January 2nd

I had to work on Monday but since it was so slow I got to go home a noon witch was nice. This meant I got to go home and watch the Husker Football game but it also meant that I ate more then I would have at work. Also the whole not going out to eat thing is thus far unsuccessful.

I got up and had a cup of coffee on the way to work.

Before I left work I grabbed two pieces of pizza that they brought in for people at work on the 2nd. Then my wife, who was still sick, wanted me to grab her some Wendy's for lunch. So I got her some food and got myself a Chicken sandwich, fries and frosty that I didn't really need.

During the game I ate a kit-kat and had what was left of a bag of pretzel M&M's.

For supper I was proud that I did not give in in to ordering pizza but I still over ate. I was going to make us some Mac and Cheese for supper but then it turned out that we were wrong when we thought we had some in the pantry. So I found some frozen pizzas in the freezer for us to eat. The problem is that besides the frozen pizza tasting like cardboard it also did not come close to filling me up. So after the pizza I found some Eggo waffles in the freezer and made six of them with syrup. Not really a healthy choice.

Then to top it off when I got home a planted my self on the couch for the football game and didn't proceed to exercises or do anything productive the rest of the day. So Over all not the best day but things will get better soon.

January 1st

January first was not a huge success but it could have been worse. The worst part of the day was eating a bunch of Oreo cookie balls that we had left over form Christmas while my wife and I caught up on some TV on our DVR. I am not going to post the recipe for these because they are not good for you, LOL. I also did not exercise at all. I know it isn't an excuse by since my wife was under the weather I didn't push her to do anything and I also didn't push myself to do anything.

For Lunch I had some left over Steak from our trip to the Outback Steak house on Thursday night date night. I also had some sun chips and a glass of water to go with it.

For Supper we made what we jokingly call Mm-mm Noodle Soup (recipe below). The joke comes from an episode of Friends.



I made this because as I said before my wife was a little under the weather and it is good and easy to make. It is kind of like a poor man's chicken noodle soup. It is nice to make if you don't have a lot of time or don't want to do a lot of work. I had a bowl and a half of it with a glass of red wine and some water.

After supper I didn't have anything else to eat. That is good for me because I do like to have something sweet to top off my night.


Mm-mm Noodle Soup
2 packages of Chicken Ramen Noodles
2 Cans of canned chicken(Or equivalent amount of cooked and diced chicken breast)
1 Can of mushrooms(Or how ever much mushrooms you want)

1.)Cook Ramen Noodles according to directions on package.
2.)Add in Chicken and Mushrooms
3.)Stir and heat to warm up chicken and mushrooms.
4.) Ladle in to bowls and serve hot.

January 1st Weigh In

I weighed myself on the morning of Sunday January 1st and I weighed 324lbs. I am happy I am only back up to the low 320's after not worrying about what I ate or about exercising in the last 6 months.

January 1st, Time To Start Over

This title has so many meaning it isn't funny. I am and have started over in a lot of things since my last post.

I Lost my Job last year as many of you know and then started a new one(Starting Over). I went from being a COBOL Programmer to being a tech support person. I really like the people at my new job and the job it's self is ok. It can get a little annoying at times dealing with people but over all I have a good time at work.

I also started taking classes again at night to learn some more updated programming languages(Starting Over). I am hoping to parlay these classes into a new job programming again in 2012(Starting Over). I have found that I really miss programming since I lost my Job in February of 2011. I didn't realize how much until I started taking the programming classes again. I found that I was enjoying my homework I was doing at lunch more then I was my job I was doing the rest of the day. Also the extra money programmers make over tech Support people would be nice as well.

My wife and I also decided in July to sell our house and move in to something smaller(Starting Over). This was because of two thing When we bought the house we have now we thought we would be having kids. As tings turned out the kids thing did not work out for reasons out side of our control. The other reason was that I am making less money at my new job and things are tight so a smaller mortgage payment would really be nice. We spent almost 4 months cleaning the basement out, having garage sales and redecorating the house before we put it on the market. We got it on the market in mid-November. We have not had any offers but we have had a good number of people come look at the house. We have also spent a lot of time looking at houses to buy so if someone does make an offer we are ready to move on a new house as soon as it happens.

Lastly I am Starting Over on my weight lose goals. Before I lost my job I had been doing a great job of eating good and exercising to lose weight. I am going to do that again this year. Unfortunately I d not have a nice exercise facility at this new job so I am still working out how I am going to get in good exercise but I will let you know what I do to help with that. My wife and I are also going to focus very heavily on staying at home to eat as much as we can.

So you can expect to see a lot of stuff on here. I will be posting my daily exercise and food diary for you. Also I will have my weekly weigh ins on Sunday. I will also sprinkle in some stuff about selling our house, and going back to school and maybe even looking for and starting a new job if I am lucky.

March 3rd Food Diary

I didn't have an interview today but instead I laid in bed watching Sports Center on ESPN until I had to get ready to go to my meeting at 10 a.m.

For lunch I made some scrambled eggs and sprinkled them with the last of the ground sausage I had from last night. I used six eggs and it really hit the spot. Then in the afternoon I had a cup of yogurt.

March 3rd Exercise Diary

Walked outside for thirty minutes today. I walked up to the school and back and did three light jogs while I was walking. When I got back I did 4 sets of six sit ups and six push ups. That made four days walking this week so I am very proud of my self. Now to keep it going.

I also went to the grocery store and got some food for the next week this afternoon. I know it isn't intense walking but it is still walking. :o)

March 2nd Food Diary

I had another interview this morning so I didn't eat any breakfast again. I don;t have an interview tomorrow morning so I will get some breakfast and a cup of coffee in tomorrow morning I hope.

For lunch I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich again today and a glass of water. Then in the afternoon I had a cup of yogurt.

For supper I tried to make a pizza but things didn't go as planned. The pizza crust was suppose to spread in a pan then you put on our sauce and toppings but for some reason my crust wouldn't stretch right and kept tearing. Finally after it was well beyond mutilated I gave up on the crust. That was when my wife had the idea to use the four hamburger buns we had to make eight mini pizzas. It worked out well, we placed the buns on a baking sheet and put pizza sauce on the top and the bottom of the buns. Then we added pork sausage (The pork browned in the microwave),pepperoni (we bought turkey pepperoni at the store this week so it is a little healthier) and cheese. Then we put them in the oven for about 5 minutes then turned on the broiler for another minute or two. They came out tasting great. After supper I had a bit of a binge attack and ate two bags of microwave popcorn while we watched TV. Take out the late night popcorn binge and I was really happy with my day.