Day 212

240.  Alright I'm back to the weight I was in 2000 when I moved to Bellingham.  In the 1990's I toyed with working out.  Between the gym and fencing I got down to 225.  It felt good when I went to purchase some new clothes and was able to fit into a smaller size than normal.  I'm hoping to do that again here in the near future.  With the last couple of weeks it looks like I might be on the right path.  It made me quite happy to tell L that I had lost three pounds in the last week.  I really think that the change in eating and the increased commitment to the gym is really paying off.  So I am eating smaller meals (enough of the time to make a difference) and more often.  Before I would eat breakfast at 6:30am and then not eat anything until 10:30 or 11:00.  Then eat lunch at noonish.  So with adding the Larabar at 8:30 I do believe it's keeping the metabolism going full bore.  Of course it does help that dinner has now become quite a bit smaller.  I haven't noticed a huge difference in my being hungry at night so I think it's a winning formula.  I will say the weekends are still somewhat problematic, but I can work out more on the weekends than during the week. My bike is always calling to me so that's a great thing to be able to do.

Breakfast: Had oatmeal today mixed with almond butter and cottage cheese.  Didn't eat all of it as the almond butter didn't really fit.  20oz of cold water.

After workout meal: Went to the taco truck restaurant and had a tortas.  That's a sandwich made with taco meat and fixin's on a large hoagy roll.  Quite delicious and filling.  It was a spicy one so had an Aussie Bite to cool off the hot sauce.

Late afternoon meal: Did an egg mix with an egg, spinach, quinoa, some garlic and a small bit of tomato baked in the oven with cottage cheese and salsa on top. 

In the evening I went to friends and we didn't have any food in particular so it was chips and a couple of Fiber One bars.  I also had a beer.  No soda this time.  The chips were eaten quite mindlessly so I figure that's my real weakness.  I should have brought some fruit or something but I spaced on that one.