T - 88 - Mean Green Machine

Its been a productive day.  Had a good breakfast, signed up for myfitnesspal to track my calorie intake, and worked out in the evening.  I also did some research online to get some meal ideas.  Out of all the things I did today, I'm the most proud about dinner.  Not only did we endup eating at home, but we had freshly made juice.  Not just any juice, it was green juice.  Oh yeah, the good (aka yukky) stuff.  I feel like hulk.  I wasn't as hungry as I normally am after a workout.  Maybe it was the fact that I didn't cardio.  Whatever it was, it helped break the eathing out streak.

I feel like I'm back on the wagon, after not working out for 3 days.  The workout was great.  Spent all the time on weights.  Upperbody mostly.  I'm fairly certain I over did it.  So I know I'll be sore for the next couple of days, I just hope it doesn't throw me of the wagon again.  Well, tomorrow is another day.  I'm planning to go to sleep early tonight, meaning now.  It earlier than usual, so that's a good start I guess.

Taking Control

I've decided to take full control of my calorie intake, and by that I mean knowing exactly how much calories I eat per day, and where it came from.  So far I've been just eating what I want, as long it seemed healthy.  I didn't count calories, carbs, fat etc.  Its only been a week or so and I've lost 4 lbs following this method, but I know sooner or later I'll need to start paying more attention to the counters mentioned above. 

So, I signed up for My Fitness Pal, after hearing good reviews about it.  I went back and entered what I ate since I started dieting and was shocked to see the numbers.  Even though I've been trying to eat 'healthy' and my calorie count is under what my goal is, my carb and fat intake was huge.  Almost 80% of my calories are either carbs or fat.  I'm sure most of it was the bad kind too.  Protein only makes up about 20% of my diet.  I had no idea it was that bad. 

If the numbers are this bad when I'm eating healthy, how bad was it when I was eating like a pig.  I don't even want to know.  The past is in the past, and now its time to take control of the present and change the future.  Who is with me?

T - 89 - Yet Another Night

I had promised yesterday that I was going to workout today morning to make up for skipping the workout. Well, I couldn't wake up early like I had wanted, but I did mange to workout once I was up. Same routine, 60 minutes of cardio. I haven't lifted weights in a while now, so tomorrow I plan to dedicate more time to it.

I'm sure you are used to hearing me complain about eating out every night by now, so I know it won't come as a surprise when I tell that tonight was no different. It was Chipotle night once again. This time was a little better though. I had a chicken burrito bowl with a little bit of brown rice, fajita veggies, black beans, and hot sauce. Not too bad, I think. Though next time I should ask them to put the hot sauce on the side.

T - 90 - Opposite of Exercise

I'm afraid my fears of falling off the wagon after the long weekend maybe coming true. I was supposed to workout today, but that did not happen.  Now that's 3 days in a row without having worked out.  I don't feel too guilty about not working on Sunday and Monday, because I did a lot of house maintenance work.  However, today, it was just pure laziness.

Came home and decided to go to California Pizza Kitchen for dinner, instead of working out.  I know, the exact opposite of what I should have been doing.  I almost didn't want to write this post tonight, because I was feeling so guilty, but I had to do it.  I didn't want one bad behavior to influence another.  It was a mistake and now I have to own up to it.

T - 91 - Long Weekend Recap

I know, I know.  I'm a day late on this update.  I went to pickup my wife from the airport last at night, and completely forgot to blog once I got back.  Oops!  I'll have to start keeping a reminder for this on the weekends.  Besides, I didn't do all that great with the goals yesterday, so that was probably another reason why I "forgot" to post the update.  Shame on me!

In any case. the dreaded long weekend is over.  I can't say I got through it unscathed, but I did better than expected.  If you read my previous, 'The Dreaded Long Weekend' post, you know I came up with a plan for each day of the weekend.  Let's she how I did.

T - 92 - Down 4 lbs!

I started the blog this time last week, and this has been the longest week I can remember in a long long while. When I started this, the goal was to loose 2.5lbs a week. Aggressive goal, I know, but I think it's doable. So far I've lost 4lbs, and that's with eating out 3 nights last week.

Now, I know there is no way I can keep up this rate of weight loss. Sooner or later it will slow down and plateau. I've got a couple of ideas on how to fix that problem when it happens.  I'll fill you in on that in a later post, but for now, I'm feeling pretty freaking awesome.