Today was a great day, I got to the gym, hopped on the scale and this is what I saw!
That makes 16.2 pounds down since starting this process. I am doing well and on track to lose 100 pounds in 26 weeks. After having been doing this for almost a month now I don’t even think about the vending machine and all the crap that I would eat when I was too busy to got better food, or feeling like I wanted to “treat” myself to junk, or when my body craved the routine of getting the stuff out of habit. I keep health choices with me at my desk, in my truck and at home. I even have some borderline OK choices like pretzel rods, and 100 calorie pringles pizza stix at home and I don’t crave or think about them at all. I have had a few pretzel rods in some past evenings, but it was more to give me a little bit of carbs rather than a true desired snack.
The rest of the day was a typical one. I packed turkey sausage, hard boiled eggs, fruit, and leftover chicken with Broccoli, onions and portobello mushrooms. I also had some ground beef,onions, red peppers, black beans and salsa left over from the day before. I learned a very valuable lesson as did my co-workers in our small office. I should NEVER eat broccoli and black beans within a couple hours of each other. Nobody was a winner with that combination. We do not have windows that open in our office. fortunately half the crew was out at the time of my internal combustion.
After work I headed to the gym for some bonus workout time. I kept it really short since I had the potential to cause a stinker that no own breathing hard doing cardio should have to endure. With it being Friday afternoon there was only about 1/4 of the folks that would normally be there. I felt like doing triceps cable curls and free weight curls with the EZ curl bar. I did 10 sets of 10 of the triceps exercise and 4 sets of 10 curls. I still had some time so I did 12 minutes on the Stair master machine. The motion did my belly no favors so I hit the bathroom then hit the road to beat Friday rush hour traffic home. I skipped my apple on the drive home since I was not hungry. Once home I worked on making dinner. Tonight was crushed Pistachio nut chicken thighs with cous cous and golden raisins topping a salad with balsamic vinegar. This meal was a bit higher in calories then I would have liked but it was tasty. Next time I will either use chicken breast or I will skip the cous cous to save on some calories. I had originally planned on Brussels sprouts to go with this meal instead of the salad but today was not the day to eat Brussels sprouts.
The weather for tomorrow is supposed to be rainy so I (and maybe my wife) will go to bally’s to get atleast 45 minutes of cardio in. If the weather was nice we would have been thinking more along the lines of a bike ride or hiking for a few hours. Time for some sleep!
