Well, this is embarrasing....

I set myself up for disaster this morning.  Last night, New Years Eve, I ate sushi, drank wine, and ate sweets.  This morning, I had my first weigh in since before Christmas.  Ouch.  I was not expecting that!  I don't normally weigh myself first thing in the morning, but thought I would start.  I usually hop on the scale before I shower, which is about 3:30 (naptime).  My morning weigh in was....

119.2 Pounds!

That hurts.  That really hurts.  My weight pre-holiday binge was 112 on a bad day.  No, I did not eat 6.2 pounds worth of extra calories in a 10 days.  That would be some serious eating.  I still stuck to my workouts so, that would be quite an insane amount of calories.  I'm guessing at least half of it is water weight.  I also went back and checked my weight at my usual time and it was 117.6 pounds.  That's a little more reasonable, but still more than the 115 I was expecting.  I'm going to go ahead and keep doing morning weigh ins and stick with the 119.2 pounds.  That gives me 9.2 pounds to lose to reach my first goal.  In theory, if I cut back 500 calories a day, I should drop 1 pound a week.  I wish it was that simple.  I have body fat percentage, muscle mass, water weight, body waste, and stomach content to consider.  I will probably drop more weight in the beginning and really struggle to lose in the end.  

I will not torture myself with a picture today.  I'll save that for Friday.  I've had enough disappointment for the day.  I will not get discouraged!  I'm back on track.  I have a plan.  I have you keeping an eye on me.  I will be successful!  I switched up my workouts to increase my cardio and decrease my lifting.  While the extra muscle I've gained is great, my clothes disagree and so do I.  My legs and butt have gained most of the muscle mass and my pants just can't handle it.  I'm still lifting and pushing myself, but not to failure like I was.  Today's workout looked like this:

Elliptical

-30min: 2 min warm up, 1 min sprints, 1 min recovery. 

-random program

-level 14 (out of 1-20)

-5 minute cool down: forward motion 1 min, backwards motion 1 min.

Lifting

-Leg extensions: 3 sets of 12 at 55 pounds

-Hamstring curl: 3 sets of 12 at 50 pounds

-Glutes press: 3 sets of 12 at 75 pounds

-Leg adductor: 3 sets of 15 at 150 pounds

-Leg abductor: out of order

-Leg press: 3 sets of 12 at 120 pounds

Stair climber

-30min: 2 min recovery, 2 min speed

-interval program

-lever 17 (out of 1-25)

-5 minute cool down: 1 min reverse leg lift, 1 min single leg squat while skipping a step on both

Stretch

Total Calories Burned: 750 exactly

I'm going to have to do a little trial and error with my diet.  I like to start my daily calories at 1200 and add my workout calories burned to get my total intake for the day.  Today, that would put me at 1950.  

Breakfast

-Large banana-110 cal

-1 Tbsp PB2-25 cal

-1 light string cheese-50 cal

Total: 185

Lunch

-Apple-100 cal

-2 hard boiled egg whites-40 cal

-1 Tbsp PB2-25 cal

-3 celery stalks-15 cal

-1 kashi almond flax bar-140 cal

Total: 320

Afternoon Meal

-quick oats-175 cal

-1cup unsweetened almond milk-30 cal

-1/2 cup pumpkin-40 cal

-1 Tbsp walnuts-50 cal

-1 tsp mini chips-50 cal

Total: 345

Dinner

-Salad (romaine-25, carrots-20, onion-5, cauliflower-20, tomatoes-20, mushrooms-10, cheese-50, dressing-30)

180

-Tomato stuffed with chicken parm meatball-250

Total:440

Snack

-Greek yogurt with 1Tbsp PB2-105

-Cereal-110 cal

Total 215 

Extra

-1 York peppermint patty-50 cal

Grand Total: 1555 calories

Overall, I met goals for today.  It's okay that I'm low on my calories today, but I can't make it a regular thing.  Tomorrow I travel to NJ for the day .  It's harder to eat healthy when you aren't at home.  One day down :)