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Week 2: Exercise: D, 1 baseline set found, only worked on the program once (saw trainer 2 or 3 times) Food: C, Food intake is overall okay (amount and type wise (mmm... 4 egg omelet, .25# ham, 1/4 spanish onion, 1/2 large green pepper)) I have still failed to cook lunch for work though. Korean: F, listening to Korean music (although I do it everyday for numerous hours) does not count. Quick entry for today: Pull ups: Worked up to body weight, managed to do 3, but my shoulder started bugging me, so I went back to -30 to finish. Deadlifts: 95x10x2 115x10x2 135x10x2 155x5x3

Now that I have a better concept of my goals this will serve as a retrospective sum up. Week 1: Exercise: F, Baselines not found, thus no gains could be measured. Food: C-, I have been eating more, but that cold took away my appetite for a couple days. Korean: A, Lessons done 2/7 days, but finished a k-drama (20 hours -> 5 lessons)

Okay, now I'm finally getting somewhere. Did "workout A": Squats 95x10x2115x8x2135x5x5Push Press 50x10x265x8x270x5x5Baselines found well enough for these two! Next time A comes around, I'll be pushing 1/2 my weight above my head. Time to make myself an omelet... after I do the dishes from the brownies I made... ... last week ;;;

Either there aren't many people in NY here, or they're just not speaking up.

Okay, so things fell apart after I got sick but now that I've almost completely shaken the stuffy nose, time to get back in line. About the only thing that hadn't gotten pushed aside completely was studying Korean... but that's just because k-dramas are way too addicting to put down. Today: Saw my trainer, and then had a 7oz burger with ham, bacon, grilled onions and cheddar... not paleo, but stock full of protein. ;

As comfort food, of course. Just don't expect anything that special out of it (after all it is just rice porridge ; )

Great way to start off the challenge. I came down with a cold yesterday and was fighting it today. :-/ So... Tuesday: Food: Omelete, Fage, OJChicken Cesear Salad (this was like 1/3 - 1/2 chicken)... Then I was sick and just huddled up in bed ;; Life: While I didn't do any lessons... I did watch about 4-5 hours of the k-drama I've been watching ;;Exercise: This was a rest day anyways... so... good timing? ;Today (Wed): Food: 2 FageA bunch of peanutsA number of glasses of milk (almost a half gallon so far)Life: No lessons so far... but have been watching the k-drama all dayExercise: Saw my trainer (hour)So, havn't eaten well (I've been wanting congee all day, but no places around me serve it ㅠ_ㅠ ) but at least I'm feeling better.

My only real goal is to get stronger (a couple more inches here and there would be nice, but secondary to strength) to that end, once I figure out a baseline (what I'm up to this week as the program's starting) I'll add some number goals to my first post. My diet, is something that could use some better thought (of the planning variety), but over the past few weeks it's gone towards mostly a Paleo+Dairy, grains have been becoming less frequent as of late. As far as just plain eating goes, I have been eating more as of late (mainly since I've been more hungry as of late as well). It's really a mixture of a remnant of how I had been eating and... laziness ; Before (a few months back, for the past few years) I was probably taking in somewhere in the neighborhood of 1500 calories per day averaged... across the week (some days I ate just lunch and a few snacks). That's been changing, I had nearly a full rack of ribs sunday night. ; Getting to today's progress: Push Press: up to 65x10x5, the last ones were hard, but the weight's defiantly going up next time.Squats: got up to 105x10 (the gym was closing, so I was just upping the weight each set) this will also be going up.2 Korean lessons (each little dot in Rosetta Stone is a lesson)Thoughts: Haven't found my baselines yet, but I'm getting closer.

I've a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science as well (though I graduated back in Dec. 2006).

@Kishi, My watching habits vary as I make my way through what is offered by Netflix. I can't remember everything as of late, but I'm waiting for new episodes of Stargate Universe, Doctor Who, Lie To Me, Leverage (need to check if the new season is there). I've been watching Numbers and... Boys Over Flowers (k-dramas are a guilty pleasure ;; (one of the reasons for learning Korean)) @Sanjh, good luck to you as well. Went through a "B" set yesterday, made it up to 90 lb deadlifts before running out of weight (was using the fixed weight barbells). I called it at that though because they were difficult enough at the time (it was getting hard to get through a set of 10) and my form had slipped a couple times (probably just due to being tired... I have no idea how many deadlifts I ended up doing at that point). Today's my start day, so pictures will be taken later, and that'll really be my only metric (asides from the lifting numbers). Although just for a couple more numbers that won't really be tracked. Weight: 161.5 (which is 5-7 lbs more than a week or two ago ) Body Fat %: 14.3 (through the gym's electrical impedance device, planning on going to a bodypod or similar at the end of the challenge)

Seeing as my birthday is in a couple weeks and this is my first challenge I'm using this as a way to kick off changing my life for the better. So, getting to the goals. Wellness/Exercise Barbell Battalion Goals listed below.Eat a minimum of 3 full meals everyday.Bring lunch to work at once a week.Sleep 8 hours a night. (Curse you Netflix ;; )Life Cut down on expenses (tho with purchasing more food, not sure if I'll see any savings ; )Study Korean (1 Rosetta Stone lesson or 4 episodes (4 hours) of k-drama)Okay, now that I'm starting to get some numbers. Starting: Squat: 135# Push Press: 70# Deadlift: ? 90# ? (most done so far, friday will determine correct weight) Pullups: 3 unassisted Goal: Squat: 165# (~ body weight) Push Press: 100# Deadlift: ? + 30# (for easy calculation's sake ; ) Pullups: 7 unassisted Translates to an increase of ~7.5# (or 1 pullup) per week. (and now something that's easily quantifiable )

I was being lazy the last time I was making it and just using the sliced, not even bothering to pound it out more than a little squishing with my hands. It ended up making smaller rolls then using a whole breast, but then then I just ate two instead of one. The first time I made it I used the whole breast and pound it out, but I ended up not pounding them thin enough or they were tearing. Goes to show my skill in the kitchen is really limited to desserts. ;;

Usually chicken cordon bleu is made with a breadcrumb coating, but bacon is good for wrapping things, so why not? Ingredients: Chicken Breasts (the packages of presliced breasts or just slice/flatten them yourself)Ham (deli)BaconHerbed Goat Cheese (The cheese can be substituted for other types, but the goat cheese is delicious ; )Oven should be set to 350 degrees (~177 degrees Celsius) Get all ingredients out and a 9x13 pan and set a wire rack inside it (assuming it's oven safe)Lay out one chicken piece on a boardSpread a healthy amount of cheese on itLay a couple of ham slices on top of the cheeseRoll up the whole thing (cheese+ham on the inside)Wrap that in 2-3 slices of baconPlace in the panRepeat 2-7 for the remaining chickenPut in the oven for... 30 mins?I'm not sure about the time since really don't pay attention to how long they're in for... I know I set the first timer for around 30 minutes. When you think they're done, just cut the largest one in half to see if it's cooked through.

Wow... I just wrote a nice intro, hit preview... and then it asked me to login. There goes all the text I just wrote... :-/ Take 2. I grew up through college without doing anything particularly athletic, as such it's only through the genetics on my mom's side that I've never been overweight. That being said, I've never been particularly fit either. After graduating college I finally broke out on my own and gained a bit more weight (the "freshmen 15" that I managed to put off till after college ; ) due to me not eating right and not doing anything. Fast forward a couple years and I've moved to NYC proper (Manhattan), started walking home from work (~3.5 miles) when the weather's good enough, joined a gym, got a trainer and decided that I like cooking ; (albeit, I've been cooking dessert. I don't eat it, I give it away ;; ) I've also lost weight and gained muscle (being able to throw 25 lbs around where as before I was unable to do one curl) Now having been living in Manhattan for a few years takes a toll on one's finances (gotta love paying the same as some people's mortgage for a studio apartment ;; ). I'm having to reassess various "frivolous" expenditures. Having been seeing my trainer for over a year, I feel that I've learned a number of various exercises and that it's gotten to the point where she's just making up routines for me. That's something that I really should be doing for myself, I've just been making excuses. Time to stop the excuses. To that end, I've gotten the rebel strength guide and will be reading through that to start educating myself. Goals: 100 pushups (just a thing some coworkers and I are doing) Eating better, try for a paleo diet (some things can't give though... what's a chicken cordon bleu without goat cheese and breadcrumbs?? ) Gaining weight (and losing the fat I do have) Gaining the knowledge to make up my own workout routine Stop paying my trainer to do something that I'm capable of doing myself. ;