Sorry for the sabbatical, but my life's gotten busy. I have been keeping a weight training schedule of 2 days on and one day off, rotating to different body parts. I'm also working on my HIIT cardio 3-4 days a week, now building up from 20 minutes (last week) to 30 minutes (next week). Another thing I'm doing is tracking my workouts by adding a column to my workout printout showing me the last set of reps/weights for an exercise.

The biggest change I've made is in my diet/eating habits and I'm loving it. (yeah, yeah....I finally listened to your advice) I follow this basic eating plan and eat non-starchy vegetables at my last meal of the day. It's pretty easy to follow as I can prepare alot of my food ahead of time and just create a meal by grabbing containers. I was always afraid of carbs and focused strictly on getting my protein, but as you can see I'm focused on whole foods for 4 of my 6 meals and only supplementing with protein shakes before/after my workouts.

Meal # 1: Protein, Large Banana, Strawberries
Training
Meal # 2: Protein, Large Banana, Strawberries, 2 Rice Cakes
Meal # 3: 3/4C dry Quick Oats, 8 Eggs Whites/Egg Beaters, 1/2 yolk
Meal # 4: 1 can water packed tuna, 6.5oz baked potato
Meal # 5: 4oz chicken breast, 8oz sweet potato
Meal # 6: 4oz turkey breast, 1C brocolli

Plus, I'm drinking a gallon or more of water each day.

Till next time .. keep training hard fellow fitness bloggers.
Steve