So far I have been paying attention to portion sizes, and not trying to cut down quantities, really, but cutting out a few small things here and there (like candy, pretty much entirely. According to the suggested POINTS goal, I’m doing well and coming in under the suggested amount. One day was well under the daily (41 points), and the other day was over the daily amount, but uses less than 1/7th of the weekly overflow (35 extra/week). ...
First day of exercising in the morning. Nothing too exciting… this morning’s workout took roughly 10 minutes and consisted of: 3 stretches, 4 mini-crunches, 5 leg lifts, 3 mini-push-ups, jogging in place for 160(x2) steps, and 7 jumping jacks. This was “Level 2” on the fitness scale (see previous post for link to _The Hacker’s Diet_ chapter: “What, Me Exercise?”). It was pretty easy to complete, but I spent the next half-hour coughing up something from my chest, so I’m perfectly willing to follow Walker’s advice and stay at this “level” for a week before turning it up a notch. ...
It’s January, and I’m a little late for “resolutions”, but I’d like to go through part of the exercise anyway. That is, I want to take the opportunity to examine myself and decide what I would like to change about myself. Whether I follow through and end up in a better place next year is not yet certain, but at least I’ll have a record. I’m now at 290, the heaviest I think I’ve been in my life. I haven’t exercised more than a few minutes total since May or June. I usually eat what I pick up at restaurants (both lunch and dinner). I’m not really “stress eating” per se, but I so far haven’t taken the time to make food for myself, and my crappy commute makes it even harder to make and execute a meal plan. ...
Exercise log for January Sun 1/27: weight 290, DDR 30 min, food 38.5 POINTS Mon 1/28: fitness ladder 2, 10 min Tue 1/29: weight 287.8, fitness ladder 2, 10 min Wed 1/30: Thu 1/31:
This morning I weighed 283.0.
I gained back what I lost earlier this year. I’m now at
Exercise log for May Tue 5/1: Wed 5/2: Thu 5/3: Fri 5/4: Sat 5/5: Sun 5/6: DDR 30 min, weight 269.8 Mon 5/7: DDR 45 min, weight 273.2 Tue 5/8: Wed 5/9: Thu 5/10: Fri 5/11: DDR 30 min Sat 5/12: Sun 5/13: Mon 5/14: Tue 5/15: Wed 5/16: Thu 5/17: Fri 5/18: DDR 30 min Sat 5/19: Sun 5/20: Mon 5/21: Tue 5/22: Wed 5/23: DDR 30 min Thu 5/24: Fri 5/25: Sat 5/26: Sun 5/27: Mon 5/28: Tue 5/29: Wed 5/30: Thu 5/31:
Exercise log for April Sun 4/1: Mon 4/2: Tue 4/3: Wed 4/4: Thu 4/5: Fri 4/6: Sat 4/7: Sun 4/8: Mon 4/9: Tue 4/10: Wed 4/11: Thu 4/12: Fri 4/13: Sat 4/14: Sun 4/15: Mon 4/16: Tue 4/17: Wed 4/18: Thu 4/19: Fri 4/20: Sat 4/21: Sun 4/22: Mon 4/23: weight 270.8 Tue 4/24: DDR, 20 min Wed 4/25: DDR, 15 min Thu 4/26: Fri 4/27: Sat 4/28: DDR, 20 min Sun 4/29: Mon 4/30:
Exercise log for March Thu 3/1: weight 260.6 Fri 3/2: weight 260.2 Sat 3/3: weight Sun 3/4: weight 260.8 Mon 3/5: weight 260.2 Tue 3/6: weight 259.8 Wed 3/7: weight 258.8 Thu 3/8: Fri 3/9: weight 259.0 Sat 3/10: weight 259.6 Sun 3/11: weight 261.2 Mon 3/12: weight 259.2 Tue 3/13: weight 259.2 Wed 3/14: weight 258.8 Thu 3/15: weight 259.4 Fri 3/16: Sat 3/17: Sun 3/18: Mon 3/19: Tue 3/20: Wed 3/21: Thu 3/22: Fri 3/23: Sat 3/24: Sun 3/25: Mon 3/26: Tue 3/27: Wed 3/28: Thu 3/29: Fri 3/30: Sat 3/31:
Exercise log for February Thu 2/1: Fri 2/2: Sat 2/3: Sun 2/4: Mon 2/5: weight 276.2 raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, cream (fresh choice) salad, dressing, eggs, veggies, tofu, iced tea/lemonade veggies, hummus chunky chicken soup, 1/2 chicken breast Tue 2/6: Coffee, sugar, creamer oriental chicken salad, 2 chicken wings, veggies, hummus, salami, cheese, iced tea, 2 splenda won ton soup (about 2C), 1/2 egg roll, Vitamin Water, 1 cookie (and when I say “1 cookie” I mean a cookie-sized bit of cookie dough :) Wed 2/7: Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, half&half (Indian) 1 plate (about 2C) of meat/sauce dishes (no rice), 1/4 nan bread, rice pudding, golub jamun Tortilla soup (about 1.5C), beef jerky Thu 2/8: Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, half&half Rest of Tuesday’s chicken salad, 2 chicken wings, veggies, hummus, salami, cheese, iced tea, 1 splenda Can of soup, 1 “cookie”, olives Fri 2/9: weight 271.6 Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, half&half (tk noodle) Won ton soup, taro cake Can of soup, dash of curry powder, bread, margarine Sat 2/10: weight 270.2 1C malt o meal, 2 eggs Chicken patty, mayo/soy dipping sauce, 1/2 ham sandwich, olives Soup, bread Sun 2/11: weight 269.8 (mc d) 2 mini-sausage burritos, coffee, cream, splenda 1/2 tuna sandwich, soup, iced tea, 1 splenda Chicken patty, mayo/soy dipping sauce, broccoli Mon 2/12: Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, half&half (Kapp’s) Half of steak sandwich, cottage cheese, iced tea Tortilla soup, 1 “cookie” Tue 2/13: weight 268.2 Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda, milk (kabob place) adana wrap (minced beef&lamb, lettuce, tomato, wrap), iced tea Wed 2/14: Bagel, cream cheese (quizno’s) sm turkey ranch swiss, iced tea Pork chop, polenta, sauce, asparagus, mayo, iced tea, 2 splenda Thu 2/15: weight 266.8 Coffee Pork bits, polenta bits, veggies, ranch, hummus Salad, noodle mix, steak bits, iced tea, 1 splenda Fri 2/16: weight 266.2 Raisin bran, milk, coffee, 2 splenda (quizno’s) Sm turkey sandwich, diet coke, cookie 3 lg shrimp, breaded/fried, bowl of soup, rice. Sat 2/17: weight 265.8, bike 10-15 min (mc d) 2 sausage burritos tuna sandwich, iced tea, 1 splenda (party) bread, spinach dip, 3 cookies, coffee, cream, tortellini, cream sauce, broccoli, mayo, ice cream, more coffee Sun 2/18: 2 eggs, cheese, 2 aussie bites chicken/veg soup, bread (herbivore) falafel wrap, ginger ale, sm. cheesecake, coffee Mon 2/19: weight 265.2 Half bagel, cream cheese, 2 eggs, cheese, milk, 1 aussie bites Ham sandwich? Leftover pork, polenta, some chocolate Tue 2/20: 266.2 Coffee, n/d creamer, 2 splenda, raisin bran, milk Soup, pork bun, tea, 1 splenda Soup, salad, tea, 1 splenda, ham, cheese, olives Wed 2/21: weight 265.2 Food? Thu 2/22: weight 263.4 Food? Fri 2/23: weight 262.6 Raisin bran, coffee cake (bbq) 2 steak tacos, chips, avocado dip, hummus (kfc) pot pie, iced tea Sat 2/24: weight 262.0 (Dim sum) Uh, various kinds. About a plate of food, I think. Coffee, 2 splenda, creamer. Chicken noodle soup, left-over potato skin with cheese, iced tea, 1 splenda. Sun 2/25: weight 260.2 4 eggs, 2 sm tortillas, coffee, creamer, 2 splenda … Mon 2/26: weight 260.8 Tue 2/27: weight 261.4 Wed 2/28: weight 259.8