It was an odd day weather-wise today, but although it looked like rain it never did actually rain. I’m ignoring the fact that potentially the next three days will be rain filled. I’m still waiting for summer around here. It kind of figures that since I’m home this summer that it (so far) hasn’t been a decent one. Anyway, the foot is almost 100%, just keeping it clean (no band-aid), although when I’m out tomorrow and exercising I’ll likely put a band-aid on just in case.

Food for the day:

Total: 2138 (29% fat, 33% carbs, 36% protein)

Breakfast: pecan raisin bread, jam, grapefruit (165)
AM Snack: almonds, protein shake (344)
Lunch: BBQ pork, roasted veggies, apple (427)
PM Snack: red pepper hummus with raw veggies, soy nuts (237)
Dinner: sirloin steak, mushrooms, asparagus, salad w/dressing (631)
Late Snack: fruit salad, two cherry yogurt sorbet, protein shake (334)

Well, I weighed in this morning at 301.8, which is 56.4 pounds from where I started this time, and 105.2 from my top known weight. It’s been a pretty good month, although the gardening and a bit of a mishap with my foot (much better today) kind of derailed some of my planned exercising.  So, the monthly totals.

• calories per day: 2358, calorie balance: -926 per day
• treadmill: 9h 50m, strength training: 7h 20m
• swimming laps: 2h, pool (various, incl. laps): 1h
• garden work: 12h 15m, walking outside: 3h
• avg daily exercise: 69 mins
• weight lost: 8.2 pounds

I just added them to the stats page if you want to compare to previous months. Now I need to think about goals for next month. I don’t set weight lost goals, as I feel I would be disappointed if I didn’t meet them. I try and set goals that will push me, but I can control if they are attainable. Although you can do certain things to help, you can’t force your body to lose weight on a schedule. So, on to the goals for June.

• Eat within plan every day (2400 exercise days (60 mins of something), 2150 rest days)
• Drink water every day (18 cups min.)
• Exercise (60 mins treadmill Tues&Sat, 60 mins strength training Mo/We/Fr)

I have modified the exercising slightly.  Regardless of food intake I’m just not sure that I’m capable of keeping up a 90min a day exercise cycle 5 days a week.  I have to remember that I’m still carrying a lot of extra weight and some of my joints (knees specifically) don’t take well to that schedule.  So I’ve adjusted the calories down, made a specific rest day number, and will aim for 60 mins a day.  I’m also a little more active on a daily basis (watering, weeding, etc.) so that will help with overall movement.  On the first day of July I’ll take a look at these and see how I’ve done. Wish me luck!

Today’s weigh-in brings me to 301.8 which is 2.4 pounds less than last week. I also now have a scale that does bodyfat % (which is likely only good for trends). I’m planning on doing a weekly average and then will compare it to the weekly average the next week. So this week’s average is 303.7lbs, BF%: 53.9, LBM%: 46.1. The changes since last week look fantastic, but since it was only a three-day sample I’m going to wait until next week to compare them. Anyway, since I started keeping track this is day 143 on plan.