Where Work and Passions overlap

Recipes

Rough day yesterday, but today’s a new day and we’ll power through. Dinner was a Thai style soup with coconut milk and chicken bone broth as a base, loaded with potato, carrot. Snap peas, belly pepper and chicken. Lunch was leftover enchilada from the freezer and a @delrealfoods tamale. Afternoon snack was a @questnutrition bar. Dessert was some blended cottage cheese and protein powder topped with @avi_foods_co chocolate granola clusters. I didn’t even get close to finishing this so it will be on the menu again. Today’s food will be a lot of the same for what that’s worth. So if it feels like groundhog Day tomorrow, you’re right! It was leg day @nxptfit which is always a great workout.

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Lazy lunch and loaded potato dinner Lunch was beef sticks from Costco, warmed in a pan and served with some carrots and sour cream ranch dip (sour cream and @spiceology really ranch + a bit of salt) Dinner was a baked russet potato with buffalo chicken dip from Costco and some smoked pork tenderloin. Dessert was the last piece of the @kingsburychocolates snack bark chocolate. Activity yesterday included a mat pilates class, and getting outside was nice. Only other walking was really just errands. Starting the week still a little sore from last week. Emotionally a bit drained still from last week’s work and I weighed in this am with results that didn’t align with what I expected and that doesn’t help.

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Relaxing Saturday for recovery Started with a breakfast scramble. 3 eggs, spinach, Gouda, bell peppers and bacon. A quest bar for a mid morning protein addition. A huge lunch at @blancotacostequila with a burrito, guac, chips and salad and a slice of cake for dessert. It was the @sdrestaurantwk special and an amazing deal. After lunch was a short walk along the water in Coronado. I skipped dinner, was full the rest of the day. Still a bit sore and recovering from a hard week of workouts but got some steps in which was nice for a weekend.

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Wrapping up January on track I am starting to see a visual change as I cut calories, which is mentally rewarding. Working out 4+ days a week and not seeing the progress was a challenge (body dysmorphia sucks) so I started the year with a goal to reduce body fat and give myself a stronger visual cue. Lunch was cottage cheese, it was Embers birthday so she got to lick the container clean. Dinner was a half cup of cooked white rice, broccoli and general tso chicken from @sprouts with a little extra real goods food chicken as well. I used less of the included sauce and mixed in @underwoodranches Sriracha to up the heat. For garnish I added toasted sesame seeds and green onion. Dessert treat was a snack bark from @kingsburychocolates and was so good I went back for a second piece. I completed the January steps challenge, logging 300k steps for the month. Now to keep going and carry through February. One step, one pound and one meal at a time. #fitness #january #mealsfortheday #healthyfoods

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Dinner salad was a Chicken, bacon and avocado salad over mixed green. Chicken was seasoned with @spiceology over easy and baked alongside some bacon. The mixed greens were tossed in @litehousefoods ranch. I added a half an avocado and some tomato and bell pepper as well. Lunch was 3 @amylufoods andouille sausages, 2 eggs, spinach and feta with a bit of hot sauce. I also had one @premierprotein coffee protein shake. Workout was all arms, and they were beat. I’m rounding out the week again with a training readiness back to 1, so maybe that is good pacing? Weekend recovery and finish Fridays with a body in need of recovery?

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Sunday recovery started strong with a perfect 100 sleep score. I started my food for the day with some bacon, berries and @thepantrymama sourdough discard pancakes. For lunch I went with tri tip, smoked at 180 on the @yodersmokers with @bearmountainbbq gourmet blend for about 1.5 hours, finishing at an internal temp of 130 before bringing it inside for a quick sear on each side. For seasoning I used @meatmitchbbq steer cover. Dinner was turkey lettuce wraps. My wife made dinner and absolutely nailed it on this one. The ground turkey was really well flavored. On the side I had 2 pot stickers. I also had a premier protein shake with breakfast. #fooddiary #bearmountainbbq #pancakes #sourdoughdiscard #tritip #yodersmokers #garmin #sleepscore

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Saturday recovery For food yesterday it was a adobada burrito from @lolitastacoshop and a few chips. I also had a two scoop protein shake and two cups of coffee with half and half. Not a ton of movement, just a few errands. One of the errands yesterday was going to the butcher and so I picked up bones for the dogs as a treat. Both ember and jet love these. Watched the Aztec game and was happy they didn’t make me wait to overtime and a last second shot this time to win. Sleep score was low, a bit unexpected. Usually to see a score that low means I was drinking and well. I wasn’t! Training readiness was a 1 at the beginning of Saturday, as I post it is 24, so Sunday will be for recovery as well and I’ll post that tomorrow!

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