dayNINE | Training
I trained Chest and Arms, and deadlifted @ 2-65x10/8/. Definitely think I'll be increasing it next week, either by sets, weights, or both. Played around on the assisted pullup machine with different grip placements. Pull-ups, chin dips, etc. to hit various muscle groups in my back. I'm working harder this time around on my back, since it needs a lot of work.
Top: Normal view. Bottom: Flexed.
Trained with my boyfriend. Spotted him on the bench press. The benches were, once again, busy as f**k, so I ended up pressing a tiny 40-lb bar and had to up it by 50.
The cardio machines were also backed up. God, the gym being so busy got me aggravated yesterday.
Didn't help that Mother Nature has decided to kick me in the ovaries yesterday morning. Every little thing is getting on my nerves.
dayNINE | Food
I had some leftover pork sinigang (that I made over the weekend) but instead of eating it alone, or with rice - as it is usually served with, I threw some cauliflower in a blender, microwaved it, and added butter, garlic powder, sea salt & parsley to it. It tastes like a delicious fried rice or mashed potato alternative. Was gonna throw in shredded carrot, but didn't get around to it. My belly was happy and Kaeden even had some, and liked it.
Cauliflower "Rice": Great ULC alternative to rice, or even potatoes.
My mornings and pre-training hours are starting to look the same each day, which is good. Morning consists of the AM Accelerator Shake - coffee, splenda, 2 tbsp heavy cream, 1 tbsp coconut oil, 1 scoop of Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Vanilla Whey.. and some whip cream on top [maybe] if I feel daring that day.
Then I'll have my first meal at around 11am, and another at 1:30 pm. One of them is usually 1/2 a cup of 4% fat cottage cheese. I freaking love cottage cheese.
Post-workout, I take some fish oil, 3 creatine pills (1 serving per the bottle I have); and either a scoop of ON Vanilla whey, a scrambled egg, or both. I do it for the leucine content in the whey and egg, since I need that small insulin spike post-workout to tap into my glycogen stores - which I am trying to deplete by the end of the week, prior to another Carb Nite.
Pretty straightforward. Food porn still haunts me daily though.. I should probably stop looking at so many food blogs, Pinterest, Tumblr, and talking Filipino food with my sister all the time. Ugh..
dayNINE | Overall
I've been feeling very blah for the past few days. For some reason, the jealousy bug still bites me once in a while, and I see girls in the gym who I KNOW for a fact do not work hard very much at all, and yet somehow (ahem, genetics) they have the perfect bodies. I have to work 200% 24/7 to attain a physique that I can be proud of... and I'm not even sure what that "end" result is going to look like, if it's going to even look good, since I've never seen it before. I've never been this fit and strong before, I've never been "lean" and I'm only starting to see results here and there, but my stubborn areas continue to plague me.
Despite all this, I still got through a day of training and proper nutrition. Didn't give up. I used to use days like these as an excuse to stay in at home and do nothing, and maybe even binge on something bad.. But, giving up is no longer allowed. Still, I am feeling rather bummed out and negative, and I'd really like to change that ASAP before it spirals out of control. UGH...
Maybe this weather needs to brighten up too. I HATE SPRING.
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