... ;) ). I think we finished lunch around 2 and then right now I had 0g carb / 20g protein powder. I really pushed myself in this workout. Summer is coming soon, that's why. At the urging of Ab Ripper X Master I did the Oblique V-Ups. I managed to do like 3-5 on each side. I think I'll continue to do them; it's comforting knowing I'm not the only person who sucks ass at doing it. Er, I mean, Ab Ripper X Master told me she couldn't do it at first either, and that I just had to practice. I better eat well (continue what I'm doing now -- I'm eating fairly well), get more sleep, and continue to work out. The next half month is going to be challenging with a huge project at work but I better not freakin miss 3 days of working out again. I'm slowly phasing out processed foods and eating more raw foods.
I wanted to post this excerpt of an article Armando and I read from this month's issue of Esquire:
The thing I wanted to point out was something Keith said to me earlier: that women have a harder time obtaining ab definition. I just thought it was because men (are supposed to) have less body fat. But according to this article, hormones play a role in this too, in that estrogen increases the level of abdominal fat. I think this is weird because I thought men tend to get fat in their stomachs whereas women typically retain fat around our thighs. But maybe they're comparing skinny men and skinny women. Either way, this just means I'm going to work harder...
