Last night (7-13) – late night steak and caprese salad (9:00 PM ish); good sleep except for one wake up around 3 AM.  Did not hit the bed until 10:30 or maybe later.  A full hour late (up between 5 and 5:30 AM). 


7-14-08 


7 AM


3.5 ounces Greek yogurt (plain)


1 tsp honey


.75 c berries 


9:30 AM


2 slices bacon



1 hard boiled egg


1 oz Italian sausage 


Throughout AM


2 oz almonds


Coffee (2 cups) with cream (mostly decaf) (9:45 AM 1/2 cup of caffeinated) 


11:15 AM


Green tea with Stevia 


12:35 PM


Homemade ground beef with cauliflower “couscous” (3/4 of the container about 1 cup) 


(I feel a headache – tension? Tiredness?  Hunger? And having some trouble focusing, both physically (eyes) and mentally) 


3:05 PM


Pluot


2 almonds (left over from the morning)


1 hard boiled egg 


Piece of gum – CHEAT (artificial sweetener) – was craving something … not sure what. 


Plan to workout at 5:30 (run .25/50 squats for four rounds).  Pretty tired.  We’ll see.


Stomach gurgling already – just about 15 minutes after I pulled out the piece of gum.  Ick.  Even more tired with every passing minute. 


5:07 PM


Rest of beef and cauliflower


Salad (cabbage, tomato, cucumber, avocado (1/3 of one) commercial dressing) – small plastic container size 


I feel like a sausage; bloated and gassy.  All day. It is all this sitting and having my waistband cut me off. 


7-15-08 


7 AM


2 hard boiled eggs


2 slices bacon


1/4 cup cooked spinach (1 cup raw)


Coffee with cream 


10 AM


1 Apple


1.5 TBSP Almond Butter 


12 PM


Green tea with agave


Steak – 2 oz. filet


Salad with 1 tbsp or so commercial dressing, some balsamic, touch EVOO 


I’m so hungry.  I think I’m not dropping weight because I eat too many calories.  Would like to try and keep most days to between 1400 and 1500 with a re-feed day every 4 or 5 days. 


Around 3 PM


Cup of decaf tea (black tea) with agave 


5:09 PM


Steak – 1 oz. filet


.5 cup berries 


Feel good today.  No bloated feeling.  Energy is good. 


7-16-08


Took two days off working out.  Feeling better, but not rested.  Did not sleep well, partly due to a cat playing in my bed around 3 AM. 


7 AM


Walked for an Americano (decaf), no creamer. 


8 AM


Two eggs (cooked earlier in about 1 TBSP EVOO) with about 1.5 cups raw spinach and handful of grape tomatoes – all heated in microwave for about 30 seconds. 


9 AM


1 ounce almonds 


9:30 AM


Green tea with agave 


11:45 AM


Veggies (zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower, sautéed) about 1.5-2 cups


1 ounce steak (filet) 


4:00 PM


5.3 ounce container Greek yogurt (split with honey, probably 4 ounces of yogurt)


1 TBSP (or a little more) honey


.5 cup berries 


Feeling good.  Hungry but not starved. Sleepy, but not exhausted.  Will work out tonight after one more hour of working. 


Hit the gym around 5 PM.  Did dead lift sets and then some sprint/squat sets (4) with some hill walking on the treadmill for a few minutes.  Then stretching.  About 35 or 40 minutes in the gym, total time. 


[Dinner is whenever I get home.  Usually small.  Tonight it was chicken, lettuce, salsa (tomato and onion), avocado, and some almond butter at around 7:30 PM]