Softballs and Spring in the air

Temps in the 50's, sunshine, and tossing the softball. First practice tomorrow!

Fast - Day Eight

Let the good times roll! Yesterday was not too bad. I took lemon juice, maple syrup & cayenne to work and used the fitered water cooler water to fill a 16o bottle several times. It worked out well. People brought in bagles, lox & cream cheese but I knew it was coming so it wasnt too bad. I went to Borders at lunch so I could get out and get some fresh air. I bought 4 books; two for me and two for Jane. One was Jonathan Livingston Seagull. I read that years ago and was inspired not too long ago by a blog I stumbled across to read it again. I also picke op Lewis Black's book Me of Little Faith. That guy is hilarious! I surprised Jane with a cook book and a craft book.

Today we have girls basketball, I will be working on my project for 52 Projects, and I want to read JLS. Weight this morning was 157.8.

Fast - Day Seven

First day on the lemon maple water. Weight this morning was 159.2.

As some may know, this lemon maple water thing is from the Master Cleanse developed by Stanley Burroughs in the 1940's. There are all sorts of variations of the cleanse and a whole cottage industry has sprung up around it. I don't take it as far as some and have modified it to fit me and my lifestyle.

Fast - Day Six

Getting to this late in the day.

Weight this morning was 159.4. Made the same juices as the last two days. The red grapefruit is really good! I went out to Wegmans and got an Odwalla green smoothie and some Pomegranate juice at lunch then took a short walk. I was going to ride the stationary bike but decided to conserve energy. Tomorrow starts the lemon/maple water portion. Woo hoo

Fast - Day Five

Second day of juices. It took me about an hour this morning to make a container each of grapefruit (24 oz), apple(24oz), and pine/orange/banana(48oz). I also stopped at Wawa and got a "Naked" juice (some green thing with apples and broccoli) and a Nantucket Nectar (peach orange). I am going to workout with Dominic my trainer today and want to make sure I take in decent calories.
Weight this morning 160.4. Again, this is not a weight loss specific thing, but it's bound to happen.


Adding an afternoon update:

Workout today was pretty tough but I got through it. We did "minutes" which is doing an exercise for a full minute, 3 sets of 3 exercise:

cable press
lat pull down
step up w/20lbs

pull over w/ crunch w/35 lbs
push ups
alternating reverse lunge w/20lbs

straight arm pull downs w/blue band
mountain climbers
leg press - not sure of weight but there were a lot of plates

Fast - Day Four

Today is the first day of just juice and water. I got up early and made up 3 containers of juice for the work day; red grapefruit, orange pineapple, and apple. I already finished the grapefruit at my desk. 4 grapefruits made about 20 ounces.

For breakfast I had some grapefruit juice, then I took half a honeydew and some blueberries and threw them through the juicer. Yummage!

Weight this morning was 161.6

Last night for dinner Jane and I made a delicious vegetable "stew. Here's her write up from her blog:



Yesterday was Breen's last day of eating "solid" fruits and veggies on his 9 day fast. So we decided to make a very impromptu "vegetable stew" and I think this turned out to be the epitome of healthfulness. Literally it took less than 15 minutes to put together and there is absolutely nothing in here that is processed or bad for you. Just a big steaming bowl of green goodness.



Breen took 4 tomatoes (raw with the stems pulled off) and put them in the blender on puree. Meanwhile, I took a large pasta pot and filled it with about an inch of organic vegetable stock. I placed the steaming basket in there and filled it with cauliflower, broccoli and carrots. In a separate saute pan I heated up about 2 tablespoons of olive oil and cooked a chopped onion and red pepper; to that I added the tomatoes from the blender and heated it through. Once the veggies were steamed and tender, I threw them in a bowl and topped them off with the tomato sauce.

Fast - Day Three

So far so good. Weight this morning: 162.4. I've been weighing myself as soon as I get out of bed, before anything goes in or out.

First day in the office. Brought in a bunch of grapes and some baby carrots. Will go to the gym at lunch for an easy swim. My back (possibly sacroilliac) is sore again and I'm not sure why. It's been flaring up for about a week now. Between that and the Achilles I am concerned about my fitness level and my future training.

But, on with the fasting!