Okay that 14^th day was killer!!!   All I could think about was technically at 9:30 p.m. it would be a full 14 days.   Plus, I had worked out the next week’s menu for Jea and me so I was planning on hitting the stores.

 

Unfortunately to get the different ingredients I went to 3 different stores; Sprouts, AJ’s and Fry’s. At each and every store there was some sort of crazy temptation.   Some how though I held off.   I pretty much drank tons of water to fight the urges and made it until the next morning.   There I feasted on ½ a banana and ½ cup of a probiotic drink that tasted like yogurt.

 

Throughout the day I finished the other half of the banana and I finished a peach in the locker room of the fights. (See MMA News for the GREAT NEWS about the team’s latest accomplishments!)

 

So the three rules:

 

I have over the years followed rules 1 & 2 pretty well. Somehow, rule number 3 has always been an issue.   So were really going to give that a shot. Jea and I are hoping to prepare the majority of our meals for each week over the weekend, primarily on Sundays.

Which we did this weekend. Now our ‘fridge is full of little containers and neat little baggies full of set portions of veggies.

 

I have calculated out the times and calories of when each will be consumed.   It appears that if we keep up with this Jea and I will consume about 1,000 calories per day, which is eating 5 times each day.

 

The final weight as of Saturday morning was 181.8 and started this morning 182.8 so hopefully the metabolism kicks in quickly since I am back to eating foods. Total weight loss is just over 15 lbs in 2 weeks. More importantly, no digestive problems in the past two week, joints feel good and I feel fine overall.

 

Training today; Walk at 10:00 (1/2 hour break at work), Run at 4:00 and then SECS/MMA tonight.   Not sure how much MMA as I agreed to take the evening off and watch the game with Jea. She’s a Favre fan.   The calculators say I should burn about 1760 calories for the day based on the exercise alone.   (Note: these are all based on light-moderate workouts. IF I kick up the intensity I can increase the calories by over 50% but that probably won’t happen as I killed my leg in Freestyle on Saturday.)

 

So if that is all correct I should be at about 1/8 of a pound. Remember you need to but 3500 calories to a burn a pound. Or have a 3500 deficit in some fashion. In other words lets say you keep a food diary and find that you consume 14,000 calories in a week. Without changing your activity level by dropping your weekly intake to 10,500 calories (considering them to be balance between proteins, cars, and fats) you should lose a pound in a week. (10,500 works out to be 1500 calories a day) Believe it or not, cut out 1 Starbucks Vanilla Latte and one 12 oz can of coke and you’ve just about reached your goal and you wouldn’t have to affect your average intake of food. Amazing where all these “hidden calories” are!  

 

Now understand I realize my above calculation seem off.   I know that I could easily lose more than 1/8 of a pound tomorrow. However, I might even gain some weight but the scale again can’t determine of it is weighing “bricks or feathers.”  I could lose 1/8 lb of fat but maintain a pound and half of fluids.   The results, however if I were to do the same thing for 8 days I would lose a pound of fat. If in fact, I eat a balanced diet - which is what I have planned.

So, watch for the next installment!