Hump Day:

Working through hump day and I am trying to decide if i want to hit the gym again tonight.  After my very positive session last night I feel that I should keep it up.  I find myself using the last notch of my belt today...and that i can't get it any tighter...so i have to make a decision...buy a smaller[:-) belt or jerry rig my current belt so it fits properly...-_-  I really don't want to spend any extra money on a dumb belt.

Breakfast today was 300 calories and lunch is 550...not sure what we are going to have for dinner tonight.  I know that we have been cooking a lot and not going out nearly as much over the last month or so. Which is good for my weight and my wallet.

Rare Double Post:

I am writing a rare double post.  The reason i am writing this is because I had two things go well today.  1) i weighed in at (-1.5) so  I am at 352.5.  I did a half pound so I could say 52 instead of 53.  2) i was able to go 45 minutes on the Cardio Machine, doing 1 min at 120 spm (steps per minute) and then 1 min at 180 spm...which netted me +500 calories of work. Not sure if spm is a real acronym or not.  but anyway tonight was good!!!down 14.5 pounds so far.

Workout Tuesday:

Did not get to the gym last night...I am going to do the Tuesday / Thursday / Saturday routine this week.
I did not weigh myself this morning because i do not expect much of a change from yesterday.  But i will weigh in  tonight when i go to the gym. Todays breakfast was 300 calories and my lunch was 625 calories...so i have plenty of calories leftover for my dinner tonight.

A Good Weekend:

I took this weekend off from going to the gym...and just relaxed at my house.  I kind of assumed the worse when i went to weigh myself this morning...but luckily for me i was greeted with a surprise. I was (-1) on the scale from last Tuesday!  This means i am only 5 pounds from breaking the 350 mark and entering the 340's. (so right now i am at 354, 5 pounds to get to 349)  Now it is back to the gym...tonight i plan on hitting the cardio machine hard and seeing if i can keep this pace up.

Happy Friday!

Ok, ok, ok...you got me, i did not go to the gym last night.Went out with the family and did not get home until after 9:00 PM...but i am optimistic that i am going to get go tonight after my wife gets home from her second job...or third since being a mom is her first and a teacher her second?  Anyway the job i mention is for tastefully simple and she is a consultant.  Want to book a party? let me know...
But there is good news!  I weighed myself today and the scale was at (-2) (355 for those of you keeping score at home) So my diet plan is working so far (-12) in total...but i need to get to the gym today and tomorrow.

Breakfast today was 200 Calories and lunch is 650 calories so that leaves a big supper for me tonight!!!...J/K

Workout Thursday:

Gonna get to the gym tonight to get a good sweat in.  I will be interested to see if i have dropped any weight since Tuesday.  I really have been watching what I eat...but who doesn't (the alternative is food all over our faces instead of in our mouths)  Breakfast was a little bit larger at 350 calories  and lunch is about the same as usual, 600, so i still have around 1850 calories for dinner tonight.  I am really trying to keep my calories under 2800 and so far i believe i have been doing good!

Super Wednesday:

Alright, so i evidently gorged myself this weekend.  Ate way to much food for my own good.  When i stepped on the scale last night i could not believe what i saw. I guess this is one of those valleys that everyone must tread through.  The scale said 357.5, which means i am up 1/2 a pound from Saturday...HA I bet i had you all going.
I know my weight will fluxuate some depending on time of day / gravitional pull of the moon / etc...so i am not sweating it...but i did sweat a lot last night.

I was able to do 2/3 of the supersets in my bellyoff workout + 20 minutes of cardio doing 1 min at 55% and then 1 min at 85% with the last min being at 100%...

Breakfast was around 300 calories, Lunch is around 600 calories  so i can still have a dinner of around 1900 calories, which is 2 Quarter Pounder(s) with Cheese and a large Fry...to place it in perspective...and no i am not going to do that.

Tuesday Afternoon:

My Post is coming a little bit later in the afternoon today.  I have been a little bit busy at work.  I did not get to the gym last night, I figured that one more night of rest for my knee might be good.  (and there was some good TV on last night)  But i do not have any reason to not go in tonight.  So my plan is to get to the gym tonight and get a workout in.

Meals are also going well...breakfast and lunches are still good...and i am keeping dinners reasonable.  So hopefully this diet thing keeps on working.

Feeling better on a Monday:

Monday is at least looking brighter then i thought it would on Saturday...When i hurt my knee i immediately thought about what this would do to my weight loss goals and plans.  Then last night i was able to shot around (basketball) with the family and do some light jogging (after one of my many misses, :-P)  It was nothing streneous...but it showed me that maybe i didn't hurt it as bad as i thought.  Tonight i am going to get to the gym and give my knee a real try out...my hopes are to be able to do at least cardio, i will sacrifice the belly off program just to be safe for tonight.
I also am going to try something my brother-in-law told me about...changing my tempo during cardio...45-55% for one min then 80-85% for a min, alternating for about 30 minutes.  We'll see how that goes.

Breakfast was a couple of fruit bars, 200 Calories total...a snack of 200 calories. lunch is some Mexican soup, tortilla chips and fruit snacks, 590 total calories.  So today is off to a good start.

Saturday:

Here is a very rare saturday post. I got to the gym this morning and everything went great! the Scale was (-2) and i got a good workout in with some cardio.

Then I decided to cleanout my wife's car.  It all went well until i decided to twist my knee in a way other then God designed...Not sure why i did it but it happened.

I officially now know that i am closer to being a middle aged guy then i am to being a college football player. At least it is how i feel right now.  And that is not easy for me to admit.

So now i have to deal with an injury...i am still determined to get to the gym and get work in...luckily i have a couple of days until i get back to the gym.

Glorious Friday:

Yes friends it is Friday. It looks like we are going to take our son to his first football game!  It is my wife's school homecoming game and we are going to try to go to it for a bit...If we go to the game i might not be able to go to the gym, if that happens then i will go on Saturday morning before the family gets up for the day.

I am switching up my lunches and breakfasts to keep my body guessing...had two fruit bars for breakfast 220 calories and Lean Cuisine and fruit snacks for lunch 510 calories.  I am really trying to do what is right..I will continue to do it this weekend.  Hopefully my next post is about a successful weekend.

Decent Thursday:

Got to the Gym late last night...and I believe I was rewarded for it, got a very good workout in, I was able to almost do the complete belly-off program (but i fell a little short about 75% complete and 30 minutes of cardio on the elliptical machine.  When I stepped on the scale I definitely liked what I saw -2...so this means i am officially out of the 60's and now in the 50's.  And this time i do not have a weeding to go to this weekend so i am not going to blow it!  Hopefully in the next couple of weeks i can say goodbye to the 50's and hello to the 40's...but time will only tell.

Workout Wednesday:

Well today is workout Wednesday, another day of the insane belly-off workout routine.  I am hoping that when i am done with the workout one of the good elipticals is free...i like them so much better then either the treadmill or the bikes.  Tonight is also another weigh-in...i am hoping that at least 1 pound is gone. On a side note I watched the biggest loser last night.  That show is just plain wrong, you see very big people lose massive amounts of weight in 1 week.  That is just not normal.  It is not very hard to image why these people cannot keep the weight off.  They just do not make the life changes that are needed to maintain their new weight.  On the show everything is cooked for them and all they do is work out.  That is not true in the real world.  To keep weight off you need a life change that drives your weight change.

Working Out and Eating Right:

A buddy of mine got me on a workout routine that does not involve weights at all.  It only involves your own body mass and cardio.  I have done it twice now and man is it a workout.  The scale last night was a +0 so i did not gain anything over the weekend so i consider that a win.  My next scheduled workout is Wednesday night but maybe I will have time to get to the gym tonight.  I am really trying to keep on this diet...2800 calories or less...breakfast was 250 calories and lunch was 450 calories.  If i keep dinner reasonable then i will be under 2800.

Monday More info:

Found some more information that i needed to post...for my body weight (360) as of last week...i should eat 3600 calories per day.  To lose weight i need to cut out 700 calories.  Which means i need to drop to 2900...There is also a technique to zig/zag your calories so that no two days are the same...this way you are able to trick your body to not hit a plateau...interesting stuff
http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm#

Monday; Monday:

Monday is here...and I already miss the weekend.  I am still trying to find out what caloric intake ration should be my breakfast lunch and dinner.  I know that i can't just try to do under 2,000 calories in a given day or else my body will think it is starving and my metabolism will shut off.  And I do not want that.  So i am trying to keep my meals reasonable, lunch today was 550 calories and breakfast was about 300.  But i still need to find out what I am supposed to be at for the long term.  Do i need to insert some snacks to keep my body burning energy?

Friday, Friday:

Friday is here and hopefully it is going to be a good day...I am back on the Train to losing weight and i am make a conscientious effort in making good choices for my meals.  And trying to limit snacks at all times.  I am looking forward to this weekend as some time to be at home with the family.  I am recently on this kick of the campbell soups that come in a cup that you can heat up and drink...seems like a good lunch option for the fall / winter...and only 150 calories per serving (1 cup)  that plus a 100 calorie pack of popcorn and 200 calorie pack of fruit snacks means my lunch is 450 calories? My main question is that good or not? How large should a lunch be?

Back on the Train:

Ok, so going out to Ohio and having a labor day picnic was not the best for my wasteline...the scale at the gym was not very good...in fact it was +3 which is not very good at all.  But the news is not all bad.  I did get to the gym last night and i had a very good cardio and sauna session...i am curious to see what the scale is going to say tonight...hopefully it is under 0 and not over it.  Right now i am still -2 overall so i will take some positive out of this whole debacle.  I am going to use this as my wake up call...it tells me I need to watch what i eat and get to the gym on a regular basis, or not very good things will happen (to my weight)...

Draft but no Gym

Well the Draft is over and my final team seems to be pretty good...But the bad news is that it did not get over until well after 9:00 PM after cleanup and all.  So i did not get to the gym like planned...but tonight is a different night and i plan on getting to the gym to get a weigh in and to get some good cardio in.  I still need to get into a consistent routine so that i get to the gym regularly.

The Wedding is Over:

The Wedding is over and my sister is on their extended honeymoon...1 Week in TN...I hope they have a great time!  Anyway this weekend was probably not the best for my "Diet"  and i am not looking forward to getting on the scale tonight at the Gym...the only good thing about this is this is the last trip we should be taking for awhile so i will have several months of being at home in our daily routine.  So tomorrow i will give an update on how much damage was done this weekend.  Hopefully not to much.

Preview to this weekend:

I have a very interesting weekend in store for me...My sister is getting married on Saturday so our family is heading out to Ohio for the wedding...we are leaving tomorrow morning so we can be there in tame for the rehearsal.  The interesting part is the meals portion on the trip... spaghetti warehouse on Friday, Wedding reception on Saturday, and Rachel's Roadhouse on Sunday!  Plus a Labor day picnic on Monday...Boy it is going to take some discipline to keep my meal portions respectable this weekend...maybe the hotel will have some semblance of a gym so i can get a little workout in?  i doubt it but i can hope. Thus to say i will report on how it goes for me on Tuesday!

Good but Bad at the same time:

Last night was good but bad at the same time.  I got to the Gym around 8:20, which is the good...the scale was +1 which is the bad.  So the weekend did not go as well as i would had anticipated.  I know we need to go to the grocery store sometime soon, hopefully we will get some food that is a little better for what i am trying to do.
Hopefully I can get some Oatmeal and OJ for breakfast...some salad mix and oil and vinegar dressing for lunches.  and maybe something very healthy to snack on when i get a craving after work or in the evening.

I figured this journey wasn't going to be easy fill with constant victory after victory.  I know i will lose some battles along the way, but i am determined to win the war.

Last Night: Good and Bad

Last night i was both good and bad...i was good because i decided to help my wife...i was bad because i did not get to the gym.  Let me explain:  I tried to help my wife last night by picking up things around the house...shoes, toys, clothes.  So i went around the house looking for stuff i could do...clean the kitchen, take stuff up to the attic...etc. When i starting doing my little cleaning task i soon realized that several hours had passed and i did not have time to get to the gym. Now don't think i did everything, because i didn't. I didn't do laundry and things like that...i find that i need my wife for that. I am the kind of guy that throws everything into the wash and dryer together, and that irritates my wife and shrinks my clothes.
So hopefully tonight is a little more settled and i am able to get to the gym and do a weigh in.  I am wondering what i am at right now.