No really, has it been a month already? I have, as most of you have noticed, stopped blogging. I haven't made a conscious effort to stop blogging, it's been more of a procrastination. I have become so frustrated by my lack of weight loss that I've told myself that I was going to stop blogging until the next week when I could come back and talk about the weight that I've lost. The problem is that it's now been what, three weeks later? and I've stayed at the same weight. It was frustrating after the first two weeks, because I felt like I was actually trying, but then when I failed at those two weeks, I kind of gave up. I keep telling myself that I'm going to be able to start eating better tomorrow, or I will exercise tomorrow. Well, as Jon Russell has said, Steve, you can accomplish anything at all... tomorrow. How true that is.
I have failed all of you, I apologize, I gave up because of my frustration with the lifestyle change that starting unwinding slowly and then picked up momentum. I'll go back to what I said before, I like food and I like to eat a lot of it.
I have to recommit to this and recommit now, but I don't know how to do it when my desire is only at about 1% right now. You would think that I would be more into this when I look at myself in the mirror and realize that I'm as huge as I am, I haven't learned to motivate myself well when I lack all motivation. I guess that's one of life's biggest challenges, at least for me.
Here's to recommitting, I'm going to start again, I've tried to exercise 5 times in a week. For me, right now, that's just not feasible. I am going to start with three times a week until I find that I have more time in the evenings. As for eating, I'm going to start... again... eating a light breakfast and lunch and then a sensible dinner. I'll add in some healthy snacks in between the meals so that I'm not famished when I come home, which has been a real problem for me.
Let's try this again, please be patient with me for the past and I'll see if I can't get this ball rolling again.
Thanks for all of the feedback and the support, I would not be restarting this right now if it hadn't been for you all, I love and appreciate your comments, they are making all of the difference!
Steve
Journey's starting weight: 260
Week's Starting weight: 246 Pounds
Current weight: 245 Pounds
Weight Loss last week: 1 Pound
Total weight loss: 15 pounds
% Weight Loss this last week: 0.41%
% Weight Loss total diet: 5.8%
Time jogging without stopping: N/A
Wish me luck, scold me, or comment with anything you like, I'll take it all with a stiff upper lip.
Until next week
Slim Thoughts
Monday, October 26, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
It's finally time to write about week nine
You know, I have to be honest, I hate writing these blogs days after I am supposed to be writing. This week has been a little hectic for me. I've been too tired or not had any time to write in the evenings. I'm going to keep this one short, sorry if you really like reading these, I'll write more next week, I promise.
I made some goals last week. Here are the goals:
1. Nutrition: I made a goal to limit my portions and to eliminate drinking any soda. I made both of those goals. I did very well at my portion controls and I avoided all sodas. Giving up soda, even though I drink only diet sodas, was pretty difficult for me. I love my drinks. I did find, though, as a side effect that I drank lots of water.
2. Physical Fitness: I did not make this goal. I worked out twice last week. I am starting to feel frustrated with exercise. I would like to workout in the evenings, but haven't been able to find the time. I have either had company coming over or had football practice for Steven or didn't get home until late. I am realizing that the only way that I'm really going to be able to make exercise a daily part of my life is if I do it in the mornings, but I am not a morning person at all, and haven't had the discipline to get up early enough to do that.
3. Weight Loss: I did not make this goal either. I actually stayed exactly the same. I can't expect more, though, when I don't get to exercising.
So, I told you this was going to be short. Here's the final results:
Journey's starting weight: 260
Week's Starting weight: 246 Pounds
Current weight: 246 Pounds
Weight Loss last week: 0 Pound
Total weight loss: 14 pounds
% Weight Loss this last week: 0%
% Weight Loss total diet: 5.4%
Time jogging without stopping: 4:00
I made some goals last week. Here are the goals:
1. Nutrition: I made a goal to limit my portions and to eliminate drinking any soda. I made both of those goals. I did very well at my portion controls and I avoided all sodas. Giving up soda, even though I drink only diet sodas, was pretty difficult for me. I love my drinks. I did find, though, as a side effect that I drank lots of water.
2. Physical Fitness: I did not make this goal. I worked out twice last week. I am starting to feel frustrated with exercise. I would like to workout in the evenings, but haven't been able to find the time. I have either had company coming over or had football practice for Steven or didn't get home until late. I am realizing that the only way that I'm really going to be able to make exercise a daily part of my life is if I do it in the mornings, but I am not a morning person at all, and haven't had the discipline to get up early enough to do that.
3. Weight Loss: I did not make this goal either. I actually stayed exactly the same. I can't expect more, though, when I don't get to exercising.
So, I told you this was going to be short. Here's the final results:
Journey's starting weight: 260
Week's Starting weight: 246 Pounds
Current weight: 246 Pounds
Weight Loss last week: 0 Pound
Total weight loss: 14 pounds
% Weight Loss this last week: 0%
% Weight Loss total diet: 5.4%
Time jogging without stopping: 4:00
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Lots of Mistakes During Weeks Seven and Eight!
Okay, I'll have to start out by saying that I didn't really make lots of mistakes. I just needed something that was going to rhyme with eight. I only made a few mistakes, the problem was that I made those few mistakes over and over again. As you know from my last post, during weeks seven and eight I was on a business trip. Here's my problem with going on a business trip. I asked for some advice for those trips and got some great feedback. Some of the suggestions were to find a place with a kitchenette so that I could cook in. Other suggestions were to go to places that served healthy food so that I could eat something healthy off of the menu. All were great ideas and I had great intentions. I think there is a phrase, though, that says, the pathway to hell is paved with good intentions. Well, it can be said the same of diets... the pathway to gaining weight is paved with good intentions.
I stayed in a hotel called Homewood suites. I like staying there because they're generally nice hotels to stay in and they have all suites, so kitchenette and all. They also serve a light meal in the evenings. So when I got there, instead of going to the store and buying groceries, I was just going to eat their light dinner. It saves me money and usually tastes pretty good. My main problem with this trip is that I ate a decent breakfast in the mornings but then wasn't hungry during the day, so I only ate a few times during the day. So, when I got back from the conference in the evenings, I was usually pretty hungry. I would usually go to dinner around 6:30 and by that time I was starving. I also found that, while the meals are advertised as "light" they were anything but. I think they served meatloaf and mashed potatoes one day, taco bar another day, BBQ pulled pork sandwiches another day and hamburgers another, just to give you an idea of the menu. The food tasted wonderful and so portion control went out the window. I had two servings every time I went to dinner.
Staying there two weeks got me into some bad habits. I went, as most of you probably saw from my facebook post, and worked out once while I was there. I have to be honest, my wife and kids are a great motivator for me to workout. I am far more inclined to go workout when I have them expecting it every evening.
Those were my big killers for the week and did it in for my healthy habits last week... or lack of them.
I think I've done great at making large goals, the overall big goals for the end of this diet and the beginning of my new lifestyle, but I've not done so great at making smaller, weekly, goals. So, with that in mind, the bifurcation of my goals for this week is going to be focused on nutrition and physical fitness.
Nutrition
Eating: This week my goal is to have no more than one helping at dinner (where I eat the most) everyday this week.
Drinking: I got in a bad habit of drinking diet sodas. While they don't necessarily hurt me where weight loss is concerned, they certainly don't help. My goal for drinking is to avoid all sodas this week.
Physical Fitness
Exercise: My goal this week is to workout such that I get my heart rate up at least five days this week. Watch for my running entries in the top right hand corner of this blog.
Meeting my goals for being more healthy should lead to the overall goal for this week...
Weight Loss: My goal is to lose five pounds this week. I would like to lose seven, so that I will be on track for where I would have been had I done well these past two weeks. Plus, this is the beginning of my year-long diet and I need to lose all that I can now when I have more to lose.
That's my story for the last two weeks. Hope that you all cheer me on in the coming days. The vacation is over for me now.
Oh, and in case you didn't know, the word of the week is bifurcate: To split or divide into two.
Steve
The usual weekly statistics:
Journey's starting weight: 260
Week's Starting weight: 245 Pounds
Current weight: 246 Pounds
Weight Loss last week: -1 Pound (GAINED)
Total weight loss: 14 pounds
% Weight Loss this last week: -0.4%
% Weight Loss total diet: 5.4%
Time jogging without stopping: 3:00
I stayed in a hotel called Homewood suites. I like staying there because they're generally nice hotels to stay in and they have all suites, so kitchenette and all. They also serve a light meal in the evenings. So when I got there, instead of going to the store and buying groceries, I was just going to eat their light dinner. It saves me money and usually tastes pretty good. My main problem with this trip is that I ate a decent breakfast in the mornings but then wasn't hungry during the day, so I only ate a few times during the day. So, when I got back from the conference in the evenings, I was usually pretty hungry. I would usually go to dinner around 6:30 and by that time I was starving. I also found that, while the meals are advertised as "light" they were anything but. I think they served meatloaf and mashed potatoes one day, taco bar another day, BBQ pulled pork sandwiches another day and hamburgers another, just to give you an idea of the menu. The food tasted wonderful and so portion control went out the window. I had two servings every time I went to dinner.
Staying there two weeks got me into some bad habits. I went, as most of you probably saw from my facebook post, and worked out once while I was there. I have to be honest, my wife and kids are a great motivator for me to workout. I am far more inclined to go workout when I have them expecting it every evening.
Those were my big killers for the week and did it in for my healthy habits last week... or lack of them.
I think I've done great at making large goals, the overall big goals for the end of this diet and the beginning of my new lifestyle, but I've not done so great at making smaller, weekly, goals. So, with that in mind, the bifurcation of my goals for this week is going to be focused on nutrition and physical fitness.
Nutrition
Eating: This week my goal is to have no more than one helping at dinner (where I eat the most) everyday this week.
Drinking: I got in a bad habit of drinking diet sodas. While they don't necessarily hurt me where weight loss is concerned, they certainly don't help. My goal for drinking is to avoid all sodas this week.
Physical Fitness
Exercise: My goal this week is to workout such that I get my heart rate up at least five days this week. Watch for my running entries in the top right hand corner of this blog.
Meeting my goals for being more healthy should lead to the overall goal for this week...
Weight Loss: My goal is to lose five pounds this week. I would like to lose seven, so that I will be on track for where I would have been had I done well these past two weeks. Plus, this is the beginning of my year-long diet and I need to lose all that I can now when I have more to lose.
That's my story for the last two weeks. Hope that you all cheer me on in the coming days. The vacation is over for me now.
Oh, and in case you didn't know, the word of the week is bifurcate: To split or divide into two.
Steve
The usual weekly statistics:
Journey's starting weight: 260
Week's Starting weight: 245 Pounds
Current weight: 246 Pounds
Weight Loss last week: -1 Pound (GAINED)
Total weight loss: 14 pounds
% Weight Loss this last week: -0.4%
% Weight Loss total diet: 5.4%
Time jogging without stopping: 3:00
Monday, September 21, 2009
No Post for week 6
Sorry, I am on TDY this week and I will not be doing any type of progress post. The week was good for eating, but bad for exercise. I have started the next week out strong, though. If anyone still wants me to post, let me know and I'll do a post for last week!
Monday, September 14, 2009
Stayed Alive through Week Five!
Okay, okay, I get it. I'm a day late. I know. That seems to be the story of my life, a day late and a dollar short. Those stories, however, are for a different blog. I do have an excuse. I am on business this week and was traveling all day Sunday. I was just not up for blogging at 11:00 at night after I had traveled all day. I hope that you will excuse this fopaux.
I have to admit, this week wasn't too bad. I wish that I had exercised more. I exercised three times last week, as opposed to five times, which is my goal. The amount of times that I exercised is definitely an improvement over what I have been doing, but I do realize that "a little better" is not the same as my best. Please forgive me if I don't seem as bummed out about not exercising everyday this week, but the week wasn't a total failure.
For eating I controlled my portions well this week. I didn't make a concerted effort, it was more a guilt if I let myself get too full. That control on the portions is a great feat for me. I have been one, for as long as I can remember, that ate until I was stuffed. I still have people ask me if I usually ate until I was uncomfortable, and I would have to honestly say that I always ate until I was so full I couldn't eat anymore, but I loved that feeling, so I wasn't uncomfortable. That desire to stuff myself hasn't gone away, but I have found myself pausing and considering my actions now and sticking to one helping of food. I feel like this past week was truly a learning experience for me, another "ah hah" moment. I realize that Roger may have some validity to his statement when he says that weight loss is in large part due to portion control. I am actually enjoying exercising and am not using this as an excuse to cut that out. I have to admit, though, that an hour's worth of exercise isn't going to compensate for having that second helping of meatloaf and mashed potatoes at dinner.
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that there were several things that I also learned about myself:
1. Don’t allow myself to get to the “starving stage” in my day.
a. I definitely saw the bad in doing this. This past week I let myself get there twice and came home from work and ate more than I should have. I didn’t eat as bad as before the diet, but still worse than usual.
2. Make sure that I exercise in some way every day.
a. I did not do this. I love staying up late, and so I’m usually too tired to get up early and exercise. The problem with this is that with church youth activities, peewee football, and general working around the house activities, I don’t have the time that I would like in the evenings. So, I need to get to bed earlier so that I can get up and exercise on those days when I won’t have time in the evenings. That is my goal.
3. Say no to restaurants.
a. Did good on this one. I think I went out once and I ate pretty reasonably.
4. Don’t give up after a bad day.
a. Check… Hua?
5. Don’t eat when I’m depressed.
a. Okay, this one was a gag, anyway. If you know me, I’m rarely depressed. In fact, I eat whether or not I’m depressed.
I think that pretty much sums up my week. I, unfortunately, am not going to have a picture this week or next week due to my business trip. I won’t have a weigh in next week, either. I did weigh in this week before I left.
I do apologize for not having a picture, but I think this will be cool to see the difference after two weeks of being away on TDY.
Journey's starting weight: 260
Week's Starting weight: 248 Pounds
Current weight: 245 Pounds
Weight Loss last week: 3 Pound
Total weight loss: 15 pounds
% Weight Loss this last week: 1.2%
% Weight Loss total diet: 5.8%
Time jogging without stopping: 2:10
I have to admit, this week wasn't too bad. I wish that I had exercised more. I exercised three times last week, as opposed to five times, which is my goal. The amount of times that I exercised is definitely an improvement over what I have been doing, but I do realize that "a little better" is not the same as my best. Please forgive me if I don't seem as bummed out about not exercising everyday this week, but the week wasn't a total failure.
For eating I controlled my portions well this week. I didn't make a concerted effort, it was more a guilt if I let myself get too full. That control on the portions is a great feat for me. I have been one, for as long as I can remember, that ate until I was stuffed. I still have people ask me if I usually ate until I was uncomfortable, and I would have to honestly say that I always ate until I was so full I couldn't eat anymore, but I loved that feeling, so I wasn't uncomfortable. That desire to stuff myself hasn't gone away, but I have found myself pausing and considering my actions now and sticking to one helping of food. I feel like this past week was truly a learning experience for me, another "ah hah" moment. I realize that Roger may have some validity to his statement when he says that weight loss is in large part due to portion control. I am actually enjoying exercising and am not using this as an excuse to cut that out. I have to admit, though, that an hour's worth of exercise isn't going to compensate for having that second helping of meatloaf and mashed potatoes at dinner.
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that there were several things that I also learned about myself:
1. Don’t allow myself to get to the “starving stage” in my day.
a. I definitely saw the bad in doing this. This past week I let myself get there twice and came home from work and ate more than I should have. I didn’t eat as bad as before the diet, but still worse than usual.
2. Make sure that I exercise in some way every day.
a. I did not do this. I love staying up late, and so I’m usually too tired to get up early and exercise. The problem with this is that with church youth activities, peewee football, and general working around the house activities, I don’t have the time that I would like in the evenings. So, I need to get to bed earlier so that I can get up and exercise on those days when I won’t have time in the evenings. That is my goal.
3. Say no to restaurants.
a. Did good on this one. I think I went out once and I ate pretty reasonably.
4. Don’t give up after a bad day.
a. Check… Hua?
5. Don’t eat when I’m depressed.
a. Okay, this one was a gag, anyway. If you know me, I’m rarely depressed. In fact, I eat whether or not I’m depressed.
I think that pretty much sums up my week. I, unfortunately, am not going to have a picture this week or next week due to my business trip. I won’t have a weigh in next week, either. I did weigh in this week before I left.
I do apologize for not having a picture, but I think this will be cool to see the difference after two weeks of being away on TDY.
Journey's starting weight: 260
Week's Starting weight: 248 Pounds
Current weight: 245 Pounds
Weight Loss last week: 3 Pound
Total weight loss: 15 pounds
% Weight Loss this last week: 1.2%
% Weight Loss total diet: 5.8%
Time jogging without stopping: 2:10
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Week Four is out the door!
Well, another week on the diet has come and gone. Before I begin, my wife has told me that the blogs are too long. Actually, the exact words that she used were, "Don't be long winded again." I'm going to reduce the length of the overall blog and see what y'all think.
I believe that proper diet and exercise need to be a part of my weight loss. Although I haven't given up, this wasn't my strongest week. Let me tell you about my obstacles with the hope that you can give me suggestions about how you overcome those, or at least how you would overcome those if you were in my same situation.
This week was my anniversary. Being my anniversary I had to do a nice dinner for Teresa. I stayed home from work on Tuesday and then made dinner. I have several signature dishes and I made her one of those dishes this week. It wasn't the healthiest of dishes, but was primarily veggies, so not the worst, either. What I did have was a piece of cake that I bought, but it was a very small piece. So, all in all, Tuesday was not too bad, but not the typical salads that I had eaten in past weeks either. Roger said a couple of posts ago that a salad only diet wasn't going to be able to keep me interested. I have to say that I'm finding that is the truth. I enjoy the salads, but I would have a difficult time continuing with just salads. I've learned that I can eat more than just salads, I can even eat a little piece of meat or a small dessert, as long as it's not the norm and I remember portion control.
In your comments for this week, I would love to know what is your favorite healthy dish to eat. If you have the recipe, post the recipe, if not, just post the name or description.
The next difficulty that I had, which also had to do with my anniversary, was that Teresa and I went on a surprise (surprise to me) overnight outing on Friday. Because we were away from home, we went out to eat. We decided on Outback and I ordered a grilled Tilapia dish with a seared tuna, sushi style, for an appetizer. I thought that it was really healthy and because it was one of their healthy dishes, the portion sizes were not large, either.
I go on TDYs often enough (that's a business trip for all non-military people) for two to three weeks. Eating out everyday for two to three weeks has it's harmful effects. So my question is, How do you guys recommend doing things for someone who is on a diet and looking to eat healthy?
Last part is exercise. I did horrible this past week. I exercised on Tuesday only. I could go on and give you excuses, but I just didn't manage my time appropriately. I know that if Lee reads this, he's going to kill me at work and then harass me on the blog... or maybe the other way around.
Here's what is new with my exercise. I don't know if I've mentioned this before. I bought shoes that have an insert that syncs with my iPod touch. It measures my pace, my distance run and calories burned and stores them. It allows me to make goals and then tracks that progress. So, for September, for example, I would like to walk / jog a total of 30 miles or more. It also allows me to publish the results. So, I'm going to be starting to publish my workouts on there as well. With that, you can look at my results daily and then comment here or shoot me an email, or yell at me at work, if you find that I'm missing runs or workouts. I think that I have it setup so that it publishes it directly to facebook, but I'm not positive about that. If not, here is the link, feel free to come and check out what I've been doing.
Skinny Steve H's Runs
I really need your suggestions as to what you do to keep on a schedule or to make sure that you have the time. What do you do to make sure that exercise is a part of your daily routine, if anything?
Well, how was that for being shorter?
To reiterate, if you can think of anything here are the three things that I need / want from you in your comments.
1. Favorite healthy dishes, with recipe or description.
2. Your ideas of how to get the most out of two or three weeks of eating out.
3. What do you guys do to make sure that exercise remains a part of your schedule, what are your tricks of the trade?
Now onto my results:
Journey's starting weight: 260
Week's Starting weight: 250 Pounds
Current weight: 248 Pounds
Weight Loss last week: 2 Pound
Total weight loss: 12 pounds
% Weight Loss this last week: .8%
% Weight Loss total diet: 4.6%
Time jogging without stopping: 5:20
Thanks for following, tune in next week for week 5 reports!
I believe that proper diet and exercise need to be a part of my weight loss. Although I haven't given up, this wasn't my strongest week. Let me tell you about my obstacles with the hope that you can give me suggestions about how you overcome those, or at least how you would overcome those if you were in my same situation.
This week was my anniversary. Being my anniversary I had to do a nice dinner for Teresa. I stayed home from work on Tuesday and then made dinner. I have several signature dishes and I made her one of those dishes this week. It wasn't the healthiest of dishes, but was primarily veggies, so not the worst, either. What I did have was a piece of cake that I bought, but it was a very small piece. So, all in all, Tuesday was not too bad, but not the typical salads that I had eaten in past weeks either. Roger said a couple of posts ago that a salad only diet wasn't going to be able to keep me interested. I have to say that I'm finding that is the truth. I enjoy the salads, but I would have a difficult time continuing with just salads. I've learned that I can eat more than just salads, I can even eat a little piece of meat or a small dessert, as long as it's not the norm and I remember portion control.
In your comments for this week, I would love to know what is your favorite healthy dish to eat. If you have the recipe, post the recipe, if not, just post the name or description.
The next difficulty that I had, which also had to do with my anniversary, was that Teresa and I went on a surprise (surprise to me) overnight outing on Friday. Because we were away from home, we went out to eat. We decided on Outback and I ordered a grilled Tilapia dish with a seared tuna, sushi style, for an appetizer. I thought that it was really healthy and because it was one of their healthy dishes, the portion sizes were not large, either.
I go on TDYs often enough (that's a business trip for all non-military people) for two to three weeks. Eating out everyday for two to three weeks has it's harmful effects. So my question is, How do you guys recommend doing things for someone who is on a diet and looking to eat healthy?
Last part is exercise. I did horrible this past week. I exercised on Tuesday only. I could go on and give you excuses, but I just didn't manage my time appropriately. I know that if Lee reads this, he's going to kill me at work and then harass me on the blog... or maybe the other way around.
Here's what is new with my exercise. I don't know if I've mentioned this before. I bought shoes that have an insert that syncs with my iPod touch. It measures my pace, my distance run and calories burned and stores them. It allows me to make goals and then tracks that progress. So, for September, for example, I would like to walk / jog a total of 30 miles or more. It also allows me to publish the results. So, I'm going to be starting to publish my workouts on there as well. With that, you can look at my results daily and then comment here or shoot me an email, or yell at me at work, if you find that I'm missing runs or workouts. I think that I have it setup so that it publishes it directly to facebook, but I'm not positive about that. If not, here is the link, feel free to come and check out what I've been doing.
Skinny Steve H's Runs
I really need your suggestions as to what you do to keep on a schedule or to make sure that you have the time. What do you do to make sure that exercise is a part of your daily routine, if anything?
Well, how was that for being shorter?
To reiterate, if you can think of anything here are the three things that I need / want from you in your comments.
1. Favorite healthy dishes, with recipe or description.
2. Your ideas of how to get the most out of two or three weeks of eating out.
3. What do you guys do to make sure that exercise remains a part of your schedule, what are your tricks of the trade?
Now onto my results:
Journey's starting weight: 260
Week's Starting weight: 250 Pounds
Current weight: 248 Pounds
Weight Loss last week: 2 Pound
Total weight loss: 12 pounds
% Weight Loss this last week: .8%
% Weight Loss total diet: 4.6%
Time jogging without stopping: 5:20
Thanks for following, tune in next week for week 5 reports!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Finally Free of Week Three
Wow, what a week. I really don't like it when I start out a week very strong and then have temptation after temptation to eat poorly and then, half way through the week, give in to bad eating. The major problem with that is that a part of me gives up for the rest of that week. I think that is what happened this last week.
Sunday through Tuesday were great. I stuck to the diet and exercised everyday. Sunday, granted, was just a walk with the family, but I still did great at everything... Then Wednesday hit. If I had just fallen a little on Wednesday, I think it would have been alright for the rest of the week, but, as I said above, one slide leads to another.
Wednesday was an activity for my oldest son, Steven. He is just starting cub scouts with church and there was a meet and greet type activity. The boys were supposed to help cook a side dish and then bring their dads to the activity for eating and such. So, Steven's favorite side dish is potato salad. His mom got the recipe from my mother and it's a great dish. Well, Steven and mom made the potato salad and then I went with him to scouts. At scouts we had a choice of hamburgers or hot dogs and then lots of sides. Now here's the crux of my situation. By the time that we finally made it to Steven's activity, it was 7:00pm. I had not eaten since around 11:00 when I had lunch. I was really hungry, and that was the death of me. I did fine on the main dish, having only one hamburger (believe me, I wanted more). My killer that evening was that I had three servings of mom's/Steven's potato salad, and then, when I got home that evening, I had another helping and finished it off. To make matters worse, I didn't exercise, because I came home and went straight to scouts with Steven.
Thursday was another matter, I ate good during the day and exercised. In fact, I need to share a new favorite of mine. I take a piece of whole wheat flat bread. It's about the same size as a flour tortilla, only thicker. I added 2 tbs of hummus, 2 slices of honey baked turkey breast and then roll it up like a wrap. I hate to say it, but I have started counting calories just a bit, so here's the breakdown of that concoction.
Flat Bread: 100 calories per slice
Hummus: 50 calories per 2 tbls
Honey Baked Turkey: 70 calories per 2 slices
Grand total: 220 Calories.
I ate one of those and it satisfied me for about 3 hours. When I got hungry again around 2:00, I ate another and it was enough to tide me over until dinner.
When I got home on Thursday we ate a sensible dinner of fish tacos. I had three of those. I've substituted plain non-fat yogurt for the sour cream and Teresa made a DELICIOUS pico de gallo for the salsa on those. After dinner we went on our "almost nightly" walk. I measured the distance we go, it's only around the block once. It's 1.4 miles and it takes us anywhere from 30 minutes to 45 minutes, depending on our pace. I also started timing myself for how long I can keep up a jog. Now, I know that my time is going to make most of you chuckle, I find it comical myself for how long I can keep up a jog, but it's a start and gives me a mile marker. I'll include that at the end.
Had the rest of the week continued on like Thursday, I think I would have been successful this week, but, alas, it did not. On Friday the guys at work decided that they wanted to go out to a Korean restaurant for lunch and I didn't resist. I went, had some Kim Chi (sp) and some wontons and so bulgogi (sp) with rice. It was a lunch portion, so not too much food. I had run out of my flat bread, so I couldn't have that for a snack when I got hungry again near 2:00. So when it was time to go home, I was really hungry. I usually call Teresa when I'm on my way home from work and Friday was no different. When I called her, she said that she hadn't made dinner yet and I suggested that we try Applebees, since we have coupons for the kids to get free meals. I know, it was twice in one day, bad enough to go out twice in one week. But, I rationalized, I would just order their salad, get a vinaigrette salad dressing and then call it an evening. Well, by the time we got to the restaurant and waited in line for a table, I was starving. Restaurants and starving are a poor combination. I order the fajitas and ate every last bit. We left the restaurant and, because I was stuffed, I chose not to go walking either.
Saturday was a little better. I ate a sensible breakfast and then a fitness bar for lunch. I worked outside in the yard most of the day. We decided to invite our neighbors over, though, so the strict diet food was not much of an option. We cooked tri tip. It was great, but I probably had six pieces. On top of that I had 1 1/2 baked potatoes and then some cake at the end and a salad and and and... We ate at 5:30 but then by the time that our friends left, it was too late to go walking, and the boys needed to go to bed. My exercise in working around the yard was going to have to be sufficient for the day. Then it's time to go to bed and I'm starving again. I got a salad out of the fridge and ate that. It had lettuce, chopped up steak and I added light ranch.
So, not surprising, after all of these setbacks, I was not happy with my weigh in this morning.
Here's what I've learned this week:
1. Don't allow myself to get to the starving stage. Eat less but more often
2. Make sure that I exercise in some way everyday
3. Say no to restaurants for the next month or so, to get myself situated on how I should be eating.
4. Don't give up after a bad day.
5. Don't eat when I'm depressed.
Okay, so number five doesn't really have anything to do with me, because I haven't been depressed and I didn't eat when I was. I added that more so that in case anyone reading this was depressed at my progress this week, they wouldn't be tempted to eat. :)
As for this evening, I should have gone walking again, but it started raining and we had a bit of a storm that lasted until late, so we didn't go. I did take some cool pictures, so I apologize for adding pictures that have nothing to do with my diet, but I thought that they were beautiful. There's a few of them. They were all taken after it was dark and the sun had completely set. If you'll look at them, you'll see a shiny spot in the upper right hand corner of the pictures... That's Venus, pretty cool!
Onto the results of this week's endeavors:
Journey's starting weight: 260
Week's Starting weight: 251 Pounds
Current weight: 250 Pounds
Weight Loss last week: 1 Pound
Total weight loss: 10 pounds
% Weight Loss this last week: .4%
% Weight Loss total diet: 3.8%
Time jogging without stopping: 2:40
Now, the next pictures were of the amazing thunderstorm that passed through for a couple of hours this evening. Enjoy!
Steve
Sunday through Tuesday were great. I stuck to the diet and exercised everyday. Sunday, granted, was just a walk with the family, but I still did great at everything... Then Wednesday hit. If I had just fallen a little on Wednesday, I think it would have been alright for the rest of the week, but, as I said above, one slide leads to another.
Wednesday was an activity for my oldest son, Steven. He is just starting cub scouts with church and there was a meet and greet type activity. The boys were supposed to help cook a side dish and then bring their dads to the activity for eating and such. So, Steven's favorite side dish is potato salad. His mom got the recipe from my mother and it's a great dish. Well, Steven and mom made the potato salad and then I went with him to scouts. At scouts we had a choice of hamburgers or hot dogs and then lots of sides. Now here's the crux of my situation. By the time that we finally made it to Steven's activity, it was 7:00pm. I had not eaten since around 11:00 when I had lunch. I was really hungry, and that was the death of me. I did fine on the main dish, having only one hamburger (believe me, I wanted more). My killer that evening was that I had three servings of mom's/Steven's potato salad, and then, when I got home that evening, I had another helping and finished it off. To make matters worse, I didn't exercise, because I came home and went straight to scouts with Steven.
Thursday was another matter, I ate good during the day and exercised. In fact, I need to share a new favorite of mine. I take a piece of whole wheat flat bread. It's about the same size as a flour tortilla, only thicker. I added 2 tbs of hummus, 2 slices of honey baked turkey breast and then roll it up like a wrap. I hate to say it, but I have started counting calories just a bit, so here's the breakdown of that concoction.
Flat Bread: 100 calories per slice
Hummus: 50 calories per 2 tbls
Honey Baked Turkey: 70 calories per 2 slices
Grand total: 220 Calories.
I ate one of those and it satisfied me for about 3 hours. When I got hungry again around 2:00, I ate another and it was enough to tide me over until dinner.
When I got home on Thursday we ate a sensible dinner of fish tacos. I had three of those. I've substituted plain non-fat yogurt for the sour cream and Teresa made a DELICIOUS pico de gallo for the salsa on those. After dinner we went on our "almost nightly" walk. I measured the distance we go, it's only around the block once. It's 1.4 miles and it takes us anywhere from 30 minutes to 45 minutes, depending on our pace. I also started timing myself for how long I can keep up a jog. Now, I know that my time is going to make most of you chuckle, I find it comical myself for how long I can keep up a jog, but it's a start and gives me a mile marker. I'll include that at the end.
Had the rest of the week continued on like Thursday, I think I would have been successful this week, but, alas, it did not. On Friday the guys at work decided that they wanted to go out to a Korean restaurant for lunch and I didn't resist. I went, had some Kim Chi (sp) and some wontons and so bulgogi (sp) with rice. It was a lunch portion, so not too much food. I had run out of my flat bread, so I couldn't have that for a snack when I got hungry again near 2:00. So when it was time to go home, I was really hungry. I usually call Teresa when I'm on my way home from work and Friday was no different. When I called her, she said that she hadn't made dinner yet and I suggested that we try Applebees, since we have coupons for the kids to get free meals. I know, it was twice in one day, bad enough to go out twice in one week. But, I rationalized, I would just order their salad, get a vinaigrette salad dressing and then call it an evening. Well, by the time we got to the restaurant and waited in line for a table, I was starving. Restaurants and starving are a poor combination. I order the fajitas and ate every last bit. We left the restaurant and, because I was stuffed, I chose not to go walking either.
Saturday was a little better. I ate a sensible breakfast and then a fitness bar for lunch. I worked outside in the yard most of the day. We decided to invite our neighbors over, though, so the strict diet food was not much of an option. We cooked tri tip. It was great, but I probably had six pieces. On top of that I had 1 1/2 baked potatoes and then some cake at the end and a salad and and and... We ate at 5:30 but then by the time that our friends left, it was too late to go walking, and the boys needed to go to bed. My exercise in working around the yard was going to have to be sufficient for the day. Then it's time to go to bed and I'm starving again. I got a salad out of the fridge and ate that. It had lettuce, chopped up steak and I added light ranch.
So, not surprising, after all of these setbacks, I was not happy with my weigh in this morning.
Here's what I've learned this week:
1. Don't allow myself to get to the starving stage. Eat less but more often
2. Make sure that I exercise in some way everyday
3. Say no to restaurants for the next month or so, to get myself situated on how I should be eating.
4. Don't give up after a bad day.
5. Don't eat when I'm depressed.
Okay, so number five doesn't really have anything to do with me, because I haven't been depressed and I didn't eat when I was. I added that more so that in case anyone reading this was depressed at my progress this week, they wouldn't be tempted to eat. :)
As for this evening, I should have gone walking again, but it started raining and we had a bit of a storm that lasted until late, so we didn't go. I did take some cool pictures, so I apologize for adding pictures that have nothing to do with my diet, but I thought that they were beautiful. There's a few of them. They were all taken after it was dark and the sun had completely set. If you'll look at them, you'll see a shiny spot in the upper right hand corner of the pictures... That's Venus, pretty cool!
Onto the results of this week's endeavors:
Journey's starting weight: 260
Week's Starting weight: 251 Pounds
Current weight: 250 Pounds
Weight Loss last week: 1 Pound
Total weight loss: 10 pounds
% Weight Loss this last week: .4%
% Weight Loss total diet: 3.8%
Time jogging without stopping: 2:40
Now, the next pictures were of the amazing thunderstorm that passed through for a couple of hours this evening. Enjoy!
Steve
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