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Day 331: Friday Stuff

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MEOW!

Breakfast: I had two servings of grape nuts which made life bearable. More and more I’ve realized that the bigger the breakfast the better. I usually work until 1 pm and when I eat more for breakfast I don’t snack at work. Novel idea huh?

Lunch: I came home to a pretty simple, but nonetheless delicious, lunch. Sometimes, there’s nothing better than a turkey sandwich. For dessert I had a Kashi bar. Pretty awesome.

SAWS!!! This afternoon, I went and played racquetball with our campus minister Adam and Jonathan, who is just about to start grad school at FSU. We play five rough games of cut throat which was exhausting, but nothing like sweating out awesomeness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: It’s been a while since we have grilled, so we finally decided to give it a shot. Earth Fare had a sale on boneless chicken breasts so we cut them up and Megan made this awesome rub with brown sugar and other deliciousness. So I grilled the chicken and Megan sauteed some zucchini and squash. It was a pretty awesome dinner.

So today was pretty good. Yumtastic. 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 326: Weigh In Time!

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So last week, I celebrated a monumental occasion in my weight loss journey with losing 100 pounds. This week, I had let a lot of things slide, thinking that I could do it on my own. For some reason, I thought that the weight loss training wheels were off and so I didn’t worry about counting points or calories. I thought that listening to my body was going to be enough, but it’s a hard thing to do when you eat out 8 times in a week. It was just a week of social eating and I absolutely blame no one for that but myself for not being more careful. Granted, I still did awesome at the Chinese buffet last night, but I should have been better the rest of the week. This week I gained 1.6 pounds which means I am out of the 100 pounds club for now. I’ve been pretty bummed about it all day, but really I’m kind of glad it happened because it has really humbled me. I haven’t been coasting as of late, but I sure as heck haven’t been focusing like I should be. Last week though showed that when I really focus I can still have an almost 4 pound loss in a week even after almost a year. So I know I’ve had a lot of wake up calls like this, but this is a big one. This week, we really can’t afford to eat out a lot (so that kind of works out) so Megan has a super awesome menu lined up for the week, I’m going to do Insanity every day along with two days of racquetball thrown in there and I’m sure other fun things will pop up along the way. The fire I had for losing weight is back and I can’t wait to shed some pounds this week LIKE A BOSS!!!

Breakfast: I just had some Nutty Nuggets for breakfast which was only 4 points. Megan brought cookies to church and I had a few so through out the day I ate 3 points of cookies.

Lunch: So I know I just spent an entire paragraph talking about being back on the wagon and then you’ll see this meal and you’ll be like SAY WHAT!?! but we knew this was going to be a super caloric meal (it is a Rachel Ray recipe after all) (please don’t sue me Rachel Ray) but we had to try it. Megan found this awesome looking recipe for a jalapeno popper waffle so we gave it a shot. Basically, it was a waffle stuffed with cream cheese, cheddar and a cut up jalapeno. The recipe also suggested to serve it with an egg on top of it to enhance the awesomeness. So one waffle is 8 points alone and I had two with an egg so lunch was 18 points which is really high, but it was like the best comfort food I have ever had. I think next time, I’ll just have one waffle, an egg and then some bacon which would only make it 12 points which would be good for brunch.

Snacks for the day: I had 1 point of almonds and a 1 point banana. Hooray.

Dinner: We had some chicken and rice while watching Kill Bill Vol. 1 (one of my favorite movies ever.) It was pretty good! Dinner was 6 points so not too bad.

So today might seem pretty bad but I only went over 3 points! A 33 point day is not bad considering the Waffle of Awesomeness. With all the exercising I’m going to do this week, it’s going to be important to eat all my points and even some weekly points to save my body from going in to starvation mode. This week is going to rock. Get stoked dear readers. Prepare for awesomeness. Thanks for reading. I love you all and you smell nice. See ya tomorrow.

Day 325: Saturday Silliness!

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Sup my sassy-saucy-sillies!?! (If you keep reading after such a weird salutation, I will be impressed. The rest doesn’t suck. I promise.)

Just another Saturday in the Dirty South…

Breakfast: I had some Nutty Nuggets (the Publix brand Grape Nuts) and they are good and definitely better than the WalMart version. Anyways, they are pretty filling and pretty yummy.

SAWS!!!: This morning, we helped our friend Danny move in to his apartment. It wasn’t bad since there were so many people helping out, but we still did our share. SAWS!!!

Lunch: It was time of the week where you have to raid the leftovers in the fridge. I had some roast beef with some of the rotisserie chicken from the other day. It was a hodgepodge of protein, but it was pretty good!

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: So tonight, we went to our friend Daniel’s actual birthday dinner at this Chinese Super Buffet. Growing up, Chinese Buffets were the epicenter of my developing obesity. I remember back in 5th grade going back for seconds and thirds of massive plates. Today was the first time I have gone to a Chinese all you can eat buffet since I started my weight loss journey and even though I have changed revolutionized my eating habits, I was still nervous about how it was going to go. Would old habits come back? Would the aroma of General Tso’s chicken lead me like a siren in to the rocks? Sometimes you just get worried about stuff like that. Anyways, so I asked the Twitter masses for help and y’all came through! I had about 3/4 cup of rice a lot of broccoli, some dumplings, some veggies and a little chicken. I decided to grab another plate and filled it up with watermelon, cantaloupe and oranges. That really filled me up, but for dessert I enjoyed myself. I had a scoop of some cookies n’ cream, a wonton with honey and my favorite thing in the universe: canned biscuits with sugar on them. Compared to any time I have been to a Chinese buffet, this was definitely the most successful.

I know a lot of people that say “man, losing weight is hard and I just like bad food too much.” While I agree losing weight is no picnic and some bad foods are amazing, the key to successful weight loss takes a concerted effort to look beyond the immediate “need” and remembering the greater goal. Of course, life happens where the only thing that will cheer you up is some ice cream or you go to a restaurant that is not weight loss friendly; but when you can overcome the binge eating mindset and reduce the portion sizes even when it is not cost efficient, nothing can stop you. 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.

Day 319: WEIGH IN DAY!!!

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So today is weigh in day…Has the suspense been killing you?

I did what I could this week and I had a goal in mind. Now what? IT MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE!!! This week, I didn’t just meet my goal weight, I FREAKIN’ BLEW IT OUT TO THE WATER!!! I have officially joined the Century Club and boy does it feel fantastic! It took me a total of 48 weeks to do it, which included many highs and many lows, but with the support of my family, my church family, my awesome friends, random friends who I frankly did think would even care, strangers on the Internet, my beautiful wife who bought the scale when I didn’t want her to, and my faith in God, I have made it more that half way through my weight loss journey. Thank you thank you thank you all so much for your caring words, wall posts, accountability, and giving me advice all along the way. The race is not finished however, there is still a lot of progress to be made. Thankfully, God has blessed me with you dear reader and the support you bring, along with the tenacity to keep it going even when those chocolate covered pork rinds look good. I love every single one of you, thank you.

 

 

 

So anyways, I lost a total of 3.8 pounds this week which was a shock to me frankly. When I went to bed last night, I really hadn’t a clue about how it was going to go. At this point, I have lost a total of 101.2 pounds. (It was really weird to write that one in front of those numbers.) Like I said earlier, I’m less than 100 pounds away from my goal. I want to get down to 157ish, but we will see when I get closer where I’ll be. Wherever I end up I do know this, no matter how skinny I end up being, I will never abuse my body with food and that I’m going to be active for as long as my body will hold out. Get stoked.

 

 

 

Breakfast: I just had a wafflewich without the bananas which was delicious. Yumtastic!

Lunch: After church, we went over to Qdobas with some people from church since we had a BOGO coupon. Holla! I had the Craft 2 which is two entrees for pretty cheap. I had the Naked Burrito and the nachos. It was pretty delicious.

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Scale Victory: So the deal was when I broke 100 pounds, I was going to buy new work out clothes. Luckily, I broke it on the weekend of Tax Free Weekend in Florida! Anyways, I bought a new pair of Under Armour shorts, an UA compression shirt and this awesome workout shirt made by the brand Thrive. Don’t worry, pics to come (like tomorrow. Get ready for awesomeness.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dinner: For dinner, I just had a beach club at Jimmy John’s. Awesome as always.

So today was pretty good with food and tomorrow I’ll get back at Insanity. I’m ready to lose some more! See ya tomorrow.

 

Day 318: Saturday Sustenance

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I’ve been chomping at the bit to weigh tomorrow. I’m so anxious to see how it will go. Overall this week I’ve done really well: I worked out, I limited my portions and I’ve drank my water. What else more can I do? I’m not expecting to get past 100 pounds this week, I mean, 2.6 pounds is quite a bit even for me, so we will just see what happens. I do, however, keep reminding myself that there’s no money riding on it, I won’t get sent home, or anything else like that. If not this week, then next week, we will just see what happens (he said while crossing all his fingers and toes.)

Breakfast: On Saturday mornings, I like to make a big breakfast. It was a tradition my parents always did and I definitely want to keep it going. Anyways, I made eggs, bacon and toast. A while back, we bought this delicious organic berry jam from Earth Fare so I finally tried it and it was awesome on the toast. A pretty standard, yet filling, breakfast.

 

 

 

 

 

Lunch: We weren’t sure what to do about lunch, but we finally decided on Pita Pit since it’s kind of close to our house. I had the Chicken Crave (chicken with ham, how much better can it get? Seriously.) with spinach, onions, tomatoes, sprouts, cucumbers, provolone and tzatziki sauce in a wheat pita. It was pretty epic and I was really full by the time I was done.

SAWS!!!: There was a girl who was moving in to a new apartment in Tallahassee that needed help moving so we went over there to help her out. Luckily, she only lived on the second floor so there was only one flight of stairs, albeit rather narrow. So between half a hour of heavy lifting and the Amazonian climate of Tallahassee, I got my sweat in today. After we helped her move, I got some kombucha (this fermented tea that’s suppose to be really good for you and is freakin’ delicious) from Earth Fare.

Dinner: Earlier this morning, we went to the Tallahassee farmer’s market downtown. When it comes to veggies, we always go this sweet old couple who have the best veggies and jams ever. We bought 5 tomatoes, 2 zuchinis, 5 yellow squash, a red and a green pepper, and about 10 red potatoes for $12.50. Not bad for some of the best veggies I’ve ever had (especially the red pepper.) We also bought some of their canned pepper jelly which is fantastic. Anyways, we Megan made an awesome dinner with roasted veggies, her lite mashed potatoes, and chicken. It was a fantastic dinner, plain and simple.

 

Dessert: We went and saw the movie “The Tree of Life” (which is a completely awesome mind blow) but we got over to the movie too early so we went to Fuzions, a froyo place that we had actually never been to before. We randomly saw our friend Sarah at the theater so she joined us as well! Anyways, the froyo is not as creamy as other places, but they did have some decadent toppings like cut up cheesecake slices and raw cookie dough. I went the healthier route and had taro with strawberries, blueberries, and blackberries. It was nice to do a lighter option for a change. I really need to get back in to doing that.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evening Snacking: After the movie, our friends the Wises, who we went with to see the movie, hadn’t eaten dinner so we joined them at Five Guys to discuss what the crap “The Tree of Life” was about. Anyways, I just had a Diet Coke with their complimentary peanuts. I put a few in my drink like I used to do. I don’t know if it’s just a Texas thing, but growing up, I would always have peanuts in my Coke. It’s the original meal replacement drink. So anyways, I don’t know why I decided to but it was pretty good.

So today I was really good.  I think I was around 1500 calories for the day which isn’t too bad at all. Like I said earlier, I just don’t know what is going to happen tomorrow with Senor Scale, but I do know this: I will survive, the weight will come off, and I have a crapton of support from readers like you. See ya tomorrow.

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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

A while back, I submitted my weight loss/complete life change story to Earth Fare for their “Be Inspired” section. It was selected and they sent me a $50 gift card and yesterday, the post finally made it to the site! I was so surprised to see it on there and it felt awesome. You should go check it out!