I’ve really been behind and sorry I haven’t posted my daily blog for a while. I have still been working out and trying to watch my eating. I haven’t been perfect. My biggest challenge has been trying to eat 5 or 6 meals a day. I’ve been so busy the past couple  weeks that I only ate 2 meals on some days.

Next week I’m leaving for New Orleans where I will begin the “March to Fulfill the Dream” to Detroit. I’ll be gone for 3 months but still plan on sticking with my fitness program. This week I met with Neil Allman, one of the personal trainers at Qi Denver and he was showing me some running techniques. Since I’ll be on the road and will not have much access to a gym I’ll need to do exercises such as running. Here’s a video from our session.

Today I was able to make it down to Qi Denver Athletic Club. I did 40 minutes on the bike (really pushing myself) and 2000 meters on the row machine (about 8 hard minutes). I also did 2 sets of 20 - lat pulldowns @ 90 lbs, 2 sets of 20 - chest press @ 60 lbs, 2 sets of 20 - shoulder press @ 40 lbs.

3.11.10 FOOD LOG

11:30 AM
yogurt with granola, sliced banana and apple

3:00 PM
Green leaf salad with onion, cucumber, tomato, and balsamic vinegar.

7:30 PM
Mercury Cafe: bean, mushroom, and spinach enchilada. two glasses of red wine.

Today I did 20 minutes on the bike, 1000 meters on the row machine, 30 reps - chest press @ 60 lbs., 30 reps - shoulder press @ 30 lbs., 30 reps - low row @ 60 lbs., 30 reps - vertical traction @ 90 lbs., 30 reps - pectoral @70 lbs.

3.8.10 FOOD LOG

11:00 AM
yogurt with granola, sliced banana and apple

1:30 PM
handful of pistachios

4:45 PM
Green leaf salad with black beans, onion, salsa, and avocado

11:00 PM
bean and cheese enchilada

I got a pretty good workout at the gym today. I did a total of 40 minutes on the bike, 2000 meters on the row machine, 15 minutes on the treadmill, and did about 30 minute of upper body weight training. I found that I do much better when I jump around doing different exercises so I would do 20 minutes on the bike then 1000 meters, then back to the bike, etc. It’s not so monotonous this way.

2.26.10 FOOD LOG

1:15 PM
Green leaf salad with onion, peppers, mushroom, cucumber, tomato, celery, carrots, and balsamic vinegar.

3:30 PM
Usana oatmeal raisin energy bar.

7:00 PM
I went to a friend’s party and had some salad, some mashed potatoes with sauerkraut and mustard, and some avocado. I had several drinks, which I shouldn’t have.

10:30 PM
a handful of pistachios.

Did you know that Emergency has a high standard heart surgery center in Sudan that serves Sudan and the 9 neighboring countries? And did you know it’s completely free of charge? Amazing!

Today I did 30 minutes on the bike, 15 minutes on the treadmill, 1000 meters on the row machine, and Jaret at Qi Denver worked with me for about 20 minutes on some general weight training. Thanks Jaret!!

2.25.10 FOOD LOG

10:45 AM
banana and an apple

1:30 PM
Green leaf salad with onion, peppers, mushroom, cucumber, tomato, celery, carrots, and balsamic vinegar.

7:00 PM
Mercury Cafe: Alamosa Bass with broccoli and sweet potato. (I know it’s meat but it was very good and the Mercury Cafe serves the most ethically raised meat.

10:30 PM
Green leaf salad with onion, peppers, mushroom, cucumber, tomato, celery, carrots, and balsamic vinegar.

Last Friday Chris and I visited my friend Brigitte Mars in Boulder to talk about food and nutrition. Brigitte is an herbalist and raw food chef. Here the first video of many from our afternoon visit. In it she talks about growing sunflower sprouts at home as a fun way to have fresh greens year round. I know the quality on these videos is terrible. I’ve tried rendering the video many different ways and it looks bad no matter what I do. My computer sucks. I will be getting a new computer soon and will redo all these  videos then.

For exercise today I did 45 minutes on the bike, 2000 meters on the row machine (damn this thing kicks my ass), and about 20 minutes of upper body. I forgot to write down what I did.

2.23.10 FOOD LOG

10:00 AM
Banana and a glass of fresh squeezed oj.

11:30 AM
I had lunch at SAME Cafe: small salad and a cup of vegetable soup.

3:00 PM
An apple with some peanut butter

8:30 PM
I had dinner at Watercourse: Greek salad and some Buffalo Seitan. 1 glass of wine and 1 light beer.

I’m not doing all that great. Not with my eating nor with my exercise. I’m doing a hell of a lot more than I was before I started this thing but if I want to see really big changes and raise more money for EMERGENCY USA I’m going to have to ramp it up. You can help my by making a pledge and leave me your comments. To make a pledge just email me your contact info and how much you would like to pledge bosch@argusfest.org

Today I did 45 minutes on the bike and 1000 meters on the row machine.

2.22.10 FOOD LOG

10:00 AM
plain granola with yogurt, banana, and berries.

2:30 PM
Green leaf salad with onion, peppers, mushroom, cucumber, tomato, celery, carrots, and balsamic vinegar.

11:00 PM
Green leaf salad with onion, peppers, mushroom, cucumber, tomato, celery, carrots, and balsamic vinegar.

Today I got 20 minutes in on the bike and 20 minutes on the treadmill. I did 1000 meters on the row machine twice.

2.21.10 FOOD LOG

10:45 AM
Usana oatmeal raisin energy bar.

2:00 PM
Burrito with black beans, taco seasoned morning start meal starters (meat substitute), in a Mission “life balance” whole wheat tortilla and topped with some homemade green chili.

9:30 PM
I went to see a movie and a some popcorn but with no butter.

11:30 PM
Green leaf salad with onion, peppers, mushroom, cucumber, tomato, celery, carrots, and balsamic vinegar.

On day 20 I did some moderate upper body weight training in addition to 1 hour of cardio. I did 30 minutes on the bike, 30 minutes on the treadmill and 1000 meters on the row machine. For the weight training I did the following:

2 sets of 20
Chest Press @ 40 lbs.
Vertical Traction @ 80 lbs.
Shoulder Press @ 20 lbs.
Low Row @ 60 lbs.
Pectoral @ 60 lbs.

1 set of 30
Chest Press @ 30 lbs.
Vertical Traction @ 90 lbs.
Shoulder Press @ 20 lbs.
Low Row @ 60 lbs.
Pectoral @ 50 lbs.

This is a picture of me from the mid to late 90’s when I was lifting weights.

2.20.10 FOOD LOG

9:30 AM
Burrito w/ potato (baked not fried), 1 egg, peppers, onion, salsa and homemade green chili. Plus a 4 oz fresh squeezed orange juice.

12:00 PM
1 banana

8:30 PM
a small bowl of Chicken Tikka Masala. I know it’s meat. I slipped. This is one of my favorite dishes and they were serving it for free the Westword’s Artopia event. I also had 3 glasses of red wine.

12:30 AM
Some black beans and homemade green chili

I got a great workout in this day but didn’t do so great on the food front.

Day 18 and only 162 days until I can stop exercising and start eating lots of fatty foods again. Just kidding: )

Actually I’m feeling better than I’ve felt in years. It’s amazing!

I did 20 minutes on the stationary bike, 20 minutes on the treadmill and 1000 meters on the row machine.

Today wasn’t my best day for eating.

2.18.10 FOOD LOG

12:00 PM
Spinach salad with cucumber, peppers, onion, tomato, and balsamic vinegar.

7:30 PM
1/2 vegetarian chef salad at Mercury Cafe and an order of vegetarian quesadillas.

1:45 PM
Spinach salad with onions, peppers, tomato, cucumber, balsamic vinegar

11:30 PM
small bowl of fruit (mango, strawberry, blackberry, and rasberry)