Off To A Not So Yummy Start Today

Yesterday I bought a couple boxes of Boca Southwestern Breakfast Wraps. I love breakfast burritos, so I looked forward to this. Yuck! Ptooey! Blech! Even the smell was awful, but the taste…ew! One bite and it hit the garbage can.

Then, for lunch, I was going to have some shrimp cocktail. I’d bought the already prepared (frozen), placed in a round container, in a decorative manner, boiled shrimp with cocktail sauce in the middle. Let it thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Opened it up for lunch today. Not quite as icky as the breakfast wrap was, but not appetizing either. There wasn’t anything “wrong” with the shrimp, except they just tasted funny. Not as in spoiled…just funny. So two bites of… ...Continue reading

February 19, 2008 - 164.5/165.0

I was weighing myself today and the scale stopped at 164.5. I was getting excited about losing 1/2 lb from yesterday. But the last second, the scale tipped to 165.0.

What a scam!… ...Continue reading

Meals for the Day - 02/18/08

02/18/08 - Breakfast

Double Chocolate Zone bar today. Yummy tasting and for some reason, it has two extra grams of protein!

Breakfast: 210 calories, 7 grams fat, 21 grams carbs, 1 grams fiber, 12 grams protein

02/18/08 - Lunch

Quick lunch, but a yummy lunch. Sort of like a good old fashioned brown bag lunch. Bologna on whole grain bread, carrots, celery, gherkins and grape tomatoes. I also peeled two clementines, but I only ended up eating one of them.

Lunch: 368 calories, 2 grams fat, 73.5 grams carbs, 10.5 grams fiber, 20.5 grams protein

02/18/08 - Dinner

Finally! The SES London slides are done, so I had a chance to cook a real dinner again! Yay! I… ...Continue reading

Meals for the Day - 02/17/08

02/17/08 - Breakfast

I’m liking these peanut butter Zone bars. Very tasty!

Breakfast: 210 calories, 7 grams fat, 25 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 14 grams protein

02/17/08 - Lunch

Three cheers for Bob Evans! They offer nutritional information on every single thing on their menu. That let me piece together a meal that was both tasty and had a reasonable amount of calories in it. I ended up with roast turkey with gravy, stuffing, broccoli and green beans. I skipped the cranberry relish and only ate half the stuffing.

(Incidentally, I looked up the two slices of blueberry bread they brought with my dinner. 478 calories in two slices. That’s more calories than I consumed eating my entire plate of lunch. That’s… ...Continue reading

Meals for the day - 02/16/08

02/16/08 - Breakfast

I’m out of Kashi and haven’t been to the store, so it’s Zone bars for breakfast for awhile.

Breakfast: 210 calories, 7 grams fat, 25 grams carbs, 3 grams fiber, 14 grams protein

02/16/08 - Lunch

It was a drive-thru day as I was out running errands. Usually I’d snag a grilled chicken, but Elnora desperately wanted a “cheeseburger, no meatball.” In other words, she wanted a bun with ketchup on it. I hate throwing away food, so I did the math and was surprised to find it wouldn’t “cost” me much more to just get a Jr. Cheeseburger and put her patty on my sandwich.

Mmmm…hamburger!

Lunch: 390 calories, 20 grams fat, 28 grams carbs, 2 grams fiber, 24 grams… ...Continue reading

February 18, 2008 - 165.0 - ARGH!

I tried this weekend, I really did. For most of the hours this weekend, I tried hard. In fact, Saturday, I did really well - but didn’t lose any weight.

Friday and Sunday I did good - until around 11pm when I start to get hungry. Now, I know that in order to lose weight, I have to go to bed hungry. But this weekend, I didn’t find the willpower to say “no” to the Doritos. Or the chocolate that my mom brought us for Valentine’s Day.

So I gained 2.5 lbs back. Not good.

I know that ultimately success is going to be more likely on my dedication to exercise, which I’ve done all of about 1 time since this whole Fat Fight started. But I did get really sick. And I’m… ...Continue reading

Week-End Recap

As I weighed in today, the scale read 225 lbs. So, after the first two weeks of the South Beach diet and some moderate exercise, I am down 16 lbs. My clothes feel better and the pot-belly is shrinking.

I am going to continue to eat lean meats and vegetables all this week even though I can start to incorporate whole grains (whole wheat bread, brown rice, etc.). I am also going to stay away from sugars with the exception of red wine but even in drinking red wine, I will do it moderately.

SMX West is next week so I’d like to drop an additional 5-10 pounds if possible before the conference.

I’ve lost this kind of weight before. In fact the last time I went on the South Beach diet… ...Continue reading

I Would Tell You If I Knew

This weekend is already a forgotten memory for me. I’d tell you what I ate this weekend, if only I remembered. However, I had the grandkids for the weekend, and well…they tend to suck the strength and memory right out of me. I think I mostly ate right this weekend, but I’m not absolutely sure of anything.

So, let’s forget about the past and move on to the future. My main goal this week is to increase my exercise level. I’m going to try to walk farther and longer, and do more of the dumbbell exercises than I did last week. I’ll let you know if I achieve my goals or not. Meals will probably be about the same as they have been lately… ...Continue reading

Day Twelve Recap

I was really busy trying to wrap up work projects before the weekend and as such did not have a whole lot of time to be distracted by the necessity of eating. This was a good thing seeing that I had somewhat cheated on my diet the night before. Would this light diet pay off? You’ll have to read what I weighed in the day after (below) to find out.

Here is what I consumed on Day 12 (Friday).

Breakfast:

Grilled Canadian Bacon w/ Cheddar Cheese (6 slices)

Lunch:

Salad w/ Feta and Italian Dressing
Broccoli (1 small serving)

Dinner:

Hamburger Patty w/ Cheddar Cheese (1/3 lb.)
Black Beans garnished w/ Cheese (1 serving)
Salad w/ Feta and Italian Dressing

Other:

Coffee (1/2 pot)
Oolong Tea (1 cup)
Water (64 oz.)
Pecans (handful)

Exercise:

Did not walk again today as my lower left calf is still bothering… ...Continue reading

I Was Bad Last Night

The grandkids are here for the weekend. I’m using that as my excuse, ok? Late last night, after spending an hour or so rocking the newest bundle of babyness to sleep, I had a craving that was fierce. I needed a “snacky-snack”. That’s what we call it here when we refer to something like the dreaded…chips. Oh I wanted chips bad. So I snuck into the kitchen, very, very quietly. I told myself it was so I wouldn’t wake up the grandbabies, but I really just hiding my badness from any adult presence in the house. Shhhh….

Anyway, I quietly pulled out the bag of whole wheat tortilla chips (which I actually like better than regular tortilla chips, but don’t be fooled…they actually… ...Continue reading