Monday, January 9, 2012
January 8th
Today I ate poorly and got little exercise but it was still a good day.
I got up and weighed myself first thing as you can see from the previous post. Then I finished doing some dishes and getting the hose ready for the open house we had today. I didn't make any coffee or have any breakfast today because I knew I would be eating plenty the rest of the day.
After the house was ready to go and we had made some dip in the crock pot we loaded the kitty up in the cat carrier, much to her dismay, and headed out to my parents house to spend the day with my Dad's family for their Christmas get together. We don't do gifts or anything with them any more it is just a time to get together and see every one and eat some good food. It was a soup day and my aunt and uncle bough bread bowls for every one. There were three kinds of soup and I had two of them. First I had the Potato Bacon Wild Rice soup that my brother in-law brought in a bread bowl then after I got all the soup out of the bowl I filled it back up with some home made chicken noodle soup that my cousins wife made. Both the sups were really good and the bread bowl helped to make each of them just a little better and a little more fun to eat out of. I also had some Fuehrer's Cheespread, some shrimp dip, some crackers and some banana bread with my soup.
After lunch is when the fun ensued. There were a number of delouse deserts but nothing can compare to the Kugans that my uncle brought from Sutton on his way to Mom and Dads. Kugan if you have never had it is like a custard fruit pie. It is so good and they make them at a bakery in my Dad's home town. Usually people eat them fast so I had a piece as soon as I got done with lunch. Then I noticed a little while later there was still some left. Well I figured I don't get kugan that often s I grabbed another piece. then after I got back inside from playing wiht all the little kids there was STILL some left. Well I was hungry from playing out side so I grabbed one more piece. The who would have thought it but at end of the day when we were getting ready to go home there was still some left. I couldn't believe it. So I had my Mom put some on a plate for me and I took it home to have later this week as a treat.
So I did get a little exercise playing out side with all the little kids but over all the day consisted of a lot of eating and not much else. But hey I lost a pound this week so I am pretty happy with myself still.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
January 8th Weigh In
I weighed myself on the morning of Sunday January 8th and I weighed 323lbs. That means that I lost a pound last week. I am very happy with this. I didn;t eat the best and did very little exercise and I still lost a pound. It just goes to show that keeping a food diary helps. I have to think about everything I eat and it helps me make better decisions.
January 7th
Today I ate pretty good and kind of did some exercise, I will explain the kind of in a little more detail later. Over all it was a pretty good day health wise.
I slept in a little and didn't get up until after my wife left for work. after laying in bed for a little while checking my face book I got up and had a bowl of double oatmeal(two packages of oatmeal in a bowl), a glass fo juice and a cup of coffee. The double oatmeal did not work out well. It took longer then I expected to make and then when it was cooking the microwave it boiled over and made a mess in the microwave. So i learned my lesson there double oatmeal is not a good idea.
After I ate breakfast I got t my kind of exercise of the day. I spent the 3 hours working my butt off cleaning the house. We are having a open house on Sunday(1/8) and we had let the house go during the holiday break/my wife being sick the last few weeks. So I cleaned the kitchen top to bottom, dishes, counters, stove top and floor. Then I dusted and vacuumed every room in the house. I gave each of the bathrooms a much need scrubbing after a few weeks of neglect. Lastly I went down stars changed out the kitty litter, cleaned up a spot she puked on the floor and vacuumed up all of her fur that was on the floors. I must say doing all of that by myself in one day was very exhausting. But it will all be worth it when someone buys this house.
When my wife got home we each had a bowl of the last of the left over chicken fried rice for lunch and I had a glass of water with it.
As we were finishing up lunch my wife's parents came. My wife and her Mom were going to get some massages that I had bought for them off Groupon for Christmas last year and her Dad and their friend Darleen(Darleen is like Family she is around so much, in fact she is actually my father in-laws cousin so she is family) were hanging out at our place. So we watched some football on TV and chatted. They had brought some left over cake that they had at their house so the three of us at home divided it up and finished it. It was a red velvet cake with a cream cheese frosting. It was really good. Then we watched a movie until my wife and mother in-law got home. We watched Fast Five that I got for Christmas. I had sen it already so I am not going to do a full review of it. I will just say that the Fast and Furious movies are my guilty pleasure movies and if you like the series you will like this movie.
After my wife and mother in-law got home we went out to eat with my in-laws before they headed home. We went to Dickey's Barbecue Pit down on 27th and Cornhusker. My wife and I had been there a few times before and it was really good. I had the smoked pulled pork and spicy cheddar sausage with fried okra and jalapeno backed beans. They also have a big jar of those large pickles there so I had one of those and then I had two little ice cream cones for dessert. I was stuffed but very satisfied.
After we got home we did a little more house work to get ready for the open house. Then we showered and watched a movie in our bed before going to sleep. The BBQ was so filling I didn't even have a inclination to eat something during the movie. Of course being under all of my covers next to my beautiful wife might have contributed t my not wanting to leave the bed to get anything.
I slept in a little and didn't get up until after my wife left for work. after laying in bed for a little while checking my face book I got up and had a bowl of double oatmeal(two packages of oatmeal in a bowl), a glass fo juice and a cup of coffee. The double oatmeal did not work out well. It took longer then I expected to make and then when it was cooking the microwave it boiled over and made a mess in the microwave. So i learned my lesson there double oatmeal is not a good idea.
After I ate breakfast I got t my kind of exercise of the day. I spent the 3 hours working my butt off cleaning the house. We are having a open house on Sunday(1/8) and we had let the house go during the holiday break/my wife being sick the last few weeks. So I cleaned the kitchen top to bottom, dishes, counters, stove top and floor. Then I dusted and vacuumed every room in the house. I gave each of the bathrooms a much need scrubbing after a few weeks of neglect. Lastly I went down stars changed out the kitty litter, cleaned up a spot she puked on the floor and vacuumed up all of her fur that was on the floors. I must say doing all of that by myself in one day was very exhausting. But it will all be worth it when someone buys this house.
When my wife got home we each had a bowl of the last of the left over chicken fried rice for lunch and I had a glass of water with it.
As we were finishing up lunch my wife's parents came. My wife and her Mom were going to get some massages that I had bought for them off Groupon for Christmas last year and her Dad and their friend Darleen(Darleen is like Family she is around so much, in fact she is actually my father in-laws cousin so she is family) were hanging out at our place. So we watched some football on TV and chatted. They had brought some left over cake that they had at their house so the three of us at home divided it up and finished it. It was a red velvet cake with a cream cheese frosting. It was really good. Then we watched a movie until my wife and mother in-law got home. We watched Fast Five that I got for Christmas. I had sen it already so I am not going to do a full review of it. I will just say that the Fast and Furious movies are my guilty pleasure movies and if you like the series you will like this movie.
After my wife and mother in-law got home we went out to eat with my in-laws before they headed home. We went to Dickey's Barbecue Pit down on 27th and Cornhusker. My wife and I had been there a few times before and it was really good. I had the smoked pulled pork and spicy cheddar sausage with fried okra and jalapeno backed beans. They also have a big jar of those large pickles there so I had one of those and then I had two little ice cream cones for dessert. I was stuffed but very satisfied.
After we got home we did a little more house work to get ready for the open house. Then we showered and watched a movie in our bed before going to sleep. The BBQ was so filling I didn't even have a inclination to eat something during the movie. Of course being under all of my covers next to my beautiful wife might have contributed t my not wanting to leave the bed to get anything.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
January 6th
Today was a pretty good day. I had some good food moments and some fun so I am happy with the day.
To start things off I had a cup of coffee, a glass of juice and a bowl of oatmeal. i was pretty happy that I got myself in a routine where I should be able to eat breakfast most days. I haven't had oatmeal in a long time. It was really good and hit the spot on a cool morning.
For lunch I did take a frozen dinner and some other stuff but all of that fell out the window when I heard about the free big mac deal. Tim, my co worker, made a comment about how he was going to get a free big mac at McDonalds for lunch. Well of course I had to inquire further as to what he meant. He said that if you bought a Big Mac meal today(1/6) you got a free big mac. Well I couldn't pass that up. So I gave Tim a ten dollar bill and told him to get a second Big Mac meal and free big mac for me. So for lunch I had two Big macs and a medium fry. I was proud of one thing in the whole Free Big Mac situation. I did not tell ti what to get me to drink so he got me a medium coke. I haven't had a pop in over a year as you know but I didn't know what to do here. I didn't want to just throw it away and I felt a little ungrateful telling Tim he made a mistake so i thought about drinking it. Then I thought why would I ruin my pop streak over this. So I gave the coke back to Tim and told he could have it and gave a brief explanation as to why I didn't want it placing the blame on my self for not telling him what I wanted to drink.
When I got home from work I had a few bakers chocolates that were inn the pantry while I did some cleaning.
For supper we had a After Christmas party with my department from work at a coworkers house. We had appetizers of seven layer taco dip, stuffed peppers, hummus, spinach dip, and goat cheese. Then we had tacos, meatballs and little smokies to eat. The to top it off we had some brownies and cookies. I had a little bit of every thing but I was pretty happy with my self that I did not stuff my self or over eat. It is so much easier to not eat like a pig when you are surrounded by people that you actually don't want thinking you eat like a pig. LOL
Then in a nonfood thing to top the night off there with Dirty Santa Grab Bag Gift Swap. It was really fun. There were a few gifts that I really liked. One of them was a six pack of Hopluia pints. I have never had the beer but the person who brought them assured me that they were very good. I had them for awhile but got them stolen from me late. I did end up with two very large New York Strip steaks that I am not going to complain about. I can always go to the store and find a pint of Holuia beer to have with the steaks.
To start things off I had a cup of coffee, a glass of juice and a bowl of oatmeal. i was pretty happy that I got myself in a routine where I should be able to eat breakfast most days. I haven't had oatmeal in a long time. It was really good and hit the spot on a cool morning.
For lunch I did take a frozen dinner and some other stuff but all of that fell out the window when I heard about the free big mac deal. Tim, my co worker, made a comment about how he was going to get a free big mac at McDonalds for lunch. Well of course I had to inquire further as to what he meant. He said that if you bought a Big Mac meal today(1/6) you got a free big mac. Well I couldn't pass that up. So I gave Tim a ten dollar bill and told him to get a second Big Mac meal and free big mac for me. So for lunch I had two Big macs and a medium fry. I was proud of one thing in the whole Free Big Mac situation. I did not tell ti what to get me to drink so he got me a medium coke. I haven't had a pop in over a year as you know but I didn't know what to do here. I didn't want to just throw it away and I felt a little ungrateful telling Tim he made a mistake so i thought about drinking it. Then I thought why would I ruin my pop streak over this. So I gave the coke back to Tim and told he could have it and gave a brief explanation as to why I didn't want it placing the blame on my self for not telling him what I wanted to drink.
When I got home from work I had a few bakers chocolates that were inn the pantry while I did some cleaning.
For supper we had a After Christmas party with my department from work at a coworkers house. We had appetizers of seven layer taco dip, stuffed peppers, hummus, spinach dip, and goat cheese. Then we had tacos, meatballs and little smokies to eat. The to top it off we had some brownies and cookies. I had a little bit of every thing but I was pretty happy with my self that I did not stuff my self or over eat. It is so much easier to not eat like a pig when you are surrounded by people that you actually don't want thinking you eat like a pig. LOL
Then in a nonfood thing to top the night off there with Dirty Santa Grab Bag Gift Swap. It was really fun. There were a few gifts that I really liked. One of them was a six pack of Hopluia pints. I have never had the beer but the person who brought them assured me that they were very good. I had them for awhile but got them stolen from me late. I did end up with two very large New York Strip steaks that I am not going to complain about. I can always go to the store and find a pint of Holuia beer to have with the steaks.
Friday, January 6, 2012
January 5th
Today I had success in exercising and moderate success in eating! I say things went pretty darn well.
Lets start with the exercising. It helped that it was 68 degrees on January 5th. I went straight from work to Class last night. I have class at 6 and I get off work at 4 so I had some time to kill once I got to school. So I just walked out side in a loop around the parking lots for about 40 minutes. It felt really good to walk and it was just so nice out! In other exercise news I saw that at school they are going to have an exercise class on Tuesday and Thursday at 5 p.m. starting on the 17th. I am going to start doing that and hope that I get to keep my 7-4 shift at work next month and in March as well.
Food I did pretty good with today. I had my coffee on the way to work and another coffee at work.
Lunch was a little hiccup but not to bad. I had a frozen Santa Fe Rice meal, A yogurt, a granola bar, a string cheese and then an ice cream sandwich from the vending machine. The ice cream sandwich was a bad thing but ice cream is so my kryptonite. It sucks that they have a vending machine full of ice cream in our lunch room. I am just going to have to work on my restraint, and keep less cash in my wallet. :)
With classes at 6:00 that means I don;t eat supper until I get home from class. I know that eating at 8:30 is not good for you but I don;t have another option. My goal is to eat a later supper on those nights but last night was left over chicken fried rice. I had two bowls of chicken fried rice and 8 mini egg rolls. The only upside to eating at 8:30 is that it leaves me no time to much on things after supper because I watch a little TV then pretty much just go to bed.
Lets start with the exercising. It helped that it was 68 degrees on January 5th. I went straight from work to Class last night. I have class at 6 and I get off work at 4 so I had some time to kill once I got to school. So I just walked out side in a loop around the parking lots for about 40 minutes. It felt really good to walk and it was just so nice out! In other exercise news I saw that at school they are going to have an exercise class on Tuesday and Thursday at 5 p.m. starting on the 17th. I am going to start doing that and hope that I get to keep my 7-4 shift at work next month and in March as well.
Food I did pretty good with today. I had my coffee on the way to work and another coffee at work.
Lunch was a little hiccup but not to bad. I had a frozen Santa Fe Rice meal, A yogurt, a granola bar, a string cheese and then an ice cream sandwich from the vending machine. The ice cream sandwich was a bad thing but ice cream is so my kryptonite. It sucks that they have a vending machine full of ice cream in our lunch room. I am just going to have to work on my restraint, and keep less cash in my wallet. :)
With classes at 6:00 that means I don;t eat supper until I get home from class. I know that eating at 8:30 is not good for you but I don;t have another option. My goal is to eat a later supper on those nights but last night was left over chicken fried rice. I had two bowls of chicken fried rice and 8 mini egg rolls. The only upside to eating at 8:30 is that it leaves me no time to much on things after supper because I watch a little TV then pretty much just go to bed.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Review Of Captain America: The First Avenger
Last night we watched Captain America: The First Avenger.
Marvel got back on track with their movies with Captain America: The First Avenger. It did a very good job of bridging the World War 2 origin of Captain america to the modern day so we as an audience are ready for The Avengers this summer(2012).
Over all the story was good and the action kept the movie going at a nice pace. The beginning may have been a little slow but they do a good job of setting Steve Rodgers up as an underdog you want to root for. Sure it was a little predictable but they had enough fun and action to make me not worry about that. The little love story they threw in there was nice and didn't take anything away from the movie, in fact it may haven even added a little something for the romantics out there.
The real amazing part of this is the CGI. They did a great job making the brawny Chris Evans look like a short scrawny guy from Brooklynn. Also the CGi to make x look like the Red Skull was great. He was just creepy enough not to give kids terrible nightmares.
In the end the point of this movie was to set up The Avengers and make you want to go see it. It did it;s job very well. I already wanted to see The Avengers but this got just a little more excited for it come out.
I give this movie 3 out of 4 stars.
Marvel got back on track with their movies with Captain America: The First Avenger. It did a very good job of bridging the World War 2 origin of Captain america to the modern day so we as an audience are ready for The Avengers this summer(2012).
Over all the story was good and the action kept the movie going at a nice pace. The beginning may have been a little slow but they do a good job of setting Steve Rodgers up as an underdog you want to root for. Sure it was a little predictable but they had enough fun and action to make me not worry about that. The little love story they threw in there was nice and didn't take anything away from the movie, in fact it may haven even added a little something for the romantics out there.
The real amazing part of this is the CGI. They did a great job making the brawny Chris Evans look like a short scrawny guy from Brooklynn. Also the CGi to make x look like the Red Skull was great. He was just creepy enough not to give kids terrible nightmares.
In the end the point of this movie was to set up The Avengers and make you want to go see it. It did it;s job very well. I already wanted to see The Avengers but this got just a little more excited for it come out.
I give this movie 3 out of 4 stars.
January 4th
Over all a better day. Still no exercises but I did eat better and I actually did some stuff around the house.
I think I can get used to this getting off at 4. I got home and got supper started, emptied the dish washer, loaded the dishwasher and took out the trash all before my wife got home. Now All I need to do is work a little exercise routine in there and I will be set. Of course once I get all that set in place I will get shifted back to 8 to 5.
I had a cup of coffee on the way to work and another once I got there in the morning.
For Lunch I had a can of Chicken Gumbo soup, a yogurt, a string cheese, a granola bar, 2 bakers chocolate left over from Christmas and a twix bar.
When I got home I helped my wife make us Chicken Fried Rice and egg rolls. I had two bowls of Chicken Fried Rice and 8 mini Egg rolls. I know I should only have one bowl and half the egg rolls but my wife's chicken fried rice is just to good to pass up a second bowl of. Luck for me we made enough to have left overs tomorrow. I also had two glasses of red wine, one while making supper and one while eating.
Lastly I was a bad boy at night. I didn't have anything else to eat all evening while we watched a movie. Then when I got kicked out of bed for snoring and when to sleep on the couch I got a hunger craving and had a Christmas Tree cake before a got settled in to the couch.
I think I can get used to this getting off at 4. I got home and got supper started, emptied the dish washer, loaded the dishwasher and took out the trash all before my wife got home. Now All I need to do is work a little exercise routine in there and I will be set. Of course once I get all that set in place I will get shifted back to 8 to 5.
I had a cup of coffee on the way to work and another once I got there in the morning.
For Lunch I had a can of Chicken Gumbo soup, a yogurt, a string cheese, a granola bar, 2 bakers chocolate left over from Christmas and a twix bar.
When I got home I helped my wife make us Chicken Fried Rice and egg rolls. I had two bowls of Chicken Fried Rice and 8 mini Egg rolls. I know I should only have one bowl and half the egg rolls but my wife's chicken fried rice is just to good to pass up a second bowl of. Luck for me we made enough to have left overs tomorrow. I also had two glasses of red wine, one while making supper and one while eating.
Lastly I was a bad boy at night. I didn't have anything else to eat all evening while we watched a movie. Then when I got kicked out of bed for snoring and when to sleep on the couch I got a hunger craving and had a Christmas Tree cake before a got settled in to the couch.
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