Just to be safe, I set two alarms last night. Of course, they both worked. So, I made it to the gym by 5:10 a.m. Waited for my partner...and it was her turn to oversleep I guess. I waited until 5:30 then went on without her.

This is my first day with the New Rules break in program. On paper it looked a little tame. But I wanted to do it right, so I started with this break in program as instructed. It actually was tougher than I expected...well, the first 2/3. I think partly because I was having gastro problems yesterday (diarrhea cha cha cha) and I might be a little weak.

Here's how it went:

Squats, 1 warm up set of 10 with bar, 1 set ?x95 (I was focused on my tempo and lost count, so I didn't count this one toward the two sets prescribed...probably did 12 reps).
2 sets 15x95 -- not sure if my tempo is right on, but I think close enough. Anyway, I really felt those 3 extra reps per set.

Static lunge superset with 2 pt. dumbbell row w/elbow out:
2 sets 15 (each leg/arm), 25 lb. dumbbells. These rows were kind of fun...maybe because they were different. I know I can handle 30's and will do that next time. The lunges were particularly difficult this morning. Odd since I was doing massive amounts of lunges with similar weight on Amy's program. I think I'm just weak.

Push-ups superset with swiss ball crunches: 2 sets ea, 15 reps each set of push-ups, 20 each set of crunches with 8 lb. ball.

Okay...on the push-ups, which I really never do, I went into girlie style at 11 reps the first set and 8 reps the second set. I don't think it will take long before I'm strong enough to get through them like a man.

So...that was it. Took less than an hour...which means I got to work 30 minutes early. Got my Starbucks (grande brewed coffee, black) then sat in the parking lot at work and had my chocolate protein powder with yogurt, banana and peanut butter. My diet for the rest of the day will look like this:

After I'm done typing this:
oatmeal w/1 t. peanut butter and 1/3 banana

1/2 C. lowfat cottage cheese over a healthy bed of fresh spinach with 1/2 avocado all seasoned with a little Spike.

Lunch: My own ultra healthy version of ratatouille which means on Sunday I cubed a big eggplant, sliced up several zucchini and an onion, sauteed in a little olive oil then simmered in canned tomatoes. May have added a little salt, but didn't get real creative with the herbs (don't have any). Anyway, this made enough to have for lunch every day this week. So...2 cups of the ratatouille with 4-5 oz. chicken breast.

Dinner is still a question?

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