Ouch, I am sore today. Arms burning, legs burning; I haven’t felt
this way since week 1. I guess this
means the level 3-4 is effective. At least
in hurting me. I guess that’s OK though
because the one thing I want almost as much as the weight loss is the toning
and muscle build.
I once again did not do a food journal today, in
part because I have no idea what to do with my trip to the Chinese buffet. Buffets and I have always had a sort of love/hate
relationship. I loved to eat at them,
and they hated to see me coming. For
years, I have lived by the truth “at a buffet everybody has to eat their money’s
worth.” When I would take my kids or
wife to a buffet and they wouldn’t eat much I would eat even more to try to get
their money back as well. Well, there is
a reason I got up to almost 370 pounds. 
For these reasons I have avoided Chinese buffets,
but when I told my daughter I would take her wherever she picked for our daddy-daughter
date, and she picked the King Buffet.
King Buffet is a classic Chinese Buffet with a lot of deep fried and
rich foods they would never eat in China (a Chinese exchange student told me this)
. But I think making lifestyle changes
and not just dieting involves eating at places you would normally never eat on
a diet. So as I entered the King Buffet
I had one goal in my mind, to not eat my money’s worth.
It turned out to be a wonderful lunch. My daughter is an amazing young lady just
full of life. We split a large plate of
Mongolian BBQ with noodles, crab, beef, and an assortment of vegetables. We also had a few favorites, I had a pot
sticker, and a little Peanut Chicken, and a Crab Rangoon (just one and my only
deep fried item). Emmy had a bowl of Egg
Drop Soup her favorite. Then we each had
a scoop of Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream.
In the end I know this was not a good meal by any stretch
of the imagination. But it wasn’t the
usual 2500 calorie meal that a buffet would bring. And I had a wonderful time with my 6 year old
daughter, who felt like the most important person in the world because she was
out with her daddy.
I did have a good workout tonight with Sculpt 1-2 (A
little sore from yesterday and just couldn’t handle Sculpt 3-4) Tomorrow I will
again try to hit a 3-4 level workout and do a better job with a food
journal. Till Then…
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