Hey all, back from my grandmother's 90th birthday celebration in Hilton Head, we had a great time with her, and she's doing terrific! Also saw some family I hadn't seen since I was a little kid, jumped in some huge waves at the beach with my wife and brother, stayed in a great condo, ate some excellent seafood and barbeque, saw 3 alligators and bunches of ibis along a hiking trail, and learned that when you get a bunch of old people together they can drink a ton!
Eating was a mixed bag, some meals were fairly healthy while others I didn't even attempt to hold back. One day we tried to find a no frills seafood place. If you have ever been to Hilton Head, then you know there aren't many hole-in-the-walls, but we found one called the Sea Shack and the food was awesome. It was clear from the start that it was kind of "soup nazi" environment where you are expected to know what you want to order when you reach the front of the line or face their wrath. So after a bit of waiting we get up there and wife tells me to order whatever I think will is best. So I start naming stuff off, and sure enough she starts shooting me quizzical disagreeing looks. So I start changing things around and the order taker starts huffing and puffing a bit and even goes as far as to rip up the paper with the original order on it. At least we don't live there, so if they had banished me (No Soup for You, One Year) it would have been OK! We eventually got our food though, the prices were very reasonable, and it was well worth the soup nazi hassle. We will definitely be back to the shack.
One other good thing, most activities at Hilton Head are outside and involve lots of walking so I did plenty of that, even hit 23,000+ pedometer steps one of the days. I got on the scale this morning and weighed the same as the day I left, so I grade the trip an A for taking a vacation without a weight gain. I wasn't ready to go back to work and start being responsible again, but I have missed you guys and look forward to catching up with everyone. Take care for tonight!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Don't Forget Me
Next few days are going to be real busy and I may not have the opportunity to post updates or keep up with everyone's journeys, but I'll still be thinking about y'all. Ran across this interesting article today that devles into some of the things that cause use to overeat. I never would have thought about some of the triggers they point out, but I definitely agree with a lot of them, and thought y'all might get soemthing out of it too.
Today's grade is a B- so far. Frosted Shredded Wheat with skim milk for breakfast, a Chik-A-Fila sandwich on wheat (no fries) and Chicken and Broccoli Chinese takeout is in route. Snacked on a 100 calorie bag of yogurt covered pretzels. So that'll be two salty (although reasonably lowfat) meals along with what will probably turn out to be mediocre amount of exercise.
Everyone keep up the great work!
Today's grade is a B- so far. Frosted Shredded Wheat with skim milk for breakfast, a Chik-A-Fila sandwich on wheat (no fries) and Chicken and Broccoli Chinese takeout is in route. Snacked on a 100 calorie bag of yogurt covered pretzels. So that'll be two salty (although reasonably lowfat) meals along with what will probably turn out to be mediocre amount of exercise.
Everyone keep up the great work!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
One Exit Away
We found a great little country restaurant only one exit down the interstate from our house. It's been there for a long time, but we hardly ever go that direction down the interstate because it is sort of headed the opposite direction of most places we go. I'm glad we checked it out though because I really like going to non-chain places with great food and it seems like those places are getting fewer and farther between.
Anyway, I had the Tuesday special: fried cod, whipped potatoes (no gravy), and green beans. The waitress apologized afterwards because they only give you one piece of fish and she felt bad for not warning me beforehand that it wouldn't be enough food, but I assured was plenty and really it was. Not that I couldn't have eaten 3 or 4 pieces, but the smaller portion sure played into my goal of moderation. And I didn't feel bad for having it because my meals up to that point consisted of a bowl of Raisin Bran, a bowl of oatmeal, and a 100 cal bag of yogurt covered pretzels. Also, hit 12,000+ steps and had a fair amount of water. Graidng today an A-, good night y'all!
Anyway, I had the Tuesday special: fried cod, whipped potatoes (no gravy), and green beans. The waitress apologized afterwards because they only give you one piece of fish and she felt bad for not warning me beforehand that it wouldn't be enough food, but I assured was plenty and really it was. Not that I couldn't have eaten 3 or 4 pieces, but the smaller portion sure played into my goal of moderation. And I didn't feel bad for having it because my meals up to that point consisted of a bowl of Raisin Bran, a bowl of oatmeal, and a 100 cal bag of yogurt covered pretzels. Also, hit 12,000+ steps and had a fair amount of water. Graidng today an A-, good night y'all!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Freestyle
Thanks everyone for the compliments yesterday, it just sort of hit me yesterday what a big change in me that whole eat in moderation thing represents. I noticed another one case of this tonight. I ended up eating real light for breakfast and lunch, so my wife and and I went to Moe's for dinner and I had the grilled chicken bowl, fairly healthy. But the big thing is this: when I was done eating, I noticed that my wife only ate about half of her chicken fajitas. In the past, this would have meant instant annihilation, Imperial Stormtrooper style, courtesy of Matt. And I'm not saying the urge wasn't there at all, but I was already full, I took one little bite of chicken and that was the end of the raid.
Grading today a B+ for eating well enough, drinking lots of water, and for not raiding the leftovers. By the way, I've departed from the "food log" approach in every blog post. I still will talk about what I eat, but I was finding there were nights when I didn't feel like posting because listing every food item eaten felt like a chore, like an assignment. So it's freestyle, from here on out, unless I find I need to go back to the food log for accountability.
Good night y'all.
Grading today a B+ for eating well enough, drinking lots of water, and for not raiding the leftovers. By the way, I've departed from the "food log" approach in every blog post. I still will talk about what I eat, but I was finding there were nights when I didn't feel like posting because listing every food item eaten felt like a chore, like an assignment. So it's freestyle, from here on out, unless I find I need to go back to the food log for accountability.
Good night y'all.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Corn Nuts
It is late, so another short post. Grading today a B+ for eating reasonable portions of foods I really like (omelet, BBQ chicken, low sodium ham on pita, peas and mushrooms) at all meals, drinking enough water, getting 12,000+ pedometer steps (mostly from yard work). Snacked on a few too many Corn Nuts or might have graded higher.
I feel like I'm generally back on track from last week's mini slump and ready to lose a few more pounds soon. One big corner I can slowly feel myself turning is not feeling like I have to eat a whole bunch of something just because it tastes great. I'm not all the way there on this, but I do find that it's easier these days to eat just 1 piece of fried chicken rather than 3 or 4, or 1-2 slices of pizza instead of all that is available. For me that is a big deal. Good night all.
I feel like I'm generally back on track from last week's mini slump and ready to lose a few more pounds soon. One big corner I can slowly feel myself turning is not feeling like I have to eat a whole bunch of something just because it tastes great. I'm not all the way there on this, but I do find that it's easier these days to eat just 1 piece of fried chicken rather than 3 or 4, or 1-2 slices of pizza instead of all that is available. For me that is a big deal. Good night all.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Anonymous
Very short post tonight because a good blogger bud of mine had an Anonymous comment dropped on her site, and I ended up pouring all my blogging energy into the ensuing controversy. I didn't intend to and even told myself at the start that I was going to quickly say my two cents and move on, but that just didn't happen.
One big thing of note for me was my very first 20,000+ pedometer step day of 2010, which earned me all kinds of "bonus miles" on my employer health program. And almost all of it came from the walking that just happened during the course of having to do a whole bunch of stuff today.
Good night y'all!
One big thing of note for me was my very first 20,000+ pedometer step day of 2010, which earned me all kinds of "bonus miles" on my employer health program. And almost all of it came from the walking that just happened during the course of having to do a whole bunch of stuff today.
Good night y'all!
Friday, April 16, 2010
Food Watching
I feel silly admitting this, but since I started on Jan 1, I sometimes find myself watching what people sitting at other tables in restaurants eat. Not always, but generally, the thinner people order reasonable healthy dishes or at least they tend to eat the heavier foods in moderation. And the heavier people are piling their buffet plate so high that you'd think they were never going to get another crack at eating again. But today at Five Guys Burgers, I saw this very fit looking woman taking her order back to her table and I figured she'd have a tiny burger or something. Instead it looked like the full sized burger loaded with everything and the big ol' paper bag of fries to boot. I thought to myself, "she'll only eat part of the burger and maybe a few fries," but this chick ate every bite of both. Have you ever seen how many fries come in the bag at Five Guys?!? Maybe she works out like crazy, who knows. I find that I even get a little pissed off when I see this kind of stuff because I know what happens when I eat like that regularly, and I wish I could just eat as much I want all the time too. But the fact is I can't unless I want to start putting on the pounds again, so moderation it is. Ah well, enough of that rant.
It's been a long week with a lot of stuff going on - I'm exhausted and not in the mood to log my food and all - this lack of interest in logging might also have a little to do with the fact I ate lunch at Five Guys Burgers and dinner from KFC but ... in my defense .. neither meal was over the top. However, I realize I shouldn't be eatne stuff like that back to back. As a result of busy week, my exercising has also slacked off. Starting tomorrow morning, I'm back to hitting at least 10,000 steps a day and eating better.
Good night y'all!
It's been a long week with a lot of stuff going on - I'm exhausted and not in the mood to log my food and all - this lack of interest in logging might also have a little to do with the fact I ate lunch at Five Guys Burgers and dinner from KFC but ... in my defense .. neither meal was over the top. However, I realize I shouldn't be eatne stuff like that back to back. As a result of busy week, my exercising has also slacked off. Starting tomorrow morning, I'm back to hitting at least 10,000 steps a day and eating better.
Good night y'all!
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Cool Whip
Thoughts for Today
Do you guys ever take a quick nap after dinner and wake up feeling even more exhausted rather than refreshed? That happened with me tonight and I just couldn't bring myself to jump roping or a Wii Fit session afterwards. I didn't even want to take the quick walk around the block that my wife badgered me into before bed, but I'm glad she did because at least it put me over 7000 pedometer steps to earn a few Health Miles for the day. Otherwise, I would have gone straight to bed without earing any for the first time in a couple months.
Grading today a C for general slothiness and for some snacking when I really wasn't hungry. However, out of that unecessary snacking I discovered that fat free vanilla ice cream pretty much tastes like Cool Whip. Maybe that's what it really is.
Good night all.
Exercise
Exhausted tonight so just a short walk around the neighborhood.
Breakfast
Kellog's Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Thai food - Red Curry Chicken and spring roll. Only ate about 2/3 the rice. Water.
Dinner
Leftover bowl of spaghetti from last night with thin multi grain spaghetti and garlic toast made from wheta pita bread. Water.
Snacks
Kellog's Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. About 15-20 small gourmet jelly beans. Small cup of fat free vanilla ice cream with a couple spoonfuls of chocolate jimmies (sprinkles). A few Red Hots (atomic fire balls).
Do you guys ever take a quick nap after dinner and wake up feeling even more exhausted rather than refreshed? That happened with me tonight and I just couldn't bring myself to jump roping or a Wii Fit session afterwards. I didn't even want to take the quick walk around the block that my wife badgered me into before bed, but I'm glad she did because at least it put me over 7000 pedometer steps to earn a few Health Miles for the day. Otherwise, I would have gone straight to bed without earing any for the first time in a couple months.
Grading today a C for general slothiness and for some snacking when I really wasn't hungry. However, out of that unecessary snacking I discovered that fat free vanilla ice cream pretty much tastes like Cool Whip. Maybe that's what it really is.
Good night all.
Exercise
Exhausted tonight so just a short walk around the neighborhood.
Breakfast
Kellog's Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Thai food - Red Curry Chicken and spring roll. Only ate about 2/3 the rice. Water.
Dinner
Leftover bowl of spaghetti from last night with thin multi grain spaghetti and garlic toast made from wheta pita bread. Water.
Snacks
Kellog's Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. About 15-20 small gourmet jelly beans. Small cup of fat free vanilla ice cream with a couple spoonfuls of chocolate jimmies (sprinkles). A few Red Hots (atomic fire balls).
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Tax Man
Short post tonight because it's been a long day. After a full day at work, hit Kroger for a few groceries, then came home and let the dogs out, picked up my lawnmower from the shop, finished up some tax stuff, made spaghetti for dinner, and did some jump roping with the wife.
Grading today a C- because I didn't hit my 10,000 pedometer steps, ordered sushi buffet for lunch instead of a few rolls and then didn't follow it up with the light dinner I should have. But what the hell, it was a busy day with taxes and all and I can't always do right. Glad that I'm posting about it though, so at least in my mind I know today was a C- and to strive to not repeat the same grade or worse tomorrow. The sushi place was really cool by the way. It was not a traditional buffet. Instead it was one of those where the sushi goes around the entire place on a conveyor belt in little dishes covered with transparent plastic and when you like one goes by your table, you grab it. And grab we did! Not a place I'll go too often because I eat too much, but it was a lot of fun.
Good night y'all!
Grading today a C- because I didn't hit my 10,000 pedometer steps, ordered sushi buffet for lunch instead of a few rolls and then didn't follow it up with the light dinner I should have. But what the hell, it was a busy day with taxes and all and I can't always do right. Glad that I'm posting about it though, so at least in my mind I know today was a C- and to strive to not repeat the same grade or worse tomorrow. The sushi place was really cool by the way. It was not a traditional buffet. Instead it was one of those where the sushi goes around the entire place on a conveyor belt in little dishes covered with transparent plastic and when you like one goes by your table, you grab it. And grab we did! Not a place I'll go too often because I eat too much, but it was a lot of fun.
Good night y'all!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
McPounds
Thoughts for Today
Yesterday was my 100th blog post and today I hit the 25 lb weight loss mark, so I figure I'm losing a Quarter Pounder every time I post. If I start posting twice a day, will I lose a Double Quarter Pounder each night?
Joking aside, this is definitely the most success I have ever had at losing weight and I'm starting to hear more and more comments about it. One of the folks I met for lunch today asked me if they were paying me enough at my job to buy groceries, LOL! I know I've said it many times before, but I can't thank my blogging buds enough. Y'all play a big part in the success by being here every day to talk about stuff.
Grading myself a B today. Lunch was too much, but I don't downgrade that as much as I would for a heavy dinner that sits on the stomach all night. Plus got plenty of exercise, drank enough water, and snacking was reasonable.
Exercise
Over 12,000+ steps again, including 500 jump ropes.
Breakfast
2 Fiber One muffins. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Met up with two folks from a previous company for Mediterranean and had the Mixed Grill, which was an excellent combo of lamb, chicken, yellow rice, hummus, salad, and wheat pita. Glass of water. As a token gesture, I didn't finish everything, but it was definitely token. The remainder would have fit neatly into a Dixie cup.
Dinner
I made baked chicken tenders, macaroni and cheese, and a Birds Eye Steamer Bag of Baby Peas and Mushrooms. Reasonable portions of each. Bottle of Bud Lite.
Snacks
Kellog's Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. About 15-20 small gourmet jelly beans. 2 slices cantaloupe. 100 calorie vanilla ice cream bar. A small handful of Kettle cooked chips.
Yesterday was my 100th blog post and today I hit the 25 lb weight loss mark, so I figure I'm losing a Quarter Pounder every time I post. If I start posting twice a day, will I lose a Double Quarter Pounder each night?
Joking aside, this is definitely the most success I have ever had at losing weight and I'm starting to hear more and more comments about it. One of the folks I met for lunch today asked me if they were paying me enough at my job to buy groceries, LOL! I know I've said it many times before, but I can't thank my blogging buds enough. Y'all play a big part in the success by being here every day to talk about stuff.
Grading myself a B today. Lunch was too much, but I don't downgrade that as much as I would for a heavy dinner that sits on the stomach all night. Plus got plenty of exercise, drank enough water, and snacking was reasonable.
Exercise
Over 12,000+ steps again, including 500 jump ropes.
Breakfast
2 Fiber One muffins. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Met up with two folks from a previous company for Mediterranean and had the Mixed Grill, which was an excellent combo of lamb, chicken, yellow rice, hummus, salad, and wheat pita. Glass of water. As a token gesture, I didn't finish everything, but it was definitely token. The remainder would have fit neatly into a Dixie cup.
Dinner
I made baked chicken tenders, macaroni and cheese, and a Birds Eye Steamer Bag of Baby Peas and Mushrooms. Reasonable portions of each. Bottle of Bud Lite.
Snacks
Kellog's Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. About 15-20 small gourmet jelly beans. 2 slices cantaloupe. 100 calorie vanilla ice cream bar. A small handful of Kettle cooked chips.
Monday, April 12, 2010
100th Post!
Thoughts for Today
Today is my 100th blog post and I can't believe it! When I started this blog on New Years Day, I couldn't imagine that anyone out on the great wide internet would possibly care what I was saying. Honestly, I wouldn't have been shocked at all if it was something I did for a couple weeks or so and then it just fizzled out. But to my pleasant surprise, I've made lots of friends on here and new followers continue to trickle in each week. So thank y'all for giving me a reason to stick to the blog, and more importantly to my goals.
Grading myself a C+ today. Salty lunch and a bit too much snacking, but at least I got plenty of pedometer steps. Gonna chug a big glass o' water and hit the hay, good night.
Exercise
Over 12,000+ steps again. All exercise come from yard work and a short walk with the wife.
Breakfast
2 Fiber One muffins. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Taco Bell. 2 Soft Beef Tacos. Diet Pepsi.
Dinner
Leftover 1/2 vegetable burrito from Taco Express last night. About 15-20 chips with salsa. Michelob Ultra Lite.
Snacks
Kellog's Peanut Butter Fiber Bar. 15-20 Reduced Fat Wheat Thins. About 25-30 small gourmet jelly beans. 2 slices cantaloupe. Handful of salted peanuts. A few handfuls of Choco-Cheerios. A couple bites of Sorbee (sugar free chocolate bar).
Today is my 100th blog post and I can't believe it! When I started this blog on New Years Day, I couldn't imagine that anyone out on the great wide internet would possibly care what I was saying. Honestly, I wouldn't have been shocked at all if it was something I did for a couple weeks or so and then it just fizzled out. But to my pleasant surprise, I've made lots of friends on here and new followers continue to trickle in each week. So thank y'all for giving me a reason to stick to the blog, and more importantly to my goals.
Grading myself a C+ today. Salty lunch and a bit too much snacking, but at least I got plenty of pedometer steps. Gonna chug a big glass o' water and hit the hay, good night.
Exercise
Over 12,000+ steps again. All exercise come from yard work and a short walk with the wife.
Breakfast
2 Fiber One muffins. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Taco Bell. 2 Soft Beef Tacos. Diet Pepsi.
Dinner
Leftover 1/2 vegetable burrito from Taco Express last night. About 15-20 chips with salsa. Michelob Ultra Lite.
Snacks
Kellog's Peanut Butter Fiber Bar. 15-20 Reduced Fat Wheat Thins. About 25-30 small gourmet jelly beans. 2 slices cantaloupe. Handful of salted peanuts. A few handfuls of Choco-Cheerios. A couple bites of Sorbee (sugar free chocolate bar).
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Long Day
Thoughts for Today
Wife and I worked pretty much from 7am until now clearing extra stuff out of the garage and the house and hauling it to Goodwill and the dump. We have needed to do it for a long time, and I'm glad we did but I'm exhausted!
Grading myself a B+ today. Dinner was a bit heavy and too salty, but I feel like I burned off plenty of calories and drank plenty of water throughout are long, long day. Going to bed now, good night all!
Exercise
Over 12,000+ steps with all "exercise" coming from working around the house and garage.
Breakfast
2 Fiber One muffins. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Subway. 6" turkey and ham on wheat with tomato, lettuce, green peppers, banana peppers, red onion, black olives, spices, vinegar/oil. Baked Lays BBQ chips.
Dinner
After a very long day, we got the chance to relax on the patio of Taco Express for Chicken Fajitas and beer. Probably ate a bit too much, but did not eat any tortilla shells. About 15-20 chips with salsa. Michelob Ultra Lite.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. 15-20 Reduced Fat Triscuits. About 10-15 small gourmet jelly beans. An apple.
Wife and I worked pretty much from 7am until now clearing extra stuff out of the garage and the house and hauling it to Goodwill and the dump. We have needed to do it for a long time, and I'm glad we did but I'm exhausted!
Grading myself a B+ today. Dinner was a bit heavy and too salty, but I feel like I burned off plenty of calories and drank plenty of water throughout are long, long day. Going to bed now, good night all!
Exercise
Over 12,000+ steps with all "exercise" coming from working around the house and garage.
Breakfast
2 Fiber One muffins. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Subway. 6" turkey and ham on wheat with tomato, lettuce, green peppers, banana peppers, red onion, black olives, spices, vinegar/oil. Baked Lays BBQ chips.
Dinner
After a very long day, we got the chance to relax on the patio of Taco Express for Chicken Fajitas and beer. Probably ate a bit too much, but did not eat any tortilla shells. About 15-20 chips with salsa. Michelob Ultra Lite.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. 15-20 Reduced Fat Triscuits. About 10-15 small gourmet jelly beans. An apple.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Mule Day
Thoughts for Today
Grading myself a C+ today. Lunch was obviously not healthy, but hey, when at the fair my opinion is eat fair food. Grade was pulled down a bit from an overall salty day, which I'm trying to avoid. But plenty of water and plenty of exercise, so a good old mediocre C+ is about right.
Exercise
Walked a lot at MuleDay and did 500 jump ropes for 12,000+ steps..
Breakfast
Egg McMuffin and one bite of hashbrown. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
I don't know that it can be called lunch. Family outing to Mule Day, which is basically a huge county fair, except that thousands of mules and people from around the country show up for mule parades and lots of other mule activities. Things started OK, an ear of roasted corn, dipped in some butter like stuff but I'm OK with that so far. Then the girls hit the restroom, and my duties were to watch over the stuff, which included drinks and of course funnel cake, basically leaving the fox to guard the henhouse. I bet I ate half of it, and dang was it good. I shouldn't have, but I consider it one of those foods where all bets are off, hungry or not. Other samplings included a bite or two of a hotdog, some lemonade, and few handfuls of cotton candy.
Dinner
Captain D's for a grilled salmon salad with Fat Free Italian, which I think was a nice recovery from lunch. Black coffee.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. 4-6 Reduced Fat Triscuits. About 15-20 small gourmet jelly beans. An apple.
Grading myself a C+ today. Lunch was obviously not healthy, but hey, when at the fair my opinion is eat fair food. Grade was pulled down a bit from an overall salty day, which I'm trying to avoid. But plenty of water and plenty of exercise, so a good old mediocre C+ is about right.
Exercise
Walked a lot at MuleDay and did 500 jump ropes for 12,000+ steps..
Breakfast
Egg McMuffin and one bite of hashbrown. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
I don't know that it can be called lunch. Family outing to Mule Day, which is basically a huge county fair, except that thousands of mules and people from around the country show up for mule parades and lots of other mule activities. Things started OK, an ear of roasted corn, dipped in some butter like stuff but I'm OK with that so far. Then the girls hit the restroom, and my duties were to watch over the stuff, which included drinks and of course funnel cake, basically leaving the fox to guard the henhouse. I bet I ate half of it, and dang was it good. I shouldn't have, but I consider it one of those foods where all bets are off, hungry or not. Other samplings included a bite or two of a hotdog, some lemonade, and few handfuls of cotton candy.
Dinner
Captain D's for a grilled salmon salad with Fat Free Italian, which I think was a nice recovery from lunch. Black coffee.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. 4-6 Reduced Fat Triscuits. About 15-20 small gourmet jelly beans. An apple.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Stung
Was just preparing coffee for tomorrow when BAM I got stung by a wasp/hornet. Damn did that hurt! Luckily wife immediately pulled out a tube of anti-sting lotion and it worked like a charm, yeah she's got one of everything...
Anyway, got back on the jump roping thing today, and upped it to 500 jumps. Wife was reading that the best way to do it to maximize calorie burning is to walk around between repetitions of 50 or so to keep up the heart rate. Tried it that way it it worked pretty well. I felt less wore out afterwards. Gonna try alternating jump roping and running every other day so I don't get bored, which happens easily.
Grading today another A-. Yeah I had a Jersey Mike's Turkey and Provolone sandwich (not the best) for lunch but the rest of the day's eating was good, had plenty of water, and hit 12,000+ steps. Also tried a small serving of sugarless chocolate bar that was surprisingly good. Hope y'all are having a great weekend.
Anyway, got back on the jump roping thing today, and upped it to 500 jumps. Wife was reading that the best way to do it to maximize calorie burning is to walk around between repetitions of 50 or so to keep up the heart rate. Tried it that way it it worked pretty well. I felt less wore out afterwards. Gonna try alternating jump roping and running every other day so I don't get bored, which happens easily.
Grading today another A-. Yeah I had a Jersey Mike's Turkey and Provolone sandwich (not the best) for lunch but the rest of the day's eating was good, had plenty of water, and hit 12,000+ steps. Also tried a small serving of sugarless chocolate bar that was surprisingly good. Hope y'all are having a great weekend.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Fish n' Chips
Thoughts for Today
Grading myself another A- today. Yeah I ate fish n' chips for lunch, but I didn't overdo anything and that's totally consistent with what I'm trying to do: lose weight without denying myself any particular food(s) through simple moderation and a reasonable amount of exercise, without letting the weight loss effort take over my life. That's about all I got for today, good night y'all.
Exercise
Ran on the Wii Fit for 20 minutes again and got my 10,000+ steps..
Breakfast
Lemon poppy seed muffin from Publix. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Dan McGuiness for fish n' chips. I think I got shorted on the fish, just two mediocre sized pieces, but that worked out just fine cause I didn't need the extra and I got plenty full without feeling stuffed. Only ate half the chips (fries). Water.
Dinner
Ham sandwich (with 2 slices of reduced sodium Boar's Head) and a slice of Monterey Jack with spicy mustard on double fiber bread. 1 serving reduced fat Cape Cod chips. Water.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. 4-6 Reduced Fat Triscuits. 2 slices of cantaloupe. One small chocolate chip cookie.
Grading myself another A- today. Yeah I ate fish n' chips for lunch, but I didn't overdo anything and that's totally consistent with what I'm trying to do: lose weight without denying myself any particular food(s) through simple moderation and a reasonable amount of exercise, without letting the weight loss effort take over my life. That's about all I got for today, good night y'all.
Exercise
Ran on the Wii Fit for 20 minutes again and got my 10,000+ steps..
Breakfast
Lemon poppy seed muffin from Publix. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Dan McGuiness for fish n' chips. I think I got shorted on the fish, just two mediocre sized pieces, but that worked out just fine cause I didn't need the extra and I got plenty full without feeling stuffed. Only ate half the chips (fries). Water.
Dinner
Ham sandwich (with 2 slices of reduced sodium Boar's Head) and a slice of Monterey Jack with spicy mustard on double fiber bread. 1 serving reduced fat Cape Cod chips. Water.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate Chip Fiber Bar. 4-6 Reduced Fat Triscuits. 2 slices of cantaloupe. One small chocolate chip cookie.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
From D- to A-
Thoughts for Today
Felt good to run on the Wii Fit again and have a good overall eating day with plenty of water. Grading today an A- (big improvement over yesterday's D-) since it was a good day for the "getting back on track" cause.. I'm really tired and have another long day of meetings tomorrow, so I'm gonna wrap it up for today. Night y'all!
Exercise
Ran on the Wii Fit for 20 minutes and wife and I took a walk, so got 12,000+ steps.
Breakfast
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Chik-A-Fila for a Grilled Chicken Salad. Used only 1/2 the raspberry vinegarette dressing and a small pack of croutons. Water.
Dinner
Wife found a 5 ingredient recipe for Light Sour Cream Tortellini, with pesto, parmesan cheese, and broccoli along with a tomato cucumber salad she made with lite Italian. Also had 1/2 of a small piece of Freschetta pizza from my son's dinner. Water.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. 4-6 Reduced Fat Triscuits. 1 Dunkin Donuts Munchkin.
Felt good to run on the Wii Fit again and have a good overall eating day with plenty of water. Grading today an A- (big improvement over yesterday's D-) since it was a good day for the "getting back on track" cause.. I'm really tired and have another long day of meetings tomorrow, so I'm gonna wrap it up for today. Night y'all!
Exercise
Ran on the Wii Fit for 20 minutes and wife and I took a walk, so got 12,000+ steps.
Breakfast
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Chik-A-Fila for a Grilled Chicken Salad. Used only 1/2 the raspberry vinegarette dressing and a small pack of croutons. Water.
Dinner
Wife found a 5 ingredient recipe for Light Sour Cream Tortellini, with pesto, parmesan cheese, and broccoli along with a tomato cucumber salad she made with lite Italian. Also had 1/2 of a small piece of Freschetta pizza from my son's dinner. Water.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. 4-6 Reduced Fat Triscuits. 1 Dunkin Donuts Munchkin.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Tale of Two Dinners
Thoughts for Today
I haven't been keeping up with you guys' blogs well lately, have barely found time to do my own posts. But I do appreciate all the comments and new followers and promise to catch up with y'all soon.
Today I did something kind of stupid. I came home from work late and was hungry and had a big bowl of Raisin Bran. Wife was late getting home too and called on her way home with that "I wanna go out to eat" sound in her voice. I didn't wanna admit I was basically full already and so I agreed to go to Chinese, thinking that I could just eat a little and take the rest home. Well we went in the Chinese place and it was just blazing hot in there for some reason and so we ended up at the Japanese place next door. I looked for something small to order, but sushi was all I could really find. I don't consider sushi to be very leftover friendly food, so ended up eating all but 2 rolls and feeling like crap afterwards because I basically ate 2 dinners.
Grading myself an D- today as a result of all this dumb behavior. Also because when I pulled it in the driveway, I was going to run on the Wii Fit to make sure I hit my 10,000 steps and ended up goofing around watching TV too long to do it. There was no good excuse not to run 20 minutes, Not too mention too much overall eating and too much salt.
Feels better to at least document the silliness here on the blog, and strive not to repeat it. Good night y'all!
Exercise
Wife and I took a walk, but it wasn't enough 10,000 steps. Spent far too much time sitting in a conference room today to get enough steps.
Breakfast
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Cheeseburger Charlie's for a 1/3 lb burger with letuuce, pico, onion, and BBQ sauce. Ate 1/2 the order of fries, Diet Pepsi.
Dinner
Japanese - Philadelphia Roll and Salmon Skin roll. Used low sodium soy.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. Big bowl of Raisin Bran. 4-5 malted milk balls (Whoppers). The carton of Whoppers from Valentines Day is finally gone.
I haven't been keeping up with you guys' blogs well lately, have barely found time to do my own posts. But I do appreciate all the comments and new followers and promise to catch up with y'all soon.
Today I did something kind of stupid. I came home from work late and was hungry and had a big bowl of Raisin Bran. Wife was late getting home too and called on her way home with that "I wanna go out to eat" sound in her voice. I didn't wanna admit I was basically full already and so I agreed to go to Chinese, thinking that I could just eat a little and take the rest home. Well we went in the Chinese place and it was just blazing hot in there for some reason and so we ended up at the Japanese place next door. I looked for something small to order, but sushi was all I could really find. I don't consider sushi to be very leftover friendly food, so ended up eating all but 2 rolls and feeling like crap afterwards because I basically ate 2 dinners.
Grading myself an D- today as a result of all this dumb behavior. Also because when I pulled it in the driveway, I was going to run on the Wii Fit to make sure I hit my 10,000 steps and ended up goofing around watching TV too long to do it. There was no good excuse not to run 20 minutes, Not too mention too much overall eating and too much salt.
Feels better to at least document the silliness here on the blog, and strive not to repeat it. Good night y'all!
Exercise
Wife and I took a walk, but it wasn't enough 10,000 steps. Spent far too much time sitting in a conference room today to get enough steps.
Breakfast
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Cheeseburger Charlie's for a 1/3 lb burger with letuuce, pico, onion, and BBQ sauce. Ate 1/2 the order of fries, Diet Pepsi.
Dinner
Japanese - Philadelphia Roll and Salmon Skin roll. Used low sodium soy.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. Big bowl of Raisin Bran. 4-5 malted milk balls (Whoppers). The carton of Whoppers from Valentines Day is finally gone.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Work Got Me Back on Track
Thoughts for Today
As y'all who read my blog know, I haven't been doing well with weight loss since mid last week. Today I was in an all day meeting with a big carton of Panera sandwiches provided for lunch. Unfortunately, all the sandwiches already had mayo on them, which I don't care for, so I just had salad, bread, and a small bag of chips and managed to be full enough. So what could have been a heavy lunch wound up a light lunch, even if it wasn't my choice. Also, before this all day meeting, I had (sure enough) another meeting to attend in a building about 1/2 mile away. Normally I would have driven over, but I happened to bump into a co-worker walking over and decided to walk as well. So when I got from form work, I already had almost all the pedometer steps I need for the day, as opposed to the norm of having to hop on the Wii Fit and run.
Grading myself a B+ for the day as eating was good, plenty of water, enough exercise, and just for having a decent day finally. Good night y'all!
Exercise
Will hit 10,000+ pedometer steps by the time day is over.
Breakfast
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Panera - Garden salad with vinegarette dressing. Small piece of baguette Small bag of potato chips. Water.
Dinner
Reasonable portion of Easter leftovers. Ham, green beans, pinto beans and onion. Water.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. 2 cups of black coffee. A Girl Scout Cookie (Samoan). About 40-50 small gourmet jelly beans.
As y'all who read my blog know, I haven't been doing well with weight loss since mid last week. Today I was in an all day meeting with a big carton of Panera sandwiches provided for lunch. Unfortunately, all the sandwiches already had mayo on them, which I don't care for, so I just had salad, bread, and a small bag of chips and managed to be full enough. So what could have been a heavy lunch wound up a light lunch, even if it wasn't my choice. Also, before this all day meeting, I had (sure enough) another meeting to attend in a building about 1/2 mile away. Normally I would have driven over, but I happened to bump into a co-worker walking over and decided to walk as well. So when I got from form work, I already had almost all the pedometer steps I need for the day, as opposed to the norm of having to hop on the Wii Fit and run.
Grading myself a B+ for the day as eating was good, plenty of water, enough exercise, and just for having a decent day finally. Good night y'all!
Exercise
Will hit 10,000+ pedometer steps by the time day is over.
Breakfast
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. 2 cups of black coffee.
Lunch
Panera - Garden salad with vinegarette dressing. Small piece of baguette Small bag of potato chips. Water.
Dinner
Reasonable portion of Easter leftovers. Ham, green beans, pinto beans and onion. Water.
Snacks
Kellog's Dark Chocolate and Almond Fiber Bar. 2 cups of black coffee. A Girl Scout Cookie (Samoan). About 40-50 small gourmet jelly beans.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter to all my blogger friends, and may you all have a blessed day! Headed out into the country this afternoon for a big family meal. Wife is cooking a big ham and green beans right now. Exercise and weight loss have been kind of derailed since Eighties Night (I'm up a pound or two) and I am going to try to eat a moderate plate of everything, but no promises.
The truth is that over the last few days I've allowed a lot of external factors to creep in and start chipping away at my doing the things that have been working. Not that I've been running around eating buffet after buffet or anything, just subtle little things I've noticed like snacking a few Sour Cream and Onion Chips when I wasn't hungry at all, skipping my after-work Wii Fit run altogether because something else came up...the kind of things can can snowball into bigger problems.
Tomorrow it's back to jump roping and running on the Wii Fit - I've actually been enjoying it a lot more since I found my old CD collection. Back to logging what I eat here on the blog. Back to elimination of mindless eating when I'm not hungry. Back to grading myself on the A-F scale each day. Back to cutting way back on the salt. Back to making sure I drink plenty of water. Back with a vengeance to all the things that have been working successfully, making me feel better overall, and drawing more and more compliments from family, co-workers, and friends.
But for today, I hope y'all have a very Happy Easter! You bloggers have become part of my life and I wish the best upon each and every one of you.
The truth is that over the last few days I've allowed a lot of external factors to creep in and start chipping away at my doing the things that have been working. Not that I've been running around eating buffet after buffet or anything, just subtle little things I've noticed like snacking a few Sour Cream and Onion Chips when I wasn't hungry at all, skipping my after-work Wii Fit run altogether because something else came up...the kind of things can can snowball into bigger problems.
Tomorrow it's back to jump roping and running on the Wii Fit - I've actually been enjoying it a lot more since I found my old CD collection. Back to logging what I eat here on the blog. Back to elimination of mindless eating when I'm not hungry. Back to grading myself on the A-F scale each day. Back to cutting way back on the salt. Back to making sure I drink plenty of water. Back with a vengeance to all the things that have been working successfully, making me feel better overall, and drawing more and more compliments from family, co-workers, and friends.
But for today, I hope y'all have a very Happy Easter! You bloggers have become part of my life and I wish the best upon each and every one of you.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Eighties Night Fallout
Diversion from my normal blog. Eating and exercise were not good, so I'll concentrate on what was good:
I don't have any pictures to post from Eighties Night at our local sports bar last night, but I will try to paint a picture of the evening. We got all ready at the house, my son wearing the Ralph Lauren khakis, Polo shirt, and sweater tied and draped over the shoulders. Wife with the denimy feathered hair approach. And me sporting the straight tight jeans, white collared shirt, piano tie, and hair loaded with hairspray. When we pulled up to the place, we all kind of had this moment of hesitation like "This sounded great when we first heard about it but now that we're actually here...walking into a public place..looking like this..what if we're the only ones dressed up?"
But we soon got past that and instantly knew all was well when we walked in to a cheesy bleach blond haired, red suspender wearing, flashlight toting DJ waving his arms around like a madman and singing along to Bananarama. I mean the place is pretty 80s-friendly looking to begin with, but this dude sealed the deal. From then on, it felt pretty much like we were actually living in an 80s movie. Some highlights that were not typical Thursday night fare for us:
- Staying out after midnight on a weeknight downing beers (hey they were Bud Light at least)
- Basically talking to everyone in the place as if we knew them all, like it was St Elmo's Fire or something
- I was told by a waitress that I looked like Robert Palmer
- I was approached (while sitting at the table with my wife and son) by a woman dressed something like this, but with more bracelets and stuff, who looked me straight in the eyes and said "I want to have your tie." So many potential cheesy 80s movie type responses to that, but I wisely opted not to use any of them! Our son really wished he had worn the piano tie at that point.
- My wife was approached by this dude who staggering around half in the bag, leaning all over women, while busting his signature pump thrust move (You know there's one of them in every 80s flick! This guys lives the part too, of the 10 or so times I've been to the place, he's been there probably 8 times) . He started telling her how "darling, I have more experience than those 2 a&&h&les put together" (my son and I being the two a&&h&les) and so on. Now normally I would have gotten really pissed for him talking like that and would have ran the dude off. And I would have if he had started touching her. But somehow I wasn't mad at the guy. In fact, the whole thing was really hilarious and my son and I were dying laughing (I mean tears) while this was going on and we actually ended up talking to him for a while as if we were all best buddies. Boy did that feel straight out of a movie scene.
My son, who was born in the 80s but didn't grow up in the 80s said of the night "it was the closest to living in the 80s I'll ever get."
Hope y'all enjoyed the departure from my normal topics, have a great night!
I don't have any pictures to post from Eighties Night at our local sports bar last night, but I will try to paint a picture of the evening. We got all ready at the house, my son wearing the Ralph Lauren khakis, Polo shirt, and sweater tied and draped over the shoulders. Wife with the denimy feathered hair approach. And me sporting the straight tight jeans, white collared shirt, piano tie, and hair loaded with hairspray. When we pulled up to the place, we all kind of had this moment of hesitation like "This sounded great when we first heard about it but now that we're actually here...walking into a public place..looking like this..what if we're the only ones dressed up?"
But we soon got past that and instantly knew all was well when we walked in to a cheesy bleach blond haired, red suspender wearing, flashlight toting DJ waving his arms around like a madman and singing along to Bananarama. I mean the place is pretty 80s-friendly looking to begin with, but this dude sealed the deal. From then on, it felt pretty much like we were actually living in an 80s movie. Some highlights that were not typical Thursday night fare for us:
- Staying out after midnight on a weeknight downing beers (hey they were Bud Light at least)
- Basically talking to everyone in the place as if we knew them all, like it was St Elmo's Fire or something
- I was told by a waitress that I looked like Robert Palmer
- I was approached (while sitting at the table with my wife and son) by a woman dressed something like this, but with more bracelets and stuff, who looked me straight in the eyes and said "I want to have your tie." So many potential cheesy 80s movie type responses to that, but I wisely opted not to use any of them! Our son really wished he had worn the piano tie at that point.
- My wife was approached by this dude who staggering around half in the bag, leaning all over women, while busting his signature pump thrust move (You know there's one of them in every 80s flick! This guys lives the part too, of the 10 or so times I've been to the place, he's been there probably 8 times) . He started telling her how "darling, I have more experience than those 2 a&&h&les put together" (my son and I being the two a&&h&les) and so on. Now normally I would have gotten really pissed for him talking like that and would have ran the dude off. And I would have if he had started touching her. But somehow I wasn't mad at the guy. In fact, the whole thing was really hilarious and my son and I were dying laughing (I mean tears) while this was going on and we actually ended up talking to him for a while as if we were all best buddies. Boy did that feel straight out of a movie scene.
My son, who was born in the 80s but didn't grow up in the 80s said of the night "it was the closest to living in the 80s I'll ever get."
Hope y'all enjoyed the departure from my normal topics, have a great night!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Eighties Night
It's Eighties Night at our local pub, and I gotta tune up my piano tie, so no time for a full post today. Assault on salt week has officially been pushed to next week since my compliance has been so poor thus far.
Eating today has been OK so far, but we'll see what comes of Eighties Night. Back to this century tommorow.
Good night y'all!
Eating today has been OK so far, but we'll see what comes of Eighties Night. Back to this century tommorow.
Good night y'all!
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