Day 8: Meal Plan Mishaps a.k.a. My Belly Hurts!

So we messed the new diet plan up. We weren't prepared at all, we didn't even think about what we'd eat this morning. So we improvised breakfast. We made a big salad with mixed greens, bell peppers, cucumbers, onions and corn. Bell peppers, cucumbers and corn are all fruits, so we kind of cheated. But they are vegetable fruits, and we didn't have anything else. We ate the salad naked (no dressing), it was very interesting. Definitely could taste each individual ingredient. We also both ate two pieces of lightly buttered whole wheat toast, and subbed milk for yogurt. We're wondering if it would it be all right if we had honey with our yogurt.

Around 6:15am Emiko ran off to work with half her salad in a tupperware for later, and half her slice of bread. It was a really busy morning, so she had to try to eat the rest of breakfast during a little 15 min. break around 10am. She gagged on her salad because she tried eating too much at once. The salad was never finished, sadly. There does happen to be a digital scale at Emiko's work, so she measured out her fruit for her morning snack, which was more like "noon snack."

We went grocery shopping after Emiko got home from work around 3:30pm. So we ended up missing lunch all together. We had our meal prepared around 7pm.

Two sandwiches with broiled turkey patties, roma tomatoes, cabbage, onions and cilantro on whole-wheat bread. Not pictured - a side of steamed broccoli.

Gus ate an egg yolk. He is very clever, and after feeling it out and realizing he wanted to eat it, he used his claws to break off little pieces and then licked them off of his paws. Good Gus, help us not to waste food!

We also prepared a simple salsa to eat with baked pita chips for tomorrow. The salsa consists of tomatoes, onions, cilantro, half a green chile pepper, and a bit of apple cider vinegar.

We're checking out a screenprinting class tomorrow (PCP t-shirts, anyone?) so we have to get up extra early and prepare food to bring to school. The salsa will be a handy snack.

We're also pretty excited about trying the new exercises.

Goodnight everybody and good luck tomorrow!

Quotes of the day:

Adrian (after tasting a chili pepper that was to go into the salsa): "AAAAAH! I feel like I just got punched in the tongue!"

Emiko: "I feel like someone pissed on my tongue...with acid rain."

Emiko: Day 2, A Pooey Day

Hey y'all. It is really late...almost midnight. I just got home from work a little while ago from a really crazy closing shift. I feel POOPED.

I was actually pretty tuckered out by the time a got to work (around 2:30pm), because during my workout today I pushed myself harder/was much more sore than yesterday. I did a full 1,005 jump-ropes! The sad part about all those jumps was that I accidentally hit my cat Gus with the rope...I felt SO BAD. I guess he was scared of the rope and tried to flee the room, but got too close on his way out. He wouldn't let me get near him after that until Adrian started doing his jump-ropes, and Gus decided I had become less of an enemy and more of a protective shield that scratches his head in nice ways.

Squats were hard, because I was trying to do them slow to get the full benefit of them, with already sore calves. But I finished them eventually, and never cheated :)

Had my first milky drink in a while (foamy steamed soy milk with a drizzle of almond syrup...yummers), but it was only around 7oz so I don't think I've committed too big a crime.


I can't think of anymore because I'm so tired, so I'm gonna head to bed. Love to everyone who is following and supporting Adrian and I, thank you so much!

Night night.

Adrian: Day 2.

Emiko and I just finished the daily workout, and right now we're listening to the Zen is Stupid podcast. I think it's kinda cool how we're 30% of the listeners. It's like they're talking just to us. We're listening to the episode where Patrick and Gwen bash old people for half an hour..

We ended up skipping the lecture at the Berkeley Zen Center today. I ended up playing around with our new laptop instead. I created a last.fm account and I spent pretty much the entire morning fooling around on it. I guess I finally jumped that bandwagon.

Anyway, back to the workout. The jump rope part of it was a bit easier today. I did 350 jumps for my first set, then I took a short break to heave and gasp for a minute. Then over the next 5 sets I did 350 more. Oh yeah, and those stomach cramps are a nice bonus.

Today's workout:

Jump rope: 350/91/78/122/56/203
Squats: 20/20/20/20/20
Pushups: 8/8/8/8
Roll up like a newspaper: 15/15/15/15

For breakfast this morning, Emiko and I split a bowl of cereal and a banana again. I had a cup of earl grey/green tea and some water. Around 10:30 Emiko made a delicious salad with mixed greens, onions, red bell peppers, corn, cherry tomatoes and a red wine vinaigrette. After that I had a singular date. I wonder how well I would eat if I were doing this alone. I've caught myself fantasizing a lot about oily pizzas, gyros, falafels, sushi, fried chicken and paneer tikka masala. Did anyone else just salivate? Actually it hasn't been all that bad. I'm definitely playing the mental game with myself right now though. How's everyone else getting on?

Quote of the day:

Emiko: "I wish cats didn't poop. It would be so much better if they didn't."