Thoughts: I don’t know if it’s the cooler weather, the restriction of calories after over two months at maintenance, or the increased exercise, but I woke up still extremely sleepy and not at all refreshed this morning. Sore, too, come to think of it–the Oxygen leg workout and pull-up practice don’t wait for two days to bring on the pain.

And I am HUNGRY today, darn it. “Just had a mid-meal 20 minutes ago and am already watching the clock for my next feeding” hungry.

I think it’s time to bring back the bulkier low-cal meals in my repertoire. Dinky servings of banana bread and CC patties are not going to do it for me. Apparently volume is more important than taste to me when it comes to satiation.

Grr….want….food….now. (3 pm)

When I got home from the gym last night after my evening weight training session, I think my brain had actually shut down on me except for the little section that regulates my carbohydrate cravings, because I swear, if there had been any cereal besides All Bran left in the kitchen, I would have downed the whole box. It makes me wonder if it’s the cardio that is doing this to me, or if I just hadn’t had enough carbs on Sunday and was getting the “Time to eat a doughnut” message from my body in response. We’ll see how things go this week. If I continue to feel the cereal monster rise up from within, I’ll be switching over to a 50/30/20 macronutrient ratio next week.

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Nutrition (1426 calorie low zig-zag day)
1: Banana bread and 1/2 serving spicy cottage cheese patties
2: 3×1 veggie omelette with salsa, peas, and orange
3: Banana bread
4: Oatmeal tuna spinach salad with apple
5: Sliced roast turkey and beef, steamed squash and zucchini, 4 tea biscuits
6: Cottage cheese and strawberries

Supplements:
Multivitamin with iron
Calcium 500 + D
1 T. flax seed oil

Calories eaten / deficit for yesterday = 1549 / -999 (target -538)
Water: 16 cups
Ratios: 42% carb / 45% protein / 13% fat

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Workout:
8:00 am HIIT treadmill run (20 minutes–4.5, 6, 6.5, 7 regular intervals and 9 mph max–taking it easy this week before the 5k)
8:20 am moderate steady-state cardio - recumbent bike (40 minutes / resistance 3)
3:00 pm 1 mile walk ( 4 mph / 15 minutes)
Optional - Yoga DVD after work

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The Awful Truth:
1. Nibbled on some extra food after dinner last night as I was baking snacks for the week–1 cottage cheese patty and half a serving of banana bread. Oh well…at least there were both authorized foods even if they were unplanned.
2. Just had 4 wafer-thin biscuits with dinner. They are unauthorized, but at least I didn’t go over on calories. It’s possible that my ratios are still right, heh.

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Brownie Points:
1. Braved the teeming masses at Gold’s last night and followed up the Oxygen leg punishment with pull-up practice.
2. Did an unassisted half pull-up! (Dropped slowly from top position, then raised myself up again when I hit the 2/3 down position.)

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Short-term Goals:
1. Put away clean laundry.
2. Do the dishes.
3. Organize desks and CDs.
4. Level up one World of Warcraft character to 15 before bf comes back on Friday.
5. Locate acceptable dress for 80’s Prom theme party Saturday night.