Experiment

Last week I upped my activity levels by quite a bit.  I tried to eat a bit more to compensate, but I'm struggling with the 10k training vs. weight loss.  I know I need to fuel my runs, but it seems to defeat the purpose of trying to lose weight!

I'm doing an experiment this week.  Last week I lost .2 pounds, and I was disappointed.  But, it's also that special time of the month where I get to feel like I'm carrying 5 pounds of bloat in my stomach.

Back to the experiment.  Instead of tracking through Weight Watchers, I'm going to use Daily Burn to track everything, including exercise.  The site is free to use (there is a paid upgrade available that I will not be using).  It keeps track of calories, fat, protein, and carbohydrates and tells you how much of each you should be getting daily.  I'm pretty sure part of my problem last week was not enough protein, and I have no idea how much of everything else I should be eating.  I'll see how this week goes.  I like that I know how many grams of protein I will be getting by tracking in the same way as I was before (I do WW online).  Another plus -- it has a boatload of food to search through.  Brand names of things, including Safeway/Eating Right!

I'm hoping to keep track of how I feel during the day.  One thing I've noticed already (today is day one by the way) is I'm eating way more calories.  The real test will be breakfast.  I'm planning 1C Kashi Go Lean, 1/2C blueberries, and 2 Silhouette pineapple (when the eff did yogurt go up to $9 by the way??)  Lunch will be about the same, as will snacks and supper.  Usually I'm really hungry by lunch, but I don't usually eat that much in the morning.

Like I said, I'll see.

Make this asap.

Smoothie


1C Frozen fruit (I used Europe's Best Antioxidant Blend because it has cherries!!)
1/2 small frozen banana (when my bananas are starting to brown I cut them up and put them in the tupperware dish in the freezer to use in smoothies)
1 Scoop Whey Gourmet Vanilla Ice Cream protein powder
1C skim milk

It was fantastic.  I've never made a smoothie I really like before, but I think I've got it.  I think I would leave out the banana next time.  It's very subtle, but doesn't mesh very well with the vanilla flavor from the protein powder.


In other news, I finally found the courage to change the things I can.  I don't want to elaborate yet, but there might be changes on the horizon.