New Year's Eve

I ended the year with a morning weight of 253.2.

250.6

250.8

254.4



Breakfast: two pieces toast with butter substitute spread, chocolate milk
Lunch: Pescado ala Parrilla, chips & salsa, Diet Coke @ El Torito
4 O'Clock Club: 2+ glasses of beer, a few nachos
Supper: 1 bowl of soup with some chips, 1 old chocolate oatmeal cookie, 1 piece of toast with butter and Nutella

256.4

Breakfast: bowl of shredded wheat
Exercise: gym
Lunch: turkey sandwich on whole wheat, mayo, hot mustard
Supper: bowl of pasta with sauce and ground turkey, 2 pieces dry toast, glass of red wine, 1 chocolate oatmeal cookie


My wife and I argued this morning over my weight. I got angry because I knew she was right and rather than just being right she was citing all these stinking television programs that I dislike with extreme prejudice (Oprah, Dr. Oz, Today, etc.). So I've decided to be a jerk about it and quit eating (not completely of course). Maybe in the meantime, while I'm being a jerk, I can come up with some reasonable way to be healthier. We'll see.

254.2

I'm 51 years old today. If I were to lose 51 pounds this year (not that I'm going to), I would weigh 203.2 on my 52nd birthday. Unlikely. But I still think about that 222 goal.

252.8

254.2

252.8

255

249.6


Breakfast: 2 Fiber-One bars and a vitamin water
Snack: 1 slice of pizza and a couple of cookies
Lunch: 2.5 slices of pizza and a Diet Coke
Supper: stir-fry burrito w/ beef and shrimp @ Jack's, 3-4 bites of Italian creme cake
Snack: 2 Dove bars

250.6


Breakfast: Egg McMuffin and Diet Coke @ McDonald's
Lunch: pork fried rice and steamed dumplings and Diet Coke @ China Garden
Supper: a hamburger, a brownie and water @ Cherokee UMC
Exercise: band performance @ Cherokee
Snack: one dark chocolate/vanilla Dove Bar

Breakfast: bowl of Active Lifestyle cereal
Snacks: water
Early Lunch: Lean Cuisine 4-cheese pizza and water (11:00 am)
Snacks: a tablespoon (or thereabouts) of pancake syrup, water
Late Lunch: Lean Cuisine margherita pizza and water (3:00 pm)
Supper: banana sandwich and milk, bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch for dessert
Exercise: evening walk/run in Willow Springs Park

253.2 -- after a weekend of eating and no exercise.



Breakfast: half a pancake left over from yesterday's brunch @ Jack's
Snack: frozen grapes and water
Lunch: chips & salsa, one taco al carbón, one tamale, water @El Torito
Snack: frozen grapes and water
Exercise: afternoon at the gym
Supper: spaghetti @ home, water, bowl of Cinnamon Crunch for dessert

249.6



Breakfast: a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Lunch: chips & salsa, two tacos al carbón, taco pescado @ El Torito
Snacks: frozen grapes, small bag of peanut M&Ms
Exercise: afternoon at the gym
Supper: chips & salsa, pescado ala parilla @ El Torito
Snack: ice cream

Breakfast: bacon/egg/cheese biscuit, bo-rounds, Mountain Dew @ Bojangles
Lunch: Lean Cuisine 3-meat Pizza and water
Snacks: grapes & water
Exercise: afternoon at the gym
Supper: banana sandwich, pbj sandwich, milk

252.6

252.6

Breakfast: bowl of Active Lifestyle cereal
Lunch: chips & salsa, two tacos al carbón, taco pescado @ El Torito
Afternoon snack: grapes
Supper: thin-crust bbq-flavored chicken pizza, Corona Light
Exercise: mowing the yard
Evening snack: 3 Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches

253.6

Breakfast: a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch

Lunch: chips & salsa, two tacos al carbón @ El Torito

Afternoon snack: grapes

Exercise: afternoon gym

Supper: sandwich of pork w/ bbq sauce, corn on the cob, green beans & potatoes, Corona Light, bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch

256


Early morning spent fasting to prepare for bloodwork related to reestablishing life insurance. When the nurse for the insurance exam weighed me--in clothes and shoes with wallet and keys and checkbook in pockets--her scale read 265.


Brunch: a handful of grapes
Lunch @ El Torito: three tacos (two al carbón, one pescado), chips & salsa, Diet Coke
Snack: a shot of pancake syrup and a bunch of grapes
Exercise: afternoon gym
Supper: Lean Cuisine Three-meat Pizza and a Corona
Evening Snack (where it really falls apart): four dark chocolate and vanilla ice cream Dove Bars

256.6


Breakfast: Special K
Lunch: uno taco pollo y dos tacos al pastor (La Perla III), chips and salsa, Coke
Supper I: Lean Cuisine three-meat pizza, pint of Amazon chocolate ice cream, bottle of Fat Tire
Exercise: mowing the yard
Supper II: one Ruby's mini hamburger, green tea, a few bites of Ben & Jerry's Cake Batter

252.4

Monday morning, 6/1: 255.4

Wednesday morning, 6/3: 253.8

252

251

250.2

252.4

252.4

Weight: 252

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Crunchies

Thursday the 19th (a bad day)

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Crunchies
Snack: 4 donuts with job candidate
Lunch: steak burrito & salad, 2 cookies @ Culp
Snack: Snickers bar
Supper: 6" veggie sandwich, baked chips and Diet Coke @ Subway
Snack: bowl of Cocoa Crunchies

Exercise: morning at the gym

Breakfast: steak biscuit and Mountain Dew @ Bojangles
Lunch: two fish tacos, one al carbon taco, chips & salsa, water @ El Torito
Snack: individual bag of Peanut M&Ms
Supper: bacon cheeseburger & fries @ Dakota's

Weight: 251

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Crunchies
Lunch: salad, slice of pork, piece of boneless herb chicken, three pieces of pizza, piece of cake, peanut butter cookie, Diet Coke @ ETSU
Excercise: afternoon at the gym
Supper: roast beef roll-ups (2 tortillas, 2 slices of pepperjack cheese, deli roast beef slices), banana sandwich, bowl and a half of Cocoa Crunchies

Breakfast: V8

Exercise: morning at the gym

Weight: 249.2

Breakfast: bowl of Cocoa Crunchies
Lunch: tortellini soup; 3 pieces of toast; Corona Light
Supper: fajita burrito, chips, Diet Coke @ Barberitos
Nighttime: Ben & Jerry's

Weight: 250.8

Breakfast: bowl of cereal
Lunch: bacon cheeseburger, fries and Diet Mountain Dew @ Dakota's
Supper: steak, rice and soup @ Yamato's

Breakfast: multigrain bagle with cream cheese, tall mocha latte @ Starbuck's
Lunch: a few bites of pork fried rice, all of which came up, @ Charlie Chiang's
Supper: 1/2 order of fish and chips (didn't much like it) @ Gordon Biersch--good beer, though
Snack: 1/2 pint of Ben and Jerry's Chubby Hubby

Breakfast: chicken biscuit @ Bojangles
Snacks: H2O and a few ounces of assorted nuts
Early Supper: half a roast beef sandwich and coffee
Late Supper: burger and some fries @ 5 Guys

Weight: 253.2

Breakfast: V8
Lunch: pork chops, chips & salsa, H2O @ El Torito
Supper: pizza from Marco's

Weight: 253.2

Exercise: gym in the evening

Brunch: Supersonic Breakfast Burrito, tots, Diet Coke at Sonic Drive-in
Late Lunch: last night's leftover spaghetti
Early Supper: grilled tilapia with rice and french fries, H2O, cookie monster dessert @ Cheddar's
Snacks: a few Cheez-Its

Breakfast: a bit of banana, V8
Lunch: steak soup, chips & salsa, H2O at El Torito
Snack: some chocolate oatmeal cookies, Cheez-Its
Supper: spaghetti, 2 pieces of toast, a glass of red wine
Snack: one more chocolate oatmeal cookie

Breakfast: a bite of banana, a chocolate oatmeal cookie, a swig of milk
Lunch: cheeseburger, fries and Diet Mountain Dew at Dakota's
Snack: a few lowfat Cheese-Its (sp?)
Supper: Beefeater sandwich and chips, Diet Coke, small chocolate ice cream cone at Jason's Deli
Snack: more chocolate oatmeal cookies with milk

The following was for Monday, 5 January

Breakfast: V8
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Panini (Southwestern Chicken), V8
Exercise: walk to gym, walk a mile, weight machines, walk back to Honors House
Supper: Barberito's Super Vegetarian Burrito, H2O
Snack: too many chocolate oatmeal cookies with milk

All right, here I go again in 2009. My goal remains 222.


Weight: 254.4

Breakfast: a bowl of Cocoa Crunchies
Lunch: peanut butter and banana sandwich
Snack: crackers & donuts
Supper: grilled fish, rice and salad from El Torito
Snack: 3 brownies