From the HRM today:

Water: 20 cups

Food: 2121 (26% fat, 40% carbs, 32% protein, 2% alcohol)

Breakfast: egg white omelet, chocolate pecan bread, jam, orange (299)

AM Snack: soy nuts (134)

Lunch: onion soup with baguette and cheese, smoked ham, apple (529)

PM Snack: protein shake (180)

Dinner: pizza (tomato sauce, ham, mushroom, onion, cheese blend), salad w/dressing (664)

Late Snack: protein shake, cherry yogurt sorbet (326)

Today was a gorgeous day outside. It was warmer than it was expected and I spent a fair amount of time outside cleaning the patio and getting pots ready to plant. So I’ve got 36 pots ready, and I’m not done. This tells me that we have way too many pots. The forecast is for rain tomorrow, but if I can get the rest ready that would be great. If not, I’ll finish them up on the next nice day. I sometimes really forget that I’m still over 300 lbs. I want to do more than I’m physically capable of. And I’m still not particularly fit. It’s interesting as I had the HRM on this afternoon under my swimsuit. I was going outside to do a little gardening, then my 30 mins of laps. So for fun I decided to see how many calories I burned in an hour. Turns out it was just over 400 cals (with an avg. heart rate of 111, top 141). I don’t think I worked particularly hard, but I’m just not as fit as I’d like to be.

Oh, and that cherry yogurt sorbet on today’s food list is homemade. A couple of years (maybe 4 or 5) ago I was on a homemade sorbet kick. It worked out well, but the only negative thing is that by the time the fruit was ready and the sorbet made, most of the summer was over. So the next year I made more and canned it into quart sealers. To help keep the colour I put them into a box in the crawl space… and yep, forgot about them. I found them this winter when I was cleaning out the crawl space, but wasn’t sure if I was going to use them or not. Using the recipe (although I’m sure I cut back on the sugar) I worked it out to ~120 cals for a 1/2 cup, but all carbs (well, a little alcohol as well). So tonight I took a cup of the canned mix and added a half cup of low fat yogurt. It will be frozen by the time we take it, but it works out to ~150 cals with some protein now (for a larger serving). I don’t think it’s something I’ll have every night, but it’s a good way to use some of it up this summer.