Mar 30 - Shane

I wasn't going to run today, being hungover and dehydrated when I woke up to watch the Texas/Memphis game this morning. I was trying to find the motivation to just get to the pool to at least do some flip turn drills, but then I watched this awesome commercial during the game, and went running afterwards:



I covered 5.7 miles in 52 minutes. Not that fast, but the ice was pretty bad for some stretches.

Week 6 - Shane

Ok so I didn't do any afternoon workouts for the rest of the week. I did morning PT with my unit, though.

On Friday morning we ran uphill for 3.1 miles for an elevation increase of 550 feet. We went back to pick someone up, so I'd say that it was a total of 3.5 miles for like 650 feet elevation increase. We ran the mile or so down the ski slope, though, which was far steeper but also much shorter.

So totals:

Running: around 4.5 miles, plus about an hour of sprints and 90 minutes of basketball
Biking: 18 miles
Swim: 0

What a weak week.

Andy Mar 26

Exercise- Ran 3 miles this morning and swam approx 750m in the afternoon.

Diet:
Breakfast- Cheese omlete with mango salsa topping
Lunch- Fully loaded shredded pork burrito from Burrito Heaven
Dinner- Chicken Breast with mango salsa on top of basmati rice.

Andy Mar 25

IM BACK!

After a week of ridiculousness, uncertainty, minimal exercise, and indulgences I'm ready to start fresh again. My shoulder is at 85% now and I'll be working hard to stay on track this time.

Exercise- This morning I ran to the gym which is about .75 miles away and biked for 30 min. Afterwards I ran back. After work I played in a volleyball game. I planned on swimming afterwards but the pool was closed...

Diet:
Breakfast- V8
Lunch- Congee
Dinner- 2 Spicy chicken sandwiches and a rodeo cheeseburger (I thought I was going to swim... my bad)

March 23, 24 - Shane

3/23:

Workout - 60 minutes on the bike, random hill function on the bike to mix it up. I ended up hovering between around 120 watts and 260 watts, and ultimately did 700 calories and 18 miles in 60 minutes. Obviously less efficient than a steady pace/resistance, but I'm trying to build up power/speed as well.

3/24:

Sprints for 30 minutes, then pushups/abs for 30 minutes with the platoon. Then I worked a 17 hour workday so I didn't get any time to work out. Also, the platoon ordered pizza so I broke my diet spectacularly with many slices of pizza and 2 cups of Sprite. But screw that, working till 11PM gives me an excuse. It'll just build up glycogen for tomorrow's workout.

Laziness and week 5 - Shane

I haven't posted all week because I haven't really been working out. I've been eating all right, but haven't been doing afternoon workouts, with the exception of Thursday. All the other days I've just been doing standard PT stuff with my platoon in the mornings.

Thursday I biked about 30 minutes, 9 miles. Then I also swam 2.5k in an hour. And that was the extent of my triathlon training this week.

I blame the purchase of the PS3 last weekend. Plus doing quasi-real work now at work for the first time pretty much since I started the triathlon training.

Congrats to Mike on finally getting out of TRADOC. It's been a long 30 months, eh?

one more for the pile - Mike

i found this guy's flickr page when i was looking for pictures of the hawaii ironman. pretty impressive.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/54973866@N00/

Summary of last two weeks - 18 March - Mike

well, i'll say this for the ftx, it was fun. i actually had a great time, which was a little predictable because i heard so many horror stories i had really low expectations. however, i was suprised by good training and the opportunity to shoot people while blowing stuff up, it was pretty cool. anyway, as you may know, i didn't eat anything but MRE's for a few days last week, so i spent most of monday and tuesday carb loading with pasta and gatorade. i think i slipped into a gatorade coma at one point. then last weekend i pretty much "celebrated" with the people from my class and the korean class that was with us. papa johns and root beer. needless to say i ran yesterday for the first time in nearly two weeks, and it was a fun experience. i ran with alpha group, and inspite of sucking wind the whole time, i was able to keep up. which is good cause i have had this nausiated feeling i haven't been able to shake for the last two weeks. along with it's friend the headache, i've been pretty cranky to say the least. i'm almost positive it's from not training or working out for the last two weeks. for some reason, our DS decided that we didn't need to do pt with the company while we were on weapons immersion. i guess it's a necessary evil with the ftx and trying to train up for that, but i'm really looking forward to getting back on some kind of a work out schedule. next week i'll be in georgia with jess and the baby, which is fantastic, cause jess has to work, and if we don't send the baby to day care for at least half the day we'll lose his spot in the day care. and the waiting list is pretty long. so i'll have nothing to do but work out in the morning. jess says that ft. gordon has a pretty good gym and pool, so i'll start swimming laps again, which is good. i haven't swam laps since i worked with the special olympics in monterey last year. coincidently, i went and got some new board shorts for surfing...and swimming laps.
the vegitarian cheese tortilini is the greatest MRE main dish ever, EVER!
and it feels good to finally have an MOS. only took 2 1/2 years.

Week 4 summary

I missed a few days, but I'm not too worried about it. Totals:

Treadmill: 6.2 miles
Stationary bike: 20 miles
Swim: 3450 meters

Mar 14 - Shane

Workout: Did the following workout at the pool -
250m warmup
3 minute rest
600m in 11:55
3 minute rest
600m in 12:30

I would've done more, but I cut my thumb earlier, and my bandage was less waterproof than advertised, and I quit after 2 reps because my bandage loosened up and I didn't want to bleed into the water.

Post-workout meal: Ramen and 3 hard boiled eggs, then lasagna and wine. It's hard to say where the post-workout meal started and ended, since I just kept eating all night after I came home.

I get the next 24 hours off so the beer I'm drinking doesn't count.

Mar 13 - Shane

Morning workout: 3 sets of bench press and 2 sets of squats before we got called into work early, cutting off our workout.

Post-workout meal: 1 bosc pear, 3 hard boiled eggs.

Afternoon workout: 20 miles on the bike in 1 hour at around 180-200 watts, 730 calories burned. Then 10k on the treadmill in 1 hour, about 880 calories burned. Yes, that brings the total over 1600 calories burned in 2 hours. I was exhausted to the point of wanting to fall asleep on my drive home. Easily the hardest workout I've ever done in my life.

Post workout meal: A double sized bowl of oatmeal and peanut butter, 1 bosc pear, 3 oz chicken breast, 1 string cheese.

Edited to add: Oh yeah I had about 2 or 3 glasses of wine last night.

Andy Mar 12/Mar 13

March 12

Exercise- Yesterday we had a weak indoor physical training session. I planned on going to rugby practice at night, but was asked to go to the basketball game.

Diet:
Breakfast- Kashi Go-Lean cereal with a few pieces of banana and soy milk.
Lunch- The rest of my whole wheat pasta.
Dinner- Imitation crab meat steak and egg fried rice.

Indulgences- A small bag of shrimp flavored crackers.


March 13

Exercise- This morning we went to the pool and I swam laps for the first time in my life. Swam around a total of 500m and was dead. I realized today that as of now this is my worst even by far. I will start trying to swim at least every other day to get my body adjusted to that kind of torture. I also need to work on my form and breathing, wish me luck... After work I ran 3.6 miles and I'm about to go to my volleyball game.

Diet:
Breakfast- I was completely exhausted after my morning swim so I ate a big breakfast, I also read that if you eat a bigger breakfast you will eat less throughout the day... anyways I ate 2 small bowls of congee with dried pork, 2 eggs and pickled radishes.
Lunch- Ate some more of the fried rice that I made yesterday.
Dinner- Finished the fried rice I made yesterday.

Indulgences- A bag of shrimp flavored crackers with my lunch.

Mar 12 - Shane

Exercise: Sprints and other speedwork for 90 minutes. Significant ankle pain was involved, but it's definitely getting stronger.

Post-workout meal: Peanut butter and oatmeal.

No afternoon workout today because I had some personal stuff to take care of, but I'll make up for it tomorrow.

Mar 11 - Shane

Pretty standard day, back at work after a weekend of too much eating/drinking and too little training.

Morning workout: Olympic powerlifting, chest and back weights, and core exercises on stability ball.
Post-workout meal: Peanut butter sandwich, 3 hard boiled eggs
Afternoon workout: 2k at the pool, done in 250m intervals. Each interval was under 5 minutes, except for the 5th one that I did in 5:02. I hope to be able to do 1k in under 20 minutes by the end of the month.
Post-workout meal: Ramen and a can of sardines. Yes, awful, but I went grocery shopping afterwards so it shouldn't happen again.

From now on, I won't really post other food I eat - just know that I'm eating plenty of legumes, tree nuts, some fruit, a lot of dairy, about 3 eggs, probably around 2-4 servings of fish per day, 1-2 servings of other meat, and a lot of leafy or fibrous vegetables like spinach or celery. Basically it's a diet very high in unsaturated fat, medium in saturated fat, very high in fiber, and somewhat low in carbs. My only carbs will come from legumes, whatever traces show up in my dairy intake, and fresh fruit and vegetables - with the obvious exception of my high carb post-workout meals (to restore glycogen and encourage muscle growth with insulin). I'll be eating cottage cheese before bed most nights for the casein. I eat whatever is on the above "allowed" list until I'm full - feeling hungry is for suckers.

I will still completely avoid trans fats, white carbs (potatoes, white pasta/bread, anything with breading), refined sugars, juices, and most processed foods. It's hard without a stove or oven, though.

If I deviate from those I'll still post the junk food and alcohol I consume. If this diet doesn't work for me - either I am seeing detrimental effects on my performance or I have trouble sticking to it, I'll change it and post it here.

Andy Mar 11

Exercise- Started off the day with a 40 lbs. ruck march, approximately 3 miles. After work I contributed a minute and a half to our basketball game.

Diet:
Breakfast- Kashi Go-Lean cereal with soy milk and a few pieces of bananas.
Lunch- Made some chicken and tomato pasta sauce and ate it with whole wheat spaghetti.
Dinner- Ate some more of my spaghetti and sauce.

Andy Mar 10

Exercise- Played in a basketball game, took a break then went to an open rugby practice.

Diet:
Breakfast- Kashi Go-Lean cereal with soy milk.
Lunch- Beef and broccoli with basmati(thought it was brown rice when I bought it) rice
Dinner- Beef, bamboo, peppers and broccoli with basmati rice.(Made by my roommate)

Andy Mar 9

As I expect whenever Shane visits, I ate very bad today. On top of eating bad I had no time to exercise because I had to entertain my guests. But I'll try hard to stop making these lame excuses and be more motivated.

Diet:
Breakfast/Lunch- "The heart attack plate" at Snow City Cafe.
Dinner- We went to Simon & Seafort's Saloon and Grill for dinner. I started out with the classic sampler which included roasted garlic prawns, teriyaki tenderloin, hot King crab and artichoke dip, which was accompanied by a white wine. For my main course I had some kind of macadamia nut crusted halibut stuffed with lobster, I think thats what it was can't remember the exact name of it, but it was delicious. For dessert I had their cheese cake drizzled in chocolate and with strawberries on the side.

Indulgences- Pretty much everything I ate today and a few beers here and there.

Andy Mar 8

Exercise- Indoor soccer game

Diet:
Breakfast- Kashi Go-Lean Cereal
Lunch- King burrito from the Taco King
Dinner- A delicious halibut sandwich from F Street Station

Indulgences- A lot of beer, and a shot of Jameson.

Mar 8 and Week 3 summary - Shane

Exercise: 20 miles and 800 calories in 60 minutes on the bike. Average about 200 watts. Afterwards I did 2 miles on the treadmill in about 17 minutes.

Food didn't matter. It was my day off. But much beer and fried food was involved, and I vaguely remember ordering a decent pork porterhouse after midnight, and wishing I had ordered lamb instead. I'm told that one of my buddies didn't finish his lamb so I took a bite of an untouched portion. I'm so classy.

Week 3 totals:
Outside run: 4.5 miles
Treadmill: 4 miles
Total running: 8.5 miles
Stationary bike: 51.2 miles
Swimming: 1700 meters

Expect the swimming/running totals to move up slightly over the next few weeks.

Mar 7 - Shane

Pretty late getting this up - I was on the road for 6 hours yesterday, which also explains the no exercise. Therefore no post-workout meal.

Food:
3 hard boiled eggs
2 cups spinach
4 olives
3 tablespoons feta cheese
1/2 avocado
2 cans sardines
1 lb curry chicken salad from store - includes a few dried cranberries
1/2 lb edamame salad, with eggplant, red and yellow bell peppers
2 pints of a red ale - seemed sugary and was over 6% alcohol.
10" pizza

Not a great day, but I'll probably work out today (my off day) to make up for it.

Andy Mar 7

Its a day of celebration, I got the results back and I did well on the tests I took yesterday and today. So... I didn't exercise today...

Diet:
Breakfast- After missing my normal breakfast due to some military obligations, I stuffed down a blueberry and a chocolate muffin right before my test this morning.
Lunch- Sitting around my room waiting for the results was killing me so I went to a Hawaiian restaurant with my friend and got a mixed meat plate. (BBQ Chicken, BBQ steak, BBQ spare ribs all served with mac salad and white rice.
Dinner- Haven't eaten dinner quite yet, but Shane is driving down right now and when he gets here we're going to the Moose's Tooth where I'm going to murder a celebratory pizza.

2+ 2+ !!

24/5 day 5 - Mike 7 March

for the last day of 24/5 weapons immersion for the week, i am glad to be free of my weapon. i keep checking over my shoulder because i'm still not sure if i should have it or not, so i keep looking for it. we started the day at 6am, like usual, and went out to the mount site. we practiced mount drills all morning in our gear. it was really cold at first, but as the sun came out we warmed up a bit. the good news is that i have less than 2 weeks at goodfellow. so i less than an month i'll be in hawaii working for the man. in essence, i did no organized pt again today. tomorrow i'm planning on going to the gym and biking for a while after i run a few miles. the last real pt i did was the 10k ruck march, so i'm looking forward to stretching my legs out.

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, bowl of peaches and honeydew, 2 strips of bacon, english muffin with margarine and jelly, 4 oz of OJ.
Lunch: PBJ on wheat bread, bowl of cottage cheese with cantalope, glass of milk, small bowl of multi-colored pasta with the white sauce.
Dinner: no dinner but i had 2 pieces of pizza after training around 5pm and i'm getting hungry.
Indulgences: a handful of reese's pieces. i've been drinking a ton of water lately. i was concerned i wasn't drinking enough so i went to the commesary and got a case of it.

Congrats to Chang on his DLPT score.

Mar 6 - Shane

Morning workout: sprints dragging a tire with a harness through the snow for 250m intervals, culminating in dragging a tire with a 190lb person sitting in it. I was pretty exhausted at the end.

Post-workout meal: Peanut butter and oatmeal

Afternoon workout: 10 miles on the stationary bike in 33 minutes. I was pretty weak after this morning.

Post-workout meal: Peanut butter sandwich, 3 hard boiled eggs

Other food:
About 3 tablespoons hummus
1 cup baby carrots
1/2 cup almonds
3 string cheese
1 medium pizza
4 glasses of wine

Yeah I really wasn't supposed to have that stuff towards the end. But I'll be better next time.

Andy Mar 6

Exercise- Just played a volleyball game.

Diet:
Breakfast- Bowl of Kashi Go-Lean cereal.
Lunch/Dinner- Half a Tombstone pizza and half a Digiorno pizza.

Indulgences- Peanut butter cup ice cream... a lot of ice cream. Test day today and tomorrow so I kind of got out of hand with the food and lack of exercise, but hopefully it will help my morale for my tests.

24/5 day 4 - Mike 6 March

Idle hands are the Devil's workshop. it's the truth i tell you. expecially if you get let out of training early and you can't do anything but go to the barracks cause you are on weapons restriction. i'll just break it down for you.
Breakfast: pancakes, two eggs, and two strips bacon.
Lunch: PBJ, corn pops, skim milk.
Dinner: 7 pieces Papa John's pizza, 1 IBC root beer, and i was stuffed.
Indulgences: pretty much everything i ate today.
so there you have it. we couldn't do too much for training today cause there was rain, thunder and lightening. which is pretty cool, but it makes for a pretty useless day cause there is only so much you can do in the classroom when you are supposed to be doing hands-on training. bad day for healthy eating, but i'll tell you this, the pizza was good. i'll just have to be good this weekend and count today as my splurge day for the week.

Mar 5 - Shane

Morning workout: About 2.5 miles with the platoon, which was pretty painful with my ankle. Then a 20 minute ab workout.

Post-workout meal: Oatmeal with peanut butter, 1 apple.

Afternoon workout: Swam 1100m with about 5 one-minute breaks, then treaded water for 10 minutes. I'm getting better at pacing and rhythm, compared to yesterday.

Post-workout meal: 2 sandwiches made from Orowheat 12-grain, mustard, ham, salami, feta cheese, avocado, and lettuce. Also, another apple.

Other food today:
2 salads worth of spinach
8 olives
3oz chicken breast
3oz skirt steak strips
1 avocado
1 can black beans
1/2 cup shredded colby/monterey jack
1/2 cup cottage cheese

My ankle is all sorts of colorful with bruising today. There's actually more dull pain today than yesterday, but it hurts less when I move it. The rest of my body has that good kind of slight tiredness from swimming, and it's awesome.

Andy Mar 5

Exercise- Ran just about 6 slow miles with my platoon this morning, and played a little basketball after dinner.

Diet:
Breakfast- Ate a bowl of Kashi Go-Lean cereal with soy milk.
Lunch- Small portion of my imitation crab meat pasta.
Dinner- Two chicken breasts toped with mango salsa eaten with sticky rice.

Indulgences- Pack of Oreo cookies that were staring at me in the waiting room.

24/5 day 3 - Mike - 5 march

awesome day today. started it all off with 10k ruck march and averaged a little less than 15 minutes a mile. not bad, but i hear that's airborne pace. and also, no blisters. after the ruck our DS gave us a little time to go back and fix ourselves before the day of training, so i missed breakfast at the dfac. but we trained in the sun until about 1700 and i was pretty tired and dripping with sweat for the second time today. it felt good to be outside all day instead of being inside. speaking of outside, texas is getting warm. which means the barracks are also pretty warm, and the CO wants us to all sleep in pt's. probably not going to. anyway:
Breakfast: missed breakfast so i ate some lucky charms i ganked from the dfac.
Lunch: 2 egg rolls, glass of milk, bowl of multi-colored pasta with marinara sauce, glass of apple juice.
Dinner: plate of spaghetti, green beans, and i was still hungry so i got some corn pops with skim milk.
Indulgences: 2 cookies at dinner, a few lemon heads from my wife, and 2 32 oz. bottles of gatorade.
Side note: i was sharing stories from basic today with some others and when i said i went to knox all eyes turned towards me. one soldier was in bravo when we all got there and the only thing he could remember about the knox boys was nye leaving his pt top in his fridge. we had a good laugh. but there still isn't anyone with better basic stories than us. i guess the low crawl pit at leonardwood is a grassy field or something. so i mentioned the saw dusty, football field sized low crawl pit with berms like waves of the sea we got to crawl through. remember? it's where we all saw williams cry the first time.

Andy Mar 4

Went to sleep at 5:00 pm last night and still didn't feel rested at 5:45 am.

Exercise- We snowshoed approx 3 miles with a light rucksack on today

Diet:
Breakfast- Bowl of Kashi Go-Lean cereal with soy milk.
Lunch- I ate whole wheat pasta with a homemade sauce made with imitation crab meat, onions, garlic, tomatoes and an assortment of spices. My roommate bought a bunch of muffins and offered one to me so I had that while I was cooking my pasta.
Dinner- Slept through dinner.

Indulgences- Apple cinnamon muffin?

Mar 4 - Shane

Afternoon workout:
2.1 mile ruckmarch (40 lbs on back) in 30 minutes. Not good, but my ankle still isn't 100%. I'm also saving myself for a platoon run tomorrow morning.
Also, swam for the first time since I started training - 100m x 6 times = 600m. Each 100m trip was between 1:55 and 2:02. I'll probably see very quick improvement as I tighten up my form and learn to get a good breathing rhythm. I also expect to see some improvement in my pushup numbers, because tonight I found myself unable to do even half the pushups I normally can.

Post-workout meal: Oatmeal, peanut butter

Other food today:
3 hard boiled eggs
2 large plates of salad
1/2 cup black beans
1 cup shredded cheese
2 string cheese
1 bosc pear
1 can sardines
1 can chunk light tuna in water
3 oz skirt steak strips
3 oz chicken breast strips
about 10 olives
1 avocado
1 cup baby carrots, raw
1/4 cup hummus
1/2 cup cottage cheese
handful of almonds

No indulgences. But I think I eat too much.

24/5 day 2 - Mike

i came to a realization today; a revelation if you will. i think that i may be crazy. i realized today that i think everyone around me is retarded. so the way i see it is that either i am crazy, or everyone else is and i'm the only sane one. i've posed this question to shane before, and i know his response.
class graduation was today. it was pretty cool. i found out that i'm going to miss STRAC by 1%, but don't worry, "94% is still a pretty good accomplishment." so anyway, crappy day.
Breakfast: none, we had class graduation all morning from 0645.
Lunch: bowl of pasta, PBJ, glass of milk with two chocolate chip cookies,
Dinner: cheeseburger, fries, corn dog, bowl of cantalope, and two glasses of water.
Snacks: pomegranate juice, gatorade, cashews and chex mix.
training is going great, no pt today because of graduation, but doing a 6 mile ruck march first thing in the morning.

Andy Mar 3

Exercise- Ran 3 very slow miles with my platoon in the morning. Planned on running more in the afternoon, but it didn't work out.

Diet:
Breakfast- Toasted peanut butter and honey sandwich.
Lunch- Spicy tofu, pork and mushroom dish with brown rice.
Dinner- The rest of my spicy tofu, pork and mushroom dish with brown rice.
Snacks- A few cheese sticks in the afternoon, and some pistachios after dinner.

Mar 3 - Shane

Ok I'm kinda back on track. My ankle is healing pretty well, but I still can't run, and it hurts to walk on the slippery ice. The pool has been closed for the last two days - I didn't really expect it to be closed on Monday, too. So I went ahead and biked instead.

Exercise: Stationary bike, 21.2 miles for 60 minutes at level 13. Stayed around 100rpm the entire time, but dialed down to level 11 towards the end. 780 calories burned.

Post-workout meal: Peanut butter sandwich

Other food today: 1 avocado, 4 olives, about 70g spinach, a cup of cheese, 1.5 cups black beans, 1/2 a chicken, 1/4 cup of almonds, 1 can sardines, 3oz serving of skirt steak strips, 1 bosc pear, 1 string cheese.

Indulgences: Burger King for breakfast, 1 croissandwich and large hash browns. This was more a function of having a short breakfast break because of work issues than anything else.

In other news, I was discussing gear requirements (bike, wetsuit, etc.) with my college buddy, Kevin, who's also training for a 70.3 triathlon this year, and I pasted a link to this picture and item:



His response was simple:
(07:55:37 PM) Kevin: lol jesus
(07:55:39 PM) Kevin: are u going to do that
(07:55:48 PM) Kevin: cuz if so u can go on ur own kthx

24/5 day 1 - Mike

today is the beginning of the final phase of AIT for this kid. i must admit that i am very excited to get going. tomorrow is air force class graduation which should be a lot of fun. there is only 7 army and the rest are AF of a class with 30+ students. awesome! anyway, today was a good day for eating and working out. i started the day with ability group runs. i got set up and stuck in the alpha group with the 1st sgt. but so did a lot of kids that weren't used to running with him. he basicall took all the 15:30 and below runners, which i don't think he was really excited about. but we ran a little over 3 miles and he released us half way through and then ran up ahead of us and lost us. i guess he got bored of us. anyway, here's how the food broke down:
Breakfast: two strips of bacon, two hard boiled eggs, fruit loops with skim milk and water.
Lunch: two italian sausages (i really like these, it's like having brats for lunch) with a glass of milk and a small bowl of cottage cheese.
Dinner: Mashed potatos, probably a 10 oz ribeye steak (in the dfac), glass of OJ and corn pops with skim milk.
Other foods through out the day: pomegranate juice (my latest fixation), cashews, gatorade, and a small handful of skittles at graduation practice. oh, and lots of water today.
ps. the graduation coordinator (air force tech sgt) is a complete idiot, and we aparantly got a new instructor...today. i think she is supposed to piggy back my current instructors, but she is...do you remember the movie "Cone Heads?" now do you remember david spade's character? well, she acts like that. irritating. but we are graduating soon, and that makes it all worth it, so i can say with a smile on my face that today was a decent day.

Andy Mar 2

I took the day off because starting tomorrow I will being exercising twice a day.

Diet:
Breakfast/Lunch- Brown rice congee with dried pork and pickled radishes
Dinner- Cheese steak sandwich from a diner with a side of potato salad.
Snacks- 2 cheese sticks throughout the day.
Indulgences- Finally cracked and had some Twizzlers at the Semi-Pro movie, and with my dinner I had a vanilla milkshake. My bad...

Andy Mar 1

Exercise- Played basketball for 4 hours. I've decided that I'm a Dennis Rodman type player for my team, all defense not much offense.

Diet:
Breakfast- Brown rice congee with 3 eggs, dried pork, and pickled radishes.
Lunch- 2 spicy chicken sandwiches and 1 whopper Jr. (I felt really guilty, but it was before basketball so I think i burned most of it off.)
Dinner- A super bowl of pho (It was literally the biggest bowl of pho I have ever eaten in my life) I ate papaya salad with sticky rice as an appetizer.

it's a beautiful morning, 1 march 2008 - Mike

well, at the end of the week, i can look back with joy. class is over! it makes me so excited to think about that i just blush. anyway, with the end of class also comes weapons training. which, as i'm sure you both are aware, means i get to walk around all day with a ruck, weapon and TA-50. which is acutally proving to be quite the workout. i was having a conversation with my room mate the other day about how much of a difference we have noticed in our health. carrying all that junk around is like working out all day long. So i am still hitting 8~12 miles a week during pt, as well as carrying around my TA-50. so i feel like my workouts are doing pretty good. However, i haven't had any time in the pool. mostly because i don't think the people here know what water is, so i haven't bothered to ask anyone where to go. anyway, here's how my diet is breaking down over the last week:
Breakfast: two hard boiled eggs, water, 2 strips of bacon, an english muffin with grape jelly, and either corn pops or cheerios. i gave up on the total, it started to get bland; only took 2 1/2 years.
Lunch: approx. 1 cup of cottage cheese with a cherry tomato or 2, sometimes a PBJ, and sometimes another bowl of cereal, but not both. also, another glass of water, and often times a glass of milk.
Dinner: a meat, a starch, and a vegetable. whatever is served at the DFAC that day. sometimes it's chicken, and sometimes it's roast beef. but it's always not that good. unless they have spaghetti. i eat the spaghetti for the morning runs.
Snacks: cashews, peanut snack bars, and a crap ton of gatorade (2 32 oz. bottles at the px for a dollar, i stocked up)
Indulgences for the week: Buffalo Wild Wings on tuesday night, i ate 8 wings (4 honey bbq and 4 parmesian garlic) and drank 3 root beers. Last night i went to San Angelo's only sushi bar. it was okay, but i think they tried to hide their lack of fresh product with lots of cream cheese, avacado, and fruit; plus the wait was over an hour after we ordered our rolls. and then "marble slab" ice cream after. (i thought to myself, marble slab? must be a Cold Stone knock-off, but my room mate, who is from texas, says it's the other way around. who knows?
the good news is that i got my computer back so now i'll be able to blog every day!

Week 2 Summary and Being Crippled - Shane

I sprained my ankle playing basketball Thursday morning, so I haven't been training since. Yesterday I could barely walk, much less move up and down stairs or do real exercise.

I've also been eating pretty awful. At first it was the social outings I had to go to, and then my frustration at my ankle injury. Fried chicken, many sodas, fries, beer, and hamburgers were involved.

Anyway, here are my week 2 numbers:

Treadmill: 3.1 miles
Outside run: 7 miles
Total running: 10.1 miles
Stationary bike: 20.4 miles

Tomorrow, at the beginning of week 3, I'll be swimming for the first time in years. Hopefully it doesn't put too much strain on the ankle.

Andy Feb 29

Exercise- Took the day off.

Diet:
Breakfast- Brown rice congee with an assortment of condiments.
Lunch- Went out to eat with my Persian Farsi class because it was our last day of class. I had a burger and fries from Red Robbin.
Dinner- 3 chicken thighs and brown rice
Snacks- Few cheese sticks throughout the day.