Day 36 - June 8, 2013

Weight:           238.2 lbs.
Body Fat %:     35%
Composition:    83 lbs fat / 155.2 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            47%  (112 lbs )

Today's lesson learned was about what happens if you don't eat.  I didn't have any solid foods yesterday.  I limited myself to liquids I though my stomach could hold onto or would soothe my tummy.  I lost a lot of water as well.  The result was a quick weight loss, but increase in body fat % and decrease in H20%.  I'm trying to re-hydrate today. I'll see what the results were tomorrow.

In regards to the mystery of who/what was the cause of yesterday's food poisoning, I top two suspects are the plain yogurt that I was trying to finish off in my morning shake yesterday and the protein bar from the night before.  The yogurt had been sitting around the fridge for a while, but still hadn't past its expiration date.  The protein bar had previously been left in the hot car.  Those are the only two thing out of the norm I consumed yesterday.

It's going to be a busy day. It's going to be about 115 today, and we have an early kiddie birthday party to attend.  The hosts did a good job of keeping everything in the shade or out of the son.  I did a good job of keep everything out of my mouth.  By the end I'd only had a cheddar brat dog, a fork full of pasta salad, 2 bites of birthday cupcake, a slice of grilled watermelon and a few calorie free beverages.

I then had a long nap, which I followed up with a mid-afternoon snack.


Breakfast:
1 serving Hawaiian Five-0 smoothie: milk, yogurt, OJ concentrate, banana, strawberries, mango and whey

Party food:
slice of grilled watermelon
Johnsonville cheddar brat w/ bun and ketchup
2 bites of a super market cupcake
2 spoons of noodle salad
12 oz caffeine free diet coke
16 oz water

Mid-afternoon Snack :
1 serving Mango Tango Smoothie: mango, blueberries, banana, milk, yogurt, and whey

Dinner:
   -

Dessert:
1 serving Mango Tango Smoothie

 we'll see what the scale says tomorrow ...

Day 35 - June 7, 2013

Weight:             239.8 lbs.
Body Fat %:     33.5%
Composition:    80.3 lbs fat / 159.5 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            47.5%  (114 lbs )


It's really hot this morning.  I was feeling a little queasy and dehydrated when I woke up.  I decided to water up and see how the day would go.

Looking at the scale, I think getting 8 hrs of sleep is a bigger factor than working out.  It's like a double bonus when I can successfully do both.

My son and I usually meet my wife for lunch on Fridays, but my tummy felt horrible.  Cane's sent me a thing for a free lemonade.  So we went there for lunch, as my son really wanted to go and was bugging me.  I wound up only drinking my lemonade, and watching my wife and son eat chicken strips, fries and toast.  I chased my non-refillable lemonade with a Sprite, hoping the bubbles would make my tummy feel better. What a day!  All I had for the rest of the day was water and ginger ale.

Mid-morning on was a blur. I felt horrible being anything but horizontal.

Update: my temperature is 100.5 degrees. Hope I feel better tomorrow.  Outside it's 108 degrees.


 Breakfast:
1 serving Mango Tango Smoothie: mango, blueberries, banana, milk, yogurt, and whey

Mid-morning snack:
1 serving Mango Tango Smoothie

Rest of the Day:
water, unknown volume
2 - 8 oz. ginger ales
16 oz Cane's lemonade
16 oz. Sprite

we'll see what the scale says tomorrow ...

Day 34 - June 6, 2013

Weight:           240 lbs.
Body Fat %:     32.5%
Composition:    78 lbs fat / 162 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            48% (115 lbs )


It was 107 degrees today in the dessert. I've been trying my best to stay hydrated.

As usual I took my son to to one of his toddler classes in the morning and then to the gym in the afternoon.  This morning's activity was a snack making class for toddlers.  My son enjoyed the fruits of his labor (no real fruit involved, but 20% real juice).  The project was an ocean themed snack made of instant pudding (w/ blue dye), cookies, fruit snack, teddy grahams and cool whip.  I'm sure it was tasty, but I'll never know.  My son finished about 2/3 of his snack.  I was able to resist temptation and not finish the rest for him.  I wound up just tossing what was left.

Before class, I had the usual, a smoothie for breakfast.  I started the day with a walk to the supermarket, because I missed last night's cardio workout and I wanted to make up for it.  After getting home from snack class, my son was more thirsty than hungry.  So I loaded him up with liquids and put him to bed for his nap.  I followed that up by doing the same for myself.  I had my mid (well, late) morning snack of the remainder of the smoothie from breakfast.  I topped off with water and fell asleep.  I slept through lunch and we both woke up in time to head out to the gym.

My wife brought home some salad from a lunch meeting at work, which was nice.  I didn't have to cut up the lettuce in the fridge that I've been procrastinating about.  So dinner was a nice BBQ Ranch chicken salad (light on the chicken) and another BBQ Pulled Pork sandwich (still delicious.)

Dessert was some fruit I picked up during today's early morning walk to the grocery store. I added a Balance Bar because I had missed a meal earlier.


Breakfast:
1 serving Blue Velvet Smoothie: chocolate milk, yogurt, blue berries, whey and flaxseed

Mid-Morning Snack:
1 serving Blue Velvet Smoothie

Lunch:
-  Slept through lunch

Post-workout Meal:
12 oz chocolate milk

Dinner:
BBQ pulled pork sSandwich
BBQ ranch chicken salad: chick peas, tomato, corn and lettuce
16 oz of water w/ lemon juice

Dessert:
Pear
Cookie Dough Balance Bar
16 oz water

we'll see what the scale says tomorrow ...

Day 33 - June 5, 2013

Weight:           241.4 lbs.
Body Fat %:     33.5%
Composition:    81 lbs fat / 160.4 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            48%  (116 lbs )


The scale, which I don't like to talk about scares me sometimes.  This morning I looked down and it said 242 and 34% bf ... I was like , ok again?  Then I remembered that I forgot to take my shirt off.  Apparently my shirt weighs .6 lbs, because the number bounced down into a positive range quite nicely.

Breakfast was a  honey pecan smoothie.  I chose this one because I was out of bananas this morning.  That  narrowed down my choices.  It was tasty, but a serving only came out to about 8 oz, normally with the ice and air added from blending I get somewhere between 12 and 16 oz per serving.  It was a nice low carb way to start the morning (no fruit).

Lunch was scraps and leftovers I scrounged together some odds and ends. Dinner was more delicious BBQ Pulled Pork.  Tonight I tried out the whole grain buns.  They were kind of dense.  They were also gluten free.  What?  Whole grain and gluten free?  Those two things don't go together.  Well that's what the label said.  As expected, the increased thickness of the buns distracted from the delicious pulled pork by changing the meat to bun ratio.  It was still good though.  No salad around, so I dipped some baby carrots in hummus.  For dessert I tried to clean out the fruit bowl.


Breakfast:
1 serving Honey-Pecan Smoothies: milk, yogurt, pecans, whey, honey and flaxseed
 16 oz water w/ lime

Mid-morning Snack:
1 serving Honey-Pecan Smoothies

Lunch:
EPL chicken leg
remnants of my son's PB&J
16 oz. water

Dinner:
BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich
baby carrots
hummus
16 oz of water w/lemon juice

Dessert:
apple
pear
16 oz water

we'll see what the scale says tomorrow ...

Day 32 - June 4, 2013

Weight:           241.4 lbs.
Body Fat %:     34%
Composition:    82 lbs fat / 159.4 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            47.5%  (114.5 lbs )


I'm going to continue to document the scale and fat analysis, but I'm rarely going to address it.  The jumps in the numbers seem kind of ridiculous.  According to my Tanita scale, in the last 3 days I gained 4 lbs of fat and lost 6 lbs of muscle, during a period in which I have been working out, including lifting weights.  That's just silly.

I know I said no more oatmeal smoothies, but I tried again.  Today's Blackberry Smoothie with oatmeal was better, still not good, but better.  For lunch I finished off the leftover chili.  I smoked a pork butt (shoulder) yesterday. Now pardon the pun, but that bird has come home to rouse. The anticipation of the deliciousness is unbearable.  I bought whole grain buns from Trader Joe's.  I also bough some honey wheat buns, just in case the whole grain buns overpower or clash with the delicious BBQ pulled pork.  I couldn't risk it. I made tonight's sandwiches on the honey wheat rolls and cover the pulled pork with thick sweat BBQ sauce.  I worry the sauce may have a lot sugar, but its so delicious and I don't use that much. MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm! Well, there's lots of protein from the meat.  Yes, and some fat.  It's BBQ season!

I didn't make it to the gym today until after dinner time.  There was quite a number of people there for a Tuesday night in June.  Maybe they're all here for the same reason I am.  They spent all day barbecuing in their backyards too?

So this week' cheat meal will be Friday or Saturday.  I'm going to make BBQ nachos with the pulled pork and have a beer or two for one meal, then it's back on the grind. 


Breakfast:
1 serving Check Your Blackberry Smoothie: oatmeal, mixed berries, yogurt, whey and flaxseeds

Mid-morning Snack:
1 serving Check Your Blackberry Smoothie

Lunch:
Last of the remaining chili

Dinner:
BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich on Honey Wheat Bun
carrots
hummus

Post Workout Meal:
12 oz chocolate milk

Dessert:
Uneaten remnants of a PB&J

we'll see what the scale says tomorrow ...

Day 31 - June 3, 2013

Weight:  -


I did it again. I forgot to get on the scale before I drank my shake.  So, no weight stats.  I don't like not having that information. I eat so much better than I used to.  I've been going to the gym. I feel I make much better choices.  It has to make a difference, right.  I missed the weigh-in two days in a row.  I'll be heart-broken if the scale shows a weight game over the past several days.  We'll see tomorrow.

I tried the Ultimate Power Smoothie from the Abs Diet recipes, this time with vanilla yogurt, not plain.  Well, it didn't help much.  Still taste awful. You just have to take your medicine and chug it down.  I even added a frozen banana and frozen concentrated orange juice to no avail.  Cooked oatmeal just doesn't belong in a smoothie if you expect that smoothie to taste good.  I'm sure it's good for your insides.  I guess that's the sacrifice.

For lunch, since I still haven't picked up any chicken to throw in a salad, I just made another smoothie. I finished the remaining serving as a post-workout meal.  The leftover chili is still good and filling.  I wish I had made some salad, but carrots and hummus wasn't a bad choice.  I'm working my way through the fruit bowl for dessert.


Breakfast:
1 serving Ultimate Power Smoothie: milk, yogurt, oatmeal, peanut butter, whey, banana and frozen concentrated OJ

Mid-morning Snack
1 serving Ultimate Power Smoothie

Lunch:
1 serving Choco-nana Smoothie: chocolate milk, banana, yogurt, walnuts and whey

Post-workout Drink:
1 serving Choco-nana Smoothie

Dinner:
bowl of chili.
carrots
hummus

Dessert:
Some fruit?

 we'll see what the scale says tomorrow ...

Day 30 - June 2, 2013

Weight:  -

Today is the 30th days of my program.  I plan to do a nice comparison of where I am today with where I started, but I forgot to get on the scale before drinking breakfast.  I'm pretty pissed at myself.  The smoothie was tasty though, I was just distracted while I was making it.

I forgot to pick up an 8 piece of chicken from EPL yesterday.  I wanted to use it to make salad this week.  So I had to pick up a salad for lunch from Wendy's. I started dinner at a parental gathering.  The entree choices were very carby, so I stuck to the salad and the fruit.  When I got home, I had some protein from a bowl of chili.  Dessert was a nice ripe peach and skinned apple.



Breakfast:
1 Serving Strawberry Field Marshall Smoothie: yogurt, milk, peanut butter, strawberries and whey


Post-workout Meal:
1 Serving Strawberry Field Marshall Smoothie

Lunch:
Wendy's half sized salad - BLT Chicken Cobb
16 oz water w/ lime juice


Dinner:
Salad
Watermelon
grapes
1/2 bowl chili
16 oz water w/ lime juice


 Dessert:
1 peach
1 apple
16 oz water

we'll see what the scale says tomorrow ...