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Day 148: This is Tuesday’s Post!

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Tuesdays will be the death of me this semester. Seriously.

We left the house around 8 am and didn’t get home until 10 pm. It was a doozie. As soon as I got home, I went to bed. It was magical. So, this is Tuesdays post and Wordless Wednesday is still coming your way later today.

Breakfast: Again since we were waffleless, I just ate a spoonful of peanut butter. It was the most filling thing I’ve ever had. If you are in a pinch (or if you want to feel like a kid again) definitely try it out. 5 points.

Lunch: We met up and ate at Pitaria for some lunch. Luckily, they had their awesome creamy vegetable soup today. So we both did that and split an order of hummus. It was great and about a 10 point lunch.

 

 

 

 

 

Snack: Since I ate lunch around noon and I knew we weren’t going to be able to eat dinner until late, I bought a granola pack to hold me over. I love Nature Valley bars and they are 4 points. (and yes this was taken during class)

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: After our awesome college bible study, we all went out to dinner at Mr. Roboto’s Sushi Awesomeness. All day, I really wanted to have curry. I had just been jonesin’ for it. We were going to make it that night, but when we the group was going there, I knew they made a killer curry so it was a win-win for my intestinal track. I got the red curry with veggies and the best tofu I have ever had. It was delicious and about 12 points.

 

 

 

 

Dessert: Since Hiro’s is right next door, we all then went there. I had the Taro with blueberries and strawberries with a little sugar cone for a little crunch. It was pretty good stuff and 4 points.

It was a weird day since I’m not used to eating that late but that’s how some days work. Overall today I had 35 points which was good enough for me. See ya… later. WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!!!!!! GET STOKED!!!!!!

Day 147: Happy Heart Day!

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Happy Valentines Day!!!

I hope you had a good day full of X’s and O’s. For me, it was another gorgeous day here in Tallahassee and although I didn’t get to spend a lot of it outside, I really enjoyed it when I was. Although I didn’t eat any candy at Halloween, I ate 2 truffles that we were suppose to be giving away. (Oops.) So that was 2 points right there but it was dark chocolate so awe well. (And they were freakin’ delicious so double awe well.)

Breakfast: Since I was waffleless and we need to go grocery shopping, I improvised and made use some breakfast sandwiches. It had an egg, a veggie sausage patty, some spinach and a little cheese. They were 7 points and pretty good! I’ll have to make them again sometime because they were super easy.

Lunch: I was in a super rush to get to my internship so I had to get something fast. Luckily, Megan had made a fresh batch of hummus this morning so I had about a half of cup of hummus and 2 pitas. A really good and surprisingly filling 8 point lunch. Pretty awesome stuff.

 

 

Dinner: Since we’ve been dating, Megan and I have always done Pizza Hut dates (back in the day we would get a large stuffed crust pepperoni with breadsticks, but now with the whole eating healthy thing we’ve made some adjustments) so what better time to go on a date than Valentines Day! Anyways, we ordered a medium thin crust with peppers, onions and tomatoes. Before that though, we had a salads! Hooray salad! They didn’t have any low fat dressings (seriously?) so we each got some ranch in a cup so we could dip our forks in the ranch and then spear the salad instead of just pouring it on. It really worked too! I didn’t even use a quarter of the cup! The pizza was great and I had 4 slices (which was a slice too many) but it was still delicious. It was about a 16 point dinner which was good with me.  (P.S. sorry the picture of the pizza looks weird. The lighting was just off in there.)

Care Package!!!! My awesome parents sent us a Valentines care package full of my favorite things! They got us some Central Market Peanut Butter (my favorite,) an owl wind chime, some coffee, and an owl washcloth. Pretty awesome stuff. I have the best parents in the world (you might think you have better parents… but you don’t.)

So today I got to 33 points, but I’m about to do some Wii Fit to balance it out. See ya tomorrow!

Day 146: Weigh In Day Round 24!

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I thought you were suppose to get rest on the weekends? Awe well.

So yesterday, I was really stressing about this weigh in. I wasn’t really sure how it was going to go. I hadn’t eaten anything too bad (except for the falafel salad which might have been okay without all the olive oil) but I just felt blah a lot of the week. Anyways, after a killer workout last night, I felt a little better about the whole thing and all in all it worked out AOK. I lost 1.4 pounds this week! I was relieved and pretty stoked. Like I said last night, each week, I’m breaking records for how much I’ve weighed in my adult life so it’s a win-win. I’m officially down to 291.6! So legit!!!!!!!!!![insert more exclamation marks here.] I’m really ready to get out of the 290’s and I’m really close. Here’s hoping for next week…

Breakfast: I have a bowl of Kashi blueberry flakes with milk since I’m out of waffles (I wonder why…. oh yeah I eat them every day.) 4 points.

Snack: After church, I was pretty hungry and since lunch was going to take a little bit, I had 3 points of those Boulder Canyon Rice Chips which are just awesome.

Lunch: Megan whipped up some mashed potatoes and carrots with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon on them (which might sound weird but is awesome) to serve with our Veggie Chicken patties. I cut mine up into tender like fashion (but they ended up looking like fish sticks but delicious nonetheless) and ate it with some ketchup. It turned out to be a pretty good lunch and only 6 points.

Snack: Throughout the day, I snacked on 1 point worth of chocolate espresso beans (7 of them equal a point.) I was pressed for time before my evening bible study so I had a cut up apple with 2 tablespoons of peanut butter. It really held me over and 6 points.

 

 

Dinner: One of our friends Christian has this awesome Wikidot site called Christian’s Magical Recipes that has all of these fantastic vegetarian dishes so we tried his Butternut Squash Curry Soup recipe. I had this soup at a soup party Megan’s department had last semester and it was awesome so my expectations were high. Megan delivered and it turned out really well. A bowl like this was about 5 points, but I had some of Megan’s… and then cleaned out the pot with a laddle (not proud but it was worth it. Also, there wasn’t that much left.) So I had about 8 points worth of soup. 

So today I just got to 28 points which is fine. I wasn’t emaciated or anything throughout the day so that will work.

It’s a new week. Make the most of it. See ya tomorrow.

Day 145: Saturday at the Beach

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[Insert cathartic paragraph here] I don’t know what the crap’s been wrong with me this week. I’ve tried to eat healthy and I’ve tried to work out, but for some reason I’ve eaten weird things (like a lot of chips and salsa.) It felt like last week I did so well but this week it’s just been off kilter and I can’t put my finger on what it is. I think I need to be more strict with my points and drink more water, I just know I need to do something. Right now, I have to lose 3 pounds a week to hit my goal by April 27 (which is a lot) and I think I might have lost .5 pound this week. I know that it ultimately doesn’t matter whether I have lost 100 pounds by then (my life is not some bad Keanu Reeves movie where I have a bomb in my stomach and if I don’t lose 100 pounds I’ll blow up and kill Sandra Bullock or something) but my competitive nature is getting the best of me. Regardless, by April 27th, I’ll still be the smallest I’ve been in my adult life (actually since I was in middle school) and more important, I’ll be healthy which is all that matters. (Okay… I feel better.)

Breakfast: As always, I started the day with a wafflewich which was just awesome and 5.5 points.

Breakfast Again: I was working on some stuff for my internship this morning so I let Megan sleep in a little bit. When she woke up, I made some scrambled eggs and warmed up these veggie sausages from Publix. The sausages were good, but it wasn’t as good as the LightLife version. Breakfast the sequel was 6 points and really good.

Snack: Before we headed to St. George Island (oh yeah, we went to the beach in February) (the previous parenthesis was sponsored by the Florida Board of Tourism) we grabbed some Starbucks and a 3 point venti iced caramel macchiato.

 

Lunch: After walking around 3 miles up and down the beach enjoying the beautiful day, we walked up to a beachfront restaurant called the Blue Parrot. It’s your average beachfront dive but it was pretty good. I wanted to get the Yellowfin Tuna sandwich, but it only came with fries (lame) so I got a bowl of gumbo. It was the thick, bayou, stick to your ribs kind of gumbo. It was about 8 points.

Snack: We got back in to town and headed over to Earth Fare for some stuff for dinner (including some quinoa which I’m really stoked to make!) We were both pretty hungry some we got some rice chips that were fantastic. They also had a free sample of truffles so I couldn’t pass up. My snacking adventure at Earth fare was 4 points which was good for a late afternoon snack.

Workout: We both really felt like working out so… we went! I worked on legs and abs then did the bike for about 30 minutes. I usually do the recumbent bike because the seat is bigger and frankly doesn’t hurt my but they were full so I tried the regular bike. I for the first time in a long time it didn’t hurt! I felt fine and normal (which is always nice.) I worked out for 13 exercise points.

Dinner: I’m just going to preface this part with the picture doesn’t do this meal justice. We had bought some salmon and Megan found this low fat alfredo sauce recipe. I couldn’t tell the difference at all. The salmon must have been pretty fresh too because it was great as well. To sum it up: it was the best  14 point meal I’ve ever had.

 

 

 

 

 

Something to hang my hat on: I know I’ve been complaining a lot on this post, but this makes it all worth it. So almost a year ago to the week, we came to Tallahassee for Megan’s interview for FSU. That week, we went to St. George just to go to the beach. That is what I looked like then. I remember posing for that picture feeling really good about myself. Then I looked at the picture on the camera and felt awful. That is not what I thought I looked like. Then that is me today, at least 64 pounds lighter (and down a chin or two.) No matter what the scale says tomorrow, I’ve come a long way from a year ago, and it feels great. See ya tomorrow.

Day 143: Thursday!

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Greetings yo!

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s installment of Wordless Wednesday. That is so much fun to do! If you have a blog you should totally try it. Expect another installment next week! So today was a pretty good day. I was still reeling from a brutal test yesterday but I still got a lot done. I did spend a lot of the day watching stuff get interesting in Egypt on CNN. Pretty interesting stuff. Anyways, let’s talk food.

Breakfast: As always, I had a wafflewich. What else is new? I also had a glass of milk so it was  7.5 points

Lunch: I had a hummus veggie pita with cucumbers. It was so awesome and only 5 points. Hooray!

Snack: After class, I just had a bowl of multigrain cheerios and milk for 3 points.

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: I went to pick up Megan to run some errands and since we were out and about, we went to Cabo’s for dinner. It was soooo good. If you live in Tallahassee, definitely go there… NOW! They have combo of Mexican food and seafood. I went with the Tuna tacos and it was legit. While that was good, we both went a little over on the chips and salsa but luckily they were unsalted. So I don’t know how much everything was, but I still had 15.5 points and I haven’t eaten anything else so I think I’m good. See ya tomorrow.


Day 142: Wordless Wednesday!!!!!!

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Day 141: Oops Edition

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{I’m taking a break from a rough study session. I have a beastly test tomorrow so pray for me :)] It’s been a pretty good day because it’s finally sunny outside! Hooray! But it was still cold and windy… and I was wearing short and chacos. (#Weatherfail) Anyways, on to food (and sadly a little too much)

Breakfast: We finally went grocery shopping last night and we picked up a lot of produce and some other awesomeness, one of which being Publix Waffles!!!!!!! So I made a wafflewich  (5.5 points) and when I was studying this morning, I had about 3 points worth of trail mix.

Lunch: After Megan beasted her own massive test, we went to Pitaria for some lunch. We usually get their awesome tomato soup, but they only had lentil, which is good but not the best tasting. I went with a greek salad with falafel patties. I was fantastic, but I went a little overboard with the olive oil/balsamic vinegar. I knew better but it happened and awe well. I didn’t eat all of the salad to avoid the oil soak leaves. It was an 18 point salad which was rough but I know better for next time.

Snack: After I got home from class, I had some WW pizza bagels for 5 points.

 

 

 

Dinner: Megan made this awesome veggie spaghetti with oven roasted veggies. I was just plain good. My bowl was 9 points.

So today I got to an atrocious 40.5 points. At lunch, I should have went with the lentil soup because it was much lower points and I’m sure a lot more fiber, but that’s how this works. I’m 141 days in to this and I’m still learning. It’s how it goes. Tomorrow morning we are going to work out so I’ll just work a little harder then. Oh yeah, tomorrow, back by popular demand, it WORDLESS WEDNESDAY! Get stoked. See ya tomorrow.

Day 140? Whoa.

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I really can’t believe it’s been that long. It finally feels I have graduated from the “dieting” phase to lifestyle phase. With this rejuvenation I’ve gotten since last week. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that I ever want to just eat anything and everything anymore. I’ve caught myself recently thinking about what I wish I could eat (especially bad for you pizza and stuff like that) but then I found this picture:

(I still cringe every time I see this picture.) This was my Junior year of college. I was miserable, constantly uncomfortable, and lazy… but I ate anything I wanted to. I had no food filter. If it looked good, I ate it. It was a dark time for me and I had almost lost hope at this point. I was really ready to give it up and just get fatter and fatter until I just died. Thankfully, one day (about 140 days ago to be exact) I decided that this was not me. This is not the Nathan that I knew. The skinny Nathan finally decided that he was going to do anything to get the weight off and live the life he wanted before it was too late. Now here I am, 64 pounds later (I’m not sure how much I weighed in this picture, but my guess is the 370’s-380’s,) still chugging along to Healthytown. Alright (wiping away some tears) let’s get down to food stuff.

Breakfast: I just had a bowl of Kashi Berry Crisp and milk for 4 points. When we got on campus, I got an iced caramel machiatto for 3 points. Hooray for caffeine! 

 

Lunch: I didn’t have much time between class and internship, so I went to the on campus convenient store with my friend Chip to get some lunch. I had one of those awesome Sabra hummus and pretzels packs which was so awesome and really filling. It was 8 points.

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: By 5:00, we were both really hungry so we went to Chipotle since we sadly both had the points. I had the vegetarian burrito bowl with black beans, rice, peppers, salsa, cheese, guacamole and sour cream on the side. The bowl is a lot more guts than a  burrito has so it’s the better deal, plus with bowl you don’t have the extra points of the tortilla! Overall, it was 16 filling points.

 

 

 

 

Exercise: I did a 30 minute circuit on Wii Fit. It was a lot of fun (especially the yoga poses. I really miss going to yoga!) but after, I accidentally did the free step, not knowing it was 10 minutes of stepping. So that was fun too! I did 3 points worth of exercise.

 

 

 

 

 
Dessert: Megan has been studying for what seems like the past 48 hours so she finally took a break and we went to Hiro’s for some frozen yogurt. I’m back to eating fruit with my yogurt instead of candy and it was a lot better. It was 3 points of deliciousness.

Overall, I got to 34 points but with the exercise points so I’m good. See ya tomorrow.

Day 139! Epic Weigh In Day Extravaganza!

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(Sorry for the lack of postage yesterday. My bad yo.)

So, you might recall that last week I gained weight for the first time in my weight loss journey. I kind of felt it coming though because I was getting in this complacent funk with food tracking and frankly the blog. I had lost the passion of what drove me to lose the weight and I was resting on my accomplishments. I had worked so hard up to that point and then tried to coast which failed miserably. So this week, we worked out almost every day, watched what we ate, and just did a better job of listening to our bodies (oh yeah, and drinking a ton of water.) Anyways, between all that and rekindling me passion for this blog and how much I love it, I did alright this week. I lost 5.6 freaking pounds!!!!!!!! HOLY CRAP! I couldn’t believe at all. I flipped out. So awesome! This is the second most weight I’ve lost in a week other than the first week when I lost 10.8 pounds so that’s pretty cool stuff. So now I’m down to 293 pounds, I’ve lost a total of 64 pounds, and I’m 36 pounds away from my 100 pound goal. I have 80 days to go. Do you think I’ll make it? Me neither.

Breakfast: I just had a bowl of Kashi Berry Crunch that was just straight up awesome. Can’t get any better than that.

Lunch: So we went out with some of the young professionals from church for lunch and we decided on Cracker Barrel. I’m still not a fan of the ol’ CB because they still don’t have their nutritional information available to the general public which is just wrong, but I figured if I did something a little lighter than chicken tenders or something like that I would be okay. I went with the lemon pepper rainbow trout with pinto beans, mashed potatoes and carrots. It was really good, the fish was really cooked well and the veggies were amazing as always. I also had two cornbread muffins with no butter. A pretty legit meal.

 

 

 

After lunch, we went over to our friends house so Megan and some other people from her department could study while the guys played FIFA and watch the Super Bowl. There was frozen pizza so I had two slices of cheese which was good and then we all snacked on homemade spicy chex mix through out the day. (Pictured: Felix the Wonder Cat in a Walmart bag)

Overall I think I did alright considering it was Super Bowl Sunday. I don’t have the exact measurements of everything because I’m not sure how much chex mix I ate. The rest of the week I’m going to be really careful about that though to keep on the weight loss wagon. See ya tomorrow.

Day 137: Friday Funerino!

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It’s finally the end of the week. Pretty awesome. The weekend couldn’t have come any sooner too, today was just a comedy of errors. I’m not going to go in to the details or anything (nothing bad) but it was just a bizarre day. Alright, nummy nummy food time!

Breakfast: I had a heartier breakfast than I usually have because I finally bought some milk. I had a bowl of Kashi Berry Deliciousness for 5 points.

Snack: I’m not one to eat when I’m stressed, but today I made an exception. I bought some WW cheese pizza bagels bites so I microwaved a batch of those bad boys when I was working on something for my internship. They are 5 points for 4 which isn’t that bad and you feel like you’re eating junk food so it’s a win-win.

Lunch: A while back, we had bought some Morning Star Pizza burgers and they were awesome so I bought some because they are easy to cook and really really good. I cooked up 2 patties (because they are only 2 points!) and put them on some bagel thins (so you could say I had Pizza Bagels twice today. Guffaw.) With some chips it was a 9 points lunch.

Snack: Through out the day, I had 3 points of trail mix. I also had a 5.5 point wafflewich before a class meeting.

 

 

 

Exercise Squared: I broke out a really good sweat on the Wii Fit Plus earlier. You can do a custom work out to focus on different areas and you decided how long you want to go. I did a lot of different exercises for 30 minutes. I gained 5 exercise points.

Then after my meeting, I decided to go over to Leach to go for a run. I’m still really sore after Wednesday and I haven’t worked out since so it was good to get a good stretch out (and it helped me avoid doing homework) For the first time, I put the treadmill up to 6 miles per hour. Pretty awesome. Anyways, it was a pretty good run and it was 7 exercise points.

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: I decided to be adventurous and make some breakfast burritos FOR DINNER (and that’s why my middle name is Danger.) I cooked some egg whites and warmed up what was left of the black beans a rice. I didn’t have a clue how it was going to turn out but it wasn’t that bad! For 2 burritos it was an 11 point dinner. Pretty good stuff.

So overall today I got to 38.5 points (yikes) but I did work out twice and I haven’t used any weekly points this week so I’m good. See ya tomorrow.