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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January 7th, 2010

I guess I didn't realize how lazy I could be until I set this goal...it will happen though. I'm still eating the same as I always have and probably won't change that for a while - I first need to get some of these miles off.


Food intake:

1. Rice crispy treat
2. 1 20oz sprite
3. 3 pieces of stuffed crust pizza, with BBQ topping
4. Jr. Rost beef sandwich w/ red ranch sauce from arby's
5. 1 12 oz diet pepsi
6. 1 cup plain yogurt blended with 1 banana, topped with sliced strawberries.
7. 5-6 glasses of water (8 oz each)


Workout:


- helped parents move contents out of a packed thirty foot trailer into a storage unit
- lazyness won


Miles to go........... Still 1008.84

January 6th, 2010

Food intake:

1. About 2 cups of raisin bran cereal
2. Deli chicken sandwich with American cheese, mayo on wheat
3. 1 diet pepsi (12 oz)
4. 1 cup coffee
5. 1 cinnamon roll (from student...it was good...not so good for me though)
6. Cheap brand dorito chips (handful)
7. Four more slices of that chicken deli meat (plain)
8. Another bowl of raison bran cereal
9. 5-6 glasses of water (8 oz each)


Workout:


- 6 games of 3 on 3 basketball to 21
- no walking though

Miles to go to reach goal.....1008.84