Seems to go pretty well. Despite basically eating the same meal for every dinner, it tasted different each time. This may be because I'm a bad cook. Most of the time I was too lazy to put the rice, lentils and spinach in different pots, so I just threw everything in one. This led to a very watery meal. Not so good. But I'll get that handled, I guess.
Spinach is great with rice and all the other stuff. So are onions! Since onions are healthy, tasty and almost never spoil, they're great for this.
Workout-wise
I've been doing half a Tabata sprint each workday morning, 5 so far. Although 4 Tabata intervals is not nearly as taxing as the full 8, it's still heavy on the lungs and heart. Exactly like it should be. And I don't feel it in the legs the next day, meaning I can do it EVERY day!
Only when I tested my max squats on tuesday did I feel weaker on the sprints the next morning. But doing max tests isn't going to happen all the time.
I devised a cunning plan on how to not only incorporate sprints but also strength and strength endurance training in my goal to get a fucking sixpack.
This is based on an article called "Fitness planning 101" I wrote for a german workout forum at
www.FighterFitnessForum.com. If you're german: it's a very nice forum with lots of helpful people. Like me.
I'll translate the article later and post it here, so you can understand how or why I conceived my personal plan.
Sprint means half a Tabata sprint, i.e. 4x20s sprint and 10s rest. Sometimes I did the first half, sometimes every second interval. The latter is easier.
Monday: Sprint, Max strength
Tuesday: Sprint, Strength endurance
Wednesday: Sprint
Thursday: Sprint, Max strength
Friday: Sprint strength endurance
Saturday: -
Sunday: -
So basically one sprint every work day, twice max strength and twice strength endurance. Max strength after a rest day, so the nervous system is rested. Strength endurance after max strength, because you don't need to be completely rested for this, and the movements are easier.
Weekends are off. This is mainly for convenience, it'd probably be more effective to spread it out over the weekend or work out more. But weekend = off time is a motivational factor. Also weekends are my cheat-days for the Fuel Diet. So I just hang around stuffing myself on weekends and work out and eat well during the week.
I should find out if I get all the vitamins and nutrients from my Fuel meals. Note to self: calculate and post that.