Updated weight and measurements

Hi everyone.

Well, I haven't been stayig on task with my posts here, and I'm sorry.  I'm going to try to recommit.  It helps me to stay vigilant on my diet when I do regular posts, so the benefit is twofold.  Anyhow, here are my measurements as of 05/31/2011 (I know, I'm posting two days late.  Sorry!)

(disclaimer: The following pictures are not pretty.)

Updated weight, measurement, and photos

Alright!  Unfortunately, I missed last week's updates, but I did get back on track this week.  Here are my May 17th, 2011 weight, measurement, and photos.

(disclaimer: The following pictures are not pretty.)

Long, busy week

Well, here it is on Sunday, and I still haven't posted the measurements and pics I promised last Tuesday.  Guess I'll just hold out until next Tuesday and post a bi-weekly measurement.  This past week has been pretty busy with illnesses in the family, houseguests, and soccer/cub scouts/girl scouts.  I haven't been doing a very good job of staying on my meal plan or exercising, but I have been keeping track of my calories and have managed to keep them close to my daily goal.

I got a new elliptical the other day and put it in the living room, so now I'll have a way to get my elliptical workout in while I'm at home.  Yay!

And, that's all I've got for today.  I'll get those pics and measurements up on Tuesday, I swear!

Has it really been a week already?

I just now realized that it's already been 1 week since my last post with measurements.  Guess it means that it's that time again.  My wife is already down for the night, though, so I won't have a helper.  I will be sure to get those measurements and photos up first thing in the morning, though.

Finally, I get some measurements and photos!

Things have been going good with the diet.  Yesterday, someone brought some leftover Easter candy to my work, and it was my favorite kind--I was able to eat some without feeling too guilty about it.  It was great!

Anyhow, I've finally gotten around to having my lovely wife to take some pictures and measurements for me.  I am going to try to update these weekly and eventually combine them into a video.  So without further ado...

(disclaimer: The following pictures are not pretty.)

Put to the test. Also, addition of a cheat day.

It's been two days since my last post. My family and spent the day in Albuquerque yesterday, and one of our favorite things to do there is eat at a Brazilian grill (Tucano's). Well, lets just say that Tucano's is the Anti-Diet. It is basically an all-you-can eat meat factory. You sit down, grab a salad bar and then prepare as an endless stream of guys come to your table with a variety of skewers.

Day 4 update

Oops!  I forgot to put up a post these last couple of nights, but rest assured that I am still on my eating strategy. And, it's getting much easier.  Today is my second day at home with this plan, and I have found that even when I go out to eat with the family, I'm still able to pull off a 250-300 calorie meal.  We went for a short walk yesterday, and that helped a lot as it meant I was able to add another 200 calories or so to my dinner.  I have noticed, though, that I am feeling much less hungry between meals today than I was yesterday.  I picked up some sugar free hard candies to suck on if the craving gets bad, but all in all (even in the beginning) it's been tolerable.

Diet is a four letter word

As you know, I've recently started a new "eating strategy" that involves me eating 8 mini-meals spaced throughout the day.  I don't like to call it a diet, though.  That word just conjures up too many negative connotations.  Instead, I prefer to call it a meal plan (although, the "eating strategy" term that I just coined sounds even catchier). 

It's funny that the word "diet" had become such a negative word in our society, though.  All "diet" means is how you eat.  If all you ate were Twinkies and ice cream, that would be your diet.  I guess there have just been too many fad diets in these last couple of decades, and the word has taken on a new meaning.

Oh well.  That's enough for now.  I'll post again later to talk about how my thinning out went today.

Mini-meals

I am just wrapping up Day 1 of a 48 hour shift.  Last night, I decided to try a new meal plan.  The plan is to eat one, 200-250 calorie meal every 2 hours for a total of eight mini-meals per day.  In theory, this will crank up my metabolism and get my stomach used to smaller portions so I don't feel hungry as often.  This first day on the plan went fairly well.  Whenever I started to feel hungry, I would fill the void with copious amounts of water.  I stuck with it right up until a coworker's family brought out a pan of hot, fresh brownies and against my better judgement, I indulged. 

All in all, I only went over my calorie goal by 490 calories.  I intended to work that off with some quality time on the elliptical, but the day seemed to fly by too fast--I really need to work on my exercise motivation.  Still, I came in under my basal metabolic rate, though, so I can feel good about that.  Tomorrow will be the second day of this meal plan.  Let's hope no one else brings in any sweets.

-Kevin

Still no measurements

I've had a mess of free time lately, but I didn't even think about getting my measurements, photos, etc.  Now it's past my bedtime and I need to get up early.  I promise I'll get it all up here soon.

Easter

Well, it's Easter Sunday and I'm at work. Trying to stick to my meal plan, but after beakfast, I'm left with under 800 calories to finish out the day. Maybe my calorie goal of 1880 per day is just too low. Or, maybe it's time I started exercising to offset the difference. Dunno.