Awesome start of the day!

Wow, I had an awesome start to today. I was out of the house within 15 minutes of my desired time, the drive to work was peaceful, and it was a beautiful crisp morning. My workout felt really good, 30 minutes on the elliptical, 15 minutes on the spinning bike, and 5 minutes of hitting the heavy bag (to the tune of Rage Against the Machine Bullet in the Head). Then I stepped into the office and things went chaotic. Lets just say I am glad to be home to my family and to have this day behind me. Thank You Family!

Woot Woop 290 Pounds!

16 pounds total weight loss! I couldn't believe it so I had to weigh in twice, once at home on the Wii and then again at work on the calibrated scale and they match. The blogosphere can be mad at me for going an entire week without posting, but I had a rough week last week. I was working 12 hour overnight shifts at work and more than once I found myself falling back to bad habits telling myself "Oh I'll just pick something up on the way to work." That something would have been McDonald's or Sonic, which is not really on my new life plan. But, I have the best wife ever and she said, "No I'll pack your lunch for you!" So my thought of the day is why do fat people always have the most diet advice? I found myself doing it today to a buddy, Sorry Brent. I was also thinking about the things that I want to do when there is 100+ pounds less of me, no Ironman for me, no marathon, I can't deal with the running it is just not my thing. So if any of you have any ideas please let me know. I do think a trip to Las Vegas with the wife is in order, maybe I won't feel like a beached whale sitting by the pool.

Weekly weigh-in that I was scared to do...

Well here is the first excuse for not posting on my blog at daily intervals. I have been working 12h shifts overnight testing at work and I am just beat, my circadian rhythm is shot. Good news is that I have the best wife ever and she has been keep me on my diet.  I don't have that much time for an in depth post so I will just lay it out there. Weight this week 293 pounds, so 6 pounds last week, and 13 pounds overall. I have a feeling that it is still a little to much in one week but I do not feel bad or weak or tired (except working 13 hour days).  Well it is time to get ready again, back to the grind.  Take care all!

A day I wish I could forget! Didn't fall off the diet but did not get a workout. Bummer, I can feel it in my attitude!

Ok day, long day, one of those days that never seemed to end. Left the house at 4:45 am, got home at 9:30, and alarm set for 3:00am tomorrow. Killer work out, 800 calories short on diet. Weight was 299, 5lbs last week, 7lbs total.

Good Day! I stepped up my workout today and now I am exhausted. Tomorrow is my first official weigh-in, I can't wait to post an official update! The diet is going good, except I am having a hard time getting enough calories!

Long but good Saturday

It has been a good day. Yesterday was interesting, I forgot my lunch, had a wedding, and had my first introduction of trying to stick to a diet while eating out. It went alright, I was only over by 300 calories total for the whole day. In hind sight I should have made that my free day, but I had it in my mind that today was my free day off the diet. Surprisingly I stuck to my diet until it came to dinner and the only "extras" where two pieces of bacon, 2 links of sausage, and a Dr. Pepper can. You know what I could have done without it all. Tomorrow I am back to the approved foods list and working out. We will see what the scale has to say on Monday night. We did go on a walk to the park today and played with the girls. I did find the bulk food section of Sprouts natural market today, and they had wasabi peas!!! My wife is the best, she is totally into helping me out with everything from diet to working out to motivating me! A hui hou!