almeeker

I'm going to second some of the other advice you've been given. Drink more water, 64 oz baseline + 8 oz for every 10lbs you want to lose. Work up to it and make a reward system for yourself. It also helps to find a single container and carry it around with you. I used to use diet coke as a reward for drinking all my water, but usually by the time I got all my water in for the day it was too late for caffeine and I ended up quitting that habit all together. Another thing I do is try to drink a full bottle of water between meals, my bottle holds 23.7 oz, so one with my morning workout, one between breakfast and lunch, one between lunch and supper and the last one I start with dinner and finish by 8:00pm. The last 2.4 oz I get with tooth brushing and taking meds.

I also wonder if you are eating enough, and how do your macros look? If you are eating 1000 calories you probably aren't getting any benefit from the workouts. You only gain muscle when your body gets enough protein to rebuild them after the workouts. So if you aren't eating enough all the workouts in the world are not going to help you lose weight.

I guess in your position I would go a couple of days at a higher calorie level (mostly protein if you can manage it) and change my workout routine.

almeeker

Thousand Island dressing is a mixture of ketchup, mayo and relish. It's dad's favorite, but when the bottle is empty, he'll improvise.

almeeker

LOL at "left room - but not calories". But you know what, sometimes you have to live a little.

almeeker

Thursday's Crash and Burn Report

Health & Fitness:

1. Calories 1,400/day. 1,433, 1,420, 1,399, 2,168
2. 100 oz water daily. 72, 72, 100, 100
3. Execute exercise plan (should equal about 7 hours). 62 min, 35 min, 60 min, 70 min, 15 min (total 4:02)
4. Calorie deficit 5,000. -680, -834, -828, -128 (total -2,470)
5. Protein 25% or higher. 22%, 18%, 27%, 21%
6. Log & report everyday. Y,Y,Y,Y
7. Last Monday 164. Post weight: 168.4, 165.4, 164.8, 165.2, 165.8 AF is winding up for a visit.

Other stuff:

1. Spend 30-60 min daily working on rabbit cages. N,N,N,N
2. Finish my little part of the taxes. N,N,N,N
3. Housework 45 min daily +1 load of laundry. NN,YY,NN,NN
4. Call guy about elliptical parts. N,N,N,N
5. Distribute 4-H calendar. N,N, Printed it, N
6. Spend 1 hour daily working on Betsy costume. Y,Y,N,Y
7. Write down the most wonderful thing that happened.

M: I had a nice long chat with my mom, about nothing specific.

T: All of my History Club kids are going to districts (because they want to, not because they have to), save one, but he's totally excused, his hockey team made the play-offs which unfortunately fall on the same weekend. And here's the cute part, my hockey/history buff was actually trying to figure out if he could skip the play-offs and go to the history competition, but unfortunately he's on first string, and the kid who plays his position on 2nd string has a busted ankle (which is probably why the history competition looked easier eh? A 10 minute presentation vs. 3 hours of hard ice skating being chased by guys with sticks, no brainer there.)

W: I dropped off the History Day applications and the guy called me back and was really happy to hear that we had 5 entries, he wasn't sure there were going to be any from our school because the old sponsor retired.

Th: My DD's friend went home. Believe me that was a good thing. I know he's one of her best buds, but he's so rude and difficult I would not mind if that friendship grew apart.


Goals for Lent:

No white flour Y,Y,Y,Y
No white sugar Y,N,Y,Y
No skipping workouts, and no more than 2 consecutive days off. Y,Y,Y,Y
No cheating. Y,N,Y,N
No profanity Y,Y,Y,N

Yesterday I had a couple of profanity slips. One was at History Club, because one of the best Davy Crockett quotes is, "They can all just go to He.., I'm going to Texas", this after he lost an election by a narrow margin. My little history man is using it in his presentation, and we were discussing how to get the best effect out of his one profanity. The other one was under my breath and I forgot to change "b----" to "gun", while driving (perhaps I have a road rage issue?). One of my other history kids is presenting Molly Pitcher, who was a German immigrant that swore like a sailor and fired cannons. But she's quite opposed to swearing so she's using German words that sound bad but aren't. It's hilarious!!! If you change a letter in the German word for "sh--" you get one that sounds about the same but means "clear story window", etc etc.

I also went over calories yesterday, head hanging low, it was just one of those hungry days. AF is on her way and I was just absolutely hollow. Today so far has been better, but it's still early eh? The kids want to go to Pizza Hut for lunch, but we'll have to see about that. It almost takes planning for something like that.

ToriD1012

Well, leaving Louisiana behind. It's been fun but it's time to get home to my Jas! I MISS HER!!! And it's time to get back to doing what I have to do health wise. That's gonna be tough, but Day 1 was tough and I handled it.

Oh joy....long car ride ahead.

Mern

Amy, just put yesterday behind you on both the food and the profanity. LOL
I had a "DUH moment" when I finally figured out who AF is. Glad the BF is out of your hair for now. Your history club sounds great--cute about substituting for the profanity in their presentations.

I just got off the phone with my insurance company and was happy to learn that they will cover a redo of my lipid panel test (cholesterol and triglycerides) if the doctor agrees with me that there is good enough basis to suspect the numbers may be invalid due to the over-the-counter meds I took for that 2 1/2 day long killer sinus headache. I'll find out Wednesday--haven't discussed with her yet.

Tori, have a safe and fun trip home.

Mern

Hope, thanks for the lunch treat! I just enjoyed a low carb wrap filled with baked chicken, spinach and roasted red pepper. YUM!!!

canary52

Thank you, Luv!

BTW, Kitt, sorry I spelled your name wrong!!!

canary52

OK that makes sense

canary52

It's GOOD, isn't it? Now as for the other stuff I ate.... well, it wasn't bad (whole wheat soba noodles) but it wasn't low carb.... backlash...