If You Bite It, Write It - January 9, 2011

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• Weird but delicious shake: 1 scoop Matrix chocolate protein, heaping tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 sleeve Nescafe decaf, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, 1 cup So Delicious unsweetened coconut milk, SF/FF cheesecake and white chocolate pudding mixes, pinch of cardamom, cinnamon, and allspice.
• 1 Oh Yeah! chocolate RTD split between several Sbux grande decaf coffees, all in my nifty reusable cup :-), along with 4T (1/4 cup) lowfat liquid Coffeemate
• Another weird but delicious spiced shake: 1 scoop Matrix vanilla protein, heaping tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder, vanilla extract, maple extract, SF/FF butterscotch pudding mix, pinch of cinnamon, ginger, and allspice.
• Another weird but delicious spiced shake: 1 scoop Matrix vanilla protein, 1 cup So Delicious unsweetened coconut milk, heaping tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder, vanilla extract, maple extract, SF/FF butterscotch pudding mix, Splenda, pinch of cinnamon, cardamom, ginger, allspice, sea salt.
• One more weird spiced shake: 1 scoop Matrix chocolate protein, 1 cup Almond Breeze vanilla unsweetened almond milk, heaping tsp. unsweetened cocoa powder, Splenda, SF/FF butterscotch pudding mix, 1 sleeve Nescafe decaf, pinch of cinnamon, cardamom, and allspice. This one was not as good as the other two. I think I overdid the allspice and it was a weird flavor combo with the coffee.

Weight this morning was 179.8 (verified 3 times; the first time it said 178.4 and I had a feeling that was wrong.) Again, not getting too excited about it because I know it's mostly water loss - I'm having lots of liquids and not eating salt - but it's still encouraging just to see those numbers again. That's a nearly 10-pound loss in less than a week.

Exercise was about 45 minutes on the elliptical at the gym, and I cranked up the resistance and modified the inclines a lot for some serious cardio intensity.  I was drenched in sweat afterwards, just like the old days!