First day back at work since I started the challenge, I got up early to munch down my 3-egg breakfast then packed my bag (protein shake and apple in tow) before the 2 minute walk to my workplace. Timing the consumption of my 'snacks' wasn't too difficult and an hour for lunch was just enough time to cook a decent chicken / avocado salad and play an online game of Fifa. Dinner consisted of the biggest beef stir-fry ever, (probably 2 parts beef to 1 part any other ingredient) involving red onions, peppers, brown rice, spinach and all manner of healthy things.
My workout was meant to be a half hour run at "40% intensity", but I traded that in for an hour's hockey training (which ended up being a lot more intense than I'd predicted) followed by half an hour in the gym going through weights. One mistake I'd made in the past is to really push myself to the point of breaking, then be in super pain for the next 3 days, then end up losing my routine and not going back to the gym for ages. The sets of weights from the plan were small but enough to make me feel the burn, without damaging myself - definitely felt a lot better in the days following that workout too.
A decent night's sleep set me up for an early start the next day...
Day 4 - Tuesday 24th January
Let my standards slip a little bit today. Started off well, eating porridge for breakfast for the first time in maybe.... 5 years? Decent day at work, decent lunch (chicken and salad), decent game of Fifa (lost against a Gold team with my Bronze team, 3-2). After work, I was too shattered to do anything and decided to swap Wednesday (my rest day) for today, and then head down to the hockey club to discuss and have a look through our sample kit for hockey tour:
our captain, Paul Reeves, in potential Lastminute Crusaders kit.
Got slightly depressed that you could quite clearly see my belly through my Large sized shirt, this only motivated me further for the challenge! Got home and had a really nice tuna jacket potato for dinner with my girlfriend (she had cheese, got hugely jealous). I wasn't full after dinner though so ended up having a bagel with Philadelphia - trying hard to stick to the meal plan is very difficult but will get easier.
Day 5 - Wednesday 25th January
A late start at work meant that I got a pretty decent sleep so felt really good all day. Had the BEST beef and horseradish sandwich for lunch, then straight after work I did a nice lemon and herb chicken breast with brown rice and a spinach salad, before timing my visit to the gym with the second half of the Liverpool vs Man City game. A half hour at 8km/h worked nicely for my run at 40% intensity, then I went on the bike to do High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT). Basically, 30 seconds sprinting as fast as possible, then 1 min 30s rest, just spinning the wheels slowly. Did this for 15 minutes, just as Liverpool won the tie. Went home, watched Big Brother (I have become everything I hated), updated my CV and invoiced people. Like a boss.
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