03/30/07 – Monstrous day

While yesterday was chest/tris day, tonight I did a shoulder session which I think was an OK training. I was tired from the previous night by not getting enough sleep but was able to recover by taking a 3-hour nap after work. Honestly, I prefer a straight 7-8 hours of sleep than 5 here and 3 hours here which is not good. The fact that I had a great chest workout on the previous night, my body was still seeking to recover. I’m glad that the weekday is over and it is time to recover and get more sleep. Tomorrow, I’ll be doing some leg training so I can have my upper body fully recover from 2 days of straight workout. I also forgot to mention that I’m once again using volume training for my workouts. I believe that this has produced the greatest result for me in the past, but it could be early since I’m still in school, and my body might not benefit from that amount of sets performed. I might have to wait until summer but we’ll have to see how my body responds. I’ll definitely cut back if needed since my goal right now is to maintain what I have, and train hard during the summer months.

Anyways, I’m feeling full today but also bloated with the amount of food and water intake. Here’s my meals for today. If you notice the big gap between my 3rd and my 4th meal, it is because I gave my body just enough time to digest all that food from lunch. I wasn’t even hungry after that.  Eating that much food in one sitting was probably not the best but it was damn good, believe it or not.

5:30 a.m. – 1/2 cup oats with 50g whey protein shake blended
8:00 a.m. – 1/2 cup of unsalted peanuts
11:30 a.m. – jumbo beef burrito (huge!)
6:30 p.m. – 1/2 cup brown rice with 2 pieces of chicken
9:15 p.m. -53g whey protein shake with 75g maltodextrin (post-workout)
11:00 p.m. – 27g casein protein + 25g whey protein with 1/2 cup oats, I also added a handful peanuts for fat.

I might start adding flax seed oil to my pre-bedtime shake for an additional EFA. I’ll keep that tentative for now.

03/29/07 – Typical day

I have been getting a different result every week, so I thought that I will need to keep track of my meals. Some weeks, I see that I’m either flat or I’ve gained more fat, so it is hard to pin point which needs to be changed without a log. I have been sticking with a lot of rolled oats, brown rice, a lot of protein, and I carb up on 1-2 times per week when I notice that my body is flat, and lacks that fullness. This week, I made a wrong decision by carbing up on a day when I’m not working out. Usually I would only do it once per week but there are days when it is unavoidable, since my body is screaming for that extra energy. We’ll see how it turns out but the meals below is a typical day. There’s nothing fancy here.

I might add some beans and veggies next month but will be pretty much very similar as below.

Here is what I ate yesterday.
5:30 a.m. – 1/2 cup oats, 50g protein shake
8:00 a.m. – 1/2 cup peanuts
11:30 a.m. -1/2 cup brown rice, 2 pieces chicken
3:00 p.m. – 1/2 cup oats, 50g protein shake
6:30 p.m. – 1 can tuna, 2 pieces wheat bread
9:30 p.m. – 55g protein shake, 70g maltodextrin (post workout)
11:15 p.m.  – 1/2 cup oats, 54g casein shake (pre-bedtime)

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Google is taking over

I’ve been using Gmail for the longest time now and I currently have probably around 5-6 e-mail accounts based on my different needs. Besides that, I also use Google’s search engine, calendar, finance, reader, groups, bookmark, maps, and documents. Don’t forget the famous YouTube that the company also acquired last year aside from their regular video service.They have the best dynamic, functional web applications and because of its popularity, a lot of application has already integrated their many functions. One example would be MS Outlook 2007 which dynamically fetches your updated calendar from time to time. I even noticed that Internet Explorer has also integrated their search engine tool bar which is somehow surprising since they are both giants in a little different way.

Honestly, what else have Google not thought about? When I first got on the internet this morning, I stumbled upon a new product called “notebook“. I was working on my Google homepage by adding stuff such as news feeds, etc. and saw something about the notebook. If you have ever used Microsoft’s OneNote in the past, the idea is very similar and Google’s notebook integrates into Firefox through extension which you can install. Its use is to have a versatile notebook that records information that you find, for instance, source for your term paper, or clip notes about your favorite article, or shoes that you’ve been wanting. Whatever you think that you can write in a notebook, you can do it here. Although it is not as powerful as MS One Note, it is useful for people that uses the web to store information such as myself. I love the fact that I can have one place to store all my (not too private) information such as calendar events, notes, docs without having to worry about losing them or have them in 3-5 different places.

Honestly I was pretty excited when I found about the new applications since I like things to be organized and if I can have all my data and communication tools in one place, then that would be superb. The best part is its integration which allows you to use their service through a single account, usually your Gmail email address. Google has also acquired a lot of web applications and if you’re interested, go visit their official blog and also find out their list of products. Go ahead and try it, and let me know what you think.

Doubts inhibits our will to succeed

I was early today at work as usual and decided to put my earphones on and play my MP3 player. I was tired and didn’t get enough sleep (about 5 1/2 hours) and besides the fact that I did a brutal back/bis workout session yesterday, so my body needed those extra hours for recuperation. Back to my story, I figured that playing music would help me get through my early work load, finish at an early time, and lastly, not stress about it. In many accounts, I did succeed and realized that this principle applies to other aspects of tasks in life, career, school or anything else that is important to us. Our mind has a very powerful mechanism that enables us to do certain things, even things that we would have not thought possible. My whole point is, by being able to get into an empty state of mind, I was able to work and finish tasks faster and with under less stress.

I don’t know about other people but sometimes, over-thinking and doubting ourselves hinders our ability to succeed and accomplish our goal. Even in smaller, similar terms such as going to the gym for instance (short-term), or just by simply mowing the lawn, we often find it difficult to find the right motivation because we “over-think” ourselves to the point where, “I’m not ready”, “I can do this at another day”. Honestly, the best solution for this is to schedule that particular day for a task and make a mental block that no matter what, it will be done that day, the way you initially intended it to be. And when that day comes, avoid re-thinking, analyzing, excuses, and just simply do it without any hesitations. I guarantee that you will succeed and finish it!

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