Your body is probably hording because you arent eating enough.  wow.. you like those protein shakes..  gives you great numbers as well... try and get the cals up a bit to augment you exercise program. Carla

mon, tues and wed are exercise days. I will try to eat more. Not easy. Eating dense meat isn't my favorite, so I get the protein in with the shakes. I do eat meat, but cheese sits with me better. Ok, what should I get those cals up to another 500 or so? thanks Carla!

Well you are low I would think cause of how well you are built and the muscles you have 500 wouldnt be bad.  You kind of have to play with it and see what works for you.  remember the more muscle you have the more calories you body burns when it's relaxing.  Carla

 Long post cut from my fitday report.  discouraged to say the least.  WHEN WILL I SEE PROGRESS? I am so discouraged today. I had a body composition analysis done February 22 and did another one today. According to this, I lost .51 pounds and haven't changed in the Fat free mass or the Fat percentages. My total body water raised the .51. I know I am doing better fitness wise, I work out 60-90 minutes a day and eat better. I was really hoping to see a change somewhere.  Thursday I will take measurements again. I did work out for 80 minutes today. 40 minutes on the track, 4 walking then alternating running and walking, 14 running and 17 walking. 25 minutes weight training, upper body, 3 sets of 12 and then 15 minutes of bike. Average heart rate was 136, max heart rate was 169. I forgot my music, That is probebly why the rate was so low.  I will be changing my workouts here pretty soon. Right now I do all of my routine in one block of time, when the fitness center opens up in my community, I will break up the weight training and the Cardio to different parts of the day, Lunch time and then after work. Maybe I will see a difference.  I am not a quitter, so I will figure this out!

Foods

	Cals	Fat	Carb	Prot
Coffee, espresso ( 1 fl oz )	3	0	0	0
Milk, cow's, fluid, skim or nonfat, 0.5% or less butterfat ( 1 cup )	86	0	12	8
Venison steak, breaded or floured, cooked, NS as to cooking method ( 3 oz, boneless, cooked )	177	6	10	19
Fast foods, burrito, with beans, cheese, and beef ( 1 pieces )	165	7	20	7
Fast foods, taco ( 1 small )	369	21	27	21
Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd ( 0.5 cup )	109	5	3	13
Potatoes, baked, flesh and skin, without salt ( 1 potato, (2-1/3" x 4-3/4") )	220	0	51	5
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup ( 1 king size package (4 pieces) )	427	25	43	8
Water ( 35 fl oz )	0	0	0	0
Total	1556	64	165	81

Depression caused me to eat the Resse's.

It takes six months to see the final definition of you work outs and at least 2 to 3 months to really see a noticable difference as the body retains at first.  You also went through a period you stopped working out so you basically started over.  It only takes 6 weeks to loose all the muscles you made over that six month period.  with that said.. be patient you are doing great.   low on protein there... get that up a bit so you body burns those fat deposites.  The rest looks good. See ya tomorrow Carla

Good day Carla :) Nice big eating day for me yesterday. A little high on the cals but I was awake at weird times so I ended up getting an extra meal in by the end of the day.  You asked yesterday about my movement and I have to say I move great with a combo of the nsa (normal fat**** cream and at least 1 high fat meal everyday. I think there is something weird about the mixture BUT if eating icecream everyday is what I have to do to poo I guess its my burden to carry ;) I cooked a lot last night. I usually cook my meals up on Sunday but was too ill to bother. So last night I made 14 servings of fettuccine alfredo, 4 servings of chicken divan and 4 servings of pizza to keep me going this week. I froze 9 of the fettuccines so I can have that for a while when I take the urge. It is one of my FAVE foods ever since surgery. I dont eat it as much as I used to because it is TOO filling for the cals/protein that it can mess up my day.  Here is my recipe and stats if anyone is interested in it :) 1.25 pounds pre cooked chicken breast 4 cups cooked brocoli 1 box whole wheat catelli lingiuni noodles (over cooked) 1 bottle of store made alredo sauce (12 ounce) 4 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese 5 tbsp light parmeason cheese I cut the chicken, brocoli and noodles very small so its easier to get a good even mixture and easy to measure out.  This makes 14 1 cup servings and freezes like a charm. Per 1 cup: 235 calories, 7 grams fat, 3 grams fiber, 20 grams protein Did I mention this is SUPER filling??? For those with hunger issues this is a great meal Monday Eats:

Breaky: meat loaf & apple (400 cals, 6 fiber, 25 protein)

Snack: 2 latte (180 cals, 18 protein)

Snack: Bar (180 cals, 3 fiber, 15 protein)

Lunch: yogurt & oatmeal (400 cals, 12 fiber, 23 protein)

Dinner: taco meat, cheese & multi grain nachos (450 cals, 2 fiber, 34 protein)

supper: chicken & brocoli alfredo (235 cals, 3 fiber, 20 protein)

snack: cereal, bar, ice cream (490 cals, 9 fiber, 20 protein)

Totals: 2335 cals, 35 fiber, 155 protein Have a great day :) HUGS PK

I have that same burden.. I must eat that darn ice cream everyday or I just dont go.  how is that for projection.. You know we are litterly causing ourselves to dump.. at least that is what someone told me.. not sure if thats true or if I just dont want to hear that.  lol Great eating day for you.. love the protein number... keep it up girl.. Carla

I don't know what's gotten into me, but I am on a cleaning and organizing kick the past few days. I thoroughly cleaned my office at work, cleaned out 3 closets at home and cleaned - I mean CLEANED - DD's room. From my house I took out a total of 10 bags of junk and 5 bags for the Good Will. It feels so good to get those done! But now I'm eyeballing my kitchen cabinets because I think they should be next...

PB: Starbucks SF Cinnamon Dolce with Soy (6g)
B: 1 packet McCanns SF Oatmeal with light butter and wheylow (4g)
S: AchievOne (20g)
L: Macafoni & Cheese Muffin and 1 NSA Fudgesicle (12.5g)
S: 3/4 c. Fage with 3 oz of Splenda Peaches (15g)
S: NSA Fudgesicle (1.5g)
S: 1 TJ's mini pita baked with a little butter Splenda and Cinnamon topped with 1/4 c. Fage and 15 blueberries (7g)
D: 3 oz Ricotta/Tofu Bake and about 1/4 c. moz cheese of the top of DD's pizza (16g)
S: Chike smoothie (32g)
S: 4 mini Ricotta Cream Cheese muffins (14g)

Cals: 1434 (yay!) Fat: 47g Carbs: 113g Prot: 128g

Water: done
Vits: done
Exercise: spring cleaning

Bekah

I just went through that about a month ago.  Now I cant find anything to clean so I have dedicated myself to creating a video library for work.  I just cant seem to sit still anymore.  At least you know things are getting done and its great exercise..lol. Very nice numbers for you all the way around.. u have got it working here.  great job captain. Carla

I finally bought some TVP. I made some chili with it. First time I used this and I thought it was quite good. I had some tonight and my DH asked me what it was, he wanted to try it, he said he liked it too. Go figure, he tried even after I told him what was in it.
Now we can have a meatless meal once in a while.

Dannon, Light & Fit Carb & Sugar Control, Strawberries 'n Cream, 4oz, 1 serving 60 3 3 5
Milk, 1%, 0.5 cup 51 6 1 4
soy p p 1 scoop serving, 1 serving 60 0 1 13

Meatballs, Frozen, 1.5 oz 115 3 9 7
Pickled beets, 0.25 cup slices 37 9 0 0
Bread, raisin, 1 slice, large 88 17 1 3
Biscuit, plain or buttermilk, 1 biscuit (2-1/4" dia) 63 12 1 2

textured vegetable protien, 2 serving 178 14 0 24
Canned Tomatoes, 0.5 cup 20 5 0 1
Beans, red kidney, 2 tbsp 27 5 0 2

Hot Cocoa Swiss Miss Diet, 3 serving 75 12 0 6
fat free half and half 2 T (correct one), 2 serving 40 11 2 3

Romaine Lettuce (salad), 0.5 cup, shredded 4 1 0 0
Turkey breast meat, 2 slices 44 2 1 7
finlandia lite swiss cheese, 3 serving 171 0 0 21
kraft salad spritzer, 25 serving 25 0 0 0

sf lf choc chip protien muffins, 1 serving 163 17 7

CALORIES CARBS FAT PROTEIN
1,221 115 26 107

Sher