Day 674: Wordless Wednesday Awesomeness
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Day 673: First Tuesday Weigh In!
Why Hello!
So today was my first weigh in on a Tuesday and it officially is amazing. I lost 1.2 pounds. Not a ton right? But check this out…I HAVE OFFICIALLY LOST 125 POUNDS!!! I can’t flippin’ believe it! Awesomeness.
Breakfast: I made another Egg MacMuffin which was awesome.
Lunch: Today, my office took a tour of FSU and one of those stops was the awesome Suwannee Room! It’s an All You Can Eat place which haven’t been my best friend at this point. So today I took a new approach to the ol’ AYCE: I made a massive/awesome salad and by that point I was super stuffed. I had one piece of broccoli and one forkful of chicken. Then, I had two pickles and one lemon square. It was a good day for discipline!
Dinner: Tonight, we had the best thing from Skinny Taste ever. Megan made Crock Pot Asian Pork With Mushrooms. It was seriously the best thing I have ever eaten. Make it. Eat it. Cry from happiness.
Run Stuff: It’s Tuesday. You know what that means…RUN TIME!
We found out that there is a 5k this weekend in Tom Brown Park so we (Erin, Megan, Becky and I) are going to beast out that sucker. So today, I decided to see what my 5k time is nowadays. I was suppose to run 4 miles, so I set my Nike+ for 3.1 and then just kept going until I got to 4 miles. I went nuts. I elongated my stride and controlled my breathing.
I burned it and blew my record out to the water! If I can break 28:38 on Saturday, I will flip. Can’t wait.
When I got home, I had some popcorn. It was awesome.
Overall, it was a pretty awesome day. Wordless Wednesday tomorrow. Get stoked. See ya tomorrow.
Day 672: Monday Time
So I’m going to keep the short and beautiful. I promise tomorrow will be good SINCE IT’S MY FIRST WEIGH IN ON A TUESDAY (are you stoked? Well you should be!)
Breakfast: I wanted to make a Egg McMuffin without going to the Gold Arches (I mean…my last name is MacDonald so it’s close enough right?) Anyway, I had a cooked egg on a Thomas 100 calorie english muffin with two slices of ham and a little cheese. It was an awesome 4 points!
Lunch: I came home and another fantastic Skinny Taste recipe: Baked Potato Soup! It was only 4 points a cup so I had two bowls so it was 8 points!
Snack: I had about 4 points of sunflower seeds. Yumtastic.
Dinner: Tonight, we had a meal that would be have been a caloric nightmare if I had ordered it a place like Chili’s. We had jalapeno poppers and chicken fajitas without the fixins. (It makes a difference to cook at home. Not only is it cheaper, you have a much better idea of what’s going in to your food. The more you know folks.) The poppers were only 3 flippin points! And the chicken and peppers was only 7 points (5 points for the chicken and 2 points for the oil in the veggies.)
So today I totaled out at 26 points which is awesome with me. I didn’t cheat today and drank water like a fish. I was doing what I was suppose to do. (I also has a 10 calorie Monster energy drink.) We’ll see what the scale has to say. See ya tomorrow.
Day 671: (No) Weigh In Day!
WHAT THE WHAT?!?
Is something you might have just said after see the title. (If not, it’s okay. No pressure to be confused.)
So I have a big announcement, there has been a change to your regularly scheduled programming.
You see, once upon a time, I started training for a half marathon and other running events. With this new running regiment, I run an epic amount of miles on Saturday mornings which puts my body out of whack (retained water, lactic acid, etc.). Usually, my Sunday has been my rest day, but now it’s on Monday. Since your body needs a day to recuperate from a workout, my weigh in’s are going to be on Tuesdays from now on. A lot of thought went in to this decision and I think it will be a more accurate count of where I’m at in my weight loss. It’s also going to keep a lot more honest through out the week. So enough about that. (For the record, I did weigh in at 235.2 (+2 pounds) this morning.)
Breakfast: This morning I had 2 pieces of toast with a little less than a tablespoon of peanut butter (I ran out in mid scoop. It was sad). 4.5 points.
Lunch: After church, Megan and I decided to go on a little lunch date at Monk’s. My friend Alex and I were going to meet up there last night, but the parking lot is a nightmare when it’s packed so we went to Momo’s instead. Anyway, I did the build a burger and had the vegan garden patty, creamy havarti, jalapenos, hot chipotle BBQ sauce on wheat berry bread along with a side of sweet potato fries. I also downed a bunch of water (and not just because it was so flippin’ hot!) Lunch was about 14 points.
Snack: I had some Kellogg’s Special K Cinnamon Pecan cereal which was about 4 points.
Dinner: Megan made this the awesome Skinny Taste Flank Steak which was a ridiculous 5 points. It’s so much food!!!!! AAAHHHH DELICIOUS STUFF!!!
Exercise: We went out to the pool and I did 8 minutes of treading exercises and then swam 10 laps. Then, we went home and did planks, ball exercises, weights and burpees during commercials while watching these olympics.
I also had like a half point of sunflower seeds.
So that’s all for today, I got to 28 points which is where I need to be. I felt good about today and I can’t to see what this week will bring. Sorry for no pics, my phone was out of juice around lunch. See ya tomorrow.
Day 667: Wordless Wednesday in August!!!
Day 666: Happy Number Edition
Like most of the world, Megan and I have been glued to the TV every night to watch America (and Canada) kick butt! I have a lot to say about the lackluster media coverage and the issues with our society’s need to know everything instantaneously. Today, I did my darndest to avoid finding out about swimming and gymnastics via staying off of Twitter and closing my eyes while on Yahoo!, but I was bested by my ESPN and New York Times push notifications on my iPhone. While there is now way to embargo the Olympic results from the rest of the world (especially with our connection to England on multiple levels from being allies to having relatives across the pond) it’s almost like a giant screw you by ESPN to show the results in their ticker while I’m trying to watch Around the Horn. It’s like if Good Morning America on ABC broadcasted the results of the Big Brother finale on CBS that was airing that night. There is no actual solution to this problem, but it wont be an issue for a few years. The Winter Olympics in 2014 will be in Sochi, Russia (eight hours ahead of EST), the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Rio will only be one hour ahead of the EST (btw, I hate living in the EST. It’s all about the Central Time Zone. But I digress…) and the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea which is an epic 14 hours ahead of the EST. So until the Olympics are held in another “US friendly” country, this shouldn’t be as much as an issue until then… and we will complain all over again.
Geez… where was I going with that?
Alright, so to make this brief until the good stuff, I had some oatmeal for breakfast and some chili for lunch. Nothing too out of the ordinary. I did also have two pieces of dark chocolate before my run. It was magnanimous.
Dinner: Megan made that amazing Eggplant Parmasean from Skinny Taste so we nommed on that deliciousness before we went on our run.
SAWS: It’s Tuesday so it was Southwood run day! It had rained earlier in the day so it was actually cool outside around run time. I went a different route today which was fun but much hillier than my usual route. I ran 3.5 miles in 36:32 which isn’t bad considering I ran a 36:02 3.5 miler on Saturday. (I did stop and talk to a coworker I saw running so that might have been the difference.) I was able to get my second mile time down which I am happy about. I’m running another 3.5 miler on Thursday and then a 4ski on Saturday. Should be fun.
When I got home, I had toast with a tablespoon of peanut butter and a banana. Between that and the fact I was in pajamas by 9:00, life is good.
Bonus Video: So tonight I leave you with this video. When I first saw this commercial, I held back the tears. I was this kid. I am this kid (and not just because his name is Nathan). I spent so much of my life telling myself that I would never be competitive in sports or ever be happy with the way I look. At the age of 23,I had already prepared for an early death from my lifestyle. But with the a lot of willpower, a lot of sweat and a ton of support of friends and family, I have found my inner-greatness. It’s an amazing feel. And I’m just getting started. See ya tomorrow.
Da 665: Monday Yo!
So for those of you who don’t know, I’m a huge fan of social media, blogging and really any kind or marketing or PR. I liked it enough that I have two degrees in it. Well a while back I was asked to contribute an article to a local magazine called Capital Executive regarding blogs and their importance in a professional setting. If you have ever wondered what it sounds like (or… reads like) when I’m not talking about eating food, you should check it out here!
Alright, let’s get back to today. Overall, I ate pretty well… but I guess you can be the judge.
Breakfast: This morning I had a delicious bowl of oatmeal. It’s such an awesome, stick-to-your-ribs kind of breakfast! (Oh yeah, and aren’t those bowl so awesome!?!)
Lunch: I came home and had some quinoa with beans and corn. It was basically the same thing as last night but a different protein.
Dinner: It wouldn’t be a FFK post without another awesome recipe from Skinny Taste! Tonight, we made the Garlic Lime Pork Chops and had leftover quinoa instead of the rice which was an awesome combination! If you want a white meat alternative, buy some pork folks! Yumtastic awesomeness.
Fo dessert, I had two delicious peaches from the farmer’s market on Saturday. If you don’t think you like peaches, buy some locally. It really makes all the difference.
SAWS of Sorts: Tonight, I went over to my friends Mallory and Lynn’s house and mowed their lawn. It was still hot, so I definitely got a good sweat out of it.
When I got home I had a few more peaches and some popcorn. Like I said it was a pretty good day. Tomorrow I’m going on another 3.5 mile run that I am super stoked for.Care to join me? See ya tomorrow.
Day 664: Weigh In Day of Epicness!
What up everybody!!!
Sorry I have been on kind of a blogging hiatus this week. Between watching Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira painfully explain the Opening Olympics like those annoying friends we all have and hanging out with friends, we have been keeping pretty busy this weekend.
So today, I have finally broken through the my 235 barrier that I have been fighting with since November of last year. 2012 has been a rough year for weight loss; there have been a lot of ups and downs, plateaus and just wanting to give up. I have finally hit my stride though! I have been doing a running regiment and I have been working on strengthening my core with yoga, not to mention really watching what I eat through out the week. (A lot of that has can be attributed to not eating out as much and just plain eating less.) So this week, I was able to pull a sick number. I lost 3.4 pounds this week!!!!! I have lost 7.8 pounds in three weeks! I am down to 233.2 which is the lowest I have weighed since… I don’t know… probably 5th grade. It’s an awesome feeling and I’m ready to blast in to the 220’s pretty soon. (Hey, it’s Doctor’s orders!)
Breakfast: This morning I have two pieces of toast with peanut butter. Nothing special but still delicious.
Lunch: After church, we went with some of our friends to this place called Azu. We knew it was going to be a buffet so we had prepared ourselves to eat right while we were there. Overall, I did alright! I avoided everything fried (except a crab ragoon and one piece of General Tso’s chicken. I literally just got one piece.) and simple sushi that was just tuna and a little riece. I also ate a lot of fruit too. I obviously could have done better, but Sundays are suppose to be my higher calorie days. It’s also hard when you never eat Chinese food or have access to anything you want so you do want to try everything. Either way, I didn’t aim to get my money’s worth which was my mindset all of my life. I learned a lot about control today which is a start.
Coffee: This afternoon, I was jonesin’ for some iced coffee but I didn’t want to go spend $3 on cold bitter coffee. So, I went to the interwebs to find a solid recipe and I found this awesome article from The New York Times! It was awesome! The secret was using my ceramic pour over thingy that I got from World Market a while back. If you want some cheaper iced coffee, give this a shot!
Dinner: So neither of us were hungry until around 8 so we had to figure out something random to eat. Megan, the hodge podge dinner wizard, made this awesome concoction of shredded chicken (which we just keep in our fridge at all times now for salads and nights like this) black beans and corn. I put it on a my La Tortilla tortillas that have 13 grams of fiber and are low in fat too! It turned out to be a pretty good thrown together dinner.
So today was a great boost for my confidence. I know what I am doing is right and working for me. I can’t wait to see what this week holds. Time to keep at it! See ya tomorrow.
Day 661: Thursday Exercise Stuff
Hey I just met you, and this sounds crazy but here’s my blog post. Read it maybe?
So today was SAWStastic. There was a lot of exercised involved which is important to get any way you can in the day!
Breakfast: I just had two servings of my favorite standby: Kashi Go Lean! It’s the most filling cereal on the market today. (On the black market, it’s this rice pellet cereal that you can only get in North Korea.) 7 points with milk
SAWS Part 1: Today, since my job is awesome, I got to check out the FSU Walking Tour. It’s your standard awesome college campus tour except that FSU is an awesome school. Anyway, it was insanely humid so I was sweating like crazy as we traipsed across campus.
Lunch: Since Megan has been under the weather for the past few days, I brought home some Jimmy John’s for lunch. I was going to have a Beach Club for lunch, which is what I ordered, but when I got home it was something completely different with their ridiculously fattening mayo and other stuff not on a Beach Club. I was kind of frustrated about it, but geez was it delicious. It was only 12 points but that’s a lot more points than I was anticipated. That’s the plight of the eating out dieter. I also had one square of that chili chocolate which was awesome.
Dinner: Megan was able to make this delicious Skinny Taste Chicken Enchilada Soup. One serving was only 5 points so I had 2 delicious servings with some cheese and sour cream. It was around 12 points.
SAWS: Today was our running day at Godby! Luckily, it had rained and cooled off everything by around 7. I was suppose to run three miles so I ran one mile to try to calibrate my Nike+, then I took it easy the second mile and then on the third mile, I decided to really push myself. On the third mile, I sprinted the straights and jogged the curves. It was exhausting since it was my last mile of the day. I ran a 8:53 mile! That was the second fastest mile I have ever ran. The fastest was 8:40 during the Trick or Trot last October and that was my first mile. I think if I can push myself like that from now on, I could really build my endurance to crank out some awesome run times.
When we got home, we did some yoga and it felt magnificent. I also had a about 3 points of peanut butter and a banana. IT was also magnificent, but for a different reason.
So that’s about all I got for today. It was pretty good stuff. See ya tomorrow.
Day 660: Wordless Wednesday Garnet and Gold Edition!
