HOLD MY FEET TO THE FIRE! ACCOUNTABILITY THURSDAY

Accountability Mission: No Mercy and No Excuses

Over the hump day and half way through the week.  Tell the whole truth and be accountable.   Where do you stand in relation to your goals for this week? 

Congratulations if you are doing well and are where you planned to be.  Congratulations if you are doing things well even if the results have not yet caught up to you.  For those of us who are not doing right, its time to get it together.

Good results from a half @$$ed efforts feel just fine until it eventually catches up to you.  Just think how good your results would have been if you did things right.  Poor results from a half @$$ed effort; well, there's nothing else to say. 

Its a struggle.  Its even a hardship at times.  Its also a blessing.

...All are welcome, jump in at anytime.


For reference:
5 Day Pouch Test (5DPT) website
http://www.5daypouchtest.com/plan/theplan.html
5 Day Pouch Test Instructions
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3995048/Hold-my-feet-to-the-fire-please-Accountability-Mision/

Protein Train Instructions http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3993571/Protein-Train-Educate-me-please/#32309205

Wagon Plan Instructions
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/black_american/3650242/The-Wagon-Plan-Get-back-on-the-wagon

Overeaters Anonymous
Online Meetings Around the Clock * Information on changing eating behavior 

Protein Sparing Modified Fast (PSMF)
The no op version.  This version is still severe but far more liberal than the one many pre ops are given.   
http://www.holisticmd.org/downloads/ProteinSparingModifiedFast.pdf  

Daily calorie needs calculator
A more advanced calculator that's still easy to use.   
Advanced option lets you choose from  3 different calculation methods.  Enter data once for calorie needs at maintenance;  plus calorie needs for 2 different levels of weight loss; and, results include a week long calorie cycling plan.  Calculator  takes into account age and gender as well as activity level.  Links to other calculators are on the same page. 
http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

I ran 3.1miles this morning - not the 4 I'd intended.  My lazy behind didn't leave the house for the gym until 5:15am, so I shorted myself on time to run the full 4.

I'm doing reasonably well otherwise - I'll do my kettlebell DVD tomorrow AM - Sunday will be a long run of at least 6 miles. 

Not too shabby at all.  Most are just rolling over at 5:15 am.  This morning me included.  Keep running girl. 

I am in shame.  High cal day, no low cal day, blowing off exercise, out of vits.  No one day a disaster, yet the sum of this mediocrity will result in a dissapointing week. 

Yesterday

Fat(g)	Carbs(g)	Net C(g)	Prot(g)	KCals
108.41	23.06	20.54	179.54	1817

Given my week runs Sunday through Saturday, I am already past the halfway point.  I struggle for results even with focused effort.  This half @$$ed approach will never do. 

Of course I know what I need to do.  Why am I not motivated to do it?  Particulaly when my area of greatest misdeed is in the same area which is normally easiest for me.  Why am I self sabataging?

This will require much thought and introspective to resolve.  However, I may not wait for resolution to act.  Off my @$$ now. 

I'm doing my "homemade" exercise plan today. I'm doing laundry so I'm going up and down the stairs.

I'm on point with my vitamins, protein and H2O.

Homemade or whatever works for you.  Keep doing it girl. 

 Yesterday I wanted to up my calories and fat to throw my body off track. I managed to eat 1600 calories with 77g fat. Liquids were much better. Even though I still need to do better. I did my 30 mins of cardio or 2 miles on the TM. That needs to increase a notch, but I did use my 2lb weights and do 30 curls x 3, 30 0ver head cross x 3, and 30 forward lifts x 3. The plan to to just drink liquids all day because I already ate a lot of my cal. for the day. Woke up fatigued and hungry. I will start my daily activities at 12...I HOPE. I am so tired today I just want to sleep. Yesterday I didn't let my twins take a nap so they could go to sleep earlie min the night. I won't be doing that today. I end up having to do my TM late last night, and it is so much harder to workout when you are already exhausted from the entire day.
Motivation comes when you least expect it. I just picked a day and said I am going to start on this day. I begin and now I am trying to keep going. It is a struggle because you have to watch everything you do. I just want to get to the point where I don't have to think about it..I am just doing it. I don't know when that day will come, but right now if I can last 30 days then I know I can make it to 6 months and from there maintain with plenty of exercise and healthy foods. 

Starting is a huge hurdle from there its one day at  time.  You can get through the next 30 days.  You can do this. 

Doing ok.  Hope that eating more calories changing up so that your body is tricked really works. Yesterday I tricked it for sure.  Still need to work on exercising.
This is what I ate yesterday.

Food Name	Amount	Unit	Cals	Fat (g)	Carbs (g)	Prot (g)	Delete
		Total	1,257	59.9	58.8	126.3
Tea, herbal		fl oz mug (8 fl oz) teacup (6 fl oz) grams kg lb oz	6	0.0	1.2	0.0
Splenda		serving grams kg lb oz	0	0.0	3.0	0.0
Crackers, saltines, unsalted tops (includes oyster, soda, so...		cracker oz grams kg lb oz	78	2.1	12.9	1.7
Cheese/ColbyJack/1slice		serving grams kg lb oz	55	4.5	0.0	3.5
Cheese/Swiss/1slice		serving grams kg lb oz	50	4.0	0.0	4.0
Cheese/JalapenoJack/1slice		serving grams kg lb oz	55	4.5	0.0	3.0
Cheese/SalsaCheddar/1slice		serving grams kg lb oz	55	4.5	0.0	3.5
Braunschweiger		serving grams kg lb oz	180	14.0	3.0	9.0
Whey Protein Drink		serving	55	1.0	1.0	11.5
Cheese, cottage, lowfat (1-2% fat)		cup grams kg lb oz	81	1.2	3.1	14.0
Salsa, red, uncooked		cup grams kg lb oz	10	0.1	2.2	0.4
Tuna, canned, oil pack		cup, solid or chunks, drained oz can (13 oz), drained can (6.5 oz), drained grams kg lb oz	112	4.7	0.0	16.5
Yogurt/CarbmasterKroger		serving grams kg lb oz	80	1.5	4.0	12.0
Catfish, floured or breaded, fried		cup, cooked, flaked oz, boneless, cooked oz, boneless, raw (yield after cooking) oz, with bone, cooked (yield after bone removed) oz, with bone, raw (yield after cooking, bone removed) cubic inch, boneless, cooked cubic inch, with bone, cooked (yield after bone removed) catfish fillet (5" x 2-1/2" x 3/8") large catfish (yield after cooking, bone removed) medium bullhead (yield after cooking, bone removed) medium catfish (yield after cooking, bone removed) small catfish (yield after cooking, bone removed) grams kg lb oz	180	10.9	6.4	13.2
PureProteinRevolution/ChocPeanCarmel		serving grams kg lb oz	180	6.0	17.0	20.0
PoweradeZero		serving grams kg lb oz	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
BeefJerky/Sweet&Hot/1oz		serving grams kg lb oz	80	1.0	5.0	14.0
		Total	1,257	59.9	58.8	126.3

It's snowy here and getting cold.  Love to eat soup and or chili but I'd better make cabbage soup. Hope all have a great day,
Z

I don't know about tricking the body, but low cal over the long term may slow your metabolism.  I'm carefull not to eat the same calories day in day out.  Weekly my calorie cycle includes a low cal day and a high cal day.  Most often its more like my body is tricking me.