Just generally not a great day. Woke up feeling like crap, so decided to call in sick for work. By the later afternoon I was feeling a bit better so I went to the gym to run, which would have been good. However I decided I needed a pick-me-up after that though and ended up at 5 guys for dinner. All in all, the day could have gone better from both a health and a diet stand point.
Food today: a peanut butter sandwich for lunch (500 calories), and a burger and large fry at 5 guys for dinner (2500 calories total probably). Exercise was 1 hour on the treadmill (814 calories).
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 3000
Exercise: 814
Points Earned: 814
Total Points Earned: 136177
Points to go: 63823
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Day 70
Well as the day has worn on I'm feeling and sounding a lot better than I was yesterday. After a mediocre night last night I decided to actually use a sick day today. As such I got to sleep in, then read for a while and otherwise keep myself rested and hydrated for the day. I'm definitely feeling better, even if I didn't get to go to the gym quite yet.
Today was also a day where I was dealing with some temptations to stray off the diet. I only had an egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast (at about noon), so as the afternoon wore on I started getting hungry. The dangerous part was that I didn't notice it happening initially, I just knew that I wanted junk food to satisfy a craving. In the end I compromised with myself. I went to the supermarket and bought myself a bag of chips and the fixings for a steak and cheese sandwich. I did probably have a few too many chips for the evening, but the sandwich was really tasty. Since the alternative was a trip to get fast food, or possibly a worse offense, I'm reasonably satisfied.
I've done so well on this diet during the first two months that I think this past week has felt tougher than it needed to be. Erin pointed out as well that we both tend to be tougher on ourselves with these sorts of thing than we really need to be. I'm trying to take that advice to heart. One week with a lack of exercise and slightly increased calories isn't going to kill the diet, as long as I don't give up myself.
Food today: egg and cheese sandwich (300 calories), steak and cheese sandwich with potato chips (1500 calories...I really did eat too many chips). No exercise on the day.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 1800
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 1200
Total Points Earned: 89506
Points to go: 110494
Today was also a day where I was dealing with some temptations to stray off the diet. I only had an egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast (at about noon), so as the afternoon wore on I started getting hungry. The dangerous part was that I didn't notice it happening initially, I just knew that I wanted junk food to satisfy a craving. In the end I compromised with myself. I went to the supermarket and bought myself a bag of chips and the fixings for a steak and cheese sandwich. I did probably have a few too many chips for the evening, but the sandwich was really tasty. Since the alternative was a trip to get fast food, or possibly a worse offense, I'm reasonably satisfied.
I've done so well on this diet during the first two months that I think this past week has felt tougher than it needed to be. Erin pointed out as well that we both tend to be tougher on ourselves with these sorts of thing than we really need to be. I'm trying to take that advice to heart. One week with a lack of exercise and slightly increased calories isn't going to kill the diet, as long as I don't give up myself.
Food today: egg and cheese sandwich (300 calories), steak and cheese sandwich with potato chips (1500 calories...I really did eat too many chips). No exercise on the day.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 1800
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 1200
Total Points Earned: 89506
Points to go: 110494
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Day 69
This cold just won't die. I had to leave early from work today because of it. So the lack of exercise, plus eating a little more food than I should is making this past week extremely unproductive. I had hoped to reach 100K before the end of next week, but that's looking unlikely at the moment.
So now we get a chance to look at one of the big questions of any diet. How do you get back on track after something knocks you off. Had it just been Christmas it probably wouldn't have been a problem, I would have been at the gym or running outside and keeping the calories down a bit. The combination of both illness and Christmas has meant that I'm getting out of the habit of the diet, and that's what is the most dangerous. I'm feeling a bit better with the extra rest today, so tomorrow the plan is to hit the gym again. In addition I'll need to do a better job controlling the diet. If I can't get back on track in the next few days though, I'm running the risk of falling off altogether.
Food today: egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast (300 calories), PB&J for lunch (600 calories), penne, sauce and garlic toast for dinner (1000 calories), and various snacks including some cookies and popcorn (200 calories). No exercise again.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 2100
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 900
Total Points Earned: 88306
Points to go: 111694
So now we get a chance to look at one of the big questions of any diet. How do you get back on track after something knocks you off. Had it just been Christmas it probably wouldn't have been a problem, I would have been at the gym or running outside and keeping the calories down a bit. The combination of both illness and Christmas has meant that I'm getting out of the habit of the diet, and that's what is the most dangerous. I'm feeling a bit better with the extra rest today, so tomorrow the plan is to hit the gym again. In addition I'll need to do a better job controlling the diet. If I can't get back on track in the next few days though, I'm running the risk of falling off altogether.
Food today: egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast (300 calories), PB&J for lunch (600 calories), penne, sauce and garlic toast for dinner (1000 calories), and various snacks including some cookies and popcorn (200 calories). No exercise again.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 2100
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 900
Total Points Earned: 88306
Points to go: 111694
Day 68
Yesterday wasn't a good day for the diet, but it wasn't really a bad day either. In retrospect I could probably have eaten a little bit lighter on the day, particularly since I once again was unable to exercise. However, as it's obvious I'm way ahead of schedule on the diet I can afford a week of mediocre scoring thanks to the combination of Christmas and sickness.
Food yesterday was: two eggs and a piece of dry toast for breakfast (300 calories), a smaller portion of fish and chips while out at lunch with friends (1000 calories) and pasta, sauce and garlic toast for dinner (1000 calories). No exercise again, though luckily I was little more active.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 2300
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 700
Total Points Earned: 87406
Points to go: 112594
Food yesterday was: two eggs and a piece of dry toast for breakfast (300 calories), a smaller portion of fish and chips while out at lunch with friends (1000 calories) and pasta, sauce and garlic toast for dinner (1000 calories). No exercise again, though luckily I was little more active.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 2300
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 700
Total Points Earned: 87406
Points to go: 112594
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Day 67
So this cold is definitely making this diet plan more complicated. I had planned to exercise on Friday and Saturday at the very least, with a walk in the park today. This was because I expected to eat a little too much junk food between yesterday and today. Unfortunately, the cold kept me primarily inside and away from the gym.
I have a feeling that getting a cold during a more routine period of the calender wouldn't be so bad. I'd probably spend a lot of time in bed, and wouldn't get to the gym, but I also wouldn't eat a lot. Unfortunately that didn't work out for me this weekend for obvious reasons.
Today's food: breakfast was peanut butter and toast with milk (700 calories), there wasn't a lunch since dinner was expected to be early, dinner was pork with noodles, peas and bread (1000 calories). Unfortunately snacks included a couple handfuls of chips, as well as a piece of Boston creme pie with some ice cream (totalled to 700 calories).
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 2400
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 600
Total Points Earned: 86706
Points to go: 113294
I have a feeling that getting a cold during a more routine period of the calender wouldn't be so bad. I'd probably spend a lot of time in bed, and wouldn't get to the gym, but I also wouldn't eat a lot. Unfortunately that didn't work out for me this weekend for obvious reasons.
Today's food: breakfast was peanut butter and toast with milk (700 calories), there wasn't a lunch since dinner was expected to be early, dinner was pork with noodles, peas and bread (1000 calories). Unfortunately snacks included a couple handfuls of chips, as well as a piece of Boston creme pie with some ice cream (totalled to 700 calories).
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 2400
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 600
Total Points Earned: 86706
Points to go: 113294
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Day 66
Hey it's Christmas Eve! This was definitely on my calender as one of the days I was looking forward to for validation on my diet. For my family, this is a reasonably big function with 20 or so people all getting together. Also I haven't seen these folks in a month so they're getting the full month's worth of change. The best part of the night was getting multiple compliments from people, combined with the more generic, "wow, you're doing so well on the diet." The second best part of the night was the grilled swordfish.
Food today: I'm still sick, so I slept in again. Lunch ended up being a couple pieces of toast with peanut butter and a glass of milk (700 calories). Dinner ended up pretty much just being several pieces of swordfish, with an IBC root beer (combined total was about 800 calories). Dessert was 4 Christmas cookies (400 calories). Probably should have been less cookies, but they were very good. No exercise again today due to the cold.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 1900
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 1100
Total Points Earned: 86106
Points to go: 113894
Food today: I'm still sick, so I slept in again. Lunch ended up being a couple pieces of toast with peanut butter and a glass of milk (700 calories). Dinner ended up pretty much just being several pieces of swordfish, with an IBC root beer (combined total was about 800 calories). Dessert was 4 Christmas cookies (400 calories). Probably should have been less cookies, but they were very good. No exercise again today due to the cold.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 1900
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 1100
Total Points Earned: 86106
Points to go: 113894
Day 65
So I'm not sure if hitting a lower calorie total for a day really counts if I spent the entire day sick in bed. Never the less, I did at least keep the total calories for the day under 2000 despite having a birthday dinner involving steak, fries, and extremely buttery bread. Unfortunately the cold is keeping me from exercising for at least two or three days.
Food today (really yesterday): a slice of toast with some peanut butter and a glass of milk (300 calories), and dinner at Texas Roadhouse, where at the very least I ate too much bread, (1600 calories). No exercise, and no snacks for the day.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 1900
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 1100
Total Points Earned: 85006
Points to go: 114994
Food today (really yesterday): a slice of toast with some peanut butter and a glass of milk (300 calories), and dinner at Texas Roadhouse, where at the very least I ate too much bread, (1600 calories). No exercise, and no snacks for the day.
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 1900
Exercise: 0
Points Earned: 1100
Total Points Earned: 85006
Points to go: 114994
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