April 7

well, got my prize money from the hockey pool yesterday and entered a playoff draft too. sorry guys, I was never a dedicated Canucks fan (flames will get ya next year: P) so I gotta see the blues beat em if I want to do well.

woke up this morning feeling very sluggish and my wisdom tooth was killin me. still got my upper body workout done today; I'm hoping with school over soon, I can go to a mon-wed-fri routine instead of one changing every week. have been slacking with my ab exercises lately as I find them harder to do at the gym than at home. I guess ill have to get used to going to the gym then coming home to do abs. played some hockey tonight and had a great game. probably going to switch the diet around and eat heavier in the morning cause I'm getting my wisdoms yanked tomorrow.

April 4

bought some new rollerblades and cross trainers today. I love the spring; can't wait till the weather dries up so I can get out and use them. I'm pretty pumped up too cause the playoffs are coming up and I've all but secured 2nd place in our hockey pool which should put about $700 in my wallet. life is good!

April 3

Didn't do my regular day of cardio and weights as I tried a circuit training program they offered at the gym. it was basically a minute on the bike of various intensity, then a minute on a machine. it was way more intense than I thought. I didn't feel the burn in my muscles all that much but i was breathing hard and by the time I got to the leg press, I was running out of steam. I didn't like straying from my usual program, but I wanted to just get some instruction on all the different apparatus there.

April 2

long day again of school and work. still managed to get my cardio in but i caved in to fruit carbs when i got home late at night. just cant resist those bananas.

April 1

went to my new gym today. liked it a lot as its brand new, very big, and not all that busy yet. was a little intimidated by the equipment as I've never used anything other than free weights before but ill get used to that.

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first day off on the program with a day off at work.  managed to hit all the meals nicely.  these 2 days of rest are welcome; the abs are a wee bit out of gas. 

March 17 

gotta get more consistent with sleep.  slept only 3 hours last night (one of the meds I’m on disrupt sleep plus I had a stupid power nap earlier in the day) and felt the batteries drain.  but even after a crazy morning at work and not eating at the right times, I still made myself do my lower body work out and played some racquetball later that night.  beddy-bye, here i come.

March 18

the bike was hard to get through today. the carsio aspect was fine but my legs are still feeling the burn of my first workout. eating plan went ok today; still finding it hard to jam it all in at the right times with such an inconstant schedule. today was my long day...worked in the morning till the afternoon, had an hour off in between, then at school till midnight. i was hoping to get off work a little earlier to get the weights done before school but it wasn't in the cards. ill have to do it tomorrow instead

March 20

got through the bike much more nicely as the stiffness is easing up. I thought the loosening jeans were in my head but I was told by a friend that I looked slimmer. its odd, in the last few years, I'd been satisfied with my waist line. I had lost 3 inches on it a few years ago so I thought I was doing ok but when I saw the stats from my original assessment....yowsa. it only excites me more though to see what results all this will get me. legs again tomorrow...gotta dig deep!

March 25

eye yi yi...ive been neglecting the journaling as it has been a cah-ray-zeeee past week of work and school and stuff. my schedule is so inconsistent its hard to find one time where I can always sit down and write. The first week went by no problem. it seemed like it was only a matter of getting the timing of the diet figured out. but dammit, I had a stressful start to the second week, and combined with not getting out for grocery shopping, I had to turn to my old foe, the peanut butter. I felt bad after eating it so I threw it out. its odd how in the first week, I felt like I was eating too much and I was full all the time. now, the last couple days, I've been feeling more hunger. I think I have to reconfigure my eating schedule. The peanut butter was the only official cheat food in the house and I definitely wont buy anymore. On the plus side, I played hockey the other night and I felt better and played better than usual. a friend who I hadn't seen for some time had noticed I lost weight, even under 20lbs of goalie equipment. peanut butter, you're lucky!

March 30

wish I could have made the seminar last night; by the sounds of some of the journals, it sounded like a good time. well I started using the software program that Doug mentioned and discovered my carbs were a little on the high side; I've got to cut out a little more fruit. the protein had been a problem to get because I cant take the shakes but I've been adding egg whites to my yogurt to help boost that. I think in a couple days, ill have the diet down to perfection. I think I'm going to join a gym tomorrow; I'm starting to peak with my dumb bells as 90 lbs just isn't going to cut it much longer. there's a new gym opening here that looks promising. I add an extra set to my weights on Tuesday so we'll see how the intensity goes. tomorrow I'm finally going to make my trek out to surrey to get some cheap chicken, a heart rate monitor, and an exercise ball. there's a heart rate monitor on my treadmill that you get a read with your thumb but it seems very inconsistent. I have no idea if I'm going too hard or too easy on the cardio so it should help.

March 31

went to gators today and to buy my MCT oil and some egg whites. got to stick around there a little longer as I locked my keys in my car. yay me. also went to Garcha and was impressed with the deal on the chicken we get; makes it easier when you eat as much as we do. joined a new gym that just opens up here tomorrow. played hockey tonight but ran out of gas as I hadn't sat down once all day.