C1W8D7
CW 134 (harumph - but I deserve it)
GW 127

meals:
raspberry protein oatmeal lite
easter dinner at non-vomiting sister-in-law's:
crackers and cheese
4 oz lamb
asparagus, green beans
one piece of garlic bread, no butter
one piece of pineapple cake
one glass white wine
late supper: one piece of pineapple cake

nutrition:
today: 1831 38/17/45 (lamb and cream cheese frosting!)
past week: 1580 51/24/26
whole challenge avg per day
calories %C/%P/%F: 1614 49/26/25
protein g 106
carb g 193
fiber g 25
sugar g 21
fat g 44
exercise calories burned per day avg: 306
(that's the dietpower number - which is more truthful than machine numbers. A dietpower number calculates only extra calories burned on the machine - the machine generally adds in your BMR - which maybe 20-30% of the total).

exercise today:
running outside, 3 miles (not fasted)

musings: well, I feel silly doing eight weeks of this and winding up 3 pounds less than when I started. I know major changes have been made in my muscles and whatnot - maybe I thought I was cheating more - but the calorie totals don't lie, and I haven't been not recording stuff except the one day last week I forgot what I ate. I think my metabolism is officially screwed. After this challenge I'm going to try 2000 calories a day clean food (excepting weddings I'm going to), same amount of exercise, then in a month I will cut it back to 1700 a day, no lower. So there.

C1W8D6
CW 133
GW 127

meals:
chocolate cherry protein oatmeal lite
string cheese
1/4 starbucks chantico (OMG!), 8 oz sauteeed okra
2 pieces of leftover pizza
applebees dinner out - breaded shrimp (most with breading taken off), steamed vegetables, pinot grigio

nutrition: 2067 49/22/29

exercise:
fasted running outdoors 3 miles, 28 min
legs workout at gym:
leg press triple drop sets (80X12+60X12+50X12)3
single leg hamstring curls 50X12X3
wall sits with 8 lb med ball 60 ctX3
smith machine military press 30X10X3
cable upright rows 50X12X2, 50X11X1

musings: the only real good thing about the Tanita is that I can tell these 2 pounds extra are water weight - why? my lean mass jumped 1.5% in 2 days. That means water (lean as it gets).

One day I will be cool enough to throw the scale out.

recipes: the starbucks chantico - had to try this out after the recent reviews at yogagirl, divaquest, and otter bloggeries. I knew with my very unclean week the only way I could do it would be post work out - then I need the sugar to drive protein into my muscle cells. It's necessary. So I ordered one, (scoffing internally at petite otter's inability to finish one. I can eat peeps until I explode - surely I can drink HOT CHOCOLATE to to the bottom of the cup) - Wow. Shazam. That is chocolately. Like in my college days when I ate stacks of fruit newtons for meals and would mix up ghiradelli with double the cocoa. Even then I didn't use whole milk or anything. But this thing has whole milk and cocoa butter. Maybe it was the fact that I had just done 108 leg presses but after a few sips I felt a chocolate sugar buzz and nausea. The remainder (most of it) is in my refrigerator for Mr. Bisous and the magical metabolism. I reviewed the nutritional information and discovered the roughly 1.5 oz of chantico I consumed has about 97 calories, 5g fat, 10g sugar, 1.5 g fiber, and even 2-3 g of protein. Hmmm. Much better tasting PWO shake than almond butter, oats, and dextrose (who would eat dextrose when you could have a liquid chocolate bar?)

C1W8D5
CW 136 (!!)
GW 127

meals:
chocolate cherry protein oatmeal lite
tuna alfredo with baby lima beans
frosted cherry pop tarts
natural applesauce, string cheese
3 slices of pizza

(am I giving up? it seems as if I am giving up...)

nutrition 1536 55/23/23
(weight watchers might be pleased but Bill Phillips would not be...)

exercise:
5 min sprinty-super run on treadmill
kneeling cable lat pulldowns compounded with straight-arm pull downs (110X12+50X12)3
ball back extensions 6X20X3
reverse grip bicep curls 30X12X3
hammer curls on ball, one-legged 12.5X12X3
lotsa ab exercises

then I went to work cause I ran out of time and didn't get home until 8pm :(

but I did walk for about 30 minutes to and from meetings.

Ack.

C1W8D4
CW ?
GW 127

sorry about yesterday - usually I finish up what I ate and everything the next day, but today was nonstop at work and I really don't remember what I ate yesterday. I did do an hour of DDR, though.

Today:
chocolate cherry protein oatmeal lite
atkins carb control shake
tuna alfredo with pasta, baby lima beans
applesauce, string cheese
chicken pasta broccoli
piece of birtday cake, sf popsicle

nutrition:1612 47/22/31 (cake a bad choice)

exercise: none

musings: ack

C1W8D3
CW forgot
GW 127

meals:
gorilla crunch and fiber one with skim milk, protein powder

nutrition

exercise:
musings:

C1W8D2
CW 131 (.4)
GW 127

meals:
raspberry protein oatmeal lite
string cheese
chicken broccoli pasta, 1/2 blueberry muffin
ff yogurt
natural applesauce, string cheese (PWO)
1 piece of birthday cake for Mr. Bisous
dinner at malaysian restaurant - pinot noir, pork tenderloin cuts, small amt of rice, piece of bread with butter, bok choy, green salad with dressing

nutrition: ?

exercise: weights at gym, cardio later
10 min run 6.6-7mph
ball compound sets dumbbell press + dumbbell flyes (12X20+10X20)3
hip/knee/toe ball pushups (10/10/6)3
tricep dips 12x3
cable overhead tricep extension 30X12X3
60 ball crunches
30 bench reverse crunches
(triceps had no improvement over last week, but I pretty much smoked them with the ball push-ups. Ack).

30 min DDR2 (never did this due to downstairs neighbor coming home unexpectedly early. Plus I was cooking the cake :) )


musings: I was tired during the work-out, despite eating a bigger-than usual lunch beforehand. I think it was from the low calories yesterday. Also, I didn't sleep well - usually I sleep like a baby.

C1W8D1
CW 131.8 (I'm not rounding. I refuse :) )
GW 127

meals:
chocolate cherry protein oatmeal lite
string cheese
chicken pasta broccoli
cottage cheese, yogurt, natural applesauce, spices
bite of office birthday cake
chicken and veggies
nsafudgsicle

nutrition: 1122 42/36/21

exercise: none

musings: man, I feel shakey and exhausted tonight - work was so busy, I didn't get a chance to eat my usual 6pm meal, and so I ate it when I got home. I'm so tired I doubt I will eat again before bed. Should eat more tomorrow to replenish. Let's call this one of my rare "zig" days of a zig zag - usually when I institute a zig zag I feel so much better on my zag days, I never get around to zigging.

C1W7D7
CW 131 (not 131.7 or 131.4 but 131!! Two days in a row! And I had a glass of water too!)
GW 127

meals:
chocolate cherry protein oatmeal lite
string cheese
tuna alfredo with baby lima beans
peeps, turkey bacon (don't ask)
apple walnut salad (same as yesterday evening)
chicken and veggies
protein pudding

nutrition:
today: 1524 54/29/17
this week: 1614 50/30/20
whole challenge: 1618 49/27/24

copied from bisous blog so it's in the grindstone blog too:

Here are the mybodycomp.com changes in six weeks between my first measurements on Feb 5, and my latest ones today:

scale wt: -3 lbs
chest: -2 inches
Waist: -1.5 inches
abdomen: -2 inches
hips: -1 inch
thigh: -1.2 inches
BF%: -2.74%
lean mass: +2 lbs
fat mass: -5 pounds


exercise:
I actually ran OUTSIDE for the first time this year - and only had to run in the middle of the street 3X due to huge piles of melting snow on the sidewalks. Ran 3.5 miles, then walked 0.25 miles, then stretched. Total 40 min.


musings: my original goal was to lose 5% body fat and 10 fat pounds in 11 weeks - I'm likely not going to make that - I have 3-4 weeks left before vacation. That means I can drop another 1-2% bodyfat, and hopefully another 2-3 pounds of fat. Hopefully.

C1W7D6
CW 131 (yee hah)
GW 127

meals
raspberry protein oatmeal lite
chocolate almond berry cream protein shake
spinach pizza
chicken and veggies
protein pudding
greens with walnuts, chopped apple, lite honey dijon

nutrition: 1463 48/33/19

exercise: cardio and weights at gym
30 min elliptical "weight loss" program - max HR 166
kneeling cable lat pull-down compound set with straight arm pull downs (youch) - (110X12+50X11)3
ball back extensions w/ medicine ball 6X20X3
reverse grip cable bicep curls 30X11X3
one-legged ball bicep hammer curls 12.5X10X3 (trainer has me sitting on the ball and lifting one leg a few inches off the floor while I do the curls).
35 bench reverse crunches
40 extended arm ball crunches
stretch


musings: cutting fat is like finding a boyfriend - seems to happen best when you are not desperate.

recipes: chocolate almond berry cream protein shake

1/2 oz allthewhey chocolate protein powder
1/2 tbs almond butter
1/2 cup frozen mixed berries
2 tbs fat free half and half
water to desired consistency (about 1/2 cup)

blend. drink. I have a hand blender that fits right in the cup I drink it out of - minimizing clean-up.

stats: 154 cal, ratio 32/35/33
5 g fat (3.5 gram essential fatty acids, only 0.5g sat fat! The other 0.5 is poly fat, no trans)
12 grams carbs
4 grams fiber
13 g protein


If I make this again, I would likely add more ff half and half and protein powder to make the ratios more along 40/40/20, and make the shake thicker. :)
I'm not a big shake person, because frankly I feel I don't get to eat a hell of a lot being a short female, and I don't want to waste my calories on shakes when I could be chewing. But post workout, they are a handy source of quick protein and carbs, and it's fun to play with the flavors.

C1W7D5
CW 132 (still)
GW 127 (still)

meals:
leftover piece of pizza
turkey meatballs with spaghetti
6 hershey's kisses
cottage cheese, yogurt, natural applesauce, spices
protein pudding
turkey meatballs with spaghetti
tortilla chips, 2 lite beers

nutrition: 2380 51/24/25 (oopsy-do - but check out what happens tomorrow)

exercise:
fasted low intensity steady state cardio - 30 min elliptical, 15 min treadmill (4.0 mpf, 7% incline)