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 26 - May 29, 2013

Weight:            244 lbs.
Body Fat %:     34.5%
Composition:    84 lbs fat  / 160 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            47.5%  (116 lbs )


The total fat analyses I've been doing lately screws with my mind.  The numbers bouncing around seems to motivate and then demotivate me .  Hopefully, in the big picture the numbers are trending in the right direction.  I'm wondering if I should stick to the everyday full analysis or return to once a week.  I'm going to continue the rest of the week, then evaluate if I want to continue with the dailies or make it weekly.

Breakfast: another shake.  I've been using plain yogurt, I think its sourness is negatively affecting the taste of the entire shake.  I had to grab lunch on the go, due to a lack of protein (meat) in the fridge.  I tried the Cobb salad from Wendy's, then the remainder of this morning's smoothie before hitting the gym.  Dinner was jambalaya and dessert was fruit and nuts.

The lesson I learned today is that if you are going to do mindless cardio, do it in the cardio theatre.  There's not better genre of movie to watch while doing cardio in the cardio theatre than a mindless action movie. Today was Tokyo Drift.  Loud exciting action sequences, just don't expect that any effort went into script writing.


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

Lunch:
BLT Cobb half-salad from Wendy's
16 oz water

Mid-afternoon snack:
1 serving Strawberry Field Marshall Smoothie: yogurt, milk, peanut butter, strawberries and whey

Dinner:
1 laddle brown rice
2.5 laddles jambalaya
16 oz water w/ lemon juice

Dessert:
Some watermelon
14 almonds
16 oz water

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

Day 20 - May 23, 2013

Weight: 247 lbs.

 
Today was a challenge.  A challenge that I had hoped to avoid.  During my last pizza binge, I asked my wife to only bring the leftover pizza home if she was going to eat it for breakfast. I didn't want the temptation sitting in the fridge every time I open the door.  Oh course she said, "sure, honey!"

Breakfast was simple, just like yesterday with some oatmeal, sausage and tomato juice, then came lunch.  I had another round of indecision paralysis.  What was I going to have for lunch and where was I gonna get it?  I almost broke down and ate the pizza that was still sitting in the fridge. I figured that if I chucked the crust, the pizza was mostly tomato sauce, cheese and meat.  Then I looked at the white bread that was the foundation of the pizza and I had to say no. I had a shake from the Abs Diet book instead.

I went to the gym again today to give the little guy something to do in the afternoon.  In the cardio theatre at my Gold's, I watched most of Adam Sandler's Wedding Singer while walking and biking.  Dinner was brown rice and jambalaya again and probably will be for a while (keeping it simple).


Breakfast:
2 Farmer John's pork breakfast sausages
1/2 serving of Old Fashion Quaker Oats
8 oz VB Spicy Tomato Juice
16 oz water

Mid-morning Snack:
1/2 serving salted peanuts

Lunch:
Chocolate Factory Smoothie: chocolate milk, yogurt, peanut butter, whey and flaxseed.
    
Dinner:
1 scoop brown rice
2.5 scoops jambalaya w/ shrimp, chicken and smoke sausage


Dessert:
Several slices of watermelon
15 (unsalted) almonds

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

Day 12 - May 15, 2003

Weight: 248 lbs.

Looking down at the scale this morning was very frustrating.  The scale was still moving in the wrong direction.  It's more infuriating that  I have also worked out both of the last two days (which means I burned more calories than any of the days that the scale moved in the correct direction. These are the type of things that usually drive me to give up and console myself with a pizza (or at least half of one.) 

Breakfast was leftover dinner bits from the other night, plus 2 eggs (for even more protein).  Lunch was also mostly leftover from the fridge.  I'm experimenting with shakes/smoothies.  Getting the proportions and taste right are the tough parts.  For dinner I grilled a package of chicken thighs, so there's chicken for dishes for the rest of the week.  Shredded chicken can be added to salads or just about any dish.  The thighs can also be eaten as they are.

So today is the third day at the gym.  It's very hot outside and only going to get hotter.  It was 102 yesterday.  So, I need somewhere to take my son in the afternoon, but its too hot out to go to the park.  So I take him to the gym (free childcare included).  While I'm there, I figure I might as well get a workout in (otherwise people look at you funny).  My gym has a cardio theatre where you can watch movies while doing your cardio.  So the last two days I watched the last hour of Forrest Gump and Big while walking and bicycling.

I wonder if it's possible that I'm not getting enough calories, so my body is holding tight to what it has.  I'm thinking of adding a few smoothies  to my daily menu.   I noticed in previous diets that when I've fallen off the wagon, I lose weight and look leaner for the next few days, perhaps my body responding to an end of scarcity. Still trying to figure it all out.


Breakfast:
Leftover bits of steak and shrimp from a couple days ago
2 eggs.
16 oz water


Lunch:
Leftover Tuscan white bean soup
smoothie - plain yogurt, honey, 1/3 banana, 3 strawberries, tbsp of crunchy peanut butter


Dinner:
chicken thigh
ear of corn
16 oz water w/ lemon juice
16 oz water


Dessert:
1 mango

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