Got a late start last night & had to scramble to get to work on time. So I was a little generous with my veggies during meal #1. Whoops. But I didn't overeat- in fact, I ended up cutting myself just a hair short in my haste.
Today, 4/23/09:
Supplements: All taken
Water: 1 gallon +
Cardio: 0 (Headache, feeling semi-lousy)
Meal 1- 8 oz chicken (8 vlp) with 1.5 cups mushrooms and 2 cups bell peppers, measured raw (3.5 veg)
Meal 2- 1 cup fat free cottage cheese (4 vlp)
Meal 3- 4 oz ground sirloin (4 lp) and 1 cup cooked green beans (2 veg)
Freebie- 1 container sugar free Jell-O pudding
Totals: 12 servings very lean protein, 4 servings lean protein, 5.5 servings veg. Short by .5 servings of fruit/veg. So close, and yet so far...
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Diet, Day 58
Nothing all that interesting to report today, except that I am again awake WAY past my usual bedtime. I gotta get my routine back. After vacation.
Today, 4/22/09:
Supplements: Forgot to take dose #1 (appetite suppressant & vitamin)
Water: 1 gallon +
Cardio: 45 minutes
Meal 1- 8 oz chicken (8 vlp) with 1/5 cups each mushrooms and broccoli, measured raw (3 veg)
Meal 2- 1 cup fat free cottage cheese (4 vlp) and 1 small Granny Smith apple (1 fruit)
Meal 3- 4 oz ground sirloin (4 lp) and 1 cup cooked green beans (2 veg)
Freebies: 1 dill pickle spear, 1 container sugar free Jell-O pudding
Totals: 12 servings very lean protein, 4 servings lean protein, 5 servings veg, 1 serving fruit. Kismet!!! (That was the K-mart version of "Yahtzee!" which we had when I was a kid.)
Today, 4/22/09:
Supplements: Forgot to take dose #1 (appetite suppressant & vitamin)
Water: 1 gallon +
Cardio: 45 minutes
Meal 1- 8 oz chicken (8 vlp) with 1/5 cups each mushrooms and broccoli, measured raw (3 veg)
Meal 2- 1 cup fat free cottage cheese (4 vlp) and 1 small Granny Smith apple (1 fruit)
Meal 3- 4 oz ground sirloin (4 lp) and 1 cup cooked green beans (2 veg)
Freebies: 1 dill pickle spear, 1 container sugar free Jell-O pudding
Totals: 12 servings very lean protein, 4 servings lean protein, 5 servings veg, 1 serving fruit. Kismet!!! (That was the K-mart version of "Yahtzee!" which we had when I was a kid.)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Diet, Day 57
OK, for the record- snapper is a much more satisfying fish than flounder, and it's easier to get a clean fillet from it. I had snapper last night & it was awesome. No bones, 1 scale, but I can deal with that.
Since I'm going to be on the road and in the boonies for a week, starting next Monday, I am debating whether or not I should try to keep any sort of detailed food journal while I am gone. I no longer have a laptop computer, but I do have my PDA. (My PDA is being retired as a GPS device, so it may be worth putting it to use for something else.) I'm officially starting my "food vacation" this Friday, and I will resume active diet activities on Monday, May 4th.
Since I will often not have the option to eat right while on the road, I will eat well when I can and enjoy some forbidden foods in moderation when I can't. Hopefully, I won't come back having gained weight. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but it'd be a great feeling to at least maintain what I've lost. Pretty sure the "resort" we're going to has a fitness center, so for the first time, I may bring extra clothes & towels just for working out.
I'm getting excited just to get away from the office for a week, but it will also be kinda nice to enjoy a barbecue with friends and just eat whatever looks good. My friend Alan always finds something interesting for the barbecue he throws the day before "MINIs on the Dragon" officially begins. In the meantime, my menu doesn't vary all that much...
Today, 4/21/09:
Supplements: All taken
Water: 1 gallon +
Cardio: 45 minutes
Meal 1- 6 oz snapper (6 vlp) and 2 cups raw yellow bell pepper (2 veg)
Meal 2- 1.5 cups fat free cottage cheese (6 vlp) and 12 raspberries (2 fruit)
Meal 3- 4 oz ground extra lean sirloin (4 lp) and 1 cup cooked green beans (2 veg)
Freebies: 1 dill pickle spear, 1 container sugar free Jell-O pudding.
Totals: 12 servings very lean protein, 4 servings lean protein, 4 servings veg, 2 servings fruit. UNO!!!
Since I'm going to be on the road and in the boonies for a week, starting next Monday, I am debating whether or not I should try to keep any sort of detailed food journal while I am gone. I no longer have a laptop computer, but I do have my PDA. (My PDA is being retired as a GPS device, so it may be worth putting it to use for something else.) I'm officially starting my "food vacation" this Friday, and I will resume active diet activities on Monday, May 4th.
Since I will often not have the option to eat right while on the road, I will eat well when I can and enjoy some forbidden foods in moderation when I can't. Hopefully, I won't come back having gained weight. It wouldn't be the end of the world, but it'd be a great feeling to at least maintain what I've lost. Pretty sure the "resort" we're going to has a fitness center, so for the first time, I may bring extra clothes & towels just for working out.
I'm getting excited just to get away from the office for a week, but it will also be kinda nice to enjoy a barbecue with friends and just eat whatever looks good. My friend Alan always finds something interesting for the barbecue he throws the day before "MINIs on the Dragon" officially begins. In the meantime, my menu doesn't vary all that much...
Today, 4/21/09:
Supplements: All taken
Water: 1 gallon +
Cardio: 45 minutes
Meal 1- 6 oz snapper (6 vlp) and 2 cups raw yellow bell pepper (2 veg)
Meal 2- 1.5 cups fat free cottage cheese (6 vlp) and 12 raspberries (2 fruit)
Meal 3- 4 oz ground extra lean sirloin (4 lp) and 1 cup cooked green beans (2 veg)
Freebies: 1 dill pickle spear, 1 container sugar free Jell-O pudding.
Totals: 12 servings very lean protein, 4 servings lean protein, 4 servings veg, 2 servings fruit. UNO!!!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Diet, Day 56 & Doctor's Visit #9
I'm never buying flounder again. Well, at least not the same brand of frozen flounder fillets I got this last time. I know flounder is a tough fish to fillet without bones, but the fillet I attempted to eat last night was just riddled with bones. I've had a few fish bones stuck in my throat before, and so I have developed a nice gag reflex when I am chewing on fish & hit a bone. I ended up tossing the flounder last night & replacing it with cottage cheese, as I needed a quick source of protein.
Here's hoping the snapper I have thawing (same brand) will be edible tonight.
Doctor's office visit today was uneventful. Weighed in at 265, down 3 pounds over last week & now 1 total in 8 weeks. Blood pressure was 118/70- and that's without taking my BP meds for the last 3 days. Going to experiment & just skip them for several more days & see if my pressure holds. Body fat measured 42.8, and the "nurse" (they aren't nurses) questioned my height as listed in their charts. Apparently, they listed me as 5'6". In reality, if you asked me to stand up straight & measured me, that's about right. Problem is, I can't stand up straight, thanks to all the nonsense that's gone on in my spine. I once stood nearly 5'9". So calculating body fat, which depends on height as well as weight, could be tricky, since my frame is larger than 5'6". Therefore, it is entirely possible that all of my body fat readings have been a bit high, since they use 5'6" as their base. No biggie, but a detail worth mentioning.
Today, 4/20/09:
Weight: 265, -3 pounds this week, -41 total
Body Fat: 42.8%, -3.7 from last week
Blood Pressure: 118/70 (without BP meds for 3 days)
Supplements: Forgot to take first dose (appetite suppressant & vitamin) before I left home, took doses 2 & 3 (appetite suppressant & fat burner) as scheduled.
Water: 1 gallon
Cardio: 45 minutes
Meal 1- 1.5 cups fat free cottage cheese (6 vlp) and 1 cup cooked green beans (2 veg)
Meal 2- 2 hard boiled eggs (2 vlp)
Meal 3- 12 raspberries (2 fruit)
Meal 4- 8 oz chicken (8 vlp) with 2 cups broccoli, measured raw (2 veg)
Freebie: 1 sugar free Jell-O Pudding
Totals: 16 servings very lean protein, 4 servings veg, 2 servings fruit. Word.
Here's hoping the snapper I have thawing (same brand) will be edible tonight.
Doctor's office visit today was uneventful. Weighed in at 265, down 3 pounds over last week & now 1 total in 8 weeks. Blood pressure was 118/70- and that's without taking my BP meds for the last 3 days. Going to experiment & just skip them for several more days & see if my pressure holds. Body fat measured 42.8, and the "nurse" (they aren't nurses) questioned my height as listed in their charts. Apparently, they listed me as 5'6". In reality, if you asked me to stand up straight & measured me, that's about right. Problem is, I can't stand up straight, thanks to all the nonsense that's gone on in my spine. I once stood nearly 5'9". So calculating body fat, which depends on height as well as weight, could be tricky, since my frame is larger than 5'6". Therefore, it is entirely possible that all of my body fat readings have been a bit high, since they use 5'6" as their base. No biggie, but a detail worth mentioning.
Today, 4/20/09:
Weight: 265, -3 pounds this week, -41 total
Body Fat: 42.8%, -3.7 from last week
Blood Pressure: 118/70 (without BP meds for 3 days)
Supplements: Forgot to take first dose (appetite suppressant & vitamin) before I left home, took doses 2 & 3 (appetite suppressant & fat burner) as scheduled.
Water: 1 gallon
Cardio: 45 minutes
Meal 1- 1.5 cups fat free cottage cheese (6 vlp) and 1 cup cooked green beans (2 veg)
Meal 2- 2 hard boiled eggs (2 vlp)
Meal 3- 12 raspberries (2 fruit)
Meal 4- 8 oz chicken (8 vlp) with 2 cups broccoli, measured raw (2 veg)
Freebie: 1 sugar free Jell-O Pudding
Totals: 16 servings very lean protein, 4 servings veg, 2 servings fruit. Word.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Diet, Day 55
Well, I went to bed this morning without writing my blog entry, and it took me forever tonight to recall what I ate last night/yesterday. then I remembered- I went to dinner with friends from the MINI club! We went to a place called The Tilted Kilt. The MINI club had met there before, but I wasn't at that gathering. It's basically a somewhat cheesy twist on Hooters, by adding a faux "Scottish" theme. (Mainly waitresses in plaid mini skirts & push-up bras)
This was the first time I had gone out to eat since Day 1 of my diet, and I was feeling pretty limited in my choices. Chicken wings are close to being OK, but they're deep fried, so that was questionable. Plus, it'd be VERY hard to estimate the weight of the chicken I actually consumed. So I went a little safer & had a Caesar Salad, hold the croutons.
The dressing may not have been ideal, as I forgot to ask about low-cal options, but it was basically a large bowl of lettuce with an anemic piece of chicken on top. Tasted good, but it was small, that's all. That was probably the only small breast in the place. (That's a waitress joke, just in case anyone missed it) Anyhow, I know lettuce is a "freebie," but I'm counting it as 2 vegetable servings, because there was a LOT of it.
Today, 4/19/09:
Supplements: All taken except one dose of appetite suppressant, due to timing. (No sense suppressing your appetite when you're about to go to sleep)
Water: 1 gallon +
Cardio: 35 minutes (I had been awake for 24 hours when I started, and I really needed to pass out)
Meal 1- 4 oz chicken (4 vlp) over 12.9 pounds of lettuce (aka Caesar Salad). (2 veg)
Meal 2- 8 oz Chicken (8 vlp) with 2 cups each green bell peppers and mushrooms, measured raw (4 veg)
Meal 3- 4 oz bacon (4 vlp)
Freebies: 1 dill pickle spear & one single serving sugar free Jell-O pudding
Totals: 16 servings very lean protein, 6 servings veg. Pulled in the rebound!!!
This was the first time I had gone out to eat since Day 1 of my diet, and I was feeling pretty limited in my choices. Chicken wings are close to being OK, but they're deep fried, so that was questionable. Plus, it'd be VERY hard to estimate the weight of the chicken I actually consumed. So I went a little safer & had a Caesar Salad, hold the croutons.
The dressing may not have been ideal, as I forgot to ask about low-cal options, but it was basically a large bowl of lettuce with an anemic piece of chicken on top. Tasted good, but it was small, that's all. That was probably the only small breast in the place. (That's a waitress joke, just in case anyone missed it) Anyhow, I know lettuce is a "freebie," but I'm counting it as 2 vegetable servings, because there was a LOT of it.
Today, 4/19/09:
Supplements: All taken except one dose of appetite suppressant, due to timing. (No sense suppressing your appetite when you're about to go to sleep)
Water: 1 gallon +
Cardio: 35 minutes (I had been awake for 24 hours when I started, and I really needed to pass out)
Meal 1- 4 oz chicken (4 vlp) over 12.9 pounds of lettuce (aka Caesar Salad). (2 veg)
Meal 2- 8 oz Chicken (8 vlp) with 2 cups each green bell peppers and mushrooms, measured raw (4 veg)
Meal 3- 4 oz bacon (4 vlp)
Freebies: 1 dill pickle spear & one single serving sugar free Jell-O pudding
Totals: 16 servings very lean protein, 6 servings veg. Pulled in the rebound!!!
Diet, Day 54
Well, Saturday kind of blended right into Sunday again this weekend, and I am late logging my Saturday info. So here goes...
Today (yesterday), 4/18/09:
Supplements: Only took one dose due to erratic sleep habits all thru Friday night & into Sunday morning so far.
Water: 1 gallon +
Cardio: Zero. Same reason as supplements.
Meal 1- 7 oz 97% fat-free hot dogs (7 vlp) with 1 cup cooked sauerkraut (2 veg)
Meal 2- 1.5 cups fat free cottage cheese (6 vlp) with 2 cups raw bell peppers (2 veg)
Meal 3- 1 small Granny Smith apple (1 fruit)
Totals: 13 servings very lean protein, 4 servings veg, 1 serving fruit. Short by 3 servings protein and 1 serving fruit/veg. It was a strange day/night/day. So sorry, here's a copy of the home game, loser.
Today (yesterday), 4/18/09:
Supplements: Only took one dose due to erratic sleep habits all thru Friday night & into Sunday morning so far.
Water: 1 gallon +
Cardio: Zero. Same reason as supplements.
Meal 1- 7 oz 97% fat-free hot dogs (7 vlp) with 1 cup cooked sauerkraut (2 veg)
Meal 2- 1.5 cups fat free cottage cheese (6 vlp) with 2 cups raw bell peppers (2 veg)
Meal 3- 1 small Granny Smith apple (1 fruit)
Totals: 13 servings very lean protein, 4 servings veg, 1 serving fruit. Short by 3 servings protein and 1 serving fruit/veg. It was a strange day/night/day. So sorry, here's a copy of the home game, loser.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Diet, Day 53
Whoa. The last 5-10 minutes of cardio were brutal today. Not sure why, but it took all I had to finish. It's basically been a little easier this week because I've had the house to myself, so I put the exercise bike in the living room & watched TV to distract me from thinking about the time. Previously, I was watching videos on my Zune, but most of those are 5-10 minutes long, so I am very aware of the time passing. Queue up an hour long TV show on the big screen, and it can get away from you.
I like that, because exercise for the sake of exercise has never been my thing. Even when I was young, my exercise was all about playing sports. To me, cycling is a mode of transportation- without a destination, there's no point. Running is how you get from first to second base, or score a touchdown. There's got to be a more inspiring goal than to just finish running.
Non insult intended to those who enjoy running, cycling, or other forms of cardio. I'm sure there are runners and cyclists who think there's no point to baseball or lacrosse, etc. And that's OK- to each his own, right? Just explaining where my mind is; that cardio is a hurdle for me to overcome. I am hoping that sticking to the routine will make it become easier to bear, make it less of a burden.
So, while I am using my weight loss successes and future goals as motivation, distractions are a big help in keeping me from focusing on how pointless I find the activity for its own sake.
Today, 4/17/09:
Supplements: All taken
Water: 1 gallon +
Cardio: 45 minutes
Meal 1- 8 oz chicken (8 vlp) with 1 cup mushrooms, measured raw (1 veg) and 1 cup cooked green beans (2 veg)
Meal 2- 2 cups raw bell peppers (2 veg) and 2 hard boiled eggs (2 vlp)
Meal 3- 1.5 cups fat free cotage cheese (6 vlp) and 1 small Granny Smith apple (1 fruit)
Freebies: 2 dill pickle spears. I've just got to buy Jell-O today or tomorrow.
Totals: 16 servings very lean protein, 5 servings veg, 1 serving fruit. Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
I like that, because exercise for the sake of exercise has never been my thing. Even when I was young, my exercise was all about playing sports. To me, cycling is a mode of transportation- without a destination, there's no point. Running is how you get from first to second base, or score a touchdown. There's got to be a more inspiring goal than to just finish running.
Non insult intended to those who enjoy running, cycling, or other forms of cardio. I'm sure there are runners and cyclists who think there's no point to baseball or lacrosse, etc. And that's OK- to each his own, right? Just explaining where my mind is; that cardio is a hurdle for me to overcome. I am hoping that sticking to the routine will make it become easier to bear, make it less of a burden.
So, while I am using my weight loss successes and future goals as motivation, distractions are a big help in keeping me from focusing on how pointless I find the activity for its own sake.
Today, 4/17/09:
Supplements: All taken
Water: 1 gallon +
Cardio: 45 minutes
Meal 1- 8 oz chicken (8 vlp) with 1 cup mushrooms, measured raw (1 veg) and 1 cup cooked green beans (2 veg)
Meal 2- 2 cups raw bell peppers (2 veg) and 2 hard boiled eggs (2 vlp)
Meal 3- 1.5 cups fat free cotage cheese (6 vlp) and 1 small Granny Smith apple (1 fruit)
Freebies: 2 dill pickle spears. I've just got to buy Jell-O today or tomorrow.
Totals: 16 servings very lean protein, 5 servings veg, 1 serving fruit. Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
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