What This Blog Is All About

I need to be healthier. Badly. Individual efforts have not sufficed, so I'm hoping the support of friends, family, and anyone who happens along this blog can help me along.


For a fuller description of what I'm doing and how people can help, click here to read my first post.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Exercise Log August 27, 2009

1 yoga class.

Weigh-In August 27, 2009

337.4 pounds

Incremental Gain: 3.8 pounds
Monthly Gain: 8.9 pounds
Total Loss: 23.4 pounds

Weigh-In August 26, 2009

333.6 pounds

Incremental Gain: 1.4 pounds
Monthly Gain: 5.1 pounds
Total Loss: 27.2 pounds

Exercise Log August 25, 2009

1 yoga class.

Weigh-In August 25, 2009

332.2 pounds

Incremental Loss: 2 pounds
Monthly Gain: 3.7 pounds
Total Loss: 28.6 pounds

Exercise Log August 24, 2009

Biked 5.5 miles in 34 minutes. Jump roped 203 reps in 9 minutes and walked a half-mile.

Weigh-In August 24, 2009

334.2 pounds

Incremental Gain: 2.3 pounds
Monthly Gain: 5.7 pounds
Total Loss: 26.6 pounds

A switch for the rest of the month - I'm losing motivation for a lot of this effort, especially the blogging. I'm skipping the food log the rest of the month so I keep up at least part of it. Sorry to disappoint.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Exercise Log August 23, 2009

Different tack today. 15-20 minutes doing stretches (yoga and not), then 217 jump rope reps in 13 mintues - longest streak was my last 28 in a row.

Food Log August 23, 2009

Lunch: southwest enchilada and tortilla chips from Chuy's
Afternoon Snack: Coke Slurpee and raisins
Dinner: salad and 3 pieces BBQ Chicken pizza from Promise Pizza
Evening Snack: popcorn

Liquid Refreshment: more soda than water - bad Me!

Weigh-In August 23, 2009

331.9 pounds

Incremental Loss: 0.0 pounds
Monthly Gain: 3.4 pounds
Total Loss: 28.9 pounds

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Food Log August 22, 2009

Brunch: 2 bacon/egg/potato/egg breakfast tacos from Taco Shack (THE place for breakfast tacos)
Afternoon Snack: 2 fudgesicles
Dinner: turkey ham and cheese Texandwich
Evening Snack: cheeseburger and fries

Liquid Refreshment: 2 glasses of water

Exercise Log August 22, 2009

9AM yoga class. Who knew I had hamstrings?

Weigh-In August 22, 2009

331.9 pounds

Incremental Gain: 0.1 pounds
Monthly Gain: 3.4 pounds
Total Loss: 28.9 pounds

Friday, August 21, 2009

Food Log August 21, 2009

Breakfast: leftover Chicken Romano and 1 bite-sized Special Dark
Morning Snack: 1 banana and 5 bite-sized Mr. Goodbars
Lunch: gyro and basmati rice at Pars
Afternoon Snack: 4 cookies and popcorn at the theater
Dinner: cheeseburger and fries from McDonald's

Liquid Refreshment: 3 glasses of water and 5 Coke Zeros

Exercise Log August 21, 2009

Biked 5.5 miles in 33 minutes this morning - I thought I'd go faster but I'll blame yoga this time.

Weigh-In August 21, 2009

331.8 pounds

Incremental Loss: 1.3 pounds
Monthly Gain: 3.3 pounds
Total Loss: 29.0 pounds

Exercise Log August 20, 2009

Yoga class. Never felt so good doing something so badly.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Food Log August 20, 2009

Breakfast: 1 bacon/egg/cheese breakfast taco from TacoDeli (not my favorite place)
Morning Snack: 1 banana
Lunch: some calamari and tortilla chips with sour cream and half the lunch portion of Chicken Romano at Cheesecake Factory
Afternoon Snack: 1 box of raisins and 2 Mr. Goodbars
Dinner: theater popcorn

Liquid Refreshment: 7 glasses of water and 3 Coke Zero

Weigh-In August 20, 2009

333.1 pounds

Incremental Loss: 0.7 pounds
Monthly Gain: 4.6 pounds
Total Loss: 27.7 pounds

Also I'm wearing a 3X Tshirt today for the first time in a long time.

Food Log August 19, 2009

Breakfast: bacon biscuit and banana-strawberry yogurt smoothie from ChickFilA
Lunch: Turkey Tom from Jimmy John's and a bite-sized Hershey's
Afternoon Snack: box of raisins
Dinner: Royal Red Robin burger and steak fries

Liquid Refreshment: 2 Diet Cokes and a lot of water