day5

I've been able to eat healthy here and there but never more than a week straight over the past 2 years. Skipping breakfasts and not packing a lunch has caused me to stop at some fast food places to get a quick bite to eat. It's hard to drive past a Chik Fil A or Taco Bell when you're hungry. Andy Nelson's is my favorite followed by Pasta Mista. Can't forget BOP or H&M's. Many a time I've realized my eating was out of control, so I would tell myself I could eat one last really good meal before I started a diet. I would order a huge meal usually the least healthy thing on the menu and swallow everything down in 5 minutes. My stomuch would tell me I was totally full yet I would still eat because the food was yummy and made me happy. I think I tried this like a hunded times. My goal is to eat better size portions of natural foods. I don't want to be embarassed to take my shirt off any more. I want to be in the same shape I used to be in when I met Lauren. I'm feeling pretty motivated this time around. I weighed 218.5 at the gym today.

Breakfast

• Egg Beaters cooked in a drop of Olive Oil
• Carrot Juice
• Orange Juice
• Kashi granola bar
• Coffee w/ little cream
  

Lunch

• Grilled chicken, spinach, and dijon mustard in a flour tortilla
• Dried apricots
• Blackberries
• Fage yogurt
• Grape tomatoes

Dinner:

• Protein shake
• Chicken and Lasagna Lean Cuisine
• Black tea w/ honey

Gym:

• 45 minutes on the elliptical
• 10 minutes on the rowing machine
• 20 pull ups, 20 chin ups, 20 dips
• 20 sit ups, 20 crunches, 20 leg kicks
• 20 push ups
  

day4

219.1

Breakfast:

• Kashi cereal
• Wasa crispbread with guacamole
• carrot juice
• 2 cups of coffee

Lunch

• Prunes
• Grape tomatoes
• Fage nonfat yogurt
• Chicken and spinach wrap
• Apple slices

Dinner:

• Steamed shrimp
• one drink
• protein shake

Gym

• 45 minutes on elliptical
• 20 pull ups, 20 chin ups, 20 dips
• 20 sit ups, 20 crunches, 20 leg kicks
• 20 push ups
  

day3

What a yucky day. I can't wait till it's nice outside so I can ride my bike and kayak. Until then, I did the following at the gym:

• 45 minutes on the elliptical
• 20 situps, 20 crunches, 20 leg-ab kicks
• 20 pullups, 20 chinups, 20 dips (50% weight)

Breakfast:

• Egg Beaters
• Bowl of Kashi Cereal with skim milk
• Large Dunkin Donuts coffee with a liittle cream and little sugar

Lunch:

• Grilled chicken and spinach in a Habanero tortilla
• Fage nonfat yogurt
• Sliced apples
• Dried apricots
• low-sodium V8

Dinner:

• Protein shake
• Meatloaf and mashed potatoes Lean Cuisine
• Green Tea

My goal is to weigh 200 pounds. I clocked in at 219.6 before my workout and 221.0 after my workout. I've had trouble sticking to a healthy eating and exercise program. That's why I'm writing this blog, the thought that my daily decisions are public might force me to make better decisions.

day2

This blog is not intended to be read by others. Who would want to read about what I'm eating? Everybody has their vices, some smoke, some drink, some shop, but for me it's been food. It's a tough addiction because you must eat something to survive. You can quit smoking cold turkey but you can't quit eating cold turkey. (mmmm turkey) Anyways, had to be at work at 3am today so I had non fat Greek yogurt, blackberries, granola bar, and some apple slices for breakfast. For lunch I had a chicken and spinach wrap and some grape tomatoes. I had a protein shake and a Wasa wheat crisp bread with a dab of guacamole after the gym. For dinner I'm having a herb roasted chicken Lean Cuisine. At the gym, I ellipticalled for 45 minutes and did some bench press not to mention the pullups and situps I do every time I go. Weighed 219.1 on the gyms scale.

start

Here's a blog, I'm using as a food and exercise journal. Yesterday I went to the gym and weighed in at a whopping 223 pounds, that's before my sisters birthday dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.
Today I had a bowl of Kashi cereal for breakfast. Two cups of coffee throughout the day. Lunch was rushed. I only ate some almonds, v8 low sodium, some dried apricots, a banana, and a Kashi granola bar. For dinner I had a Trader Joe's Chicken Vindaloo. I put in 45 minutes on the elliptical today at the gym. Weighed in at 220, probably should have drank some more water. I've got a little cold and the Nyquil is starting to kick in, Goodnight.