...

Weigh-In:
284 again

Food:
Breakfast:
Bacon
More of the Veggie Stew

Lunch:
Hot Chocolate
Popcorn
Bacon
Dark Chocolate

Dinner:
Wendy's Chili with Sour Cream and Chili Sauce. I was thinking that if I am taking it home, I should just use yogurt instead.
Potato Chips

Exercise:
Walked two miles with with a two pound weight in each hand.

...

Food:
Breakfast:
Tots with Yogurt and BWW (Yeah, I bet that you are sick just from reading that right now)

Snack:
Dark Chocolate

Lunch:
Salmon with Ranch, Mustard, and Lime Juice

Snack:
Dark Chocolate
Cool Ranch Doritos

Dinner:
Bacon
Veggie Stew from the CSA vegetables that my wife made. I'm sure that it was ridiculously healthy.

Exercise:
I mowed the front yard with the electric, and the back with the manual.

...

Food:
Breakfast:
Tots with Yogurt and BWW

Snack:
Vanilla Yogurt with Almonds

Lunch:
Tots with Yogurt and BWW

Dinner:
Tots with Yogurt and BWW

Snack:
Sparkling Juice

Exercise:
About a mile walk at a decent pace.

...

Food:
Breakfast:
Leftover Tater-Tot Casserole with BWW

Snack:
Grapes

Lunch:
I went to Ryan's and had some Fish with Tartar Sauce
Pulled Pork with A-1 and Heinz 57
Chicken
I probably ate a little more than I should have, but not much. And I didn't eat any cheese or treats.

Dinner:
Tots with Yogurt and BWW

Exercise:
I walked about 1.5 miles at a decent pace.

...

Food:
Breakfast:
Steak with Steak Sauce and Mustard

Snack:
Orange
Apple

Lunch:
Beef Jerky

Snack:
Orange

Snack:
Pepperoni

Dinner:
Tater-Tot Casserole with BWW Sauce

Exercise:
None.

...

Food:
Breakfast:
Fried Potatoes with Yogurt
Green Beans

Lunch:
Pad Thai leftovers

Snack:
Yogurt with almonds

Dinner:
Chicken with BWW and Yogurt
Doritos
Dark Chocolate (at least I am out now)

Exercise:
Nothing

More Chocolate

Food:
Breakfast:
Leftover Scrambled Eggs
Sausage w/ Mustard

Snack:
Orange

Lunch:
Soup
Salad
Pad Thai, about a third of what was on the plate, I saved the rest

Snack:
Beef Jerky

Dinner:
Peas from the CSA
Rice with Butter
Chicken Breast with Raspberry Sauce. My wife made some pretty good Raspberry Sauce to go on the chicken. Nicely done babe.
Chips and Salsa (I just really wanted some)
Dove Dark Chocolate, yes, again.

Exercise:
I walked 2.5 miles at a decent pace. I made a point of taking longer strides as I heard that is more exercise. It certainly wore me out faster.

Givin' In

Well, I gave in and ate some dark chocolate tonight. I felt a huge urge again, and I figured that it would be better to give in to the craving than to overeat to keep myself occupied again. Dark chocolate was a lot sweeter than I remembered (maybe eating very little (comparatively) sugar for the past month-and-a-half will do that to a person). It is actually edible.

We shall see if it was a bad idea to give in if I continue to have cravings for sweet things now.

At least I didn't run to the gas station and buy a candy bar, which I was on the verge of doing.

Weigh-In:
The big weigh-in put me at 284, down 2.5 more pounds. It is a little disappointing, but to be expected with my bigger drop the previous week due to not having as much food in my body.

Food:
Breakfast:
Scrambled Eggs
Sausages w/ mustard

Snack:
Beef Jerky

Lunch:
Beef Jerky
Steak with Steak sauce. The sauce seemed very sweet. I wonder if they make a low sugar steak sauce.
Fried Potatoes with Nonfat Plain Yogurt (my wife didn't use too much butter, and used what is supposed to be the less unhealthy stuff)

Dinner:
Popcorn
Beef Jerky
Fried Potatoes with Nonfat Plain Yogurt

Snack:
Quite a bit of Hersey's and Dove Dark Chocolates (AKA better than candy bars)

Exercise:
One mile at a slow pace and one mile at a decent pace.

Close Call

I ate way too much for dinner. I felt full after the Turkey, but I wanted something sweet, so I just kept eating. At least I only stuffed myself with popcorn. The feeling has passed now, but when it hit me, hoo boy. I can't believe that I didn't go buy a candy bar or something.

If I had eaten one, I realize that it wouldn't have been the end of the world or anything. I know that failing once doesn't mean that it is all over. It would have had a negative effect on both my attitude and weigh-in tomorrow though.

Food:
Snack:
A quarter of a Banana

Breakfast:
A piece of Pizza
Chips with Seasoned Meat, Salsa, and Nonfat Plain Yogurt

Snack:
Orange

Lunch:
Sausages with Mustard

Dinner:
Turkey with BWW Sauce
Popcorn

Exercise:
A three mile walk at a decent to good pace until the end when I started slacking.

Forgot

Yep, I completely forgot to post yesterday. I remembered when I was lying in bed to go to sleep.

I thought, "Well, screw them!"

Anyway, here I am now, with nothing interesting to say.

Food:
Snack:
Plum

Breakfast:
Chips with Seasoned Meat, Salsa, and Nonfat Plain Yogurt

Snack:
Vanilla Yogurt w/ Almonds
A few more Almonds

Lunch:
I can't, for the life of me, remember.

Dinner:
Popcorn (because I started the pizza after I was already hungry)
Pizza with Pepperoni and Pineapple and Onion (and Tomato Sauce and Garlic, as always), but no cheese. I pulled off the cheese-less pizza and it wasn't bad! I guess that is how I will roll from now on.

Exercise:
I walked for 1.5 miles at a decent pace.

*edited to show a Friday date to keep things uniform*

Quad Cities River Bandits

Whew, we just got back from a minor league baseball game. Unfortunately, I couldn't hold out until the end as I am completely wiped out from being sick (I made it through the sixth). I am going to rest up this weekend and go to the doctor if I don't start feeling better by Monday.

I had never gone to a minor league baseball game before (that I remember). It really struck me how much more fan friendly they are than major league games. They obviously have to be to get people to the park, but I was still impressed.

My wife enjoyed the mascot Bird-Zerk (and his friends, Zerk-Jr. and Ball-Zerk) more than anything else at the park, even more than the hot dog, I think (which is saying something). They were pretty funny, I have to give them that. Those bouncy suits always entertain me.

I don't really care for baseball, but it was an enjoyable night out. Thanks River Bandits!

Food:
Snack:
Orange

Breakfast:
Leftover Quiche. Unfortunately, there was a mix-up and I accidentally ate one of my wife's pieces that had cheese on it. It is frustrating to accidentally eat something that I am trying to cut out, but, it happens. Also, to keep it in perspective, at least it wasn't gluten.

Lunch:
The remainder of the Tuna Noodle Casserole

Dinner:
Orange
Chips with Seasoned Meat, Salsa, and Nonfat Plain Yogurt. I think that I ate a little too much. I know that I should stop, but I just have some drive to keep eating. I am getting better at it at least (I think).

Exercise:
I walked about two miles this morning at a decent to good pace. Then I mowed the front lawn with our electric mower when I got home from work.

KODT

I just received my new issue of Knights of the Dinner Table today. It is a comic about a role-playing group. If you have ever role-played, you should check it out. If you haven't ever role-played, you should probably avoid it, as it will likely not be funny to you.

If you have any interest, you can download issue #132 in PDF form from the Kenzer Co website. The download link is at the bottom of the first section of text.

I was going to mow the lawn tonight (which is long overdue because I have been sick), but it decided to start pouring down rain at around 3pm today.

I have been limited in what I could eat the past few days. I was out on audit, so I didn't have access to a refrigerator or microwave. This reduced my already few options (as a Celiac) to even fewer. Fortunately, my wife made all that banana bread and froze it a few weeks ago. I don't know what I would have eaten without that.

Food:
Breakfast:
Orange
Leftover Tuna-Noodle Casserole

Snack:
Peach

Lunch:
Banana Bread

Snack:
Chips with Seasoned Meat, Salsa, and Nonfat Plain Yogurt

Dinner:
Quiche
Popcorn
Orange

Exercise:
I walked about a mile to the grocery store and back. It went at a decent pace on the way there, but a slower pace on the way back when I began to feel a little dizzy. I am so tired of being sick. You would think that I could fight it off faster since I am being healthier. What a bunch of crap.

Sick

I am still feeling sick. It totally sucks. My throat feels all clogged which makes it harder to breathe. I just feel tired and beat.

With sickness holding me back this week, and after losing extra last week because of the vomiting, I don't have high hopes for my weigh-in this weekend.

Food:

Snack:
A piece of Beef Jerky to get my digestive system going before my morning walk

Breakfast:
Orange
Banana

Snack:
Beef Jerky
Orange

Lunch:
Banana Bread

Snack:
Almonds

Dinner:
Chips with Seasoned Meat, Salsa, and Plain Vanilla Yogurt. The yogurt did just as well as sour cream ever did. Looks like a permanent switch for me.

Exercise:
I walked about 2.5 miles at a slow to decent pace.

Good News Everyone!

Okay, good news for me at least. I recently took a blood test. Not only did my Complete Blood Count look good, but my Fat-Ass Liver has become less fatty.

In March my AST was 65. Now it is 44 (the average is 15-37).
In March my ALT was 114. Now it is 87 (the average is 30-65).

So, the numbers are still high, but they have dropped pretty dramatically (especially if you consider that I have only been (relatively) healthy for a month and a half. Granted, no one really knows why the numbers dropped. But being slightly less grotesquely fat probably is large part of it.

Food:
Breakfast:
Leftover Ham and Potato Casserole

Snack:
Vanilla Yogurt with Almonds
I had several Vitamin Cs and Cough Drops throughout the day

Lunch:
Chicken Breast

Snack:
A Little Ham and Potato Casserole

Dinner:
Tuna Noodle Casserole
Corn
A little Beef Jerky
Popcorn

Exercise:
I walked about 1.5 miles this morning in the rain. It was warm but it may have contributed to me being a little sick today. I also walked about a mile to the grocery store and back. I did Tai Chi short form once.

Countdown: 34 Days

You may (or may not) remember that I have been preparing to audition for the Prenzie Players this fall. They are, for the most part, Shakespearean actors. I have never acted Shakespeare before, and I haven't acted at all since high-school 14 years ago.

I just received an e-mail from them with the following information:


Prenzie Players Announce Auditions for William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale

directed by J.C. Luxton

Leontes, King of Sicily, overcome by a sudden, maddening, unreasoning jealousy, sets out to destroy his marriage, family, and kingdom—all in the name of justice. One of the late great romances, an exploration of the worth and price of redemption, rich in love, music, and comedy with an unforgettable conclusion, The Winter's Tale is William Shakespeare at his most affecting and most profound.

Auditions for all roles will be held at the Village Theatre in the Village of East Davenport, 2113 E. 11th Street Davenport, Iowa

Saturday, September 19: 1pm—5pm
Sunday, September 20: 6:30pm—10pm

Callbacks: Monday, September 21: 6pm—10pm

You need only show up ready to read from the script. All are welcome!

Performances at the Village Theatre in Davenport on November 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, & 22

...

My stomach just went all twisty inside.

...

Weigh-In:
I am down to 286.5 pounds. Another 4.5 pounds KTFOd. My best week yet! I probably dropped all of that weight because of my extensive jogging...

Okay, I probably lost the weight because I vomited up a lot of my stomach, and then ate less for the next few days. But, let's stay positive.

Actually, I weighed in on Saturday morning. But, for uniformity's sake, I wanted to post on the Sunday entry.

Food:
Breakfast:
Lots of Bacon
Lots of green and orange Melon
Eggs with Ham and Peppers. After I had eaten the eggs that I had grabbed on my first trip up to the buffet, my wife mentioned that the eggs were fluffy, and that she hoped that they didn't have any wheat in them (yes, that absolutely happens). Fortunately, I didn't get sick. This has been a week of stressful eating though.
A mix of Orange and Apple Juice, and a sip of Cranberry Juice

Lunch:
Leftover Cole Slawy Salad

Dinner:
Seasoned Meat with Salsa and Ranch with Chips

Exercise:
I tweaked my ankle doing something this weekend and I have been limping around all day. I am currently icing my it. I did have a chance to lift weights today, so that counts for something.

Quick Saturday

Just a quick summary of Saturday, as I am writing this on Sunday.

Food:
Breakfast:
More of that Cole Slawy Salad

Lunch:
Wendy's Chili with Sour Cream and Chili Sauce

Snack:
Six BWW Wings with Mild Sauce

Dinner:
We sent to the supplied dinner, and most of the food on the buffet line didn't seem entirely safe. So, I loaded up on Salad with Ranch and Mashed Potatoes. I was a little suspicious of the Ranch as it looked homemade, but I figured that it was okay. I ate a bit of the salad. Then a bit of the potatoes. The potatoes tasted a little off.

I thought about what to do, as I didn't want to do anything rash. I told my wife that I didn't trust the food, and left the table to go get twelve more Wings at BWW with Mild sauce. I hated wasting all of that food on the plate. I also hated wasting all of that money on wings. But, I didn't want to get sick and I trust that if my body says that something tastes weird, I shouldn't eat it.

Exercise:
I walked two miles at a decent to good pace before we left in the morning. I also did Short Form once. It felt very smooth, and I enjoyed it. Hopefully it will continue to feel that way, likely it won't.

*edited to show a Saturday date to keep things uniform*

Here Today...

My wife and I are heading to a conference tomorrow, and we won't be back until Sunday. This means that:
A) I won't be around to post tomorrow night, and
B) I won't be able to weigh-in on Sunday morning. I may weigh myself on Saturday and Monday and average them. Maybe I will figure out some ingenious plan, but probably not.

Every time that we go to this conference, we receive a gift box. It is filled with assorted fancy chocolates and gummies and all sorts of goodies. If I am sneaky, I can even snag an extra one without anyone knowing.

Alas, that part of my life is in the past. No more pigging out on candy. At least my wife will be happy that she can pig out on twice as much.

Honestly though, I would eat and really enjoy some of the candy. And I would also eat and NOT really enjoy some of the candy. Why would I do that? Was I not well enough off to 'splurge' and buy candy that I WOULD like for a dollar or two?

It is kind of sickening when I think about it. How gluttonous can someone be? What a sad and stupid way to live life.

If I should ever fall off of this plan and not get back up, I hope that I can at least remember to not eat food that is bad for me and that I don't like. Idiot.

Food:
Breakfast:
Chicken Breast with BWW sauce and Sour Cream

Lunch:
Banana Bread

Dinner:
Ham and Potato Casserole that my wife made. It was very good (and very little cheese)
She also made some Cole-Slawy salad, that was also very good.

Snack:
Popcorn

Exercise:
I took a two mile walk at a decent to good pace. I'm working my way back in to it, and I still feel beat. I also did Tai Chi short form once.

Yeah, Celiac Disease

Okay, this will be a quick one.

I tried the veggie chicken Pad Thai for lunch. Apparently, it has gluten in it because I spend the afternoon vomiting, among other things. It makes my a sick right now to even think about it, so I am done, sorry.

Food:
Breakfast:
Chips with Seasoned Hamburger, Re-fried Beans, Salsa, and Sour Cream

Lunch:
Pad Thai with Veggie Chicken

Snack:
A little Banana Bread
Popcorn

Dinner:
Chips with Seasoned Hamburger, Re-fried Beans, Salsa, and Sour Cream
Hot Chocolate with half of a packet and a little Cocoa

Exercise:
The sickness totally beat any energy out of me. I have nothing left to exercise with.

Crash

It became a reality today. Our server at work is dead, and the backup is corrupted.

The server stopped working last week. My boss tried to fix it, but was unable. We called a tech guy in, and he couldn't fix it either. Plus, he informed us that the backup server was screwed up too. He was unsuccessful trying to recover data over the weekend and had to send it to his home office. They thought that they could recover the data within a week... I found out today that it is likely that nothing is retrievable.

I spent the first half of my day going around to different computers and searching for files and old backups on the C: drives to try to gather anything that I could to at least partially recreate what was on the server. The second half of my day consisted of re-entering data that we aren't getting back. I will probably spend a lot of the next week doing that, as well as occasionally doing it in the future as needed. I get to work longer hours too, because this work is extra on top of the normal work that needs to get done.

Wow does this totally suck.

Food:
Breakfast:
Leftover Pad Thai from yesterday

Snack:
Bacon

Lunch:
Leftover Chicken from a few nights ago
Pineapple Tidbits
Bacon

Snack:
Vanilla Yogurt with Almonds

Snack:
Almonds
Bacon. I didn't intend to eat all that bacon, but I was at the office longer than expected and became hungry.

Dinner:
Chicken with BWW Sauce and Ranch (I forgot to use sour cream instead of ranch, fewer calories, and it tastes better mixed with BWW)
Rice with Butter
A hunk of Banana Bread. My wife made six loaves of banana bread today. She uses less sugar than the recipe calls for, and replaces it with some honey. So, eating it falls in to one of those grey areas.

Exercise:
I walked at a decent to good pace for about two miles.

"What?" you say. "No jogging today?"

Okay, seriously, you are going to have to lay off. I freaking jogged for almost two tenths of a mile yesterday! Who do you think I am, Superman? I can't jog two tenths of a mile two days in a row, I am only mortal.

In 15 weeks...

I intend to break the 250 pound barrier. Okay, it isn't really a barrier (that I know of), but I was thinking about it today, and it seems possible. I lost around four pounds per week the first few weeks, and now I am losing about three-and-a-half per week. I figure that if I can lose an average of three pounds per week, I will be at 250 pounds for Thanksgiving (and then get back down to 250 again by Christmas after Thanksgiving feasting (kidding, of course)). I realize that I will probably hit a plateau or two that will throw me off target, but I think that it is possible.

Unfortunately, I ate too much for dinner today. It wasn't even because I was hungry from my relatively small lunch and no snack. It was solely because I am a dumb-ass who ate more than I should have.

I was thinking about the sour cream that I generally use on my Mexican food. I think that after this container runs out (it is almost full right now), I am going to try plain yogurt. I remember my mom using that when I was younger. It seems like it would be way better (and less bad) for me, but still give me the cool creamy sensation that I am looking for. Or, maybe it will totally suck.

Food:
Breakfast:
I tried that Crock Pot Pizza with Pineapple. Not recommended. It was not good at all. I guess that there is a difference between noodles and pizza dough.

Lunch:
Pad Thai with Tofu, I only ate about 1/2 to 3/4 and felt full.
Soup
Salad

Dinner:
Tacos with Re-fried Beans, Seasoned Hamburger, Salsa, Sour Cream, and Cucumbers. The cucumber was from our CSA and very good. There were only three tacos left, so I finished my meal with chips (and, as I said above, ate too much).

Exercise:
I walked about three miles this evening, mostly at a decent to good pace with a little jogging and a little slow walking when I was tir...

"Wait just a damn minute!" you say. "You can't just breeze over the word jogging when you are a 291 pound fat man!"

Fair enough.

Yes boys and girls, I did a little jogging tonight. It wasn't much to speak of, probably only about a tenth of a mile twice. However, I would say that it is a good sign of improvement. I was walking about as quickly as I could go, but I wanted to go faster. So, I broke in to a jog, and I didn't even die or anything. I jogged a little later on purpose too.

Additionally, I lifted some weights when I got home.

True Blood

True Blood on HBO is a pretty solid show (though it is definitely rated R for violence, gore, nudity, and sexual situations (What else would you expect from HBO?)). The basic premise is that vampires are real, and the Japanese have invented this synthetic blood that they can drink instead of draining humans. This has allowed the vampires to come out of the closet and live among humans.

Additionally, my wife and I like to read books out loud to each other. We have read the entire George RR Martin series "A Song of Ice and Fire" out loud (well, the published four books). That is around 3200 pages of out loud reading just on that series alone (wow, that really sounds kinda crazy/amazing on paper (so to speak)).

So when I found out that True Blood was (very strongly) based on a series of books written by Charlaine Harris, I decided that they might be fun to read out loud. We have just started reading it, but I am enjoying reading in a southern accent. Hopefully I can become so proficient at it that I can call on it at will. You never know when there will be a Shakespearean play that requires a southern gentleman, or redneck.

Food:
Breakfast:
The remainder of the Eggs with Scone
Bacon
A Banana

Lunch:
Lasagna (the previously frozen stuff with too much cheese)

Snack:
Vanilla Yogurt with Almonds (my two pound bag of almonds is almost empty now)

Snack:
Hot Chocolate (it seems a little sweet, I may try half of a packet next time)

Dinner:
Crock Pot Pizza (GF noodles with pizza toppings baked in a crock pot, my wife used less than half of the cheese in the recipe for me). I might have to mix in some pineapple with the leftovers.

Exercise:
I mowed the front lawn with the electric mower, and the back with the push. Then we went on a 1.5 mile walk at a slow pace (with a long break in the middle when my wife saw someone she knew).

Tai Chi

I have decided that I want to start doing Tai-Chi every day again. I used to do it daily a while back, but I got out of practice. Unfortunately, we just moved a bunch of furniture from the living room in to the dining room because we are having the carpet and couch cleaned. This means that there is no good space to do Tai Chi in our house until at least Wednesday.

I learned the Short Form from Scott Caulpetzer of Great River Tai Chi Chuan, who studied under Grandmaster William C.C. Chen, who in turn learned from the famous Great-Grandmaster Cheng Man-Ching. After learning the short form, I moved on to the next class in body mechanics, and I enjoyed it, but I think that I practiced too much at home and burned out on it. Perhaps if I start doing it daily (in a few days), I will head back to class and learn some more (I am sure that my short form is atrocious by now, with me having had no corrections).

I will be including Tai Chi in the exercise section. I should note that I have done Tai Chi a few times in the past month, but wasn't sure whether I wanted to include it on the blog.


On another note, my wife and I saw that Gran Torino got an A- on Yahoo! Reviews.

"A little low," we thought, "but fair enough."

Then we saw that Madea Goes to Jail ALSO received an A-...

I think that we will not be using Yahoo! Reviews to pick our movies for us any time soon.


Weigh-In:
I weighed in at 291 this morning. That may be a little lower than it should be, since I woke up around 9:30am (staying up until 4am will do that to me). If only I could have worked just a little bit harder (or not eaten all of that creme brulee) then perhaps I would have now lost an entire 'my arms on the towel bar while I weigh-in'.

Food:
Breakfast:
Eggs with crumbled GF scone
Bacon

Snack:
Popcorn
Bacon

Lunch:
Healthy Stew (at least my wife claims that it is healthy) with bacon bits

Dinner:
Sausages with mustard

Exercise:
Tai-Chi short form twice, once in the rain outside. The outside one was fun, but our lawn is too uneven, so I probably didn't accomplish much. It was too hot today to go outside, until it started raining. So, I didn't take a walk. I did lift weights though.

The Fights

Well, the fights all sucked. Pretty much every one was won by the wrong guy.

My wife's favorite fighter, Forrest Griffin, was knocked out in round one. It wasn't even close. Although, he did lose to one of the, if not the, best fighter in the world.

And in the other big fight, BJ Penn, who I think is a complete dick, won by rear-naked choke in round four.

Also, it is freaking almost 4am and I am going to bed now.

Food:
Breakfast:
Leftover Steak (with A-1) and mashed potatoes

Lunch:
Gluten-free scones with pineapple chunks

Snack:
Rice and beans, salsa, and sour cream with chips
Crap, I just remembered that I had some 1/3 juice this week sometime, I'll put it here
Leftover Creme Brulee

Dinner:
BWW wings while I was watching the fights

Exercise:
I walked at a decent pace for about 1.5 miles this morning before it became uncomfortably hot.

*edited to show a Saturday date to keep things uniform*

Creme Brulee

Coincidentally, with all of my talk about cheating yesterday, I actually forgot to mention that I did have a cup of hot chocolate to drink as a snack before dinner last night (or maybe it was the night before). There, now my conscience has been cleared.

Well, I broke my sweet-free streak today (though, I suppose that some people would consider the hot chocolate that I drink occasionally to be breaking it). I had some creme brulee, as you will see below.

Yes, we went to the Chestnut Street Inn this evening. I believe that I mentioned it before. I recommend it to anyone in the relative area (people drive two hours from Chicago to eat there). Monica, the professionally trained chef, is completely familiar with gluten-free cooking (she is actually in the process of writing a gluten-free cookbook, which we will be picking up). It is a little pricey (at least for us), but good for a nice night out every once in a while.

I wasn't sure whether to eat the dessert leading up to the meal, but ended up in favor of it. As long as I don't make a habit of it, I think that I should be okay.

Food:
Breakfast:
Quiche. One of the pieces was from my wife's side, so I had to scrape off some extra cheese from the bottom.

Snack:
Pad Thai leftovers (the little I had left)

Lunch:
Rice and beans, salsa, and sour cream with chips

Snack:
Popcorn

Dinner:
Gluten-free scone with butter
Bacon wrapped scallops (probably my favorite thing of the evening, my wife's too)
Iceberg wedge with green goddess dressing
Prime Rib
Garlic mashed potatoes
Green beans
Creme Brulee

Oddly, my dinner tonight sounds a little fancier than my normal fare.

I didn't overeat at dinner. We brought home several containers of food to last us quite some time. Monica even gave me an entire loaf of the gluten-free scone that she made for me.

Exercise:
None, which is sad, as I have been getting off at noon on Fridays (before you get jealous, I am an accountant and work three months of tax season each year), so I have extra time during the day.

Additionally, we are supposed to be getting a horrible heat wave this weekend which will probably eliminate walking as an option. Perhaps I will have to break out the ole' DDR machine again.

I...Cheated... (Prepare to be irritated with me)

Don't you absolutely hate it when a news show or radio host or article link says something that is attention getting, and then the actual piece is only barely related to the shocking headline?

Yeah, me too.

Okay, I didn't cheat on my diet or exercise. And I didn't cheat on my reporting (well, not on purpose, there is a chance that I forgot something at some point I suppose).

Oh yeah, don't you also hate it when you want to find something out, but they just keep putting it off and talking about other unrelated crap that you couldn't give a rat's ass about?

Yeah, me too.

I cheated on the frequency of my weigh-ins. I should only be weighing in once per week, but I have been weighing in every day (sometimes day and night). This has to stop.

I don't know about everyone else, though I assume that they feel the same way, but if I see a big weight loss when I weigh in in the morning, I try extra hard the next day. Unfortunately, if I see a gain or no loss, it is discouraging, and I try less hard. That puts me in to a vicious cycle of laze-assin' around.

So, no more will I be weighing in indiscriminately. I will only weigh in on Sunday mornings when I report to you.

As a side note, I now hardly ever click on any links that are shocking and are ambiguous at all. I think that my life has improved since making that decision.

(Another headline I could have used was "I've been cheating on weigh-ins." Wouldn't that have just totally pissed you off when you found out what I meant?)

Food:
Breakfast:
Quiche from yesterday

Snack:
Green Beans

Lunch:
Pad Thai with soup and salad.
I actually ate too much. I was about 3/4 finished, and I thought, "I am not hungry anymore. I wonder if I should get a box or finish it off?" I cleverly decided to continue eating for no good reason at all and started to feel full. After cursing my stupidity, I asked for a box for the remainder.

Snack:
Popcorn
Doritos (I still have a little of the bag left that I bought a month ago, not bad, comparatively)

Dinner:
Chicken with some salt and a little ranch on part of it.

Exercise:
I walked about 1.5 - 2 miles at a decent pace.

Nothing

Yeah, I just have nothing interesting to say tonight.

Food:
Breakfast:
Chips with hamburger, salsa, and sour cream

Snack:
Cherries
Almonds

Lunch:
A little bit of leftover steak
Green Beans

Snack:
Vanilla yogurt with almonds

Snack:
Chips with salsa and sour cream

Dinner:
Quiche (I had to look up the spelling for that one) that my wife made. It had Quinoa (got that right though) and corn bread and very little cheese. I used to have way more cheese on my half of things, like pizzas, than my wife. Now, she has more than me.

Exercise:
I didn't feel like doing anything today. I forced myself to walk for about a mile at a slow to decent pace.

Jousting!

Well, my wife and I will be going to the Bristol Renaissance Faire in a month or so. We have never been to one (though we did go to GenCon one year (and I have gone a few times, though it has been awhile)). It is supposed to be the biggest one in the world, and I am looking forward to the jousting. That will be kind of crazy to see horses charging. It should give me new respect for pikemen standing up to charging cavalry.

They say that you can't bring any food into the faire (because they want you to buy their food), which worried me, but my friend called and asked about people with allergies (without me even asking him to, whatta good guy). They said that people will be able to leave to eat and then come back, and also keep snacks in their pockets. I hope that I don't have to prove Celiac, as I am not sure how I would do that.

Food:
Breakfast:
Chicken breast with BWW sauce

Snack:
Vanilla yogurt with almonds

Lunch:
Pad Thai with soup and salad

Dinner:
My wife made a fancy meal tonight and we had steak, baked potatoes (I had mine with sour cream and bacon bits), green beans, and a little onion soup. I wasn't ravenous today, and completely forgot to look around for info on that.

Exercise:
I walked at a decent pace for about 2 - 2.5 miles.

Ravenous

I am still hungry all the frickin' time. I might google around and/or post on some message boards tomorrow to see if anyone else has this issue. My only solution thus far is to continue to eat when I am hungry. Clever, huh?

I am also tired, and going to bed just after 8:00pm.

Food:
Breakfast:
Rice with butter
Green Beans

Snack:
Vanilla yogurt with almonds

Early Lunch:
Chicken breast

Snack:
Cherries

Snack:
Rice with butter
Green Beans

Dinner:
Wendy's large chili with sour cream and chili sauce
Popcorn

Exercise:
I mowed the back yard with the push mower, and then walked about two miles at a decent to good pace.

Thesmophoriazusae

Last night we went to a free play in the park put on by the Genesius Guild. The play was Thesmophoriazusae, a comedy, by Aristophanes, and it was heavily edited. All of the current humor jokes that the Greeks would have gotten back then were morphed into present day jokes, i.e. about Rod Blagojevich or Sarah Palin. They also broke the fourth wall and talked about the play that they were putting on. It was a casual atmosphere, and the play was funny (if a little corny at times). I give it a B+.

Weigh In:
I weighed in at 294.5 this morning. Another few pounds gone forever (or so I hope).

Food:
Breakfast:
Chicken
Steak
Sausage
All from Ryan's

Lunch:
Chicken
Sausage
Mashed potatoes
All from Ryan's

Snack:
Banana

Dinner:
Chicken
Mashed potatoes
The last of the Ryan's food. I don't know why, but I have been ravenous over the past few days. I don't know if it is some kind of weight loss defense by my body or what, but I have been eating more to keep up with my hunger.
Corn

Exercise:
I mowed the front lawn today and used the trimmer a bit. It was so nice out after I mowed, I went on a walk at a decent speed for about 1.5 miles.

And THAT is when I stopped feeling sorry for her...

Ms. Lampley, 40, who is married with three children, lost her job as a human resources officer in January 2008 and had been receiving $351 a week, which covered the groceries and gas. Even so, she and her husband, who still has work as a machinist, were sinking into debt. Now, still poorer, she feels devastated because they cannot buy their son a laptop to take to college...
-- From an article in the NY Times online.


ORLY?!?

I mean seriously, with all of the crap that some people are dealing with, losing their homes and needing to go to food banks just to survive, we should feel sorry for YOU? Maybe, just maybe, your precious little kid, while going to college, will have to take notes with a pencil and paper, and maybe he will have to use the computers in the computer labs. Or, heaven forbid, swallow some pride and get a job at a fast food restaurant while he goes to school so that he can buy his own damn laptop!

Now, I may be reading too much into that statement, but it really just pissed me off.

Food:
Breakfast:
Polished off the last of the turkey and mashed potatoes

Lunch:
Tacos with hamburger, re-fried beans, salsa (which we are now out of, nooooooo), and sour cream

Dinner:
We got more coupons for carry out at Ryan's Buffet.
Sausage, steak, and chicken with A-1 and Heinz 57 sauces and some mashed potatoes (we still have some Thanksgiving gravy left, so I figured, "Why not?"). My plate won't last as long for me this time, as I felt pretty ravenous tonight. However, my wife went along with me and filled up her plate too, so I should have meat for a few meals.

Exercise:
I DDRd (Dance Dance Revolution) for about 40-45 minutes this morning, but it wasn't what I would call a solid performance. My legs just didn't want to work right. I tried to will myself into a second wind around 35 minutes, but, although I fooled myself for a minute or two, it just wasn't happening. I also went for a good long walk this afternoon (and maybe got a bit of sunburn), about 2 - 2.5 miles at a decent to good pace. Tonight my wife and I walked about two half-miles, at a slow to decent pace, to see a free play in the park (which I may talk about tomorrow).


(I am entertained that ORLY?!? makes it through the spell checker)