Well, it’s official, the rest week is over (okay, it was 8 days).  The leftover bacon is in the freezer… darn.  That’s probably the only thing that I might miss.  Although I can probably find a way to work in a piece here and there in the future.  So tomorrow it’s back to a deficit I go.  My first workout will likely be on Wednesday though, just some light cardio.  Unless I’m itching to lift on Tuesday afternoon that it.  :)  That’s probably the biggest difference between this and the last time I did a maintenance/rest week.  I had a ton of energy by the end of it.  Today I just feel… okay.  However, comparing it to feeling like crap last week, I’ll take it!

I considered going back to the Metrology stuff after dinner, but decided not to.  In the end I did clear up what I needed to do (and am even ahead on a few things).  What I’ve decided though is to maybe give up my weekday evenings so I don’t have to give up my weekends to homework.  Anyway, the laundry is done so it’s off to bed I go.

Food for the day:

Total: 3165 (38% fat, 36% carbs, 22% protein)

Breakfast: bacon and eggs, honey oatmeal bread, nectarine (692)
AM Snack: zucchini bread, jam (291)
Lunch: whole wheat tortillas, cheese, nectarine (732)
Snacks: carrots, hummus, 12-grain crackers, cheese spread, jack daniels & lemonade (501)
Dinner: sirloin steak, corn, butter, salad w/dressing (550)
Late Snack: whole wheat tortillas, cheese, nectarine (400)

The Sunday to Sunday loss this week is 0.2lbs. I’m actually a little surprised by that. For the week I averaged 3139 calories per day (although I had wanted to go slightly higher, I just didn’t get there). I suspect one of the reasons I’m not up a pound or so is that my period fell in the middle of the rest/maintenance week. Sheesh, I seem almost disappointed that I didn’t gain weight. I’m actually going to do another day of these calories levels (today) and then go back to deficit calories on Monday. I may wait a few days before adding in exercise (to make sure I’m over my cold/flu/sinus infection). I’m still not convinced that I’ve shook it. The 9-week loss is 17.4lbs (1.93/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. I’ve pretty much decided that the daily weights are going to be out of whack while I’m in school. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So, since I started keeping track this is day 262 on plan with food.