Yael's Journal

[Yael Grauer]

I've been forgetting to post. I think I did one beginner, 1 intermediate, 1 open mat and one gym workout since last time.

[Yael Grauer]

All right, working on being more consistent, so here's my day.

Workout: BJJ open mat. We did a 30-min warmup and three 14-minute rounds.

Breakfast: 2 eggs & 2 strips of bacon
Lunch: cauliflower chicken
Dinner: Rotisserie chicken and a baked sweet potato

Might have a glass of champagne this evening.

[Yael Grauer]

Breakfast: leftover rotisserie chicken with a grated apple

Lunch: gluten-free cheese enchilada with corn tortillas

Snack: roasted seaweed chips

Dinner: beef tajine (carrots, onions, raisins, butter, etc.)

Oh, and I had some Evening in Missoula tea while waiting to meet with someone who ended up no-showing.

Workout:
No BJJ today, but there was Oly at 1, so I went down to that. Started with sn up to 24kg sets of 3 (my max is 28, but I've been out for a couple weeks), then c+j sets of 2 up to 36 (my max is 40), then did shoulder presses, I forget how high, then squatted up to 40 X 5, can't remember my max. And then some sit-ups.

[Yael Grauer]

Breakfast: bacon and eggs
Lunch: leftover beef tajine
Dinner: some rotisserie chicken and some frozen veggies (including potatoes)
also had ginger tea

work out: as to be expected, I was really sore from squatting yesterday, so did our intro BJJ class, which was singles, a collar choke from the whizzer and a hip switch/sitout/reguard from turtle.

[Yael Grauer]

Breakfast/Lunch: bacon, and then I realized I had no eggs, so I heated up some leftover chicken dish.
Snack: I had a mocha with whipped cream, but it was at an ice cream place where I met a friend, so I was proud of myself for not getting 3 scoops of Nicollet Avenue Pothole (which is the best name for ice cream, ever.
Dinner: this awesome soup Todd made. it had chickpeas, though. oh and some popcorn. I guess we're not strictly Paleo, though we're mostly Paleo and I am pretty strictly gluten-free.

Workout: None. I was thinking of going to BJJ, but 1) I'm still sore from squatting on Tuesday 2) I had three deadlines, a conference call and a meeting--just finishing up at midnight as is 3) we're leaving town tomorrow for Invicta in Kansas

No BJJ on New Year's, out of town for 2 days, and yet I still got 2 days of class in this week and 1 day of lifting...and I'll get one hotel workout in. Is that enough? Who knows. I still want to average 3X BJJ/week, so I'll do more next week. Tues Oly, Wed/Thurs/Fri/Sat BJJ. I have nighttime stuff on Mon and Tuesday but Oly ends earlier, so it works.

[Yael Grauer]

1-4
Breakfast: chicken and apple thingy
Snacks in the car: a mint condition cooler from Caribou, a bag of jerky
Hotel snacks: half a candybar, handful of fruit snacks, a small bag of baked chips and some Fig Newtowns b/c I was starving
Dinner: We went to some barbecue place. I hardly ate anything because the meat was so gross and I didn't want white bread. I did eat a lot of fries and a soda, though.
Honestly, Paleo + traveling = $, but I really should plan meals better, and at the same time I was finishing work on my laptop in the car while Todd was driving, and there's only so much pressure I can put on myself. But it's something I want to look at.

[Yael Grauer]

Got behind. I was traveling 1-5 and 1-6 and catching up on 1-7, but let me see if I can remember my meals.

1-5
Breakfast: hotel food....eggs, bacon, fruit
Dinner: barbecue
Snacks: beef jerky, hardboiled eggs

1-6
Breakfast: same hotel food
Lunch: just snacks, jerky, etc.
Dinner: Chipotle

1-7
Breakfast:
Lunch: leftover chicken soup (had garbanzo beans)
Dinner: chili
Snacks: iced chai

[Yael Grauer]

Monday
breakfast: scrambled eggs with mushrooms and tomatoes
snack: raw almonds
lunch: stuffed sole with scallops and crab, and kale
snack: baby carrots and almond butter
dinner: pork chops with salsa, and creamed spinach (with coconut milk and garlic)

workout: BJJ
half-hour warmup (jogging, shrimping drills, lunges, forward and backward rolls, sideways rolls, etc.) and then we worked on three different escapes from half guard bottom (including one back take, one sweep and one reguard to full guard) and then we worked those escapes/sparred for about 15 minutes or so.

Tuesday:
breakfast: sauteed green cabbage with eggs
snack: trail mix with raw cashews, almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts and raisins
lunch: tuna salad (tuna, shredded carrots, grape tomatoes, paprika, salt, pepper, olive oil, lemon juice, etc.)
dinner: ground turkey and sweet potato stew
snack: raw almonds

workout: Oly
sn for triples (I think I did 27kg but I can't remember)
c+j doubles up to 37k and then a single at 38k; tried to do 39k but bombed twice, even though I think my PR is 40
back squats up to 50K (sets of 5).
then presses (clean and press for sets of 5; can't remember how much)

[Yael Grauer]

Wednesday

breakfast: scrambled eggs with salsa and sliced avocado and bacon
snack: bugs in a boat (carrot sticks with almond butter, coconut flakes and raisins)
lunch: leftover turkey sweet potato stew
dinner: beef stew (potatoes, carrots, onions, peas, beef broth, tomato paste, mushrooms, etc.)
snack: raw nut trail mix

workout: none--had a book group meeting

Thursday

breakfast: eggs, avocado slices, bacon
snack: raw almonds
lunch: leftover beef stew
snack: a cup of coffee with one packet of sugar and cream (cheat #1/3)
dinner: carrots and raw almond butter, and the rest of the stew (about half a bowl)

workout: BJJ. we worked back escapes--one positonal escape, one sweep, a half guard sweep, a reguard

Friday

breakfast: eggs with mushrooms and a bit of parmesan cheese
snack: jasmine green tea
lunch: this amazing African stew with kale and chicken and sunflower butter
snack: a couple of handfuls of raw trail mix
dinner: we went out for dinner and a movie; i had chicken pad thai w/ rice noodles (cheat #2/3)

workout: none--dinner and a movie

[Yael Grauer]

Saturday

Breakfast: leftover rotisserie chicken cooked with shredded apple and cinnamon

Lunch: leftover sweet potato and ground turkey stew

Dinner: Cheat meal #3 at Todd's family reunion: fried chicken sandwich (but no mayo) and fries, and a Dr. Pepper. I didn't eat the crazy big sundae dessert everyone else got, though!

workout: open mat, probably about six 5-minute rolls in with breaks in between

Sunday

Breakfast: 2 eggs, bacon andbaby potatoes cooked with onions

Lunch: stuffed sole with scallops and crabmeat

Snack: the sample at TJ's (two spoonfuls of mac and cheese and about half an ounce of passionfruit mango juice) and half a PB&J bar (so 25 grams)

Dinner: green peppers stuffed with shredded chicken and salsa and onions; a little cheese. except the peppers didn't cook all the way so i didn't eat them.

Snack: a banana and a handful of trail mix

workout: none; Sunday is a rest day

Monday

Breakfast: scrambled eggs and bacon

Lunch: shredded chicken with salsa and onions and things

Snack: roasted plantain chips

Another snack: raw almonds and raisins

Dinner: Paleo chili with ground beef, tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon, onions, etc.

Workout: Phase 1 class; we just worked on RNCs and good base and regular throws and stuff. Pretty easy.