Food 12/04/2007

Today I ate:

• Maximum Protein drink (link is closest I could find in another brand), 9:00 AM, 110 Calories
• Turkey and Spinach Sandwich on Whole Wheat Toast with Mustard, 11:30 PM, 260 Calories
• Apex Oatmeal Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Square, 2:10 PM, 210 Calories
• French Vanilla Cream Power Crunch, 4:40 PM, 195 Calories
• 4 oz Bionaturae Whole Wheat Fusili, 5.5 oz. Enrico's Pasta Sauce, 8:45 PM, 435 Calories

1210 Calories Total

Workout 12/04/2007

I worked out today, running on time, which would be nice if I hadn't been running early then frittered it away by reading crap on CNN.com that didn't affect my life at all. Today was upper body day:

• Warmup on recumbent bike, 7 minutes
• Bench Presses, Smith machine, 50/50/50 (plus 44.5 for the bar)
• Barbell Curls, 50/50/50 (using the "fixed-weight" barbells)
• Dumbbell Front Raises, 17.5/17.5/17.5 (alternating arms)
• Dumbbell Lateral Raises, 12.5/12.5/12.5
• Dumbbell exercise for rotator cuffs I can't find online, 10/10/10
• Seated Rear lateral Dumbbell Raises, 10/10/10
• Dumbbell Shoulder Press, 20/20/20
• Tricep Pushdowns, 70/70/70
• Lat Pulldowns, 95/95/95
• Cable Seated Row, 90/90/90
• Elliptical Cross Trainer, 10 minutes
• Recumbent Bike, 13 minutes

Food 12/03/2007

Today I ate:

• Myoplex Lite Bar Peanut Caramel Crisp, 9:00 AM, 190 Calories
• Peanut Butter Creme Power Crunch, 11:45 AM, 190 Calories
• Maximum Protein drink (link is closest I could find in another brand), 2:30 PM, 110 Calories
• Subway 6-inch Turkey Sub (no cheese), 6:00 PM, 280 Calories
• Apex Iced Banana Nut Breakfast Bar, 8:00 PM, 220 Calories

990 Calories Total

Workout 12/03/2007

I worked out today, running about 10 minutes behind. Today was lower body day:

• Warmup on recumbent bike, 7 minutes
• Leg Presses (hamstrings/glutes/quads) at 240/240/240
• Calves, 240/240/240
• Quads, 110/110/110
• Hamstrings, 115/115/115
• Hip Abductors, 190/190/190
• Hip Adductors, 160/160/160
• Cable Crunches (I do this standing up), 150/150/150
• Cable Wood Chops, 100/100/100
• Floor Bridges, 3 sets of 10
• Elliptical Cross Trainer, 10 minutes
• Recumbent Bike, 13 minutes

7 Pounds!

I weighed myself this morning, 410 pounds, for a total loss of 61 pounds since September 18th. That's 13% of my total body weight. I'm up 2 pounds since last Thursday, but as I noted at the time, I think it was water loss.

I wore a jacket this weekend that I haven't been able to wear in a few years, and I can almost zip up an old leather motorcycle jacket that hasn't fit in ages. 5XL shirts are still a little ambitious, as they get snug when I sit down, but I will soon be wearing them normally!

Food 12/02/2007

Today I ate:

• Strawberry Pomegranate Odwalla Bar, 10:00 AM, 220 Calories
• Cranberry C Monster Odwalla Bar, 12:30 PM, 220 Calories
• 1 low-fat Whole-Wheat Tortilla, 2 tbsp Barbecue Sauce, 2 oz. Chicken, 1/2 oz. Lowfat Cheese, 2 tbsp Onion, 3:00 PM, 290 Calories
• 4 oz. (precooked) Ground Turkey Breast, Whole Wheat Hamburger Bun, 5:30 PM, 320 Calories
• 8 oz. Yellowfin Tuna pan-fried (no oil), 4 oz. Steamed Corn, 8:00 PM, 414 Calories

1464 Calories Total

Food 12/1/2007

Today was free day! I have endeavored to not eat as much as last week, let's see how I did:

• 18 Life Savers, 7:30 AM through 3:00 PM, 270 Calories (link disagrees with bag, I go with package if it's higher)
  
• Chorizo and Eggs with 1 12" Flour and 2 6" Corn Tortillas, Hash Browns, 12 oz. Skim Milk, 9:00 AM, 1061 Calories (I didn't eat everything on my plate by a long shot, but I think these portions are representative of what I ate)
• 2 Choco Tacos, 10:30 AM, 580 Calories (I had bought one for the morning and one for the afternoon and ate both, so breakdown in willpower there)
• 8 oz. (precooked) Ground Turkey Breast, tbsp Worcestershire Sauce, 2tbsp Brown Rice, Whole Wheat Hamburger Bun, 12:15 PM, 500 Calories
• 2 Lacey's Dark Chocolate Almond Cookies, 2:00 PM, 200 Calories (box calories number is higher than link)
• 2 Lacey's Dark Chocolate Almond Cookies, 4:30 PM, 200 Calories (box calories number is higher than link)
• Mushrooms stewed in sherry and garlic, 2 pork tenderloin slices stuffed with spinach and sun-dried tomatoes, steamed vegetables, 2.5 dinner rolls, 2 glasses white Spanish wine, 7:30 PM, I have no idea what the caloric total is, really, probably roughly 2000 calories.
• 2 Lacey's Dark Chocolate Almond Cookies, 1 cup skim milk, 9:00 PM, 291 Calories (box calories number is higher than link)

5102 Calories total, better than last week