Thoughts: I’m still waiting on Hurricane Frances. I’ve already moved myself, my cats, and my non-perishable food to a friend’s first floor apartment with a northern exposure. (My place is on the third/top floor, with large windows facing south, right where the winds would be the most inconvenient.) The good news is that the storm has lost more strength and may “only” be category 1 by the time it reaches me. On the negative side, it’s moving SO slowly now that it will be over Florida forever!

This would normally be my food free day, but I am pretty much out of options as far as free day foods go since I’ve been trying not to buy more groceries this past week in preparation for this storm. No ice cream, no pizza. :: sulks :: The only things I’ve had that are non-BFL are two small Asian fruit snack packets (about 44 calories each).

I tried a cappucino Myoplex Lite shake packet this morning (one of my FitRX shaker + 3 sample selections) and discovered that I STILL don’t like EAS shakes. I had a dull headache after I finished and noticed a distinct aftertaste. I use Splenda all the time in other meals and don’t suffer any aftereffects, so it must be something else in the EAS Myoplex formula that just doesn’t agree with my noggin. I’m sticking with the Nature’s Best PerfectRX shakes when I need a powder.

I want my free day ice cream, dang it…or at least a huge bowl of white rice with Chinese food!

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Nutrition: (Possible free day…but most likely a mid-range 1400-1500 day)
1: Chocolate almond microwave brownie (chocolate microwave muffin with 1/4 c. applesauce)
2: Cappucino Myoplex Lite shake
3: 1/2 eggplant parmesan, 2 fruit snacks
4: Chocolate almond microwave brownie
5: Chicken pita
6: Raisin bran with 1/2 vanilla PerfectRX shake

Supplements:
N/A (Forgot to bring ‘em with me. )

Calories eaten and deficit for yesterday = 1361 / -648 (target -337)
Water: 8 cups
Ratios: 45% carb / 38% protein / 17% fat

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Workout:
9 am cardio at the fitness room - Treadmill run

Run details:
Warm up: incline 5%, 4 mph (7 minutes)
HIIT: incline 0%, 4.5, 6.2, 6.7, 7.2 mph intervals
High: incline 0%, 8 mph
Cool down: incline 0%, 4 mph (3 minutes)

I’m back up to my Challenge 1, week 12 interval speeds. Hoooorah! My friend’s fitness center has mirrors right in front of the treadmill, so I could check my form during the entire run. I forgot my MP3 player, so I spent the time correcting my tendency to pump my arms toward the center of my body and counting cadences in my head…and occasionally out loud. Needless to say, I was the only person in the room.

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The Awful Truth:
1. I had two WHOLE boiled eggs last night instead of 3 whites and one whole. Tossing out so many yolks when we won’t have garbage pickup for at least 4 days seemed like a rather bad idea.

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Brownie Points:
1. Stuck with BFL meals all day yesterday, despite being over at the dbf’s for half the day and waiting on the hurricane.

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Short-term Goals:
1. Make sure I get enough water while I’m away from my home.
2. Do body-weight exercises on Monday for LBWO while waiting out the storm/flood if there’s no way to get to a gym.
3. Figure out how to input food items into my BodyAdvance BFL tracker software.

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Maggie