P90X Lean Phase 3: Day 70 - Rest & Day 71 - Chest & Back, Abs

I combined yesterday and today's post since not much to report yesterday.

Chest & Back went well, still have to work on my push ups and I think I could increase the weight for the weight lifting. 8 lbs dumbbells are a bit easy for me now, so the next time I do my own resistance training, I'll use 10 lbs instead.

I didn't follow the Abs Ripper X video anymore as I started to get really bored with it I couldn't even want to do it. Instead I just mixed up a bunch of abs moves from yoga, core and ARX and did my own sequence. I did it in fast pace and only took me 10 minutes and I was sweating and my heart rate was pretty high. I should have done it a little longer, but I was a bit in a pinch to go for a grocery shopping at this market before it gets too crowded.

Here's my food list from earlier for today:
Pre-workout:
1 packet of Jay Robb™ Egg White Protein powder (strawberry flavor) mixed in a glass of water.

I still haven't acquired the taste of any protein powder (except for the soy protein). It has that weird after taste, not sure if all of them are like that, or is it because of the brand. I know Jay Robb™ protein powder uses stevia as the sweetener, which is a natural sweetener, unlike the usual sugar substitute or aspartame. However, I still find it tastes like those artificial sweeteners. I'm still searching for the protein powder with a taste I like, otherwise, I might stick with soy protein.

Post workout:
1 glass of Blue Diamond Almond Breeze® with 3 scoops of Genisoy Chocolate Protein Powder

Breakfast (after come back from market- about 10:15 am- a bit late I know)
1 piece of naan bread with 3 small cubes of cheddar cheese - so good!
1 Bear Naked GrainOla Fruit & Nut bar
1 cup of tea

Lunch & Dinner will be posted later today.

I'll be doing cleaning today as part of my weekend chores. Might have to do the whole house since I skipped yesterday. Usually I break it into two days. The lower floor on Saturday and upper floor on Sunday. But yesterday I just didn't feel doing it and slacked off.

P90X Lean Phase 3: Day 63 - Rest or X Stretch

I picked rest for today as I came back home late last night after dropping off my parents and uncle at the airport. Yup, they already left US. In some ways I kinda missed them. For the past 3 weeks, my place had been pretty lively and now it's back to its normal quiet, with just me, K and A.

Anyway, today is K's birthday so I treated him for a lunch at Korean BBQ place. We've been to that place last time for one of my friend's birthday.
Since I planned to do some house cleaning that I couldn't quite do last week, I ate a bit more than what I usually do. Gotta need some energy to burn.

Dinner was fine, mostly just a bunch of left over from what my mom cooked when she was here. I just boiled some veggies to add into it.

P90X Lean Phase 2: Day 42 - Rest

Not exactly taking a rest since I have tons of chores to do before my parents arrive tonight. Shopped some groceries this morning, paid the bills, will do house cleaning shortly, prepare a room for them and will be busy cooking later.

Busy busy day. No X Stretch for today.

Tomorrow is Spring Forward. Gosh, I'll lose an hour. But on the bright side, I can go home when it's still bright!

About yesterday (Sunday Feb 28, 2010)

I was so tired from cleaning the house for the entire day. Felt like I didn't even sit down until dinner time, which was around 7:15 pm.

After I finished Core around 9 am, I showered, had some breakfast then did the first load of laundry (washing the bed sheets & blankets).

I ate lunch around noon then took out the first batch of laundry, did the second batch and started the house cleaning (from wiping the furniture and windows, bottom to upper floors), on and off with the laundry ( had to run the comforter in the dryer twice, made the bed etc). By the time I was done, it was about 4:30 pm which was the time for me to start the dinner.

I decided to make Skinless Chicken Dumplings, which simply mean I made the dumpling filling without the skin. I cut up the whole chicken, skinned it, removed the bones and minced the meat with my butcher knife - what an arm workouts. I made a chicken soup stock from the bones.

I mixed the minced chicken meat with minced shiitake mushrooms, minced dried shrimps, chopped green onions, minced garlic, and chopped cabbages. For the seasoning, I used soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, white pepper, cooking wine, sugar, brown sugar, and 1 egg. After everything mixed evenly, I shaped into a ball, made only about 6 as my plate can accommodate. I steamed the meatballs roughly around 25 minutes. It turned out pretty good.

Lunch

Quick post before I start my weekend routine house cleaning.

Lunch:
1 cup of steamed broccoli
1/2 piece of naan bread
Chicken curry