Morning workout - Elliptical (360 calories)

Breakfast - 6 egg whites, 1 Kashi TLC Peanut Butter bar

Morning Snack - 1 can of tuna (drained) with one egg white, 1 teaspoon of light mayo, salt, & paprika. One half serving of Tostitos white corn chips (about three...sad, but true)

Lunch - Sandwich with Home Pride Butter Top bread, 1 tablespoon of light mayo, 1/3 vine tomato slices, 3 slices avocado, 2 romaine lettuce leaves and 2 servings of Kroger Deli Style Honey Ham

Weight training (Back and Biceps); warm-up elliptical - 150 calories, weights then elliptical, 124 calories.

Even though it's only been a week, food is no longer a pleasurable experience. It's really sad to me that I now dread eating. My choices so limited and so boring, I've started wondering, why bother? Hopefully, this will pass. I've had several cups of tea and lots of water. Will, undoubtedly surpass 64 ounces again.

Here it is:

Work out (AM) - Elliptical trainer (371 calories)

Breakfast - Snuck 5 Peanut M&Ms (naughty!), tuna in water (drained with one egg white, 1 tablespoon of light mayo, salt, and paprika. Also drained canned corn and canned chili beans, rinsed and had a serving with breakfast.

Morning Snack - Chicken of the Sea, Salmon Steak in honey BBQ sauce, mixed corn and chili beans

Lunch - chicken of the Sea, Salmon steak in honey BBQ sauce, mixed corn and chili beans. One small grapefruit with splenda

Dinner - Baked chicken breast with lemon and herb seasoning, Whole Grain Brown Minute Rice (1/2 serving) and (1/2 serving) pictsweet steamer vegetables

1 square Ghiradelli Intense Dark Citrus Sunset (60% Cacao)

Evening walk around the neighborhood after dinner (over 64 ounces of water today)

I'm going to have to keep up with this a bit better because Daily Plate can't separate workouts (damned if I can remember how much time I spent on Day X doing whatever). Here's what happened today:

Work out = 30 minutes (around 6ish this morning) 355 calories

Breakfast -
6 Egg Whites
1 Kashi Trail Mix bar

Morning Snack -
Chicken of the Sea BBQ Salmon Steak
Bean and corn "salad" mix

Lunch -

Hillshire Farms Deli Select Mesquite Smoked Turkey 12 slices
1 packet Great Valu Instant Grits

Afternoon Snack-

1/2 cup seasoned ground turkey
12 almonds

Work out/training with hubby -
15 minute warm-up Elliptical = 190 calories
Leg Day (squats, squats, squats)
10 minute Elliptical = 103 calories

(Haven't had dinner yet, I'll enter it later today or tomorrow).

8.28 Here's Dinner

Turkey/ham sandwhich with Deli Select Ham and turkey on Home Pride Butter Top wheat bread, a bit of dill pickle and light mayo. Tostitos white corn tortillas (1.5 servings), 2 tablespoons of Tostitos Zesty Bean & Cheese dip (medium). For dessert? One Skinny Cows sundae cone.

I started the new diet today and, after lunch, I was still hungry. Now that I've had my afternoon snack, I'm doing all right. Here's what I had:

Breakfast:
1 medium California plum
5 Egg whites (small amount of salt and pepper)
2 cups decaf with Splenda

Lunch:

1 oz Baked chicken (slightly seasoned)
1/2 serving "low fat prepared" Pasta Roni (herb and garlic

Afternoon Snack:
(same as Lunch)

I know that dinner will consist of more chicken, but I'm thinking I'll pick up some low-fat coconut milk, Thai Peanut sauce and brown rice to make my fav meal. With the chicken, I think hubby won't have any complaints.

I worked out on the elliptical for 30 minutes and burned around 320 calories (nearly 100 less than what I normally burn because I took down the tension, but about the same as what I used to burn on the old machine). The tension has caused some trouble with my knees, so I think I'll have to let that be for a while. No one wants screaming knees. Hubby says we'll start the weight training program he's given me on Friday. We performed a run through yesterday and it's probably going to kick my butt. I suppose I'm ready (oh well, if I'm not).

Because of birthday party madness (see the other site), we didn't get going on the training as planned a few weeks ago. I was keeping up with my cardio and had managed to skim off three pounds. Now that I'm filled with birthday cake (I haven't checked but), I believe that three pounds is back. Hubby emailed the training plan along with the meal plan I'll be on. It looks suspiciously like those I've seen for figure competitors. Hmm. Wonder if he's been reading the blog again. I would say yes (are you there, honey?).

The babe is sick, my coworker is quitting and my rag is coming. Needless to say, the stress level is way high. Despite these and other stresses in my life, I've managed to watch my food and exercise for the past two days with a fervor I haven't had in about three months. I'm determined to get these pesky extras off again. The hard part is going to come when my girlfriend gets here next week. We have a tendency to overindulge. I think that I'll "get" myself with extra workouts whenever we overdue it, just so I'm staying with the program.

Hubby is threatening to train me again (starting next week). Not sure how serious he is, but it's never a fun process. Don't get me wrong, he's good at what he does, but the wife-husband dynamic always brings up a power issue for me. The first time he trained me, I looked really good (I wasn't as small as I would have liked, but I looked great) and felt good. I suppose that's all that I really should expect, right? Not be a size four like my mother (she walks 5 miles on the treadmill at a 4.5 clip every other day). It takes her approximately ninety minutes. I seriously don't have that kind of time, but I suppose I would be down with it if I did. Nah. The fact that I probably burn more than half of what she burns in thirty minutes on the elliptical is enough to keep me from her kind of torture.

So, there it is. Me trying to get svelte again. My arms are flabby (first indication that I've put on weight) and they're already football player size. Something must be done.