205.
I know my body is working against me these days. Just a couple of months ago I was gaining steadily on under four thousand calories daily; last week is the first progress I’ve had in a while and it took about five thousand a day. I am displeased.
More and more I’ve been despising buying groceries. I don’t have the instinct to buy high calories—I keep craving expensive, expensive vegetables… and every week is like doing it for the first time. Instead of just posting meal plans ahead of time (which may be hit or miss in their results) I think I might just start posting what I ate on the weeks I did make progress, so I can look back on them when I don’t know what to buy and have options, instead of having to come up with something new every week.
Plan for week of 3/22–3/26, result +1.0 lbs:
Sunday (~4000 calories)
- Breakfast: Toaster strudels, 2.
- Lunch: Mozzarella sticks (half of a 32-oz package) with spaghetti sauce. Soda.
- Snack: Apples, 2 with peanut butter.
- Dinner: Frozen pizza. Soda.
Monday–Thursday (~5200 calories)
- Breakfast: Vegetarian sausage (one patty, two links). Toaster strudels, 2.
- Lunch: Hamburger helper (made with vegemeat and half and half, 1/4 batch). Corn, 1/3 cup. Rolls, 2–3. Soda. Cheese crackers (3 oz.).
- Snack: Apples, 2 with peanut butter.
- Dinner: Tacos, 6 (made with beans instead of vegemeat for lower cost and higher calories). Soda.
In practice I fell short on the plan above; on a couple of the days my appetite ran out before I could get through all six tacos, and I still have some cheese crackers left over, which I shouldn’t. Nevertheless, this mission was a success!
Here’s a video of me eating tacos on Monday:
You know, seeing your exposed belly at the end of that video makes me feel that more than ever you can get BIGGER. I mean, compare that to your body when you were in the 120lb category. Your belly is looking nice and rounded and I think if you just continue on with your determination, you will GET that GUT!