Thursday March 29

Each day since vacation improvement is coming.  Following the 6 meals a day is so effective and I think that if I actually get it done fully I will see even better results. 

Bkfst:  2 eggs, grapenuts.  (there are endless possible combinations on getting the protein and good carbs you need, I just am a bit lazy and make the same thing)  Mid Mrn snk:  yogurt and grapes.  Lunch, Culvers Hamburger snack meal, And yes I ate the fries.  Mid aft snk:  Protein/nutrition bar.  Diner: 1/2 ham sandwich.  Ev Snk:  Chocolate moose, and 1 piece of leftover pizza.  Lots of water. 

I did get some nutrition bars so that when I get busy and look like I will miss one of the mid day snacks I will have something. 

Ex.  Baseball practice, 10min stair-stepper, weight lifted.

It is truly still amazing to me that when I eat 6 meals I am full almost all the time and the weight comes off.  Plus, lets be clear, my water intake is high.  there is not one magic bullet but a combination of several things, all that are fairly easy that seem to be creating the results. 

Wednsday March 28

Bkfst: 2 eggs grapenuts.  Mid Mrn Snk:  Chocolate/protein moose.  Lunch:  Grapes and yogurt.  Mid aft snack, Peanuts.  Diner:  fish, broccoli, Rye bread, 2 small pieces of leftover pizza.  Ev Snk:  Chocolate/protien mousse.  Lots of water.  Today was rather hectic and I never had time to eat a real lunch.  This would have been a great time for one of those meal Bars, but I am not a real fan of them.  Now I know I should at least kept them handy when I run into such a busy day. 

Ex.   20min Treadmill, baseball practice

Day was pretty good, but I think it went well as I was too busy to think about eating.  I must admit I was not hungry, but I would have liked to have planned more for this type of day so I could have had more options for food.  I find that if I eat the suggested 5 or 6 times a day, even with smaller amounts I do not get hungry. 

Tuesday March 27

Getting back into the normal routine after spring break has been realitivly easy.  Work has been very busy so that has created a problem getting to the 6 meals in the right times, but I am trying. 

The weight from the vacation has already come off and started to drop again. 

Bkfst: 2 eggs, grapenuts.  Mid snack missed.  Lunch ham sandwich on whole wheat.  Aft snack, yogurt, and cottaqge cheese.  Diner:  several Rafferty’s pieses of Pizza.  Lisa Birthday party.  Ev snk:  Chocolate mouse/protein mixture.  Lots of water.

Ex:  20 tread mill, baseball practice.

Monday March 26

Back from spring break.  We had a great time.  My eating was not totally on target but much better than previous years.  In past years I would have had chips and other massive amounts of junk food.   Plus lots of fast food.  This year we did a pretty good job of eating healthy for most of our meals and snacks were very little junk food. 

We also walked or biked everyday.  I did help that the weather was perfect, and in the 70’s everyday.  When I got back and steeped on the scale I was just 1 pound up.  Not bad for 10 days of spring break.  That did include ice cream in a huge bowl almost every evening. 

Back in Brainerd.

BKFST: 2 eggs, grapenuts.  Mid morn snk, missed.  Lunch at Poncho’s, 1/2 hamburger, no butter on bun or on the mashed potatoes, some chips/salsa.  Aft snack, 2nd half of burger.  Diner:  Greek chicken pita’s( spinach, cucumber dressing inside), fruit, yogurt, cottage cheese.   Evn Snk, Protein shack, (made for whole family.  Kids loved them)

Ex:  10 stair stepper, weights.

Wednesday Mar 14

BKFST: 2 eggs grapenuts.  Mid Morn: yogurt, strawberry and cottage cheese.  Lunch:  6″ ham sub from Mickeys.  AfterSnk:  6″ sub from Mickeys(rest of the whole).  Diner:  A asian chicken mixure.  very good.  Snack.  Chocolate mouse (protein powder as an ingredient.  Small part of a piece of pizza when Laurie Raboin was cutting my hair. 

Ex:  20 Step, 20 treadmill

Getting ready to go on spring break, and worked out twice.  Went under 269 today.   First time in years.  Shooting for 3 pounds this week. 

Tuesday Mar 13

Good day lost another.

BKFST, 2 eggs and grapenuts. Mid morn, missed.  Lunch Ponchoes and Lefty’s, 1/2 hamburger, no butter on bun or the mashed potatoes, some chips and salsa.  Mid aft, 6″ ham and swiss sub on whole wheat.  Diner, Chicken, little steak, Fried potatoes little EVOO, lots of seasoning on everything.  Desert, slice of remaining Key lime pie(my recipe with protein powder in it).  O.R. Smart popcorn bag for ev snack.  Lots of water

Ex 20 treadmill

Was proud of myself at lunch.  When waitress brought out the burger, I cut it in half and put in carry out before I took my first bite of anything, then the tempation to eat it was gone. 

Monday Mar 12

BKFST, 2 egss and grapenuts.  Mid morn, missed.  Lunch Chef salad at the Deer Stand in Deerwood.  Aft:  yogurt, cottage cheese strawberries.  Plus 1/2 leftover hamburger.   Diner, Chicken, noodles, fresh pineapple.  Even/desert, key lime pie( I made day before, recipe was low cal high nutrition) 2 pieces.  Lots of water

Ex: 20 treadmill, slower than normal

Monday was a fairly good day, but I felt I had a lot to eat.  Finding that water is the equalizer.  If I drink enough then the weight comes off, even if I overeat a bit.   Plus the multiple but small meals I am still amazed is working. 

Sunday March 11

Sunday is a somewhat free day.  I don’t have to watch exactly what I eat and I can have things with no guilt that I would normally chose not too.

 BKFST: grapenuts.  Mid Morning Missed.  Lunch, after church at Wendy’s, burger, and bake potato.  Mid afternoon Apple.  Diner, Mushroom swiss burger, waffle fries at Headquarters on Mille Lacs.  Even Snack, Popcorn.   Lots of water

Ex.  20 Treadmill.

This is the end of the first week that I really got back to Eating For Life.  The results were good.  I was never hungry, and food was easy to prepare and very good. 

Friday March 9

Bkfst: 2 eggs and grapenuts.  Mid morn:  missed, on the road.  Lunch: 2 hot fdogs at SA.  Mid day:  yogurt and fruit.  Diner: 2 pork sandwiches on wheat buns.  potatoes small portion and bunch of green beans.  1 scoop of ice cream.  Even snk: chocolate mouse protein.

Lots of water

EX: 20 treadmill, 20 elipticle, 10 stairmaster

Morning Weigh in was at 270 lost 20 total pounds.  Feel so much better.  Working out is still a pain but physically my speed is increasing and my recovery time is so much shorter.  Over all the week went pretty good, but I am now 2 pounds behind my schedule.  Need to make up some ground the next week. 

I can truly see that I am in control, but at times i do what I know I don’t want too.  Lack of self control. 

tTalking with Joan at Fitquest has been so helpful.  I am sure I would not be even close to where I am. 

My clothes are getting looser.  My weight is not dropping like I want, but I think the fat is shrinking and muscle is replacing it. 

THursday Mar 8

Food:BKFST, 2 eggs, grapenuts, water.  Mid mor snk, Missed.  Lunch: 1/2 burger poncho and leftys, mashed potatoes, some chips and salsa.  Aft snk:  missed.  Diner:  Roast, brown rice, peas, fruit slices.  Dessert snak: chocolate mouse with protein powder.  Extra 1/2 cup yogurt and fruit later. 

Ex:  20 tread mill, 20 stair stepper, weight training.

Good day

‘While at Fitquest I did have a lady ask me if I was the guy losing the weight for Kinship.  She said she had lost 30 pounds already but needed to lose more, so she was now raising money for a kids church mission trip as incentive and motivation.  She found several church people to donate if she makes the lose.  Way to go. 

It is amazing what we can do when we have people with us.