Day 12 - Where My Girls At?
So yesterday I realized why I gained weight last week and now I really don't feel bad about it: I was PMS'ing. I've heard of people who gain 5, even as much as 10 lbs (mostly water) and thank goodness I'm not one of them. But anywhere from .5-2 lbs is definitely in the realm of possibility every month and even that sucks when you're trying to see steady progress that's masked by swelling. I also got my new GoWear Fit which has been a lot of fun so far. I spent a lot of time at work this week listening to podcasts. One of my favorites these days is Leigh Peele, who I became aware of via the Fitcast but she has her own thing as well. I

Day 9
An exciting day around here for all concerned: I took off work because we were getting new windows. Well, we ended up only getting 5 of the 7 new windows we ordered actually delivered to our house. Rather disappointing in that winter rapidly approaches and our old house needs to level up its armor class substantially.But a day off work isn't a day to take off working toward Peak Condition! We made our semi-monthly trek out to Trader Joe's, where R. gets his favorite Weetabix cereal, and I get lots of yogurt, liquid egg whites, fruits, veggies, and nuts. I stocked up more at our regular grocery run. Even 4 days worth of food takes up a lot of room in the fridge. I need to g

Day 8
Barely one week into my experiment, I think I'm starting to figure out what's missing in this equation. My job (reduced to its very basic terms) is to make maps. While sitting at a computer. No computer, no maps, no money. It's not terribly uncommon for me to come in, log on, tackle an issue for 4 hours until lunch, grab lunch, and work for 4 more hours and then go home. Trust me, I'd LOVE to have a job where I'm out and about and active.I work out at least 3 days a week, and I have varying levels of activity on the weekend and evenings when I'm not in the gym. And I work out hard. Mostly because I want to feel like I'm maintaining my fitness le

Day 7
One week done! And guess what? I actually gained .4 lbs. but I don't feel like a failure at all. With that small of an amount it's hard to tell exactly what happened. Maybe I re-hydrated some? It could just as easily be gain of muscle, fat, muscle glycogen, or undigested food or any combo of the above. In any case, I didn't see any fantastic results and so I don't think that my water intake is too poor and now I'm going to stop kicking myself and feeling bad that I don't drink gallons of water every day. That said having consciously made an effort to drink a moderate amount more water did seem to have some effects on my hunger levels/cravings and oddly enough, I swear I sweated more

Day 4
Friday was a weird day. I remembered to pack my water bottle and remembered that I had gotten a packet of Special K Protein Water from my mom or somewhere free and it had been sitting in my desk drawer. So I went ahead and mixed it up and fully expected it to be gross. I had to run to the dentist for three hours in the middle of the morning and when I got back it was nice and dissolved (the whey protein in the drink comes in medium sized white grains that don't dissolve immediately) and it really didn't taste too bad. I don't think I'd buy any on my own. After work was over I immediately had to run out the door again for an event I was helping to put on. I did my best to ha