Thursday, 3/29/07
Morning Weight: 169 pounds
| + Basal Metabolic Rate*: | 1868 kcal |
| + General Activity*: | 1087 kcal |
| + Extra Activity and Exercise: | 239 kcal |
| - Weight Loss Goal: | 1000 kcal |
| Day Quota: | 2194 kcal |
| - Consumed: | 2043 kcal |
| Calories Left: | 151 kcal |
Breakfast:
Two big bowls of fruit salad (cantaloupe, grapes, white melon, pineapple) : Aprox 622 calories
Snack:
Fruit cup: 137 calories
Dinner 1:
7 oranges: 549 calories
Dinner 2:
7 bananas: 735 calories
169 pounds. Not bad at all. You can actually see some definition in my stomach, the payoff for all those one-legged squats and one armed pushups I was doing while my abs were covered by a layer of water-saturated skin.
I woke up with very slight "sore throat feeling" this morning. I haven't had so much as a head cold since I've been vegan, so it was a bit strange, but by the time I got to the gym this had disappeared. I actually strained a muscle in my left leg weeks ago, and every time it heals I end up reaggravating it with my sprinting, which I'm probably over doing. I've decided to stop running for two days and let it heal and then go for a few weeks without sprinting. I'll probably try to keep my runs under 8mph to start with. I biked today and then took a leisurely stroll with my girlfriend around the streets surrounding the campus. I usually go to yoga tonight, but it's an advanced class with a lot of leg work so I decided that it would be best if I didn't go.
I had been on the fence as to whether or not I wanted to end this experiment on Friday, but I decided today that I would continue at least till 4 more days. I'm just feeling too good and not anxious to put back on that weight. My acne, my constant unwanted companion for some time, seems to be fading. Last time it took longer, but I'm not going to complain. The thing is that I'm going to have to come off of this diet eventually. I'll be back on a cooked vegan diet when I head home for Easter, for instance. I'm not sure if it's worth doing this now just to lose it, but, oh well.
I felt a bit disconnected after the fruit salad today. Too much? Did I mix the wrongs kinds of fruit?
I've started putting up pics, and you can check them out in the gallery on the sidebar.
3 comments:
Hey you don't know me, but i found your blog on the VegSource board.
In response to your concern about mixing fruits, you might feel better if you don't combine melons (cantaloupe, watermelon, etc) with any other fruits. They are best digested alone, on an empty stomach.
Thanks for the advice. I'll certainly consider it.
please disregard my post on your "shit day 2" I was confused!
Anyway, who says you 'have to' go back to cooked when you go home? Are you afraid of offending someone with your diet? Or just b/c it is hard to be around family and food and not eat what they're eating?
Just curious. I know it's kind of personal.
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