Day 258

Another day of vacation.  I've done rather a good job this week.  Gone to the gym each day and worked out hard and ate fairly well.  A couple of lapses ( an entire box of cookies over a two day period) but nothing I can't see as an anomaly in the long view.  Little discoveries along the way help the big picture.  For example today I realized that when tying my shoes I didn't need to keep my pants un-buckled.  Big deal.  Not really, but in the big picture it's the little things that keep you motivated.  The finding I could wear a pair of 40" waist pants not a big deal but again in the long run quite invigorating to my ego.  I ate lunch today with friends from work.  I was able to not eat something bad and not clean my plate of every scrap of food.  I enjoyed the company and we had a wonderful lunch.  Food wasn't the focus, at least not entirely, but good conversation was.  That's how it should be when eating out.  No worries about over eating and no worries about what the meal will do to your waistline.  So there we go and away we go:

Breakfast: Roast beef and egg sandwich on a skinny bun with cheese, tomato, and avocado.  20oz of cold water.

After workout meal: Went to a Thai restaurant with friends. Shared an appetizer of small wraps fried with crab & cream cheese.  Had two and a tea drink called a Thai Tea that was a mix of tea and coconut milk.  I had a seafood mix that included shrimps, white fish, oyster, and scallops with some veggie and brown rice.  I left a good two or three spoonfuls of rice on the plate.

Dinner: Had two pizza's that are individual size on a very thin crust and just spinach, onion, and garlic.  I doctored them up with cheese, one sausage split between the two and some radish.

Late nite snack: Popcorn

I went to the gym before I met my friends and did a weight workout followed with some cardio.  I enjoyed the workout and I am continuing that trend all week.  So I will end up going to the gym or going for a bike ride a total of 14 days with no break.  The latter days will be when I go back to work.  So I'm curious if I'll try to convince myself that I need a break in there somewhere.  At this stage of the game (7 days in) I'm feeling confident that I'll go the whole distance, but who knows what I'll feel like on day 11 or 12.  I'm thinking all I'll need to do is look at those 40" waist pants I just bought and the XL shirt that I know I could wear if I wanted to.  Of course remembering the 50" waist pants I wore at one time would probably do it too.  Yes I'm on the right track and hope to continue moving forward.