Day 10

Woke up at about 2am with hip pain again. Decided to have a yogurt.

Total cost? 50 cents for yogurt.

Dirty dishes? One. A spoon.



I got up at 7:30am and had a protein shake. Then I went to the gym.



Cost for a protein shake? 86 cents.

Today was a back day but also a hip/ankle day so I started with 5 minutes on the stationary bicycle.

I started with T-bar rows. 15 with no weight. 1:15 rest. Then 8 reps with one 45lbs plate on there. 1:15 rest. Then two sets of six reps with an additional 25lbs weight on there (70lbs total) with 1:15 rest in between each set. Total time? 5:45.



Next I moved on to to straight arm standing lat pulldowns. I did one set of 15 at 30lbs, then 3 sets of 6 reps at 50lbs. 1:15 rest in between each set. Total time? 5:45.



Lastly, I did low back extensions. No weight, just 4 sets of 10 reps with 1:15 rest between. Total? 5:45.



I then did some hip and ankle strengthening exercises and went home. 10 minutes.

Total time at gym? 32 minutes, 15 seconds.

Came home and had eggs and sausage- Takes under 2 minutes to make this. Microwave the sausage for 30 seconds on the plate you’re going to eat off of. While that’s microwaving take five eggs (3 just whites, 2 whole) and start scrambling them over high heat in a medium sized pot. Now the sausage is done. Chop it up and mix it with the eggs while you’re scrambling them all together.

Cost? Five eggs (70 cents total) and one turkey sausage ($1.00)= $1.70.

Dirty dishes? Five. Plate, pot, wooden spoon, knife, fork.




At 11:00 I had oatmeal but like I said I'm trying to step it up a notch, so now I'm having two packets instead of one.

Oatmeal- Takes 1 minute. Mix vanilla almond milk and two oatmeal packets in a microwaveable bowl. Sprinkle a little cinnamon in there if you’d like.

Cost? Oatmeal (82 cents) and vanilla almond milk (22 cents)= $1.04

Dirty dishes? Two. Bowl and spoon.



At 12:15 and I had some almonds and a coffee. I had a lecture on participant releases (things people sign to appear on camera) so I needed the almonds to tide me over til after the lecture to eat lunch and I needed the coffee, because, well, I was attending a lecture. A lecture lead by three lawyers. And as I'm sure you know, lawyers are just a hoot and a half. It was like watching an episode of "Jersey Shore" if Snooki went to Harvard, didn't drink, wore a toupee, and liked doing legal research.

I had two handfuls of almonds as a snack and my coffee was from work (plus stevia and almond milk).

Total cost? 37 cents.




At 1:30 I had a salad for lunch:

Salad- Mix 1/4 bag of spinach, 1/4 bag of snap peas, 1/3 a container of tomatoes, and 1 mini cucumber in a salad spinner. Rinse the vegetables then spin. Add 1/3 a pack of sliced turkey and 2 tablespoons Barcelona Vinaigrette. Eat the salad out of the bowl. Plus 8 ounces of flavored water.

Cost? Spinach (50 cents), snap peas (63 cents), tomatoes ($1.17), cucumber (42 cents) turkey ($1.00), dressing (44 cents), water (8 cents) = $4.69.

Dirty dishes? Four. Knife, fork, cup, salad spinner. Don't have a salad spinner? You can get one at Ikea for $3.













Today was Kristin's (my boss' boss' assistant) birthday. I had a slice of one of those fruit tart cake things. You think they're not too bad because it's fruit, but they have that unnatural sheen, like they're covered in a glaze or something. Don't fool yourself. That shit is shit. But it tastes soooooo good.

I then had a yogurt and gummi bears.

Cost? 50 cents for yogurtm 25 cents for gummi bears.

Dirty dishes? One. A spoon.





Around 7:30 I had my final work meal, some chicken and brown rice.

Rice and Chicken- Takes 1 minute 45 seconds. Pour 1/3 a bag of brown rice and 1/4 pack of chicken into a microwaveable dish and microwave for 1:30.

Cost? Rice (56 cents) and chicken ($1.50) = $2.06

Dirty dishes? Two. Bowl, fork.





For home dinner I'm going to have Despite having had chicken and brown rice earlier, this is a different kind of rice and differently flavored chicken so it won't be so repetitive. I suggest having 1 chicken breast and 1/4 of the rice. Yes you math whizzes will note that by eating only 1/4 of the rice and there only being 2 breasts in a package you will end up throwing away 1/2 the rice. That's ok. While waste is absolutely horrible and I despise it immensely, in America we are incredibly overfed and over portioned. You don't need that much rice. One of the breasts and 1/4 of the rice will be plenty. I will have my sparkling lemonade beverage and lastly will have a protein shake before bed.

Cost? Chicken and rice ($3.15), lemonade (64 cents), protein shake (86 cents) = $4.65

Dirty dishes? Six. Plate, knife, fork, cup, Magic Bullet mug, Magic Bullet blade.







Total cost for eating right today? $17.12

I worked on two hugely exhausting deals today so I'm all tapped out for creative energy. No funny closer, just me saying, until tomorrow!