eatweek

Dear Shane

You've asked for this twice so I figure it's time. I spent seven days logging my intake and I'll outline it here.

This is a typical week only in the sense that it's atypical. I no longer build my life around athletic performance, I no longer set timers on my phone. This is a diet that (I think) makes me better but doesn't have a formal structure. I fit it where it fits. As you know, life is complicated.

Mostly this is not a fun way to eat. Many of my meals are taken standing up, at my kitchen counter. I do not prioritize gaining pleasure from food. What do I prioritize? Performing well at work. Getting shit done. Doing handstand pushups in your front yard and watching your neighbor with the thick thighs make up excuses to come outside and look at me. Her sidelong glances and brand-new sports bra, responding so eagerly when I address her directly.

You can have anything but you can't have everything. As you know.

Anyways, tell me what you think.

TS




Monday
5:30am - 4oz grapefruit juice, 2oz water, and 5g BCAAs
5:45am - lift: squats + stabilizers
6:30am - recovery shake: 24g vegan protein, 1 banana, 4oz almond milk, 2 tbs peanut butter, 5g BCAA, 4oz water
8:15am - black tea with agave and almond milk
10:45am - green smoothie: 20g vegan protein, 2 cups spinach, 1 banana, 8oz grapefruit juice, 6oz water, 3g spirulina
1:00pm - 4 tacos: sauteed onion, jalapeno and bell pepper; corn tortillas; brown rice
3:30pm - 1 banana and 1 Kashi granola bar
5:30pm - 1 cup raw cashews, 1 orange, 1 pear, 4 deglet noor dates, 1/2 marijuana edible
8:30pm - literally just a sweet potato with brown rice
9:30pm - sleep

Tuesday
7:30am - 2 pcs whole wheat toast w/ peanut butter & honey
8:15am - 1 espresso
10:45am - green smoothie
11:15am -  1 banana and 1 Kashi granola bar
12:45pm - pasta with veggies: sauteed onions, garlic, mushrooms, squash; plain pasta with olive oil; nutritional yeast
5:30pm - 1 cup raw cashews, 5 dates, 1 mango
6:00pm - skateboarding
7:45pm - protein shake: 24g vegan protein, 5g BCAAs
8:30pm - leftover pasta with veggies
10:00pm - sleep

Wednesday
7:00am - 2 pcs whole wheat toast: 1 w/ avocado and olive oil, 1 w/ peanut butter & honey
7:30am - 1 espresso
10:45am - green smoothie
11:15am -  1 apple and 1 Kashi granola bar
12:45pm - cabbage salad, mushroom fried rice at a trendy japanese restaurant 
3:00pm - 1 espresso and 1 Kashi granola bar
5:45pm - preworkout: grapefruit juice, 5g BCAAs, water
6:00pm - lift: chest + triceps
7:00pm - 1 banana, 1 fig bar, 1/2 d'anjou pear
7:05pm - rock climbing
8:30pm - recovery shake (see above)
9:00pm -  veggie stir fry over brown rice
10:30pm - sleep


Thursday
 7:00am - 2 pcs whole wheat toast: 1 w/ avocado and olive oil, 1 w/ peanut butter & honey
 7:30am - black tea with agave and almond milk
10:15am - green smoothie
11:30am - a whole mess of pretzels
12:00pm - 2 carrots, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1 mango, 1 piece of avocado toast with cherry tomatoes
1:30pm - 24g vegan protein, mixed with 10oz black coffee
2:30pm - more pretzels, jesus who brought these
6:00pm - 8oz almond milk, 1 tbs honey, 5g BCAA
6:15pm - lift: deadlift + abs
7:15pm - banana, Kashi granola bar, weird chia seed pudding with almond slivers
7:16pm - rock climbing
8:30pm - recovery shake (see above)
9:00pm - leftover veggie stir fry
9:45pm - sleep

Friday
5:30am - 4oz grapefruit juice, 2oz water, and 5g BCAAs
5:45am - 45 minutes swimming
6:30am - protein shake in the gym shower this is my life
7:45am - 2 pcs whole wheat toast w/ peanut butter & honey
8:00am - 1 espresso
10:00am - 1 banana, 1 kashi granola bar, 1 d'anjou pear
11:00am - 1 espresso
1:00pm - wow i'm really hungry but i'm having chips at a meeting 
2:30pm - handfuls of carrots from a weird office veggie platter
3:00pm - 1 watermelon jolly rancher
5:00pm - 1 piece of avocado toast with olive oil & lime
5:30pm - several types of wine I'm significantly drunk
7:00pm - black bean burger, french fries, red ale
9:00pm - more wine, unlabeled, in the backyard of someone i do not know
11:00pm - gin and cold-brew hibiscus tea
11:45pm - sleep
 
Saturday
7:50am - 4oz grapefruit juice, 2oz water, and 5g BCAAs 
8:00am - lift: shoulders and back
9:00am - 24g vegan protein with water
9:30am - 3 donuts 
10:15am - 3 hour mountain bike ride, 1 clif bar
1:30pm - another donut
2:30pm - veggie sandwich: avocado, sprouts, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. chips too.
4:15pm - water and an orange
4:30pm - a really huge nap
7:30pm - cold salad: buckwheat soba noodles, green onions, carrots, sesame oil, etc.
11:00pm - sleep

Sunday 
8:00am - green tea. 1 banana. more toast, peanut butter, & honey
10:30am - i put a real hurting on a mexican brunch; beans, rice, champagne.
1:30pm - maybe 7 coors light. 18 dynamitos
6:30pm - high-resin, medical-grade marijuana
7:00pm - quite a bit of chinese food 
9:45pm - sleep