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The Raw Muscle Challenge Practice Day #1

August 31, 2010

Note to readers:  I started on the wrong day, so I will consider this practice;-)

I am posting this many hours too late, but better late than never. Yesterday was filled with excitement!! My hubby bought me the best present ever, a brand new Ford Escape. We spent all day at the dealership on and off, but I was able to eat good all day, besides a few slip ups, and was able to hit the gym!

I have been craving sprouted buckwheat in the morning, so that has been my breakfast for the last week. It fills me up and I am not hungry for a few hours:). Which is very rare.

The Food I ate:
1/4 cup of buckwheat sprouted
1 apple
1 T sunflower seeds
1 T pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup water with Garden of Life Raw Protein
cinnamon and stevia

2 apples

Before Gym:
Buckwheat wrap with banana and almond butter
After Gym:
Kelp noodles with Marinara Sauce
Salad with honey mustard dressing, made with honey, mustard, and olive oil
Banana Smoothie made with 1 banana, tons of ice and Carob and Mesquite and Raw Protein

My messup:(~I ate some Amy’s No Cheese Pizza, it is vegan,but def. not raw! Anyhow, I learned my lesson, I got heartburn.
*Note* I was very stressed out, we can’t locate the title to our van, so I didn’t have time to fix anything raw, even though I wanted to eat celery and carrots, I felt bad about not looking so I grabbed what the fam was eating.

So then I had a carrot, pineapple and then later had Ezekial bread with some AB.

I have to say, even though I didn’t eat completely raw, I felt energy…ALOT of it, I cleaned my entire closet and kitchen. But to no avail, NO Title!

My Workout: Arms and Cardio
Warm up set of arms with light weight, then I started.
1. Barbell Curls with 40 pound ez curl bar for 3 sets of 10 superset 3 sets of 10 Preacher Curls with 30 pound easy curl bar.
2. Rope Pushdowns with 40 lbs. 3 sets of 10 superset 3 sets of 10 Bench Dips
3. 90 Degree DB Preacher Curl with 30 pound ez curl bar for 3 sets of 10 superset 3 sets of 10 DB 12 lbs, then last 2 were 15 lbs. DB Incline Curls
4. V Bar Pushdowns 3 sets of 10 superset 3 sets of 10 DB Kickbacks with 12 lbs. I have bumped up in weights since I first started this workout.
Cardio for only 15 minutes, I had to come home to get Christian:)
I am supposed to include ABS, but I ran out of time. Also figured I would do them at home, wishful thinking, we had Kumon, Football, signing contracts! Busy, Busy, Busy!

It was a great day, I am looking forward to this day ahead!

Today I will hopefully walk the dogs, if weather permits and hit the gym.