Week One, Day Two: January 13th

Workout
Prescribed Workout:
Swimming: Continuously for 15 minutes

Actual Workout:
Swimming: Continuously for 10 laps in a 50 meter pool

Eating
Breakfast (10:00)
One apple

Lunch (12:00)
Green Salad with avocado and lite mustard miso dressing
Chicken Gumbo

Dinner (6:00)
One slice of Beef Tenderloin
Red Potatoes
Green Salad with carrots, onions and lite mustard miso dressing
One Special K bar

Thoughts
It was a fairly good day. I realize that I don't own any waterproof watches, so when I went to the pool, I had to guestimate how long I was in the pool. I did 10 laps in the 50 meter pool, with a combination of mainly breast stroke, free style, and a little bit of back stroke. The free style was surprisingly difficult to do for extended periods of time--after about a lap, I would have to switch to breast stroke for a little bit. Either way, though, I experience a nice burn in my upper arm that persisted even when I left the pool at around 11:15 a.m. My arms felt dead until about 1:00 p.m.

That was the extent of today's workout. At the early part of this plan, I intend on running and doing other exercises on M/W/F and swimming on T/Th/Sa/Su. No rest days.

As for eating, it was a pretty healthy day. I made sure to at least eat something before swimming, but I think I need to eat a little bit more before working out--otherwise, I risk burning muscle in addition to fat, which is not what I'm going for. I might need to add a bit more protein to my diet (which is pretty funny to anyone who knows me, since I'm a carnivore of the highest order), because right now there's a lot of green but it needs to be complimented by a bit more chicken/beef, etc. Not too much, just a little more.

Back tomorrow with part deux of running, et al. Hopefully I can manage more than just a few pullups this time.