Day 126

Just going for the bare minimum as I'm behind and need to catch up.  Today was another good day.  My clothes fit nicely and I didn't feel like they were being stretched.  I am still looking with longing at the new shirts I purchased a while ago, so soon I will be wearing them.  Here's how the food got to my belly:

Breakfast: Egg sandwich with avocado, turkey, tomato on a skinny bun.  Banana and 20oz of cold water.

Had an early lunch so no snack: Hamburger with an egg and tomato on whole wheat toasted bread.  Chips and sesame stix.  Awesome lunch felt very satisfied.

Snack: Peanut Butter cookie Larabar

Dinner: Spinach salad with avocado, tomato, cauliflower, salmon patty, and steak strips on a roll.  Good dinner and am satisfied tonite, not like last night.

Did the cardio workout after work and had another great workout.  Keeping the flow going I was on the elliptical as I try to get comfortable.  I remember when I started on the treadmill I had to work up to it.  I saw a guy not holding onto the arms so I know it can be done.  I really cranked it up though on the elliptical almost running.  Will keep pushing on the elliptical for now.

Day 125

Here we are one hundred and twenty-five days in and I'm feeling like I could do the two hundred and one standing on my head.  I'm still not eating the best but I continue to make good decisions most of the time.  I'm eating more veggies and enjoying the new choices very much.  The beets and yam are definitely going to be on my list from now on.

Breakfast: Egg sandwich with avocado, tomato, and turkey on a skinny bun.  Banana and 20oz of cold water.

Snack: Greek yogurt

Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs, cauliflower, and onion.

Snack: nothing

Dinner: Spinach salad with tomato, cauliflower, salmon patty, steak strips, avocado, and a small roll.  Also an orange with a big handful of sesame stix.  I didn't feel full so that's where the orange and sesame stix came from.  I will basically have the same thing tomorrow so I'll make sure I have a bigger salad.  That should work.


Went to the gym after work and did a weight workout.  I can feel it in my arms so I must have done a good job.  Once again a workout that L wrote up for me.  I like that she listens to me and comes up with stuff I feel good about doing.  With her help I'll be getting down to my target weight, 200lbs.  There I put it in black and white so I've got to do it now.

Day 124

First day back from a three day weekend.  What a crazy start to the work week.  Our computers were whacked out and so caused many headaches for half the day.  I did go to the gym and had a great workout.  All cardio today but I ventured onto the elliptical for an extended time.  Normally I might do a couple of minutes but today I went for four minutes before switching to the treadmill.  I'll keep doing that so as to get familiar with the elliptical.  I'm feeling better and better as the weight comes off.  I am looking forward but have to keep my eye on the present also.  Here's the list of chow:

Breakfast: Egg sandwich with avocado, turkey, tomato, and skinny bun.  Banana and 20oz of cold water.

Snack: Greek yogurt

Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs from Trader Joe's, cauliflower, tomato, and salsa.

Snack: nothing

Dinner: Spinach salad with cauliflower, tomato, steak strips, and a small roll.  5.5oz V-8 low sodium with a couple of handfuls of potato chips and a big handful of sesame stix.  Also some roasted beet.

Day 123

So an extra day off and I didn't eat myself into misery.  As a matter of fact when I did eat I tried to be aware of what I was eating and how much.  I hadn't planned on going to the gym but ended up going for a bike ride and was glad I did.  The weather was not the best but I figured if I wasn't going to go to the gym I should at least do something exercise like.  I did spend the morning doing something I've not done before and that was shooting a real gun.  Actually three different guns.  All pistols and I discovered another reason to work out.  To hold the pistol steady you have to have strong arms.  You stand there sighting in the target and your hands start to shake.  So gotta work on those biceps and triceps.  Also went to the chiropractor and had a good session.  Came away feeling well adjusted.  Ok here's what I ate on my day off:

Breakfast: Greek yogurt and almonds with 20oz of cold water.

Lunch: Chicken burger with fries.  I had them hold the mayo and I only ate half of the fries.  Had ketchup on the fries.  Drank two ice teas with no sweetener.

During the rest of the day I ate some sesame stix (small bowl), and some other similar stuff that didn't register with my brain and I didn't write it down.  That's a big fail on my part.  I'm supposed to be keeping track of my food intake and this time I really blew it.  But I know what I had for

Dinner: The Mexican salad from Trader Joe's.  I added some roasted beet and had a small roll with it.  Also some sesame stix. 

Day 122

Day two of a three day weekend.  Always a fun time until the day you have to go back to work.  I decided that it would be a goof off day especially from the gym.  In celebration of the local famous race Ski to Sea I went for a bike ride. Went for about an hour and it felt good. I went a bit of a different way, actually parts were from my normal summer ride. I wanted to try a different track today.  I did push it though as I went out for lunch and had a burger.  If you can't occasionally eat stuff you like than you'll never enjoy your life.  So I will always eat stuff I like just not every day or at least if I can help it.  So how did I do?

Breakfast: Oatmeal with lemon curd and 20oz of cold water.

After the bike ride: A bacon cheeseburger with a pile of onion rings.  Also a Mike's Harder lemon-aide drink, alcoholic.

Dinner: Three egg frattata with onion, garlic, spinach and some steak slices.  For dessert I had an apple fritter.

So you can see I didn't really eat the way I normally do, but didn't go crazy either.  The cheeseburger and onion rings had been on my mind for a while so finally decided to go for it.  I have figured out that if I'm craving something and I try to avoid it then I'm in trouble.  I will end up eating other stuff but not responsibly.  So go ahead and have the burger.  I did have them hold the mayo and 1000 island dressing and just had the burger dry.  I'm sure it didn't make a big difference but it did help some.  And that's the important thing, try to make small changes towards the big picture.

Day 121

241!  Yea, I guess I can lose weight.  I am currently battling a short cold situation but not letting that rule.  I felt a scratchy throat on Thurs and went to the gym to try and sweat it out.  Don't know if it really worked ( I did sweat..alot) as I still ended up on Friday having a few runny nose's and sneezing.  I drank three or four Airbourne's so am hoping it will help like it usually does.  This morning I feel fine just have a stuffed up nose, but otherwise nothing else.  L will help me sweat it out I'm sure.  Sorry wanted to get that in.  Now, WOW, 241 that's a bit of a milestone for me.  I weighed around that weight in 2000 so twelve years ago.  So the new goal is 235 which would be great especially if I can continue to lose inches at the same time.  I've got those shirts I bought that are XL not 2XL and am looking to fit into them here soon.  My current clothes are fitting loosely so am thinking about getting some smaller waist size pants if nothing else.  Shirts I have from before that are still in good shape just for a smaller AL.  Getting there.  Here's what I ate today (oh and today is the game day get together in the evening so will try to not eat to much junk):

Breakfast: Oatmeal with lemon curd and cottage cheese.  20oz of cold water.


After work out meal: Egg frattata with spinach and turkey burger on a Spicy Spinach pizza times two.

Snack: Ginger beer and handful of sesame stix

Dinner: TBA from Da Vince's.  Basically an 8" on wheat with turkey, bacon, avocado, with all the veggies, sub.  Also a good handful of chips.

Since it's Saturday I get together with friends for DnD.  I brought some strawberries and cauliflower.  I also had some pumpkin pie with CoolWhip, three rice cakes, and a banana.

Felt rather good and not stuffed with junk.    I will try to keep this going for the future games and get togethers.

Day 120

So day before weigh in and I got an email for my 40th class reunion.  Wow rather crazy to think about that.  I won't probably go as I have nothing in common with 99% of the people from that period in my life.  I was definitely a lone wolf in the midst of the wolf pack.  The funny thing is the fact that at least of the entire graduating class only a bit more than half have signed up on the classmates.com web site.  So a good majority of the people I interacted with on a daily basis for three years wouldn't even be there.  So what's the point?  Of the people who have RSVP'd I have no clue as to who they are.  Which means they will have no idea who I am.  Again what's the point?  The story we would all tell each other in terms of our time then would be, "Wow I remember when we passed in the hall, I was on my way to math and you were on your way to....hmmm don't know as we didn't know each other".  Alright enough angst, on to the real reason for this:


Breakfast: Egg sandwich with tomato, turkey, avocado, and skinny bun.  Banana and 20oz of cold water.

Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds

Lunch: wrap with steak slices, cheese, roasted cauliflower and asparagus. Ten potato chips.

Snack: Peanut Butter cookie Larabar

Dinner: Half a yam roasted in oven with salsa.  Two mini greek pizza's from Trader Joe's with a turkey burger mixed with sliced sauteed peppers and bit of cottage cheese.  Ate them like a pita sandwich.  The pizza is about 6" across and just has spinach and onion no sauce or cheese.  They clock in at 140 calories each and they're a good foundation for a sandwich type of meal.  I will cook a veggie burger or one of the turkey burgers and then slice it in half and put each half on one each of the pizzas. 

So weigh in day tomorrow and I'm feeling good.  I think the new work out plan is good to go for a while now.  Getting in cardio but not every day and so giving my leg/knee a workout but not over extending it.  We'll check back in on that thought next week and see if it holds up.