Friday

Gym: legs and upper body today. A good solid workout. On a 1-10 scale today, i would rate it a 7 on the effort scale. Folks, i am never going to be arnold. all i am trying to accomplish is to be/stay reasonably fit. I find that when i am working hard at the gym and cardio'ing (is that a word?) that i have more energy for everything else.

Cardio:

Breakfast: Pre-workout: OJ/Yogurt/2c coffee
Post-Workout: 8 oz Spiru-Tein/2c coffee

Morning snack: skipped

Lunch: 12 oz Spiru-Tein shake

Afternoon snack: 1 handful of peanuts

Dinner: OUTBACK!!!!!!!!! 1.5 small slices bread with light butter
Caesar side salad
Ribeye Steak!!!
Grilled asparagus
Mashed sweet potatos
1.5 glasses Greg Norman Cabernet

Evening snack: Are you kidding? I am stuffed!

Comments: I had been craving a steak all week! Had not had beef since Super Bowl Chili. We (the wife and I) had the best-ever Outback experience last night. OK, let me back up.... we went to the Nimmo Parkway location. Called an hour ahead of time and got our name on the list for 7:30. Arrived and had a 15 minute wait (not bad considering the # of people in the lobby). Went to the bar, there was an open space for 2, ordered wine and by the time we had two sips our buzzer went off.

Brittany was our server and I must say, this was the best service we've ever had there. She was ON THE BALL! We never had to wait for anything....she was always 15 seconds ahead of any requests we had. We will definitely request her the next time we go.

The steak was excellent, Ribeye with an expresso rub. I LOVE ribeye steak but don't have it very often; very flavorful? but more fat content. Big portion, too. The asparagus was good, too. I am going to have to try grilling it on our gas grill. BUT, THE HIGHLGHT was the mashed sweet potatos....... it came in its own bowl and there was a big portion. I was good and did not eat all of it.

Overall, a good day. I know I have to run in the morning to burn some of this off. I have to make weight Wednesday and don't want to overdo the rewards.

OBTW: This is birthday weekend, today is my wife's birthday and mine is Monday (11th) so I have to be careful not to get too far off plan. I won't discuss ages here. We don't make too big a deal over birthdays. I don't think we're going to have a cake this year. Maybe a dessert to celebrate. We are planning to eat out again tomorrow night. Sort of our combined weekend celebration-birthdays and valentines day. So long for now.