Exercise: 60 mins treadmill

Water: 20 cups

Food: 2195 calories (26% fat, 42% carbs, 29% protein)

Breakfast: whole wheat tortilla, cheese blend, salsa, 3 clementines (241)

AM Snack: almonds (164)

Lunch: lentil soup, smoked back bacon, apple, fruit salad (593)

PM Snack: protein shake, soy nuts (224)

Dinner: white chili with cauliflower, smoked chicken and turkey sausages(2), salad w/dressing (659)

Late Snack: protein shake, fruit salad, biscotti, apple (314)

I’ve changed my daily limits slightly. I felt I was dragging a little for the last few days. I know the strength training book sets my levels at around 2200 on the days I’m not lifting, with more on lifting days. So for the next couple of weeks I’m going to try for 2200, except for M/W/F when I’ll aim for 2500. It’s sometimes very hard to believe that you need to eat more. You spend so much time convincing yourself to eat less, so it doesn’t seem to make sense. However, depending upon tomorrow’s weigh-in I’ll be down somewhere between 2 or 3 pounds, which somewhat surprises me this week. I was headed into a flat period, and was expecting little to know change. So I suspect even the start of lifting (with light weights) seems to have affected me. And even with the falling off the ball, and feeling I have very poor form, I’m really quite enjoying it.

findingeuphoria - that’s not a bad idea, which I might try.  I’m working out in a room with a stone floor, so I’m concerned about it slipping.  Right now I’ll work on form and figure something out for a higher step eventually.