I’ll probably catch up on some blogs later from the laptop, but at the moment I’m going to log my food for the day. I know that once I’m on the couch with the fire going that I won’t want to come back to the desk. There’s always cold air coming out of the crawlspace (behind me when I’m at the desk), which makes it tougher to come back to the computer.

Food for the day:

Total: 2292 (24% fat, 37% carbs, 39% protein)

Breakfast: 2 fried eggs, honey oat bread, orange (465)
Lunch: beef barley mushroom soup, honey oat bread, apple (403)
PWO: protein shake with sour cherries (281)
PM Snack: empanadas (1.5), pisco sour (174)
Dinner: sirloin steak, corn, butter, salad w/dressing (663)
Late Snack: protein shake, fruit salad (307)

So, the empanadas are something that my mother made today. Long story, but she bought a thing of cream cheese a while back to make them, and kept forgetting. I found the cream cheese in the fridge last week so she decided to make them. We split three of them with a drink before our dinner this afternoon. They’re very small, with a somewhat scary calorie count. ie. 55 calories, 4g fat - yep, macros are 65% fat, 23% carbs, 12% protein) They have a beef/tomato/olive/raisin filling and a pastry that has cream cheese, butter, and flour. They are quite tasty so it’s a good thing that the rest of them are now in the freezer - to be served to company.

I started off with 3 mins cardio (walking/jogging on the spot), the prescribed warm-ups, and then did:

Power Training - Strength Training (weeks 10-12)
Workout A2 (3 of 10)

1: Clean High Pull - 65t/3, 65t/3, 65t/3, 65t/3
2: Clean-Grip Deadlift - 115t/5, 165t/3, 185t/2, 205t/1
3: Single-leg Supine Hip Extension - 5, 3, 2, 1
4: Push-ups (incline) - 5, 3, 2, 1
5: Two-point Dumbbell Row with Twist - 30e/5, 30e/3, 30e/2, 30e/1
6: Shoulder Press - 65t/5, 65t/3, 65t/2, 65t/1
7: Chin-ups (band assisted, attempts) - 5, 3, 2, 1
8: Cable Woodchop - 8, 8, 8, 8
9: Four-point Plank - 45sec, 45sec, 45sec, 45sec

Total time: 70 mins
HR monitor: 305 cals, Max: 132 (75%), Avg: 101 (57%)

So I decided to play around with the max deadlifts today. I probably could have done a little more than 205 (not much though), but with lots more to do I decided that was enough. The one thing that I noticed today was that I never really pushed up the heart rate today. I’m not sure why, but it’s just an observation.

This morning’s weigh-in was 241.4, which is 0.4 pounds down from last week. The 9-week loss is 11.2lbs (1.24/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider a maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So this is day 2 on plan with food.

I’m not entirely unhappy with the week’s progress. I had pretty much decided to go off plan before dinner on Friday, even though I wouldn’t likely have admitted it. The damage overall was minimal, but it’s time to buckle down for a while. I’d really like to see the 9-week chart showing entirely clear, but that’s not going to happen for at least 9 weeks. Sigh….

Next week’s plan is:

Keep the calories around 2000, and since I’m feeling better start working the exercise back in. I still don’t feel like I have a huge amount of energy, which bothers me. It was a struggle to get 30 mins in on the treadmill yesterday, and I’m feeling very unmotivated in general. However, I’ll get three days of lifting in this week (starting today) and see how that goes. I’ve already planned a 2300 calorie day to support it. I’ll aim for early afternoon, which traditionally was my easiest time to lift.