Exercise - 90 mins on the treadmill (3 x 30), 15 mins shoveling snow

Water - 18 cups

Food - 1966 calories (28% fat, 40% carbs, 31% protein)

Breakfast - protein shake, 3 clementines (159)

Lunch - whole wheat tortilla, mustard, smoked ham, cheese blend, roasted veggies with balsamic vinegar, apple, fruit salad (470)

Dinner - hamburger (2), bun (1), condiments, salad, salad dressing (892)

Snacks - protein shake (x2), apple, fruit salad, nacho tortillaz (445)

Argh - today has been a high hunger day.  Probably the first I’ve had since starting in December.  I’ve had days I’ve gone off my plan (2), but not from any real hunger.  They were more from cravings and old bad habits.  If anyone is actually looking at the amount of water I log you’ll see I’ve upped it considerably today.  Partly to try and curb the hunger, but also because of dry skin and chapped lips.  I know from the past that drinking more water will help, so I’m trying.  I’m not sure what I’ll do about the hunger.  I only have an apple let to eat and another 2 cup bottle of water (that are counted in the above).  I took my protein shake about 15 mins ago, so it may help with the hunger as well.  But really, all day, ravenous hunger.  Sigh… and I have to go into the kitchen later to make fruit salad, which will be a test.

leanmoomercows - the only thing to watch with the fruit salad is that you don’t end up with too much sugar in it.  The only fruit that I use with sugar are the peaches (and it’s a light syrup).  The pineapple and cherries are canned in their own juice.  Also the dried apricots don’t have any sugar (lots of dried fruit does).  I finally found a mix at Costco that will let me try other kinds of dried fruit to see if it’s worth going looking at the bulk store.  The protein shakes… they aren’t my favourite, but they serve a purpose.  I never used to eat enough protein, and when exercising a lot you really need protein.  The most common flavours are chocolate and vanilla.  I’m not a vanilla fan, and strangely I’m not that big a chocolate fan either.  What I usually do is mix chocolate with whatever fruit flavour I find (currently mixing tropical fruit, but I’ve used mango peach as well).  The flavour isn’t bad, especially when mixed first, then chilled.  What’s more important is that they’re 90 cals, with only 1g of fat, 2g carbs, and 17g protein.  This is a fast way of adding protein without cooking.  It’s not a substitute for all meals though, just breakfast and trying to curb the hunger during the day.