Week 3, Day 4, Tuesday: Ouch (3-4)

Week 3, Day 4 (18 of 90)

3-4

14-4 overall

pts for: 87
pts against: 40

Achieved:
- Diary my food (17-1)

- No drinking (17-1)

- No snacks/deserts (unless it is a fruit or vegetable) (12-6)

Did not achieve:

- 4+ glasses of water (8-10)

- Workout for at least 30 min (5-13)

- No food after 9pm (14-4)

- 7+ hours of sleep (13-5)

Food:  breakfast: eggs & asparagus pie, lunch: salad & chili (according to the restaurant, it was 600 calories), dinner:  chicken burger + salad (with blue cheese).  The good news - I avoided the snacks.  The bad news - lunch and dinner portions were probably too big.   I also didn't sleep a lot and had dinner late due to work.  I had 3 glasses of water, but didn't want to cheat with the late add to win.

A loss- but not that far off...

Week 3, Day 3, Monday: Narrow victory!! (4-3)

Week 3, Day 3 (17 of 90)

4-3

14-3 overall

pts for: 84
pts against: 36

Achieved:
- Diary my food (16-1)

- No drinking (16-1)

- No food after 9pm (14-3)

- 7+ hours of sleep (13-4)

Did not achieve:

- No snacks/deserts (unless it is a fruit or vegetable) (11-6)

- 4+ glasses of water (8-9)

- Workout for at least 30 min (5-12)

Food:  breakfast: pancakes, lunch: white chicken & salad, dinner: chicken pizza.  These were all part of my meal plan.  I had an early snack of an apple - which is ok - then i had a late snack of a york peppermint patty.  I know, it's only one - but i lost the points.

Water, I did ok - but only got to 3 glasses.   You can see, I'm cheating less frequently now of getting late night victories -I'm trying to win these fair & square.

Week 3, Day 2, Sunday: I worked out!! (6-1)

Week 3, Day 2 (16 of 90)

6-1

13-3 overall

pts for: 79
pts against: 33

Achieved:
- Diary my food (15-1)

- No drinking (15-1)

- No food after 9pm (13-3)

- 7+ hours of sleep (12-4)

- No snacks/deserts (unless it is a fruit or vegetable) (11-5)

- Workout for at least 30 min (5-11)

Did not achieve:

- 4+ glasses of water (8-8)

Heck yeah!! I worked out!!!  Did you hear that - I worked out!!!

Now, it is a Sunday - and it is the day I get to play bball - so it's hard to pass this up.  But I did it.  And it was awesome.

This is probably my healthiest travel day ever.  For breakfast - I had some steak (it was leftover - just had it with A1 sauce, the calorie count was pretty low. 

For lunch - a slide & a half of pizza and 6 slices of cheese on crackers.  For dinner - some freeze dried fruit and a wendy's spicey asiago ranch chicken club.

Now, I know the calories for these meals isn't great - and it will be good to get back on my meal plan.  But - usually when I travel, I eat like crap.  And, if I'm at a social outing, I drink. 

So - I did it.  Or, better than before.  Next week is going to be a killer - back to traveling for work.  Can I keep it up?  Honestly, this week will be hard - as I'm getting into the office for a few days too.  Those are long days.

So - let' see how this goes.  But, I am very happy to  have had a good day.

If only I could conquer the stupid water issue.

Week 3, Day 1, Saturday: A late mishaps loses the game (3-4)

Week 3, Day 1 (15 of 90)

3-4

12-3 overall

pts for: 73
pts against: 32

Achieved:
- Diary my food (14-1)

- No drinking (14-1)

- 4+ glasses of water (8-7)

Did not achieve:

- No food after 9pm (12-3)

- 7+ hours of sleep (11-4)

- No snacks/deserts (unless it is a fruit or vegetable) - had  cake (10-5)

- Workout for at least 30 min (4-11)

Food: breakfast: hummus; lunch:8 inch italian sub + 2 mcnuggets + some fries; snacks: 2 pigs in a blanket, some pulled pork, some calamari; dinner:  steak, potatoes, and beans from applebies (it was the chili & lime meal - very good!!).  And then I blue it - we were hanging out and i had a york peppermint pattie, some reeses pieces (maybe 15?) and then... some leftover cinnabons - 2 mini ones (which weren't the mini-mini size, but weren't the full size).  I'm not sure why I ate so late.  If I didn't, I would have been able to win the day.  What a moronic move on my part.

I should note: I was at my grandfather's funeral.  He was very talented and, in hearing people talk about him, it is interesting to see how much of me probably comes directly from him.  Knowing both of my grandfathers and my parents - I think I really need to step it up.  I'm not yet living the life I should and getting in shape is a big part of getting everything to where it should be.

Week 2, Day 7, Friday: Avoiding the negative play (5-2)

Week 2, Day 7

5-2

12-2 overall

pts for: 70
pts against: 28

Achieved:
- Diary my food (13-1)

- No drinking (13-1)

- No food after 9pm (12-2)

- 7+ hours of sleep (11-3)

- No snacks/deserts (unless it is a fruit or vegetable) - had  cake (10-4)

Did not achieve:

- Workout for at least 30 min (4-10)

- 4+ glasses of water (7-7)

Food: breakfast: omelet; lunch: turkey chili + a small pasta salad; dinner: 2 hamburgers, broccoli

No comment on working out and water.

I guess 7-0 in wk 2 isn't too bad.  1-6 on working out sucks.  It's like winning a bunch of games on field goals and safeties.

Week 2, Day 6, Thursday: Avoiding the negative play (6-1)

Weigh-in: 27 (10pm)

Week 2, Day 6

6-1

11-2 overall

pts for: 65
pts against: 26

Achieved:
- Diary my food (12-1)

- No drinking (12-1)

- No food after 9pm (11-2)

- 7+ hours of sleep (10-3)

- No snacks/deserts (unless it is a fruit or vegetable) - had  cake (9-4)

- 4+ glasses of water (7-6)

Did not achieve:

- Workout for at least 30 min (4-9)

Yesterday was a prepared meal + good food day.  Breakfast - omelet,  lunch: cuban sandwich, dinner: hamburger (2), broccoli.  pulled off water again.   I probably at too much, but I am getting pretty good at avoiding snacks and desserts.

Still needing to work out.  Again.

My weigh-in:  I actually weigh myself a lot, but don't always record it on here.  My weight can fluctuate quite a bit - but I'm seeing the highs be not as high and the lows be not as low.  I'm writing this now on Friday, even though I'm recapping Thursday.  But, today - I hit 275 once.  This is really good news for me!  I haven't been there for awhile.  Hopefully - I can ramp up my healthy habits and start working out more.

I may have bad news though - starting March 3, I'm going to be on the road for essentially 3 weeks.  I am HORRIBLE at eating well on the road - this will be a real challenge.  I think when that comes, I'm going to change my rules and drop a rule - perhaps drinking (I almost never drink while traveling... although at Booz [haha, yeah, very funny] I did drink quite a bit while traveling).  And then I'll pick up a rule for portion control.

But - on the flip side - maybe I can use it to get more into the daily work out mode.  I guess we'll see.

Lastly - until I work out, I think I can only claim I'm avoiding the negative play.  I'm not going to make real progress until I get off my butt.

Week 2, Day 5: Avoiding the negative play (6-1)

Week 2, Day 5

6-1

10-2 overall

pts for: 59
pts against: 25

Achieved:
- Diary my food (11-1)

- No drinking (11-1)

- No food after 9pm (10-2)

- 7+ hours of sleep (9-3)

- No snacks/deserts (unless it is a fruit or vegetable) - had  cake (8-4)

- 4+ glasses of water (6-6)

Did not achieve:

- Workout for at least 30 min (4-8)

Yesterday was a prepared meal + good food day.  Breakfast - meal, lunch: turkey salad pretzel roll & broccoli.  Dinner - a good sized cuban sandwich (probably bigger than it should have been).  I actually pulled off water.

Still needing to work out.  Not sure what it's going to take to get me motivated.