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I promise I’m not lazy, I’m just time constrained.
Day 257: A Saturday Video Post?
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Day 256: It’s Friday Friday Gotta Get Down on Friday
Hooray for Friday!
Yes it is true. I’m glad it’s hear but that means class is almost done and then we will be going to Texas!!! (We we we we we so excited!) Anyways, today I felt really out of whack and I still haven’t really pinpointed what it is. I think I have this paper hanging over me and I’m really really really trying to work on it instead of waiting until the last day to work on it. Yet again, old habits die hard. So we will see. Tomorrow I plan on just locking myself in my house (go for a run in the morning) and then go bonkers on this thing so I can be on with my life! Plus, I keep worrying about if I’ve lost weight which in the past that has made the weight loss that week suck so whatever. This always happens at the end of a semester so I’ll keep doing what I’m doing and then be better next week and really the rest of the summer when I’ll have nothing to do. Alright, enough whining. Let’s do this thang!
Breakfast: I cooked an egg over hard and then warmed up some fake sausage patties and had a sausage MacMuffin. It was awesome as always. 5 points.
Lunch: My college minister and I met up for lunch today and I suggested Mr. Roboto’s because I was jonesin’ for some curry. I had the red curry with tofu and it was awesome. Their tofu is like a fried egg and the broccoli soaks up all of the curry. It is a beautiful thing that makes me tear up just thinking about it. Adam and I had a great conversation so add that to some amazing curry it was a legit lunch. 12 points
Snack: At some point I had 1 point of chips (like a small handful.)
NSV: (Let me preface this by saying I don’t know why I look so morose in this picture.) So I was looking for a bowtie for a presentation I have for one of my classes and I ended up at Belk in the super ghetto mall in Tallahassee called the Tallahassee Mall. (Seriously, it’s really empty so you feel like the zombie apocalypse has happened so you and your friends are the only ones left alive. Anyways, what were we talking about?) So Belks is like a Dillard’s or a Macy’s so they have nice stuff and have killer sales (because the mall is dying.) They had a table of $40 dress shirts for $16 so I looked through them, and found one I was hoping would fit. The one I wanted was a 17 1/2 inch neck 32/33 arms. I wasn’t sure if it was going to fit and I tried it on and it fit! In high school, I worked at a Van Huesen where the biggest size was an 18 inch and since I got a discount I wanted to buy some but all of them wouldn’t even button up! I have come a freakin’ long way. Today when I tried it on I was stoked, but it took me writing this to really appreciate this NSV. This is a pretty big deal for me. If that’s not motivation to keep going I don’t know what is.
Dinner: I went to dinner at our friends the Schuberts and we had Mexican! Ole! I just made a taco salad like I do at home with chips, black beans, a little cheese, lettuce, a little meat, and a ton of salsa. It was delicious I wish I would of had seconds. Anyways, there was birthday cake for their son Brett, but they also had some killer watermelon so I just had that instead of cake. I pretty good trade off. 8 points.
Dessert: I had a WW bar. 3 points of awesomeness.
So I’m at 29 points which is good since I didn’t work out. I’m going to go something physical tomorrow so I don’t go more crazy than an outhouse rat. (Yes, people actually say that.) See ya tomorrow.
255: What a Day Edition
Hello early weekend! Hello spending the whole time on a research paper that is frustrating the tar out of me! I’ve been trying to work on this paper that’s due Tuesday about BP and their social media efforts (or lack there of) and it has been a pain trying to look through all of their tweets and statuses. It’s a combination of my computer just locking up when I’m a few months back and that they post something literally every hour now. I thought this wasn’t going to be that bad, but that’s the funny thing about research, it’s like the Bizarroworld of normal expectations. So anyways, today has just been kind of a weird/off/I’m glad there is only an hour of it left/ kind of day. I’ll talk more about that in a bit…
Breakfast: So I was going to wake up at 6:15, go run and enjoy the morning. Well, I woke up to my alarm at 6:15 feeling great, but then I was like “well I need to sleep” so I went back to bed and I woke up feeling like complete garbage. Go figure right? So I got up, had some Chobani and granola, and went on with my day. 5 points.
Lunch: So I got home around 1 and I warmed up some Hebrew Nationals with leftover spaghetti-o’s. It was an awesomely delicious lunch. 8 points
After lunch I was a little hungry so I immediately ate some hummus and a pita while I should have just waited out a few minutes and I’m sure I would have been fine. Instead I ate it and I felt gross/too full after. That always sucks. 3 points.
Starbucks: While researching at Starbucks, I had a Skinny caramel macchiato which was as good as always. 3 points
Workout: So I had a rough day so I was ready for a good workout to calm myself down. I got to Leach and it was nightmarishly packed. I tried to do some weights but every 2 minutes it felt like people were coming up to me asking if I was done with a machine. It got annoying quick. Then I was doing some lumberjacks on a machine (pull down diagonally across your body) and one of the workers showed me a better way to do it. It was good for him to do and he was the first worker I’ve seen do that because I’m sure I’m still doing a ton of stuff wrong still. I just felt out of whack and like I had no clue what I was doing. So I went to a staple that I know I can handle. It was Stairmaster time! I did 17 minutes on level 7 (which I have never done) and it was painful but good. With 3 minutes left, my right calf started to cramp up so I slowed it down a little to stretch it out which helped but again it was just rough. I sweated like a stuffed pig which is what I needed today, a cathartic sweat. (Yes, that is all my sweat.)
Dinner: I had some leftover black beans so I cooked up some rice and had burritos again. It was fantastic and 10 points.
Dessert: I know I said I was going to cut back on dessert so I just had one today 🙂 I started working on research again and I kept having issues with my computer. Sometimes there are problems that only ice cream can solve. It wasn’t emotional eating per se, more of I need to get away from my computer or I’m going to go Office Space on it. It was still only 3 points so whatever.
Today I got to 32 points which is over but with the exercise I’m good. See ya tomorrow.
Day 254: Wordless Wednesday Awesometasticness
Day 253: Tuesday Totalitarianism
(Rest assured it wasn’t totalitarian at all. Alliterations just make me happy.)
So I didn’t sleep well last night (I’m sure all the coffee didn’t help) so I got home after my class and I accidentally crashed for a hour unintentionally watching Sportscenter. I woke up feeling kind of sick, but thankfully I’m feeling better now. Anyways, food time.
Brekafast: Publix had the new Cinnamon Explosion (I’m not sure what they are called but that’s what it should be called) Cheerios. I had 4 points worth which was for a lot of cereal.
Lunch: I had some awesome Hebrew National 94% fat free hot dogs with some Bush’s spicy beaked beans. A cup of beans was only 2 points so I had 2 cups which turned out to be the whole can (there is a reason I haven’t had an open flame in the house today…) Anyways lunch as 13 points since I had a pudding for dessert.
Snack: I didn’t want to have a lot of caffeine in my system because I actually want to sleep tonight, but I need something or else I would have slipped back in to a coma and rip van winkled it up until next week, so I had a 100 calorie Starbucks frapp. It was delicious. 2 points. I also had a pita with some hummus for about 3 points.
Dinner: I was getting pretty hungry around dinner time so I went over to Publix to get some fruits and vegetables. Then it hit: a perfect storm of unhealthy food craving. I drove past Wing Stop, one of my favorite places ever while a Wing Stop commercial was playing on the radio. It felt like divine intervention when in reality it was an intervention from a place a little further south. Anyways, I wrote something about it on FB and immediately I had people holding me accountable which was awesome. I’m not saying I have banished Wing Stop from my repertoire, but I didn’t need to eat it tonight. I had healthier things to eat at home, not to mention I didn’t have the points. So thanks for those who held me accountable, especially Tom for his genuine tough love approach. Anyways, I got back home and made some Spaghetti O’s and grilled cheese. It was freakin’ epic and delicious. One of my favorite combinations ever. 8 points.
Snack: Speaking of super awesome combinations, I picked up some baby carrots at Publix and had some with a 100 calorie pack of Wholly Guacamole! I don’t agree with a lot of what Adam Richman does on Man v. Food, but he did say one time that guacamole makes everything better and that is an axiom I now live by. 2 points
So I’m at 32 points which I know is over and I haven’t worked out today, but I’ll make up for it tomorrow. It’s not like the two extra points were from chocolate covered skittles, it was from carrots and guac so if I’m going to rationalize it that would be the way to do it. See ya tomorrow.
Day 252: Monday Time People!
So this is the second to last week of summer school for me and it’s going to be a doozie. I’m really stoked for it to be over with, but it has been a really good session. Anyways, today has been pretty awesome. I worked hard physically and mentally. I wanted today to set the pace for this week because if I do what I did today, I’ll get everything done I need to and I might even lose some weight. Like said the other day on Facebook, I want the weight loss, but I really want to keep losing inches off my body like I have been. It’s been so awesome going in to stores and getting to buy what I like instead of what I have to because it fits. I feel like I’m on Biggest Loser at this point because of all of the added benefits that have come from this weight loss journey that go beyond the weight loss itself. Obviously getting the weight off in the end is the most important thing for me, but like on BL, I’ve gained a confidence I’ve never had, the clothing selection I’ve always wanted, (hopefully) providing inspiration for other people, and oh yeah losing a crapton of weight. Alright, let’s do some food stuff.
Breakfast: I got up early enough to make some good breakfast so I made a breakfast burrito. I scrambled two eggs, added a little cheese, and added loads of salsa (a dieter’s best friend.) It was alright, I was just ready for something different. Breakfast was 7 points which I knew was high, but in hindsight I’m glad I ate a higher point breakfast.
SAWS!: My class got out early (holla!) so I went straight over to Leach for some workout awesomeness (always leave some workout clothes in your backpack or car. You never know when you’ll get a chance to burn some calories!) Leach was pretty empty, so I got on a treadmill, chose the total body interval (which tells you to do stuff with your arms) and went to work. I stayed with it for 65 minutes of cardio awesomeness. Once I got in to my groove I was cruisin! I got 13 exercise points and burned 862 calories. I felt great after because I felt like I had really accomplished something. Holla for Super Awesome Workout Summer (SAWS!)
Lunch: When I got home, I didn’t want to eat something frozen, so instead I went for my staple of tuna salad. I have figured out my recipe once and for all and it’s epic! (Dill and paprika is where it’s at. Just saying.) Anyways so I had two sandwiches made from one can of tuna along with some Cape Cod reduced fat chips. The chips are 3 points for 23 chips so they really are the perfect crunchy side (except for carrots. But healthy things don’t count.) Lunch was 10 points.
Starbucks Time: I needed to get out of the house, so I went to Starbucks to work on a project. I had an iced coffee with a pump of mocha with a splash of half and half. It was an awesome 3 points.
Dinner: When I was working on homework, I was also working on plans for some dinner. I had these grandiose plans of making massive burritos like Chipotle with grilled steak and grill peppers, you know, the works. Well, I’m still trying to figure out my grill (mostly lighting the charcoal so it stays lit long enough to actually cook anything) so it still turned out well, but I didn’t really use the grill. Anyways, I made cilantro lime rice, black beans, and steak with a grilledish red pepper. It actually turned out pretty awesome and by that point I was just hungry so it all worked out. I had two burritos which was about 18 points which I know is bad, but it’s still not as bad as a real Chipotle burrito so it was a good splurge. (I used the term splurge lightly because it had fiber, healthy fat in the guac, protein, and a lot of veggies.)
So today I got to 38 points which is high, but I had the exercise points to it evened it out. Overall, I still feel like I have set the tone for the week and I’m ready to rock it. See ya tomorrow.
251: Weigh In Day
It’s Sunday! And you know what that means… WEIGH IN DAY!
Once again it was just a weird week full of yummy proteins like steak that I wasn’t used to so I wasn’t sure. I think it turned out well. I lost 1.6 pounds! Which means I have lost a total of 93 pounds even so I am 7 pounds away from the elusive 100 pounds. It feels so close but so far. I’m going to work out harder this week and lose some more!
Breakfast: I had a Smartones Canadian breakfast sandwich for 4 points.
Lunch: Our college group went to Momo’s, this pizza place everyone talks about but I’ve never been to, for some awesome lunch. I had heard that the slices were massive, but I had no idea how big they were going to be. They were gargantuan. It was not just big, it was also delicious. Not greasey at all. (I was trying to take a picture of it in chunks but instead it just looks like a delicious Christmas tree.)
Dinner: So after the pizza I wasn’t hungry for a while, but I knew I needed to eat something a little lighter for dinner. I had a chicken suaza smartone and as always it was awesome. (That’s the good thing about microwavable meals. You can generally expect the same thing every time.)
Snack: While I was watching the Mavs game, I had some pizza bagels, a ton of watermelon and a jello with some fat free whip cream on top. It was awesome.
There is a minute left… Go Mavs. See ya tomorrow.
Day 250: Weekend Warrior
Hello Friends,
I hope you enjoyed my videos. The last one of the iPhone 4 unboxing is probably my favorite.
Lunch: Anyways, today was a pretty good. I got up at noon for the first time in forever (I must have been really tired.) So I woke up and I was like “Hmmm….. lunch time?” So I got in to the freezer and found this orange chicken smart one. It was awesome, especially when you eat it with chopsticks for it takes longer. It was 6 points.
Exercise: My friend Matt called me up for some frisbee golf and even though it was 1,000 degrees outside we went out. During the front nine the weather was fine but then these dark clouds came in and it started to thunder and lightning off in the distance. Then the wind started go all bonkers so we played a few holes on the back nine and called it good. It was fun to do some physical exercise that didn’t involve the gym.
Snack: When I got home, I had a serving of Cape Cod reduced fat mesquite bbq chips and a thing of chobani. 7 points
Dinner: For dinner I met up with my friend Andrea for some food at Cabo’s. I was in a Mexican mood tonight so I had the spinach enchiladas with black beans instead of refried beans. I took off the olives and some of the sour cream then I saved one of the enchiladas for later. It was a pretty good dinner.
Snack: When I got home a little later, I was still a little hungry so I had the other enchilada, but I was still hungry. I didn’t want to eat a lot but there just a lot of higher point things in the house. Then I remembered… WATERMELON!!! I forgot I had bought some last night in the fridge so I went AWOL on some watermelon awesomeness. What a great dessert.
So overall today wasn’t that bad food wise. I might have a pudding later but nothing to big. Tomorrow is weigh in and like always, I’m just not sure where I’m at. I have worked out and the food has been meh but the worst part is yesterday it felt like I hit a wall. It wasn’t anything food wise, more of a just being worn out from my weight loss journey. I don’t think about quitting, but just the grind of counting and blogging is just hard doing it daily sometimes. Today has been better though, hopefully I’ll get out of this funk soon. Fun stuff. See ya tomorrow.
Day 248: My Favorite Videos
Sup yo!
So tonight I wanted to do something different tonight and if it sucks I’ll never do it again. These are my favorite videos from the interwebs. Most of them are funny but there are a few cool ones in there too. (I know I’m a regular Daniel Tosh.) Just a quick recap of the day though: ate well, the stairmaster dominated my life and the Mavs pulled that sucker out. Awesome. Alright, lets do this thing. Enjoy!
(These are in no particular order.)
See ya tomorrow.
Day 246: Wordless Wednesday! Surprised?
