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So I weighed myself this morning and I was 177 lb which is a bit of a gain. But I feel good. So I am going to ignore that number... it has only been three days and your weight does fluctuate 5 lb in a given day anyways.
I guess that is officially my SW (hopefully it doesn't go any higher...)
Day 4:
Breakfast: 1 hardboiled egg, 150 g ham, banana, 3 carrots
Snack: banana
Lunch: 5 oz chicken, 2 cup veggies
Snack: 2 hardboiled eggs
Dinner: 4 oz lean ground chicken, egg white, 3 carrots
Snack: 2 cup carrots
Exercise: walk 11 km, run 7.5 km
Day 5:
Breakfast: 2 egg 3 egg white mushroom omelette
Snack: 2 bananas
Lunch: 3 cookies (I know!) and 2 mints (!), 1 cup veggies, 4 oz chicken
Snack: 2 hard boiled eggs
Dinner: 4 apple!!!, 9 oz steak salad, 3 carrots, beef soup
(those apples were scattered over a 4 hour period... and one was a baby).
Bit of a "tougher" day. But my parents were visiting....
Day 6:
Breakfast: 2 egg 4 egg white omellete
Snack: 3 carrots, 1 apple
Lunch: 3 cups grapes
Snack: beef stew, carrots
Dinner: brocolli soup
So today I am exhausted. I know I cannot put this as a cause-and-effect... but I wonder if it could be a result of all that sugar I consumed yesterday? (In the form of apples and two cookies). Thankfully this is a Saturday and I don't have to work...
But I am reading the Primal Blueprint and a lot of what I am reading is ringing true about over-training and adrenal fatigue. I think I am the cortisol queen.... and the proof is in the spare tire around my waist. Even prior to my hormonal difficulties when I was 20 lb lighter and you could see the striations in my shoulders and quads, I had a little pooch... a pooch I will call the "cortisol pooch".
The old me is saying it is a Saturday and I should take advantage of the day and go for a run or at least do some primal sprints... but the new me is saying I should listen to my body and just sit and relax.
I am going on a hike tomorrow anyways!
Day 7! The last two days have been relatively high calorie days (2500 and 2100) so I need to go back to cutting it a bit lower as weight loss is my goal. I am also going a bit heavy on the carbs (fruits specifically). I have read a few threads that talk about the easiest way to cut the addiction is actually to just cut it all out... so that might be where I am headed.
This evening will be a little tough though since I am going for dinner at a cousin's house. I have always had a gluten intolerance so I know there won't be pasta on the menu.... but....
Exercise: run 7.5 km with 3 "sprints", walk 9 km
Breakfast: 3 egg 3 egg white mushroom omelette
Lunch: apple, 250 grams turkey, 2 cups cauliflower
Dinner: chicken breast, pork, yam, white potato, parsnips, kale salad, mushrooms, cauliflower (dinner with cousins... amazingly stayed primal except for some potato!)
Day 8! First week is officially done!! Back to keeping it low in the calorie and carb department. I am out of apples so should be a lot easier :)
Breakfast: 2 large carrots, 250 g turkey
Snack: hardboiled egg
Lunch: tuna, 2 cup veggies
Snack: hardboiled egg, banana, 2 cookies (oops)
Dinner: cabbage roll, soup
Snack: carrots
Exercise: crossfit
Day 9:
Breakfast: 2 egg, 3 egg white mushroom omelette, 1 cup acorn squash
Snack: 2 hardboiled eggs
Lunch: 1 sole filet, 1.5 cup acorn squash
Snack: banana
Dinner: salmon, asparagus, apple, 3 carrots
Snack: 8 almonds, 2 cup veg
Exercise: run 8km, five 30 m sprints, walk 3.5 km
Day 10. Woke up at 345 and stayed up until 530 so ate then. Then back to bed til 730 so breakfast will seem massive. Ohhhh well. It was all clean just a lot of fruits (didn't want to cook).
Breakfast 1: 2 cup pineapple, 2 small bananas, 15 almonds
Breakfast 2: 2 egg, 3 egg white onion and turkey (100 g) omelette
Snack: 1.5 cup cucumber
Lunch: 1.5 cup spaghetti squash, 200 g turkey, onions, tomato sauce
Dinner: 2 egg, 200 g turkey, 2 egg white, 4 large carrots
Snack: turkey, apple, tomato
worst cravings EVER today. 2400 calories. Ooops
Exercise: crossfit (strength day)
Day 11: So Day 10 was a bit of a botch. Couldn't fall asleep and ate TWO protein bars....... taste like candy.... so processed. Fail.
Back on the horse.
Breakfast: 2 egg, 2 egg white mushroom omelette
Snack: apple
Lunch: 1.5 cup veg, 250 g turkey
Snack: 2 hardboiled eggs
Dinner: chicken breast and asparagus
Snack: brocolli soup and brocolli and carrots
Exercise: run 7.5 km, walk 11 km