WI: 200.2
CB: 380
CC:1834
Well I almost didn't write today cause I feel like my daily rambling is kind of boring. Once again I was hoping for a sub 200 weigh in but it eluded me yet another day. At this point in the my journey I feel like I am doing it right. Before I was eating not enough for several days then I would blow it on the weekends. Now since starting to count calories I feel like I am more consistent. Even if I eat something bad the calories are counted and I really try to not go over. I just hope the body will react as I expect it to over time. I am feeling leaner even though the scale hasn't dropped a ton. Hopefully in the next few days I will be able to post a new low. The weekend is officially almost here for me. There will be plenty of temptation at the family Easter brunch. We are also celebrating 3 relatives b-days (lots of April B-days in my family). So I am sure there will be deserts and other things that will destroy a healthy diet. At this point I feel like my willpower and desire to loose weight will get me through.
The title of this post is in reference to the treats that Management brought in today to feed to us worker bees. I was so hoping it would be a fruit tray and coffee or even a bagel for that matter. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE doughnuts but I am not going to eat them. I think its been like a year or longer since I had my last doughnut. I even was offered a "Voodoo"(local doughnut attraction - they have some with bacon on them and other weird shnizzle) doughnut last weekend and passed it up. Anyway I wish managers of the world would realize that computer people or people with desk jobs don't really need to be scarfing down on pizza and doughnuts.
Diet and exercise was spot on yesterday. Today is Yoga (yuck) and a 5k run.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Still Cranking
WI: 200.6
CB: 1164
CC: 2134
I am going to start abbreviating my stats at the top cause I don't want to spell them out each day. WI = Weigh In, CB = Calories Burnt, CC = Calories Consumed. I expected to have a lower weigh in today given my strenuous workout. Hopefully my effort from last night will show up on the scale tomorrow in a number that starts with a 1. Last night Dan and I did a 4.4 mile run and then did CardioX. I was freaking whipped by the end and was sweating like mad. We had Mexican food last night (burritos) on low cal ww skins. We also used ground turkey, quinoa, avocado, whole beans crushed to mimic re fried beans, low fat mozzarella, and some salsa and hot sauce. It was really good but I ended up eating two instead of one which put me right at 800 cals for dinner alone. I actually felt a little over full so I need to make a mental note about that. Probably part of the reason I didn't get my weigh in I wanted today. So tonight is shoulder and arms with no plan for a run as of now. I will definitely stick with a smaller portion for dinner tonight. We are having lamb and some kind of veggie.
CB: 1164
CC: 2134
I am going to start abbreviating my stats at the top cause I don't want to spell them out each day. WI = Weigh In, CB = Calories Burnt, CC = Calories Consumed. I expected to have a lower weigh in today given my strenuous workout. Hopefully my effort from last night will show up on the scale tomorrow in a number that starts with a 1. Last night Dan and I did a 4.4 mile run and then did CardioX. I was freaking whipped by the end and was sweating like mad. We had Mexican food last night (burritos) on low cal ww skins. We also used ground turkey, quinoa, avocado, whole beans crushed to mimic re fried beans, low fat mozzarella, and some salsa and hot sauce. It was really good but I ended up eating two instead of one which put me right at 800 cals for dinner alone. I actually felt a little over full so I need to make a mental note about that. Probably part of the reason I didn't get my weigh in I wanted today. So tonight is shoulder and arms with no plan for a run as of now. I will definitely stick with a smaller portion for dinner tonight. We are having lamb and some kind of veggie.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Almost Back to Uncharted Territory
Today's Weigh In: 201
Yesterdays Calories: 1850
Calories burnt: 450
Well I am closing back in on Onderland and a new low. A little over a pound and I will be there. So far being scientific and counting calories has really helped to loose my vacation weight and get me back in the game. If I continue to be strict and loose weight at the rate my calculations say I should I am going to be super happy. Then the other part of me will be super frustrated because I could have just buckled down and got it done a long time ago. Anyway we will see how it goes. Last night was CoreSynX. My intensity was a little lacking as my energy seems to be a little low. My body was still really sore from Legs and back also. Don't get me wrong I still pushed hard and was all sweaty by the end. Tonight is CardioX and run around the neighborhood. We have a couple 3 to 3.5 mile runs mapped out. The weather has been great the last few days, I sure have enjoyed the sun.
Yesterdays Calories: 1850
Calories burnt: 450
Well I am closing back in on Onderland and a new low. A little over a pound and I will be there. So far being scientific and counting calories has really helped to loose my vacation weight and get me back in the game. If I continue to be strict and loose weight at the rate my calculations say I should I am going to be super happy. Then the other part of me will be super frustrated because I could have just buckled down and got it done a long time ago. Anyway we will see how it goes. Last night was CoreSynX. My intensity was a little lacking as my energy seems to be a little low. My body was still really sore from Legs and back also. Don't get me wrong I still pushed hard and was all sweaty by the end. Tonight is CardioX and run around the neighborhood. We have a couple 3 to 3.5 mile runs mapped out. The weather has been great the last few days, I sure have enjoyed the sun.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Desent Weekend
Today's Weigh In: 202.4
Yesterdays Calories: 2654
Calories Burnt: 360
Well the weekend went well considering the temptations that where put in front of me. I did have 4 beers on Friday however they were all Michelob Ultra by my choice which come in at 95 calories each. I stayed right at my calorie goal for Friday and Saturday (higher end). Yesterdays calories where a bit higher because my wife and I had a day on the town without kids. We went and saw the play Wicked and then enjoyed a nice dinner out at McCormick & Schmick's (seafood) in downtown Portland. I had my dinner all planned out to be healthy. Ordered unsweetened ice tea, spinach salad, and steelhead with greens over rice. My wife wanted to have a appetizer and since it was a special day out I told her cool and that she could pick. Well she chose the fried calamari. Originally I wasn't going to have any but there was a ton and someone had to help eat it right? So I dug in and it was really good but I am sure really bad. So my calories for Sunday where somewhat of a guess. I skipped desert and a gin and tonic I wanted really bad. I was a little bummed about my choice but I don't think its a bad thing to have a spike in calories from time to time. So we got home at about 7 and I headed over to my friends to go do my workout (kenpoX). I felt kind of lethargic and was slightly kind of just going through the motions. I still got my heart rate up and worked up a good sweat. Tonight is CoreSynX with the possibility of a run. Food is all packed and calories are counted. Here's to another good week and the possibility of getting back into Onederland.
Yesterdays Calories: 2654
Calories Burnt: 360
Well the weekend went well considering the temptations that where put in front of me. I did have 4 beers on Friday however they were all Michelob Ultra by my choice which come in at 95 calories each. I stayed right at my calorie goal for Friday and Saturday (higher end). Yesterdays calories where a bit higher because my wife and I had a day on the town without kids. We went and saw the play Wicked and then enjoyed a nice dinner out at McCormick & Schmick's (seafood) in downtown Portland. I had my dinner all planned out to be healthy. Ordered unsweetened ice tea, spinach salad, and steelhead with greens over rice. My wife wanted to have a appetizer and since it was a special day out I told her cool and that she could pick. Well she chose the fried calamari. Originally I wasn't going to have any but there was a ton and someone had to help eat it right? So I dug in and it was really good but I am sure really bad. So my calories for Sunday where somewhat of a guess. I skipped desert and a gin and tonic I wanted really bad. I was a little bummed about my choice but I don't think its a bad thing to have a spike in calories from time to time. So we got home at about 7 and I headed over to my friends to go do my workout (kenpoX). I felt kind of lethargic and was slightly kind of just going through the motions. I still got my heart rate up and worked up a good sweat. Tonight is CoreSynX with the possibility of a run. Food is all packed and calories are counted. Here's to another good week and the possibility of getting back into Onederland.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Weird Science
Today's Weigh In : 202.6
Yesterdays Calories: 1786 (little low)
Calories burnt: 300
So far the science of calorie counting is working for me. I am loosing my quick gained Idaho weight at a pretty good clip. At 202.6 I am close to were I was when I left for Idaho. So we will see if nutritional science continues to work as I get back into Onderland. Since the title of this blog was weird science I have to pay a little homage (in the form of pics) to the movie which I loved as a teen growing up.
Well yesterday pretty much went exactly as I planned it to go both in the diet and exercise front. I knew I was doing shoulder and arms night which isn't a barn burner when it comes to calorie extraction. So I kept my calories down a little. Today we leave for the lake cabin for the night. Tonight is the night where the drinking of some beers is most likely. So I am going to keep my calories down for the first part of the day to get a feel for what is going to happen. I still want to hit around 2k mark so its gonna be light beer if I drink any. Anyway its Friday (TGIF) but this is the hard part of the week. I will stick to my science this weekend come hell or high water!!! I am even planning on writing a blog to let you all know how its going ;). Have a good weekend!!
Yesterdays Calories: 1786 (little low)
Calories burnt: 300
So far the science of calorie counting is working for me. I am loosing my quick gained Idaho weight at a pretty good clip. At 202.6 I am close to were I was when I left for Idaho. So we will see if nutritional science continues to work as I get back into Onderland. Since the title of this blog was weird science I have to pay a little homage (in the form of pics) to the movie which I loved as a teen growing up.Well yesterday pretty much went exactly as I planned it to go both in the diet and exercise front. I knew I was doing shoulder and arms night which isn't a barn burner when it comes to calorie extraction. So I kept my calories down a little. Today we leave for the lake cabin for the night. Tonight is the night where the drinking of some beers is most likely. So I am going to keep my calories down for the first part of the day to get a feel for what is going to happen. I still want to hit around 2k mark so its gonna be light beer if I drink any. Anyway its Friday (TGIF) but this is the hard part of the week. I will stick to my science this weekend come hell or high water!!! I am even planning on writing a blog to let you all know how its going ;). Have a good weekend!!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Check-n In
Today's Weigh In: 204.2
Calories Consumed Yesterday : 2200
Calories Burnt: 850ish
Well by the time I got home from work yesterday I had only ate about 1200 calories so I was pretty hungry. It was time to workout before having dinner. I went to my friend Dan's (workout buddy) to do Shoulder and Arms. I was quickly introduced to his nieces husband who is in his early 20s and weighs about 160 at 5'8' (a typical runners body). Anyway they let me know that he was interested in doing our workout with us tonight and Dan had told him we were running too. I had no intention of running last night but given the circumstance I was game for it. Nothing wrong with burning a extra 500 calories or so right? Anyway we went out to do shoulders and arms and couldn't find his dvd so we ended up switching Yoga (which was supposed to be tonight) with shoulder and arms which will now be tonight. We did the fountain of youth version and then headed out for our run. We did our hilly 3.5 mile run which usually comes in right around 500 calories for me. I was totally unprepared for it. I had my old shoes on and a t-shirt and shorts and no heart rate monitor. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but it was cold and rainy out. Anyway, i froze but got through it. I ended up eating more during dinner than I planned. It was healthy but my portions where larger. Given the amount of exercise I wasn't to bothered by it. We had home made fajitas which were lean chicken breast with lots of veggies, whole grain rice, avocado, salsa etc... mmmm mmmm good. Well there you have it that was the day in a nut shell. Later.....
Calories Consumed Yesterday : 2200
Calories Burnt: 850ish
Well by the time I got home from work yesterday I had only ate about 1200 calories so I was pretty hungry. It was time to workout before having dinner. I went to my friend Dan's (workout buddy) to do Shoulder and Arms. I was quickly introduced to his nieces husband who is in his early 20s and weighs about 160 at 5'8' (a typical runners body). Anyway they let me know that he was interested in doing our workout with us tonight and Dan had told him we were running too. I had no intention of running last night but given the circumstance I was game for it. Nothing wrong with burning a extra 500 calories or so right? Anyway we went out to do shoulders and arms and couldn't find his dvd so we ended up switching Yoga (which was supposed to be tonight) with shoulder and arms which will now be tonight. We did the fountain of youth version and then headed out for our run. We did our hilly 3.5 mile run which usually comes in right around 500 calories for me. I was totally unprepared for it. I had my old shoes on and a t-shirt and shorts and no heart rate monitor. Normally this wouldn't be a problem but it was cold and rainy out. Anyway, i froze but got through it. I ended up eating more during dinner than I planned. It was healthy but my portions where larger. Given the amount of exercise I wasn't to bothered by it. We had home made fajitas which were lean chicken breast with lots of veggies, whole grain rice, avocado, salsa etc... mmmm mmmm good. Well there you have it that was the day in a nut shell. Later.....
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Still Rolling
Today's Weigh in : 204.8
Yesterdays Calories: 2049
Calories Burnt : 1010
Well if you didn't read my last post scroll down and check it out. Yesterday was pretty much text book where I want to be. I did have to add a second whey protein shake to get my calories up to where I wanted them. Eating 2k calories of good clean food is allot of chow. I pushed really hard on my workout yesterday. We did a 3 mile run that took about 30 minutes and then rolled right into cardioX (p90x workout). Total workout time ended up being a little over a hour and 20 mins. The polar watch reported 1010 calories burnt. I was in my heart rate zone for over a hour of that time (125 - 160bpm). max heart rate was during cardioX at 168... Tonight's workout is shoulders and arms so I wont be burning as many calories. Food is all planned and ready for they day and is looking to come in just shy of 2k cals.
My friend wants me to go fishing with him this weekend which means he will want to consume some beers. Not sure where I want to stand with alcohol right now. I know I could eat less and still stay within my calorie range. But is putting garbage (beer) in going to hurt my results?
Until tomorrow.
Yesterdays Calories: 2049
Calories Burnt : 1010
Well if you didn't read my last post scroll down and check it out. Yesterday was pretty much text book where I want to be. I did have to add a second whey protein shake to get my calories up to where I wanted them. Eating 2k calories of good clean food is allot of chow. I pushed really hard on my workout yesterday. We did a 3 mile run that took about 30 minutes and then rolled right into cardioX (p90x workout). Total workout time ended up being a little over a hour and 20 mins. The polar watch reported 1010 calories burnt. I was in my heart rate zone for over a hour of that time (125 - 160bpm). max heart rate was during cardioX at 168... Tonight's workout is shoulders and arms so I wont be burning as many calories. Food is all planned and ready for they day and is looking to come in just shy of 2k cals.
My friend wants me to go fishing with him this weekend which means he will want to consume some beers. Not sure where I want to stand with alcohol right now. I know I could eat less and still stay within my calorie range. But is putting garbage (beer) in going to hurt my results?
Until tomorrow.
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