A Sack of Seattle

Fitness goal hit!

I started seeing a personal trainer in March of last year and on my first training session managed to eek out 11 push ups. Today, I pretty solidly did 51 push ups this AM!!  I'm proud of myself. That's more push ups than I've ever done in my life before. Thanks Jim for yelling at me the past year.

Fatblogging: 2 steps forward 1 step backward

Last Wednesday, I tipped the scales at 200.5 naked. That was my lightest weight yet this year...and probably my lightest since 2000. I then went on a long weekend in Vegas. I ate and drank without thinking. I had chocolate croissants, scotch, and 4AM snicker bars. It was an indulgent weekend -- I was there celelbrating the sale of Kefta with the management team. I've returned to Seattle reality and worked out this AM for the first time in a week. My trainer had me due sprints. I nearly puked. I haven't gotten on a scale because I know what it's going to say. So, I'm back on the saddle. 2 steps forward and 1 backward for me and my fat ass.

202.5 fatblogging entry

I weighed myself after getting squashed in squash today. I lost bad. 5 games to zero. I lost 1 game 9 to zero. It was painful. Just felt like every step was slow...BUT, I weighed myself afterward and I hit the scale at 202.5 which is the lowest I've weighed on that scale since I started weighing myself about 1 month ago.  I give myself a B for increasing exercising and decreasing calorie intake. I can do better particularly on the intake side -- my self admitted weakness. I still occasionally snack at night. But 202.5 is positive progress. I'll take it and feel good about it.

Eat your vegetables

Eat Your Veggies

• THE SURVEY: One-third of Americans eat fruit twice a day, and 27 percent eat vegetables three times a day, according to a government survey.

• THE GOAL: By 2010, U.S. health officials want 75 percent of Americans to eat two fruits a day and 50 percent to eat three vegetables a day.

• WHAT AMERICANS EAT INSTEAD: Future surveys will try to figure that out, but experts think it's mostly protein and convenient "fabricated foods."

203.5

Today is weigh in day. I'm 1lb lighter than last week. I suspect that is within the standard variation and may mean I've not lost any weight....but I feel good. Had a good week of exercise and made some progress in eating better. The eating better part is the real challenge for me....regular exercise I do well at. My diet thus far is as follows:

• Eat less pasta and bread (which should be easy to do given the amount I am accustomed to eating)
• Eat more fruit
• Eat some breakfast and a big lunch.
• Minimize desert intake. A weak point for me on Tuesday. I ate 6 Oreos in 6 minutes ....as if they were Scooby snacks. Good for the eating contest but bad for the diet.
• Don't eat any food after 7PM (doing well at this )
• Drinking lots of water each day.
• I haven't decided what do to with alcohol ....

That's it so far. It's a start.

Fatblogging: hear rate monitor purchase

As part of my fatblogging effort, I just bought this Polar F6 heart rate monitor. I've had my eye on getting one of these for a while but this fatblogging effort finally threw me over the fence....that and an email suggestion from another fatblogger who encouraged me to buy one... Ahh...the power of word of mouth again!  It arrives this week. I'll let you know what I think...