Quote:
Originally Posted by stingo
Greatness though is the chocolate stout on cask.
|
I don't know that I've ever had it on cask. Delicious, I'm sure. Their chocolate stout is amazing, and I'm not even much of a stout person. Except for Rogue's, and Young's Double Chocolate Stout.
Speaking of beer... the time has come for further tweaking of the diet & an increase in exercise. John and I are both up a little in weight this week and though the beer & mancakes are likely culprits for inducing water retention, our preference would have at least been to just maintain. Then we'd know we lost weight but retained water.
So, we're going to cut out the morning snack and get about 7 hours of exercise a week (right now, I'm at 5.5 hours). Typical days go like this:
B: 375 calories
S: 250 calories
L: 300-400 calories
S: 300 calories
(lifting days only, add a 120cal shake here)
D: 400-500 calories
S: eat this about 50% of the time, about 150-200 calories
So, I think we're just eating too much. I should probably scale back to 1600-1700 calories per day, lifting or not. And then up the exercise. I cycle for 40 minutes on MWF and could up that to an hour. That would bring me to 6 hours per week, and with the reduction in calories would probably help spur some weight loss. I've been hovering over 146/147 for over a month now and would really like to lose these last few pounds of fat.
I can easily ditch the morning snack - I'm usually not hungry until 11:30 or so anyway, and can eat my lunch then. Then, have a smaller snack, maybe just a protein/greens+ shake (which is wonderfully filling). That will shave off about 400 calories right there.
That means not being complaint every day. I'm supposed to eat 2 servings of veggies and 20g of protein every 2-3 hours and am finding it very hard to do that while remaining in my "fat loss" calorie range. Sometimes I just want 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and 1/4 cup blueberries. That will fill me up well and is about 150 calories, but isn't even close to compliant (about 15g protein and 0 servings of veggies).
Ah well.. .we've only been doing this a couple of weeks. I'm sure we'll figure it out. Maybe the best thing for me in the long run is not to follow any eating plan at all, but to take what I've learned and develop my own eating... what would work best for me I think is:
B: eggs & sauteed veggies (350 cals)
L: salad w/protein & lots of tasty veggies (350 cals)
S: cottage cheese & fruit, or celery & cream cheese, or broccoli & low-fat ranch. Something like that. (200 cals)
D: PN pizza (ww + bran crust w/veggies & meat) (450 cals)
S: something sweet & proteiny, like a shake or protein bar (300 cals)
I could eat like that for a long time. The two snacks are not compliant, however. Unless I add greens+. Maybe that's what I should do. That'd add 60 calories per day - not a whole lot.