Well, I got kind of a late start this morning but did manage to get some of the yard work I wanted to do. The weather was changeable, however, still managed to get a swim in before it rained. Of course, it never rained at all. Figures, doesn’t it? It ended up being a fairly decent day and I took all my meals outside, which was nice as well.

I whipped up another batch of the fruit & nut bars tonight. I’d given my mother one the other day and she thought she might take it instead of her usual nut protein bar I make her. I added some protein powder this time and replaced the skim milk powder with more soy flour. They turned out okay, however, I overcooked them. My fault as I find our oven a little cold at 350F so I put it on 340F convection… and left the time the same. I’ll pay more attention the next time. They are still edible, just not as moist.

Food for the day:

Total: 2157 (32% fat, 33% carbs, 33% protein)

Breakfast: lemon ginger pecan bread, jam, clementines (254)
AM Snack: almonds (164)
Lunch: egg white omelet with cheese, cracked wheat oatmeal bread, peach (390)
PM Snack: fruit & nut bar, hummus, raw veggies, protein shake (316)
Dinner: sirloin steak, corn, butter, calico coleslaw (856)
Late Snack: protein shake, raspberries (177)

Okay, trying for some consistency between the blog and the log so I’ve settled on a 9-week chart that I can post on both. Normally I post the default 9-week one from FitDay, but I kind of like the idea of circling the Sunday weights so I’ll do that (until I get bored with it I suppose). So I’m combining the post I usually make on my blog Sunday mornings with the chart I ended up doing for the log a couple of weeks ago.

I don’t know where the almost 2-lb gain came from on Saturday morning (water obviously), but some of it is off today (but not all). So, Sunday to Sunday loss this week is 1.4lbs. I’m okay with that as the 9-week loss is 19lbs even (2.11/week) which is usually the ‘number’ I look at to see how things are going overall. The other little compulsive number I look at is how many days I’ve been ‘on plan’ primarily with food. I still consider the maintenance week ‘on plan’ since I accomplished what I wanted to. So, since I started keeping track this is day 199 on plan with food.