Exercise - 90 minutes on the treadmill (3 x 30 mins at 2mph), 15 mins weights/resistance bands

Water - 12 cups

Food - 1929 calories (24% fat, 48% carbs, 26% protein)

Breakfast - protein shake, 3 clementines (159)

Lunch - lentil soup, apple, fruit salad (463)

Dinner - hamburgers (2), roll (1), condiments, salad, balsamic dressing (891)

Snacks - protein shake, apple, fruit salad, crispy tortillaz (416)

The treadmill was great today, specifically in the afternoon. Either I’ve got back to the ‘feels great’ portion, or adding the incline is what I missed about it. The dinner was a little on the high side, but for now I really like taking the extra burger, even without the bun. Heck, even cooking the dinner was exercise. The propane tank was empty (of course after I lit it), so I had to go find the spare, haul it around, and struggle with it. Normally I would say this is a good thing, but it’s fairly cold out as well.

mizu - I don’t think that I let the scale affect my mood. I’m not even sure that I recognize the weekly losses yet. It’s probably due to the fact that the last time (before the illness) that it was lower. Maybe eventually when I pass 280 (long time from now) I’ll feel like I’ve accomplished something. Although if I’m really fair about it, and analyze it, I probably didn’t even think that was an accomplishment. It was lower than it had probably been for more than a decade, but I still wasn’t finished. Sad, but true, I likely won’t feel like I’ve done it, until… well, I’ve done it.

Since I posted it in a forum yesterday I figured I might as well post it here.

I weigh myself every day.

No matter, as I think I’m pretty rational about it. I don’t freak out if it’s up and I don’t go insanely happy when it’s down. I probably won’t do it forever, but I’m doing it more for interest. I lost all of my original data from the last weight loss. Oh, it’s probably on a back-up DVD somewhere, but I’m not really enthusiastic about finding it. Probably because it reminds me of the failure of gaining so much of it back. Anyway, I do remember that I used to have wild fluctuations around the time of my period. So, this time I thought I’d track it daily for about 4 to 6 months just to see if the same type of thing is still happening. So far, it does look like it is. If I look at my last Mon-Mon loss, it was 4.8 pounds. However, Sun-Mon I dropped 1.2 pounds (which we all know isn’t possible). I think that’s when I decided I should track my water intake as well. So if you look at the last week it goes like this: -1.0, -0.4, -1.2, -1.2, -1.2, -.2, +1.2

So, I suspect that tomorrow I’ll probably also be up. I just want to have a feel for it, so later on, when I drop back to only a weekly weigh-in that I won’t freak out if I’m actually up one week. Of course, I have to admit that I’m a numbers/stats freak, so I’m just prone to this kind of thing. It could be that I miss working so much that I need a stats project to keep me from going nuts!

Anyway, back to even more obsessive things. I’ve decided that I really do like working out a bit in the morning, so I’m going to do at least one, preferably two sets before lunch. Of course, lunch is between 1:30 and 2pm so it’s more like late morning workouts. I also noted that my heart rate isn’t going up as high with the 30 minute walking sets. Since I’m not sure that I’m ready (or able) to increase the speed yet, I decided on changing the incline. The program setting doesn’t seem to be working correctly. I don’t think I ever checked it, so it might not have been working to begin with. It lets me set the program and the level, but when the time should blink (for me to set it), it doesn’t. So I decided on a couple of simple sets I can start with on my own. They are (all at 2mph) really just playing with the incline:

Indoor Hills: 1 (5 mins), then 2 mins at 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 1, 6, 1, 7, 1 (for last 3 mins)

Pyramid: 1 (5 mins), then 2 mins at 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ( for last 3 minutes)

Intervals: 1 (5 mins), then 5 mins 4, 2, 5, 2, 1 (for last 5 minutes)

I might play around with them a bit more, eventually trying to increase the speeds on the lower inclines. I remember from the last machine I used with programs that they would drop the speed on the higher inclines. So if I can maintain the 2mph on the higher inclines then I can work on the speeds on the lower ones. Tonight is hamburger night (homemade ones) which is always nice. Then I think I have to break down and do laundry.

Added:   I changed the treadmill plan for pyramid while I was in process (just adjusted it above).  What I did find was my treadmill high that I used to get before.  So I’ve done the indoor hills one and the pyramid one today, as well as a plain walking one.  It feels good enough that I’m tempted to do another one, but won’t since I might regret it later.  Once I’ve cooled down a bit I might work with the weights and/or resistance bands.  Or perhaps a little gentle stretching…