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Good Sunday Morning FS Warriors.
35 days down and 65 days to go until I get back to normal.
Had my first mini carb binge meltdown since I started this journey last May 29th. For a couple of days I went all day with very few calories because of working with no breaks for 12-14 hours and then binged after getting done with work at 11 pm to midnight. Didn't really eat the worst crud on earth. Mostly just a lot. But it was stuff like black bean chips, peanut butter, butter, and the like. At least it wasn't French fries and pizza. The worst was the box of Girl Scout Thin Mints. I'm pretty sure they put Crack Cocaine in those things. Those couple of days knocked my whole system out of whack. The bad diet and lack of sleep had me too tired to exercise much and feeling lethargic and depressed. But I'm back now. Kept to the plan yesterday and stayed under 1,100 calories. I'll take the dogs for a good long walk this morning before I have to go to the office.
The interesting thing is that even considering that I was trying to eat more calories this month and then I had THE BINGE, my average caloric intake is still less than 2,000 calories per day. What I don't understand is this... Using the IIFYM calculator or the Calculator created by Dr. Chow with the National Institutes of Health, I should be eating 2,266 calories per day (IIFYM) or 2,262 calories per day (NIH) EVERY DAY to LOSE WEIGHT. My goodness. If I eat 2,000 calories per day, I pack on the pounds. And that's with lots of daily exercise. I just don't get it. Anyway, I'm going to try to stick to a diet of 1,200 to 1,500 calories per day with lots of protein for a while and hope that the fat comes off.
Still fighting the swelling from water retention, but its not horrible just really annoying. Most of the time its just somewhat uncomfortable and it makes it difficult to exercise. I figure I'll have lots of time to work this out after the season is over. I'm half convinced that part of the problem with the water retention is the fact that I'm sitting at a desk for 12 hours per day right now and my body isn't used to sitting for more than a couple of hours per day.
On another random tangent, for all of you using a Tanita scale, I have a question. Do you know anyone that can use the "Athlete" male or female setting. According to the instructions, if your Resting Heart Rate is less than 60 bpm or you exercise hard for 10 hours or more per week, than you should use the Male Athlete or Female Athlete when you set up your profile. I tried that with both the BF scale and the BC scale and it gives me a body fat percentage of around 6%. So I never use it. But I have a resting heart rate that is always in the 50's and I exercise much more than 10 hours per week (at least until this week...lol). I'm just trying to figure out who that setting is for.
Well that's enough rambling for today. I see that the sun has just about risen. Time to get dressed and get the dogs out for their run. A couple hours on the trail always brightens my day.
I hope that you all have a wonderful Sunday and that next week brings you health, happiness and continued success on the path towards your ultimate goals!
View Diet Calendar, 09 February 2014:
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2227 kcal
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Fat: 91.69g | Prot: 211.77g | Carbs: 158.45g.
Breakfast: Kraft Natural Shredded Fat Free Cheddar Cheese, LouAna Pure Coconut Oil, Hormel Real Bacon Pieces, Blackberries, Marquis Nutra Foods Chia Seeds - Black Organic, Strawberries, Marketside Organic Baby Spinach, Egg Beaters Egg Beaters - Original, GNC Fish Oil 1000, GNC Total Lean CLA Soft Chew, Starbucks Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup, GNC Chewable C 100, Coffee, GNC DHA 600, GNC Vitamin B-12 2500 MCG Soft Chew. Lunch: Blackberries, Marquis Nutra Foods Chia Seeds - Black Organic, Tyson Chicken Breast Tenderloins. Dinner: Tyson Foods Grilled & Ready Chicken Breast Fillets with Rib Meat, Borden Shredded Cheddar Cheese, La Costena Canned Black Beans, Bacon, Mixed Salad Greens, Las Fortunitas Corn Tortilla Chips. Snacks/Other: Unsalted Butter Stick, Winn-Dixie Frozen French Fries, Skippy Creamy Peanut Butter, Borden Dairy Fat Free Singles - Sharp, Hebrew National 97% Fat Free Beef Franks. more...
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2966 kcal
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Exercise:
7.06 mile hike with 60 lbs - 2 hours and 26 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 34 minutes, Sleeping - 6 hours. more...
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