Breakfast: one bowl of mixed Cocoa Crunchies and regular Cheerios (with 1% milk)
Exercise: abreviated morning at the gym
Lunch: El Torito--Carne Ranchera (steak, peppers & onions, rice & beans, lettuce, tomato, avacado, jalapenos), chips & salsa, Diet Coke
Supper: heel of french bread, cinnamon roll
Night: a bit of red wine

Breakfast: one bowl of mixed Cocoa Crunchies and regular Cheerios (with 1% milk), half a banana
Exercise: morning at the gym
Lunch: Amigo's--a few chips with salsa (not much), huevos verdes (eggs with green salsa), rice, refried beans, Diet Coke
Afternoon: Acoustic Coffeehouse (monthly 4 O'clock Club meeting)--two glasses of 1554 (maybe three), some nachos with various stuff
Supper: a tasty soup concoction my wife made, water

Okay, I turned 50 a couple of weeks ago. While that's a more symbolic threshold than a real one, I need to become more aware of my health from here to the end. This blog was recently one of the most successful attempts at such awareness, but as I've let it slip for more than two months I've gained back some of the weight it helped me lose.

So I begin again. . . .

Breakfast: one bowl of mixed Cocoa Crunchies and regular Cheerios (with 1% milk), half a banana
Weight: 251.6
Exercise: morning at the gym—elliptical machine for 30 minutes, weightlifting for 20 minutes
Weight: 250 (water loss?)
Lunch: ETSU cafeteria—chicken-fried steak and mashed potatoes (with a little gravy), corn, salad, vegetable soup with croutons, a slice of single-layer cake, Diet Coke
Supper: Barberitos—super vegetarian burrito on wheat tortilla (rice, pintos, a little cheese, salsa, jalapenos, cilantro, onion, black olives, cucumbers, sour cream, guacamole), chips and a Diet Coke
Night: a glass of red wine

Weight: 248

Exercise:

Breakfast:

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: morning at the gym

Breakfast: chicken biscuit and Diet Coke from Bojangles
Lunch: chips & salsa, new fish meal and Diet Coke from El Torito; the fish meal includes grilled fish (plain, I think), rice, salad with lettuce and tomato and jalapenos and avacado, three flour tortillas; it seems to me fairly healthy
Supper: turkey sandwich & water, too many pieces of chocolate cake a friend sent home with my wife

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise:

Breakfast: chicken biscuit from Bojangles, Mountain Dew
Lunch: salad, 2 pieces pizza, Diet Coke, ice cream cone

Weight: 248

Exercise: none

Breakfast: bowl of Reese's cereal
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini--Chicken Club; V8
Supper: salad, cheese sticks, pizza at Buck's, Diet Coke; at home, a bowl of Reese's cereal for dessert

Weight: 247.6

Exercise: walk/run in park, early afternoon

Breakfast: Bojangles chicken biscuit and Diet Coke
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini (chicken club) and green tea

Actual Date: Wednesday, 20 August

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: afternoon at gym; band rehearsal

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini--chicken, spinach, mushroom; V8
Supper: Buck's Pizza--salad, 3 breadsticks, 2 pieces of Hawaiian Pizza

Weight: 249.4

Exercise: 4-mile walk/run on the track around the soccer fields

Breakfast: Nutri-Grain cereal bar (blackberry)
Snack: Nutri-Grain cereal bar (blackberry)
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini--chicken, mushroom, spinach; V8
Supper: Barberitos--tofu burrito, chips & salsa, Diet Coke; bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres at home for dessert

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: afternoon at the gym

Breakfast: 2 chocolate-covered doughnuts (filled) and chocolate milk
Snack: grapes
Lunch: Subway--turkey & ham on wheat, chips, Diet Coke
Snack: V8
Supper: mushroom quesadilla; tomato sandwich; 1/2 piece of pizza

Okay, I seem to be losing focus over the last couple of weeks, having to add in days that I've let slip by me. And not keeping the daily record in mind has affected my weight loss program. I'm still doing well with the exercise, but the food intake has been less careful than it was when I was being more consistent.

So, refresh and refocus!

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise:

Breakfast: Bojangles--chicken biscuit and Diet Coke
Lunch: Empire Chinese Buffet--white rice, pepper chicken, sushi (various), triple crown (boiled seafood), sesame chicken, chinese doughnut, tiny dessert cake, Diet Pepsi

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: morning at the gym

Breakfast: McDonald's--Egg McMuffin, coffee
Snack: peach
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken Tuscan, V8
Snack: peach

Actual Date: Sunday, 10 August

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: none but band performance in Arise and long rehearsal in the afternoon

Breakfast: none
Snack: 1 chocolate-covered doughnut with custard filling
Lunch: Empire Chinese Buffet--similar to Friday but with different little scoops of stuff, water
Supper: at Joan and George's--2 types of salad, 2 types of lasagna, Italian bread, a sampling of several desserts (including chocolate dessert), Coke Zero

Acutal Date: Saturday, 9 August

Weight: 244.4

Exercise: a slow evening walk in the park

Breakfast: UMM breakfast at Cherokee--some eggs, a biscuit, 2 slices French toast, fruit, coffee
Lunch: none
Supper: (early) Justin's in Morristown--blackened tilapia, rolls, salad with ranch dressing, rice pilaf, fried mushrooms, bourbon pecan pie with ice cream, Diet Coke, coffee

Weight: 244.4

Exercise: evening at the gym

Breakfast: mixed bowl of Honeynut Cheerios and Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Snack: red grapes
Lunch: Empire Chinese Buffet--plate of white rice with small samplings of several dishes (pineapple chicken, butter mushrooms, triple delight seafood, squid, Hong Kong chicken), 3 fried dumplings, small dessert and chinese doughnut, Died Coke
Supper: I don't remember (writing this on Monday the 11th)

Actual Date: Thursday, 7 August

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: walk/run at the gym

Breakfast: McDonald's--Egg McMuffin, coffee
Lunch: Main Meal--salad, some chicken salad, 1 slice pizza, 1 small hamburger with chili, pie, water
Snack: peach
Supper: tomato sandwich, lowfat chips, Corona Light, chocolate dessert with a little vanilla ice cream
Night: red wine

Actual Date: Wednesday, 6 August

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: none but band rehearsal at church

Breakfast: with the BBC--two eggs, tenderloin, wheat toast, coffee
Lunch: none
Snack: popcorn, candy, drink at the movies
Supper: Applebee's--Bourbon Street Steak, side salad with Ranch dressing, mashed potatoes, Diet Coke
Snack: chocolate dessert (3 or 4); red wine

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: mowing yard (2 hours)

Breakfast: mixed bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres and Honeynut Cheerios
Snack: one piece Dove chocolate
Lunch: El Torito--3 tacos (2 fish, 1 pork) with corn tortillas and cilantro; chips & salsa; ice water
Supper: 1 1/2 pbj and some Bunch-a-Crunch
Snack: fudgsicles (2 40-calorie & 1 Starbucks); red wine

Weight: 248.8 before workout; 247 after workout

Exercise: morning at the gym

Breakfast: none
Lunch: El Torito--huevos rancheros (3 eggs over medium or well, ranchero sauce, refried beans, rice and 3 flour tortillas) & water
Supper: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken Club; some sushi
Snack: chocolate and red wine

Actual Date: Sunday, 3 August

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: none beyond the morning's workout with the band at church

Breakfast: Bojangles--chicken biscuit and Diet Pepsi
Lunch: birthday lunch for Mom at Walnut Presbyterian Church--ham, fried chicken, beans, potatoes, pinapple dish, rolls, Diet Pepsi, cake; I had a full plate, but I didn't overeat (at least not to discomfort)
Supper: none
Snack: several chocolate desserts throughout the day; a little red wine

Weight: 245.8

Exercise: 4 miles in Willow Springs Park--1.5-2 jogging, 2-2.5 walking

Breakfast: Waffle House--bacon, egg and chees on wheat toast; hashbrowns with onions, tomatoes, jalapenos and mushrooms; coffee
Lunch: 4 sweet & salty crunchy granola bars with dabs of Nutella; Diet 7-Up
Snack: Nutra-Grain cereal bar (blackberry)
Supper: Applebee's--spinach & artichoke dip with chips; Weight Watcher's chicken & portobello sandwich; Diet Coke
Snack: chocolate dessert, milk, a bit of red wine

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: yoga; morning at the gym

Breakfast: none (busy morning and planning an early lunch)
Snack: 1/2 banana with peanut butter; technically could be called breakfast, but it was around 10:15
Lunch: Barberito's--wheat tortilla with rice, pintos, fish, tofu, salsa, spinach leaves, lime, southwestern vin., cilantro, onion, black olives; chips with lime and both red and green salsa; Diet Coke
Supper: 1 1/2 pbj with milk and 2 bowls of cereal; box of Bunch-a-Crunch

Weight: 245.8

Exercise: walk/run across campus in the rain; walk to bank and back

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Snack: Mr. Nature's Unsalted Mix 'n Yogurt
Lunch: salad with lite Ranch, two pieces of pizza (green peppers, onions, mushrooms), 1 chocolate chip cookie, 1 brownie, Diet Coke
Snack: package of peanut butter crackers
Supper: El Torito--fish taco meal

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: afternoon at the gym; Praise Team rehearsal

Breakfast: with the BBC--two eggs over medium, tenderloin, wheat toast, coffee
Lunch: a peach; a package of Mr. Nature's Unsalted Trail Mix; a package of Snyder's of Hanover's Fat Free All Natural Mini Pretzels; water
Supper: about 1/3 an order of bread sticks and 4 slices of Hawaiian pizza at Buck's; Diet Coke

Weight: 249.8

Exercise: mowing the yard in the evening (2 hours pushing and pulling the mower)

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres

Between breakfast and lunch, I took a walk on campus to run a couple of errands. In the Culp, some first-year nursing students were doing a free blood pressure check for smoking awareness. I quit smoking over 7 years ago, so I'm okay in that area. My blood pressure wasn't that bad either (for me, at least): 128/83.

Lunch: Lean Cuisine Flatbread: Pesto Chicken; V8; Keebler Soft Batch chocolate chip cookies (4-pack)
Snack: a peach
Supper: Barberito's--spinach tortilla, rice, pintos, tofu, some veggies, chips & salsa, Diet Coke



Here's something to be remembered. The snack machine's package of cookies looked relatively innocent there in its slot between Poptarts and Rice Krispies Treats; the rows above it hold different kinds of M&Ms, as well as Snickers and Twix and 3 Musketeers and Baby Ruth and on and on. But as I was writing it down in the lunch report above, I began to wonder. So, I pulled the packaging from the office trash can, and here's what I discovered. The serving size is 1 cookie. Not 4--1. I ate all 4, ate them slowly, mind you, but ate them all all the same. In the eating of the 4-pack I consumed 310 calories, 130 of which came from fat. (I have to work the elliptical machine hard for 17-20 minutes to get rid of 310 calories!) I read further and discovered that I took in 14g total fat, 5g saturated fat and 1g trans fat. No cholesterol, thank goodness. 220mg of sodium also went in to combine with the fairly high sodium content of the Lean Cuisine and the V8. In the 4-pack were 42g of carbs, 1g fiber and 23g sugars. And at last, 2g protein.

Actual Date: Monday, 28 July

Weight: 247.8 immediately after workout

Exercise: morning at the gym

Breakfast: none
Lunch: El Torito--two fish tacos, chips & salsa, Diet Coke
Supper: sushi with green tea
Snack: Mocha BK Joe Iced Coffee

Actual Date: Sunday, 27 July

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: none (only rocking with the Praise Band at Cherokee)

Breakfast: Bojangles--chicken biscuit with Mountain Dew
Lunch: Applebee's--Fiesta Lime Chicken and Diet Coke
Supper: none
Snack: a few pieces of sushi

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: none; a day of rest

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Flatbread
Snack: popcorn, Bunch-a-Crunch, soft drink at the movie theater
Supper: at the home of friends--quesadillas (chicken & cheese, BLT, tomato), chips, additional side dishes, 2 Corona Lights, Hershey's chocoloate pie, a few pieces of fudge, some red wine

Weight: 249.2

Exercise: morning at the gym; walk home from campus (appx. 4 miles)

Breakfast: 2 chocolate desserts
Lunch: salad (greens, carrots, black olives, lite ranch dressing); small hamburger with chili only; something like Boston Creme pie and a chocolate chip cookie; Diet Coke
Snack: chocolate dessert and water
Supper: "heavy" Hors d'Oeuvres (and desserts) at Link Hills Country Club in Greeneville, a variety too broad to mention

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise:

Breakfast: 1 bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Snack: 1 apple
Lunch: El Torito--fish taco meal with Diet Coke
Snack: a couple of different forms of chocolate
Supper: green beans with new potatoes, corn on the cob, chicken, more chocolate, Flying Dog's Old Scratch Amber Lager
Snack: chocolate dessert

Can you say "Chocoholic"?

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: evening at the gym

Breakfast: Bojangles--chicken biscuit and Diet Pepsi
Snack: 1 package of Lance Toasty Crackers
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken Tuscan
Supper: Buck's Pizza--3 slices of a large with Canadian bacon and pineapple
Snacks: BK Mocha iced coffee; 2 bites of green beans, 2 bites of organic dark chocolate, 2 bites of pulled pork

Weight: 248.4

Exercise: campus errands (walking 30 mins.)

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken, Spinach & Mushroom; V8
Snack: five (or so) dessert squares at Search Committee meeting
Supper: a pulled pork sandwich and a green tea
Snack: a variety of little things--a couple of bites of a chocolate bar I wanted to try, about 4 cream cheese rolls, the rest of my green tea

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: yoga; morning at the gym; mowing

Breakfast: bowl of Honeynut Cheerios; one chocolate dessert
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Southwestern Chicken, V8
Supper: Lean Cuisine Tortilla-Crusted Fish; Corona
Snacks: throughout the afternoon and evening I finished off the chocolate dessert--at least 5 cookies and at least one small glass of milk

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: walk/run 3 miles at Walnut Community Center

Breakfast: two biscuits with butter and molasses, chocolate milk
Lunch: 2 little ham & cheese sandwiches that my aunt makes, green beans, potato chips, Sierra Mist Free, a cheesecakey thing with cherries on top, spoonful of sugar-free banana pudding and a York Peppermint Patty
Supper: a meal with the church band--lemon chicken, potato salad, baked beans, biscuits, spice cake, banana pudding, chocolate dessert, water

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: nada

Breakfast: Bojangles--chicken biscuit & Diet Pepsi
Lunch: Moochies in Marshall, NC--chicken Parmesan sandwich on wheat, fries, Diet Pepsi
Supper: at Granny Edmonds's 97th birthday party--eastern North Carolina BBQ, some baked beans and tomato, a hamburger with mustard and onion and tomato, a couple of chocolate desserts (no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies) and a piece of birthday cake
Snack: along through the day, some chocolate desserts and a couple of bite-size York peppermint patties

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: morning at the gym

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Subway--tuna on honey oat bread--lettuce, tomato, onion, black olives, jalapeno, salt & pepper; those veggie chips again; Diet Coke
Supper: broiled fish (tilapia), risotto patty, grilled vegetables and grilled pineapple, small slice of prime rib, water, Samuel Adams
Snack: a couple of pieces of late-night chocolate mocolate (my granddaughter's name for no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies)

Weight: 248.4

Exercise: appx. 3 miles walk/run in Willow Springs

Breakfast: Bojangles--southern filet biscuit & Mountain Dew
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken, Spinach & Mushroom with a V8
Supper: Barberitos Skinny Steak Burrito--spinach tortilla, rice, pintos, steak, salsa, fresh jalapeno, onion, black olives and cilantro; chips, Diet Coke

Weight: 250.2

Exercise: yoga; evening at the gym

Breakfast: at Beasley's--2 eggs over medium, tenderloin, wheat toast & Diet Coke
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken Club with Diet Green Tea
Snack: 1 package of Lance Toasty Crackers (35g/6 peanut butter crackers)--serving size, 1 pkg.; calories per serving, 180; fat calories, 90; total fat, 9g; saturated fat, 1.5g; trans fat, 0g; cholesterol, 0mg; sodium, 220mg; total carbohydrates, 16g; fiber, 1g; sugar 3g; protein, 6g
Supper: 2 small pieces of pizza with Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat; 1/2 of a PBJ with a small glass of milk
Snack: small strawberry Italian ice

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: walk/run 4 miles in Willow Springs Park

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: business lunch at Jane's Lunchbox (bowl of chicken-n-dumplings, 1/2 bowl of pinto beans, roll, Sierra Mist)
Supper: Barberito's veggie burrito--spinach tortilla, rice, pinto, a little cheese, salsa, cilantro, cucumber, black olives, onions, southwestern vinaigrette; chips w/ salsa; Diet Coke; strawberry Italian ice
Snack: Starbucks frappacino low-fat ice cream bar

Weight: 250.2

Exercise: yoga; evening at the gym

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Healthy Choice Chicken Artichoke Panini, V8
Supper: 4 pieces of Papa John's Pizza (wheat crust, ham) and 1 Samuel Adams Summer Ale
Snack: small strawberry Italian ice

Weight: 250.2

Exercise: Casual walk for 2 miles in Willow Springs Park

Breakfast: chicken biscuit and Mountain Dew at Bojangles
Snack: chocolate-covered, cream-filled doughnut--eaten at church after the band's opening set
Lunch: Bourbon Street steak at Applebee's, garlic mashed potatoes, side salad with Ranch (dipped, not poured), Diet Coke, 1/2 Maple Butter Blondie ("Blondes really do have more fun! Baked with nuts, topped with both ice cream and chopped walnuts, and served warm at your table where it's covered with a rich, sizzling maple butter sauce.")
Supper: a bowl of Cocoa and Peanut Butter Spheres

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: 3-mile walk in Willow Springs Park

Breakfast: United Methodist Men's Breakfast Fellowship at Cherokee--2 biscuits & gravy, potatoes, 3 slices of bacon, 2 small sections of sticky buns, coffee
Lunch: didn't eat
Supper: chicken strips, fresh green beans with potatoes, corn on the cob, Carolina Blonde beer


So, last week I didn't drop down into the 240s. That's okay. I'm close. It's not likely to happen over the weekend, but I'll try again next week.

Weight: 251.8

Exercise: mowing the yard

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa and Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken Tuscan
Snacks: a little ice cream & a few multi-grain crackers (not together)
Supper: fish tacos at El Torito, Diet Coke, a moderate number of chips & salsa
Snack: finished pint of ice cream

Weight: 250.6

Exercise: yoga; evening at the gym

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: huevos verdes with Diet Coke at Amigo; a moderate amount of chips & salsa, much more controlled than usual (huevos verdes is two eggs over medium with green chili salsa, refried beans, rice and three flour tortillas)
Supper: at Applebee's--blackened tilapia on a bed of rice, corn salsa, 1/4 of son's quesadilla burger, Diet Coke

Weight: 251.8--I'd like to drop downward into the 240s this week, but we'll see.

Exercise: in the afternoon--walk/jog 4 miles in Willow Spring Park

Breakfast: at Beasley's with the Breakfast Club there (Dennis, Marie, John and Bo today); tenderloin sandwich with lite mayo, lettuce and tomato on wheat toast; Diet Pepsi
Lunch: I brought some prepackaged salad stuff we had in the fridge at home, but I guess we'd had it a bit too long; one bitter taste and I was walking to Subway, where I had a 6" turkey breast sandwich with lettuce, tomato, onion, black olives, jalapenos, a little oil and vinegar, salt/pepper/oregano, new "vegetable" chips and a Diet Coke
Supper: two pieces of small California Kitchen BBQ Chicken Pizza and 1/2 pbj for dessert
Snack: Gianni Coconut Italian Ice

Weight: didn't weigh

Exercise: yoga; evening at the gym

Breakfast: small bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken Tuscan, water
Snack: Grapple; and later one bite-sized Hershey's Special Dark Bittersweet Chocolate
Supper: part of a special event--the monthly meeting of the 4 O'Clock Club; some nachos (becoming a tradition at these meetings); three glasses of Southbound; a quesadilla with cheese (of course), tomato, onion and mushrooms
Snack: a few ounces of coconut Gianni "Italian ice"

Check this out:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080708/hl_nm/diet_diary_dc

Exercise: yoga; evening walk/jog 4 miles in Willow Springs Park

Weight: 251.8

Breakfast: a bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: three plain fish tacos at El Torito (small corn tortillas, fish, cilantro), chips & salsa, Diet Coke
Supper: two bowls of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres mixed with Honeynut Cheerios

Exercise: yoga; walking 4 miles in Willow Springs Park

Weight: didn't weigh

Breakfast: Bojangles steak biscuit and a Mountain Dew
Lunch: the Quesadilla Explosion salad and a Diet Coke at Chili's; a large cone of ice cream from Marble Slab for dessert
Afternoon snack: BK Mocha Joe Iced Coffee
Evening: fasting

Exercise: in the evening I worked up a little sweat playing my guitar and singing; otherwise, I took the day off from exercise.

Weight: didn't weigh

Brunch: two biscuits with molasses and butter, large glass of chocolate milk
Lupper: Barberitos skinny burrito--spinach tortilla, rice, pinto beans, steak, salsa, southwestern sauce, spray of lime, fresh jalapeno, cilantro, onion, black olives--with chips and a Diet Coke; and for dessert, 1 pint Haagen Dazs Sticky Toffee Pudding ice cream

All of the above was consumed by 4:00 p.m.

Evening snack: 1/2 a banana with some peanut butter, a handful of Flipsides with peanut butter and strawberry jam

Exercise: yoga; a 4.5-mile walk on Erwin's Linear Trail at midday

Weight: 250

Brunch: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: grilled chicken club sandwich and Diet Coke from McDonald's
Supper: 4th of July cookout at my aunt's--hamburger, chips, ranchero beans, two hotdogs with cucumbers but without buns or condiments, Diet Mountain Dew, strawberry angelfood cake with both Cool Whip and vanilla ice cream, watermelon
Nighttime snacks: two mini York peppermint patties, vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup and 4 small chocolate chip cookies

Ah, holidays!

Exercise: yoga; evening at gym

Weight: didn't weigh

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: at El Torito, my favorite Mexican restaurant--too many chips with salsa, 3 fish tacos, rice & beans, Diet Coke
Supper: at Chick-fil-A--the regular chicken sandwich with pickles only, Diet Coke

Exercise: yoga; morning at home


Weight: 253.6

Breakfast: I intended to join friends at Beasley's and eat a big breakfast, but I ran late and settled for the usual chocolate and peanut butter spheres.
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Chicken, Mushroom & Spinach; for dessert, that chocolate thing in my desk drawer that I resisted all day yesterday, a layered wafer with some peanut butter layers and the whole covered in a thin chocolate
Supper: three pieces of baked chicken (I think it was baked); beans (green and baked); pasta salad; three cookies; three pieces of Texas Toast; lemonade
Nighttime snack: Burger King's Mocha iced coffee

Workout: yoga; yard mowing


Weight: didn't weigh


Breakfast: large bowl of Honeynut Cheerios
Lunch: Subway--six-inch roast beef on wheat, tomatoes, onions, black olives, jalapenos, vinegar; some kind of new vegetable chip; Diet Coke
Afternoon snack: peanut butter and crackers (a new cracker called Flipsides Pretzel Crackers)
Supper: Lean Cuisine Tortilla Crusted Fish, salad, green tea
Evening snack: five chocolate oatmeal no-bake cookies


One thing I'm discovering already is that my snacking in particular is curbed by my commitment to write down what I'm eating. All day long at the office I wanted this chocolate thing in my desk drawer, but I didn't eat it because I didn't want to have to record it here.

PS Okay, so I ate the cookies after what I wrote just above. Even the threat of having to record it wasn't enough to stop me from eating one of my favorite things.

The Weight (Redux)

I started this blog once before and kept up with it pretty well. Then I stopped. Now I'm starting again.

In the summer of 2006 (I think), I was involved in a regular exercise program at my son's tae kwon do gym. The program was called Lean & Fit, and during the time I was involved with it, my weight dropped from the upper 240s down to around 230. Since the program was cancelled around Christmas that year, I've "blossomed" into the upper 250s. I'm not sure if I broke 260, but I probably did sometime between stepping on the scale. About 10 days ago, I weighed 258.6; this morning I weighed 254.8.

My goal is still 222.

Recently my wife said I should begin writing down what I eat so that I can see how it looks. I didn't tell her that I tried this before. Instead, I decided I'd just try it again. I don't intend to weigh every morning, but I do hope to exercise most every day and honestly record everything I eat.

So here goes!

Workout: yoga; morning at home (to be described later)

Weight: 254.8

Breakfast: a large bowl of Cocoa Peanut Butter Spheres
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini: Southwest-style Chicken
Afternoon snack: Grapple (looks like an apple, tastes like a grape . . . sort of)
Supper: footlong oven-roasted chicken sub on wheat (tomato, onions, black olives, jalapenos, one stripe of lite mayo, seasonings)

This evening a little before midnight marks the 7th anniversary of my quitting smoking!