Really quick post as I’d planned on being in bed in about 10 minutes….

Today was homework, more homework, laundry, and I put together a pan on the chocolate zucchini cake (the version with the protein powder) just before dinner. There was no Sunday workout as my arm was bugging me from the typing and writing from the homework. Oh, and I reloaded one of the empty wood bins (not a huge job, just a couple of loads), and barbecued the steak out in the very cold night.

So, that was my very boring, but very busy day. I realised tonight that I had planned on transplanting the geranium seedlings, and starting a few other seeds, but that just didn’t happen. I’m not sure it’s going to happen until later in the week, or maybe next weekend. Ugh, when did I get so busy all of a sudden?

The macros are a little different than the planned ones were. The cake came out well, and I couldn’t fit all 24 pieces in the container for the freezer. So I gave a piece to my mother and had 2 pieces with my evening snack. So, a little less protein, a little more carbs and fat than planned, but well worth it. I really think with some kind of icing (even just melted chocolate chips) you could serve this to people and they would never know.

Food for yesterday:

Total: 1999 (28% fat, 42% carbs, 30% protein)

Breakfast: two fried eggs, honey oatmeal bread, clementines (402)
AM Snack: none (0)
Lunch: mushroom barley soup, honey oatmeal bread, apple (401)
PM Snack: hummus, carrots, flatbread (236)
Dinner: sirloin steak, corn, butter (677)

Late Snack: chocolate zucchini, fruit salad (284)

This morning’s weigh-in was 245.8, which is 2.2 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 9.4lbs (1.04/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. At the moment I’m not too impressed with it, but the only thing I can do is go forward. It’s going to take a while to get back to where it was. 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 this is day 29 on plan with food.

Next week’s plan is:

Sun: lifting
Mon: rest
Tue: lifting , other weeks maybe 60 mins cardio
Wed: rest
Thu: 60 mins cardio
Fri: lifting
Sat: cardio if needed (making up the week to 120 mins)

Calories: 2000 / 2300 lifting days, 30%+ protein

I did it again, skipped last night’s post. So, a quick recap of what I did yesterday:

Electricity homework
Most of my Minitab lab (from Thurs, but due Wed)

60 mins on the treadmill (total cals - 413)

Food for yesterday:

Total: 2007 (28% fat, 41% carbs, 31% protein)

Breakfast: egg/egg white omelet with salsa and cheese, honey oatmeal bread, jam, clementines (456)
AM Snack: blueberry bran snack cake (103)
Lunch: lentil soup with chicken, honey oatmeal bread, apple (429)
PM Snack: hummus, carrots, flatbread (217)
Dinner: corned beef, chicken & turkey sausage, cabbage w/tomato sauce, butter (496)
Late Snack: protein shake, fruit salad (307)