I almost said fukit on Sat., and not bother with packing any protein, but then I thought, now what would a real bodybuilder do? She'd have made and brought and eaten the damn chicken and rice stuff, no matter what.

So I brought 3 pre-weighed, pre-cooked chix breasts, a thing of cocheese, a little tupperware of eggs/egg whites, a pre-weighed chunk of cheese, and a big bottle of diet ice tea. And good thing I did, too, because Great Aunt served traditional Hungarian of stuffed peppers uke: the first day, and pork loin the 2nd , plenty of summer fruit, but the only veggies were more peppers uke: and tomatoes. So fiber intake was questionable the past few days, but everything else was spot-on. I recorded everything I ate, and will enter in my food tracker later today.

I also exercised--a brisk walk with 5' of stair running, and the next day we were at the baths, so about 2 hours of recreational swimming.

I passed up homemade cookies, chips, pizza, hot dogs, apple cake thingys, ice cream, coke.....and thanks to my protein and ice tea, I didn't feel deprived at all. And now to have the scale reward me--

Week 3, Day 6

Morning weight, 192.8 (+1.8)
RA: 191.8 (-0.1)

Training:
Off!

Cardio:
20' brisk walk; 5' running up 66 stairs, walking down; 5' walk cooldown

Food:
M1: hot choc pp coffee
M2: eggs scrambled in butter with smoked cheese, peppers n onions; a nectarine
M3: broth w/carrot, kohlrabi; turkey/pork meatballs, ~100g, T tomato sauce, a plum
M4: 100g chicken cooked in 5g butter; an instant cappuccino
M5: 130g chicken breast cooked in 5g butter; 15g ea of salami and edam cheese, 1/2 small tomato
M6: 200g cocheese, a sm peach

Target--1701cals, 165gP, 60gC, 89gF, 25g fib
Actual--1713cals, 195gP, 75gC, 71gF, 8g fib Hahahaha!


Notes:
Not bad for winging it! nailed the calorie, high protein, satisfied--I'm good.

Week 3, Day 7

Morning weight, 191.0 (-1.2)
RA: 192.5 (-0.3)

Training:
Off!

Cardio:
went to the thermal baths and spent about 2 hours in the pool, recreational swimming

Food:
M1: coffee w/ 1/2c milk, eggs scrambled in butter, 30g cheese; sm nectarine
M2: 100g chicken breast cooked in 5g butter, 1 plum
M3: 100g pork loin stuffed with 30g kolbasz, 1.5c lettuce w/2T yogurt dressing; coffee w/1/4c milk
M4: 120g HB patty, 10g lite mayo

Target--1701cals, 165gP, 60gC, 89gF, 25g fib
Actual--1496cals, 134gP, 43gC, 85gF, 5g fibOh my! So much for winging it, lol! Though I'd rather err on the low side,


Notes:
Surprisingly unhungry. Well, not really surprising...well-spaced and fulfilling LC meals do me well.

Week 4, Day 1

Today is Results Day #3!

Weight Stats:
7/30 194.8
8/6 192.2 (-2.6)
8/13 191.6 (-0.8 ) RA: 192.8 (-0.1)
8/20 188.8 (-2.8 ) RA: 191.1 (-1.6)!! woo hoo

Measurements (every 2 weeks):
not this week

Training:
5' dynamic stretching warmup
Vertical Stength-
3x5/1'RI
A1. OHP, 64 got all the reps, but had to cheat on the last 2
A2. Front Squats, 48x5x2, 53x5x1
B1. Neg. Chins, BW
B2. DL, 119
C. SBCrunches, 2x8x22

Horizontal Metabolic 'Complexes'-
1x6/90"RI, 6 cycles
H1. Incl DB Press
H2. DB RDL
H3. DB BOR
H4. DB Step-Ups

Used 32# DB's for 3 rounds, then had to drop down to 27.5# for the last 2.

Stretching
10' static stretching using Get Bent plan

Cardio:
none pwo--baby was having a melt-down AGAIN.

Food:
M1: hot choc/pp coffee
M2: eggs scrambled in butter w/30g smoked cheese, some peppers n onions; 100g plums
M3: pre w/o Built waffle and 16g maple syrup
Ex.--lifting session, 1hr
M4: PWO: Built waffle and 10g apricot jam
M5: 190g ground turkey breast, sauteéd in tsp evoo mixed w/fresh tomato/basil sauce, served over 1 svg dreamfield's pasta
M6: 80g chix breast, cauliflower w/6g butter, 20g homemade bread w/10g butter
M7: 2 pudding brownies w/T hot fudge sauce

Target--1905cals, 165gP, 165gC, 65gF, 25g fib
Actual --1920cals, 173gP, 165gC, 66gF, 23g fib

Notes:
Great day, felt wonderful all weekend, actually. Stormy today, big-time, and no head/neck ache, so it's not weather related.

Week 4, Day 2

Morning weight, 189.2 (+0.4)
RA: 190.7 (-0.4)

Training:
Off!

Cardio:
20' walk to and fro the baby doc (#2 got a shot )
ss cardio on th st. bike--8' warmup, L1, 5' of 8" sprint/12" recovery, then 19' ss L2, total 30', 300 cals

Food:
M1: hot choc pp coffee
M2: eggs scrambled in butter w/shrooms, cheese, peppers n onions; 80g plums
M3: 120g tuna mixed w/150g raw cauliflower, 30g ea lite mayo and sour cream
M4: 30g almonds/walnuts, 1/2 batch of 3EW coffee meringues w/100g raspberries
M5: 170g beef shank cooked pörkölt style (tsp oil, tsp tom paste) served over 150g steamed cauli and 2T sour cream
M6: rest of the meringues w/raspberries

Target--1701cals, 165gP, 60gC, 89gF, 25g fib
Actual--1696cals, 166gP, 63gC, 88gF, 21g fib


Notes:
I was able to properly do neg chins yesterday, for the first time in a while (previously cut hand), and today my shoulders, lats, biceps, are all talking to me. But not too bad.

Week 4, Day 3

Am weight: 189.0(-0.2)
RA: 190.4 (-0.3)

Training:
5' dynamic warmup
Full Body, 3x6/2'RI
A1. Front Squats, 55
A2. RDL, 114
B1. Incl DB Press, 33
B2. 1-Arm DB Row, 33
C1. Arnies, 23
C2. Fat Girl Pull-ups, BW
D1. SBCrunches, 22
D2. Toe Raises, alt w/stand. calf raise, BW

Followed by the Get Bent stretching series, ~10'

Cardio:
was going to walk; went grocery shopping instead, good for about an hour of wandering carrying 18#, lol

Food:
M1: hot choc pp coffee
M2: eggs scrambled w/butter and 30g smoked cheese, onion
M3: Built waffle and 13g maple syrup
Ex.-lifting, ~1 hr
M4: Built waffle and 10g hm strawberry jam
M5: 180g beef shank stewed w/~t oil and t tom paste
Ex.-grocery shopping cardio
M6: 100g white bread (hot and fresh from bakery) sandwiched around 40g ea of ham and turkey, and 20g cheese, assorted veg, 10g lite mayo
M7: pudding brownie, 1T hot fudge sauce


Target--1905cals, 165gP, 165gC, 65gF, 25g fib
Actual-- 1913cals, 172gP, 157gC, 67gF, 18g fib


Notes:
Was able to bump up a lot of the weights today, and it all went smoothly. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to lift well due to pretty bad doms from Monday's neg chins, but no problemo!

Week 4 , Day 4

Morning weight, 189.8 (+0.8)
RA: 190.2 (-0.2)

Training:
Off!

Cardio:
-on the st. bike, 5' warmup, 5' intervals (8:12), 20' ss L2 ~330 cals

Food:
M1: coffee w/1/2c milk
M2: eggs scrambled in butter w/onions, 30g smoked edam; 130g peach
M3: salad (200g romaine, 100g cauliflower, 40g ham, 40g turkey brst, 1 HB egg, 10g red onion, some cuke, 1/2 tomato, 30g smoked cheese, 20g nuts, 1tsp evoo)
Ex.-30' st. bike cardio incl 5' of 8" of Glory
M4: 3EW coffee meringues
M5: 170g beef pörkölt (1t evoo, 1t tom paste) over 150g steamed cauliflower
M6: 100g cocheese, 100g blackberries, 10g nuts

Target--1701cals, 165gP, 60gC, 89gF, 25g fib
Actual--1714cals, 167gP, 67gC, 89gF, 23g fib


Notes:
Feeling good! Still some doms, but totally bearable. DH brought me 25# of fresh peaches--need to figure out what to do with them all, ha.

ooh, peaches. Yum. Try this recipe. I bet it would be good with peaches: http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthre...ghlight=cobbler

Hi Ya Dane.

Szia Dane!
I've seen your posts before on other forums, and I've always wanted to say hello, but I was a big lurker baby until recently. I finally bit the bullet and picked a place to at least occasionally post.

I love Hungary and Hungarians. They are a quirky, interesting bunch. I very briefly studied at what is now the University of Technology and Economics but at the time was BME--straight up Technology with those Economics hotties and their wild parties across the river in Pest.

Anytime I see your posts, I wonder what it would have been like to live there long term. I know it was not much fun to go back and visit, other than seeing the places I remembered. My magyar was nonexistent, and Budapest wasn't exactly tourist crazy.

Anyway--that was a long hello.

Grrrrrrrrrr our internet cut off Friday morning, throughout the whole village. We just got it back late last night, so I have a lot of catching up to do!!


Thanks, Dianne...it looks SO good, but I can't get the Krusteaz products here. I did end up making a peach crisp with oats over the weekend, freezing it for a dreary winter's day. Plus sliced peaches for pies, crushed for ice cream, and 6 jars of jam. Mmmmmmmm!

Hey Lynn!!

Szía, Winnie! Nice to meet you. Glad you delurked--it's always nice to have another eBuddy.

I've been living here since Feb '01, first visited as a tourist in Nov '00. It's changed a bit since then, especially since joining the EU--it's very tourist friendly, and English is much more commonly spoken now than when I first arrived. My hungarian is getting better, but I still suck at putting together long sentences.

As much as I miss my family back in FL, I'm here for the long haul. Beautiful country, usually beautiful weather, good medical and school systems, and of course my Honey, aka DH.

Now for catching myself up....

Week 4, Day 5

Morning weight, 188.4 (-1.4)
RA: 189.9 (-0.3)

Training:
5' dynamic stretching

Full Body Strength, 3x5/1'RI:
A1. Flat BB Bench
warmup 62x5, 73x3, 106x1
work 3x5x88
A2. ATG Squat, 75
B1. BOR, 99
B2. GM, 79

Vert. DB Complex, 5x6/90"RI:
V1. DB RDL, 23's
V2. DB OHP
V3. Goblet Squat
V4. Resist. Band Pull Downs, green

Stretching
~10' Get Bent static stretching

Cardio:
no formal

Food:
My DH's birthday, decided to have a free meal. Went a bit overboard, :-[
Target--1905cals, 165gP, 165gC, 65gF, 25g fib
Actual--3214cals, 155gP, 366gC, 131gF, 25g fib
Let's see...that was mostly grape soda and chocolate cake calories. :-\


Notes:
It's been awhile since I had a high calorie day, so not a big deal...I was sorta guessing on the day as I had no internet access to my food tracker, and my lack of appetite the next 2 days seems to have made up for it.

Week 4, Day 6

Morning weight, 192.8 (+4.4 ) mmmm birthday cake!
RA: 189.9 (0)now you see why I do RA--keeps me sane on days like these, ;D

Training:
Off!

Cardio:
Hill training on the st. bike, 40' total

Food:
Target--1701cals, 165gP, 60gC, 89gF, 25g fib
Actual--1806cals, 145gP, 101gC, 92gF, 12g fib


Notes:
Did well until late night--had a slice of birthday cake, realize now I was pissed off and lonely (no internet, DH still working 14hr days).

Week 4, Day 7

Morning weight, 190.0 (-2.8 )
RA: 189.7(-0.2)

Training:
Off!

Cardio:
Nuthin'!

Food:
Target--1701cals, 165gP, 60gC, 89gF, 25g fib
Actual--1324cals, 137gP, 55gC, 64gF, 13g fib


Notes:
Not hungry at all, and feeling a bit depressed and rebellious.

Week 5, Day 1

Mondays are my usual "results day", but I was in a bad mood, and since I had even better results today (Tues.), I'm recording them there.

Morning weight, 189.0 (-1.0)
RA: 189.7 (0)

Training:
5' dynamic stretching warmup
Vertical Stength-
3x5/1'RI
A1. OHP, 64 53 had to drop weight, I was feeling so WEAK! >
A2. Front Squats, 53 no problem with these
B1. Neg. Chins, BW
B2. DL, 119
C. SBCrunches, 2x8x22

Horizontal Metabolic 'Complexes'-
1x6/90"RI, 5 cycles
H1. Incl DB Press, 27.5 for 1, had to drop to 23 for the last 4
H2. DB RDL
H3. DB BOR
H4. DB Step-Ups

Stretching
10' static stretching using Get Bent plan

Cardio:
went for a PWO brisk walk to clear head, 35'

Food:
Target--1905cals, 165gP, 165gC, 65gF, 25g fib
Actual --1901cals, 178gP, 114gC, 84gF, 20g fib

Notes:
Very unmotivated workout, although once I got past the OHP's, it was ok. Just felt tired and drained. Felt much better as the day wore on, and back to normal by the evening. Thank goodness!! This morning I'm back to my normal peppy self, so maybe it's from the fooked up food over the weekend, ???