Happy Holidays!

All the things I ate for Christmas Eve dinner! I must have eaten 4000 calories, I can't be sure, I lost count after my third helping of food.  

Ain't the holidays grand; best excuse to "hog out".  

Just a few of the things I ate: fried chicken, green bean casserole, baked potato, baked cauliflower, salad
and some strange rice cracker potato salad mix (strange but tasty)

Close up of fried chicken.  Wooo, look at the crispy, crunchy golden skin

Glazed ham, hmm hmm

Tender beef tenderloin, yummy.  I had at least 3-4 pieces.  

Major neck pain from hard workout

Following up from yesterday's post where I was describing my boneheaded attempt at working off a crazed food binge through hardcore exercise.  Well, not only did I nearly make myself throw-up, but I woke up with a major stiff neck today.  I can only look at people by turning my shoulders!  My relatives think I've been imitating Michael Jackson's robot the whole day.

When I crashed out of yesterday's exercise I already felt a strange kink in my neck.  And I think I've isolated the reasons for my pulled neck muscles: 1) I was exercising too hard, i.e., over-extending my punches and over-twisting my shoulders to try to squeeze out as much calorie burn as possible, and 2) taking long "water-breaks", hence allowing my muscles to get cold.

Now I totally blame myself.  I ended up having to take long water-breaks because my stomach was stuffed to the brim with the mountain of food I had eaten.  So, as a result, my muscles got "cold" but then I threw myself into the exercise with a vengeance whenever I restarted the video.   

I'm going to do some research and self-experiment to see how to nurse my strained neck muscles.  

My daily caloric burn and food intake

Date	Weight (lbs)	BMR	Workout	Workout Burn (calories)	*Total Daily Burn (calories)	Total Food Intake (calories)	Net Caloric burn
Feb-5	123	1332	Zumba Sculpt	560	1950	1530	420
			Ab 200	58
Feb-4	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	637	1969	2100	-131
Feb-3	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	638	1970	4000	-2030
Feb-2	123	1332	P90X: Yoga	269	1601	1530	71
Feb-1	123	1332	P90X: Chest & Back	775	2155	2430	-275
			P90: Ab 200	48
Jan-31	123	1332	None	0	1332	2350	-1018
Jan-30	123	1332	P90X: Plyometrics	869	2201	1570	631
Jan-29	123	1332	Zumba Sculpt	702	2114	1780	334
			P90: Ab 200	80
Jan-28	NA	1332	None	0	1332	2200	-868
Jan-27	NA	1332	None	0	1332	1570	-238
Jan-26	NA	1332	None	0	1332	2350	-1018
Jan-25	123	1332	Zumba Sculpt	658	2060	1850	210
			P90: Ab 200	70
Jan-24	123	1332	None	0	1332	2500	-1168
Jan-23	123	1332	P90X: Legs & Back	846	2232	1860	372
			P90: Ab 200	54
Jan-22	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	698	2030	1630	400
Jan-21	123	1332	None	0	1332	2500	-1168
Jan-20	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	617	2018	1410	608
			P90: Ab 200	69
Jan-19	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	366	1698	1510	188
Jan-18	123	1332	P90X: Yoga	340	1672	1530	142
Jan-17	123	1332	None	0	1332	1710	-378
Jan-16	123	1332	P90X: Chest & Back	814	2203	1940	263
			P90: Ab 200	57
Jan-15	123	1332	P90X: Plyometrics	883	2215	1800	415
Jan-14	123	1332	Zumba Sculpt	745	2161	1800	361
			P90: Ab 200d	84
Jan-13	123	1332	X-Stretch	NA	1332	4000	-2668
Jan-12	123	1332	P90X: Legs & Back	834	2166	1980	186
Jan-11	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	748	2156	2320	-164
			P90: Ab 200	76
Jan-10	123	1332	P90X: Yoga	325	1685	1430	255
			P90: Ab 200	28
Jan-9	123	1332	P90X: Chest & Back	762	2094	1650	444
Jan-8	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	737	2138	1500	638
			P90: Ab 200	69
Jan-7	123	1332	Zumba Sculpt	769	2101	1880	221
Jan-6	123	1332	P90X: Plyometrics	984	2390	1850	540
			P90: Ab 200	74
Jan-5	123	1332	None	NA	1332	2480	-1148
Jan-4	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	748	2080	2490	-410
Jan-3	123	1332	X-Stretch	117	1479	1280	199
			P90: Ab 200	30
Jan-2	123	1332	P90X: Legs & Back	872	2204	2520	-316
Jan-1	123	1332	Zumba Sculpt	723	2055	2680	-625
Dec-31	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	754	2157	2350	-193
			P90: Ab 200	71
Dec-30	123	1332	P90X: Yoga	310	1642	1520	122
Dec-29	123	1332	P90X: Chest & Back	801	2133	1570	563
Dec-28	123	1332	P90X: Plyometrics	941	2336	1580	756
			P90: Ab 200	63
Dec-27	123	1332	Zumba Sculpt	433	1765	2600	-835
Dec-26	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	701	2133	4000	-1867
			P90: Ab 200	100
Dec-25	123	1332	P90X: Legs & Back	829	2161	4000	-1839
Dec-24	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	708	2040	4000	-1960
Dec-23	123	1332	Zumba Sculpt	670	2069	2280	-211
			P90 Ab 200	67
Dec-22	123	1332	None	0	1332	3080	-1748
Dec-21	123	1332	P90X: Core Synergistics	609	1941		-169
Dec-20	123	1332	Zumba Cardio	687	2093	1650	443
			P90: Ab 200	74
Dec-19	123	1332	P90X: Chest & Back	686	2018	1515	503

·         Total daily burn: is equal to BMR + Workout burn.  (* Total daily does not account for the calories I burn from normal daily activities.)

·         Net Caloric burn: is equal to Total Daily Burn – Total Food Intake