So today wasn't bad. I feel like my clothes are fitting better than they did a month ago when they were tight due to the holidays. Lunch was better tasting today as I incorporated mini peppers along with the other parts of the wrap I had made at lunch. I think my mistake this time was that I overcooked the veggies. I will keep that in mind next time. The mini peppers gave it some crunch and flavor. I probably need to experiment with seasonings for the chicken also. Spice Hut here I come!!
I went to a friend's after work and didn't work out. I felt like I did fairly well eating but of course I could have done better. Not going to get down on my self as that's counter productive, I'm just going to continue down the path I've set for myself. Alright here's the menu for the day:
Breakfast: Same as yesterday which was the same as the day before that. Egg sandwich with roast beef, tomato, and avocado on a thin bun. A banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Chicken wrap with roasted brussel sprouts and asparagus. Added mini peppers today, along with spinach and a squirt of ketchup. Better tasting than yesterday but still not very satisfying as a whole.
No afternoon snack
Dinner: Alright for dinner there was a black bean/rice mix with chicken and sausage. I brought two heads of romaine lettuce and some mini peppers ( yes there is theme for the peppers today). I ended up eating two servings of both black bean/rice mix and salad. First serving was 8"bowl of salad with bean/rice mix on top of romaine and dressing and cheese (Parmesan). Second serving was same bowl size but smaller portion of bean/rice mixture but everything else was the same. All in all I think I did very well this time as there was more than enough food to have at least thirds and a full bowl at that. Granted the rice and bean mix along with the sausage probably not the best thing to be eating but at least I didn't do what I've been known to do and eat until my stomach hurt. Which I could have done as that meal is a favorite of mine.
So there we are my food list for the day.....wait I conveniently forgot one small addition. Someone brought donuts and left them in the lunch room today. On my break there they were and I had planned on eating my yogurt and almonds as usual. There were people in the lunch room and so I bravely declared that I was not going to be tempted. Ha as soon as I was done with my yogurt and I was alone with the box of donut's, I decided that I would have just a piece not a whole donut. So I did tear off a chunk and eat it and then another piece and then another small piece. In total probably about a 2"x2" chunk. Not bad considering but still a bit disappointing. Especially since the donuts were still there at lunch time (about an hour later) and I had another small chunk. Oh well I tried and frankly I didn't eat a whole donut so I'm ok just wishing I could have avoided the situation entirely. Once again food for thought (ouch a food reference to remind me of food).
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
day eight
Well the beginning of the second week of food blogging. So today was typical in the sense that breakfast was the same as every week day and lunch was just ok, so will need to spice it up a bit for the rest of the week. I went to the gym after work and did cardio. I did 5 min on the stair climber (set the timer for 15 min) and had to stop and move to another machine as that stair climber was killing me. I was sweating like a fat man in a sauna. Sorry couldn't help that one ;). I moved to the treadmill for 20 min at an accelerated pace with hills. During the work week I feel that I can only do about 45 min total at the gym which includes warm up and after work out stretching. I still need to get home and eat at a normal time. I go to bed @10pm so that doesn't leave a lot of time to do stuff. I got to stay focused on the prize. Alright here's food for Monday Jan 30th:
Breakfast: egg/thin bun/roast beef/avocado/tomato/mustard/banana and 20 oz of cold water
Snack: Greek yogurt/almonds
Lunch: Chicken wrap with roasted brussel sprouts/asparagus/ketchup
No afternoon snack
Dinner: Spaghetti home made sauce with veggie meat and wheat pasta and a salmon patty from Trader Joe's. The amount of spaghetti was about what you could hold in your hands cupped together (no I didn't measure it that way. It's just a guesstimate. I didn't go back for seconds as I was satisfied with the first go around. I also had an after work out drink called Refuel. Two servings in a container so only drank half of it. It's 180 cal plus protein and other stuff that's supposed to be good for you after a workout.
So Tuesday is my other get together with friends where it's a minefield for those of us trying to be good and not eat all nite. I think I will try to take a couple heads of romaine lettuce to make salad. That way there is something other than just eating pizza or chili or something similar which is probably what will be available for dinner. I also picked up some mini peppers so will try to incorporate those into my lunch wrap. That might spruce up the wrap a bit. Alright stay tuned and come back Weds to see how Tues went.
Breakfast: egg/thin bun/roast beef/avocado/tomato/mustard/banana and 20 oz of cold water
Snack: Greek yogurt/almonds
Lunch: Chicken wrap with roasted brussel sprouts/asparagus/ketchup
No afternoon snack
Dinner: Spaghetti home made sauce with veggie meat and wheat pasta and a salmon patty from Trader Joe's. The amount of spaghetti was about what you could hold in your hands cupped together (no I didn't measure it that way. It's just a guesstimate. I didn't go back for seconds as I was satisfied with the first go around. I also had an after work out drink called Refuel. Two servings in a container so only drank half of it. It's 180 cal plus protein and other stuff that's supposed to be good for you after a workout.
So Tuesday is my other get together with friends where it's a minefield for those of us trying to be good and not eat all nite. I think I will try to take a couple heads of romaine lettuce to make salad. That way there is something other than just eating pizza or chili or something similar which is probably what will be available for dinner. I also picked up some mini peppers so will try to incorporate those into my lunch wrap. That might spruce up the wrap a bit. Alright stay tuned and come back Weds to see how Tues went.
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Sunday day seven
Just a quick list of food from today:
Breakfast: oatmeal w/cottage cheese and tablespoon of honey
no snack
Lunch: Frittata-two eggs w/another egg sans yoke, mini peppers and some tomato. A couple of spoonfuls of cottage cheese and mango-peach salsa.
Dinner: Big ass salad w/cauliflower mini peppers and 8 breaded shrimps from Trader Joe's with cottage cheese and dressing. After dinner 1 piece of candy, chocolate covered fig(fancy).
I spent the afternoon on the coming week menu for dinner and lunches so that was fun. More chicken wraps and roasted veggies for lunch. Home made spaghetti sauce w/veggie meat and wheat pasta mixed up with asparagus. Actually can't wait to eat dinner this week.
No work out today just grocery shopping at Costco and Trader Joe's. Also washed clothes and cleaned up the kitchen, including loading the dishwasher.
I feel pretty good from the Sat work out. Only really feel it in my butt. ;)
Breakfast: oatmeal w/cottage cheese and tablespoon of honey
no snack
Lunch: Frittata-two eggs w/another egg sans yoke, mini peppers and some tomato. A couple of spoonfuls of cottage cheese and mango-peach salsa.
Dinner: Big ass salad w/cauliflower mini peppers and 8 breaded shrimps from Trader Joe's with cottage cheese and dressing. After dinner 1 piece of candy, chocolate covered fig(fancy).
I spent the afternoon on the coming week menu for dinner and lunches so that was fun. More chicken wraps and roasted veggies for lunch. Home made spaghetti sauce w/veggie meat and wheat pasta mixed up with asparagus. Actually can't wait to eat dinner this week.
No work out today just grocery shopping at Costco and Trader Joe's. Also washed clothes and cleaned up the kitchen, including loading the dishwasher.
I feel pretty good from the Sat work out. Only really feel it in my butt. ;)
Saturday day six
Well here's the word on my first Saturday in the new regime. Not great but still not as bad as it has been, at least I feel like I did better than I have in the past. I did my Sat personal trainer work out and she worked me good so we'll see how I feel on Sunday. As I said in the previous post Saturday's are trouble as I get together with a group of friends and it's grazing at the food trough for 3-4 hours. Tonite it was burgers, chips and M&M's. So with no apologizes here's my Saturday food log:
Breakfast: on Sat I change it up and have been eating a bowl of oatmeal that consists of oatmeal and a tablespoon or two of honey. Today I tried something a bit different in my oatmeal, cottage cheese. I read where it adds some protein and creaminess. So I tried it and I like it so that will be an addition. And my 20oz of cold water.
An hour of concentrated work with L my personal trainer. We did a bunch of step ups followed by upper body w/weights and then lunges followed by squats across the floor among other types of workout torture. I love it!
I had a Gatorade drink that I read about to try but won't be continuing to buy it as it wasn't the best tasting and water is free.
After the workout I went for my after work out meal: Down the street from the gym is a small Mexican lunch counter type place. Basically like a taco truck but inside. I had three soft tacos with Asada (beef) and water. Very good and pretty much just meat, chopped onions and cilantro. So that was essentially lunch, oh I almost forgot. They gave me chips and salsa also. I tried not to eat to many chips but no luck. I didn't eat every one though but almost. Next time I will get it to go and so avoid the chip trap.
Snack: about three hours later I had a Greek yogurt.
Dinner: Ok here we go. When I got to my friends house they had the Foreman grille's out and the offerings were beef burgers or turkey burgers. I had picked up some coleslaw at Hagens along with some baked chips. Others had picked up some bags of chips also. So I had two burgers, one with a jalapeno beef burger and a turkey burger, both burgers had a mustard condiment with cheese, avocado, and tomato. I also had some coleslaw and chips. I ended up having more chips and more chips. It's to hard to quantify the amount of chips, so let's just say I had more than I should have but that's the way it goes. Especially in that type of environment Then the M&M's came out, two big bowls, so no limit to how many you could have. I remember reading an article where they gauged how many of a type of candy equaled 100 calories and if I remember right M&M's were about 20-25. Well I figure I hit the 2-300 mark. Not proud of that, just trying to keep it honest. Then I found the Rice Crispy treats and had one of those. I was finally done for the evening.
I believe in cheat meals so that was my cheat meal. Which means that I have to be good the rest of the weekend and get in the work outs the rest of the week. I've been skipping Thursday's and Fridays,but I have stuff on Friday.So it looks like Thursday needs to be added into the work out schedule on my part.
So there you go, my Saturday meal log. Nothing to write home about and I'm sure L will have something to say (maybe not but....). I'm committed to making this work worth it so will have to get a bit more serious about this food thing. I know that I can eat what I like, I just have to adjust how much I eat and make sure I'm getting exercise every day or close to it.
Breakfast: on Sat I change it up and have been eating a bowl of oatmeal that consists of oatmeal and a tablespoon or two of honey. Today I tried something a bit different in my oatmeal, cottage cheese. I read where it adds some protein and creaminess. So I tried it and I like it so that will be an addition. And my 20oz of cold water.
An hour of concentrated work with L my personal trainer. We did a bunch of step ups followed by upper body w/weights and then lunges followed by squats across the floor among other types of workout torture. I love it!
I had a Gatorade drink that I read about to try but won't be continuing to buy it as it wasn't the best tasting and water is free.
After the workout I went for my after work out meal: Down the street from the gym is a small Mexican lunch counter type place. Basically like a taco truck but inside. I had three soft tacos with Asada (beef) and water. Very good and pretty much just meat, chopped onions and cilantro. So that was essentially lunch, oh I almost forgot. They gave me chips and salsa also. I tried not to eat to many chips but no luck. I didn't eat every one though but almost. Next time I will get it to go and so avoid the chip trap.
Snack: about three hours later I had a Greek yogurt.
Dinner: Ok here we go. When I got to my friends house they had the Foreman grille's out and the offerings were beef burgers or turkey burgers. I had picked up some coleslaw at Hagens along with some baked chips. Others had picked up some bags of chips also. So I had two burgers, one with a jalapeno beef burger and a turkey burger, both burgers had a mustard condiment with cheese, avocado, and tomato. I also had some coleslaw and chips. I ended up having more chips and more chips. It's to hard to quantify the amount of chips, so let's just say I had more than I should have but that's the way it goes. Especially in that type of environment Then the M&M's came out, two big bowls, so no limit to how many you could have. I remember reading an article where they gauged how many of a type of candy equaled 100 calories and if I remember right M&M's were about 20-25. Well I figure I hit the 2-300 mark. Not proud of that, just trying to keep it honest. Then I found the Rice Crispy treats and had one of those. I was finally done for the evening.
I believe in cheat meals so that was my cheat meal. Which means that I have to be good the rest of the weekend and get in the work outs the rest of the week. I've been skipping Thursday's and Fridays,but I have stuff on Friday.So it looks like Thursday needs to be added into the work out schedule on my part.
So there you go, my Saturday meal log. Nothing to write home about and I'm sure L will have something to say (maybe not but....). I'm committed to making this work worth it so will have to get a bit more serious about this food thing. I know that I can eat what I like, I just have to adjust how much I eat and make sure I'm getting exercise every day or close to it.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Day five
So after five days I've lost three pounds(255) and my clothes continue to fit better. I was at three belt loops and had gone done to two and am still there comfortably so expect to get back to three soon. I didn't work out on Friday other than my morning routine which really isn't a work out, more of a way to get my metabolism going after 8 hours of sleep. It's mainly body movements with a set of push-up/squats that I do. Which I do M-W-F with Tues/Thurs same body movements but instead of the push-up/squat I do a superman. The superman is laying on your stomach and lifting alternate leg and arm for 5-10sec. I do three sets of 8-10. The push-up/squat consists of a pyramid type of work out that goes 5 push-ups/1 squat, 4 push-ups/2 squat and so on until you've reached 1 push-up/5 squats. This a variation of the original which starts with 10 push-ups/1 squat and so on, until you reach 1 push-up/10 squats. I have run this as starting with the ten push-ups and by the time I finished I was doing the push-ups on my knees. It's a killer. It's called the 55 workout because when you've finished you've done 55 of each exercise. Ok on to the food for Friday:
Breakfast: the same as everyday for breakfast. Some might think I'd get bored with the same thing everyday but I like eggs and I change the meat from roast beef to turkey or sometimes Canadian bacon and that seems to help change it up.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds this is also the same almost everyday it's only different if I forget the almonds and occasionally the yogurt. Of course the flavor of yogurt does change everyday.
Lunch: So this week I went with Subway. I had a 6" roast beef on 9 grain wheat with all the veggies including avocado and no cheese. I drank water and didn't have chips. So I avoided the "make it a meal for just a dollar or three more" pitch. Oh yeah not that it's a work out but I do have to walk about two blocks to get to the Subway. So total of 4 blocks to get my sandwich.
Snack: I skipped the afternoon snack as I wasn't working out after work and my dinner was planned but I wasn't sure if I would stick to it.
Dinner: I had purchased an oven baked chicken breast from the store and shredded that into a spinach salad with a small yellow zucchini, tomato, carrot chips, and a couple of scoops of cottage cheese. The dressing I used was store bought, olive oil vinaigrette Tropical Mango(30cal/10g fat/5g carb/4g sugar) good taste and I didn't use a lot but probably more than a serving.
Late night snack: Yes I did have a bowl of 100cal popcorn around 9pm (didn't go to bed until 11ish)
So that's my first week day effort. The weekend is always different as Saturday I meet with L and have an awesome hour workout and then later that night I generally get together with a group of friends that can turn into a nightmare in the sense that we plan a food smorgasbord and it goes all night. When I was going to the nutritionist we talked about trying to just consider it a meal and not graze all night. HAHA right that will work when everyone around you is eating and eating. So this Sat will be the first meeting of the new year and I will be honest and record it in all it's glory. I doubt it will be pretty.
Breakfast: the same as everyday for breakfast. Some might think I'd get bored with the same thing everyday but I like eggs and I change the meat from roast beef to turkey or sometimes Canadian bacon and that seems to help change it up.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds this is also the same almost everyday it's only different if I forget the almonds and occasionally the yogurt. Of course the flavor of yogurt does change everyday.
Lunch: So this week I went with Subway. I had a 6" roast beef on 9 grain wheat with all the veggies including avocado and no cheese. I drank water and didn't have chips. So I avoided the "make it a meal for just a dollar or three more" pitch. Oh yeah not that it's a work out but I do have to walk about two blocks to get to the Subway. So total of 4 blocks to get my sandwich.
Snack: I skipped the afternoon snack as I wasn't working out after work and my dinner was planned but I wasn't sure if I would stick to it.
Dinner: I had purchased an oven baked chicken breast from the store and shredded that into a spinach salad with a small yellow zucchini, tomato, carrot chips, and a couple of scoops of cottage cheese. The dressing I used was store bought, olive oil vinaigrette Tropical Mango(30cal/10g fat/5g carb/4g sugar) good taste and I didn't use a lot but probably more than a serving.
Late night snack: Yes I did have a bowl of 100cal popcorn around 9pm (didn't go to bed until 11ish)
So that's my first week day effort. The weekend is always different as Saturday I meet with L and have an awesome hour workout and then later that night I generally get together with a group of friends that can turn into a nightmare in the sense that we plan a food smorgasbord and it goes all night. When I was going to the nutritionist we talked about trying to just consider it a meal and not graze all night. HAHA right that will work when everyone around you is eating and eating. So this Sat will be the first meeting of the new year and I will be honest and record it in all it's glory. I doubt it will be pretty.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Day four
So just enough time to write up my food choices of the day:
Breakfast: exactly what I had for the last three mornings. Egg sandwich w/meat and veggie and a banana. Oh yeah 20oz of water cold.
Snack: yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap w/chicken, roasted cauliflower and brussels sprouts and avocado
No afternoon snack as I wasn't planning on working out after work.
Dinner: Pear sliced up in a bowl with half a cup of cottage cheese and mango/peach salsa. Also two 100 cal bags of popcorn.
At one point during the day I had a piece of candy (this is always an issue as my work has bowls of candy out for the patrons so gotta watch that).
All right the week is almost over and I will be curious how the weekend goes food wise. I will be hanging out Sat nite with a group of friends and there will be eating involved. We will see how I do come Sunday morning, that's when I will enter my food from Saturday.
Breakfast: exactly what I had for the last three mornings. Egg sandwich w/meat and veggie and a banana. Oh yeah 20oz of water cold.
Snack: yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap w/chicken, roasted cauliflower and brussels sprouts and avocado
No afternoon snack as I wasn't planning on working out after work.
Dinner: Pear sliced up in a bowl with half a cup of cottage cheese and mango/peach salsa. Also two 100 cal bags of popcorn.
At one point during the day I had a piece of candy (this is always an issue as my work has bowls of candy out for the patrons so gotta watch that).
All right the week is almost over and I will be curious how the weekend goes food wise. I will be hanging out Sat nite with a group of friends and there will be eating involved. We will see how I do come Sunday morning, that's when I will enter my food from Saturday.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Day three 1/25/2012
So I forgot that on Day one at dinner in addition to the salad I had, I also had an after exercise drink called Refuel. It's a chocolate protein drink. Also on Day two I neglected to list a piece of candy, a caramel. Silly to worry about not listing that stuff but I'm trying to be honest about all I take in.
I don't know how I'm doing weight wise as I'm only weighing myself once a week and the weigh in day is Saturday. As I said though it seems my pants are fitting better than they had a couple of weeks ago. So here's the food log for today.
Breakfast: the same egg and banana breakfast I have everyday during the week. Along with 20oz of cold water which I also have every morning.
Snack: today was a bit out of the ordinary due to my work schedule so I actually had something quite different. Four cookies that were called WhoNu? They had a healthy dose of fiber and they tasted great. I had two at one point and about an hour later had two more. At that time I also had two chicken wings from Pizza Hut. Oh yeah three M&M almonds candies (yep just 3).
Lunch: low carb/high fiber wrap with chicken, avocado, roasted cauliflower and brussels sprouts, and spinach.
Snack: peanut butter sandwich w/low carb-high fiber bread.
Dinner: Spinach salad with carrot strips, cottage cheese, avocado, and salmon patty. Also the Refuel post work out chocolate drink that has 20grams of protein.
My workout at the gym tonite consisted of 20min on the tread mill with the hill program at a brisk walking pace and 12min on the recumbent bike also hill program but on the hills I sprint a fast pace and slow down only in between the hills.
I don't know how I'm doing weight wise as I'm only weighing myself once a week and the weigh in day is Saturday. As I said though it seems my pants are fitting better than they had a couple of weeks ago. So here's the food log for today.
Breakfast: the same egg and banana breakfast I have everyday during the week. Along with 20oz of cold water which I also have every morning.
Snack: today was a bit out of the ordinary due to my work schedule so I actually had something quite different. Four cookies that were called WhoNu? They had a healthy dose of fiber and they tasted great. I had two at one point and about an hour later had two more. At that time I also had two chicken wings from Pizza Hut. Oh yeah three M&M almonds candies (yep just 3).
Lunch: low carb/high fiber wrap with chicken, avocado, roasted cauliflower and brussels sprouts, and spinach.
Snack: peanut butter sandwich w/low carb-high fiber bread.
Dinner: Spinach salad with carrot strips, cottage cheese, avocado, and salmon patty. Also the Refuel post work out chocolate drink that has 20grams of protein.
My workout at the gym tonite consisted of 20min on the tread mill with the hill program at a brisk walking pace and 12min on the recumbent bike also hill program but on the hills I sprint a fast pace and slow down only in between the hills.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Day two 1/24/12
Ok not much time to do more than just list today's food:
Breakfast-egg/thin bun/avocado/tomato/mustard/4 slices of roast beef/banana
Snack-Greek yogurt
Lunch-Low carb/high fiber wrap/chicken/roasted cauliflower/brussels sprouts/avocado
Snack-chicken/roasted veggies
Dinner-Three pieces of Papa Murphy's stuffed crust pizza( one was Meat Lovers and the other was Garlic Chicken)
I didn't take any pizza home even though there were leftovers. That is a win in my book.
I've noticed my pants are getting looser again. After the holiday's they had gotten a bit tighter than normal so I guess just not porking out at meals makes a difference. Good to know.
Breakfast-egg/thin bun/avocado/tomato/mustard/4 slices of roast beef/banana
Snack-Greek yogurt
Lunch-Low carb/high fiber wrap/chicken/roasted cauliflower/brussels sprouts/avocado
Snack-chicken/roasted veggies
Dinner-Three pieces of Papa Murphy's stuffed crust pizza( one was Meat Lovers and the other was Garlic Chicken)
I didn't take any pizza home even though there were leftovers. That is a win in my book.
I've noticed my pants are getting looser again. After the holiday's they had gotten a bit tighter than normal so I guess just not porking out at meals makes a difference. Good to know.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Day one 1/23/2012
Ok here we go for the first actual entry of my year of food talk. First up is something I'm trying as an incentive. Women lose weight to fit into that bikini or the little Black Dress, so I am taking a page from their book. Even though I will admit you don't want to see me in a bikini or a little black dress, so Saturday I purchased two shirts that I quite like and really want to wear at some point. The trick is, they are size extra large. Currently I am wearing 2XL shirts and yet ten years ago I was wearing XL size shirts. So it's not that far out to expect to be able to lose the weight and wear these shirts. One is prominent in my closet up front and the other one ( which I really like ) I have hanging from the top of my bedroom door so that when ever I walk thru that door there is the shirt. This worked for me when I was trying to get down to 250lbs. I had a pair of black jeans that at the time wouldn't fit so I kept trying them on as I lost weight and when I got close it just made it that much easier to not have that second cheeseburger. Ok my food intake for the day.
Breakfast:
My version of the egg mcmuffin, thin bun,egg(microwaved),avocado,slice of tomato, and 2-3 slices of roast beef. A banana. Oh and 20 oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek Yogurt w/handful of Almonds.
Lunch: Low carb/high fiber tortilla filled with Spinach,avocado,roasted cauliflower and brussels sprouts.
Snack: PBJ w/low carb/high fiber bread.
Dinner: Spinach salad with Salmon burger (Trader Joe's version), carrots strips and cottage cheese w/Hummus dressing (also TJ and quite good)
So there we go first day food blog. I went to the gym after work and did one of L's routines. Which was a weight work out. We've talked and I need to be doing more cardio and for now not worrying about weights, but I still need to do some weight work outs and will do two maybe three a week with the rest of the week either resting or cardio.
Breakfast:
My version of the egg mcmuffin, thin bun,egg(microwaved),avocado,slice of tomato, and 2-3 slices of roast beef. A banana. Oh and 20 oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek Yogurt w/handful of Almonds.
Lunch: Low carb/high fiber tortilla filled with Spinach,avocado,roasted cauliflower and brussels sprouts.
Snack: PBJ w/low carb/high fiber bread.
Dinner: Spinach salad with Salmon burger (Trader Joe's version), carrots strips and cottage cheese w/Hummus dressing (also TJ and quite good)
So there we go first day food blog. I went to the gym after work and did one of L's routines. Which was a weight work out. We've talked and I need to be doing more cardio and for now not worrying about weights, but I still need to do some weight work outs and will do two maybe three a week with the rest of the week either resting or cardio.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Losing Weight
Ok so this will be the first of many posts. I would like to commit to doing this everyday as I attempt to change my life in a good way via losing weight and gaining life. For the most part it will be just a catalogue of what I ate that day but I'm hoping to also offer some insight into the process. I currently weigh 258lbs down from a total of 303lbs when this started five (?) years ago. In Dec 2011, I turned 58yrs old ( ya do the math, born in 1953). I went to a nutritionist to get started but that was quite a bit ago and I didn't really keep up on all the advice. I cut back but still couldn't keep from over eating at various times and that sabotaged my efforts. I have learned though not to get too down on myself as it took me 58 years to get here so I'm not going to change things in a day.
I just noticed that up above where I stated my weight(158lbs) at the moment (since edited) incorrectly, wishful thinking on my part or Freudian slip?
I have engaged a personal trainer for the next couple of months. I started with her in Dec '11 for two sessions and have now been for three more. We are talking cardio and lots of it. She's writing work-outs that I feel confident that I can do on my own after I quit paying her to kill me. During the summer I enjoy biking riding and have a great path that I can follow every Sat. On week days after work, I am able to ride on the Whatcom Falls trails that run practically from the back door of my condo to get in more fun work.
Come back on Tues to see how I did my first day. I will record every drop of food and drink that passes my lips and what work out I did. I'm planning on going to the gym and doing one of Lorinda's (trainer) dumb bell work outs.
I just noticed that up above where I stated my weight(158lbs) at the moment (since edited) incorrectly, wishful thinking on my part or Freudian slip?
I have engaged a personal trainer for the next couple of months. I started with her in Dec '11 for two sessions and have now been for three more. We are talking cardio and lots of it. She's writing work-outs that I feel confident that I can do on my own after I quit paying her to kill me. During the summer I enjoy biking riding and have a great path that I can follow every Sat. On week days after work, I am able to ride on the Whatcom Falls trails that run practically from the back door of my condo to get in more fun work.
Come back on Tues to see how I did my first day. I will record every drop of food and drink that passes my lips and what work out I did. I'm planning on going to the gym and doing one of Lorinda's (trainer) dumb bell work outs.
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