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.