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Old March 14th, 2006, 05:05 AM posted to alt.support.diet
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Well, I've got a fair bit of catching up to do here. The day after I
last posted, I came down with a pretty bad head cold. And I couldn't
stop working the long hours, but that didn't leave me any energy for
keeping up with online stuff -- or for exercising after work. I also
ate too much for the last few days of the audit -- lots of sweets.
This was pretty much a reaction to feeling lousy and being way
overtired. (I know they always say to feed a cold, but I've never
seen any sense in that.) Anyway, I'm largely well now and
back to a normal schedule, but have had several big meals out in the
last few days, so all in all I've been eating a bit too much given my
reduced levels of exercise -- hope to do better going forward. I've
also missed posting for a few days because our DSL connection went
down in a power outage and hasn't recovered. DH has set things up so
we can use dial-up (which I hope won't die on this giant message!).

Just for the record -- I know it probably seems silly for me to take
the time to put together and post such a long diary of this time
period. But it helps me feel (and perhaps become) more back in
control of my eating and exercise life style.

Anyway -- here we go:

Friday, 3/3: Another long audit day -- and the day I came down with
the cold.

Food:

* 6:00 (home): ready-to-drink chocolate protein shake
* 8:30 (meeting food): 1/2 large raisin nut muffin; 1/2 cup fresh
fruit
* 11:00 (meeting food): 2 pieces hard candy
* 12:00 (meeting food): chef's salad w/ 1 cup greens, 1.5 oz. each of
ham, turkey, & roast beef, 1 oz. Swiss cheese, 2 tbsp Italian
dressing; 1 brownie
* 3:00 (meeting food): 1 large chocolate chip cookie
* 8:00 (home): turkey burger on whole wheat English muffin w/ 3 slices
melted f/f cheese, dill pickle slices, & catsup

Totals: 1687 calories, 63g fat (33%), 180g carbs (43%), 103g protein
(24%)

Exercise: none

Saturday, 3/4: Just stayed home feeling awful, except for a brief
foray to the grocery store to buy some junky magazines and ingredients
for DH to make turkey chili.

Food (all at home):

* 7:00: 2 poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices melted
f/f cheese & 10g grated manchego
* 8:00: 2 bite-sized chocolates
* 12:15: 30g Optimum Rebound cereal, 30g All Bran, 22g whey protein, 1
cup skim milk
* 3:30: energy bar
* 7:00: 450g turkey chili, 40g f/f shredded cheese, 3 bite-sized
chocolates

Totals: 1455 calories, 42g fat (26%), 161g carbs (44%), 124g protein
(34%)

Averages for the week: 1436 calories, 27% fat, 45% carbs, 31% protein

Exercise: none

Sunday, 3/5: Would have preferred to stay home sick all day, but we
had to meet my brother and SIL for lunch -- handling logistics related
to my mom's move.

Food:

* 7:45 (home): 2 poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices
melted f/f cheese & 10g grated parmesan
* 11:30 (restaurant): 7 oz. wine, 1 serving eggs Chesapeake (like eggs
benedict but with small crabcakes instead of the Canadian bacon); 1/2
piece cornbread
* 6:45 (home): 450g turkey chili w/ 40g shredded f/f cheese

Totals: 1544 calories (130 from alcohol), 55g fat (32%), 116g carbs
(30%), 110g protein (29%)

Exercise: none

Monday, 3/6: Back to the audit -- still sick.

Food:

* 6:00 (home): ready-to-drink chocolate protein shake
* 8:30 (meeting food): large raisin nut muffin; 1/2 cup fresh fruit
* 11:00 (meeting food): 2 pieces hard candy
* 12:00 (meeting food): 4 oz. chicken breast with a little spicy
sauce; 1 brownie
* 3:00 (meeting food): chocolate cupcake
* 5:00 (meeting food): 3 hard candies
* 8:00 (home): 2 poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices
melted f/f cheese & 10g grated manchego

Totals: 1578 calories, 44g fat (25%), 197g carbs (50%), 96g protein
(24%)

Exercise: none

Tuesday, 3/7: Another day of the audit -- still sick.

Food:

* 6:00 (home): ready-to-drink chocolate protein shake
* 8:30 (meeting food): 1/2 bagel w/ 3/4 oz. f/f ccream cheese; 1/2 cup
fresh fruit
* 10:30 (meeting food): 3 pieces hard candy
* 12:00 (meeting food): roast beef sandwich minus half of the bread (1
slice rye bread, 3 oz. roast beef, 2/3 oz. cheese); 1 large chocolate
chip cookie
* 3:00 (meeting food): 1 brownie
* 7:45 (home): turkey burger on whole wheat English muffin w/ 3 slices
f/f cheese, dill pickle slices, & catsup

Totals: 1523 calories, 43g fat (25%), 193g carbs (51%), 93g protein
(24%)

Exercise: none

Wednesday, 3/8: Last day of the audit -- we finished up a couple of
days earlier than originally estimated. And we got out a couple of
hours earlier than usual, which was nice. I was starting to feel a
bit better. On the other hand, I ran out of gas driving home, which
wasn't fun at all!

Food:

* 6:00 (home): ready-to-drink chocolate protein shake
* 8:30 (meeting food): large cranberry nut muffin; 1/2 cup fresh fruit
* 10:30 (meeting food): 3 pieces hard candy
* 12:00 (meeting food): a sort of chicken caesar wrap, of which I ate
little of the tortilla (2 oz. chicken breast, 2 tbsp caesar dressing,
lettuce & tomato); 1 brownie
* 2:30 (meeting food): 2 pieces hard candy
* 6:30 (home): turkey burger on whole wheat English muffin w/ 3 slices
f/f cheese, dill pickle slices, & catsup

Totals: 1588 calories, 55g fat (31%), 187g carbs (47%), 86g protein
(22%)

Exercise: none

Thursday, 3/9: Took a comp day -- since I logged so many extra hours
in the preceding 8 days. Felt quite a bit better, but didn't try
going to the gym. DH and I went out for dinner at our favorite
country inn (planned before I got sick, but I was feeling up for it).

Food:

* 6:30 (home): 2 poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices
melted f/f cheese & 10g grated manchego
* 10:45 (home): 30g Optimum Rebound cereal, 30g All Bran, 22g whey
protein, 1 cup skim milk
* 2:00 (home): turkey burger on whole wheat English muffin w/ 3 slices
f/f cheese, dill pickle slices, & catsup
* 6:30 (restaurant): 12 oz. wine; 2 dinner rolls w/ 2 pats butter;
tiny amuse-bouche of a sort of pasty pinwheel with duck breast
stuffing; 1 1/2 oz. lamb tenderloin w/ a mushroom sauce; tiny serving
of bergamot frozen yogurt; 5 oz. grilled rockfish in lobster caviar
butter; chocolate mousse; 2 bite-sized chocolates and a sort of fancy
apricot gumdrop

Totals: 2342 calories (229 from alcohol), 88g fat (34%), 182g carbs
(31%), 164g protein (28%)

Exercise: nothing formal, but did a fair bit of work packaging up
stuff to take to charity

Friday, 3/10: Another comp day -- and made it to the gym for the
first time in a week -- did a light full body routine and a yoga
class. Still some congestion (which continues) but mostly feeling
well.

Food (all at home):

* 9:00: 2 poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices melted
f/f cheese & 10g grated parmesan
* 1:30: turkey burger on whole wheat English muffin w/ 3 slices f/f
cheese, dill pickle slices, & catsup
* 6:45: 130g grilled salmon; 110g steamed lima beans

Totals: 1080 calories, 35g fat (29%), 69g carbs (26%), 115g protein
(43%)

Exercise:

10:00 -- Full body:

* Squat: 1x10x45; 1x10x65; 1x8x85
* Stiff-legged deadlift: 2x10x115
* Machine-assisted pullups, parallel grip: 2x10x30
* Seated cable rows: 2x10x100
* Pushups w/ feet on bench: 2x10
* DB flyes: 2x10x30s
* Seated DB shoulder press: 2x10x17.5s
* Standing DB lateral & front raises, alternating: 1x10 (each) x12.5s
* Rear delt machine: 1x10x30
* Standing DB curls: 1x10x20s
* Standing DB overhead triceps extension: 1x10x15 each side
* Ball crunches: 1x50
* Crunches on decline bench: 1x25
* Oblique twists on machine: 1x10 (each side) x 90

11:00 -- 75 minute anusara yoga class

Saturday, 3/11: Went to hip-hop class in the morning (where I found
the congestion to still be something of a problem, but not too bad),
then did a bunch of errands. In the evening I went to a black-tie
wine dinner.

Food:

* 8:30 (home): poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices
melted f/f cheese & 10g grated parmesan
* 12:00 (after hip-hop class): 1 apple
* 1:30: turkey burger on whole wheat English muffin w/ 3 slices f/f
cheese, dill pickle slices, & catsup
* 6:00 (wine dinner): 14 oz. wine; 1 oz. assorted cheese; 5 large
shrimp cocktail; 3 pieces bruschetta; 1 oz. foie gras on greens w/
pear compote; 1 cup lobster bisque; tiny pineapple sorbet; 3 oz. lamb
shank (a fraction of what was served) w/ a few bites of braised root
vegetables; salad w/ 1 oz. grilled duck breast & dried cranberries w/
1 oz. vinaigrette; 1/2 cup creme brulee

Totals: 2252 calories (268 from alcohol), 97g fat (39%), 141g carbs
(25%), 130g
protein(23%)

Averages for the week: 1701 calories, 31% fat, 37% carbs, 28% protein

Exercise: 1 hour hip-hop cardio class

Sunday, 3/12: Just did some work around the house during the day. In
the evening I went to my monthly wine group.

Food:

* 9:30 (home): poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices
melted f/f cheese & 10g grated parmesan
* 12:45 (home): turkey burger on whole wheat English muffin w/ 3
slices f/f cheese, dill pickle slices, & catsup
* 4:30 (home): 2 fiber rye crackers w/ 2 tbsp reduced-fat peanut
butter
* 6:30 (wine tasting): 10 oz. wine; 2 oz. assorted cheeses; a couple
of small pieces of baguette; 2 oz. ham; 2 oz. chocolate

Totals: 1849 calories (190 from alcohol), 72g fat (35%), 140g carbs
(30%), 113g
protein (24%)

Exercise: None other than a little work around the house. (It would
have been a nice day to get outdoors, but I just didn't have the
time.)

Monday, 3/13 (today): Back to the office for the first time in a
while. Went to the gym before work. No chance for a lunchtime walk
or run -- though it was an amazingly warm day and would have been
great -- as I had to get something done for a FedEx deadline.

Food:

* 8:00 (driving to gym): ready-to-drink chocolate protein shake
* 10:30 (work, brought from home): 1 hard-boiled egg
* 12:15 (work, brought from home): salad w/ 1 cup greens, 2 cups other
veggies, 120g grilled chicken breast, 3 tbsp f/f balsamic vinaigrette
* 4:00 (work, brought from home): 1/2 pear, 1/2 apple {leftovers from
the wine tasting}
* 7:00 (home): 421g turkey chili w/ 32g shredded f/f cheese
* 11:30 (home -- planned): 150g f/f Greek yogurt

Totals: 1095 calorie, 17g fat (14%), 112g carbs (41%), 119g protein
(44%) {A bit light, but I'm sure I'll eat more tomorrow.}

Exercise:

8:45 -- Upper body (a fairly light day)

* Chin-ups: 2 x (1 + 4 partials)
* Machine-assisted pull-ups, parallel grip: 1x10x40
* Bent-over DB rows: 1x10x30, each side
* DB bench press: 1x20x30s
* Cable flyes: 2x10x35
* Seated DB shoulder press: 1x15x17.5s
* Alternating DB front and lateral raises, standing: 1x15 (each) x10s
* Seated DB biceps curls, single arm: 1x6x20 (each side), 1x10x15
(each side) {I don't normally do these seated -- it's harder!}
* Overhead DB triceps extension, seated: 1x20x30
* Machine-assisted dips: 1x10x30







Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004
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Old March 14th, 2006, 02:13 PM posted to alt.support.diet
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Chris Braun wrote:
Well, I've got a fair bit of catching up to do here. The day after I
last posted, I came down with a pretty bad head cold. And I couldn't
stop working the long hours, but that didn't leave me any energy for
keeping up with online stuff -- or for exercising after work. I also
ate too much for the last few days of the audit -- lots of sweets.
This was pretty much a reaction to feeling lousy and being way
overtired. (I know they always say to feed a cold, but I've never
seen any sense in that.) Anyway, I'm largely well now and
back to a normal schedule, but have had several big meals out in the
last few days, so all in all I've been eating a bit too much given my
reduced levels of exercise -- hope to do better going forward. I've
also missed posting for a few days because our DSL connection went
down in a power outage and hasn't recovered. DH has set things up so
we can use dial-up (which I hope won't die on this giant message!).


Thanks for posting this catch up! I'm glad to see that you are feeling
better and I hope that your DSL problems are resolved in the near
future. It sounds like your audit was completed too. Take care!


--
jmk in NC
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Old March 14th, 2006, 02:39 PM posted to alt.support.diet
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Chris Braun wrote:
Well, I've got a fair bit of catching up to do here. The day after I
last posted, I came down with a pretty bad head cold.


Glad to see you back posting again.

On the other hand, I ran out of gas driving home, which
wasn't fun at all!

Why do things like this always seem to happen when we're not feeling
well or other things in our life are busier than usual? I haven't run
out of gas recently but did have to call AAA a couple times when the
starter in the van acted up and finally died

Hope you're feeling 100% soon

Beverly







Chris
262/130s/130s
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004


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Old March 14th, 2006, 02:55 PM posted to alt.support.diet
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"Chris Braun" wrote in message
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Glad to see you're ok. Hope you're feeling better!
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