Ricky Report #2: Seeing Red

The birthday parties are over and it's time to get down to the nitty gritty.

But man, why is temptation so tempting?

For my birthday I ate pretty bad. I actually went to bed on the eve of program start dehydrated and overly stuffed with a belly ache. So this morning I was excited to get things going.

Breakfast: Cantaloupe and orange juice

All was well until...

Snack: Red velvet cupcake
Lunch: Chicken teriyaki bowl with rice and carrots
Snack: Slice of red velvet cake, scoop of ice cream

All the red velvet was for my birthday thrown by my department. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Exercise regimen: shoulders (4 x 4), abs (100 crunches on a gym ball), and 10 minutes on a cardio stride machine.

Dinner: Kept it light with string beans in black bean sauce and sauteed onions, beef in watermelon sauce, muscle milk.


So in summary, slow to start, easing into it, first week is always the roughest.