Saturday, April 30, 2011

Too long in between posts

 So much has happened in the last two weeks. In fact, I have mostly forgotten to keep up with my food diary the last half of this week. I'm hoping I can piece it together, but the last few days of this could be completely off.

I have surpassed the 75-pound lost mark. Closer and closer to the big 100 mark and almost 60 percent of the way to my goal weight.

Today was another milestone as well. After three months of consistently running 3.1 miles, I ran 4.65 miles. I felt outstanding after I was finished.

Nothing really to add here. Just cruising along. I promise I will update more frequently.

Saturday
Lunch
1 cup oatmeal
1 cup skim milk

Dinner
PB&J sandwich

Sunday
Lunch
6 boneless hot wings
Order of french fries
36 oz diet pepsi

Dinner
Ham, chicken and cheese sandwich
Chips and salsa

32 oz water
44 oz diet cherry limeade

Monday
Breakfast
PB&J sandwich

Lunch
1 ham sandwich

Dinner
1 ham sandwich

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts

64 oz of water throughout the day

Tuesday
Lunch/dinner
20 fried green beans
Cheese and crackers

Snacks
A ton of chips and dip

60 oz of water throughout the day
4 oz coca cola

Wednesday
Lunch
Half a bag of jalapeno pretzels (700 calories)

Dinner
Two cheeseburgers
Serving of potato salad

20 oz water
32 oz diet powerade
12 oz cranberry juice

Thursday
Lunch
1/2 a bag of jalapeno pretzels (700 calories)

Dinner
Cheeseburger
Serving of potato salad

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts

128 oz of water throughout the day

Friday
Breakfast
Smoothie

Lunch
6-inch chicken salad sandwich with cheddar cheese on jalapeno cheese bread from subway
Bag of baked lays potato chips

Dinner
6-inch chicken salad sandwich with cheddar cheese on jalapeno cheese bread from subway

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts

20 oz lemonade/tea mixture

75 oz water throughout the day

Saturday
Lunch/dinner
5 baby back ribs

A shitton of shit — chips, cheese, crackers, pasta salad, dip, a dozen or so mini tarts.

Snacks
1 100 calorie pack of cookies

50 oz of water throughout the day

Sunday
Lunch/dinner
Four soft turkey tacos
A lot of baked tostitos
A lot of cheese dip
A lot of salsa


Snacks
2 100 calorie packs of cookies

Monday
Breakfast
PB&J sandwich

Lunch
Baked tostitos and queso

Dinner
1 soft turkey taco

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts

96 oz of water throughout the day

Tuesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two-egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
1 ham sandwich

Dinner
Leftover turkey taco (1)

Snacks
1 deviled egg
1 bag of baked lays (120 calories)
2 nonfat yogurts

96 oz water

Wednesday
Breakfast
1 cup oatmeal with 10 oz skim milk

Lunch
1 ham sandwich

Dinner
Frozen dinner (chicken, rice and veggie)

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts
1 cheese stick

64 oz water

Thursday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup oatmeal with 10 oz skim milk

Lunch
2 fiber one bars
1 bag of baked lays

Dinner
Chicken taco salad from taco bueno. Lettuce, jalapenos, salsa, chicken and 1 tablespoon sour cream

96 oz water

Friday
Breakfast
1 cup of oatmeal with 10 oz skim milk

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

Dinner

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

Snacks
1 bag of baked lays
2 nonfat yogurts

24 oz diet coke
6 oz lemonade
44 oz water

Saturday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup oatmeal with 10 oz skim milk

Lunch
10 crackers
2 tablespoons cheese ball
1 flour tortilla and salsa

Dinner
Chicken breast
1 bag of broccoli cheese rice (575 calories)

Snacks
2 100 calorie packs of cheezits

64 oz water

Friday, April 15, 2011

Five months in and 71 pounds lighter

So it's been five months since I started and I am 71 pounds lighter than when I started. Sadly, other than my clothes fitting differently, I still cannot tell the difference. I still think I look the same.



Wednesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
One cup oatmeal with one cup of skim milk

Dinner
1 salmon filet
1/2 cup rice

Snacks
Three handfuls of sunflower seeds

128 oz of water throughout the day

Thursday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two egg omelet

Lunch
Salmon filet
1/2 cup rice

Dinner
Two ham sandwiches

Snacks
Two nonfat yogurts

64 oz of water throughout the day

Friday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Six-inch oven roasted chicken breast sandwich with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno bread from subway

Dinner
Six-inch oven roasted chicken breast sandwich with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno bread from subway

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts
1 bag of pizza doritos (240 calories)

80 oz of water throughout the day
20 oz of tea/lemonade combo

Saturday
Breakfast
Smoothie

Lunch
Two bowls of chili
1 hotlink
44 oz of diet cherry limeade

Dinner
1 PB&J sandwich
16 oz skim milk

32 oz of water throughout the day

Sunday
Lunch
Bag of Snyder's jalapeno pretzels (1400 calories)

Dinner
Bowl of chili

64 oz of water throughout the day

Monday
Dinner
Two bowls of chili

64 oz of water throughout the day

Tuesday
Breakfast
1 cup of oatmeal with 1 cup skim milk

Lunch
1 bag of beef jerkey

Dinner
Way more chips, queso and salsa than I should have
1 cheese enchilada smothered in cheese

48 oz of unsweet tea

Wednesday
Dinner
Chips and queso
Chicken sandwich with blue cheese
24 oz dos equis

Snacks
1 bag of beef jerkey
32 oz diet gatorate

Thursday
Lunch
Two cheese enchiladas and rice

Dinner
1 bowl of chili

Friday
Dinner
PB&J sandwich

64 oz of water throughout the day

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Halfway there!

As I posted on my twitter account: 69 pounds down, 64 to go. It's been nearly five months. Aside from my clothes fitting differently, I honestly can't tell anything. I still see fat when I look in the mirror.


However, people keep showering me with compliments. I honestly am not liking it, as I'm only halfway there. When I complete the goal, compliment away. But complimenting me now makes me feel like I've accomplished something, when in actuality, I haven't. I'm still fat. Way too damn fat.

I haven't had the best week diet wise. Saturday night, another family birthday celebration. I ate way too much dinner and then I ate way too many snacks -- cheese and crackers. Yesterday we had pizza at work and I devoured eight slices of cheese pizza. My plan was two. I talked myself into four. And at some point, four became eight. It's ridiculous how little willpower I have. I already am expecting a shitty weigh in day Friday.

Anyway, here's my last week's worth of food diaries:


Wednesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two egg omelet with ham and cheese
1 jalapeno and cheddar flatbread cracker (40 calories)

Lunch
Salmon filet
1/2 cup rice

Dinner
Two ham sandwiches

Snacks
Four handfuls of sunflower seeds
Three bites of banana bread


128 oz of water throughout the day

Thursday
Breakfast
One piece of peanut butter toast
8 oz skim milk
1 banana

Lunch
Two ham sandwiches

Snacks
Two nonfat yogurts
Three handfuls of sunflower seeds
1 oz baked lays potato chips (120 calories)

Friday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two-egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Six-inch oven roasted chicken breast sandwich with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno cheese bread from subway

Dinner
Six-inch oven roasted chicken breast sandwich with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno cheese bread from subway

Snacks
Bag of baked lays potato chips (120 calories)
Two nonfat yogurts
Four handfuls of sunflower seeds

75 oz of water throughout the day
20 oz of tea/lemonade combo (1/4 lemonade, 3/4 tea)

Saturday
Lunch
Bag of beef jerkey (240 calories)

Dinner
5 boneless hot wings
16 sweet potato fries
6 chips with artichoke spinach dip
Small bowl of tomato basil soup
8 oz pork tenderloin
1 cup of green beans

Snacks
Enough cheese and crackers to keep me stopped up for a week
24 oz budweiser

60 oz of water throughout the day

Sunday
Lunch
1 pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream (a whopping 1120 calories!)

Dinner
Two bowls of chili

64 oz of water throughout the day

Monday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Two ham sandwiches

Dinner
Small bowl of chili

Snacks
Two handfuls of sunflower seeds
1 tootsie pop
2 nonfat yogurts

Tuesday
Lunch
Baked potato with chicken breast and BBQ sauce
Four pieces of fried okra

Dinner
8 slices of thin crust cheese pizza

Snacks
Tootsie pop
Six handfuls of sunflower seeds

128 oz of water throughout the day

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Viva Las Vegas

Man, did I need that trip to Vegas. It helped me on several fronts. I was getting complacent in my weight loss. Even though I'm not where I want to be, people continually have given compliments about my weight loss. I was afraid complacency was setting in. Scratch that, complacency was setting in.


Vegas changed that, in a couple of ways.


I have a list of accomplishments that I'll share one day about my "goals" of weight loss. One of them was to ride on an airplane without feeling sorry for the person sitting next to me. And I'm not there yet. I still was overflowing into the seat next to me. So that was the jolt back from complacency.

It also led to some serious good days diet-wise in Vegas, as you'll see below. The first three days, I did pretty well on my diet while I was out there. Maybe not so much on healthy food wise, but definitely didn't pig out.

But Friday, Saturday and Sunday were a different story. I ate. And ate. And ate. Only one buffet for the whole six days, so that was fine. I also drank a lot of beer for the first time since I've started my diet.

Despite the quantities of food I ate, according to the Wii fit scale, I gained less than half a pound for the week. That was the other way Vegas changed my complacency. That made me realize that once I get to where I want to go, I can eat like that and it won't affect me, as long as I continue to run.

I did run in Vegas. On the strip. It was awesome. Lots of joggers. I ran from the Riviera past the Flamingo and back. About 3.2 miles. I ran it Wednesday and Friday.

Every other trip to Vegas I've been, my feet have hurt from any kind of walking. Not this time. My buddy and I walked everywhere. I didn't feel like a burden, like I did at my bachelor party, when I had to take extended breaks because my feet hurt so bad.

And let me tell you, weekend strip traffic sucks, so it was refreshing to be able to walk all the way to the Bellagio to watch the fountain shows.

All in all, it was a much needed trip. I needed to unwind. I haven't had a vacation in two years. And I've come back with a renewed vigor on the second half of my weight loss journey.

Tuesday
Breakfast
1 egg

Lunch
1 In N Out burger with mustard and peppers (no cheese)
1 neopolitan shake

Dinner
Way more chips than I should have and salsa and cheese
Chicken and beef fajitas
3 flour tortillas
50 oz dos equis

Wednesday
Breakfast
Banana
Myplex shake (210 calories)

No Lunch

Dinner
Braised lamb with carrots, celery, potatoes and peas
Three hot wings
Three wedges of flatbread
32 oz guinness
47 oz 4loko

Thursday
Breakfast
Banana

Lunch
Double-double from In N Out (two patties, two pieces of cheese) with mustard and special sauce
Cheese fries (fries with two slices of cheese)
Neopolitan shake

Dinner
3 oz beef jerkey
Bag of jalapeno chips (290 calories)
32 oz calorie free powerade

48 oz of water throughout the day

Friday
Lunch
2 bowls of chicken chili
3 hot wings
1 piece of greasy, cheesy, BBQ chicken pizza
1 serving of potato salad
1 serving of pasta salad
6 pieces of fried zucchini
Bowl of peach cobbler with ice cream
36 oz of unsweet tea
32 oz no-calorie powerade

Dinner
Half a steak sandwich
Plate of fully loaded nachos
45 oz of beer

32 oz of water throughout the day

Saturday
Lunch
Pho beef soup
4 pieces of sweet and sour chicken
Half an egg roll

Dinner
Three hot wings
Chicken fajitas with cheese, sour cream, salsa and four flour tortillas and a tablespoon of bleu cheese dressing
12 oz margarita
12 oz bahama mama
16 oz havana banana

Sunday
Breakfast
12 saltines

Lunch
2 chili cheese dogs
bag of corn chips
bottle of squirt

Dinner
One burger from In N Out (no cheese; one patty)
Order of fries
16 oz of 7up

Monday
Breakfast
One cup of oatmeal

Lunch
Two PB&J sandwiches

Dinner
1 filet of salmon
1/2 cup rice

Snacks
3/4 cup sunflower seeds
1 nonfat yogurt

42 oz of water throughout the day

Tuesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Two ham sandwiches

Snacks
Two nonfat yogurts
1 cup of sunflower seeds

96 oz of water throughout the day

Friday, March 25, 2011

Vegas Eve

So ready for Vegas. I haven't had a vacation in two years. This will be another serious test in my diet/exercise. We do have access to the fitness room, so I have no excuses. Now if I can just lay off the food, that would be grand. Next post will be after vacation.


EDIT: This was supposed to be posted Monday night, but I guess I didn't hit publish? I dunno.


Saturday
Breakfast
1 piece of toast with peanut butter

Dinner
1 package of brocolli cheese rice (650 calories)

Snacks
1 100 calorie package of mint chocolate cookies
1 100 calorie package of brownies

16 oz sugar water (peach lemonade)

Sunday
Lunch
1 piece of string cheese
2 oz dehydrated veggies

Dinner
Four cups tortilla soup
Five cornbread muffins
12 oz beer

Snacks
1 100 calorie pack of mint chocolate chip cookies

96 oz water throughout the day

Monday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two-egg omelet with ham and cheese

Dinner
Two ham sandwiches

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts
1 bag sunflower seeds
1 tootsie roll
6 oz beef jerkey

20 oz diet pepsi (yes, vacation has officially started)

36 oz of water

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Almost at the halfway point.

Weigh-in was yesterday. I am now officially under 290 pounds. Grand total is 64 pounds. My goal when I started was to lose 133 pounds, so I'm 2.5 from the halfway point. Kind of amazing that I've lost that much and I'm not even halfway. I wish I had this drive years ago and I'd be finished now.

Vegas week looms. I leave Tuesday and don't come back until late late Sunday. This will be a difficult test for the diet. I am so glad I am so close to halfway, because I don't want to take a step back next week, and I'm pretty sure this will help keep me in check in the land of buffets and 99 cent, two-pound hot dogs. Not to mention I plan on drinking many, many beers, which I have cut out so far on the diet.

Wish me luck, and here's hoping my next weigh in finds me more than halfway to my goal!


Sunday
Breakfast
1 cup oatmeal with 10 oz of skim milk
1 piece of peanut butter toast

Lunch
100 calorie pack of cheezits
Package of beef jerkey (200 calories)

Dinner
1/2 a chicken breast
Six small pieces of bread
12 pepperonis
16 oz chocolate skim milk

64 oz of water throughout the day

Monday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup oatmeal with 10 oz skim milk

Lunch
Pasta and italian sausage

Dinner
2 ham sandwiches

Snacks
2 nonfat yogurts

96 oz of water throughout the day

Tuesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two egg omelet with bacon and cheese

Lunch
Two ham sandwiches

Dinner
Bowl of chicken noodle soup

Snacks
2 tootsie pops
2 nonfat yogurts

96 oz of water throughout the day

Wednesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
2 ham sandwiches

Dinner
Salmon filet
1/2 cup rice

Snacks
2 tootsie pops

128 oz of water throughout the day

Thursday
Breakfast
1 cup oatmeal with 10 oz skim milk
Two piece of toast with peanut butter

Lunch
2 ham sandwiches

Dinner
None

Snacks
1 nonfat yogurt
1 100 calorie pack of cheezits

Friday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two-egg omelet with ham and cheese
16 oz chocolate skim milk

Lunch
2 PB&J sandwiches

Dinner
6-inch oven roasted chicken breast with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno bread from subway

Snacks
1 tootsie pop
1 nonfat yogurt
3.5 oz dehydrated veggies (carrots, taro, sweet potatoes, squash, green beans)

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Another 5K, another PR

Made excellent time yesterday (for me) at the St. Patty's Day 5K. Was hoping it would be my first sub-45-minute mark, and I nearly did it in under 44 minutes. I finished with a time of 44:04 chipped and 44:14 gun time. Whatever that means.

Unfortunately, it appears my weight loss has hit a plateau. And that sucks bad. Over the last two weeks, I've lost a total of 8 ounces. Half a pound in two weeks. That kind of progress just doesn't seem like it's worth it to keep trying. I need to make this week a great one, as I am going to Vegas the week after that.
 
Wednesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup of oatmeal with 1 cup of skim milk

Lunch
Two ham sandwiches

Dinner
3 cups of chicken and rice soup

Snacks
1 nonfat yogurt

64 oz of water throughout the day

Thursday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two-egg omelet with ham and cheese

Lunch
Two ham sandwiches

Dinner
Frozen healthy choice dinner (270 calories)

Snacks
130 almonds

Friday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup oatmeal with 11 oz skim milk

Lunch
2 PB&J sandwiches

Dinner
200 almonds

Snack
1 nonfat yogurt

64 oz of water throughout the day

Saturday
Breakfast
Smoothie

Lunch
Three-egg omelet with mushrooms and bacon
Two strawberries
Four pineapple chunks

No dinner

64 oz of water throughout the day