Everything today ended up later than planned. The mixed greens lately from Costco have been pretty poor. We tried another box from a different store - same thing. If I remember correctly we had the same problem last summer for a while. We got a couple of bad boxes in a row and switched to cabbage salad. So this morning I made cabbage salad (calico coleslaw) which isn’t too bad, but slightly higher cals, but maybe a little more substance than the usual lettuce salad.

So I got started late into the lifting so I didn’t bother with a PWO shake, just made lunch right away. Afterwards went outside to check the garden and was surprised to find some plants that needed water. It’s rained off and on since Saturday, but some of them are under the overhang of the roof and were quite dry. Oh yes, and I tied up the cherry and grape tomatoes growing on the patio. This wouldn’t be worth mentioning except for the fact that they are about 8 feet tall. If I can talk my mother into it tomorrow afternoon when we get home I’ll take a picture with her standing beside them. Since I don’t have anything tall enough to stake them to I ended up taping string to the metal chimney with the clear equivalent of duct tape. I should probably just trim them but they are pretty impressive looking. Oh, and lots of little tomatoes.

So that’s about it for the day, just the usual. Had a swim and made dinner later. Oh yes, tonight’s dinner was a slight experiment. Our normal hamburger recipe is 1-1/2 pounds of lean ground beef, an egg, seasonings. The most recent batch was a 50/50 mix of turkey and beef, with almost no difference to the taste. So from 256 cals each to 208 cals each. Not a huge deal, but I usually take two burgers so it’s a nice little cut. Hey, if nothing else I ate an entire bun tonight (usually I cut a piece off)!
I’m off to Stratford (Ontario) tomorrow to meet up with a couple of women from the diet board I post on. Since it’s a bit of a drive (90 mins) to just have a quick lunch I talked my mother into coming along for the drive. Stratford is a nice touristy town with a (from what I remember) lovely lake to walk along. We’ll go earlier in the day and look around and then part ways for a bit. Yes, she was welcome to come to lunch but prefers to take her own and do some shopping instead.

Food for the day:

Total: 2398 (30% fat, 37% carbs, 31% protein)

Breakfast: two fried eggs, oat scones, jam (395)
AM Snack: none (0)
Lunch: tortillas, smoked turkey, mustard, cheese, nectarine (602)
PM Snack: fruit & nut bar, raspberries, protein shake (323)
Dinner: hamburgers(2), roll(1), condiments, calico coleslaw (813)
Late Snack: berry yogurt sorbet, protein shake (265)

I started with 15-mins walk on the treadmill, some stretching, and then did:

A: Front Squat/Push Press - 60t/8, 60t/8, 65t/8
B1: Step-up (12″) - 17.5e/8, 17.5e/8, 20e/8
B2: Dumbbell One-point Row - 27.5e/8, 27.5e/8, 30e/8
C1: Static Lunge, Rear Foot Elevated - 15e/8, 15e/8, 17.5e/8
C2: Push-up (full) - 8, 8, 8
D1: Plank - 60+60sec, 60+60sec, 30+20+20+20sec (all on floor)
D2: Horizontal Wood Chop (on floor) - 37.5t/8, 37.5t/8, 40t/8

I was pretty much at 85 mins when finished, so I stopped. Sheesh, didn’t even consider rounding it up to 90 mins with a short walk.

HRM: 507 cals, Max: 155 (87%), Avg: 124 (70%)

I don’t know if it’s me today, or if I’m just hitting weights that are finally a bigger challenge. Today I felt like every last set of an exercise was about the last rep I could possibly push out. It started with the FSPP when I almost dropped the barbell on the 6th rep of the 3rd set. I suppose that was a bad sign. I’m pretty sure that my tempo was slower on pretty much everything.

The planks still pretty much kill me. Although I have managed to get some to 60 secs, the form sucks completely. Oh well, can’t do much about them as they come back in Stage 5. 

Since it’s sunny and hot out I need to take some time this afternoon and make sure the plants are well watered. I’m going to be away most of the day tomorrow so I don’t want to come home to a whole bunch of drooping plants.