Punching In The Numbers... Monday, November 29

I'm down to my last two and a half weeks till my fight. I've already upped the intensity of my fight. I now box 7 days a week, weight train 6 days a week and go running 5-6 days a week.

Every day is training day.

My pad work at boxing now consists of 4-5 rounds of non-stop punching. No more thirty second rest periods inbetween rounds. My weight training now consists of supersets and my running usually consists of me strapping on ankle weights and loading up on lots of layers so that I can work up a sweat and get in a really hard run.

I am feeling like a machine, but I like it. My friends, on the other hand, aren't really liking it too much, those who aren't my friends from the boxing club that is, because when I'm not training I'm usually at home sleeping.

And then there is my game diet that's started. I no longer eat my six meals a day but instead eat only four times a day -- breakfast, once after running, and once before and after boxing. I've tried to incorporate Snickers' "food weigh-in" by weighing myself both before and after training, and then I weigh-in my food. The only exception being my breakfast; I can't start my day on an empty stomach so I refuse to give up my protein-packed pancake.


The point to weighing your food is to eat less grams than the grams of body weight (aka sweat) you lost during training. I lose a little over 1kg in sweat during my heavy runs but I only allow myself to eat 300-400 grams of food.

It's by no way a healthy diet -- don't do this at home kids.

But as a boxer, weigh-in is so important and the boxing commission doesn't care how you get down to your promised weigh-in number just that you got there.

Depending on what foods you pick, 300-400 grams of food can actually be quite satisfying. Unlike me and my dedication to clean eating, Snickers' 300-400 grams of food usually consists of eating ice cream, popsicles and those sugar-infested kids' yogurt drinks. These foods, if I'd even dare to label them that, are fairly light and because they're filled with lots of sugar, he's able to eat a lot and is left feeling totally energized.

The game weigh-in diet Snickers and I have become accustomed to is so restricted so the key is in what foods you pick. Snickers food is obviously not healthy but they do leave him with more energy than my foods do because of the sugar content.

Anyways, today I made my own kind of bimbibap. It consisted of lots of leafy green veggies, three eggs, a bit of red pepper paste, and a handful of brown rice.

It was delish.

It's been a hard transistion, going from eating loads of healthy foods, 6 times a day, to eating a very restricted diet of only 4 meals a day. And I should note that my so-called meal before boxing really isn't a meal, it's a small cup of boiled milk with two scoops of coffee grains and a bit of sweetner. I has the effect of a double espresso on my system, leaving my brain jumping within my skull and leaving me a bit on edge and hyper -- perfect for getting me through my grueling boxing and to my next meal.

At this point in the game, EVERYTHING is mental.

Everything from my eating, training, and even my sleeping is mind over matter.

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
What have you convinced your mind not to matter?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
Just do it.
-- Nike