Monday Oct 8

Today is for some reason a down day.  I felt like I did the work to see more pounds come off, but only 2 for the week.  Now I need to refocus and get back at it.  For those of you who loose weight or have tried, you know how days like this make you think about quitting.  But we must continue.  It is really about the long term and setbacks are forgotten when the next success occurs. 

Bkfst: eggs, toast.  Snk: missed. Lunch buffalo chicken sandwich and mashed potatoes at Poncho’s.  Snk: missed.  Dinner: 1 pieces Roasted chicken, salad at a meeting.  Snk:  When I finally got home; 4 pieces of pizza, peach, some pineapple, plum. 

Ex: 20 min treadmill AM, 34 minutes treadmill PM. 

Wednesday Oct 3

Fast day that at helped not to overeat.  Busy at times can be good. 

Bkfst: 2 eggs, grapenuts.  Snk: Coffee?.  Lunch: 2 cookies from Bremer bank, I arrived late at Sertoma Lunch so I missed out.  then on the work trail again, so I grabbed 2 cookies.  Snk: a mix of Yogurt, cottage cheese, with protein powder, (a healthy snk I have in the work frig.)  Dinner: Healthy prepared frozen meal, with some spaghetti my kids had.  Snk: protein desert bar, handful of Cheerios.  Lots of water again. 

Ex: 20 stair-stepper, weights, 20 elliptical.

Tuesday Oct 2

Ok day.  Started good, but I am noticing I am having trouble after work and before dinner.  Snack on good stuff but still too much.  Need to think about exercising in the AM sometimes.  Now I mostly do in evening.

Bkfst: 2 eggs toast.  Snk Banana, apple.  Lunch: Prairie Bay Blacken Chicken and fruit.  Snk: peach, DQ Dilly bar, Popcorn at Jackson’s football game.  Dinner: Healthy pancakes, sugar free syrup, 2 eggs.  Snk: banana

Ex: 30 min treadmill, during Boston Legal. 

Monday October 1

Not sure about today.  While writing the article, I realized I did the math wrong with 3 pounds a week and it is closer to 4.  That 4 pounds is a huge hurtle for each week, but after thinking longer we can do it.  It will just mean no or at least a whole lot less cheating, and maybe 2 workouts a day when I can.  I did work out twice today.  In the AM my normal and then 30 min while watching TV.  I have found that at the end of the day a workout while watching TV works good.  Today we went on a ropes coarse.  I had a great time and a big part was being lighter.  If I was still around the 290 mark it would have been very difficult.  It is amazing how losing the weight changed so much.  I thought it would but it is so nice to see the real results.

Bkfst: Orange Julius protein drink. Snk: missed.  Lunch Subway 6″ chicken on wheat.  Snk: bag of micro popcorn, and diet coke.  Dinner: apple, chicken quesadilla.  Snk: protein desert bar and healthy pudding. 

Ex: 20 min treadmill, 20 min elipticle, ropes coarse ( almost 2 hours), 32 min treadmill.