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Gen · 05-08-2009, 02:09 AM

So, protein. Normally I get 70 - 80ish grams a day without trying too hard. That was an atypical day. Though there was milk in my coffee, cheese in the bread for lunch, cheese and sausages in the pasta bake and nuts in the snack bar and muffin. I haven't bothered with fit day for a few days so I don't know exactly but I know it adds up. I normally have meat in lunch and dinner.

Yesterdays food:

Breakfast - multigrain cheerios in yogurt
Lunch - more spinach bread and a couple handfuls of fruit and nut blend
Snack - bran muffin
Dinner - Chicken in mushroom sauce, sweet potato, butternut squash
PM - couple pieces of dark chocolate while baking - yum

I only had time for a half hour session at the gym yesterday. I did some hard(ish) intervals on the elliptical. I'm kind of impressed at the improvements in my strength with that machine. When I started I was using level 5 for the hard part of the intervals; now I use somewhere around level 5 - 7 to warm up, them move to 10 as my start off point and go up to 16 for the hard parts. It makes a huge difference in the calorie burn. I know the machine isn't accurate but its consistent so I use the calories burned display to track how hard I've worked.

I won't have time to gym after work today, but I'm thinking of going in at lunch time for a quick run and stretch. Then again, if I run today I can't tomorrow and I prefer to run on Saturdays. Then AGAIN I may be hung over tomorrow anyway and I'll do my saturday routine on Sunday. *Sigh* decisions...

I'm going out with a bang entertaining at home tonight; we're celebrating cinco de mayo, my husband being almost done with his undergrad, and the fact that I make really good margaritas. We're making fresh jalepeno poppers to start, fajitas for the main, cheesy jalepeno corn bread on the side and chili chocolate brownies for dessert.

After the croissants for breakfast in the morning I'm officially starting eating in deficit and off to the gym when the guest leaves (depending on hangover level). Yes, mid-day Saturday I start my diet. I've started on Monday too often only to fail on Friday so I'm going to start in the middle of the weekend this time. If it weren't for plans already made for today I would have started Wednesday though.

05-08-2009, 02:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
Gen Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: UK Posts: 432	So, protein. Normally I get 70 - 80ish grams a day without trying too hard. That was an atypical day. Though there was milk in my coffee, cheese in the bread for lunch, cheese and sausages in the pasta bake and nuts in the snack bar and muffin. I haven't bothered with fit day for a few days so I don't know exactly but I know it adds up. I normally have meat in lunch and dinner. Yesterdays food: Breakfast - multigrain cheerios in yogurt Lunch - more spinach bread and a couple handfuls of fruit and nut blend Snack - bran muffin Dinner - Chicken in mushroom sauce, sweet potato, butternut squash PM - couple pieces of dark chocolate while baking - yum I only had time for a half hour session at the gym yesterday. I did some hard(ish) intervals on the elliptical. I'm kind of impressed at the improvements in my strength with that machine. When I started I was using level 5 for the hard part of the intervals; now I use somewhere around level 5 - 7 to warm up, them move to 10 as my start off point and go up to 16 for the hard parts. It makes a huge difference in the calorie burn. I know the machine isn't accurate but its consistent so I use the calories burned display to track how hard I've worked. I won't have time to gym after work today, but I'm thinking of going in at lunch time for a quick run and stretch. Then again, if I run today I can't tomorrow and I prefer to run on Saturdays. Then AGAIN I may be hung over tomorrow anyway and I'll do my saturday routine on Sunday. Sigh decisions... I'm going out with a bang entertaining at home tonight; we're celebrating cinco de mayo, my husband being almost done with his undergrad, and the fact that I make really good margaritas. We're making fresh jalepeno poppers to start, fajitas for the main, cheesy jalepeno corn bread on the side and chili chocolate brownies for dessert. After the croissants for breakfast in the morning I'm officially starting eating in deficit and off to the gym when the guest leaves (depending on hangover level). Yes, mid-day Saturday I start my diet. I've started on Monday too often only to fail on Friday so I'm going to start in the middle of the weekend this time. If it weren't for plans already made for today I would have started Wednesday though.