8/15 – Friday

Weight: 209.8

Breakfast: 2 n-3 eggs, 3 TJ’s frozen blueberry waffles, 3 T maple syrup, coffee, skim milk (1/2 c)

Lunch: 2 slices wh grain bread, 3 oz turkey, 1 oz cheese, 1 T mustard, 1 peach

Dinner: was bad. Hunan chicken (large amount, 2 + cups), 2 cups rice, 2 michelob ultra amber light beers

Exercise: 5 mins bike, 1 set 8-12 reps: Abs, Leg Press, Leg Curl, Chest Press, Seated Row, overhead press, cable pulldown, triceps push, biceps curl, 20 mins bike @ > 75 % MPHR

Comments: Seem to have stalled slightly. About 4 weeks ago, a week before I started the blog, I was up to 225. I’ve gotten as low as 207, but I’m lingering around 210. Not a bad loss over 4 weeks, but I have a long way to go. Waist is 36″ today, down an inch since the start.  It looks like I will have to be more careful from here, and exercise more. We’ll see how the next week goes. I need to get some more vegetables in, too.

Some quick and easy recipies here.

8/14

Weight: not checked

Breakfast: 2 omega-3 eggs, 2 TJ’s frozen blueberry waffles, 2 T maple syrup, coffee, skim milk (1/2 c)

Lunch: 2 slices whole grain bread, 4 oz smoked turkey breast, 1 slice Jarlsberg lite cheese, 1 T mustard, 1 peach

Coffee with skim milk

Dinner: Healthy request soup 1 can, 2 slices bread, 2 slices cheese

Exercise: no

8/13

Weight: 209.6

Breakfast: 1 pkt instant cranberry oatmeal, 1/2 c strawberries, coffee, 1/2 c skim milk

Lunch:  2 sl wh grain bread, 6 oz tuna, 2 T light mayo

Dinner: frozen burrito (560 cal), 2 Mich ultra lite beers

Exercise: 30 mins bike @ HR > 70% MPHR

Tues 8/12

Weight: 207.8 [maybe dehydrated a bit? I always weight myself at the same time, usually after breakfast]

Breakfast: “the usual” 2 eggs, 1 pkt instant oatmeal [rolled oats only take a few minutes to cook but somehow this is so much easier to make and clean up], 1/2 c strawberries, coffee, skim milk (1/2 c)

Lunch: 2 slices multigrain bread, 3 oz roast beef (sick of this now), 1 Jarlsberg lite slice (not sick of this yet!), 2 t relish, 2 nectarines

Dinner: Hunan Shrimp (2 cups), Brown Rice (1.5 cups), fortune cookie, 2 Michelob Ultra light beers [was craving this, much too high in calories, I am guessing 1400 for the whole thing, give or take]

Exercise: Bike x 5 mins, 1 set of 8-12 reps: abs, leg press, leg curl, chest press, seated cable row, overhead seated press, cable pulldown, triceps pushdown, bench curl, bike x 20 mins @ > 75% pred MHR

8/11

Weight: 210.8

Breakfast: coffee, skim milk

Lunch: 2 slices whole grain bread, 3 oz roast beef, 1 sl Jarls lite, 2 t mustard

Dinner: frozen chicken curry with rice (390 cal), Michelob Ultra beer (95 cal x 2)

Exercise: minimal

Sun 8/10

Weight: ?

Breakfast: 2 eggs, 1 sl raisin toast, small pat butter, coffee, 1/4 cup “fat free half and half”

Lunch: 2 medium rolls, roast beef (5 oz?), 2 slices cheddar cheese, 1/4 tomato, a large brownie, 1 1/2 scoops ice cream, lemonade

Dinner: Nothing, not hungry. A scotch later in the evening.

Exercise: 2 hours hiking on relatively flat ground

This makes 21 days of keeping track- I’ll make sure to measure my bodyweight tomorrow.

A few interesting articles & sites from around the web

From Lifehack.org: 10 Unconventional Diet Tips. Includes weighing yourself daily, and easing up dietary restrictions on the weekends, which may or may not be a good idea.

Interesting from The Economist, my favorite news magazine: Cognition Nutrition: food for thought.  The usual fish and berries are probably good for you story. I know I need to include more vegetation in my diet, but the produce selection has been so drab this summer, near me. I had my first good tomato of the season today. What about your local selection?

An interesting site: Zeer. You can look up labels from packaged foods from your computer and comment on them on this website. Not sure how useful, because in the end, processed crap is processed crap no matter what you have to say about it.

I’ve added some new blogs and resources, take a look.  Know about any interesting sites? Let me in on it.

Sat 8/9

Weight: ?

Breakfast: 3 TJ’s froz blueberry waffles, 3 T maple syrup, 2 eggs, coffee, milk (1/2 c for the day?)

Lunch: 2 sl whole grain bread, 3 oz roast beef, 1 sl Jarlsberg lite, relish, 1 1/2 plums

Dinner out with relatives: steamed clams, fried fish, french fries, cole slaw, chowder, bread, pie, brownie, ice cream – yes a whole lot of food…

Exercise: minimal

Fri 8/8

Weight: 210.6

Breakfast: 2 eggs, 1 pkt instant oatmeal, 1/2 cup strawberries, coffee, 1/2 c milk

Lunch: 2 slices whole gr bread, 3 oz roast beef, 1 sl Jarlsberg lite, 2 t mustard, 2 plums

Dinner: frozen Kung Pao chicken (390 cal), later on a 16 oz beer (which was delicious)

Exercise: none

Thurs 8/7

Weight: 211.8

Breakfast: usual 2 n-3 eggs, 1 pkt cinnamon instant oatmeal, 1 cup strawberries, coffee, 1/2 cup skim milk

Lunch: 2 slices whole grain bread, 1 Jarlsberg lite slice, 3 oz roast beef, relish, 1 nectarine

Dinner: 1/2 cup (dry) pasta, prepared grilled chicken, 1 cup broccoli, 1/2 tomato, popcorn (160 cal)

Exercise: 5 mins on bike, 1 set 8-12 reps: abs, leg press, leg curl, chest press, cable row, overhead press, cable pulldown, triceps pushdown, preacher curl, bike 5 mins. Didn’t feel like more today.