This dancing head is called "agree," I just think it looks like a cool dance.
Here I am, here I sit.
Insurgent mortars please don't hit.
Duck and covers shout the sky,
And into bunkers I do fly.
Thirteen fourteen fifteen hour days,
In the 140 degree haze.
It makes my body so darn beat
That all I do is eat, eat and eat.
Which wouldn't suck if I was a gunner,
but sucks pretty bad as a chair-bound lawyer.
Chair-bound JAGs don't need cookies.
Chair-bound JAGs don't need pies.
Chair-bound JAGs don't need potatoes
Boiled, baked, sauteed or fried.
Two weeks ago I decided to take this 6 month "vacation" to Iraq courtesy of Uncle Sam. "That's great," I thought, "an opportunity to lose a little weight while being an active military member," NEGATIVE. I got here and am sitting behind a desk for 13 hour days, often pushed further on a semi-regular but strictly emergency basis. Funny how regular emergency filing projects are around here... Either way, at this base, the food is good. GOOD GOD IT'S GOOD. Thanks to contractor food service which cost my Uncle approx $28/head/meal, our meals are ... let's just say they're obscenely good. They're opulent. OPULENT. Result = the biggest risk may not be mortars, but obesity in these parts. I mean, mortars might or might not get you, but I've seen several friends leave 40 pounds heavier in 6 months. Yeah.
Anyway, 2 weeks ago i decided to cut back. I got mad, I weighed myself and was 192, which is a size 12 for me. (I used to be a body builder in college and so I have a LOT of muscle, I never looked that heavy.) My goal weight is 150 and that would be freaking lean for me.
So I started on ... basically a fat fast, added exercise and then switched to maintenance (lots of veggies). I've been losing and whatnot. I'm happy, but being back on this forum I thought I'd give the whole True low carb thing a fair shake again. Even if it's just for a week to see if it can fit into my PT schedule.
I really don't sit around ALL day. I mean, my colleagues do, but I don't. I PT between 1100-1300, obviously not all of that is PT, some is changing and showering. Usually about 30 min weights and 40 min high HIGH intensity cardio. Today I did just 60 low intensity cardio, fat burning. no weights.
I hooked up with a mistake of a "Friend" who roped me into a nightly 3 mi run. Yuck. I hate running. She wants to shape up for this cruise in 2 weeks. Hopefully, that's it. I don't think I can run every day for longer than that. F.
So I'm trying to find the right balance of low carb to fit this SUPER active lifestyle WHILE not trying to get injured. All this PT is actually good for me, IRAQ really wipes you out. Geez I've never been so exhausted! And I get 7-8 hours of sleep a night! it's just an exhausting place.
I didn't eat enough today. I didn't expect to get roped into the extra run tonight, otherwise, i would have eaten more at lunch. oh well, it's a war, sometimes war isn't pretty, hm?
Cheese, cottage, dry curd .5c
Almonds, roasted 8
Egg, whole, boiled 1
Egg, white only, cooked 2
Emergen-C 1
Turkey or chicken breast, prepackaged or deli, luncheon meat 3oz
Tuna, canned, water pack .5c
Olives, green 10 jumbo
Cornish game hen, roasted, skin not eaten 1/2 hen
Salmon, baked or broiled 4 oz
Polish sausage 4"
Broccoli, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt 1 c
Banana, raw 1 small
And that banana was the best darn part of what I ate all day. I needed that potassium or something. Darn good.
Totals 1196cal 54f 40c 136p
My body said, "no way sister" to that low cal and carb so I snacked on the following at night and don't feel a lick sad about it cause I had to go and run 2 miles this morning anyway with my unit. Geez this place is PT central. If I don't look like a victoria secret model by the time I leave it'll be darned close.
Popcorn, popped in oil, unbuttered 1 cup (1 handful actually)
Tomato and vegetable juice, mostly tomato, low sodium 8 oz
Totals 1303 57 59 139 FINAL TALLY FOR THE DAY
Well see how long I can take it before returning to maintenance style or zone-ish with the veggies like before. I guess I was a little miffed when I jumped on the scale and it hadn't budged, but my clothes feel great. One week, we'll reassess. (unless period... then maybe reassess after that).
JAC