7/17/13 - weigh in wednesday. GRR

weigh in... um... idk what's going on with my body. Honestly. I was steady 174 for 2 days and then had a nasty cheat day, was holding tons of water and weighed 180 on Monday... this morning I was STILL 177! WHAT IS HAPPENING?!?! I'm meeting with my trainer/guru tonight to talk through what I'm doing. I'm really frustrated that the # isn't DROPPING! GRRRRR

9am
200 - oats w/ some almond milk (I'm worried I might be measuring my 1/2 cup wrong... I need to buy a legit measuring cup)
160 - half avocado

1pm
100 - apple

So today I've been working like a MAD woman. I'm so freaked out about the idea of failing, but I will not walk away from a challenge and I MUST FIND SUCCESS WITHIN MYSELF.

I'm not drinking enough water. I'm going to the store to find some sort of bottle/cup with a straw that I can carry with me all of the time to force me to drink... idk why, but straws help. HAHA. At least in my weird world they do.

3:30pm
180 - asparagus (steamed)
20 - fat free mayo

5:00
100 - turkey sausage
20 - cabbage, spinach, jalapeño & mustard
100 - apple

Biked to the gym...
workout: 30 minutes "random" on elliptical level 15 then NTC ab ripper workout and stretching
Biked downtown to meet Lauren (my trainer/nutritionist/BFF/guru) for dinner

8:15p
650 - green goddess wrap (vegan wrap we guestimated is somewhere 600-650 calories so I like to over estimate)

Biked home from David Barton Gym
9:45
100 - yoplait greek yogurt
160 - oats

1790 for the day? On point.

... well, I thought it was on point. But my new goal is 1600-1650 a day... until I start doing LONGER/harder workouts

7/16/13

Feeling REALLY unmotivated today. With everything happening in my personal/professional life I'm just overwhelmed and don't want to do anything... but alas, I must.

9am
100 - 1 whole medium egg & 3 egg whites
160 - half avocado
10 - cherry tomatoes

10am
100 - apple

Been on the phone and emails non-stop...try so hard with work right now that I totally forgot to eat midday. Woops.

3:00p
180 - 2 chicken sausages (yeah, I found 90 calorie ones... ALDI, BOOM!)
20 - cabbage, spinach & jalapeno

5:00p
200 - proats

Road my bike to/from volleyball (about 12 miles) then played 3 pretty agressive games in the HEAT. Sweating like crazy...

Had about 4 bites of nachos that my team ordered after the game before riding home... didn't want to be around that food.
200 - nachos (overestimate clearly but whatever)

9:00
40 - Kale
360 - guacamole
10 - tomatoes
10 - balsamic vinegar
140 - 2 veggie patties

100 - grapefruit

7/15/13

Feeling like crap today... hardly eating... don't even feel hungry because my body is so mad at me for yesterday.

Woke up this morning and had an apple and I've just been drinking water all day.

100- apple
120 - mango

600 - big ass salad
kale, spinach, mushrooms, jalapeno, guacamole, vinegar, tomatoes, ham

Biked 15 miles total today.
In the gym I did 20 minutes on the stair climber (level 10 fat burn mode), 15 minutes on the elliptical, and then squats, dead lifts and leg raises.

360 - can of pineapple

REALLY hoping this grossness from yesterday is shed when I wake up tomorrow.

200 - proats

sunday funday cheat day BUST

I knew going into the day that it was going to be bad... but it was SO bad.
I didn't even really eat all that much but I drank. A LOT. All those ciders had so much natural sugar I feel like crap today. Not really hungover so much as bloated and having sugar withdrawals.
I should have been better about slowing down my drinking and staying away from snacks. BUST of a day and I'm paying the price for it.

body fat

Woke up and weighed myself again this morning... still sub 175 so that's good. I shouldn't weigh myself every day... but I'm kind of doing an experiment with watching my water & salt and seeing what kind of water I'm holding vs if my actual weight is different.

My scale has some cool features that are actually the same properties as those hand held body fat testers... you just have to stand on it barefoot. Thing is, I don't think it's very accurate. Today it said I'm still over 27% bodyfat... I'm thinking I'm around 21-22, but that's why I need to test several times a day throughout a week and take averages. See, with this kind of testing your hydration level can throw it off: if you're dehydrated, it says your BF% is higher than it really... so THIS is likely my problem most of the time because I don't drink enough water!!

You can read about body fat testing on a number of sites if you google it, but here are some links:
Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis
5 Test Methods compared
Various Testing Method ratings

I would really like to find somebody who has a pinch test caliper so that I can compare that reading to my hypothesis and what my scale is telling me.

Well... off to pick up some cheat day goodies to spend Sunday Funday at the pool... going to TRY to be as good as possible, but it's my planned indulgence day so that means HELLA cardio tomorrow and NTC.