Week 23, Day 7: The Wagon & Homestead

So...it's been some time! I messed up the title and said it was week 27 when it was only week 23 now the link to this post is going to be all funny!

We bought a new house and in all the confusion we fell off the wagon!

I had my first weigh in in about 2 months yesterday and I gained back 16lbs. Now this made me only a little sad considering that I had lost about 50lbs before falling off the wagon. As of this post I have been back on the plan for just over 2 weeks and lost at least 3lbs already!

The new house has stairs that our apartment didn't have so that's some extra exercise I'm getting while trying real hard to get home renovations done. Turns out I'm not a plumber!

All in all I'm back in a good place after getting the fast food and chocolate cravings/binges out of the way for the last 2 months. Eating out also does a real number on your budget!

I have decided to make the plan as easy as I can even though I know this may cause a plateau by eating the same meals everyday. All my meals are as balanced (1/3 carbs, 1/3 protein, 1/3 healthy fats) as I can make to help prevent cravings. Each snack is about 300 calories and each meal is only about 400-500 calories for about 1,800 to 2,000 calories per day. With my BMR at about 2950 right now 2,000 calories should allow me to lose about a pound each day! Also, I'm taking the vitamins supplied by the program...everyone should at least take a multi-vitamin everyday. My new basic menu is as follows:

Breakfast 6:30am:
Protein Shake - 1-3 scoops protein powder, 1 teaspoon flax oil, 1/2 cup soy or almond milk, 4-8 ice cubes & 1/3 cup frozen berries or 1 tablespoon coco powder NOTE: You will not need as many ice cubes if you're using berries!

Morning Snack 9:30am:
1 medium apple, 2 ounces of cheese, 10 almonds

Lunch 12noon:
6-8 ounces of protein normally skinless chicken breast, 1-2 cups frozen mixed veggies

Afternoon Snack 3pm:
1 medium apple, 2 ounces of cheese, 10 almond

Supper 6pm:
6-10 ounces of protein normally chicken, pork chops or steak, 1-2 cups fozen mixed veggies, 1-2 cups some other fresh veggies

Late Night Snack 8pm:
Protein Shake - 1-3 scoops protein powder, 1 teaspoon flax oil, 1/2 cup WATER, 4-8 ice cubes & 1-2 tablespoons coco powder. No soy or almond milk to reduce the carbs but still helps my chocolate cravings.

I will adjust my basic diet as need be to stimulate weight loss...this may even mean having a cheat day every few weeks to help reset my body.

And AND I will also try to hit my goal of 10,000 steps each day but I think this will be easy if I'm still doing renovations around the house!

-Ian