After two months of P90X, I’m back on the free weights wagon at the gym. I’d almost forgotten how much I loved being IN a gym. The energy is very different, and being in a place that lacks all the distractions of home–cute cats, kitchen full of stuff to cook, three different game consoles, 3 tall shelves full of books, phone, and two computers–does wonders for my ability to focus on my workouts.

Anyway, I jumped right back in Thursday and Friday with Back/Chest/Abs and Legs respectively, and I will cheerfully confess that I worked it so hard that my poor boyfriend had to put up with my constant whining about full-body DOMS for the entire 4th of July weekend. :slappy:

I’m fully recovered now, and itching to get back to lifting tonight. I intend to incorporate the P90X cardio and flexibility workouts into my baseline program, but I’m never giving up my iron again. I just wuvs it too much. :barbells:

Amusing anecdote of the day: I experienced a grocery store pick up attempt today during lunch at the local Publix. A random guy walked up to me while I was selecting some fresh corn on the cob and asked me how I was doing.

“Good,” I said.

He then made a weak BS comment on the price of the corn, “Oh, these are 10 for $1.99, huh?” (Duh…the price was clearly marked on the sign above my head.)

I just nodded and continued to bag up my corn because I only had 30 minutes to shop, unload my stuff at my apartment, make some quick lunch, and get back to the office.

His next sentence was even stupider: “So, do you work at Epcot?”

Yeah, he assumed that because I was a) Asian and b) in a grocery store in the Lake Buena Vista area that I was one of the chicas working the China or Japan pavilions at Epcot Center’s World Showcase.

All he got for that asinine assumption was a curt “No.” When I looked up again, Mr. Suave had disappeared from the entire premises.

*snickers*

Why do guys always think they are clever for bringing up an Asian woman’s ethnicity when they hit on her? It just makes them sound like Asian fetishists who don’t care if said female has any other qualities beyond dark hair, non-Caucasian facial features, and some sort of implied deferential attitude toward the mighty male gender (hah!).

One time, I kid you not, a clever fellow came up to me at another grocery store with this winning line, “Wow, you are really tall. Are you from Korea?”

:crazy:

I still don’t know what that one was trying to convey with that gem of an opening line.

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Nutrition: 1300-1500 calorie low zig zag day

1: 2 slices Roman Meal Carb Aware WW bread, 1 T. sugar free raspberry preserves, 1/2 T. Smart Balance Light spread
2: 3×1 spinach omelette, 1 c. Fiber One cereal
3: SGX meal
4: 1/2 c. rice, 3 oz. pork cutlet, 1 c. stir-fried bean sprouts
5: 1/2 c. low fat cottage cheese, 1 c. blueberries, 1 T. dry oatmeal
6: Dextrose/whey PWO shake

Daily Supplements: multivitamin with iron, calcium 500 + D, 1 T. flaxseed oil or natural peanut butter
Water: 16 cups minimum

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Workout:
7:30 PM Arms/Shoulders/Abs
8:30 PM LISS Cardio - Treadmill (3.5-4 mph/ incline 10%/ 45 minutes)

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The Awful Truth:
1. 4th of July weekend was not as clean as it could have been with food.

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Brownie Points:
1. Restocked veggies and fruit in fridge.
2. Didn’t exceed maintenance calories during weekend.
3. Didn’t have alcohol.
4. Weighed in at 135.2 lbs this morning even with chick bio issue and BBQ food bloat.

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Short-term Goals:
1. Make appointments for eye exam and annual check up.
2. Clean bathroom and bedroom.
3. File paperwork.
4. Read related chapters in NASM book for weekend workshop.
5. Prep some meals.