Just Another Day

This daily thing is tough. As you can see I have not been so good at it. But I have been working hard thinking hard and livin lite...

I am reading this book called "The Secret". Its one of those life changing books. The premise is that the secret is the law of attraction. If you really want to be something or you want some thing, visualize that its yours, and it will be, or rather there will be a way that is provided. Its quite powerful if you think about it. I don't expect everyone to understand at first, but I do and that's what matters most.

So how does this relate to my size? Here is how, there is no dieting, my mindset is that I am my ideal weight and I can eat anything I want. But here is how it works. I am my ideal weight, so what do I eat? Healthy good stuff that makes Me feel good. I also exercise, cause that's what thin folks do, and I am thin, my ideal weight. Before I stated that it was 220, well that has been bothering me ever since I wrote it. There has been a number that I cant let go of, so it must be my true ideal weight. Oh by the way its 185. Isn't that great!

I have also made some common sense adjustments. Like drinking 40 oz of water before I have a soda. Then before I can have another, I need to drink 40 oz more. So what this has done is I really don't want more than one soda, if I want one at all, after drinking all that water. I guess its "40 oz to freedom" to quote Sublime.

The other thing is that I have been adding in activity. Again thats what thin folk do. So far this has been great. I have been eating smaller portions, the only setback has been the cookies at work. Even they are not a big deal.

Its Friday

and I haven't written in a while, its been a busy few days with company and birthdays and stuff. Needless to say its not an excuse for not keeping up with my goal.
It has been the usual stuff in the eating dept. mostly fatty and sugary foods. Here is what I have learned so far through this little experiment.

1. Food does not taste as good as I think it does, if you think about how good it tastes then try it, its usually not as good as you remember it being. Think about it for a while and let me know what you think.
2. The first bite is as good as the last, meaning that food does not taste better with more bites. Smaller portions are just as good.
3. If I think about the stuff I can't have or shouldn't have its overwhelming, and I crave it. If I don't think about it, I don't want it.
4. There are more foods that I can have than I can't that taste better and give me more bang for my buck.
5. Positive thoughts and attitude are key.

Here is the plan:

1. Average 1500 calories a day, some days I will eat 1200 and some I will eat 1800 but it will balance out.
2. I am going to do something active at least 6 days a week.
3. As a family we are going to change our thoughts around holidays, instead of what are we going to eat, it will be what are we going to do?
4. I am going to continue to write down what I have eaten and add my exercise in.
5. Positive thoughts will prevail my mind, body and spirit. (I am reading "The Secret" I highly recommend it.)

I will also be modifying this as time goes on. Thank you again for all your support.

I still have not decided what to do about pictures. IF I put current photos up, they will remind me of what I am not what I will be. So your input is appreciated.

Fat Tuesday

After the weekend, I only had a few treas during the day. I am sure there was an M&M pack in there and a mini-oreo pack as well. I skipped Bfast but had orange chicken and Mongolian beef for lunch. Dinner we went to Gatti-Land the pizza buffet. I did well there only a few slices, I did have a huge salad and some of the desserts. Other than that I nothing really.
I am reading a new book that is giving me some great tips. I will share as soon as I can articulate them well...

Sunday Bloody Sunday - Monday, Monday

So it wasn't too bad,
I had the same dinner on both nights, Burgers and dawgs, mix in a few chips and cake, brownies and peach cobbler. Breakfast on Sunday was Raisin Bran, Monday was biscuits and gravy home fries, and some sausage patties.

For those of you following along, I am going to keep journaling regular meals for the next week, just to change my mind set, I will explain later.

Saturday went a little something like this...

"Woke up quick at about noon, thought that I had to be in Compton soon"
Actually we had a wedding to attend in g San Antonio, so we got up and headed out the door about 8:00AM we picked up a friend of the groom, and headed out down the road. We stopped at McD's for b-fast. I had a sausage and egg McGriddle, hash brown and a dc.
After the wedding we stopped at a c-store and got some chips chexmix and a soda for the ride home. Chrissta and I went shopping, when we got home, and had lunch at the Brooklyn Pie Co. YUM, we shared a Greek Salad sans the Kalamata Olives - they were out, it was a sad day... then I had a large slice of yummy NY Style pizza with pepperoni and green olives. We topped it off with a piece of baklava wow good tasting lunch....

Dinner was served at the reception, I had a salami sandwich some fruit, something chocolaty and a piece of wedding cake.

When we got home, and were just hanging out, I had 1/2 a carton of Ben and Jerry's peach cobbler ice cream then bed....

see you tomorrow...

Wedding/Memorial Day Weekend begins

My Cousin Andrew is getting married, tomorrow. He is marring a sweet girl they are going to be great. The thing is though, the food that comes with weddings. Tonight was the rehearsal dinner at the melting pot. I stuffed myself with salmon beef bread dipped in cheese and fruit dipped in chocolate. Before that though I had a Stromboli grinder for lunch and some M&M's peanut of course. (See we have a snack cupboard at work, company provided so it is so easy to walk by and grab something, sure there are healthy choices, but they are not nearly as good.)

Thank you all for your support, and encouragement.

Need some advice, progress pics yes or no?

Slow getting this out...

Yesterday was OK again, only because I was super busy. I had a trip to San Antone for a big meeting, with a major client and a sales/engineering team.

I was rushed in the morning so I did not eat b-fast, we had anticipated stopping but traffic was bad, so all I had was a stick of gum.
Lunch was a different story. We went to Logan's Roadhouse. YUM.... I am all about ethnic food and I will eat anything once. But there is something about fire cooked meat and yummy bread that just makes my belly happy... We had mini-burgers for an appetizer, these are done on their yeast rolls, (I know this may cause some controversy, but I think my wife's bread is about the best bread ever, but these rolls RULE!) I then had a salad with honey mustard dressing a full rack of ribs and some fries. YUMMY

Back at the office I had some peanut M&Ms.

Then for dinner we had some bacon wrapped chicken, Johnsonville Brats sauteed cabbage watermelon, grilled pineapple then some chocolate cream pie.

Benson, a friend of his, Kevin (my brother-in-law) and I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3, and I had about 5 of Kevin's sour patch kids and a soda.

Thanks again for all your support. Being accountable to someone other than myself and my wife is going to help me, for sure. Lets see how my last weekend of free range eating goes....