Day 43 - June 15, 2013

Weight:           239.6 lbs.▼
Body Fat %:     32%▲
Composition:    76.6 lbs fat▲ / 163 lbs. lean body mass▼
H20 %:            48.5%  (116 lbs )

Not feeling all that motivated today.  Reasons include, 1) end of first 6 weeks, 2) tomorrow is Father's Day (are we going to eat our or going out to dinner/brunch?)

I grabbed breakfast from McDonald's, a sausage egg McMuffin. McDonald's has a new Egg white McMuffin with extra-lean Canadian bacon, white cheddar cheese and an English muffin with "whole grains".  I am most draw by the idea of a whole grain muffin, but what percent is actually whole grain. It could actually be more MacGuffin than McMuffin.

On the way back from the photo studio for picture day, we stopped at Teriyaki Madness for lunch.  It was actually a 3-fer.  I got to stop in and check out the bread outlet, price memberships at the 24 hr Fitness Sport and grab a "healthy" lunch all conveniently located on the way home in the same complex.

I didn't write anything down, I don't remember dinner at all. I'm sure it wasn't good. I'm still trying to solve the mystery, but I think I at least grabbed dessert at the Food4Less.


Breakfast:
1 Sausage McMuffin w/ Egg from McDonald
1 peach
16 oz water w/ lemon juice

Lunch:
Teriyaki Madness - teriyaki bowl with brown rice (only ate 25% of the rice)


Dinner:
??????

Dessert:
Strawberry danish

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

Day 42 - June 14, 2013

Weight:             240 lbs.
Body Fat %:     31.5%
Composition:    75.6 lbs fat / 164.4 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            48.5%  (116 lbs )


Yesterday's 75.5 lbs of fat is the lowest fat weight since began.  The body fat % is the lowest as well.  However, weight has been going up .  So does that mean, I've been losing fat and gaining muscle?  Hopefully.

I replaced the watermelon in the recipe for the Endless Summer Smoothie w/ honey dew and added some peanuts to make an Endless Summer DewNuts Smoothie.

My son and I had lunch with my wife.  We wound up at pizza joint Giovanni's near her office.  I had the pizza lunch special, two slices and a soda.  There were some issues with getting the right soda, but other than that things were fine.

I missed my workout to make it to a toddler play event at Rock and Roll Kids.  After I arrived, I learned the event had been cancelled. On the way home I grabbed dinner from Fausto's Mexican Grill.  I grabbed two California Burrito (Steak, guacamole, sour cream, and rice [I think]).  One for the wife, of course.

I washed the day down with a calorie free clear fruit flavored sparkling water beverage.


Breakfast:
1 serving Endless Summer DewNuts: peanut butter, honeydew, strawberries, yogurt, milk and whey

Mid-day Snack:
1 serving Endless Summer DewNuts

Lunch:
2 slices of pizza
24 oz  Diet Coke
4 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner:
1 California Burrito from Fausto's

Dessert:
1 L Clear American Black Cherry sparkling water beverage

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

Day 41 - June 13, 2013

Weight:           239.6 lbs.
Body Fat %:     31.5%
Composition:    75.5 lbs fat / 164.1 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            48.5%  (116 lbs )


I woke up earlier than usual this morning.  My wife had an early morning meeting, leaving me on toddler duty earlier than usual.  Today was toddler snack class and then toddler dance class.  Snack class comes with temptations of   baby snacks.  Today we made watermelon out of Rice Krispies treats flavored and colored with Kool-Aid.  I had a couple of leftover bites then moved on.

Lunch was the last of the pulled pork.  There was enough pulled pork for 1.5 sandwiches and a bun. I nibbled a couple of carrot and celery sticks I found in the fridge.

When I got back from the gym, I slammed my chocolate milk post workout drink.  My meal within two hours of a lift, have a generous allowance for carbs.  So I decided to have a pita from Crazy Pita with some of their delicious pita bread and hummus.  I finished the day with the remainder of this morning's Juicy Fruit Juice smoothie.


Breakfast:
1 serving Juicy Fruit Juice smoothie: milk, yogurt, banana, strawberries, orange juice and whey
16 oz water

Snack Class:
two bites watermelon Rice Krispies treats
8 oz water

Lunch:
BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich
3 baby carrots
3 celery sticks
16 oz water

Post-workout out meal:
12 oz chocolate milk

Dinner:
Kefta Pita from Crazy Pita
Pita w/ hummus
16 oz sugar-free lemon lime soda
16 oz of water

Dessert:
1 serving Juicy Fruit Juice smoothie

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

Day 40 - June 12, 2013

Weight:           239.4 lbs.
Body Fat %:     32.5%
Composition:    77.8 lbs fat / 161.6 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            48%  (115 lbs )


Today's smoothie choice was influenced by the now extremely ripe honeydew melon sitting on my kitchen counter.  Within the smoothie, it seems the melon just acts as a sweetener.  It's subtle flavor doesn't really come through. You taste the strawberries and dairy.

We did lunch with mom again today.  This time we went to Chili's.  I got the California Turkey Club lunch combo.  I chose the chicken enchilada soup to go with it.  I gave my fries to my son.  I chased everything down with some H2O.

After naptime, it was back to the gym again.  I watched Grid Iron Gang in the cardio theater while hitting the treadmill and bicycle.  I chugged the remainder of my smoothie for a post workout drink.  Dinner was leftover dark meat chicken from yesterday with more mixed veggies.  I finished the day with some fruit and water.


Breakfast:
1 serving Summer Smoothie: strawberries, banana, honeydew melon, yogurt, milk and whey

Lunch:
1 cup chicken enchilada soup from Chili's
California Turkey Club Toasted Sandwich
32 oz water

Post-workout out meal:
1 serving Summer Smoothie

Dinner:
1 chicken thigh
1 chicken leg (skinless)
1/2 slice of toast w/ whipped butter
1/2 bag of microwaved mixed veggies
16 oz water w/ lemon juice
16 oz water

Dessert:
pear
slice of honeydew melon
16 oz water

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

Day 39 - June 11, 2013

Weight:           238.8 lbs.
Body Fat %:     32.5%
Composition:    77.6 lbs fat / 160.9 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            48%  (114.4 lbs )


I made a quick peachy smoothie for breakfast.  After morning toddler activities, we met my wife for lunch at EPL.  I had a classic chicken burrito: lean chicken, beans, rice and tortilla.  I let the little guy have the chips. I washed it down with some antioxidants and calorie free-ness, an Arnold Palmer made with Minute Maid Lite Lemonade and unsweetened black tea.

After nap time, my son and I headed to the gym.  After working out, I had my usual chocolate milk.  For dinner I wanted to add some more carbs to help recuperate for the tough workout.  So, I  added a banana and two of the mini-est cupcakes (from Sunday's birthday party) to some rotisserie chicken and vegetables.

I finished the day with a smoothie and some nuts. I added the nuts so I could down my fish pill and multivitamin.


Breakfast:
1 serving Peechy Keen Smoothie: milk, yogurt, peaches, strawberries, and whey

Lunch:
1 El Pollo Loco classic chicken burrito
32 oz Arnold Palmer (1/2 minute maid lite - 1/2 unsweetened black tea)

Post-workout out meal:
12 oz chocolate milk

 Dinner:
1 rotisserie chicken breast
1/2 bag microwaved mixed veggies
2/3 large banana
2 mini cupcakes

 Dessert:
1 serving Peachy Keen Smoothie
a couple of almonds
16 oz water

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

Day 38 - June 10, 2013

Weight:           238.4 lbs.
Body Fat %:     32.5%
Composition:    77.5 lbs fat / 160.9 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            48%  (114.4 lbs )


There was a long internal debate as to whether or not I was going to make it to the gym or not today.  It's Vegas and 105 degrees today.  Did I want to go to the gym and workout?  Did I have it in me?  Well, I needed something to do with the boy during the afternoon, so as intended I went to the gym for the free childcare (included, if not free).  While you're there you might as well workout.  So I hit up the cardio theater.  I watched the end of Angels and Demons while walking on the treadmill.  The ending makes no sense unless you've seen the rest of the movie, which I haven't.  So that wasn't fun, I prefer a good action movie while I'm the cardio theater.

I woke up, jumped on the scale and went to make a smoothie.  I had no bananas, so I had to limit my choices to smoothies that did not require a banana.  I found some over ripe peaches, and decided to make a peachy smoothie.  I cut up the peaches, put them in the blender and realized I didn't have any milk, which is a requirement for all the peachy smoothies.  I grabbed my son still in his pajamas and headed to the grocery store.  I came back and finished my shake, which was not so surprising, peachy.

I've had a taste for pizza going back to earlier last week.  I thought there would be pizza at yesterdays party, but no.  So I had pizza for lunch today with my wife.

Dinner was after a one day break, another BBQ pulled pork sandwich and some microwaved mixed veggies.  Dessert was the remainder of my peach smoothie from breakfast.


Breakfast:
1 serving Peach Vacation Smoothie: milk, peaches, yogurt and whey
16 oz water

Lunch:
2 slices of NY-style cheese pizza
32 oz Diet Pepsi

Dinner:
BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich
mixed veggetables
16 oz water w/ lemon juice
16 oz water

Dessert:
1 serving Peach Vacation Smoothie

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

Day 37 - June 9, 2013

Weight:            239.6 lbs.
Body Fat %:     32%
Composition:    76.7 lbs fat / 162.9 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            48.5%  (116 lbs )


First thing in the morning I had a golf lesson (my first).  I'm not used to waking up that early in the morning, so I slept on the couch, which was uncomfortable enough for me to be able to wake up without hitting the snooze button or ignoring the alarm all together.  I woke up by 6:15.  I spent 15 minutes getting on and off the scale waiting for the same numbers to appear at least 3 times.  Then rushed to grab a breakfast smoothie, get dressed and headed out.  Luckily the course is only a mile from my house.

I learned today that golf is a sport.  I define as something in which athleticism make you better at, thus golf is a sport and so is baseball (even first base), but poker is not.  Poker is a game.  Second I learned that I suck at golf.  I thought the issue would be precision and accuracy.  I know I can hit a baseball or softball.  I can't hit a golf ball to save my ass.  
Note: you hit the center of a baseball, but the bottom of a golf ball.

Also, my lesson was at 7 am and the temperature was already 90 degrees by then.  I finished my lesson then hit what was left of my bucket of balls.  I was so bad at making contact with the ball, that it took forever to finish up my bucket of range balls.

After about 2 hours in the hot sun, I headed home and tried to grab some hydration on the way home.  I was so sore across my back (shoulder blade to shoulder blade) from my lesson.  I hydrated up the best I could, then went back to bed and slept a couple of hours.  I was sore the rest of the day.

Lunch was leftovers:  meatballs from a party and salad my wife brought home from work a few days ago.

I attended a kiddie birthday party for the second day in a row.  This one was catered with wings from Buffalo Wild Wings (BWW).  There were cupcakes from the Cupcakery, a local cupcake only joint.  There was even Diego from Go Diego Go to take pictures with.

Dessert was the remainder of my Blue Velvet smoothie from this morning.

Today was suppose to be a weight training day, but I was too sore from golfing to accomplish that.  That's compounded with missing Friday's interval training workout because of food poisoning.  We'll see how this week goes.


Breakfast:
1 serving Blue Velvet Smoothie: chicolate milk, yogurt, blueberries, whey and  flaxseed

During Golfing:
16 oz of water

After Golfing:
32 oz Vitamin Water Zero (XXX)

Lunch:
Sandwich: hamburger bun and 6 leftover meatballs
BBQ Ranch chicken side salad
16 oz water w/ lime juice

On the way to the party:
20 oz. Vitamin Water Zero (XXX )

Party Food:
5 wings from Buffalo Wild Wings (with a few various sauces)
a few carrot sticks
a few celery sticks
chocolate cupcake
32 oz. diet pepsi

Dessert:
1 serving Blue Velvet Smoothie

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