Caveat comedenti: The following is meant primarily to serve as a Bullshit Detector for me. If anyone Out There derives inspiration from My Fat Struggle, that's lovely, but I don't have any expectation that anyone other than myself will be interested in this.
Just sayin', sir.
Continued from http://songsofinnocenceampexperience.blogspot.com/2017/03/more-songs-about-calories-fat.html
Week 8: Tuesday, 4/11/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, oatmeal 140c, 16 oz water [150c]
Lunch: vegetable juice 50c, coffee 10c, ham sandwich 273c, 10 oz water [333c]
16 oz water
Dinner: salad-ish thing cucumber 12 raddish 3 artichoke 10= 25c, beef vegetable soup 240c, crackers 120, small banana 90c [475c]
chips 140c, vegetables 180c
pretzels 165c, apple 95c, yogurt 70c
1608 calories
42 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching, 20 lb dumbbells 30/10 bench press, 15 curls, 30 sit-ups, 26 minutes stationary bike (5.2 miles, -302 calories)
Wednesday, 4/12/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, oatmeal w/ small banana 230c [240c]
Lunch: coffee 10c, sunflower seeds 165c, ham sandwich 208c, 16 oz water [383c]
pickles 30c, pretzels 110c
Dinner: artichoke 10c, rice 160c, vegetable medley 140c, beef tips 240c [550c]
granola bar 170c, pretzels 110c
popsicle 60c, cookies 140c
1793 calories *
ounces of water
Exercise: The routine is expanding little by little, and my aging brain sometimes slips a gear, so I'm going to record the regimen in detail this time for my own reference:
stretching + 15lb dumbells (20 curls, press, toe raises, rowing, twists / then 15 c/p/tr/r);
+ 20 lb dumbells 30 bench press, 30 sit-ups, 10 bench press, 15 curls;
That part took 20 minutes.
Then 26 minute stationary bike ride (5.1 miles, -301 calories)
Pretty good work out.
* Oh, man. This is the first time in five weeks (since 3/4/17) that I've gone over my 1773 calorie limit. And it was so unnecessary. I'd already had a snack, was about ready to throw in the towel for the night, and then I thought, "I really want some ginger snaps." And I ate three of them without really thinking about it, and then I thought, "I should check my calorie count before I eat these last two." But I just ate them instead. If I'd only eaten one of those last two cookies, my day's total calorie intake would have been 1765. Fuck. And I know I'm being a big baby about this, since 20 calories over isn't really a big deal . . . especially not on a day wherein I exercised for 46 minutes and burned 425 calories . . . but I'm still bummed.
Henceforth, none shall pass!
Thursday, 4/13/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, oatmeal and small banana 230c, 16 oz water [240c]
Lunch: vegetable juice 50c, ham sandwich 273c [323c]
Dinner: salad lettuce 5, radishes 6, tomato 22, cucumber 12, artichoke 15, croutons 30, bbits 30= 120c,
pizza 450c, pretzels 110c, 16 oz water [680c]
Pudding 60c, sunflower seeds 165c, yogurt 70c = 295c
Apple 95c = 390c
1633 calories
32 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching + bp + 30 sit-ups + 27 min stationary bike 5.2 miles -302 calories
Friday, 4/14/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, oatmeal 140c, small banana 90c, 16 oz water [240c]
Lunch: large orange juice 280c, egg muffin 300c * [580c]
sunflower seeds 165c, 16 oz water
Dinner: salad lettuce 5 radishes 6 cucumber 12 🍅22 artichoke 15 croutons 30 bbits 30 120c,
bread120c, soup 160c, 16 oz water [400c]
sunflower seeds 99c, yogurt 70c
pretzels 110c, sunflower seeds 66c, 16 oz water
1730 calories
64 ounces of water
* Yeah, that happened. Went to McDonald's for a cup of coffee and the second I set foot inside my blood sugar bottomed out. Also didn't realize how many calories were in orange juice. Sheesh. Going to be hard to keep under the wire today, but I am going to make that happen.
Exercise: cut my lawn -459
Saturday, 4/15/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, oatmeal 140c, banana 105c [255c]
Lunch: sunflower seeds 165c, vegetable juice 50c, 16 oz water [215c]
*
pretzels 110c
Dinner: salad coleslaw mix 25c, radishes 6c, cucumber 12c, tomato 22c, sprouts 9c = 74c, The Good Table - Southwest Tortilla Sauce and Crust Mix for Chicken 80c + chicken breast 13.4 oz 402c = 482c, 16 oz water [556c]
cookies 160c, pretzels 110c, yogurt 70c, cantaloupe 93c
1569 calories
32 ounces of water
* I would also like to point out that I made chocolate chip cookies this morning, and not only did I not eat any of them, I did not even lick the spoon. Willpower, baby. It's now or never. **
** I would also like to point out that when it got to be 7:30 pm and I was still well under my self-imposed daily calorie limit, I did, indeed, eat two of those cookies. And they were goooooooood.
Exercise: stretching + weights + sit-ups + 27 minutes stationary bike (5.2 miles, -304 calories)
Sunday, 4/16/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, oatmeal and banana 245c, 16 oz water, another coffee 10c (4:00 am wake up . . . oh my) [265c]
Lunch: sunflower seeds 165c, tuna and crackers 173c * [338c]
Dinner: chicken 80 + 477c = 557, 16 oz water, cole slaw and dressing 45c [602c]
cookies 160c, pretzels 110c, yogurt 70c, tuna and crackers 173c, 16 oz water, popsicle 30c
1718 calories
48 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching + sit-ups + 27 minutes stationary bike (5.3 miles, -311 calories)
Weight: 240 pounds. I don't know why I'm still holding here. I've been exercising every day and eating less than 1773 calories every day. It's a little frustrating.
* As I've found in the past, getting up really early (4:00 am today) is not conducive to good eating. My stomach roils if I don't eat some breakfast within a couple of hours, but then I start to get hungry again. This time I tried to assuage that hunger with the usual cure, sunflower seeds, but venisoon after I started feeling REALLY hungry. And then I started thinking, "You know, it's Easter Sunday. Everybody has a little chocolate on Easter." And I started thinking about chocolate. And I started thinking about those chocolate chip cookies I made yesterday. And I imagined eating two of them, and how good they would taste. And then I imagined that not being nearly enough, and I imagined eating a dozen cookies, maybe more. 960 calories. A thousand calories. And I knew that it STILL wouldn't be enough. I was that kind of hungry. All of this was preceded by a precipitous drop in my blood sugar . . . or, alternately, a dire reaction to dehydration, as I'd had two cups of coffee by then but had yet to drink any water. (Sometimes I can't tell the difference between a drop in blood sugar and dehydration.) So I was definitely in the mood to say fuck my calories restrictions. And I went into the kitchen and looked at those cookies. And they looked so good. And then I opened a can of tuna and put it into a bowl with two tablespoons of olive oil mayonnaise and cut up two sweet pickles and stirred it all up and divided it into four parts, each part being worth about 89 calories, and I counted out seven crackers (84 calories) . . . and the cats were going nuts; Jet actually jumped up in the air, caught hold of my leg, and started climbing, trying to get to that TUNa . . . and I are all seven crackers. I wanted more, too. But I covered the tuna bowl up and put it into the refrigerator. And after fifteen minutes or so I felt pretty good. Like not starving any more. Like not needing to eat any chocolate chip cookies. Unless, of course, I end up with a couple of hundred calories to spare after dinner. Which is doubtful today, but hey, it could happen, right?
Monday, 4/17/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, oatmeal 140c, blackberries 38c, 16 oz water
[188c]
Lunch: 16 oz water, coffee 10c [10c] *
Dinner: salad lettuce 5c tomato 22c radishes 6c, cucumber 12c artichoke 15c croutons 30 = 90c,
tuna 99c / macaroni 200c / vegetable medley 90c / sprouts 9 = 398c **, 16 oz water [488c]
16 oz water, pudding 120c, pretzels 110c
916 calories
64 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching + weights + sit-ups + stationary bike 27 minutes 5.3 miles - 312 calories
* Don't really know how that happened, just kind of got absorbed in doing some paperwork for Joe, then it was time to go pick him up for work, and then it was like, Shit, might as well just wait for dinner, ya know? Didn't even feel hungry until just before I ate my salad. I am going to guess that my stomach is shrinking at least a little bit. Which is a good thing. I've found that an afternoon cup of coffee helps a bit, too.
** So I made macaroni for Jacqueline's dinner, and despite what I said about macaroni previously, I really wanted some of that cheesy stuff. So I thought about it, and I decided that I could mix it up with some of the tuna I made up yesterday, mix in some vegetable medley, and top it off with some sprouts. I really like sprouts, and I'd forgotten to put them on my salad. Plus they don't keep long, so I wanted to make sure I got a share of them in me tonight. And I mixed it all together and it was a pretty substantial amount of food:
And not only did it taste really good . . . it filled me up, too. I'm sure that that's at least in part to the coffee for lunch today, but you know . . . this . . . is this. This ain't nothin' else. This . . . is this.
Week 9: Tuesday, 4/18/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, oatmeal 140c, blackberries 38c, 16 oz water
[188c]
Lunch: coffee 10c, tuna 99c and sprouts 9c sandwich 130c= 238c, sunflower seeds165c [413c]
yogurt 70c, ham 143 c
Dinner: 15 oz water, beef barley soup 280c, crackers 120c, pudding 60c [673]
cantaloupe 23c, grapes 20c, chips 280c, popsicle 60c
1657 calories
31 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching + sit-ups + bp, curl, rowing + 27 minutes on stationary bike (5.4 miles, 317 calories)
Wednesday, 4/19/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, oatmeal 110c, blackberries 38c, 16 oz water
[158c]
Lunch: sunflower seeds 165c, ham sandwich 143+130+9= 282c, 16 oz water [447c]
pretzels 110c, yogurt 70c, granola bar 160c, 16 oz water [340c]
Dinner: salad cole slaw 25c + tomato 22c + radishes 6c + cucumber 12c + artichoke 15c= 80c, crab cakes 435c, bread 130c [645]
popsicle 60c, pretzels 110c
1760 calories
48 ounces of water
Exercise: cut Mary's grass -257 calories
stretching + weights + sit-ups -60 calories
Thursday, 4/20/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, oatmeal 110c, blackberries 38c, honey* 60c, 16 oz water
[218c]
Lunch: coffee 10c, ham sandwich 273c, 16 oz water [283c]
sunflower seeds 165c, pea crisps 120c, 16 oz water [285]
Dinner: salad lettuce 5, tomatoes 22, cucumber 12, radishes 6, artichokes 20, croutons 30, dressing 20= 115c, rice 160c, crab cakes 290, brussels sprouts 150c [715]
pudding 40c, pretzels 110c, pudding pickles 60c
1711 calories
64 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching + 20 lb db 30/10 bp, 15 curl 15 row + 30 sit-ups + stationary bike 30 minutes (6 miles, -350 calories) and cut my grass -459 calories
* This plain oatmeal is most definitely not tasty. I bought it because it had 30 fewer calories than the one I'd bought previously. And it wasn't terrible with some blackberries in it, but it was still not pleasant. So this morning I added a tablespoon of honey. And it really made a big difference. I'm going to cut it down to one half of a tablespoon of honey tomorrow, which will cut the calories (60) in half . . . which would actually put it to a lower caloric level than the instant oatmeal I was using previously (Simple Truth Organic Instant Chia Oatmeal Cinnamon and Cranberry). But after I finish this box off, I'll probably just go back to the Chia unless I find something better. (I obviously need to learn a lot more about oatmeal.)
Friday, 4/21/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, oatmeal 110c, raisins 60c, honey 30c, 16 oz water [210c]
Lunch: coffee 10c, ham sandwich 186+130c w/ lettuce 5c, pudding 40c, pretzels 143c, 16 oz water, sunflower seeds 297 [811c]
apple 95
Dinner: salad lettuce 5 tomato 22 cucumber 12 artichokes 25= 64c, soup 220c, crackers 168c [547c]
pretzels 110c, 16 oz water, yogurt 70c
1748 calories
48 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching + weights + sit-ups + 30 minutes stationary bike (6.1 miles -360 calories)
Saturday, 4/22/2017
Food:
Breakfas: coffee 10c, oatmeal w/ 1 tablespoon of honey 170c *, 16 oz water [180c]
Lunch: 16 oz water, sunflower seeds 66c, coffee 10c [76c]
Dinner: 16 oz water, salad lettuce 5 tomato 22 cucumber 12 radishes 6 croutons 30 bacon bits 30 dressing 20 = 125c, Angus Top Sirloin Steak 424c **, potato w/ butter 211c [760c]
pretzels 110c, 16 oz water, yogurt 70c, sunflowers seeds 165c
1361 calories
64 ounces of water
* This is definitely the way to eat plain oatmeal. The full tablespoon of honey makes it taste really good, and the calorie count is just a little higher than if you'd used one of the fake flavor things.
** I weighed my steak on my little food scale, but forgot to write it down. I thought that I'd remembered 198 grams and I calculated that to be 270 calories, but that didn't seem right, so I thought that my memory might not have been right. So I took the whole (net) weight from the package and divided by 8 (number of pieces) and came up with a more likely sounding 424 calories. Fortunately it's a low calories day so it doesn't make any difference in the running total, but lesson learned. Right it down, old man.
Exercise: stretching + 20lb b/b/c/r + 30 sit-ups + stationary bike (30 minutes 6.2 miles -365 calories)
Sunday, 4/23/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, raisin bran w/ milk 250c*, 16 oz water [260c]
Lunch: 16 oz water, coffee 10c, ham sandwich bread 130 + ham 143 + olive oil mayonaise 50 = 323c [333c]
Dinner: sunflower seeds 165c, tuna sandwich 230c, banana 105c,yogurt 70c, salad 91c, 16 oz water, pretzels 110c
potato w/ butter 211c [982c]
yogurt 70c, sunflower seeds 99c
1744 calories
64 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching, weights, 30 sit-ups, stationary bike 30 minutes 6.1 miles -360 calories
Weight: 238 pounds
* In my readings attempting to find The Best Oatmeal, I happened upon some other information relating to fiber which made me think that I should try shifting to higher fiber content, and Kroger Raisin Bran gives a 7gram yield, which Fooducate tells me is 28% of my daily requirement. (And it's a helluva lot cheaper than Kellogg's Raisin Bran.) But today when I was checking out the facts and figures I saw that Fooducate only gave Kroger Raisin Bran a grade of B- (Kellogg's got only a C+, btw), so I did a little more looking around and found that Trader Joe's High Fiber Cereal comes in at a mere 80 calories, but offers 9 grams of fiber and a lot less sugar (5 grams as opposed to KrogerRB's 17grams) and added sugar (5 grams as opposed to KrogerRB's 5.6 grams). So I'm going to take a look for that, see if it costs a fortune.
Monday, 4/24/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee, 10c, bran w/ milk 250c*, 16 oz water [260c]
Lunch: 16 oz water, sunflower seeds 99c, cheese 70c, coffee 10c [179c]
Dinner: salad chia seeds * 30 lettuce 5 tomato 22 cucumber 12 radishes 6 croutons 30 artichoke 15 = 120c, 15 oz water, potato 161, cheese vegetable medley 90c, tuna 99c [470c]
popcorn 110c, 16 oz water, cookies 95c, yogurt 70c [275c]
1184 calories
63 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching + db +35 sit-ups + 30 minutes stationary bike (6.3 miles, -366 calories)
* As for these so-called chia seeds . . . . I've been trying to find out more about food items that can reduce the propensity toward diabetes. And one of the benefits of chia seeds is that they"Can Cause Major Improvements in Type 2 Diabetics" according to authoritynutrition.com (amongst others). So I got a bag at trader Joe's and my first use was to put 1/2 a tablespoon on my salad. No discernible taste. And for that 1/2 tablespoon I got about 3 grams of fiber, 1 gram of protein, some other good stuff, and only 30 calories. I think I just found my new salad topping.
Week 10: Tuesday, 4/25/2017
BREAKING FAT NEWS:
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, raisin bran 170c, 1 tablespoon chia seeds * 60c, 2% milk 60c, 16 oz water [300c]
Lunch: 16 oz water, tuna sandwich with lettuce and tomato 240c, coffee 10c, cookies 110c [360c]
16 oz water
Dinner: 16 oz water, salad lettuce 5 tomato 22 cucumber 12 radishes 6 artichoke 10 cucumber 12 tuna 99= 166c, sunflower seeds 165c, 16 oz water, soup 200c, crackers 120c [651c]
popcorn 110c, pineapple 88c, yogurt 70c, pretzels 110c
1689 calories
64 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching, weights, 35 sit-ups(19 minutes total) + 30 minutes stationary bike (6.3 miles, -367 calories)
* As for this so-called fiber . . . . Looks like there is some conflicting information out there (which pretty much always seems to be the case), but the theory I'm pursuing at the moment is that fiber + water helps you to feel fuller. Hence the reader Joe's Raisin Bran, which has 8 grams of fiber per serving, and the chia seeds, which have 4 grams of fiber in one tablespoon, which makes a total of 12 grams of fiber for breakfast. The national recommendation is 30 to 38 grams per day, so 12 sounds about right to me for a meal, but from what I've read, if you eat too much at one time it will just wash out of you anyway. Worth a try, I hope.
Wednesday, 4/26/2017
Bad sleeping night for some reason, but after the second time I woke up (at 3 am) I figured to hell with it, peed, and stepped on the scale:
That's a number I haven't seen for a very long time. Onward and upward! (Or downward, actually.)
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, raisin bran 170c, 1 tablespoon chia seeds 60c, 2% milk 60c, 16 oz water [300c] 8 + 4 = 12g fiber
Coffee 10c, sunflower seeds 165c / 3.1g fiber
Lunch: 16 oz water, small banana 90c / 2.6g fiber [265c]
16 oz water, cheese 140c, pretzels 110c / 1g fiber
vegetable mix 100c / 4g fiber
Dinner: salad lettuce 15c 1.3F + cole slaw 13c 1F + tomato 22c 1.5F + radishes 4c .4F + dressing 20c artichoke 10c 1gF = 74c 5.2gF chia seeds 60c 4gF
bread 120c 3gF, ham 123c, cookies 110c 1gF 16 oz water
popcorn 110c 4gF, yogurt 70c, pretzels 110c / 1gF
1692 calories
40.9 fiber *
64 ounces of water
* Webmd says I need 38 grams of fiber per day. Looks like I just found something else that I should start keeping track of. But you know, I didn't really go far out of my way to make it to that level today . . . didn't go out and buy any new foods to pump up the volume or anything like that. So on the one hand, I think that 38 grams of dietary fiber per day is definitely doable. On the other hand, I would guess that this is the first day in my life wherein I've actually met that level . . . and if that's not so, then I am absolutely sure that there haven't been very many of those fiberful days.
Exercise: stretching + 5 push-ups + 30bp 35 sit-ups bp15/c/r + 30 minutes 6.5 miles -382 calories **
** Ironically, more miles and more burned calories because the right hand lever on the bike came off track. Logically you'd think to heck with the levers, then, since burning calories is the game here, but I like the way that working the levers feels, so I'm going to try to figure out how to fix it. (Both levers have been popping off track with increasing regularity . . . which is why I just kept going when this one came off today.)
Thursday, 4/27/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, raisin bran 170c, 1 tablespoon chia seeds 60c, 2% milk 60c, 16 oz water [300c/12gF]
Lunch: coffee 10c, artichoke 10c / 1.7gF, sunflower seeds 165c / 3.1gF ham sandwich w/ olive oil mayonaise 323c / 3gF, 16 oz water [508c/7.8gF]
Dinner: salad lettuce 15/1.3F tomato 22/1.5F radishes 4/.4F croutons 30 artichoke 20/2F, dressing 20c chia 60c /4gF = 171c / 9.2gF, cheese 70c, 16 oz water
spaghetti *** 100c/3gF + 200c/4gF and vegetable medley 60c/2gF [601c/18.2gF]
cookies and yogurt 180c / 1gF, sunflower seeds 165c / 3.5 gF, pretzels 64c / 1gF
1864 calories****
435g fiber
48 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching + 5 push-ups* + 30bp 35 sit-ups bp15/c/r + 30 minutes stationary bike ** 6.3 miles -372 calories
* It was almost more than I could do to put down these five push-ups today. Hard to believe there was a time when I could knock out fifty or so of these. Of course, I weighed about a hundred pounds less then, too, so that's a factor.
** The old Vitamaster kind of blew apart today. First one of the struts that goes from the bottom of the hand lever to the pedal came off, so I stopped and fixed it. Then the other lever came off, and I tried to keep going, but the first lever then came off, and then the whole center assembly started to move and the cowling around the center part came loose. All of that happened around the fifteen minute mark, and it was a very long ride to the end of the thirty minute session, with me having to hold everything together with one hand. The other hand? Well, I found out that if I hold my *Brand New* pedometer in my hand as I ride, it will actually record my "steps"--which it won't do if I put it on my thigh or my foot. And I wanted credit for those steps, man. If I can get enough Humana Vitality points, I can get a free FitBit. Goals. You like 'um?
*** But not just any old spaghetti: Ronzini SuperGreens Spaghetti (with 5 green vegetables*: Spinach, Zucchini, Broccoli, Parsley and Kale). 4 grams of fiber in 55 grams, man. And 1 1/2 servings of vegetables. Oh my God . . . am I becoming a Food Nerd????
**** Oh . . . about that None Shall Pass comment a little ways back. I had just started eating some pretzels when I thought, "I should stop now and check my calorie count. And I did stop. But I had already eaten 7 pretzels. If I hadn't eaten any, I'd have been at 1754 calories for the day. 19 calories under the limit. The pretzels are 9.2 calories apiece. So I could have eaten 2 and still been under the limit. But I'd eaten 7, so I was 45 calories over. Fuuuuuuck. I went ahead and ate the last 5 pretzels. In for a penny, in for a pound. But henceforth, NONE SHALL PASS! Sheet, man.
Friday, 4/28/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, egg 90c/ ,toast 65c/1.5 gF, chia seeds 60c/ 4gF, 16 oz water [225c/5.5gF]
16 oz water
Lunch: sunflower seeds 165c/3.5gF, 16 oz water [165c/3.5gF]
Trader Joe's Sprouted 7 Grain Bread 120c/6gF, ham 143c, mayo 50c, TJ tortilla chips 140c/1gF, banana 105c/3.1dF, cookies 110c/1gF [668c/11.1gF]
Dinner: salad lettuce 5/1.3gF, tomatos 12c/1gF, croutons 30c, pickle 30c, dressing 30c, artichoke 10c/1gF, 15 oz water [117c/3.3gF]
2 crab cakes 290c/.4gF, cauliflower rice 25c/2gF, vegetable medley 75c/1.5gF, 16 oz water [390c/3.9gF]
16 oz water
popcorn 110c/1gF, yogurt 70c [180c/1gF]
1745 calories
28.3g fiber*
79 ounces of water
Exercise: cut my lawn -459
Well . . . came up short on the fiber today, but I did make it under the calorie limit, so I'm just going to enjoy that victory. Especially so because after cutting the grass I was feeling pretty damned voracious, but managed to keep it in line. Woo hoo.
Saturday, 4/29/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, muffin 130c/2gF, cereal w/ milk and chia seeds * 295c/12gF, 16 oz water [435c/14gF]
sunflower seeds 99c/2gF
Lunch: egg foo young (266g) 386c/1.2gF **, 16 oz water [485c/3.2gF]
Dinner: 3 crab cakes 435c / 3g vegetable medley 100c / 4gF cauliflower rice 25c / 2gF, bread 60 c / 3gF [620c/12gF]
popcorn 110c/4gF. artichoke hearts 20c/2gF
popsicle 60c, chips 20c [210c / 6gF]
1750 calories
35.2g fiber
32 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching, weights, 30 minutes stationary bike(6.8 miles, -394 calories***)
*Yeah, second breakfast. Woke up at 3 am because of a heavy storm which woke up both of the kids, and by 4 am I gave up and got up, had a cup of coffee and a muffin, and watched Fortitude. But by 6 am I needed mo', so I did. Going to have to be on the calorie watch today, though.
**And then Jimmy, who is only in town for a minute, wanted to do Chinese food for lunch. And I love Chinese food. And it's been a long time since I've had Chinese food. And I didn't want to be a party poop. So of course I acceded enthusiastically. And found out that if I didn't touch the rice or the gravy or the fortune cookie and saved one patty for breakfast and drank water that the damage was pretty minimal. Maybe even non-existent. Oh, the challenges of losing fat.
***Once again the results were skewed by malfunctioning equipment. Both levers went out at the start, so it was pretty much all leg action with some token arm movements. And my speed went up quite a bit. It's usually around 12 mph, and this time it was hitting 15 mph regularly. So I burned more calories. Which logically would suggest that I just keep at it as is, but I think I am going to go stationary bike shopping tomorrow. This thing is literally falling apart, and besides, it was a leftover from my former mother in law--the nasty one. So maybe it's time to spend a little something something on myself and get a brand spanking new motherfucker.
Sunday, 4/30/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, toast 85c / 3gF, muffin 130c/2gF, 16 oz water [225c / 5gF]
Lunch: sunflower seeds 150c / 3gF *, 16 oz water, Trader Joe's Sprouted 7 Grain Bread 120c/6gF and egg foo young 193c/ .6gF and olive oil mayonnaise 50c, coffee 10c [523c / 9.6gF]
Dinner: blackberries 26c/2gF, cauliflower rice 50c/4gF, vegetable mix 180c/6gF, chia seeds 120c/8gF, 12 oz. Tree Tap Water 5c, salmon 140c [521c/20gF]
chips 140c/1gF, sunflower seeds 100c/2gF, artichoke 10c/1gF, 16 oz water, popcorn 110c/4gF, yogurt 70c
1699calories
42.6 g fiber
60 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching + bp + 35 sit-ups + bp/bp/c + 30 minutes stationary bike. This bike is pretty much fucked, though, and though I bought a new one today, I'm still trying to figure out how to put it together, so I used the old one today. According to it, I did 8 miles and burned 467 calories. Which I'd love to believe, but that is 1.7 miles greater than than my previous norm, and 95 more than the usual number of calories burned. Which could be true, I suppose. Without those levers, my speed is much greater. But it doesn't seem true to me. to ahmo just count is as the usual -370 calories.
Weight:
11.8 pounds to overweight.
I'm comin' for ya, 'lizabeth!
This is the Big One!
(And as of this moment, I've lost 33.2 pounds since I started my
You Have Got to be Shitting Me Diet.
11 weeks, 33 pounds.
Eat me, NutriSystem, Weight Watchers, and Jenny Craig!)
* My first experience with Trader Joe's sunflower seeds. And? Well, the weight is different so I have to adjust a bit for that in terms of what my "serving" looks like, but no big deal there. These kernels are bigger than the Kroger version, though, and they seem crisper and tastier. I hate to sound like a fawner, but so far Trader Joe's has kind of impressed the shit out of me.
Monday, 5/1/2017
Food:
Breakfast: coffee 10c, blackberries 26c/2gF, toast 120c/6gF, ham 60c, 16 oz water [216c/8gF]
Lunch: blackberries 26c/2gF*, 16 oz water, coffee 10c, TJ almond bar 210c/2gF [246c/4gF]
Dinner: sunflower seeds 100c/2gF, salad lettuce 5c/.5gF, tomatoes 25c/2gF, artichokes 20c/2gF, bbits 30c, croutons 30c, spaghetti 200c/4gF, sauce 50c/1.5gF, chips 140c/2gF, Tree Juice 5c, ham 132c, bread 120c/6gF [857c/20gF]
watermelon 120/3gF, sunflower seeds 100c/2gF, 16 oz water
cookies and yogurt 180c/1gF
1719 calories
38 grams fiber
60 ounces of water
Exercise: stretching + weights + stationary bike 30 minutes, distance 304.8 (?)* -450c (?)*
* See this thing?
I bought a new "stationary bike" from Walmart. Yeah, I know. But I didn't want to spend a fortune on a new one, the old one was FUBAR, and I didn't want to wait a week or more for one to arrive from Amazon. So I went for the best of what was close at hand. I almost gave up whilst assembling it. The directions were amazingly inept, there were a couple of pieces missing, and let's just say that the manufacturer's tolerance specifications were generous. But after throwing in the towel for a bit--to the extent of calling Walmart to make sure that I could bring it back for a refund and taking another trip to Play It Again Used Sports Equipment (where I found that I could get a usable one that I didn't much like for $300, and the one that I really liked was $600, so I left with only regerts, eating a Snicker's bar). But then, fueled by economic intimidation, I came back home and managed to finish putting the thing together and took it for a ride. And you know, I need to figure some shit out, but I have to say that I got a pretty damned good work out going on. However . . . it seems to be saying that I expended 450 calories, which seems unlikely, and it says that I went 304.8 somethings, but I don't know what. I am going back to the instruction book to see what this means--assuming it's not just fucked up shit that fell out of this machine's ass. More news as it happens.
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