February 5th Weigh In

I weighed my self this morning and the results were encouraging. As I stated the other day I felt like I over ate a lot this week at supper but still ended up losing a half a pound! I am very excited by this, if I can work on my eating habits the half pounds should keep melting off. Now I have a goal for next week o9f eating better and to keep doing my work outs as well. Yeah Two Weeks In A Row!!!!

February 4th Food Diary

It is Doughnut Friday and I had a apple fritter this morning. It was really good and a little big but I still only had the one so that is a good thing. I also had my morning coffee with creamer on the way to work.

For lunch I got held up by an accident so I just grabbed a ruben wrap and some sushi while I was at trader Joe's getting some Super Bowl food. It was ok but nothing to write home about.

As you saw by the previous post tonight is all about the Chocolate! I will let you know how it was later this weekend.

Big Weekend Coming Up

I am very excited about this weekend. Tonight (Friday Night) we are going to a Chocolate Lovers Fantasy at a local ballroom. They have all kinds of different chocolate foods and sculptures from local chefs. I have wanted to go the last couple of years that they have had it but we have been busy so i was very excited when we were free for it this weekend. Then on Saturday my wife and I are going to get dresses up again and head just down the road to Omaha for a nice meal at Anthony's Steakhouse and then downtown to the Orpheum Theater to see the musical Mary Poppins. So this will not the healthiest weekend eating wise, but it is going to be a lot of fun.

February 3rd Food Diary

The weather has died down for a few days so I got to have a bowl of grape nuts and a glass of V8 strawberry banana juice for breakfast. Then on the way to work I had my coffee with creamer in it.

For lunch I had left over Fried rice from last night (it might be even better warmed up), a strawberry yogurt and an orange.

I finished my eight cups of water with supper since the afternoon seemed to fly by.

For supper I over indulged again with two bowls of fried rice. I also had six mini egg rolls and some sweet and sour sauce to dip them in. After supper I had a bag of microwave kettle corn pop corn.

I need to cut myself back to one bowl or plate of food at supper again. I was doing really well the last few weeks but I feel like I have over eaten a lot this week. So next week I am going to work on that.

February 3rd Exercise Diary

I did 1.5 miles in the treadmill again today in twenty eight minutes. I did two five percent grade intervals for a minute each, then two ten percent grade intervals for a minute each, next one 15 percent grade interval for a minute and then I did one minute at a light 5.5mph jog. After that I did a minute at a fifteen percent grade, next I did a minute at a ten percent grade twice and then a minute at a five percent grade twice. That completed my fifth week of working out in a row.

You may have noticed that I have been increasing my time on the treadmill/elliptical by 2 minutes every week. I started at twenty minutes and next week I will get to my goal of doing thirty minutes 4 times a week. I am pretty excited about this, when I started it seemed like thirty minutes were a long ways off but it is finally here. After my vacation in a few weeks I am going to start riding my new recumbent bike in the evening when I get home doing the same thing starting at twenty and working towards thirty minutes. When I get to thirty minutes there as well I will be doing one hour of cardio work out four times a week. It seems like it is a long ways off but after doing this I know I can do it.

February 2nd Food Diary

My schedule is all out of whack because of this dumb winter weather so I ran out of time this morning and didn't get any breakfast in for the second day in a row. I did get my coffee made (just barely) and had that on the way to work.

For lunch I had brought some Buffalo Sneakers. They are like Pizza Rolls but lower in fat and calories and they go in the microwave. They are a little spicy and have good flavor to them. I also have a cherry cobbler yogurt and an orange.

I finished my eight cups of water in the afternoon.

For supper my wife made chicken fried rice. I love, love, LOVE her chicken fried rice and over indulged in it with two bowls. We use steeped chicken breasts, scallions, eggs (the cholesterol free kind in a box), white rice, soy sauce and fried rice seasoning packet we get at the grocery store. We also made mini egg rolls which I had six of. The best part of chicken fried rice is that we make a lot so there is extra for lunch tomorrow and more supper tomorrow night.

February 2nd Exercise Diary

I walked on the treadmill for twenty eight minutes today. I did ten inclined verticals and a light jog for a minute in the middle. I ended up going 1.5 miles. I watched the news and listened to my iPod while I was walking and it seemed to make the time go a little faster. Also there was no one in the workout room while I was down there which is the way I like it.

February 1st Food Diary

Mother Nature stepped in and caused me to miss breakfast with her snow and ice. So all I had this morning, after being out side in the cold, was a much needed cup of coffee with creamer in it.

For lunch I had a meatloaf and mashed potatoes frozen dinner, an orange delight yogurt and a orange.

I didn't finish my 8 cups of water today. The afternoon flew by today.

For supper we braved the freezing temperatures, wind and snow to get some Temperature Tuesday Runzas. I mean come on they were only one cent (with purchase of fries and a drink). In all reality I wouldn't have even thought about going out in the weather we were having if I didn't need to get gas. I had a Runza, Large fries, and a large lemonade. I also got some ranch dipping sauce for my fries. Then after supper I had a small bowl of Crunch N Munch while we watched TV.

February 1st Exercise Diary

I got up early to do a little snow blowing but it wasn't as bad as i thought it was going to be so it wasn't much of a work out. Then after work I had to do a little snow blowing again but once again it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Over all it didn't take a lot of effort to get the drive way snow free which was a nice change of pace from the last few snow storms we have had.

At lunch I went twenty eight minutes on the elliptical again. I averaged 6.3mph and went 3.0 miles. I did twelve speed intervals interval, 7 at a minute and 5 at thirty seconds.

I thought I had out lasted the lady in the weight room last week when she didn't show up last Wednesday and Thursday and then didn't show this Monday. Unfortunately she showed back up today so our battle of wills will continue. LOL

January 31st Food Diary

For breakfast I had a bowl of grape nuts and a glass of V8 Strawberry Banana juice and then a cup of coffee and creamer on the way to work.

At lunch I had a Three Cheese Chicken and Rice frozen dinner, a Strawberry Banana Yogurt and an orange.

I finished my eight cups of water with supper.

For supper we baked some chicken breasts and when they were almost done we put bacon and cheese on them and let the cheese melt. Then I dipped them in a little BBQ sauce. I ended up eating two breasts. I probably should have just had one but they were so good I caved in and had the second one. After supper I had a granola bar and a bag of microwave kettle corn popcorn.

Janaury 31st Exercise Diary

I did twenty eight minutes on the elliptical today with twelve speed intervals of 30 seconds or a minute. I averaged 6.3mph and went 3.0 miles. It felt really good to get back on the elliptical after a few days off. This officially marked the end of the month and I went a total of 30.9 miles this month between the elliptical and the tread mill. Since next month is a short month and I will be gone for a week I won’t be able to eclipse that mileage mark in February but in March, with the addition of an evening workout, I should have no problem going farther.

January 28th - January 30th Weekend Update

We ran some errands on Friday night and on the way home I finally gave in to the temptation of twenty chicken nuggets for five dollars at McDonald's. I also had a large fry and a snack size McFlurry.

On Saturday I weighed in and lost weight! Woo Hoo!!! Then for lunch my wife got some tacos from Amigo's on her way home from work. I had two soft tacos and two crunchy tacos. I didn't snack at all during the day witch I was very proud of. Then for supper we meet my family for my Mom's Birthday and had pizza at Ramono's Pizza. I had three cheese bread sticks and two pieces of meaty pizza. Then we went back to my sister’s house and had some TCBY Frozen Yogurt cake.

Sunday we got up early and went to meet my wife's family for her Uncles 90th Birthday. We ate a brunch buffet at the Outpost Grille. The food was not the best quality or selection, so luckily that meant I didn't over eat. I started out with the best item on the buffet a made to order omelet. Mine had ham, bacon, mushrooms and cheese. I also had a few waffles, they were pretty good to. I had two waffles with syrup on them and two with strawberries on them. The rest of the buffet was sad to say the least. I did have a piece of sausage with my second plate of waffles but it was really dry and looked like it had been laying in the warmer for way to long. To top off the meal I had a sad looking apple turnover that turned out to taste really good. By the time we got home it was late so we just ordered some sandwiches from Mr. Goodcent’s and had them delivered. I had a Turkey Artichoke Club. It was a new sandwich on their menu and it was good enough that I would order it again.

Over all it was a pretty good weekend, I didn’t feel like I over ate too much and I didn't binge or graze at all.

The exciting news of the weekend was that we got the call that our recumbent bike is in and it will be delivered at the end of the month. I am very excited to get the bike and start working out in the evening along with my lunch time workouts.