I can't believe this is the sixth week already. I think this is the longest I've stuck with any kind of regimen. Yay me!
Due to some excellent suggestions on my last exercise post, I've decided to do something a little different for the rest of this 4 weeks. Instead of shooting for a daily calorie goal (since that doesn't seem to be working all that well), I am going to be shooting for a weekly calorie goal. I want to run at a 7000 calorie deficit, giving me a 2-lb loss per week (ballpark, ymmv, etc.). That deficit will be mostly diet for now, since I can't seem to get my ass to the gym regularly.
When I did my maintenance calorie calculation here (thanks, Mary!), I came out to 2500 calories/day for an average Sunday. Since that is my activity level most days, I'm taking that as my maintenance level. That would give me 17500 as my maintenance for the week, and if I go 6000 less than that, we've got 11500. The other 1000 can be made up through exercise, provided that--once again--I actually do some.
So this week, the calorie counts will be less uniform. As long as I come out to a 7000-calorie deficit in the end (when combined with the exercise), it's all good.
Why am I doing this? Partly because of the weakness I've been feeling lately. I've been running at such an extreme deficit for a month now, that I have no strength or stamina in my upper body. After a super short chest/triceps workout on Monday, my muscles have been sore for two days. This is not normal for me, and a bit disturbing. I used to have more endurance than that. I have also not been feeling very well the last few days. That may or may not be related to the diet.
I'd just like to try another way, where I have some days when I'm not eating below maintenance. I'm also going to try to cut back on the fat, and get some more carbs in there. The last few times I've run the diet through fitday, I've discovered about 50-70% of my calories coming from fat. So, I may have been eating a whole lot less these last few weeks, but I still eat like crap.
Hopefully, this new way will help my body to not freak out so much. I'm not totally sure that this is going to help, but it's worth a shot.
Total calories for week: 11447
WEDNESDAY
vitamin - no
breakfast - Starbucks grande vanilla latte: 270
.5L water
dove chocolate hearts, 2: 75
Lunch - 6 buffalo wings and some fries: 570
celery and bleu cheese: 100
iced tea
1 L water
Dinner - Jason's deli turkey wrap: 450
Fruit cup: 50
16 oz. water
Total cal: 270 + 75 + 570 + 100 + 450 + 50 = 1515
THURSDAY
vitamin - yes
Breakfast - bagel, with cream cheese and strawberry jam: 250
coke: 140
Lunch - Chicken and sausage gumbo, 16 oz.: 385
water
3 soda crackers: 50
Candytime - Butterfinger: 290
Dinner - 2 hamburgers, on buns: 900
3 confounded little valentine nestle crunch candies, assorted varieties: 150
250 + 140 + 50 + 385 + 290 + 900 + 150 = 2165
FRIDAY
vitamin - yes
Breakfast - Starbucks vanilla latte: 270
one caramel: 50
Lunch - Veggie beef soup, pint: 360
1/2 a small salad, italian dressing: 100
diet coke
about 10 of those f**king valentine crunch candies: 500
Dinner - NY strip steak, about 10 oz: 400
3 sugar free jello cups: 30
M&M Ice cream cone: 230
270 + 50 + 360 + 100 + 500 + 400 + 30 + 230 = 1940
SATURDAY
vitamin - yes
Brunch - apple: 50
peanut butter: 200
Lunch - fried chicken: 500
milk, about 2 cups: 200
Dinner - Salmon - 150
rice - 100
dinner salad: 120
50 + 200 + 500 + 200 + 150 + 100 + 120 = 1320
SUNDAY
vitamin - yes
Breakfast - rice, 3 pieces of general tso's chicken: 250
Lunch - red beans and rice: 250
Salad: 210
hush puppies: 75
2 tbsp peanut butter: 200
chocolate: 100
Dinner - raw veggies: 50
Pasta salad, with ham: 300
bbq beef: 150
coke: 140
250 + 250 + 210 + 75 + 200 + 100 + 50 + 300 + 150 + 140 = 1725
MONDAY
vitamin - no
Breakfast - coffee: 70
muffin: 250
Lunch - chicken noodle soup, with crackers: 300
Dr pepper: 150
Dinner - Jason's Deli california club: 725 (estimate)
lemonade: 100
fruit: 50
Noah's chips: 70
banana pudding: 75
70 + 250 + 300 + 150 + 725 + 100 + 50 + 70 + 75 = 1790
TUESDAY
vitamin - yes
Breakfast - coffee: 60
beef jerky: ~75
Cadbury mini Caramel egg: 57
Lunch - grilled chicken salad, italian dressing: 300
diet coke
Candytime - 3 mini caramel eggs: 170 (my math is fine. The nutritional information for these things has a serving size of 3 eggs. 1 mini caramel egg = 1/3 of 170, which is about 57. Don't start with me.)
Because it was in the car - beef jerky: 50
Dinner - LC Roast turkey breast dinner: 270
Sugar-free jello: 10
1L water
60 + 75 + 57 + 300 + 170 + 270 + 10 = 992