Wow! This is one of those weeks that just flew by. I find myself saying, “Wow, before I know it, it will be Christmas.” I’ve had these weeks before and of course, weeks that I say, “What! It’s only Tuesday?” So reflecting on the week to see if there is a way to duplicate this speed, I find this. Everything was scheduled. Every minute was occupied with productive moments. And we slept at a reasonable hour.

For the most part, the scheduling and occupation aren’t typically an issue. Now, sleep on the other hand is somewhat of a Big Foot in our household. Very elusive! Only seen by a select few! We did much better this week … in bed by 11:30 and up by 7:30. No wonder the week flew by … 40 hours (8 X 5) of them were spent with my eyes shut.

Morning weight 170.5

Life lesson #54 – A healthy plan includes pajamas.

So, with that said. Check out what why my wife stayed up until 4am and why I wasn’t able to make shakes this morning.

Layered Cake

Today’s Meal:

• 9:10am – McDonalds. 1 Sausage McMuffin with no sausage and no butter. Removed the top muffin and replaced it with a hashbrown. Three words – De-Lish-Us. Herbalife supplements:
  • Formula 2 Multivitamin
  • Formula 3 Cell Activator
  • Herbalifeline
  • Xtra-Cal Advanced
  • Mega Garlic Plus
  • Joint Support
  • Male Factor 1000
  • Ultimate Prostate
  • Total Control
• 1:30pm – Microwave Madness!
  • Seeds of Change – Organic Quinoa and Whole Grain Brown Rice with garlic (1 cup)
  • Quorn Meatless and soy-free chik’n tenders (1 cup)
  • 1 fresh fig
  • 1/4 tablespoon of Herbalife Herbal Aloe Concentrate Mango in 8 ounces of water
• 3:20pm – Gourmet Popcorn – Chicago Mix – Caramel and Cheese (1 cup)
• 5:50pm – Jade Chinese Restaurant
  • 1 1/2 servings General Sesame Tofu (extra crispy and less sauce)
  • 1 serving of Chinese water spinach in garlic sauce
  • 1/2 cup of steamed rice
  • 3 vegetarian egg rolls
• 10:30pm – Dessert
  • Peach cobbler slice
  • 1 1/2 scoops of Crystal vanilla ice cream

Meal 1

Meal 1.1

Meal 2

Meal 2.1

Meal 3

Meal 4

Food and exercise

Today’s Activities:

• P90X movements – Chest and Shoulders. For shoulders, attempted actual pull-ups. Unable due to pain in the left shoulder. Used resistance bands, but I even see improvement here. Just a week ago, it would still hurt and there was a lot of shaking on my left side when I fully extended. Today was quite the opposite. Full extension on shoulder presses with no pain and no shaking. In this order … 
  • Regular Pushups, 25 reps
  • “V” Shoulder Press (using lower tension resistance band), 16 reps
  • Regular Pushups, 25 reps
  • Shoulder Press (using lower tension resistance bands), 16 reps
  • Decline Pushups, 25 reps
  • Alternating Shoulder Press (using higher tension resistance bands), 10 reps per side
  • Diamond Pushups, 25 reps
  • Straight arm, in-and-out, flys, with a pitcher pour on the outward movement. 16 reps with 8 lb weights. 1 rep = all 3 movements.
  • Regular Pushups, 25 reps
  • “V” Shoulder Press (using higher tension resistance bands), 16 reps
  • Wide Fly Pushups, 20 reps. NOTE – felt left shoulder pain on these. Not fatique-related. It’s that shooting pain.
  • Shoulder Press (using lower tension resistance bands), 16 reps
  • Decline Pushups, 20 reps. NOTE – felt left shoulder shooting pain on these.
  • Alternating Shoulder Presses (using higher tension resistance bands), 10 reps per side
  • Diamond Push Ups, 25 reps
  • Straight arm, in-and-out flys, with a pitcher pour on the outward movement. 16 reps with 8 lb weights. 1 rep = all 3 movements.