C1W9D5
CW ?????????????????????????????? it's a mystery
GW 127

meals:
chocolate cherry protein oatmeal lite
string cheese, apple
chicken, spinach, pasta
string cheese, orange
turkey bacon, walnuts, feta, greens (no dressing)
3 more handfuls of doritos

nutrition: 1793 49/17/34

exercise: 30 min elliptical intervals, 10 min jump rope intervals

musings: How silly of me to keep eating cake or doritos. I've had cake or doritos EVERY day since last week. Do I want cake and doritos more than I want a hot bod? Maybe I do... maybe I do.

C1W9D4
I haven't weighed myself in days and days... dietpower has my calorie bank in the -10,000 range...and I'm not even pigging out! Evil dietpower...

GW 127

meals:
raspberry protein oatmeal lite
string cheese, orange
turkey bacon, walnut, feta on greens (no dressing)
chicken spinach pasta
ground turkey and cayenne spiced veggies
protein pudding
2 handfuls of doritos :(

nutrition: 1804 38/28/34
exercise: zero, zip, nada

C1W9D3
CW: ?
GW: 127

meals:
chocolate cherry protein oatmeal lite
string cheese, most of orange
chicken pasta spinach
ground turkey + veggies

nutrition:

exercise:
cardio and weights with trainer
7 min elliptical warm up
ball dumbbell press/fly compound sets (25X11+15X12)3
hip/knee/toe ball push ups 10/10/4, 10/10/3, 10/7/3
tricep dips feet on ball 11, 11, 10
overhead cable tricep press 30X12X3
interval treadmill run 20 min (gack!)
stretch

musings: usually I'm full of energy for workout in the morning but today I was definitely worn out. Probably from the runs yesterday...

C1W9D2
CW 132
GW 127

meals:
raspberry protein oatmeal lite
string cheese, apple
chicken, pasta, spinach
cottage cheese, nf plain yogurt, natural applesauce, spices
apple, bacon walnut feta salad (no dressing)
sliver of cake !!

nutrition: 1387 47/24/29

exercise: killer circuit back and bi
treadmill walk 2 min, run 8 min mile, walk 2min
compound set kneeling cable lat pulldown + straight arm pulldown (120X10+50X11)3
treadmill run 8 min mile, walk 2 min
ball back extension with medicine ball 6X20X3
treadmill run 8 min mile, walk 6 min
biceps cable reverse curl 35X11X3
hammer curls on ball 12.5X12X2, 12.5X10X1
ball crunch with medicine ball toss 8X20
extended arm ball crunch 40
stttrrreeeetttchhh

musings: I almost didn't go to the gym. Barely got off the highway, went into the parking not, no nearby spots, was driving out of the lot when I turned around and found an inconvenient spot and went anyway. But once I was in there and started on the treadmill I really felt like hammering myself. Those 8 minute miles were killer. By the third one I felt dizzy and weak, but kept going anyway. HA. I couldn't remember the last time I had mixed up a circuit of weights and cardio (must have been when I did that elle video a while back, before my wedding.) Time do do a circuit workout if you don't remember the last time you did one...

C1W9D1
CW - didn't weigh
GW 127

meals:
chocolate cherry protein oatmeal lite
string cheese, apple
chicken with pasta and spinach
turkey bacon, walnuts, feta on greens (no dressing)
cottage cheese, nf yogurt, natural applesauce
sliver pineapple cake (again felt sick - even I'm not stupid enough to have another slice after today).

nutrition: 1491 42/22/36 (more cream cheese frosting...)

exercise: none

musings: went to work, got home, fell asleep at 9:30. I'm 65 already...

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: