Another Day

Today was ok.  Got my sunday basketball in.  Also did a nice walk to the park with the kids.

Breakfast:
- Instant oatmeal, 3 packets

Lunch:
Arugala Salad + bacon
+ a few pieces of cheese
+ salami chips

Snacks:
Keebler Cookies (maybe 6?)
Hershey's kisses (maybe 10?)

Dinner:
Hamburger on bun (a pretty big burger)
Green beans

Here's my record.  A good win today (6-1).  But I'm only 5-7 overall and 27-22 points wise over 7 days.  I'm doing horrible with the snacks/desserts.

On the bright side - work ended great last week.  We're making some really important progress in our project and a lot of execs (including my boss) are happy with the work.  As part of this, we won a pretty big battle with an important naysayer.

My kid's football team won its season opener - 34-0.

We had a wine tasting party with people from our parish, which was fun, but not great for calorie counting.

So, good stuff happening overall.  Maybe this week will be better.

Date:	17-Apr
Win:	Yes
Today's Score	6-1
Overall Record	5-7
Last 7 day Record	3-4
Last 7 day Score	27-22
	17-Apr	16-Apr	15-Apr	14-Apr	13-Apr	12-Apr	11-Apr	Historical
Diary Food	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	42%
No Drinking	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	83%
No food after 9pm	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	58%
7+ hours of sleep	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	42%
No snacks/desserts (unless fruit or veggie)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
4+ glasses of water	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	100%
Workout for at least 30 minutes	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	42%
Score	6-1	3-4	2-5	4-3	6-1	3-4	3-4

Day 8

Ok, I've been off for awhile.  Today was a little rough, but I guess it's good to get back to it.

I've tried to go back a few days and track my food.  It's late tonight, but I'll go back and track food - definitely for yesterday and I'll come close on other days too.

I managed to go 6-1 today.  Subway cookies, a few munchkin donuts, and popcorn as a snack killed me.

So, here it is:

Breakfast:
- Bowl of cereal, milk

Snack:
Popcorn

Lunch:
Footlong subway, rotisserie chicken, no cheese, lots of veggies, on flatbread
3 subway cookies

Snack
4 munchkin donuts

Dinner
Salmon and broccoli

...

I really need to get back on track.  I guess today was a small victory.  I played basketball for 1.5 hours.  Fitbit said it's worth 1500 calories, so that's not bad.

Hopefully, tomorrow will be better

Date:	13-Apr
Win:	Yes
Today's Score	6-1
Overall Record	3-5
Last 7 day Record	2-5
Last 7 day Score	24-25
	13-Apr	12-Apr	11-Apr	10-Apr	9-Apr	8-Apr	7-Apr
Diary Food	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
No Drinking	1	1	0	1	1	1	1
No food after 9pm	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
7+ hours of sleep	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
No snacks/desserts (unless fruit or veggie)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4+ glasses of water	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Workout for at least 30 minutes	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Score	6-1	3-4	3-4	3-4	3-4	2-5	4-3

Day 2- OK

Breakfast:
Bowl and a half of crispix + milk
Glass of OJ

Snack:
Some doritos (too much, but less than yesterday)

Lunch:
Footlong Subway on flat bread, rotisserie chicken, no cheese/mayo

Dinner:
meatloaf + mashed potatoes


So, an OK day with food, but i need to get better.  At least no sweets today.  If I can keep from eating, not eating late is also a good step.

I might get a workout in.  I just did basketball practice, which is kind of a work out, but not really.  I need to be head's down with work for a bit, so I'll have to see how fast I can move.  I'd love to get to bed early enough though so I can get my 7 hours.

Date:	7-Apr
Win:	Yes
Today's Score	4-3
Overall Record	2-0
Last 7 day Record	1-0
Last 7 day Score	4-3
	7-Apr	6-Apr
Diary Food	1	1
No Drinking	1	1
No food after 9pm	1	1
7+ hours of sleep	0	0
No snacks/desserts (unless fruit or veggie)	0	0
4+ glasses of water	1	1
Workout for at least 30 minutes	0	1
Score	4-3	5-2

I am back - again...

It's been a long time since I've been on.  Thanks to realappeal - I'm going to take another run at tracking.  There's some disconnect between what I want to achieve and how I act.  Maybe putting myself out there a little more will make a difference.

If you're reading this, I ask that you not comment, at least until I've made some progress.  I don't take any feedback on losing weight well and this is hard for me (like it is for anyone trying to lose weight).

Breakfast:

- bowl and a half of crispix w/ milk
- medium sized glass of OJ
- coffee w/ a little milk


Lunch:
- lots of green beans
- chicken kabobs (spiedee's marinade, it's awesome)

Snack:
this is the bummer, i try to do no snacks.... i had doritos and some chocolate

Dinner:
i tried to make it up with dinner - only had a little bit of pork loin


The good news is today was a basketball day - according to fitbit, it was worth 1400 calorie burn.  I also got my water quota, but feel short of the 7 hours.

So, a strong first day... can i finish the night without eating?  And can I get another good day tomorrow...

Date:	6-Apr
Win:	Yes
Today's Score	5-2
Overall Record	1-0
Last 7 day Record	1-0
Last 7 day Score	5-2
	6-Apr
Diary Food	1
No Drinking	1
No food after 9pm	1
7+ hours of sleep	0
No snacks/desserts (unless fruit or veggie)	0
4+ glasses of water	1
Workout for at least 30 minutes	1
Score	5-2

Not bad for a road trip

Yesterday was the VA-St Louis road trip.  I am notoriously bad on road trips - eating food that isn't any good and a lot of it.  This time was one of my best, although not great.

Breakfast:

McD's:  Medium Strawberry Smoothie

50% of a sausage, egg, and cheese muffin

75% of an egg, sausage, and cheese burriot

Morning snacks:

Creme De Menthe Squares (they are so good)

Lunch:

Arby's giant roast beef sandwiche + lots of arby's sause

(note: sandwich is 560 calories... each packet is 15 calories... i probably use 10 packets... overall, not a bad lunch calorie wise)

Snack:

We got taco bell for everyone else and I had a few nachos and a 1/2 a cheese quesadialla

Dinner:

Same arby's meal

Late night snack:

- roast beef (deli)

- 1 chocolate cookie

So - that's a lot of food, but... for me it's a good road trip.  I'm actually more proud of myself than not, which might seem a bit silly.

I'm thinking of giving myself christmas eve and christmas "off" when it comes to food - but i want to be sure to work out for each.

So, yeah, I lost... but it was one of my best losses yet.

Date:	22-Dec
Win:	No
Today's Score	3-4
Overall Record	16-15
Last 7 day Record	5-2
Last 7 day Score	29-20
	22-Dec	21-Dec	20-Dec	19-Dec	18-Dec	17-Dec	16-Dec	Historical
Diary Food	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	52%
No Drinking	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	87%
No food after 9pm	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	68%
7+ hours of sleep	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	35%
No snacks/desserts (unless fruit or veggie)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	19%
4+ glasses of water	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	61%
Workout for at least 30 minutes	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	19%
Score	3-4	5-2	7-0	1-6	5-2	4-3	4-3

The score is better than the day

The behavior stuff was good today... except eating right and working out.  No working out again.  I need to figure out how to.  Food was bad - went back to the christmas candy.  lots of creme de mente squares.

Otherwise, not too bad.

Breakfast:
Bacon, Egg, Cheese Sandwich

Lunch:
Turkey and roast beef sliders
- 4 total - i cut the bread differently, so there was very little bread this time... still used mayo though and added cheese to some

Dinner:
3/4 serving of shrimp & pasta meal --  like 750 calories

...

So food was good, not great... except the gobs of christmas cookies... and now a 16 hour drive tomorrow... might prove to be pretty bad

Date:	21-Dec
Win:	Yes
Today's Score	5-2
Overall Record	16-14
Last 7 day Record	6-1
Last 7 day Score	30-19
	21-Dec	20-Dec	19-Dec	18-Dec	17-Dec	16-Dec	15-Dec	Historical
Diary Food	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	50%
No Drinking	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	87%
No food after 9pm	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	70%
7+ hours of sleep	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	37%
No snacks/desserts (unless fruit or veggie)	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	20%
4+ glasses of water	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	60%
Workout for at least 30 minutes	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20%
Score	5-2	7-0	1-6	5-2	4-3	4-3	4-3

My first 7-0

After a string of bad days, I've rebounded and have a 7-0 --- my first perfect score!  (assuming I can avoid eating and drinking before I go to sleep)

Breakfast:
- Bowl of crispix

Lunch:
- deli meat "sliders" (made on small pieces of french bread)
3 roast beef - a mayo, a horseradish, and a mustard one
1 turkey - mayo

Dinner:
Panera salad
Small piece of french bread

Date:	20-Dec
Win:	Yes
Today's Score	7-0
Overall Record	15-14
Last 7 day Record	5-2
Last 7 day Score	28-21
	20-Dec	19-Dec	18-Dec	17-Dec	16-Dec	15-Dec	14-Dec	Historical
Diary Food	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	48%
No Drinking	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	86%
No food after 9pm	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	69%
7+ hours of sleep	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	34%
No snacks/desserts (unless fruit or veggie)	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	21%
4+ glasses of water	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	59%
Workout for at least 30 minutes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21%
Score	7-0	1-6	5-2	4-3	4-3	4-3	3-4