January 15th

Today has been a pretty good day. I did not get to get on the treadmill though.

Food intake:

1. Cup of coffee
2. 1 1/2 cup of raison bran cereal
3. 1 banana
4. Deli chicken sandwich on wheat w/ cheese and mayo
5. 12 oz of diet pepsi
6. Sweet and salty peanut granola bar
7. Golden corral dinner
4 oz chicken
Steamed brocolli
Corn
Salad
4 popcorn shrimp pieces
8. Small helping of bread pudding
9. Small rice crispy treats
10. 60 + oz of water


Workout: none

Miles til goal: 996.48

January 14th & Food Time Line

Today I was very tired. I'm not sure as to why except maybe because of the late basketball. Sunday and Wednesday nights are the nights that I get to bed the latest (basketball on those days) and could explain some of the drag.

I thought that I would label whether it was all meal or part of a snack to keep better track for myself and a rough time track. So: "BF"=breakfast, "L"=lunch, "D"=dinner, "SN"=snack. The water is an all day event.

Food Intake:

1. 1 1/2 cup of Raison Bran Cereal (BF) 8:00am
2. 1 Banana (SN) 9:30am
3. 1/2 Cup of Coffee (BF) 7:30-8:30am
4. 1 1/2 handfuls of Doritos (L) 11:00am
5. Deli Chicken (oven roasted) on wheat w/cheese and mayo (L) 11:00am
6. 14 oz of Sprite(L)11:am
7. 1/4 cup of Walnuts (SN) 1:30pm
8. 1/2 Rice Crispy Treat (SN) 3:45pm
9. Kraft Mac & Cheese (D) 6:30pm
10. 8 oz of Pepsi (D) 6:30pm
11. 1 cup plain yogurt blended w/ banana. Strawberry Slices were added and agava nectar. (SN) 11:00pm......after workout
12. 60+ oz of water


Workout:

- 3.22 miles on Treadmill
..................I have an application on my iPod called LiveCams. It's where you can view public Cameras all around the world to see what's going on. Sometimes I think it is just recorded video playing but I found a Hawaii cam and watched the sunset while listening to some good music. It worked out fine as I worked out.


Miles til Goal: 996.48

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January 13th & Treadmill Bike

I had a guilty feeling tonight after eating my meal. It wasn't because of what I ate...but because of how much of it I ate. I thought about it around 10:30pm -- that is 3 hours past the time I ate it. I wonder if that is progression - in a weird way?

My wife says I should put pictures every once in a while. While I may do that for this -- I have yet to take a picture for it. I figured I could find some random picture and attach it for you though.

I found this pic from Ecofitology

Food Intake:

1. 1 1/2 cup of Raison Bran Cereal
2. 1 Banana
3. Deli Chicken Sandwich on wheat w/ cheese and mayo
4. Handful of Dorito chips
5. 1 cup of coffee
6. 1/4 cup of walnuts
7. 6 oz of Sprite
8. About 2 helpings of Mostacelli (sp?) w/meat sauce <--I felt guilty about the second helping later. 9. 1 bowl of green beans 10. 1/2 of a Rice crispy treat 11. 60+ oz of water Workout:

- Basketball........Pedometer read - 2.11 miles
...............I felt like I was running a lot more than that...guess not. The team I ended up on won about 4 games and then lost a couple --- (every time you lose you sit out a game; winners stay). The games go to 15 usually, sometimes 21.

Miles til Goal:------999.7

January 12th & Nutritional Tip 1

I felt like I ate a lot today but I think it was that I felt like I was eating all day. I had my meals and then snacks in between. I didn't feel overwhelmed though with food in my stomach. I didn't have that bloated feeling. No one likes that full feeling (the one where you have to unbutton your pants and lay back so that you are not all crowded inside). I wonder how much of being "full" is a psychological thing? Something to think about.

Nutritional Tip:

I have read that we need to be drinking around 64 ounces of water a day. This helps in virtually every aspect of your body. This is from your brain, to your joints, and also to your nerves. Some of this quality health from water you won't even realize is taking place but the biggest thing that I have noticed is that I have to pee a lot. This means that my kidneys are working well and getting rid of the non-healthy things building up. As we get rid -- we must also replace. That's just some of the idea behind water.

Food intake:

1. 1 cup coffee
2. 1 1/2 servings of Raison Bran Cereal
3. Handful of Chips - Dorito again
4. Deli Chicken Sandwhich on wheat w/ cheese and mayo
5. 1 12 oz Diet Pepsi
5. 8 oz of oven roasted chicken on salad (lettuce, cucumbers, black olives, green peppers, and onions w/ thousand island dressing
6. 2 white chip macadamian nut cookies from Subway
7. 1 cup plain yogurt w/banana, strawberry slices, and crushed walnuts on top
8. 1 cupcake (girl brought in snacks for her birthday at school)
9. 60+ ounces of water

Workout:

- 3.02 miles on the treadmill
.........I downloaded a good show on my ipod and just watched it, listened to some music -- and started to make up some of what I failed to do before.

miles to go..............1001.81

January 11th

I'm watching Biggest Loser as I am writing this and it is quite the inspiration to keep pushing forward with this goal. It isn't as hard as I thought to turn away some of the foods or drink the water that is needed for a healthy, functional body. I really thought this would be a bit of a hassle to write things down all of the time and keep track but it's not that bad at all. WHat I'm attempting to get out is that this idea of better health is no longer just a hope that is in my head but a reality that can be reached.


Food intake:

1. 3/4 of a banana
2. 1 cup of coffee
3. 1 cup of Raison Bran cereal
4. Deli Oven roasted chicken sandwich on wheat w/American cheese and mayo
5. Handful of chips
6. 1 12oz diet Pepsi
7. 10 oz of Grilled chicken dipped in Ranch dressing
8. bowl of corn
9. rice crispy treat
10. 1 20oz of Sprite
11. 1/2 bowl of plain yogurt sweetened w/agave nectar and mixed w/Slice strawberries and banana
12. roughly 60+ oz of water


Workout -
.............I did not work out today...:(

The eating right is much easier than working out every day. No more Excuses!!


miles til Goal..............1004.83


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January 10th & Pedemoter

I bought a pedometer to wear when I played basketball since I am running and getting plenty of exercise that way. At first, I wasn't going to count that running and viewed it as extra...but then I thought...Why wouldn't I count it - it's running. So, I have counted that and will continue to as I push to reach my goal. This was a bad eating day.


Food Intake:

1. 7/8 of a plain doughnut
2. Starbuck's Frappacino - Coffee Flavor
3. 1 Salad w/french dressing
4. 1 slice of pizza - chicken and bbq
5. 2 pieces of cheese bread
6. 3/4 of a cinnamon stick
7.


Workout -

- Played basketball
...........2.49 miles of running back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.

miles til goal..........1004.83

January 9th

I can't believe it and am ashamed of it but I slept until noon today...I was so lazy today. I played wii for about two hours. Oh man, I can see why I like to work -- if I don't I just go crazy and do nothing. That's actually pretty weird.

Food intake:

1. 2 servings of frosted flakes cereal ( cheap brand)
2. 1 glass of milk
3. Venti pumpkin spice latte w/ lite whip
4. 1 slice banana nut bread
5. 6" Cold cut combo sub
6. 6" cold cut combo sub. ( other half of ft long- 4.5 hrs later)
7. 2 white chip macadamian nut cookies
8. 1 sprite - 20 oz
9. 4 servings of water -(so far)


Workout:

- shoveled church sidewalks
- no treadmill today

.. Miles til goal........1007.32

January 8th

I woke up 11 am today -- if I sleep past 10:30am my back seems to hurt (I guess that's extra initiative to wake up before then). It is another snow day...which would be perfect for an extra run or something -- didn't happen though. It was a pretty good day though - lots of chill time and wii time.


Food intake:

1. Banana
2. 1/2 of a grilled chicken panini (?)
3. 1 sweet/hot dillpickle (just a quarter of it- sliced)
4. The other half of the grilled chicken
5. 1 12 oz diet pepsi
6. Plain yogurt w/ blended banana, strawberry slices, agave nectar (sweetener)
7. 1 glass of milk
8. I want to say I had a rice crispy treat sometime too but I can't remember when that was (I guess I should do this the day of instead of the day after)
9. 6 servings of water


Workout:

- 1.52 miles on treadmill

miles to reach goal.......1007.32



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