240. Not the number I was hoping for but still not a bad thing. The way I have felt all week had me fooled that I was going to see (finally) a number under 240. Ah well at least I didn't gain any weight. I do feel good though and that's also not a bad thing. Talking to L once again was encouraging as we talked about the no loss and that led to me deciding to up the cardio. I'm still limited to an hour for the workout so we talked about me not doing the warm-up I thought was necessary. I'm going straight to the treadmill and will start out slower and go for longer. My new plan is 50 minutes of cardio up from 40 minutes. I will test it out with tomorrows workout. Today though is Saturday, so I will be getting together with friends for DnD and possible trouble at the dinner table.
No belt loop watch today.
Breakfast: Normally I have a half of a cup of oatmeal but today I only did a quarter cup and about the same of cottage cheese mixed in. Of course 20oz of cold water.
After workout meal: Three eggs with broccoli, quinoa, roasted veggies, cottage cheese, and salsa. Half of a Snickers bar and chocolate milk.
Late afternoon meal: Quinoa and roasted veggies.
During the game: Rice cakes, Fiber One bar x2, popcorn, Greek yogurt, and watermelon.
Didn't do too badly during the game but still would like to see myself with a bit more restraint. A couple of times I reached for the bag of rice cake snacks and I caught myself mindlessly munching away.
Another thing L and I discussed was a way to shock the metabolism. She suggested that a couple of days a week (not back to back) to cut out 300 calories. The idea is to give your metabolism something to think about ( my paraphrasing). You put the calories back in the next day but it will send a message to the body and hopefully get it to kick into gear a bit more. I will try it for lunch. I thought about doing it for dinner but since that's right after my workout that might backfire. One of the reason's you tend to not lose weight ( as well as you'd think) when you restrict your calorie intake dramatically is your body thinks it's being starved so it shuts down your metabolism. Probably not exactly like that but that's my take on it from what I've been told and read up on. Most of what I've read makes an argument for feeding yourself after working out. So I will try the 300cal restriction at lunch time for a week and see if it makes a difference.
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