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Day 338: Friday Filthiness!

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This is a dirty blog.

(Wait, no it isn’t!)

Who am I? Why am I here?

(I’ve lost my mind… grad school does that to a person.)

Breakfast: So I don’t have classes or work on Friday and Megan had some stuff to do on campus, so we decided to go to Jim and Milt’s for some celebratory breakfast (celebratory meaning we are glad to be alive.) Anyways, I had the cheap special of wheat toast, two eggs over easy and three strips of bacon. I tried to put hot sauce and even ketchup on the grits to try to like it but they just weren’t doing it for me so I didn’t eat them. I was a pretty good breakfast, but I knew the bacon wasn’t the best for me when I got the bacon sweats later that morning (thank goodness there weren’t a pack of dogs or starving freshmen who have only eaten ramen so far to trace my scent.)

 

Lunch: I wasn’t starving by lunch time since breakfast was so epic, so I made myself a spinach salad with some turkey slices, a hard boiled egg, a little EVOO, balsamic vinegar and a little cheese. I also had an orange. It was a light, but super filling lunch.

SAWS!!! This afternoon, I went and played racquetball with my friend Jonathan. He and his wife Mary just moved to Tallahassee for grad school and one of the first conversations was about racquetball so it was a match made is SAWS Heaven. Anyways, we played six intense games and I was pooped. It so felt awesome to workout and to sweat out the stress from the week. SAWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Post Workout Snack: After racquetball, I was flippin’ starving so I came home and made a wafflewich of awesomeness. It had been a while since I’d had one so it was deliciously awesome to be reunited and it taste so good. Boom. Delicious.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: We had some leftover spaghetti (oh yeah… we had spaghetti last night, which you would have know about if I didn’t suck and not blog yesterday. Sorry I stuff at suck at stuff.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dessert: So we were going to see Kung Fu Panda 2 tonight with some people but that got nixed and we eventually ended up at Yogurt Mountain (via Panera Bread to which I had coffee.) Anyways, our friends Jonathan, Mary, Jacob, Daniel and Leah all went to Yogurt Mountain for some froyo magic. I had some cookie n’ cream, with some pralines froyo. I had some pretty awesome toppings too. Legit.

So today was pretty awesome. The lunch was good and the workout was better! Tomorrow is the first day of FSU football and I’m soooooo stoked. It’s going to rock. Full recap to follow. See ya tomorrow.

Day 335 Tuesday Grad School Stuff

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Has a day ever slapped you in the face? Today was like that and I’m pooped with a capital poo poo.

Breakfast: I had 8 points of grape nuts. Yumness.

Lunch: While I was working on homework (yes I already have homework) I had some lunch. I just had a turkey sandwich with some grapes. Hooray for a 3 points lunch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snacking: life was crazy between class and work so I had a clif bar and a Nature Valley pack. Not too shabby 8 points.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: I had 11 points of leftover chili. It was awesome as always. For dessert I had some Quaker chocolate rice snacks for 2 points.

So I got to about 32 points which isn’t bad at all. I am exhausted so my desire to work out is lacking. I’m going to have more time tomorrow so I’ll make up for it tomorrow. Wordless Wednesday. Huzzah. See you tomorrow.

Day 334: Grad School Craziness All Over Again

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It feels like the summer went on for eons…

Our noses are officially back to the grindstone… and my face has already been smoothed out. With the combination of my internship, classes, and my TA work (what I like to call: the trifecta of craptasticness) I’m trying to establish good habits now so I can succeed in both my school journey and my weight loss journey. I was a little overwhelmed today thinking about everything that is ahead this semester, but I keep telling myself to just take it one step at a time. Either way, I still feel blessed to even have an internship, a TA position and classes to go to so I want to make everything I do count. Game time.

Breakfast: (Do you like my awkward/constipated grad school game face? I thought you would.) This morning, I just had two servings of Nutty Nuggets which really got me through the day. I thick breakfast like that really stave’s off the 10:00 am hunger pains. 8 points.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch: This year, I’m going to have to bring my lunch the majority of the time so that will help with my lunch options. This will mean lower point and healthier lunch options. I had a turkey sandwich on this awesome Publix brand shredded wheat multigrain bread. I had carrots, but I was in a Bugs Bunny mood so I had my grapes and my Clif Bar. 7 point lunch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snacking: When I got home, I snacked like stoner. I had baked cheetos with ketchup and pretzels with mustard. Yes, I’m a weirdo. 7 points of random snacking.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Dinner: For dinner I made some Uncle Jim’s Vegetarian Chili with brown rice. It made my day. Some meals just makes life better and that’s one of them. I only ate one serving and I was stuffed. 9 points of hearty goodness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dessert: There was a dollar of froyo at TCBY so we went over there for a study break (yes, we already have homework.) I didn’t have much tonight and I felt fine after so that was good. About 4 points.

So today I got to 35 points which is high but it is what it is. I should have just cut out the cheetos which were 4 points but sometimes something like that just sounds good. I didn’t exercise which sucks so I’m going to rectify that. My schedule is bonkers so if I don’t make time for it, it’s not going to happen. Once I get in to a rhythm, life will be better. See ya tomorrow.

Day 333: Weigh In G Skillet!

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Why Hello!

I know I know, no post on Saturday? I’m such a jerk. You know you still love me… right (please don’t leave me. I’m needy.)

So this past week I really put a focus of kick starting good habits before life gets insane again and it has made a big difference. I’m in a better mind set of looking towards the future and how making the right choices now will benefit tomorrow. This week I lost 2.6 pounds! I am officially back in the 100 pounds club and that is where I’m going to stay! I am officially down 102.2 pounds at at 254.8 pounds. (254 is my old area code. Shout out to the Hilltop what what!) Tonight, my friend David said that I have almost lost him which really blew my mind away. I have almost lost an adult male. This is craziness. This week, I’m going to shoot for 252. I think if I keep my mind on a figure, it will help me make good decisions in the week. Game time yo’s!

Breakfast: One thing I have been doing is eating a big breakfast so I won’t be starving during the rest of the day. This morning was no exception. Last week, we finally used the waffle iron we got for our wedding so I decided to make some waffles this morning with bacon and eggs. It was pretty epic. I eventually turned it in to a sandwich and the Fotographing Fat Kid said “nom nom nom nom” (Translation: “it was good.”)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch: After church, we went to Momo’s with some friends for church. Like the last time we went, they set up a buffet (aka, two ginormous pizzas) for us. I held myself to two slices (which were the size of Roman city-states) of bacon and of pepperoni. It was pretty awesome. I wasn’t really hungry until about an hour ago.

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: For small group tonight, our friend Ana made an epic lasagna for everyone, but we had to go so we took a piece home. After the last bite, I realized I hadn’t taken a picture of it. Fail. Regardless, it was pretty awesome so thank you Ana. Anyways, I also made a salad for dinner with some spinach, a little cheese, turkey, and a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I can’t wait to try that again with a hard boiled egg which would be an omelet salad?

Dessert: I had a little (a scoop) slow churned chocolate chip cookie dough that’s half the fat of regular ice cream but with all the awesome taste.

So today I did alright and tomorrow I will be back in the throws of it so to speak. School starts tomorrow, so the temptation of grazing at home will be lessened which will be awesome. I’m also ready to start back up Insanity tomorrow. It should be epically awesome. See ya tomorrow.

Day 329: Why Hello Wordless Wednesday!

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Day 328: SAWSing Through Complacency

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What up yo!

If this is your first time on my blog, welcome and thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check out my facebook page as well for more of the silly things I say.

Breakfast: I knew that it was going to be a while before lunch so I decided to eat a good breakfast. I decided to have two servings of Back to Nature Cherry Pecan cereal. It was fantastic and really filling. It was 8 points and it held me over until lunch!

Lunch: After I got to work, I came home to an awesome lunch made by my awesome wife! She made a grilled turkey and cheese with some tomato soup. It was also fantastically awesome. Yumtastic and lunch with a cornbread muffin with some honey as a dessert was 8 points.

Snacks: I had a Clif Bar (which I am in love with) and I also had 2 points of almonds. It was a great afternoon snack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: We have a bunch of leftovers left… over of bean soup so we had that for dinner with a few cornbread muffins. It was as good as usual. Loved it. 10 points.

SAWS!!!! Today, I was not feeling it. I was just hit hard with being tired of my weight loss journey. When you have to keep being “on” all the time it just gets hard. Last week I boasted that I wasn’t panting during Insanity, and I realized that it wasn’t because I am some workout beast, it’s because I haven’t been working as hard as I should. Today, I laid it all on the table and boy did it pay of. By the end of the warm up, I was sweating out of every orifice and during the rough parts I was praying for death. I was finally doing Insanity the way I should be. I used to think that if I didn’t wake up sore after a workout I wasn’t working hard enough and somewhere I’ve lost sight of that. I am now back in that mindset and it feels like I’m really accomplishing something. It feels good to be back on the SAWS Wagon once again. 9 exercise points.

Snack: Immediately after Insanity, Megan made us some smoothies with a banana and strawberries. Pretty awesome stuff. 3 points.

Snack: When we were watching the King’s Speech (which I loved!) I had a yogurt ice cream blend of chocolate chip cookie dough. It was the perfect movie snack 3 points. 

So today I got to 43 points which is a lot but with the exercise points and my quest to eat my weekly points as well means I’m okay. Wordless Wednesday. Get stoked. See ya tomorrow.

 

Day 327: Monday Wagon Riding

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Luckily, I started writing this during halftime of Monday Night Football. A man has his priorities.

Today was just a crazy day of craziness which usually entails a lot of snacking and binge eating. I was able to hold my ground today to maintain the momentum from last night. It was good to reexamine where I am in my weight loss journey. My struggle with food will always be there. It’s not like smoking where there is a patch to ease you off (what would a weight loss patch have in it? Olive oil? Splenda? Some of Jenny Craig’s Tears? Hmmmm) and eventually you are done with it. Eating is something you have to do everyday to survive so it’s an issue you face every meal. I’m not saying that if I stopped counting I would go off the deep end and end back up where I started, but that’s because I have this community that wouldn’t let me, but you can look back in my posts and the weigh in that week directly correlates with how I did with food and exercise that week. So anyways, today was a struggle emotionally, but I didn’t let my emotions bleed in to my eating habits, because gorging myself with food to feel good is no longer apart of me. The old me’s dead and gone… dead and gone. (TI is legit.)

Alright, where was I…

Breakfast: So this morning was a bit nutzo, but I was still able to have an awesome breakfast. I made a pb and banana toast sandwich with bread from Publix that doesn’t have an expiration date on it. (The mold growing inside the bag looked up at me and said it was okay to eat.) Breakfast was a filling and delicious 4 points.

Lunch? I had to run errands during a lunch break that I actually work during and since I hadn’t packed a lunch this morning (super fail on this schmucks part) I had a Nature Valley bar and a Diet Coke from the Circle K by campus. Plus I got to see my friend Lindsey so that was an added bonus. Anyways, it held off the hunger demons for a while until I could get off work. 4 points.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snack: After I got home from work, I had a cup of mutligrain cheerios. They really tied me over. 2 points.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: So for the rest of the day when I was doing stuff around the house, all I could smell was the bean soup cooking in the kitchen and it was driving me crazy! So when it was done, we consumed, and it was good. 1/2 cup was only 2 points and so were the cornbread muffins so I had 18 points worth of dinner which sounds like alot (which it is) but considering I had only had 10 points up until that point, I was pretty hungry. It was a super awesome filling dinner.

 

 

 

 

SAWS! Today, we got back in to Insanity and it was a blast! (No! Really!) I did the Fit Test today and I did better on some, but stayed the same on other exercises. Megan thinks that it might be focusing more on form than the first day. I felt like I should have pushed myself a little more, but I still sweated like crazy. I’m going to go super SAWSIAN (the SAWS version of super sayian) tomorrow which is going to be rough. Hooray. 6 exercise points

After SAWS Snacking: I had a Clif Bar after my workout, and it was filling, but I need something to munch without the calories. Megan made some stove popped popcorn without any salt and it was the perfect snack where it feels like you’re eating something like chips while you’re eating something healthier instead. 8 points total.

So today I got to 36 points which means I ate my exercise points which will work of me. See ya tomorrow.

Day 321: The Days After Awesomeness

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Well… this is awkward.

Sorry for being a jerk and having such an epic post on Sunday and then not following up on Monday. I’ve been reading the last Harry Potter and I finally finished it yesterday (I read for 4 hours straight) so we could go see the movie. Megan and I made a date out of so we went to Andrew’s 228 downtown (Groupon FTW) and then went to a 10:00 showing so by the time I got home it was way past my bedtime (hooray for being old!) Anyways, but it was great to go out and just celebrate how bless we have been this past year. Alright, back to food stuffs.

Breakfast: I had two waffles with pb. Why mess up a good thing?

Lunch: I was working through lunch today so I ate a desk. I had a turkey sandwich with some cocoa almonds and oatmeal squares (separate, they are awesome. Together, they are epic.) Then I had a Kashi Peanutty Chocolate bar for dessert. Pretty awesome.

Dinner: We went to dinner with our campus minister and good friend Adam to Jimmy John’s for some sub awesomeness. I introduced him to my favorite sub, the Beach Club. It was awesome as always.

 

 

 

 

 

Victory: So word on the street is that I have officially lost 100 pounds (holla!) and it’s been making wonder how I could visualize that not for the blog but for myself. Right now, it still doesn’t feel like it has actually happened. So when we were grocery shopping at Publix, I found this huge 20 pound bag of rice and I picked it up. I have lost 5 bags this size off of my body in under a year and really by just tweaking my lifestyle. Do I not eat as much fast food burgers? No. Do I miss it? NO! Do I dread going to the gym? Sometimes. Do I feel awesome after I make myself go? HECK FREAKIN’ YEAH! It hasn’t been a cake walk (because if there was a pathway made of cake involved I would have ate it) but it’s something totally doable and even if you just want to look good in that mankini you have hidden in your closet, you will never regret it. And this is what I leave you with for this post. Whatever goal you have in mind, create a plan to achieve that goal and conquer it! See ya tomorrow.

P.S. There will be a Wordless Wednesday video tomorrow. Get stoked.