Pizza

Pizza, Pizza, Pizza I love Pizza…..Pizza, Pizza, Pizza I hate Pizza. Right now I want it so bad I could eat the box. I did/have done so good today. I ate good, got my 2 mile walk in and about 2 hours ago the family got pizza tonight and on half of one my daughter got ham and pineapple, that is my favorite. I go to church so I did what the bible says to do I fled the temptation I left and did my walk while the family was eating it. Now that I’m home, it’s all I can think about. I’m not going to do it I’m not going to give in! I’m going to bed now so I can dream about it and not really eat it!

Monday 29 December 2008

Today has been a crazy day, lots of stressors, but I didn’t give in and I got my walk in even though it was a challenge! The morning started off by me getting up earlier than I needed to, but with my extra time I asked Jenny could I help her do anything to make her morning go easier. I did a few things for her and ended up running behind. No big deal though, then when I got to work it was crazier than ever and we had court today so I spent most of the morning sitting there. We went to pizza hut for lunch I did good though I ate a salad and one piece of thin crust cheese off the buffet and man let me tell you it was though everyone was eating everything from meat lovers to barbeque and we get to eat there for free so I could have eaten as much as I wanted and it wouldn’t have cost a dime, but I didn’t give in. Then when I got home tonight it was a wreck. My son decided to change rooms with me and Jenny; she agreed to do it if he would do all the work moving the furniture etc. Evidently he slept late because when we got home he was only half way through and had everything spread through the whole house. We were trying to decide what to do for supper and everyone decided they wanted fast food they keep asking me what I wanted and I kept saying everything there at the places they wanted to go had to many calories. They were starting to get frustrated with me and me with them so I pulled up the computer up and showed them a couple items at a couple of places so they could see how many calories were in certain items, then my son said hey dad let’s get pizza it doesn’t have many calories, I could only laugh then! We ended up getting chicken from a chicken place I got a grilled chicken salad. Yep that is it at the top of the post, I was disappointed when I saw it I was starving to death, I did have the thought forget it I’ll just eat some of the chicken fingers everyone else is having, but I didn’t do it, then when I sat down to eat I knocked it over in my lap and spilled about a quarter of it. At first I was mad, but then I had a good laugh about it. After supper I started helping Jenny get our room , or I guess I should say our new room set up, then I told her I needed to leave and go do my walk, I could tell at first she thought I was doing to just get out of helping her, but then she thought about and was supportive. It was a good walk; kind of cool around 32 degrees I think. I enjoy the cold though, so it was good and I got in my 2 miles. I’ve rambled on enough tonight I’ll go for now what will tomorrow bring?

Sunday - 28 Dec 08

Well today was a good day. I did good on the eating (see the link over to the right for my food diary) and the exercising was good also. Tonight I walked two miles. My right leg hurt some, kind of like shin splits but not as bad. Jenny and I went and walked at the walking trail in Hamilton Al, it is a mile loop that goes up and down the side of a hill. We switched and walked back the other way on the second mile, toward the end there is a steep climb probably around 50 yards. It felt good walking up it, I felt that burn in my thighs and yes I was breathing hard, but I love that feeling in your lungs when it is cold and you breathe hard. It’s been crazy tonight ever since I got back I have been as hungry as a mule. I ate two banana sandwiches on wheat for supper, so that was good but I’ve been fighting the cravings for everything ever since. Well I’m almost ready for bed if I can make it just a little longer I’ll be good…..I’m doing this today not tomorrow!

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We’ll I did good today eating and exercising, even though I was tempted not to on both. I slept late this morning so I missed breakfast then around 11 I had two banana sandwiches on wheat bread for a total of 410 calories, then I had a banana for a snack at around 3 then for supper Jenny and I went out to eat and I had a salad, baked potato and grilled chicken best I can calculate it was around 700 calories so that brought me for a total of 1220 calories for the day. Not bad and I’m not sure how much, but I drank a lot of water today. For exercise I walked a mile and half after we ate supper, Jenny walked with me so that was nice. Just really didn’t have the motivation today, but when I was faced with the decision to mess up I chose not to, It’s crazy how sometimes just out of the blue you’ll crave something sweet or some off the wall food. I just tried to not entertain those thoughts today and it worked. I also wanted to be lazy and not walk, but I did and it was a good walked and I burned around 150 calories doing it. It felt so good that afterwards I told Jenny I felt like I wanted to go walk another mile and a half. The funny story for today is, yesterday I was reading a blog and they were talking about they were tempted to eat some pizza, but instead they took a picture of it(read the story by clicking here). Well tonight while Jenny and I were eating I wanted to eat the piece of bread they brought with my meal so bad, but I didn’t….. I took a picture of it with my cell phone and left it on the plate. I brought it home to feed to the dog and then I took a picture with my camera (that’s it at the top of this post). I did start my food log today I just have to figure out how I’m going to post it here. Well today has been another day doing it today and not tomorrow.

Discipline, it's all about discipline!

I’ve had the house to myself today. Jenny and Summer went shopping and Casey slept most of the day and he’s out with some of his friends tonight. I didn’t do to good eating today. It was a boring day and yes when you are bored you eat. I did do this though, I got up and went and walked a mile and half tonight at the track at the school. While I was there I saw and man I believe that is in the guard and his young son who was probably 6 or 7 years old. Our guard unit has been activated and are deploying to Afghanistan in a couple of months. The boy had on a t-shirt about the guard and had his hair cut just like his dads (high and tight). I was walking and went by them while they were stretching (yep his son was running with him) as I approached him he spoke to me and said it’s a nice night for a walk isn’t it? Here he is getting ready to run and he addressed his comments to meet my situation because it is obvious that how big I am I’m not going to run. I thought that was nice of him. Then I couldn’t help but think about what must be going through his mind preparing to deploy. I wondered if it was his first time to be away from his family, if he was struggling to meet the fitness requirements etc. This brought my thoughts back to my military days and how I got through so many things that I didn’t think I could and it really came down to the discipline thing. Doing what I knew I needed to do and not taking no for an answer and giving it everything I had. That is what I’ve got to do with this weight loss thing……. give it everything I have! To help me with the eating part I have decided to do a food log every day and track the calories and make up a page and post it on here starting tomorrow and I plan to do the same with the exercise part starting in January. The fire is starting to build within me……I’m going to do this….today not tomorrow!

Week 3

Well week three is down and I did progress some this week I lost 3.5 pounds when I weighed in this week I weighed 277.5, I was 293 when I started this and there was actually a time I got up to 297 before I started this time. Still haven’t been able to walk, time issues with work….. long hours and I’m supposed to be retired! Then Summer’s cheering so I try and make the games with her and that takes up a lot of time. She is 18 now and a senior so I don’t get to see her or spend much time with her anymore so any opportunity I can I try to take advantage of it. My short term goal now is to make it through the holidays without gaining any weight from the 277.5. I was hoping to break the 270 mark in the first month, but it has been tough with the holidays and my busy work schedule. I hope to get all that under control after the holidays. I’m doing pretty good on the eating though, had a work trip yesterday and when we stopped and ate I had a grilled salmon salad and let me tell you it is hard to not to eat that steak or barbeque ribs and even harder when my work is paying! I’m going to do this I know I am. I hope to get to write more often and document some of the challenges and victories as they occur. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas tomorrow.

Week Two

Well week two is down. Not much to report this week I actually gained one pound back. I ate good only bad one time and that was when my family on my dad’s side got together for Christmas this past Saturday night. I had one good eating experience I guess you could say and that was one day went to one of my favorite local restaurants and they have all that good fired food from okra to chicken, but I didn’t give in I had baked chicken and vegetables. I didn’t walk any last week, just a real crazy week with work and all and also some family stuff I’m dealing with and the weather was crazy also thunderstorms one day then sleet and snow two days later. I missed tonight also, I’ve got to get back into it this week and I haven’t been drinking the water like I did the first week. My life is just so crazy busy with really nothing, I’ve got to make some adjustments and make this the number one priority. I still hope to do some daily updates soon, because I know some experiences are getting lost in the crazy hustle pace that I’m living.

Week One

Week one is over and I lost 13 pounds! I had planned to write daily and keep up with what has went on but this last weeks was a blur so much going on at work so much with the family so I will try and recall some of the moments that stick out. I did walk everyday Monday through Friday. I put my shoes in the car and everyday home from work I stopped by the track at the school and walked. I just made it a part of my day, there were a couple of days were I didn’t get by there till almost 9 o’clock and man it was cold last week most nights it was in the high 20s. One night I tried to run and I could just feel the heavy weight on my ankles, it made me realize that there is work to be done before we can get back into the running thing, lots of work in the weight loss area. One night I was walking and the urge stop just came up on me, my legs have hurt some but this time they weren’t hurting, just the urge to stop came on me and I asked myself do you really want to stop and I was like no I want to do this and I started thinking about all the gains from doing this and I put that urge out of my mind. That reminded me that a large majority of this will be mental and I have got to be mentally prepared for it. Discipline is also going to be a big part like I said I put my shoes in the car and scheduled the walks as part of my days. My eating was Ok I guess you could say I ate a good bit of fruit and ate mostly eggs or egg sandwiches for breakfast and Tuna sandwiches for lunch and the baked or grilled chicken and fish for supper. There were a few days I had to eat out or because I was traveling so I ordered a salad, I admit one day I did eat two pieces of pizza off the buffet, but I choose cheese thin crust and didn’t get that big ole meat lovers pan that I wanted. One night I went to sonic and I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich and a diet coke the guy I was with ordered one of the numbered meals and when they brought it was one of those foot long chili dogs! That’s my favorite, I told the lady hey we didn’t order a chili dog and he said heck yea we did! Man I wanted it bad! So then I got finished with work and did my walk and when I got home my daughter wanted me to carry her to town and get something and guess where she wanted to go, yep sonic! And of course the whole family wanted something, but I was strong and didn’t get anything. I still dream about that chili dog! Well time to go for today, maybe next week I will get to write more daily….remember it’s today and not tomorrow.

Day One

Well today was day one I guess you could say, because yesterday was pretty much getting motivated for this and deciding it was time to start. Before I get into today here’s a little bit of information about why I’m going to do this. We had Thanksgiving supper at in-laws on Thursday and after we ate I went upstairs to see if there was a ball game on TV and one of my wife’s cousin’s kids followed me upstairs. I think she is around five years old, anyway we were setting there and she said “what’s in your stomach? All I could think of to say was there is a lot of food in there and laugh. She smiled and left, then all I could think about was how honest kids are and how large my stomach must look to a five year old. So anyway that’s going to be my little story/motivator that I’m going to use to kick this thing off. Now about today, I had a good plan last night when I went to bed and the day went totally opposite of what I had planned. Here is what I planned. I was going to get up and go for a walk at five thirty and then come home and eat two scrambled eggs and some toast and have a glass of 2 percent milk. Then go into work thirty minutes early and get ahead on everything. I was going to have two tuna sandwiches for lunch and then some baked fish for supper tonight. Well here is how the day went I woke up late, was hurrying to get ready only to find out I was last in line for the bathroom and when it was my turn no hot water, so while I was waiting on that I made my two tuna sandwiches for lunch and toasted me two extra pieces of bread for breakfast. Well I got ready went out to crank the car and it wouldn’t crank, so I had to jump it off and then in all the confusion forgot to eat my toast. On the way to work I was tempted to stop by Jacks and get two sausage biscuits, but I didn’t, I showed up at work thirty minutes late (lucky I’m the boss hunh?) Well everyone has a boss right, yep my boss was waiting on me, and he needed me to take a trip with him and said he would be right back for us to leave. I was tempted to go get some cookies and a coke, but I got one of the guys to scramble me a couple of eggs and get me two pieces of toast while I was getting everything else started at work. So I stuck with my breakfast plan pretty much. We left and I left my two tuna sandwiches in the fridge at work. One of the perks when going on the trips is work pays for lunch. The boss wanted to stop at Logan’s Roadhouse and eat. Man I love their ribs and their rolls I could eat half a dozen easy! But I didn’t eat one and I had a grilled chicken salad. The boss and the other two guys wanted to know if I was sick. J I told them the story about the little girl and everyone had a good laugh. We didn’t get back into town till around six thirty and I was starving to death. I still hadn’t got my walk in though so I stopped by the school track on my way home and walked a mile it took me twenty-two minutes, but hey I did it! When I got home I ate one of the tuna sandwiches and about eight ounces of leftover turkey and ha d medium sized baked potato. So to sum today up it was full of curves, but I hung in there and made it through and that is what I’ve got to do is take each day and make it count.

An added bonus today was last week I ordered me a new pair of running/walking shoes and they came in today. I ordered them on one of those spur of the moments when I said I’ve got to do this and I bet if I had a new pair of shoes I could, well hey I started this before the shoes came in, but they will be nice to have. What will tomorrow bring?