1 Week Down and a New Milestone

A week ago I announced my 1 month plan to drop additional weight before vacation.  I am now 7 days in, and have been holding strong on my 1200 calories a day diet.  Although I didn’t weigh myself until day 3, I have been disappointed with the extremely slow weight loss.  Today I had a blip in the slow weight loss.

Throughout this summer I was never able to pull under 298.  It was a number that started to haunt me in my dreams.  Well this morning when I stepped on the scales it gave me the number 295.6.  I stepped on it three times to make sure I wasn’t seeing things.  So for the first time the scales have given me significant movement since June.  Also the first time I have seen 295 since my son was born.    Which means I am officially the lightest my kids have ever seen me, which is kind of awesome if you think about it.  Here is a look at my diet for the day (And I use the term diet simply as what I am eating today.)

Morning: Special K Protein Bar (180 Calories)

Mid Morning Snack: None

Lunch: 1 slice whole wheat bread, 2 oz starkest tuna, hardboiled egg, diced pears and apples in light syrup (298 Calories)

Mid Afternoon Snack: Hardboiled egg, 1 low fat string cheese (128 Calories)

Dinner:  1 cup chili with cheese (344 Calories)

Evening Snack: ¾ cup Honey Bunches of Oates, 1 cup skim milk,1 low fat string cheese (256 Calories)

Total for the day was 1206 calories.  This may be my closest to 1200 yet.  I even got in a workout last night, even if it was a small one.  I was getting hungry and decided to push out an Ab Ripper 200 instead of eating a snack cake.  I believe the right decision was made.  Well that is all for today.  Tomorrow I start the second week on my 1 month weigh down, I would love to drop another 5.  Until then…

Planning Ahead

Over the course of the last four months I have learned many things about trying to get healthy.  One of those is the importance of planning ahead.  But despite my good intentions, I was caught off guard when Power 90 ended a week ago.  So I started my low calorie diet with possibly some workouts mixed in.  So here I am almost to the end of week 1 and the possibly working out has remained just that, a possibility.  So I decided to do something about that, and today I ordered The Biggest Loser, Last Chance Workout. 

Now don’t worry I am not giving up on Beach Body, and I am looking forward to getting back at Power 90 Master Series in January, but I need something to do until that time.  And Last Chance Workout cost about $7.00, which is a major selling point for me.  So I am now watching my package shipping which looks like it will arrive on Wednesday so that will give me two weeks of last chance workouts before the Disney trip.  If everything goes well, I will complete the other four weeks when I return in November.  And I’ll give a review of this program when I finish.

On another topic I dropped another .4 pounds today, and did not feel constantly hungry like I did yesterday.  Here’s a look at my diet for today:

Morning: Special K Protein Bar (180 Calories)

Mid Morning Snack: None

Lunch: Shake, *1 cup skim milk, 1 cup whey protein, 1 banana, 1 cups blueberries (410 Calories)

Mid Afternoon Snack: Hardboiled egg, 1 tbsp peanut butter (173 Calories)

Dinner:  1 cup chili with cheese (364 Calories)

Evening Snack: 1 mini bag Jolly Time popcorn (110 Calories)

Things seemed to go really smoothly today even if it was another day without a workout.  So tomorrow we will get that workout back in there, and I’ll tell you all about it then…

So Hungry…

It’s funny how some days 1200 calories can do the trick and other days I am dying.  Today has been the second sort of day.  Food wise I was very close to where I have been every other day, yet an hour after breakfast I was starving.  I ate lunch, but by 4 my stomach was actually growling.  Then thirty minutes after dinner I was scanning the kitchen for a snack. 

On top of all of this, my lovely wife decided to bake for the kids tonight, so as I am sitting in the living room trying to focus on not eating she is standing in the kitchen making up an amazing apple crisp.  But for those of you wondering I did not fall into temptation and eat said apple crisp.  And my kids, (the human vacuum cleaners they are) finished off the apple crisp so it is no longer a temptation. 

Here’s a look at what I ate on Tuesday October 2^nd:

Morning: Special K Protein Bar (180 Calories)

Mid Morning Snack: None

Lunch: Shake, *1 cup skim milk, 1 cup whey protein, 1 banana, ¾ cups blueberries (390 Calories)

Mid Afternoon Snack: None

Dinner:  Meijer chicken fillet, 2 cups birds eye broccoli with light cheese (340 Calories)

Evening Snack: Hardboiled egg, ½ cup Grapenuts, ½ cup skim milk (321 Calories)

In the end I finished the day at 1231 calories.  I would also like to give a special thanks to my brother Travis who showed up at 9:00 to hang out and play video games, which completely made me forget about the fact I was hungry and made the evening an enjoyable one, instead of one where I just sat around thinking about how hungry I was. 

On another note I weighed in at 299.4 this morning so down .4 pounds since yesterday so nothing huge yet, but we will see what tomorrow holds.  Till Then……

My Pregnancy Weight

A year ago I weighed 370 pounds, but I didn’t always way that much, in fact there was a time in the not all too distant past where I was a trim and fit 210.  Sure that may not seem light, but on my 6’4 frame, it isn’t bad.  What happened, you ask?  Well a lot of Little Debbies, a lot of double cheese burgers, a good amount of 50 piece nuggets, and my wife’s two pregnancys. 

You see most of the time when a couple gets pregnant, the wife puts on weight, in our case my wife gets sick and stays about the same, while I put on weight at a break neck pace.  Every time my wife hits a craving and I hit the store, I buy food for myself.  She would want chili from Wendy’s and a cheese burger from Burger King and a shake from McDonalds.  Which meant I would get a number 3 from Wendy’s, a number 7 with onion rings from Burger King, and a Sunday and pies from McDonalds.  Then when she couldn’t finish the chili, I would finish that as well. 

With Connor I put on about 30 pounds, breaking 300 for the first time.  Then with child number two, I jumped another 25 pounds.  My wife, of course, dropped any weight she gained at the end of the pregnancy, me well, I have finally gotten rid of the additional Emmy weight, but am still working on the Connor weight.  And yes, he is 9.

Well if you haven’t heard, we are now expecting baby number three.  I am already fighting the desire to eat, but will be on a tight nine month guard to make sure this is the first baby I don’t gain 25 pounds with.  For starters, I finished my fourth day on my low calorie diet (1200 a day) in order to hopefully kickstart the weight loss process.  Here’s what I had today:

Breakfast:  Special K Protein Bar (170 Calories)

Mid-Morning: Snack: None

Lunch: Protein Shake, 1 cup milk, 1 scoop vanilla whey protein, 1 banana, 1 cup blueberries (410 Calories)

Afternoon Snack: 1 cup cottage cheese 1 teaspoon peanut butter (148 Calories)

Dinner: Chili and cheese (364 Calories)

Evening Snack: Diced apples and pears, 5 mini cheese ravioli’s no sauce (185 Calories)

Still felt pretty good not dying of hunger just yet, and today I landed at 1277 Calories.  I’ll let you know how tomorrow goes.  Till Then…

My Final Review of Power 90

A little over 120 days ago I started Power 90.  Sure it’s a 90 day workout, but I restarted after 30 days to join a challenge group, which was one of the better workout decisions I made.  I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you my thoughts of Power 90 as many people ask me if I would recommend it.  The simple answer is yes, I would recommend, but probably not to everyone and not for everything.  Let me explain.

When I started Power 90 in June I weighed about 315 pounds by the mid way mark in June I weighed 303 pounds. I was pretty excited about such dramatic weightless in only 2 weeks and was having visions of 250 by the end of my 90 days.   These dreams were quickly dashed as over the next month I worked my butt off for another 3 pounds.  Putting me at 300 at day 45.  From then on out I was stuck for the next 75 days (Well 70 days I sort of let things go fair week from both temptation and depression).  So as far as weight loss goes this wasn’t the most amazing program, I lost 15 pounds in 4 months.  So for weight loss, I give it a C.

Another area of measurement would be for inches.  Honestly, I did not drop multiple pant or shirt sizes over the course of the 90 days.  Basically, I started at a 46 and dropped to a 44.  I’d let you know some of the official measurements but I lost my measurement sheet in the first 30 days (Next time I should keep those someplace other then the coffee table.)  So officially I can’t show a full “inches” count so I will give it a NA. 

In the area of strength though, I think this program shined.  When I started day 1 I could barely do 1 regular pushup (off of my knees); by day 90, I was doing 3 sets of 10.  On day 1, I could only do about 40 Crunches in 5 minutes.  By day 90, I was doing 180 in 7 minutes.  When I started the program I used 10 pound weights dropping down to 5’s for the harder exercises.  I finished using 15’s jumping up to 25’s for the least difficult exercises.  For gained strength, I personally would give this program a B.

The final category I would like to grade Power 90 in is confidence.  I chose Power 90 because I didn’t believe I could do something with the difficulty level of P90X.  I now look over the Beach Body site and get excited about all the programs I want to do in the future.   So in confidence, I would give the program an A.

Final thoughts on Power 90, I like it, and would do it again.  Its true doing the same 4 video’s every day for 90 days got a little repetitive over time, but so did the McDoubles I’d eaten for the last 5 years.  And yes, Tony Horton will start to get on your nerves by day 45 (especially with all the times he reminds you he is only working half as hard as you.)  And yes, the production value is very 1980’s.  That being said, I lost some weight, some size, and am a lot stronger then I was 4 months ago.  So it works, and ultimately that is what is important. 

What’s next you ask? I am leaning towards Power 90 Master Series.  Although I really want do P90x, as well as Les Mills Pump.  So I guess we will have to see, whatever the case I will probably do a combination of Power 90 and some other less expensive videos until the first of the year as finances are tight around the holidays. 

On a separate note, I started my weight today for this one month push, and it was 299.8 so back under 300 for this pre vacation push, and I am continuing on my 1200 calorie a day diet.  I’ll be back tomorrow, till then……

 

A Wrong Weekend to Start

So had I been a wise man, I would have made my new kick restart start on Sunday because I had forgotten about the fact I was going to spend Saturday running a volleyball tournament.  Now you may say what’s the big deal you meet some coaches and sit behind a scoreboard for 12 hours, but that is the big deal.  I was trapped in a gym from about 7:00 to 7:00 where I did not have my kitchen full of healthy food options.  Instead, I had a concessions stand.  What’s on the menu there you ask?  Giant muffins, candy, chili cheese dogs, chili cheese nachos, pretzels and popcorn -- none of which are solid options on a 1200 calorie diet. 

Well, despite being surrounded my favorites, I survived the day with only 1200 calories.  Instead of a giant chocolate chip muffin, I had a Special K Protein Bar.  And instead of dumping my chili on a hot dog or nachos, I just ate 2 cups of chili.  So although my team lost early in the day, and my finger is sore from pushing score board buttons all day long, I feel I won the day.  Here’s a look at my 1200 Calorie diet for the day.

Breakfast – Special K Protein Bar (170 Calories)

Mid Morning Snack – None

Lunch – 2 cups Chili – (528 Calories)

Afternoon Snack – None

Dinner – Birds Eye Frozen Vegetables Asian Medley 3.5 cups and a hotdog no bun (355 Calories)

Evening Snack – Diced Apples and Pears fruit Cup, and ½ cup low fat cottage cheese (160 Calories)

Total Calorie Count for the day 1213.

You may question the hotdog, not a great food to eat, but I have a fridge of leftovers from the games.  We also have leftover muffins, and leftover pizza.  So I’m sure tomorrow will be a challenge as well.  We also have a bag of leftover apples from the event, and I heard one a day can keep the doctor away and you can’t beat that. 

So tomorrow I will try to hop on the scale, 2 days of 1200 calories has probably done something.  I was in at 304 about a month ago, before I grew too scared to step on the scales.  So I am not expecting the best news, but having just the occasional snack a couple times a day will have its affect.  Until Tomorrow…

Restart

Power 90 day 120/90

 

 

Welcome back to Tim Loses it.  For starters, let me apologize for the recent silence coming from this blog.  As many of you know I started this blog as I started the Beach Body workout routine to show how much weight I lost in 90 days.  Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans…  Instead I dropped 15 pounds in the first couple weeks, and then hit a plateau where I have been stuck at 300 pounds for the last 90 days. 

In the end depression snuck in, and although I never quit working out altogether and I never all together quit eating well, I did drift from where I started.  My calories drifted up to about 2500 a day and my workouts drifted down to just a couple times a week.  Now I find myself a month away from our big Disney vacation still with 50 pounds to lose. 

Well, let’s be real.  I can’t lose 50 pounds in a month, but if I could break the plateau, I could lose 10 or more.  So the next month is my new goal.  Today is Friday October 28^th, and I am giving myself 4 weeks, until Friday October 26^th to try to break through this plateau and lose some weight.  However to do exactly what I have been doing would be crazy as it hasn’t been doing the trick up to this point. 

So with 4 weeks to go, I am going to mix it up a little -- try to shock my body into losing some weight.  Week one I am going to go Low Calorie.  1200 a day (well between 1200 and 1250 and it can be tough to stop on a dime.)  Also starting Monday I will be back to workouts.  I will probably stick with weight loss Yoga and Power 90 Sculpt 3-4 as my energy level is already down after only 1 day at 1200 calories.  I’m not sure how I will be by Friday, but hopefully still on my feet. 

Well here we go, Here is my menu for the day:

Breakfast – Special K Protein Bar – (170 Calories)

Mid Morning Snack – None

Lunch – McDonalds Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken, Fruit and Yogurt Parfait (440 Calories)

Afternoon Snack – ½ cup low fat cottage cheese (100 Calories)

Dinner – 3 scrambled eggs, ¼ cup cheddar cheese, 1 tbsp low fat margarine (360 Calories)

Evening Snack – Del Monte Diced Apples and Pears in light syrup with Caramel flavor, ¼ cup low fat cottage cheese (110 Calories)

Total Calorie Count for the Day 1180, its true it’s under 1200, but it will cover things if my measurements were off on the cheese. 

Well if you’re still interested in following me, I will try to do a better job this time around.  And I hope you are still going strong on your healthy lifestyle changes… Till Later…

Power 90 Day 57 – 63 & 29 – 35 – Tim’s Bogus Journey.

Alright.  I am a big enough man to admit when I am wrong.  (I should be; I still weigh 300 hundred pounds.)  This week I messed up.  Instead of posting these as 5 separate posts, I am going to quickly go through my failure after failure and try to look at why.  But as my dad would have said (in nicer language) I failed because I didn’t do what I should have done.  There are no excuses. 

Monday:  I actually did more work on Monday than any other day this week as I spent 4 hours waxing the gym floor.  (According to My Fitness Pal this is quite the calorie burn).  I also hit the Power 90 Sculpt 1-2 tonight although I could not finish it, after being up since 6:00 and working all day, I was just exhausted. 

The other big problem I faced Monday was a lack of food.  It was such a busy day I only ate about 1000 calories for the day.  I also didn’t drink enough water.

Tuesday: This should have been a great day back, but it wasn’t.  After getting back from the radio station, I decided to take a nap.  I slept most of the afternoon.  When I did finally wake up the internet was back on after not having it Monday (It’s why I didn’t keep a food journal).  Since I had internet and the house to myself, I decided to download video games (instead of working out) and my day was spent sitting in front of the TV. 

That night my wife and daughter wanted to watch Olympic Gymnastics.  They went snack shopping for the event, and I didn’t flee from temptation.  Although I had three healthy meals, that evening I snacked on double stuffed Oreo’s, Pringles, and Gummy Worms.  Ugh, let the hating myself begin.  O yea and when the Olympics finally went off 1:00 am I was too tired to work out.   (I saw this picture and tried it.  Nope cant touch my foot to my head)

Wednesday: Again wore out from the morning show, I crashed in the early afternoon.  That evening my nephew had his last T-ball game, and I wanted to see him play.  Sporting events have never been a good spot for me, nachos and hot dogs are my favorites at a ball game and the more chili and nacho-cheese, the better. 

Well I avoided all the ball-park food, and headed out, when we decided to take the kids out for ice cream.  Well what started as kids turned into adults and I was the guy bringing the party down, so I broke and ate a peanut butter ice cream sundae… (The nachos may have been healthier).  When I got home, I felt sick after all that ice cream and didn’t work out (2^nd Day in a Row)

Thursday:  Notice how these keep getting worse.  Today one of my closest friends was going to stop by in the evening, so I knew I had to work out before he got there.  Yet after morning show, summer school, and station manager work at WPCJ, I never got the chance to.  On top of that, my wife decided to make zucchini bread (since we have so much zucchini) and I have a big weakness when it comes to homemade baked goods.  I was going to enter a slice into my fitness pal, to see if I could afford a slice, but the internet was out.  So I ended up eating the better part of a loaf.  And although I had a great time with my friend, I never got to working out (3^rd day in a row)

Friday:  This is getting too depressing to record.  I woke up Friday and took Randy out to breakfast.  I should have had eggs and wheat toast with coffee. I had eggs, wheat toast, bacon, and hash browns.  The rest of the day didn’t go much better.  

We left for a wedding on the other side of the state around 5:00 and I hadn’t eaten since breakfast.  By the time we were sitting in the reception it was nearing 8:00 and I still hadn’t eaten since breakfast.  That’s when I had a piece of the chocolate grooms’ cake.  Just a piece I thought.  Then they started bringing around the wedding cake.  It was made by the sister of one of my basketball players and I had to try a slice.  (BTW truly one of the best wedding cakes I have ever eaten!)  Two pieces of cake, two scoops of ice cream, and my head was swimming in a sugar rush.  I haven’t eaten that much sugar in months and months.  Still having not eaten anything but cake since breakfast I looked for someplace to stop on the way home, to help with all the sugar.   Unfortunately not a lot open at 10:00 pm.    I ended up at McDonalds and eating a deep fried chicken sandwich and French fries… Ugh… Did not feel good upon returning home.  I stuck in power 90 to give it a go but barely made it through half the disk before calling it quits. 

Saturday:  I’m not sure if I was depressed from all the food I had eaten the day before.  Or perhaps my body was in sugar shock, but this day is a blur.  I know I didn’t exercise and I didn’t eat much, the day was kind of a wash. 

Sunday:  Some days are best left not talked about.  I will say my 9 year old son convinced me to eat a Baconator and I still feel bad about it.  I came home and fell asleep and didn’t get much done through the rest of the day.  (So not proud of the Baconater)

This was not a week we felt good about.  It was a week of failure.  Strangely enough as I stepped on the scales first thing Monday morning to see the damage, I found there wasn’t any 299.8.  Despite everything, my weight stayed the same.  Since the second week of June my weight has stayed between 298 – 302.  I will try to get back on top of things this next week… Till Then…

Power 90 Day 56 - 28 – Beating the Buffet.

Another Sunday in Lansing this week the second of the three I will be filling in for Randy Barton.  This Sunday was especially nice as a number of my former students, and some parents of my former students showed up to hear me preach and visit afterwards.  Although this has little to do with weight loss, let me encourage you it is always nice to do something for someone else.  This simple act really lifted my spirits and made me feel good all the day long.

Perhaps it was the positive feelings flowing through me that led me not to me angry when we pulled into Fire Mountain once again.  Fire Mountain was of course the site of last week’s large buffet failure.  But my wife, in an attempt to lower my children’s displeasure (they hate all the others favorite restaurants, except for fast food, which I hate) told them we would go there and by the time I got in the car it was set.  And I would never want to make my wife a liar in their eyes. 

Now I know one can eat well at Fire Mountain, I have eaten here with Randy Barton which says it all.  But I have never done well here.  I tried today though.  And although I doubt it would have been up to Randy Barton’s standards, I was At least happier.  Here is a side by side of my Fire Mountain experience for you to decide:

Fire Mountain Week 2                                  Fire Mountain Week 1

Plate 1:                                                            Plate 1:

Salad:  Mixed Greens, Spinach,                      Steak, popcorn shrimp, coconut shrimp,

Eggs, mushrooms, Blue Cheese                      Large Dinner Roll with Honey Butter

Plate 2:                                                            Plate 2:

Beef Stir Fry                                                   2 pulled Pork Soft Taco’s; Nacho’s

Desert:                                                            Desert:

Small bread pudding                                       2 slices bread pudding

Small Ice Cream                                              Medium Ice Cream covered in Carmel

So although you can see I did not do perfect, and my good friend Randy at Extreme Faith and Fitness may be shaking his head in disgust, this may be an all time high as far as buffet eating goes.  And at least I can go to bed happy about that.

On another positive note, I picked up the 15 pound weights from Randy tonight and look forward to working out with them tomorrow.  Although on the Negative side of things I will be starting a week of filling in at WPCJ’s morning show.  Those who know me know I hosted a morning show for years.  But I am not a fan of mornings.  This summer I have seldom gotten to bed before 3:00 and seldom awoke before 10:00.  This will be a smack in the face week for me, but hopefully I will be ready for school to start, as I would like to work out before school.  I’ll let you know how it goes.  Till Then…

Power 90 Day 55 - 27 – The Amazing Spider Man!

I am going to have to chalk this week up to a bad week, There is really nothing left to do.  I missed another workout today.  My third this week.  An internet that is going in and out (more out then in) has kept me from blogging regularly and I had too much popcorn today at The Amazing Spider Man. 

Over the summer, I have figured out my secret to seeing movies. The Hudson Cinema small popcorn.  150 calories, in a set amount, 1 small box.  I could eat it, and know exactly how much I was eating.  As they always said in G.I. Joe “Knowing is half the battle”.  Today however I let my cheap side take over again, as I took my son and daughter to see Spider Man, because it’s cheaper to get 1 large popcorn then 3 small popcorns.  And in theory one large equals 3 smalls.  (Although that is simply a guess to make me feel better about the amount of popcorn I ate.) 

In the end my daughter shared with her cousin instead of me, and my son wasn’t very hungry.  Next thing I know my hand hits the bottom of that large bucket, and I feel once again like a failure. 

This has not been a good week.  Every night I keep telling myself tomorrow is the day I get back on track, and the next day is little different than the one before.  My workouts have dried up.  Just three this week, and the last two, I have had trouble bringing the intensity that I need to bring.  I thought maybe if I got back into my gym and really started with a solid sweat again that would help, but they are redoing the floors, and I am afraid I would pass out, far before Tony told me to start run lounges. 

In the end, I am not sure how to do it but I need to find motivation once again.  I think the lack of weight loss and the fatigue have just been taking their toll on me and am honestly having trouble getting past them.  I am not sure what the next step is.  I may just try to keep away from the scale next week and see if that helps.  Maybe the heavier weights I will have next week will help me feel more like a man with this as well. 

I guess we will see… Till Then…

Power 90 Day 52 - 24 – Sometimes I feel the world is Against Me.

Today my children had a dentist appt.  As a parent there are few things worse than taking your children in to have cavities filled.  Especially my son and his world’s biggest gag reflex.  But in the end we made it through, I sat with my son, and my wife with my daughter and their teeth are as good as knew.  The problem here lies with the fact my wife has grown into a habit of taking the kids out to Steak and Shake after dr.’s and occasional dentist appointments.  And the kids have grown to expect it. 

Now I of course had missed breakfast again this morning, and knew there was no way I could handle Steak and Shake (I LOVE that place).  But there was a Wendy’s nearby, and I figured I could eat a salad, or perhaps a grilled chicken breast and a sweet potato.  So I convinced the kids that Wendy’s was a better option. 

The problem was that as I pulled into the Wendy’s the parking lot was full, and the restaurant looked full.  (Maybe a lot of people had the same problem I did).  Now I had a car full of hungry people who are all a little irritable after a morning in the Dentist’s office.  So I do what any wise dad would do I hit the drive through.  Now if your smarter than I am you have already realized my problem.  I didn’t realize it until I pulled up to the order screen. 

None of the items I had planned on eating could be eaten while driving a car.  As a matter of fact, as far as I can tell, nothing on the healthier side of things can be eaten while driving a car.  I panicked but went the other way and I didn’t order myself anything.  Now I am driving back from Jackson it’s around 1:00 in the afternoon and I still haven’t eaten today.  The smell of Wendy’s fill the car and I am growing more and more angry as I really want to be eating myself. 

Finally as I pull into my own town, I stopped and bought a roast beef sub without mayo.  It was the healthier option, but I wasn’t a happy camper by the time I got to it.  I once again forgot to keep my food journal.  These last few weeks have been difficult.  I remember how easy this all seemed back in June.  I am hoping August will go more like that then July has gone for me.  Till Then…

Power 90 Day 51 - 23 – Another Birthday Party, and Potato’s

A while back I saw an interview with Bob Harper (Biggest Loser Trainer).  The question was asked of him when was the last time he had eaten a cupcake.  After thinking about it a while he said “a couple years ago I had half a cupcake at a birthday party.  I’m guessing that was not the only Birthday Party he had been to in the last few years.  I’ve heard similar responses Tony Horton (Power 90) that he just doesn’t eat cake and such things. 

Although I want to be in shape, lose weight, and build muscle, I didn’t want to become that guy.  Someone who could never enjoy a little cake at a birthday party or a little ice cream on a hot summer day.  However to enjoy these small treats every now and then, it is important that we plan ahead.  This is the lesson I learned today at my nephew’s birthday party. 

It was a busy day today, and I was looking forward to my nephew’s 1^st birthday party taking place this afternoon.  I didn’t have time to eat much going in to it as well, and even as I shopped for a present at Wal-Mart I knew I should grab a salad or something to fill up before I went, as I was unsure what the menu would be.  However I am cheap; really cheap sometimes, and I didn’t want to spend the extra money.  I should have spent the money. 

Its not that the food was bad, my brother is a good cook (second only to me) J .  But as I started on these lifetime changes, a couple things I gave up is white bread, and white potatoes.  I have had zero potatoes since I started back June 1^st.  I have also not had any white bread in that time, only Whole Wheat.  The menu for this Birthday Party included sloppy joes on white buns, and homemade french fries.  Deep fried potatoes were definitely not on my new healthy eating plan.  And the white buns are just full of the wrong type of calories and carbs. 

My plan at first was to avoid dinner entirely, but as the afternoon went on I grew more and more hungry.  Finally I caved, I ate a sloppy Joe, I ate a couple helpings of French fries and I had a piece for birthday cake to top of this day of indulgence. 

To top it off I didn’t work out today as Power 90 Cardio/Abs level 3-4 left me so sore I could barely get around today and just didn’t have a workout in me.  Chalk this day up to an Epic Fail.  It seems I have been jumping on and off the weight loss wagon so much the last few weeks that I am bound to get slivers in my butt. 

No food journal today.  I couldn’t face myself enough to write it down.  I’m sure it wouldn’t be good though if I had.  Tomorrow will hopefully be a better day.  Till Then…