Thanksgiving Blues

A month later and I have gained weight!

Not a lot of time to write. I just wanted to record that I am now 169 lbs! Gained weight since I last posted. However, I don't know if it's fat because I've doing push-ups, crunches, and curls almost every night. Happy holidays to whoever reads this!

Wednesday

I ate...

Cereal with Milk - 5
Sandwich with an Apple - 7
Meat Loaf Sandwich with Apple - 12
Marie Calenders Piece of Pie - ? maybe 8
Total: 32

Activity: 50 pushups

Rachael and I broke down and were craving a piece of German Chocolate pie! It was sooo good. I don't regret it! I'm looking forward to another piece tonight! I could definitely get fat off of it!

Stupid Pull-Up Bar

Tuesday

I ate...

Cereal - 4
Lunch - 13
Dinner - 9
Ice-Cream - 8
Total: 34

Activity: 112 Pushups, 12 reps 35lbs each arm dumbbell curls

I'm bummed because I bought this pull-up bar that goes in the door frame, but all my door frames are too weak to support me. I know, I'm fat right? So I've been doing 10 reps of 35lbs per arm using an old dumbbell I found instead. I try and find time in the day to do that and push-ups anyway.

Well... I've kept constant at 168 for a week. I lucked out because I haven't been eating all that great, hence the not posting in a while. So I'll try and be better about posting again.

It's easier if I post just what I've eaten because Rachael isn't around usually when I post. I'll include her if I get the chance. So far today I've eaten:

Cereal w/milk - 5
FireHouse Sub - 13
Cookie - 7
Some rice and broccoli - 5
Total: 30

Activity: Pushups and 10 35 lb Dumbbell curls per arm

I lost 2 lbs!!!

Thursday

Joe:
Cereal with Milk - 5
Sandwich with apple - 7
1.5 Cookies - 10
Coffee - 3
Pasta with chicken - 6
Total: 31

Activity: 44 push-ups

Rachael:
Coffee - 2
Salad @ Crackers - 11
Sandwich - 5
Dinner - ?
Cereal with milk - ?
Total: > 18

Activity: Dealing with kids going out.

So good news! I weigh myself every Thurs, so from last Thurs, I lost 2 lbs! Now I'm 168! I guess that's 3.5 lbs a week for me! Wow that's a lot of sentences ending with an exclamation. I hate dieting so I have no idea what's going to happen when I reach my goal weight at 165. Maybe I'll treat myslef to a good steak and some Cold Stone with 6 mix-ins! Oh man... I'm so hungry right now. All I can think about is food. Okay, better go.

Happy B-Day Rach (actual day today)

Wednesday

Joe:

Cereal - 5

Sandwich - 6

2 Apple - 2

Animal Crackers - 1

Mini pack of Raisins - 1

Pei Wei - 10

LF Ice-Cream - 6
Total: 31

Activity: 85 Push-ups

Rachael:

Coffee and Cream - 2

LF Eggo Waffle - 1

1 Egg - 2

Teriyaki Chicken bowl - 7

Pei Wei - 10

LF Ice-Cream - 6

Total: 28

Activity: None

Today's been a good day. Hungry, but good.

Chipotle Made me feel like crap!

Tuesday

Joe:
Cereal - 6
Chipotle - 19
Low Fat Cookie - 1
Low Fat Waffles with Lite Syrup - 3
Total: 29

Activity: None

Rachael:
Low Fat Waffle - 1
Yogurt - 2
.5 Apples, .5 Bananas - 1
15 TLC Crackers - 2
Chicken Sandwich - 5
3 LF Cookies - 2
.5 cup pasta - 3
Chicken white meat - 2
Peas - 1
.5 cup slow churned ice-cream - 3
Total: 23

Activity: None

I was feeling good all day up until about 30 mins after eating Chipotle. My blood sugar went all crazy! It couldn't handle the intense amount of calories in one meal. Not to mention my intestines freaking out as the incredibly hot lava (salsa) scorched it's slimy lining! So needless to say, I sang Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire this morning on the pot... What? TMI? Oh well, call it a warning to all you Chipotle hot salsa Tabasco eating lovers!

B-Day Cake is Finally Gone!

Monday

Joe:
Cereal with milk - 6
Soda - 3
Pasta - 6
Apple - 1
Dinner (Chicken, Mashed Pot, Green Beans) - 7
Sliver of cake - 8
Total: 31

Activity: 50 push-ups

Rachael:
Coffee - 2
Yogurt - 2
TLC Crackers - 2
Apple - 1
Lean Cuisine - 7
Dinner (same as above) - 7
Sliver of cake (smaller piece) - 6
Total: 27

Activity: 1 hour hard cardio

So Rach worked it out and I'm only allowed 29 points. Bummer. I've found that I'm constantly hungry on this diet. It feels like my stomach still has a lot of shrinking to do. Which is good.

Rachaels tip: To put yourself on the maintenance plan (meaning that you're no longer going to lose weight, but not gaining any either) you simply give yourself 3 more points each day. The average person that estimates his/her points will end up going over by 3 points. So what does this tell you? Okay, I'll conclude it for you... When you estimate your points each day you've pretty much put yourself on the maintenance plan, which means you won't lose any weight. So always be careful and calculate what you're eating!

Trying so hard to eat right...

Sunday

Joe:
Eggs on toast with milk - 4
Lean Cuisine - 7
McD's Iced Coffee - 1
ColdStone Low fat - 4
Pasta with Chicken and mushrooms - 6
Low Fat cookie - 1
Total: 23

Activity:
46 Pushups

Rachael:
Cereal with milk - 4
Lean Cuisine - 7
McD's Iced Coffee - 1
ColdStone Low fat - 4
Pasta with Chicken and mushrooms - 6
Low Fat cookie - 1
Low Fat Popcorn - 1
Total: 24

Activity: None

So far so good. It was ULTRA hard to be good at ColdStone. We went for Rach's sister and her B-day. I got some sorbert and the entire time I was envious of everybody elses. I am seeing results, I hope you are too, so I'm sticking with it!

Went To The Park Today!

Saturday

Joe:

Cereal with milk - 6

Pizza slice - 5

Stuffed Pepper - 8

3 Non-fat cookies - 2

Piece of cake - 5

Ice-cream - 3

Total: 29

Activity: 90 push-ups & 10 pull-ups

Rachael:

Cereal with milk - 4

Coffee with cream - 2
Pizza slice - 5
Stuffed Pepper - 8
3 Non-fat cookies - 2
Piece of cake - 5
Ice-cream - 3

Total: 29

Activity: Walk

Bad Bad day for the diet!

Friday

Joe:
Cereal with milk - 6
2 pcs of Pizza - 18
Reeses Pieces - 5
2pcs of Pizza again - 14
2 pcs of cake - 24
ice-cream - 6
Total: 73

Activity: None

Rachael:
Coffee - 1
Grapes - 1
Fiber one bar - 3
Half a muffin - 3
Lean Cuisine - 6
Cookies - 2
1 pc of pizza - 7
Cake - 12
Ice cream - 3

Activity: None

Okay! So today was insane! I (Joe) had way too many points! I think I'm going to go on a fast or something... : ) This was a bad day for the diet because we celebrated Rachael's B-day with cake, ice-cream, and pizza! Back on the diet!

Food, Food, it's all about food!

Thursday

Joe:

Cereal with milk - 6
Sandwich - 9
Apple - 1
Stuffed Pepper - 12
Low fat coockie - 1
Total: 29

Activity: 66 pushups

Rachael:
Coffee - 2
Yogurt - 2
Low Fat cookies - 2
Lean Cuisine - 6
Stuffed Pepper - 10
Total: 22

Activity: None

Today's Consumption and (no) Exercise

Joe:

Cereal with milk - 6 points
Yakisoba - 7
Apple - 1
Tia Rosas - 20
1 1/2 cookies - 6
Total: 40

Exercise: None


Rachael:
Grapes - 1
Coffee - 2
Yakisoba - 7
Tia Rosas - 15
Cookie - 4
Total: 29

Exercise: None

What we ate and exercise!

Joe:

Cereal with milk - 6 points
Iced Coffee - 6 points
Salad with Italian dressing - 6 points
2 small burritos - 14 points
Small chocolate cookie - 2 points
Total: 34

Exercise: 60 total push-ups

Rachael:
Iced Coffee - 3 points
Cereal with milk - 4 points
Lean Cuisine - 6 points
Small cookie with milk - 2 points
Small Burrito - 7 points
Total: 22

Exercise: None