@gemwolf110 Awesome dogs! I can see why you would want to take such good care of them.

Daily Post (Tuesday)
Goals: Having some persistent wet weather here which has put a dent in my planned goal progress, but there is always plenty to do so I'm just adapting the plan as I go for now.
Track: Yes.
Calories: Yes.
Exercise: Yes
Water Intake: High again. Working on keeping my hydration levels up.

Loving everyone's question of the week answers. As a life long thrill seeker and outdoorsy type, I reckon you will love the skiing, climbing and camping off the beaten track. OMG water skiiing early in the morning on a glassy flat lake.. Just.. amazing. Bit of a learning curve but so worth it.

Daily Post: Monday
Track?: Yes! I tracked everything even though it was difficult because I couldn't find the calories in the ice cream or tea that I had with my friends.
Calories: A bit over but definitely under maintenance and at a deficit.
Exercise: Just a lot of walking that I didn't log because I don't know how much it was lol
Water: Around 50 ounces.

Comments: 194.4 on the scale this morning. I don't really know why though because I wasn't underneath my calorie goal yesterday? I'll take it though. Fluctuations are normal throughout the week, I know, of course, but it was still motivating to see lol

Tuesday, May 8th
Weigh in day Friday.
Record yes
Calories yes
Exercise , yes. Worked all day preparing for guests for dinner.

Daily post Tuesday

Track. Yes
Calories. Under but my macros were not good
Exercise. 1 hour body pump. Walking to pick son up from school
Water. 70 ounces

Had a low day today. I am tired and drained. So. As per usual I turn to food. Chips and dip. I need to curb the emotional eating.

Warning, general dieting ramble ahead..

I had some interesting revelations about my micro nutrients last night. Since increasing my muscle load and tone last month, I've been experiencing potentially bad cramping in my left bicep while doing a weights workout. There are so many reasons why that might be, including insufficient stretching and warmup.. Bad program of reps etc.. Dehydration is a big one, but I've been so well hydrated of late I felt inclined to rule that out immediately. Which leaves electrolytes. So I took a look at my micro's. {For new dieters that means looking at mineral and vitamin intakes in detail.}

And there were some big surprises. Lately I've been running my budget very thin while working on tools and infrastructure for my property. The food shopping budget has been shoestring and as a result some of my favorite meals have been missing. What I hadn't considered is my Vitamin C intake was near to none. Way under daily intake recommendations. Magnesium, potassium.. All down.

I've never really been a supplement pills kinda guy because most of them have such high concentrations that your organs work overtime just filtering all those surplus vitamins out of your blood. But it seems like I really should be looking at perhaps a weekly multivitamin and generally supplementing my magnesium and calcium levels every few days.

If you ever want to take a closer look, you can use the reports function in MFP to get an idea of your macro-nutrient intake. But take the information with a grain of salt, as all the food in our database has been entered by people mostly focused on calories, many of whom have not yet begun to look at their diet in any finer detail. As a result, many entries have no detailed data included. For example, it looks like my calcium intake is down, but the truth is, the cream entry I use in my diary has not had calcium included in it's profile.
So I just spent a while looking through some more official information sources to find some good info to add to the cream entry I use often. Here is a couple of good links in case you want to fine tune your own diary entries.
http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science/monitoringnutrients/nutrientables/nuttab/Pages/default.aspx
https://ods.od.nih.gov/HealthInformation/makingdecisions.sec.aspx

Anyway... micro-nutrients.. Because even when you think you have a handle on your diet and are eating well, there is always some other little detail to waste half a day researching. lol.

@Fyreside in regards to the cramping. I had the same in my calf. My pump teacher follows the motto of “strengthen and lengthen”. We work a muscle group and then stretch it. My cramps are minimal now.
She also recommends monthly massages which release the built up toxins.
But I do agree. Hydration and minerals are super important.

Lol. Kitten = a word that rhymes with hitty

Daily Post: Tuesday
Track?: Yes
Calories: Under calorie goal.
Exercise: Not much. Just general walking from one building to another. I go to a big college campus so I think it adds up.
Water: Around 50 ounces again. Should up this.

Comments: 193.2 on the scale this morning. It's definitely the water weight coming off.

May 1st -187.6
May 8th -189.6
May 9th -187.4

Daily post Wednesday

Track. Yes
Calories. Under
Exercise. 1 hour body combat 1 hour treadmill
Water. 90 ounces

Mexiconona. Wednesday. May 9th.
Weigh in day Friday
Track yes
Calories yes
Exercise yes 20 min, walking , stretching, aerobics.

Yay.