Sigh… another weekend over and I’m not sure that I accomplished much. I did get most (but not all) of my homework done, although what I’ve left is stuff that I should be able to do on Tuesday. I think I’m going to have to start working on some of it during the week though, as I don’t seem to get through it as fast on the weekend as I feel I should. Although I think there is more than there was last semester.

Anyway, the last of the laundry is in the dryer. And I did manage to make both zucchini spice cake and the zucchini chocolate cake today. I like keeping at least a couple of containers in the freezer (and we were working on our last one). I’m also trying a new recipe for tomorrow night (in the crockpot) so I got it ready so that my mother only has to dump it in tomorrow and turn it on.

So, at 9pm I can have the rest of the day to myself! Although I still have to cut up the chocolate zucchini cake and fold the laundry.

Food for the day:

Total: 1997 (26% fat, 42% carbs, 32% protein)

Breakfast: breakfast bake, 1/2 WW thintini, clementines (339)
AM Snack: zucchini spice cake (114)
Lunch: turkey noodle soup, 1/2 WW thintini, apple (426)
PM Snack: hummus, flatbread (199)
Dinner: sirloin steak, corn, butter, salad w/dressing (652)
Late Snack: chocolate zucchini cake, fruit salad (268)

This morning’s weigh-in was 243.4, which is 1.6 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 10.0lbs (1.11/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 10 on plan with food.

That off-plan Friday plan didn’t really work this week. I ate less during the week, only about a hundred calories more, and felt like I was dragging myself through the week. I think it has more to do with my sinuses than the actual calorie levels. This week if I do go out on Friday, I’ll just make it fit in to the day. I’m still not drinking the amount of water that I normally do, so I’ll keep an eye on that as well.

Next week’s plan is:

Sun: rest (elbow still bugging me, but it’s more a time thing)
Mon: rest
Tue: lifting, 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