Day 234 - OK day, but still under the weather

My food today was pretty good. I had some decent meals and didn't really snack tonight. So it was a pretty good day. Unfortunately, I'm still not feeling great. This cold is hanging on and my throat is pretty sore in the evenings. I've got a cough overnight which tends to keep me up a bit. I'm hoping this will all be over soon... but we're just getting into cold season. I hope it's not like this all winter.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Pineapple & cantaloup
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Special K mocha bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Apple
- Yogurt cup

Supper:
- Spaghetti w/ turkey meatballs
- Garlic cheese bread
- Water
- Cinnomin scone
- Coffee

Evening Snack:
- Hot chocolate

Workout:
- None

Day 233 - Decent start to the week

I had a pretty good day today food wise. I did have a couple chips tonight while watching TV, however, there were very few left so I don't think I took in too many calories. Other than that, I had some good meals with decent portion sizes... so I think I'm off to a good start this week.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Pineapple
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Special K mocha bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Apple
- Yogurt cup

Supper:
- Meatball kababs (w/ peppers & pineapple)
- Rice
- Diet coke

Evening Snack:
- Chips (just a few chips)
- Diet coke

Workout:
- None

Week 34 weigh in

As I expected, I ended up with a gain last week. I'm now at 262.6. Surprisingly, I only gained 1.4 pounds. I thought I had a worse week than that. Obviously, I'm not thrilled with a gain, but I'm a bit releaved that it wasn't 5 pounds or something.

Well, I'm hoping that I can have a great week this week and drop, not only that 1.4 pounds, but also the 1.2 pounds that was keeping me in the 260s. So, goal for next week is 250s... we'll see how it goes.

Day 232 - Completed a bad week with a bang

This week hasn't been very good, so I guess I decided to finish it off with a bang. Really not a good day today food wise. I was at a movie with my daughter and of course we got snacks. I was watching TV with my wife today and we also had snacks. There was an awful lot of snacking this weekend. I expect I'll pay the price at tomorrow's weigh in... and I'll just have to get back on board next week.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Pizza slice
- Italian wedding soup
- Crackers
- Diet coke
- Coffee
- Hot chocolate

Afternoon snack:
- M&Ms
- Coffee crisp

Supper:
- Meatball kababs (w/ peppers & pineapple)
- Rice
- Milk

Evening Snack:
- Chips (a full large bad)
- Dairy milk
- Diet coke

Workout:
- None

Day 231 - Blast... another weekend stumble

Yesterday was really rough. I was in town for dinner, so it ended up being fast food and we had company last night, so there were lots of snacks floating around the table. Unfortunately I didn't do very well resisting anything yesterday. Boy I have a hard time on weekends... without having the structure of a weekday, I just seem to stumble over and over.

Here's how yestertoday broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Pizza slice (X3)
- Diet coke

Afternoon snack:
- Chocolate carmel nut clusters (X2)

Supper:
- KFC big crunch sandwich
- Hot wings (X4)
- Poutine
- Diet coke
- Small DQ ice cream

Evening Snack:
- Chips
- Diet coke

Workout:
- None

Day 230 - Liquid calories

Today wasn't too bad. I had a good breakfast, a good lunch, a good snack... but the evening was a different story. Tonight was the annual spirits festival (aka Scotchfest). It was a great time... except my head is still pounding. Although rushing out the door and scarfing down a few peices of pizza only to drink all night is probably not ideal in terms of weight loss. Oh well... it was a good time and only happens once a year.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Special K nut bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Apple
- Yogurt cup

Supper:
- Frozen pizza (3 slices)
- Water

Evening Snack:
- Oh dear... don't go there :-)

Workout:
- None

Day 229 - Terrible day today... sigh

Like Raegun, I just can't have junk in the house. I think about it constantly until it's gone. Some of the chocolate carmel nut clusters where left over from last night and I ended up eating some this afternoon and more tonight. Add to that, I was home this afternoon and had a lunch of leftovers (not very healthy) and a pizza dinner... it was all in all just a terrible day food wise.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Melon
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Lasagna
- Penne with meat sauce
- Diet coke

Afternoon snack:
- Chocolate carmel nut clusters (X2)

Supper:
- Breadsticks with cheese
- Pepperoni pizza (4 slices)
- Diet coke

Evening Snack:
- Chocolate carmel nut clusters (X4)
- Hard candies (X3)
- Diet coke

Workout:
- None

Day 228 - Feeling better, but not a great day

I got a solid 11 hours of sleep last night and woke up feeling much better this morning. Still not the greatest, but I don't feel like I'm coming down with the flu anymore. Let's hope it just gets better from here.

Unfortunately I didn't have the greatest day today. I stumbled a bit tonight in that I had some snacks this evening. There was some cake and chocolates in the house and I just couldn't resist them while watching TV. I was however able to stop before cleaning out the box of chocolates... which is a bit of a victory (hey... I'll take what I can get). Here's hoping for a better day tomorrow.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Special K nut bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Apple

Supper:
- Lasagna (3 peices... 1 peice too many)
- Garlic bread
- Milk

Evening Snack:
- Coffee cake
- Chocolate carmel nut clusters (X5)
- Coffee
- Diet coke

Workout:
- None

Day 227 - Not feeling great...doh

I'm really not feeling too well today. Stuffed up and a sore throat... I think I'm going to head to bed early. I also got a flu shot today, which can result in some flu like symptoms... I hope I can get over this before Friday (Scotchfest). Oh ya... and I did have a pretty good day today food wise. :-)

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Parfait (yogurt, granola & fruit)
- Cereal with raspberries
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Penne with meat sauce
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Apple

Supper:
- Chicken breast
- Rice
- Corn
- Diet coke

Evening Snack:
- None

Workout:
- None

Day 226 - Here comes the cold

Double meaning there. It has snowed 2 of the last 3 days so I just put my snow tires on tonight... so winter is on it's way. Also, the kids are both sick and I've started getting a scratchy throat and I'm feeling acky... so here comes my cold too. So tonight I was curled up on the couch and happened to have a few snacks in front of me. I know, not the best approach to losing weight. I'm planning on turning things around and improving my week from here on out... provided I don't get any sicker... fingers crossed.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Parfait (yogurt, granola & fruit)
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Ham steak
- Risotto (butter & cheese)
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Apple

Supper:
- Penne with meat sauce
- Garlic bread
- Diet coke

Evening Snack:
- Chocolate balls (5 small chocolates)
- Snack mix (shared a large bag)
- Beef jerky
- Diet coke

Workout:
- Snowblowed the driveway and changed 4 tires... I'm exhausted

Week 33 weigh in

I managed to pull off a loss last week, but not exactly a huge one. I was hoping to break back into the 250's this morning, however, the scale read 261.2. I thought I had a great week last week (except perhaps Sunday), so I was hoping for more, but I suppose I should be happy with a loss of 1.4 pounds. Here's to another great week :-)

Day 225 - It was bound to happen

Well, I finally had an off day. I had such a great week, it was just a matter of time before I had a bad day. I didn't get into any snacking tonight, however, my meals weren't great and I had a late afternoon McDonalds meal... which is never a good idea. I just hope one bad day isn't enough to throw my weigh in tomorrow morning.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cinnamon French toast (4 slices)
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Begal with lite cream cheese
- Diet coke

Afternoon snack:
- Double cheeseburger (Not the double quarter pounder... WIN)
- Fries

Supper:
- Ham steak
- Potato pancakes
- Risotto (butter & cheese)
- Diet coke

Evening Snack:
- Diet coke

Workout:
- None

Day 224 - Decent day today

Today was a bit of a lazy day, but it wasn't too bad in terms of food... especially given that it's a weekend. My meals weren't half bad and there was no snacking to speak of tonight. So, I'll chalk that up to a good day.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Begal with lite cream cheese
- Pancakes w/ whipped cream & syrup
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Italian wedding soup
- Soda crackers
- Diet coke

Afternoon snack:
- None

Supper:
- Frozen pizza (2 small slices)
- Chicken chili
- Diet coke

Evening Snack:
- Diet coke

Workout:
- None

Day 223 - Really good day today

I had a really good day today all around. My food was pretty good and I got a really good workout in tonight. I struggled with portions a bit this morning, but I think I made up for it at lunch by skipping my typical Special K mocha bar. Also, we had frozen pizza for dinner (I know, not the best dinner) but I was able to keep the portions to a reasonable amount... very proud of that.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Begal with lite cream cheese
- Cereal (a bit too much)
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Apple

Supper:
- Frozen pizza (4 small slices)
- Diet coke
- Coffee

Evening Snack:
- Scotch
- Beer
- Water

Workout:
- 1 hour of hockey

Day 222 - Still going strong

Another good day today. This has been my best week in quite a while. Today was another good day with respect to food. Still eating good, with good portion sizes and limited snacking in the evenings. Hopefully I can keep this going through the upcoming weekend.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Special K mocha bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Apple

Supper:
- Sausage/Pasta/Vegetable soup
- Ham steak
- Rice
- Cheese biscuit (X2)

Evening Snack:
- Scotch
- Diet coke
- Hot chocolate

Workout:
- None

Day 221 - Keeping the streak alive

So far so good this week... yet another great day today. My food was really good again and I was able to avoid the snacking tonight. If every day could just be like today, then I'd have some smooth sailing :-)

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Begal with lite cream cheese
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Special K mocha bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Apple

Supper:
- Open face hot chicken sandwich (X2)
- Peas
- Milk
- Coffee

Evening Snack:
- Scotch
- Diet coke

Workout:
- None

Day 220 - Another good day

Back to back good days is a great way to start off the week. Today's food was good yet again and this evening's snacking was purely in liquid form... stayed away from anything too bad for me.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Begal with lite cream cheese
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Apple

Supper:
- Chicken sloppy Joe (X2)
- Milk

Evening Snack:
- Scotch
- Diet coke
- Hot chocolate

Workout:
- None

Day 219 - Motivated

I guess my loss from this morning's weigh in was a bit of a motivation because I had a great day today. Food was good, portions were under control and no snacking tonight. I really felt like it was a great day... if only they could all be so good :-)

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Special K nut bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Apple

Supper:
- Lasagna
- Roll (X3)
- Water
- Coffee

Evening Snack:
- Scotch

Workout:
- None

Week 32 weigh in

Wow, my weigh in this morning was a huge loss. The scale read 262.6, which is a loss of 6.4 pounds from last week. Perhaps I was carrying a lot of 'water weight' last week or something. I don't claim to completely understand how the body works, but even though I had a pretty good week, I can't imaging losing almost a pound a day of fat. There must have been something else at play. Regardless, I'm back on track and heading in the right direction... horray!!!

Day 218 - Pretty good day... for a weekend

I didn't have a great day today, but it wasn't bad either... especially given that it was a weekend day. My meals weren't great, but there were no restaurants involved today and I didn't snack tonight. Let's hope the weigh in tomorrow shows a loss of some of last week's gain.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal (a bit too much... oops)
- Begal with cream cheese
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Samosa (X3)
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- None

Supper:
- Italian wedding soup
- Frozen pizza (4 slices)
- Diet coke
- Coffee

Evening Snack:
- None

Workout:
- None

Day 217 - Not a great day of food

We were out and about today, so we didn't eat the greatest. We also hit up the city market, so we got a number of local treats, which I doubt are exactly low calorie. I didn't really go overboard today, but the food wasn't great.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Begal with cream cheese
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Beef taco (X2)
- Fries Supreme
- Pizza slice
- Diet coke

Afternoon snack:
- Chocolate caramel almond bark (1 piece)

Supper:
- Samosa (X3)
- Pad Thai
- Diet coke
- Coffee

Evening Snack:
- Diet coke
- Popcorn (1 handful)

Workout:
- None

Day 216 - Some good, some bad

Today wasn't great food-wise. I was out to lunch with some co-workers today and we hit up the new Taco Bell in town. Obviously it was a high calorie lunch. However, I did manage to burn some of those calories off tonight as I got out for an hour of hockey this evening. So, we had a high and a low today... definitely could have been worse :-)

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Mixed fruit (melon, cantaloup & pineapple)
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Chicken Burrito
- Beef Gordita
- Fries Supreme
- Diet coke

Afternoon snack:
- Apple
- Yogurt cup

Supper:
- Pasta with tomato sauce
- Roll (X2)
- Milk
- Coffee

Evening Snack:
- Water

Workout:
- Hour of hockey

Day 215 - Remembrance Day

Hope everyone had a great Remembrance Day today. I'd like to say a big thank you to all the men and women to do serve or have served for our Country.

On a day like today, what I ate seems to be pretty trivial (although I did have a pretty good day).

Day 214 - Yet another good day

I had a pretty good day today. Not exactly stellar, but decent all the same. I did have a pastry at lunch and pizza for dinner, but I kept my portion sizes reasonable and didn't really snack tonight. So I'd say today was an acceptable day when all added up.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Mixed fruit (melon, cantaloup & pineapple)
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Yogurt cup
- Special K mocha bar
- Bear claw pastry
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Apple
- Yogurt cup

Supper:
- Frozen pizza (3 1/2 small slices)
- Diet coke
- Coffee

Evening Snack:
- Scotch
- Hot chocolate
- Water

Workout:
- None

Day 213 - Good day today

I followed up a great Monday with a pretty good Tuesday. Can't complain about today as my food was pretty good again today. Now, if I can just stay away from those snacks for the rest of the week, we should have a good weigh in next week.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Mixed fruit (melon, cantaloup & pineapple)
- Cereal with blueberries
- Begal with cream cheese (1/2)
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Rosemary chicken
- Potatoe
- Yogurt cup
- Special K mocha bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Begal with cream cheese

Supper:
- Salsa chicken breast
- Rice
- Water

Evening Snack:
- Scotch
- Coffee

Workout:
- None

Day 212 - Great day today

I had a great Monday. I wish all days could be as great as today was. Food was awesome, great portion sizes and no snacking at all. Everything seemed to fall into place.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Mixed fruit (melon, cantaloup & pineapple)
- Cereal with blueberries
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Spagetti with meat sauce (small portion)
- Yogurt cup
- Special K mocha bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Apple

Supper:
- Rosemary chicken breast
- Potatoe
- Peas
- Water

Evening Snack:
- None

Workout:
- None

Week 31 weigh in

OMG, what a terrible weekend... and the scale punished me for it this morning. I'm at 269.0, which is a gain of 5.8 pounds. The trend lately has definitely been in the wrong direction, and I've got to turn this around. I've thrown away a lot of hard work already, so hopefully with my wife and I both working towards better health, we can right this ship.

Days 209, 210 & 211 - I don't want to talk about it

Terrible past few days. This weekend was a real bender food-wise. I just don't understand why I'm so tempted to throw junk down my throat... I know nothing positive comes from it, yet I'm still tempted to go ahead and do it. This weekend was just a total write off. Restaurants, desserts, snacks, etc. I'd be embarrased to list my food for the weekend. :-(

If anything positive has come from this weekend, it's that I think my wife and I have finally agreed that we need to shape up. She's agreed to try and work with me to do better together. We're going to start getting active (slowly at first) and we're going to try and eat better meals during the evenings and weekends (when I really struggle). We've made this decision before, but I'm hopeful that this one will stick... fingers crossed.

Days 208 - Decent day today

I had an alright day today. Dinner tonight wasn't the greatest, as we just bought some pizza, however, I didn't have any snacks tonight, so I guess there's a bit of give and take there.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Mixed fruit (melon, cantaloup & pineapple)
- Cereal with blueberries
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Spagetti with meat sauce

- Garlic cheese bread

- Orange
- Yogurt cup
- Special K mocha bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- None

Supper:
- Meat pizza
- Garlic cheese fingers (with donair sauce)
- Diet coke

Evening Snack:
- Beer
- Water

Workout:
- None

Days 207 - Tempted, but resisted

I was very snacky again tonight... seems to be a common theme lately. I did however resist for the most part. I decided to have a hot chocolate instead of chocolate bars and chips. Definitely a victory in my book. I had a pretty good day throughout the day too, so I'll chalk today up to a success.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Mixed fruit (melon, cantaloup & pineapple)
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Orange
- Yogurt cup
- Special K mocha bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Apple

Supper:
- Spaghetti with meat sauce
- Garlic cheese bread
- Milk
- Coffee

Evening Snack:
- Hot chocolate
- Water

Workout:
- None

Days 206 - Darn those treats

The halloween treats lingering around the house got the best of me tonight. And of course, once I dipped into one or two, it ended up being many, many more. For whatever reason, I just can't seem to eat sweets or snacks in moderation. I tend to have none, or have way too many. I think I may be a food addict or something (perhaps just a sweets addict).

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Mixed fruit (melon, cantaloup & pineapple)
- Cereal with blueberries (small bowl)
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Orange
- Yogurt cup
- Special K mocha bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Baked oatmeal

Supper:
- Chili
- Bread w/ butter
- Diet coke

Evening Snack:
- Diet coke
- Halloween treats (chips & chocolate)
- Ice cream with almonds
- Water

Workout:
- None

Days 205 - Great start to the week

I had a really good day today. Had to fight to stay away from my daughters halloween candy, but I did it :-) Some good meals, with good portion sizes and no snacking tonight adds up to a great way to start the week. Lets hope we can keep this going on drop those halloween week pounds.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Mixed fruit (melon, cantaloup & pineapple)
- Cereal with blueberries (small bowl)
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Orange
- Yogurt cup
- Special K mocha bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Yogurt cup
- Apple

Supper:
- Chili
- Bagette
- Diet coke

Evening Snack:
- Water

Workout:
- None

Week 30 weigh in

The crazy halloween weekend did a number on my Monday weigh in. The scale read 263.2 this morning. I had expected a gain, but I'm continually surprised at how quickly I can gain weight when I don't focus on eating good foods. That's a gain of 5 pounds after doing OK throughout the week last week. I'm learning more and more that I'm going to have to stay on top of my weight issue for the rest of my life, otherwise, I'll balloon back up to well over 300.

Well, now the task is to get that 5 pounds back off. Here we go.

Days 202, 203 & 204 - Dang Halloween

Last Friday, Day 202 was a good day. I had pretty good food throughout the day and I got out for another hour of hockey Friday night.

Unfortunately, this weekend (Days 203 & 204) was a gong show. With all the chips and candy flying around this house on Halloween weekend, I did absolutely terrible. I've got to chalk this weekend up to a complete failure and start with a clean slate tomorrow.