66 Days

Well, I've stuck with this bullshit for two weeks and I'm cranky from not eating enough and not knowing how to fix it. I mean, yeah, eat more, obviously, but it's hard to plan and no one else in my house wants to eat what I want to so fuck me. I still look forward to my workouts though. And I'm thinking ahead to what I'm going to do with the 35 weeks remaining in 2017 after this little experiment is over. Eventually, I want to get into doing Olympic lifts, even though I won't have Oly weights.

I'm irrationally discouraged with the weight loss this week. As in the none! I know I have to be patient. And eat more. And be patient. That's the worst part. I was reading back through my blog and there were long stretches where I only averaged a pound or less a week. That's still enough time to get to my goal weight by the end of the year but I'm tired of being fat. I'll never be small - even at my lowest and fittest a few years ago, I still looked like a linebacker.

Food

Breakfast:

• coffee w/ Splenda & creamer [12]

Lunch:

• banana & cheese [4] - At 6 PM.

Dinner:

• shrimp w/ pasta & butter [15]

I was fucking starving tonight. Still had lots of points to spare this week.

67 Days

I hopped on the scale a day early. Up a pound. Wretched thing!

I forgot to take "before" pictures when I started last week, so I took them today. No, I am not sharing until I see some good progress.

Workout D

Romanian deadlift - 5x5x60 lbs
good morning - 3x8x50 lbs - I have my big barbell back so I didn't have to worry about getting the bar over my head. I started out with 60 lbs but I didn't feel comfortable with that once I got the bar on.
sumo squat - 3x8x20 lbs (2 10 lbs dumbbells)
db skullcrusher - 3x8x10 lbs

Food

Breakfast:

• coffee w/ Splenda & creamer [10]

Lunch: Nothing. 

Dinner:

• salad w/ avocado & homemade Italian dressing [10]

Snack:

• beef jerky [5]
• banana [0]
• English muffin w/ avocado [8]

Made it over 30 today!

68 Days

Holy crap, no time for details. Work has been insane.

Workout C

inverted row - 5x5
shoulder press - 5x5x10 lbs
db pull over - 3x8x10 lbs
front/lat raise - 3x8x5 lbs

Food

Breakfast:

• coffee w/ Splenda & creamer [12]

Lunch:

• banana [0]

Dinner:

• nothing

Snack:

• avocado & turkey slices [12] - This was a LATE snack, like 7:30 PM while I was finishing up at work. Which is why I ate nothing for dinner. Unless this was dinner?

69 Days

Another day, and I haven't gone off the rails. Last night I struggled a bit. I was hungry after my oatmeal and had points to spare, but didn't feel like editing my blog so I didn't have anything else to eat. I wasn't necessarily hungry - oatmeal is damn filling - but I wanted something. But lazy.

Food

Breakfast:

• coffee w/ Splenda & creamer [10]

Lunch:

• yogurt [3]

Dinner:

• chicken wings (baked) & sweet potato [15]

Hey, I actually got 30 points today!

70 Days

Today being my late day, I thought I would sleep in a bit, as usual. Nope. My body got up before I am normally up on an early day.

Workout B

squat - 5x5x50 lbs - I didn't use my bar because I really like using the 25 lbs plates. It helps with my form and depth.
lunge - 3x8x10 lbs, each side
single leg SDL - 3x8x10 lbs, each side
hammer curl - 3x8x10 lbs

In general, I really like this workout because I can focus on form and keep it challenging. I will probably maintain these weights for a couple weeks and really focus on my movements and balance. I love this workout.

 Food

Breakfast:

• coffee w/ Splenda & creamer [6]

Lunch:

• hard boiled eggs [4]
• green pepper slices [0]

Dinner:

• oatmeal w/ peanut butter and banana [10]

Snacks:

• yogurt & clementines [3]

Still under for the day. Obviously, I need to plan better.

71 Days

I hate Mondays. Not as much as Wednesdays, but close.

Food

Breakfast:

• coffee w/ Splenda & creamer [12]

Lunch:

• I packed yogurt, hard boiled eggs, and green peppers but didn't really get hungry until it was almost time to go home, so I didn't bother.

Dinner:

• chicken breast & salad [8]

Not a stellar food day.

72 Days

I think I am much better prepared for this coming week than I was last week. I searched for some recipes and planned out my dinners. I bought some more of the Oikos Triple Zero yogurt. I made hard boiled eggs. I have bananas and vegetables. I plan on eating more of my points. I had 78 points I could have eaten last week. I'm going to aim for 34 points a day - that is my 30 dailies and 1/7 of my weeklies. Activity points for emergencies.

I cannot get over how fucking amazing I feel, after just one week. I may have said that yesterday or the day before but today it really hit me, when I didn't dread having to go to the grocery store, when I didn't dread knowing I had a workout pending.

Workout A

rack pulls - 5x5x80 lbs
db bench press - 5x5x 25 lbs
bent over bb row - 3x8x45 lbs
db fly - 3x8x10 lbs
core:

• plank 1x30 sec
• side plank w/ row - 1x15, each side
• Swiss ball mountain climber - 1x10, each side

box jump - 1x5

Food

Breakfast:

• coffee w/ Splenda & creamer [6]
• banana [0]

Lunch:

• 5 Hour Energy Protein Drink [1] - I don't really like 5 Hour energy drinks but I had to try this. It has 21 g of protein. It definitely won't become a "thing" because they are $3.50 apiece. Eff that. Plus, it was fucking nasty. I only drank half of it. I will save the other half for when I have a protein emergency.
• hard boiled eggs [4]

Dinner:

• omelet w/ onions, peppers, cheese & sausage [17]

Snack:

• light multi-grain English muffin w/ butter & hot sauce [7] - This stupid thing just made me hungrier.

I think I did better today - 35 points eaten. I need more vegetables. I need to get some frozen vegetables (or hell, even canned) and just much on them. Like green beans. Yum. I can eat those straight from the can, no problemo!