Monday, February 21, 2011

Frustration

I was afraid this would happen. I reach a significant milestone and get complacent. I haven't been religiously recording my food diaries. I ate way too many snacks last week. I've got a double-edged sword going right now. My sciatic nerve is causing major discomfort, but only when I walk/run. Not when I sit, lie down or even stand. Completely frustrating. So I couldn't run last week.

Instead, I did the exercise bike for an hour on Monday/Wednesday/Friday. They were good workouts, I thought. Increased from 14 miles to 15 miles to 16 miles finally by Friday. But I can just tell it's no replacement for running.

To top it off, I ran today. I felt no discomfort yesterday or this morning, so I went ahead and tried today. Well, about 1/4 of the way through, there it was. I said fuck it and decided to keep going. I hope I bounce back fast and doesn't hurt me the rest of the day.

Here's the thing: I know it was stupid. But I was afraid if I didn't run today, I might never run again. Last week was the first week I skipped running since I started on Nov. 11, and I know myself. Once I'm content with doing -- or in this case, not doing -- something, I'll continue that course of action basically forever.

So please, whatever higher power is listening, let my ass be back to normal as soon as possible.

Tuesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup oatmeal with 1 cup skim milk

Lunch
2 ham sandwiches

Dinner
1 container of vegetable soup (a mere 100 calories, which left me hungry, which explains my snacking binge below)


Snacks
8 oatmeal raisin cookies
1 nonfat yogurt

96 oz of water throughout the day

Wednesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup oatmeal with 1 cup of skim milk

Lunch
2 pieces of cheese pizza

Dinner
2 pieces of cheese pizza

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts

96 oz of water throughout the day

Thursday
Lunch
One baked potato with chicken, salt, pepper and mustard

Dinner
Two ham sandwiches

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts
1 string cheese

128 oz of water throughout the day


Friday
Breakfast
Smoothie
One cup oatmeal with 12 oz skim milk

Lunch
2 PB&J sandwiches

Dinner
1 six inch club sandwich with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno bread from subway

Snacks
1 nonfat yogurt

128 oz of water throughout the day

Saturday (Valentine's dinner with the wife at the Italian restaurant where we had our first date)
Dinner
One chicken breast
Two servings of spaghetti
One meatball
One meat ravioli (the non-fried kind)
Few bites of salad
Way more bread than I should have eaten
About a dozen peperoncinis

Sunday
Lunch
Three ham and cheese sandwiches
12 doritos
One large serving baked beans

Dinner
Half a cornish game hen
1/4 cup rice
1 serving asparagus
Some kind of shaved coffee dessert with hazelnut liquor

48 oz of water
30 oz of unsweet tea

64 oz of water throughout the day

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Two milestones, one day

I can't believe I haven't posted sooner. I've just been terribly busy.

I achieved two milestones on Friday. Feb. 11 marked three months since I started. And since it was a Friday, it was a weigh day. I weighed and have lost 50 pounds.


So here's hoping I keep it up and don't get content with what I've done so far.


Wednesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two-egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Bowl of turkey chili

Dinner
2 ham sandwiches

Snacks
1 light string cheese
1 nonfat yogurt

Thursday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup oatmeal with 12 oz skim milk

Lunch
Bowl of turkey chili

Dinner
2 ham sandwiches

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts
2 "jingles" cookies

Friday
Breakfast
Two egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
PB&J sandwich

Dinner
foot-long club sandwich from subway on jalapeno bread with pepperjack cheese

Snacks
1 bag of pizza doritos
1 nonfat yogurt

Saturday
Breakfast
Smoothie

Dinner
Chicken breast
Steamed veggies (squash and zucchini)

Snacks
About 40 chips with salsa and cheese

Sunday
Lunch
Chili colorado
Refried beans
Rice

Snacks

About 40 chips with salsa and cheese

Monday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup of oatmeal with 12 oz skim milk

Lunch
Healthy choice steamer bowl

Dinner
Two ham sandwiches

Snacks
Two nonfat yogurts
1 string cheese

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Treadmills suck

It's been a week since I've updated, but I have a good excuse. SNOWMAGEDDON. SNOWKLAHOMA. SNOWPOCALYPSE. Or whatever "clever" term those good-for-nothing weathermen are calling it these days.


It has, for the most part, kept me from running outside. And that sucks. More than I imagined. I ran last Monday outside before the storm hit. And then it hit and dumped about 10 inches, so I couldn't run Wednesday, as the roads were bad and no local gyms were open. On Thursday, I plopped down $5 to run on a treadmill for 50 minutes. It was then I realized why I never had stuck with running before. Every other time I've started running, it was on a treadmill in a gym. It was pure torture. Awful. Boring. Tedious. If I were a weatherman, I might even say TREADMILLAGEDDON.

Nevertheless, I had to do it again on Saturday. It wasn't any better, even though a basketball game was on the TV they had there. I guess I could just tell I was going nowhere while I was doing it.

Monday, weather was better and the roads were only partially bad, so I decided to run outside. I had to quit 1.1 miles in, as my route was a slush-fest. Water above the ankles is not conducive to running, so I had to give that up. Which brings us to yesterday. As I posted at dailymile: "Sloppy, wet, windy, slushy and so what if I had to run the same stretch of road eight times? MUCH better than running in place on a treadmill. I needed this today!"

But of course we're now in the midst of 8 inches of snow, so it looks like the treadmill again tomorrow. BLARGH.

Here's my last week's worth of food diaries:

Wednesday
Breakfast
1 cup of oatmeal with 11 oz of skim milk

Lunch
Bowl of chili

Dinner
Two double cheeseburgers from McDonald's
One chicken sandwich from McDonald's
Small fries

Snacks
10 saltine crackers

96 oz of water throughout the day

Thursday
Breakfast
1 cup of oatmeal with 11 oz of skim milk

Lunch
2 ham sandwiches
1 can of chicken noodle soup

Dinner
Piece of peanut butter toast

Snacks
8 almonds
8 cashews
5 saltine crackers

96 oz of water throughout the day

Friday
Breakfast
Two-egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
6-inch oven roasted chicken breast sub with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno bread

Dinner

6-inch oven roasted chicken breast sub with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno bread

Snacks
1 nonfat yogurt

96 oz of water throughout the day

Saturday
Lunch
PB&J sandwich
16 oz skim milk

Dinner
Chicken pasta (about 360 calories)

Snacks
Two cups of chex mix
One package of beef jerkey
One bite of ice cream

Sunday
Breakfast
Nonfat yogurt

Lunch
Bowl of turkey chili

Dinner
Two chicken breasts
Three pieces of bacon

Snacks
12 waffle fries
24 tostitos scoops with cheese
5 gingerbread cookies

64 ounces of water throughout the day

Monday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Two ham sandwiches

Dinner
Bowl of turkey chili

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts
5 gingerbread cookies

Tuesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Two ham sandwiches

Dinner
Bowl of turkey chili

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts

128 ounces of water throughout the day

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

So how am I supposed to run in this?



Yeah, so we had almost a foot of snow here yesterday, meaning today will be my first missed run since I started Nov. 11. Pretty frustrating. I have to leave for work earlier as well, so I don't have time to work out before work, so I'll be doing some exercise bike when I get home, but I have no idea how much I will need to do. I could try to go Thursday/Saturday, but I hate to miss a day working out. I'll probably end up doing the bike and then if it's OK tomorrow, running tomorrow and Saturday.

Last three days worth of food diaries:

Sunday
Lunch
Bowl of chili

Dinner
Bowl of chili

Snacks
16 oz chocolate skim milk

32 oz of water throughout the day


Monday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two-egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Two PB&J sandwiches

Dinner
Bowl of chili

Snacks
Two nonfat yogurts
5 saltines

128 oz of water throughout the day

Tuesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two-egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Bowl of chili

Dinner
Two ham sandwiches

Snacks
5 saltines
4 cashews
4 almonds

64 oz of water throughout the day