bod pod results

i'm a few weeks in logging in my bod pod results. on 2/14 we went back to csulb to do our follow up testing. here were my results:

Body Mass: 128.7
Percent Body Fat: 25.5 %
Fat Mass: 32.8 pounds
Fat-Free Mass : 95.9 pounds

first time under 130 in years!

tightness

after four days out from the gym from being sick, i worked out two days in a row. what i shouldn't have done was doing deadlifts yesterday and an rdl workout today. MY LOWER BACK IS KILLING ME. i can't even sit in front of the computer before the soreness returns. i've been stretching and using the massage chair all day.

yesterday
DL 135/4/8
SS 25/10(2x)/4
SC 12.5/4/10
Cable rows 90/3/7
Cable wood chop 45/10 (2x)/4
Jack knives 15/4
30 min Elliptical

today
RDL, clean, OP 40/10/4
BOR 40/10/3
Bosu PU 15/4
Inverted rows 10/4
10 min run
50 min elliptical

but, the good news is that i am about 130-132 lbs right now, which is only 2-4 lbs lighter to what i was when i weighed in with bod pod, but i think i'm a lot denser now with muscle. hopefully with me off thyroid medication (i was a little hypothyroid a week ago) weight loss can normalize a bit. for a while i was eating very very little calories per day. a one scoop shake for morning and lunch, snack and a low carb dinner and maybe a yogurt or a banana. that was the only way i was maintaining or lower my weight with my slow metabolism - my endocrinologist was suprised i had not gained weight since i last saw him two months ago. i explained that i had been eating less and working out like a madman.

also, through out the past few months i've been trying to change my attitude about food - taking my cues from economic times. it doesn't take much to keep you alive and you need enough to sustain you. everything else is excess. so when i do come across great food, or festive occassions with food, i appreciate the taste and experience more.

anyway, also i have been having some weird stomach issues this past month, which has also reminded me that i cannot abuse my body with pratically doing a liquid diet -- shrinking my stomach for most of the week and then overeating on weekends. the abuse has caused a weird sensation on the left side of my stomach that lasted two weeks. so - after last week's superbowl party, it finally scared the shit out of me to overeat. i just cannot do it for the sake of my stomach and my body.

This is my boss and I toasting at our hospital opening on Friday. WOO HOO, 2-3 mos of working late hours. Maybe I can find time now to ressurect my blog.

curry rice salad

Curry Rice Salad Recipe

Ingredients

Short grain brown rice - 1 to 1 1/2 cup, best is organic

One large yellow onion - chopped

Curry paste or curry powder - red or yellow Indian (not Thai)Cinnamon

Olive oil

Cumin

Cayenne pepper

Sesame oil

Cilantro - chopped

Dried cranberries - one cup

One apple - cored and chopped (not peeled)

Honey

Salt

Celery - chopped

Snow peas - stringy ends chopped off, then chopped

Bell pepper, red, green, or yellow - chopped

Green onions - chopped

Italics = optional ingredients

Method

1. Prepare the brown rice in rice cooker. One cup uncooked rice to two cups water.

2. Prepare onions and curry oil.
In a large saucepan put 1/4 cup of olive oil on medium high heat. Add a couple heaping tablespoons of curry paste (if it is mild) or add a couple of tablespoons of mild curry powder. Add a dash of cayenne pepper, cinnamon and cumin and a few drops of sesame oil if you have it. Let the curry simmer for a minute. Add the chopped yellow onion and cook until translucent.

3. Mix rice and onions.

In a large mixing bowl, put in the hot rice and then fold in the onions with the curry infused oil in which they were cooked.

Taste test the rice at this point. If it needs more curry flavor, heat some more curry
powder, cayenne and cumin in olive oil for a few minutes and add to the rice to desired spiciness.

4. Add other ingredients to taste - cilantro, raisins, apple, celery, snow peas, bell pepper, green onions. Add a couple tablespoons of honey. Add a dash of salt to taste.

5 Chill and serve. Serves 4 to 6.

nice adobos

i'm depleted from work. falling asleep right after dinner sometimes everynight and waking up at 5 to go to work at 6:30 and working 12-14 hour days. i don't know how dave did it for so long. my back is in knots and i fight exhaustion to concentrate at work. i've been using up my stress soother balm like and drinking yerba mate and strong black tea like its going out of style. but i pretend its final week and i will, get through it.

my comfort is that i'm not alone. my coworkers and i have bonded the past few weeks. there have been tears, outburts of laughter, vomit (from my pregnant twin). oh, and another bonus. i dropped some weight in the process - let's hope i hold on to the progress this week.

and dave's been awesome, making dinner the past week. he is the crock pot king, making adobo chicken and ribs. he is also a wiz now in making brown rice and quinoa. seriously, i couldn't feel more fortunate.

my coworkers grossed out from the diaper game

my pregnant twin is on the left. this was taken at her baby shower on 11/20. oh i wish i were on maternity leave!