8/31 after dinner

i did a lot of running around at work today, playing tag with the kids and whatnot...my lovely wife had dinner prepared when i got home and it was very good it consisted of this:
2 sloppy joes with 93% lean turkey meat: 320 calories
one slice of swiss cheese: 106 calories
2 potato rolls: 260 calories
2 corn on the cob: 144 calories
noodles: 200 calories
0 calorie powerade
0 calorie i can't believe it's not butter
Total meal calories 1,030 calories

usually i would have had a popsicle or some ice cream for dessert but i am passing on that for now...my wife and i smartly watched last weeks top chef while eating dinner...i am going to take my dogs for a 2 mile walk tonight before bed.

i need to get vitamins and may start taking all natural flax seed oil pills, i've done some research and they seem to be a good thing to take. read this:

- Research shows low incidence of breast cancer and colon cancer in populations that have high amounts of lignan in their diet. Flax is 100 times richer in lignan than most whole grains.

- Studies show that Omega-3 fatty acids help lower cholesterol and blood triglycerides, and prevent clots in arteries, which may result in strokes, heart attacks and thromboses.

- Helps protect the body against high blood pressure, inflammation, water retention

, sticky platelets and lowered immune function.

- Shortens recovery time for fatigued muscles after exertion.

- Increases the body's production of energy and also increases stamina.

- Accelerates the healing of sprains and bruises.

- Eases weight loss in people afflicted with obesity.

- Stimulates brown fat cells and increases the metabolic rate

making it easier to burn off fat.

- Improves the absorption of Calcium.

- Strengthens finger and toenails.

- Can improve eyesight and perception of colors.

- Can often improve the function of the liver.

- Can relieve the side effects and stop development of many forms of cancer.

- Can relieve some cases of Asthma.

- Helpful in the treatment of Eczema, Psoriasis, and Dandruff.

- Can relieve the symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis. It can relieve the symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus.

- Can alleviate some allergies.

- Helps prevent Atherosclerosis (the accumulation of fatty deposits inside the blood vessels, especially the large and medium-sized arteries, that many people experience during the aging process).

- Lowers high blood pressure in Hypertension sufferers.

- Has been scientifically proven to treat some cases of depression.

ok, enough about that...i am not a flax seed salesman nor do i receive any money from the flax seed industry for my blatant promotion of their product...lol

it's well after 8pm so i am done eating for the night...total calories today came to 604 (lunch)+1,030 (dinner) = 1,634 calories...i will have breakfast tomorrow so i will have to adjust lunch and dinner...also i will drink at least 2 bottles of water tonight because i haven't been drinking enough today...in the past when i've dieted and successfully lost weight i was drinking gallons of water per day...

ok, time for some family time/dog walk and then bed...

good night and mahalo...

p.s.i could really go for that sundae right about now....lol

day 1 and already not doing great...lol

today i had to watch my boys so going to the track didn't happen...however i am keeping my food journal and weighed myself in (ugh)

we just got back from vacation so our house is completely void of all food... therefore i did the number 1 worse thing a dieter can do...skipped breakfast...however, i had a ham sandwich on a pita with one thin slice of swiss cheese and mustard...i also had a campbells select harvest chicken noodle soup...total calories so far today

soup: 240 calories
sandwich: 1 slice of swiss cheese- 106 calories
3 slices of low fat ham- 90 calories
pita bread- 165 calories
squirt of mustard- 3 calories
Total 364 calories + 240 calories = 604 calories so far today

a helpful website i found is www.nutritiondata.com, there you can find almost every food and it's nutrition facts...i have noticed many foods, specifically lunch meat and cheeses do not list any calories on the package.

thinking about my average work schedule, i eat dinner around 7:30pm, so i needed to add another goal for the next 60 days which is NO EATING AFTER 8:00PM. I don't think this should be too bad except on nights that Top Chef is on...i swear that show and all their delicious food at 10:00 PM leads to more unnecessary eating than any other show...

once i start work at 1pm, i really have no temptation (or chance) to eat until i get home for dinner at 7:30ish, so i figure i have about 1100 calories that i can consume for dinner tonight and stick around the 1700 calorie per day goal.

i weighed in this morning and it was as bad as i thought 274.8 pounds...no matter how much i want to, i will not weigh myself again until next monday morning.

so far it's day 1 and i have done 2 things i wasn't supposed to do, i drank a diet soda with lunch, but there is only one can left in the house and then i wont be tempted anymore, and i didn't run, but i will walk the dogs an extra long walk tonight and i'm sure i'll play kickball or something at work today so that's good. It will be easier to get my running in next week when the kids go back to school.

i'll post again tonight after dinner.

Mahalo

balls be damned, day 1 starts tomorrow...

tomorrow starts a new chapter in my life...watching these oddballs jog in their tiny little shorts always made me kind of uncomfortable i feel like my balls would slap against my leg if i wore them....tomorrow i will become one of them, balls be damned...

here is my list of things i will do for the next 60 days...

drink a Ton of Water...
don't drink any soda, including diet soda...
go to the store and find something healthy and filling for breakfast
go to the local track and run 8 laps (2 miles) per day
keep a food journal on this blog
long dog walk at night EVERY NIGHT
start some type of weight-lifting routine

i have a few goals for doing this...

1. see some serious results so this 60 day trial becomes a 60 year way of life
2. type on this blog the times i mess up so i hold myself accountable
3. if anyone finds and reads this thing we can work at it together and share every time we feel like eating a donut...or an entire bag of cheese curls

i will eventually get into more details like weigh-in days, starting weight (ugh) and anything else i find interesting. i know this is going to be hard and i'm going to hate it 80% of the time but i'm up for it and i'm excited for the challenge.

let's do this....