I swapped out my cheat meal this week from Sunday to Saturday since I have to work 10-10 again tomorrow and today was the only chance I’d have to grab some sushi with Chris for (very likely) the next two weeks as we get our beta build ready for approval by Sony and Konami at work.

We went to Gizmo Sushi near the UCF campus and had some fabulous fishy/ricey/wasabi goodness for 25% off using an Entertainment book coupon. I have SO missed white rice and fish on this challenge, as the former is not clean eats according to the BFL plan and the latter is too expensive to fit into my Cheapass Challenge budget.

:eat:

I’ll probably be puffy in tomorrow’s pics, but I don’t care at this point. My leg workout will no doubt be fantastic thanks to the carb boost anyway. :slappy:

On the exercise front, I got in 15 minutes of YF core, 60 minutes of back/rear delts/abs lifting, and 30 minutes of elliptical LISS at level 9/6.5 mph while chatting with the 50 year old woman on the machine next to me about our respective military experiences, so I’m good on the workouts today. I am considering doing a second 30 or 45 minute round of YF tonight to burn off some of the three rolls of sushi and the chicken yaki dori skewer I inhaled since Chris is going to geek out with his fellow gaming nerds in a home Magic the Gathering tournament.

Yes, my boyfriend is possibly geekier than I am in some respects, hard though it may be to believe.

I am staying in to catch up on 2 weeks of laundry, research some children’s video game ideas, write up a pitch for a DS game, prep my food for the week, and divvy up 21 pounds of chicken breast from Albertsons (enough to go through the end of my challenge!) with appropriate marinades and seasonings.

This week’s grocery run was pretty spartan aside from the 21 lbs of chicken breast–7 small bananas, 1/2 gallon 8th Continent soy milk, 24 oz. canister of raisins, and 18 large eggs. I still have enough frozen veggie mix, rice cakes, ANPB, and peaches to last another week. My Drugstore.com package arrived yesterday with my 4-pack of Instone protein pudding as well, so I’ll be giving that a try for meal 6 tonight along with a yummy cup of light soy milk. I just hope the pudding isn’t too gross.

:crazy:

At least with the Instone Pre-Workout Intensity capsules, I don’t actually have to TASTE anything since I swallow them whole.

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YESTERDAY’S EATS

1. 1/3 c. oatmeal, 3 T. raisins, 1 whole egg, 3 egg whites
2. 1 banana, 1 scoop whey
3: 4 oz. chicken breast, 1/3 c. (dry) oatmeal, 1 c. mixed Mandarin veggies
4. 1 unsalted rice cake, 1/2 T. all-natural peanut butter, 1 scoop whey
5. 4 oz. chicken breast, 4 c. Romaine lettuce, 2 T. Kraft Free Zesty Italian dressing, 1 apple
6. 1 c. light soy milk, 1 scoop whey

Water: 16 cups

Supplements: multivitamin, calcium 600+D, EAS l-glutamine

Calories: 1460 calories (48.6% carb/36.5% pro/17.6% fat)

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YESTERDAY’S WORKOUT

* HIIT Run (5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 mph / 0% incline / 30 min)
* LISS Run (5.3 mph / 3% incline / 10 min)
* LISS Incline Walk (3.8 mph / 12.5% incline / 5 min)
* YF Cardio (30 min)

Calories burned: 550 calories

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DEFICIT: -873 cal (Target: -632 cal/day)

BUDGET NOTES: None