Archive for September, 2009
September 25th, 2009 by Kramday
The plan currently is to get on the scale every Monday and Thursday. I like weighing myself on Mondays, because that is a good reality check of the weekend. Thursdays seems like a good day to jump on the scale again to check mid-week progress. Today the scale said 253, which is another couple of pounds. I’m feeling pretty good about continuing to make progress even with all the social events I have been to over the month.
Food Log
Breakfast: 10am, 5 minutes after waking up
2 waffles w/syrup, 12 oz. Diet Citrus Drop
Snack: 1:30pm, 3:30 after breakfast
Peanut Toffee Buzz Clif Bar, 16 oz. water
Lunch: 4pm, 2:30 after snack
1/2 Fazolis Penne Pasta w/Meat Sauce, 12 oz. Diet Lemon Lime
Dinner: 7:10pm, 3:10 after lunch
Wendy’s Southwest Taco salad, 16 oz. Sprite
Snack: 10pm, 2:50 after dinner
1 piece chocolate cake, 2 small brownies, 8 oz. white milk
Water: 10:30pm, 16 oz.
Snack: 11:30pm, 1:30 after snack
banana, 16 oz. water
Sleep Log
I didn’t actually go to bed until around 2:45am, which was probably fine. The way I felt, I don’t think I would have fallen asleep very quickly anyway. I had a chiropractor appointment this morning, so I got up a bit before 10am.
Exercise Log
took the day off
September 24th, 2009 by Kramday
I had intended to type up a review of what I thought worked over the program, but just didn’t get to it yet. So here are the logs for the last couple of days
Sept. 22
Food Log
Breakfast: 9:15am, 15 minutes after waking up
2 waffles w/syrup, 12 oz. Diet Citrus Drop
Lunch: 1pm, 3:45 after breakfast
Max & Erma’s Grilled Gourmet Swiss and Mushrooms Chicken Sandwich (lettuce, tomato, onions), french fries, water (think there were two refills), half piece Triple Chocolate Cake
Water: 4pm, 16 oz. while chatting with my sister
Dinner: 8pm, 7:00 after lunch
Subway 6 inch Turkey Sub (American cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, Spicy Chiplote Sun Chips, 16 oz. Fanta
Snack: 12:30pm, 4:30 after dinner
Strawberry Fiber One bar, 16 oz. water
Sleep Log
I once again had trouble falling asleep. My body just really wasn’t tired at 2am, and it was well after 3am before I was out. Then the phone rang at 8:30am this morning. Normally I would have ignored it and just gone back to sleep. However since I was watching my nephew today, I got up to see if it was my sister or brother-in-law calling about that. It wasn’t, but I couldn’t fall back asleep. Then I was tired and dragged most of the day.
Exercise Log
took the day off
Sept. 23
Food Log
Breakfast: 9:45am, 5 minutes after waking up
Peanut Toffee Buzz Clif Bar, 12 oz. Diet Citrus Drop
Lunch 1:30pm, 3:45 after breakfast
2 Morningstar Farms Mushroom Lovers Burgers on wheat bread, 16 oz. water
Snack: 4:30pm, 3:00 after lunch
Yoplait Light yogurt, 16 oz. water
Dinner: 8pm, 3:30 after snack
1/2 Fazolis Penne Pasta w/Meat Sauce, 2 breadsticks, 16 oz. water
Snack: 11pm, 3:00 after dinner
apple, 16 oz. water
Water: 11:45pm, 16 oz. during workout
Water: 12:30am, 16 oz. after workout
Sleep Log
Once again I was in bed around 2am, but I had a hard time actually falling asleep. I did manage to get up after only hitting the snooze button twice.
Exercise Log
Elliptical Machine: 11:45pm
Time: 45 mins, Calories: 710
September 22nd, 2009 by Kramday
The 21 days are officially over, and I will say that I am feeling pretty good. The last day called for taking new measurements, but I had already done that on day eighteen. I did jump on the scale though, and finished the 21 days at 255.
I do plan to continue posting these, and I’d just like to say thank you to everyone that offered comments, suggestions, and encouragement.
Food Log
Breakfast: 9:40am, 10 minutes after waking up
Peanut Toffee Buzz Clif Bar, 12 oz. Citrus Drop
Snack: 12:50pm, 3:10 after breakfast
PBJ on one slice of wheat bread, 16 oz. water
Lunch: 3pm, 2:10 after snack
Morningstar Farm Garden Veggie Burger, green beans, Yoplait Light Raspberry Cheesecake yogurt, 16 oz. water
Dinner: 7pm, 4:00 after lunch
2 turkey sandwiches on wheat bread, 16 oz. water
Snack: 11pm, 4:00 after dinner
Strawberry Fiber One bar, 16 oz. water
Water: 1am, 16 oz.
Sleep Log
Lots of tossing and turning last night. I just wasn’t really tired, but I didn’t want to get out of bed. I was in bed by 2am, but it was pretty close to 3am (at least), before I fell asleep. I didn’t get up around 9:30am this morning without hitting the snooze button.
Exercise Log
Elliptical Machine: 12am
Time: 30 mins, Calories: 375
September 21st, 2009 by Kramday
Today the program called for cooking a Fat Loss Plate for a friend. I didn’t do that, but that was mainly because I didn’t really think about the program at all. I have pretty much moved into the next phase, of just watching what I eat and continue this journal.
Food Log
Breakfast: 10:45am, 10 minutes after waking up
2 waffles w/syrup, 12 oz. Citrus Drop
Lunch: 5pm, 6:15 after breakfast
2 Morningstar Farms Garden Veggie burgers on wheat bread, 16 oz. water
Dinner: 8pm, 3:00 after lunch
Grilled Chicken Breast, broccoli, Yoplait Light Lemon 16 oz. water
Water: 11:20pm, 16 oz. during workout
Snack: 12:15am, 4:15 after dinner
handful of baby carrots, 12 oz. water
Sleep Log
No real issues with sleeping last night. I tossed and turned a bit, but I feel asleep not too long after I went to bed at 2:20am. Also, no problems with the alarm this morning, getting up around 10:30am.
Exercise Log
Elliptical Machine: 11:20pm
Time: 20 mins, Calories: 259*
* I know you can’t really go off the calorie number on the machine, but I am going to try and track it as an indicator of how hard I worked. I would think I can compare the number from one workout to the next on the same machine.
September 21st, 2009 by Kramday
(I guess I never hit the publish button on this post.)
Today the program was about reading labels. I will say that is something I do need to start doing a better job of, so I’ll take a closer look at the information over the next few days.
Food Log
Breakfast: 11:40am, 5 minutes after waking up
2 waffles w/syrup, 12 oz. Diet Citrus Drop
Lunch: 2:50pm, 3:10 after breakfast
2 Morningstar Farms Mushroom Lovers Burgers, handful of baby carrots, 12 oz. Lemon Lime
Snack: 3:45pm, 2:55 after lunch
Chocolate Chip Clif Bar, 16 oz. water
Dinner: 8pm, 4:15 after snack
Jimmy V’s Turkey Melt Panini, potato chips, water (lost count of number of refills)
Snack: 12:30am, 4:30 hours after dinner
Strawberry Fiber One bar, 16 oz. water
Sleep Log
I was in bed by 2am, but didn’t get up until around 11:30am.
Exercise Log
took the day off
September 19th, 2009 by Kramday
Today the program called for upping the workout to 36 minutes, and I played volleyball instead. I also jumped on the scale and got new measurements. I guess I never posted them the first time, so here are the original numbers and those for 18 days later.
Date..............09/01.........09/18
Neck..............18.50.........17.00
Chest.............48.25.........47.00
Biceps............13.00.........13.00
Forearms..........12.25.........12.25
Wrist..............7.50..........7.00
Waist.............50.50.........49.50
Hips..............50.00.........49.00
Thighs............27.50.........26.75
Calves............18.50.........18.00
Body Weight......266.50........256.00
% Body Fat........37.00.........36.00
Fat Weight........98.61.........92.16
Lean Body........167.89........163.84
Mass
Food Log
Breakfast: 11am, 2 minutes after waking up
Peanut Toffe Buzz Clif Bar, 12 oz. Diet Citrus Drop
Lunch: 1:45pm, 2:45 after breakfast
China Taste Chicken w/broccoli, white rice, 12 oz. Diet Lemon Lime (leftovers)
Snack: 4:15pm, 2:30 after lunch
Double Chocolate Chip cookie, 16 oz. water
Water: 7:30pm, 16 oz.
Dinner: 10:30pm, 6:15 after snack
Ham and Swiss sandwich, handful of baby carrots, 16 oz. water
Snack: 12:45am, 2:15 after dinner
Yoplait Light Pineapple Upside-Down Cake yogurt, 16 oz. water
Sleep Log
I was pretty tired around 1am, so I thought I would go to bed really early for me. However, once the lights were out I was not longer tired. Then this morning I evidently turned the alarm off instead of hitting snooze, which meant that I got up around 11am instead of 9:45am.
Exercise Log
Sand Volleyball: 7pm
We were there for about two and a half hours, and I played pretty well. I tried to be active and hit the sand a couple of times. My back isn’t that thrilled with my though.
September 18th, 2009 by Kramday
Today the program called for only eating foods that you love. Sounded pretty simple, so I went back to waffles for breakfast. Then for dinner I ran out and picked up some Chinese. One thing that made me happy was I didn’t eat all the food for dinner and will have leftovers for tomorrow. That is not something I probably would have done a couple of weeks ago.
Food Log
Breakfast: 9:55am, 5 minutes after waking up
2 waffles w/syrup, 12 oz. Diet Citrus Drop
Snack: 12:50pm, 2:55 after breakfast
Chocolate Chip Clif Bar, 16 oz. water
Lunch: 3:30pm, 2:40 after snack
2 Morningstar Farms Spicy Black Bean Burgers on wheat bread, 12 oz. Diet Lemon Lime
Dinner: 7:45pm, 4:15 after lunch
China Taste Chicken w/broccoli, white rice, egg roll, 12 oz. Diet Lemon Lime
Snack: 11:30pm, 3:45 after dinner
Strawberry Fiber One bar, 16 oz. water
Water: 1am, 16 oz.
Sleep Log
I was in bed by 2:15am last night, but didn’t fall asleep until sometime after 3:15am. I did manage to get out of bed around 9:45am, after only hitting the snooze button once.
Exercise Log
took the day off
September 17th, 2009 by Kramday
Today the program called for doing 36 minutes of exercise. This was conventient since I was planning on riding my bike and working out on the bow flex at the Kludys’ place. Not a whole lot to report today. I have a doctor’s appointment on Thursday, so I think I am going to print all of these out to bring to him. I’m especially interested in what he will have to say about my sleep habits.
Food Log
Breakfast: 11:25am, 5 minutes after waking up
Kashi Heart to Heart cereal, 2% milk, 12 oz. Diet Citrus Drop
Lunch: 3:30pm, 4:05 after breakfast
1 Morningstar Farms Garden Veggie Pattie on wheat bread, broccoli with cheese sauce, banana, 12 oz. Diet Lemon Lime
Water: 3 20 oz. bottles before, during, and after workout
Dinner: 9:30pm, 6:00 after lunch
2 turkey sandwiches on wheat bread, 12 oz. Diet Lemon Lime
Snack: 11:40, 2:10 after dinner
apple, 16 oz. water
Sleep Log
I was in bed by 2:15am last night, but had a hard time falling asleep. There wasn’t a lot of tossing and turning like there usually is, but it was still after 3:30am by the time I fell asleep. I did oversleep this morning, as I must have turned the alarm off instead of hitting snooze. I got up a little after 11:15am today.
Exercise Log
Bike: 7:00pm
Time: 40 Mins 47 Secs, Distance: 7.40 Miles, Avg Speed: 10.7 MPH, Max Speed: 20.5 MPH, it definitely was as intense a ride as on Sunday. But it did feel pretty good to get out on the bike. We did have to stop at the 7 mile mark, when a small kitten ran out into the road. Jen had to make sure it didn’t get run over, as pokey tail kittens are pretty much her Kryptonite.
Bowflex: 8:15pm
I pushed myself pretty hard again, though I did stay with the same resistance and reps. It felt a little better than Sunday and I’ll probably up some of the resistance on the next workout. Having another person there also helped.
September 16th, 2009 by Kramday
Today the program called for taking a fun activity and tweaking it to get some exericse. The example he gave was golfing, where instead of riding in the cart you would walk the course. I would like to try and get some people together this weekend for frisbee golf, but I hung out with my sister a bit instead of doing the fun activity today. This was actually the activity that was for Day 11, as we talked a bit about how to tweek family favorites and cooking in bulk.
Food Log
Breakfast: 10:30am, 5 minutes after waking up
Kashi Heart to Heart cereal, 2% milk, 12 oz. Diet Citrus Drop
Snack: 1pm, 1:30 after breakfast
Chocolate Chip Clif Bar, 16 oz. water
Lunch: 3:15pm, 2:15 after snack
2 Morningstar Farms Spicy Black Bean Burgers on wheat bread, 12 oz. Diet Lemon Lime
Water: 4:30pm, 16 oz.
Dinner: 7:15pm, 4:00 after lunch
Subway 6″ turkey on wheat (lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles, salt, and pepper), Sun Chips Spicy Chipotle, 16 oz. Orange Fanta
Snack: 10:30pm, 3:15 after dinner
banana, 16 oz. water
Water: 1am, 16 oz.
Sleep Log
I managed to get into bed a little after 2am, but didn’t fall asleep right away. I got up around 10:30am, after again hitting the snooze button a lot. I will say though that I have been feeling better throughout the day since I started aiming for 2am.
Exercise Log
took the day off, goal to ride and possibly bow flex tomorrow
September 15th, 2009 by Kramday
I am continuing to diverge from the program as scripted. Today the goal was to log onto the Food Lover’s website and join their forums to find a weight loss buddy. I don’t have anything against that, but since I am posting these on my blog (which gets imported into Facebook) I feel I already have some outside support in place. While no one person have commented on all the posts, there have been several comments from different people overall.
Also, I did step on the scale today. The reading of 258.5, which is a loss of another pound a half since Thursday.
Food Log
Breakfast: 10:30am, 5 minutes after waking up
PBJ on wheat bread, 12 oz. Diet Citrus Drop
Snack: 12:30pm, 2:00 after breakfast
apple
Lunch: 3pm, 2:30 after snack
2 slices of turkey on wheat bread, half orange, 12 oz. Diet Lemon Lime
Dinner: 7:30pm, 5:00 after lunch
2 Morningstar Farms Garden Veggie Patties on wheat bread, 12 oz. Diet Lemon Lime
Snack: 11:30pm, 4:00 after dinner
banana
Sleep Log
I went to bed last night around 2:20am, and didn’t toss and turn a whole lot. Got up a little before 10:30am after hitting the snooze button four times.
Exercise Log
took the day off