Phase 1 Report

Over a decade ago I belonged to a gym and had a fantastic trainer.  She told me that an exercise routine needs to be switched every 6 weeks because your muscles become used to it and it's no longer a challenge.  To see growth, you have to change.  Tomorrow is the last day of week 6 following the routine I talked about in Depression and Exercise.  I don't usually exercise on Sundays so I'm reporting today.  I planned on doing a weekly report, but that failed so here's an overall summary of the last 6 weeks.

Goals: no more than 20 grams carbs, 112 grams fat, 90 grams protein

First column is the exercise program, whether I did physical therapy (indicated with a T), and what weights I used for the arm exercises (half, one, or two pounds).
The second, third, and fourth column are carbs, fats, and protein respectively.
The last column is for notes.  D means I ate dairy and CP shows I had collagen peptides.

Week 1
1/1 - Barre 1 half (this was a carb weekend so I didn't write down my macros) | d
1/2 - Barre 2 | c: 20 | f: 139 | p: 97 | cp
1/3 - Basic | c: 16 | f: 107 | p: 94 | cp
1/4 - Barre 1 half | c: 19 | f: 120 | p: 91 | d cp
1/5 - Barre 2 | c: 18 | f: 102 | p: 97 | d cp
1/6 - Basic | c: 34 | f: 98 | p: 111 | cp
1/7 - Rest | c: 31 | f: 134 | p: 54 | cp
week averages: c: 23 | f: 100 | p: 96 (averaged over 6 days rather than 7)

Week 2

1/8 - Barre 1 half | c: 30 | f: 134 | p: 89 | cp
1/9 - Barre 2 | c: 80 | f: 153 | p: 103 | d cp
1/10 - Basic | c: 44 | f: 84 | p: 90 | d cp
1/11 - Barre 1 half | c: 100 | f: 133 | p: 96 | d cp (should've cut the fat with this many carbs)
1/12 - Barre 2 | c: 52 | f: 136 | p: 81 | d cp
1/13 - Basic | c: 30 | f: 158 | p: 154 | cp
1/14 - Rest | c: 44 | f: 110 | p: 110 | d cp
week averages: c: 54 | f: 130 | p: 103

Week 3
1/15 - Barre 1 half & one | c: 29 | f: 104 | p: 93 | d cp
1/16 - Nap | c: 33 | f: 109 | p: 82 | cp
1/17 - Barre 2 | c: 52 | f: 111 | p: 93 | d cp
1/18 - Barre 1 half & one | c: 18 | f: 131 | p: 73 |  cp
1/19 - Barre 2 T | c: 21 | f: 111 | p: 94 | d cp
1/20 - Basic T | c: 81 | f: 195 | p: 106 | d cp
1/21 - Rest | c: 48 | f: 82 | p: 92 | d cp
week averages: c: 40 | f: 120 | p: 90

Most of the protein grams are too high because I was counting the collagen peptides towards my daily goal.  I've learned that I shouldn't be doing that because collagen isn't a complete protein.  I also switched up my macros at this point so I could create a negative Fat Flux.  In the middle of week 5 I stopped tracking my macros out of laziness.  It gets so tedious after awhile!  I'm bummed I stopped because I don't know if I was able to achieve a true negative Fat Flux.  I'm going to try tracking again for the next 6 weeks because I'm curious to see how it'll affect me.

Goals: no more than 20 grams carbs, 96 grams fat, 90 grams protein

Week 4
1/22 - Barre 1 half & one | c: 76 | f: 168 | p: 87 | d cp
1/23 - Barre 2 | c: ? | f: ? | p: ? | d cp
1/24 - Basic | c: 17 | f: 62 | p: 72 | d cp
1/25 - Barre 1 11 oz & 2 lbs | c: 19 | f: 87 | p: 90 | cp
1/26 - Nap | c: 23 | f: 92 | p: 70 | cp
1/27 - Barre 2 | c: 18 | f: 89 | p: 110 | d cp
1/28 - Basic | c: 32 | f: 72 | p: 90 | d cp
week averages: c: 31 | f: 95 | p: 87 (averaged over 6 days rather than 7)

Week 5

1/29 - Barre 1 11 oz & 2 lbs | c: 20 | f: 77 | p: 93 | cp
1/30 - Barre 2 | c: 22 | f: 90 | p: 89 | d cp
1/31 - Basic* | c: 24 | f: 59 | p: 89 | cp
2/1 - Barre 1 11 oz & 2 lbs
2/2 - Barre 2
2/3 - Basic*
2/4 - Rest

Week 6
2/5 - Barre 1 11 oz & 2 lbs
2/6 - Temple
2/7 - Basic*
2/8 - Barre 2
2/9 - Sick
2/10 - Sick & hurt back
2/11 - Rest

*I added another vinyasa to the basic yoga routine.