Ack, it’s much later than I wanted it to be. I zipped through a ton of logs and only made a few comments because I really want to get to bed. On the list of things I want to do tomorrow are:

- make apricot jam (bucket of apricots thawing overnight)
- make beef/turkey meat sauce
- make turkey sausage sauce
- make whole wheat pizza shells to freeze

The first three are probably okay. I’m pretty much committed to the first one and well, the next two as I’ve put things in the fridge to thaw. So the pizza shells might get pushed off, depending on how much sun we get tomorrow. I only put a small amount of water around the plants tonight (just the ones that looked like they needed it) but once the sauces are cooking I’ll have to go out and check the plants.

So, I’m just adding in the food for the day and then I’m off to get some sleep.

Food for the day:

Total: 2404 (29% fat, 36% carbs, 31% protein)

Breakfast: two fried eggs, oat scones, jam, clementines (464)
AM Snack: protein shake with frozen raspberries (236)
Lunch: whole wheat tortillas, eye of round roast, cheese, peach (518)
PM Snack: fruit & nut squares (169) <— new, with protein powder
Dinner: chili with cheese, multi-grain tostidos, calico coleslaw (761)
Late Snack: protein shake, blueberry bran muffin (256)

My final entry in the grab and go breakfast attempts. They turned out quite nice, although they do seem to stick a lot to the paper. I’d probably make them directly into the non-stick pans next time. I also ended up making them smaller than I had planned (getting 25 instead of the 18 I had planned). They ended up 29% protein, 28% fat, 34% carbs (leaving 9% fiber). Oh, and they were ~1.5oz in weight and 99 cals. I’d probably be okay with two for breakfast - 14g protein, 5g fiber. Although, if I’m going to play with any of the recipes again it’s likely going to be the fruit and nut bar. I already tried a variation with protein powder… not bad, but a little dry as I didn’t account for the extra dry ingredients with a little more wet.

A Recipe for Weight Loss: Blueberry Bran Muffins (recipe here)

I warmed up with a 7-min walk outside. Then I did:

A: Wide-grip Deadlift from Box - 80t/8, 80t/8, 85t/8
B1: Bulgarian Split Squat - 27.5t/8, 27.5t/8, 30t/8
B2: Underhand-grip Lat Pulldown (Pullover) - 35e/8, 35e/8, 35e/8
C1: Reverse Lunge from Box with Forward Reach - 17.5e/8, 17.5e/8, 20e/8
C2: Dumbbell Prone Cuban Snatch - 15e/8, 15e/8, 17.5e/8
D1: Swiss Ball Crunch (Long-arm) - 8, 8, 8
D2: Reverse Crunch - 8, 8, 8
D3: Lateral Flexion (Hannah side 3) - 8, 8, 8
E: Prone Cobra - 120sec, 120sec, 120sec

And then HIIT (outside). I felt better to start than I did last week, however, the heat sapped a lot of my enthusiasm. Workout was 90 mins total.

HRM: 470cals, Max: 171 (96%), Avg: 114 (64%)

I had started walking outside, planning a 10-min warm-up but somewhere my brain was saying no, too long. I see now that I had dropped the last prone cobra last week. Besides, it was pretty warm out, I was warmed up enough after 7 mins. It was a pretty good workout. I felt a couple of times during the C exercises that I was really pushing for those last reps, especially in the last sets. I went back outside for the D and E exercises and then decided to do the HIIT outside as well. This was a great idea until the sun came out… boy was it hot. I didn’t do the 1 min fast, 2 mins slow because it was just too complicated (glasses off). There’s not that wide of a path around the pool and you have to watch for branches at times as well. So I would do 1-1/2 circuits as fast as I could, then 3 at a slower pace. I did try to do two full circuits, but it just wasn’t going to happen. I followed that routine for the last 15 or 16 mins.

So, now that I’ve showered and eaten my lunch I’m off to do some shopping. I’m going to have one more attempt at a high protein/high fiber breakfast food.