Sunday, Feb 28, 2010

Hey folks, I thought I'd give an update on where things stand as I haven't posted in a couple days. My weight is now down to 211 as of this morning despite having spaghetti for dinner at my in-laws Friday night and Chinese with them Sat night. But I kept my portion sizes small and did not go back for seconds. I was very surprised to see that I actually lost a pound over the weekend.

For the most part though I've been good. I had fried eggs and 1/2 of an all bran English Muffin for breakfast Friday and a banana for a snack. And I've pretty much been sticking to that kind of routine. Mostly salads for lunch.

I've decided that weekends will be my reward meals but all with small portions and not going back for seconds. Now today I had a couple doughnut holes and a piece of quiche at church. We then went with some friends to Sonny's afterward and all I had was their bottomless salad bar and some chicken with unsweetened iced tea. Oh yea, and one piece of their corn bread, its irresistible.

So that's pretty much been my weekend. Now back to my regular schedule. Hopefully, I'll be able to start getting back to the gym this week at least to do some cardio and light weights. That will help speed up my metabolism which should help speed up my weight loss a bit and tone up my flab. Once I lose my weight, then I'll start lifting heavier weights to put on more muscle mass. I just want to lose the weight first.

Ok, that's it for now, got to get back to computers. God bless

Rob

Day 4 - Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010

Hi there, well this is the 4th day of my eating right and it hasn't been a good day. First I wake up, have breakfast and weigh myself. And what do I find?? I actually gained a pound. How can this be? Practically the only thing I'm eating is veggies, fruit and nuts. I'm going to turn into a rabbit, and then I gain a pound??? You've got to be kidding. I could be eating ice cream and do that.

Well, needless to say, I started off my day a bit discouraged. I did learn something today though. When you're on a diet and you gain a pound it sure makes it difficult to stay motivated. Its as if everything you've been working toward has all been for naught. It also makes it a lot more difficult to pass by Books-A-Million and not stop in and visit Joe Muggs for a nice cold caramel Frappacino. I am truly addicted. They are better than Starbucks.

Anyway, as for my diet, I did pretty well today all things considered. Not sure about lunch though. I had a cup of corn chowder and a hard boiled egg. I'm sure that chowder had plenty of calories. But aside from that, I think I did pretty good. I certainly didn't gorge myself and walk away from the table with my stomach in a wheel barrow.

I've really got to start getting back to the gym. If I could just get caught up on some of these computers I'd have some time to put in an hour or so at the gym. I do need to exercise badly though. Its been a couple of weeks and I'm really feeling flabby. Oh well, I guess that's about all for today. My menu for today is below.

Menu

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs and a cup of tea with a little honey.

Mid Morning Snack: A couple handfuls of Cashews.

Lunch: 1 cup Woody's corn chowder, 1 hard boiled egg, a couple forkfulls of salad.

Mid Afternoon Snack: 1 small peach, a couple saltine crackers.

Dinner: 1 club wrap, a couple forkfulls of coleslaw, 1 onion ring (These were DeAnne's but I just couldn't resist stealing one.) and 1 cup unsweetened iced tea at Houlighans.

I resisted having any snack tonight. I've just been too busy working on 3 laptops and a desktop to even think about eating. I just had a nice hot cup of relaxing Chinese green tea with a tsp of honey.

Well that's all for today folks. Keep me in your prayers as I continue to eat like a rabbit. God bless

Rob

Wednesday Feb. 24, 2010

Alright, well so far I haven't eaten any junk food I've been pretty good and posting to this new blog is going to be a big help. I weighed myself this morning and I'm still at 212lbs. But that's ok, at least it didn't go up. Ok, below is what I had to eat today:

Menu

• Breakfast: Oatmeal (real not instant) with frozen blueberries and a cup of hot tea with a teaspoon of honey.


• Mid Morning Snack: 1 banana and some Cashews.


• Lunch: 1 leftover lamb chop and an orange.


• Mid Afternoon Snack: 2 Celery sticks with peanut butter, a few carrots.


• Dinner: Piece of ham steak and peas.


• After Dinner Snack: 1 bowl of grapes.

And that's all she wrote for today. I did not exercise today as I was too busy with work. Probably will not tomorrow either as I have an early appt. further south.

Rob

Day 2 - Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010

Wow, I weighed myself this morning and already dropped to 212lbs. That's exciting but don't worry, I know from past times that there are plateau's coming. But it's neat to think that my body is already reacting to the better food.

Well today I've had a nagging headache all day due to my drastic cutback on junk food but I'm sure some of it could be related to job stress.

Anyway my menu for today was:

• Breakfast: 2 fried eggs, 1 cup hot tea and 1 tsp. of honey.


• Mid Morning Snack: 1 Whey/Soy Protein shake and a few handfuls of Cashews.


• Lunch: The rest of my leftover salad from last night.


• Mid Afternoon Snack: 1 banana, a few grapes and a couple cheese slices


• Dinner: 1 Large lamb chop and Asparagus.

Well I think that's it for today. I can't remember if I had anything to snack on last night after dinner. Oh, yes I did, I had a few carrots. See you tomorrow.

Rob

Monday, Feb 22, 2010

Introduction

Ok, I'm starting this new blog so all my Facebook friends and friends and family who aren't on Facebook can keep track of my progress and hold me accountable. I'm not planning anything major with this blog. It's just going to be like a little personal diary or log book to help me keep track of my progress as well as anyone else who might be interested. There will be no fancy writing or heavy politics here, just things from my heart and what's going on in my life regarding my weight, diet and exercise.

I know there are millions of blogs and websites about dieting and exercising and losing weight and living better etc. I'm not going to reinvent the wheel here. I'm not trying to create the next diet fad or exercise fad. I'm just letting people see for the next few months or maybe years, what I'm up to, in trying to improve my health.

Actually, my health is not all that bad. I recently had a physical and the doctor said I'm in perfect health. I have been exercising off and on for years and right now I've been off. But my blood pressure was 120/80 which is good, my sugar levels were normal, about 90 - they say less than 100 is good. And my cholesterol is down from 260 a couple years ago to 219. So things are pretty good, I just need to get my weight down now and eating is my biggest problem. So lets get started with day one.

DAY 1

So to begin, I start things off by weighing myself this morning and I'm 215lbs. For me that is very heavy because I'm only 5'8". That is almost the heaviest I've ever been. 218lbs is my record and that was back last year.

But this year I am determined to lose 40lbs or more. I'd like to get down to 170. That would be just a bit more than high school weight. My plan is to start by attacking my biggest problem area and that's my eating habits. I love carbs. Not only because they are delicious but because most stuff that is processed comes in a box that is easy to make and quick to clean up. I love to cook, but I'm no chef. I like to make quick easy meals that taste great. In that department I think Rachel Ray is my hero. I'm not one for cutting up a bunch of ingredients that takes an hour just to prepare.

So my first goal is to eat healthier. That does not mean I'm going to cut out all carbs just a lot of them and a lot of sugar. This means no more chips, pretzels, popcorn, butter, ice cream or soda or McD's, Wendy's, KFC or BK - You know I'm crying as I'm writing this - no more potato's, rice, bread or pasta unless its for lunch. From now on dinner will only be meat and veggies. Snacks will be only fruits, veggies, nuts or cheese, which I do love but oh! I'm going to miss my pretzels and chips with cheese dip. :(

Menu

Here is what I had to eat today:

• Breakfast: 3 Scrambled Eggs, 1 mug hot tea with a little honey.


• Mid Morning Snack: 1/2 dozen baby carrots and a couple handfuls of Cashews.


• Lunch: Bowl of rice with some leftover chicken breast butter and salt mixed in.


• Mid Afternoon Snack: 1 Banana.


• Dinner: 3 meat salad and unsweetened iced tea at Woody's Barbeque.

Today I did not exercise at all. Too busy with work.

So here's where I start. Monday, Feb. 22, 2010 and we'll see if I can lose any weight and not have a heart attack.