The same as yesterday! Big surprise. Oh well. I ran this morning in the pre-dawn. It was awesome. I have fully recovered from the strep throat of last week. Today I ate:

• oatmeal with whey powder (breakfast)
• 1/2  myoplex bar (snack)
• chicken caesar wrap (lunch)
• 1/2 myoplex bar (snack)
• cereal (dinner)
• cashews (dinner)
• snack…don’t now what it will be yet

So, I am looking forward to moving on to Atkins next week. I know I will feel a little tired from the carbs, but I am anxious for a change. I have a race on Monday in Chattanooga, TN. I am a little worried about the Labor Day weekend though I have 1 Free day on Body FOr Life and then I will have the transition day from Body For Life to Atkins. Normally that is more than enough pigging put for me, but I have a lot of people wanting to hang out this weekend and sometimes that means big feasting and that can be pretty tempting. I will do my best to be strong. I want to hit Atkins strong next week and try to hit 175 pounds by October 12th.

Wish me luck!

I should not complain about the 183. I was 183 yesterday and it was technically my 3rd “Free Day”. I ate what I wanted, but not AS MUCH as I wanted meaning I tried to stick to about the same 1800-1900 calories I just chose foods that were technically “unauthorizesd” on the Body For Life Diet.

I am just ready to be done with this diet now. I feel like I am wasting weight loss time. Then again, I am pretty much enjoying the food and I am definitely enjoying the work out. This morning was weight training. I will run tomorrow.

Starting next week, I will move to the Atkins diet. I should make up some ground there. My goal is 175 by OCtober 12th.

Today I have eaten:

• 3 scrambled eggs and one piece of high fiber toast with peanut butter (breakfast)
• 1/2 a myoplex bar (snack)
• grilled chicken, sushi, broccoli and green beans (lunch)
• 1/2 a myoplex bar (snack)

I haven’t planned dinner or my late night snack yet. We’ll see how it goes.

Well, today I am feeling so much better. Here is what I have learned. If we don’t EVER take a break from working out, then our bodies will eventualy make us take some time off. I have been going through that, but as strong as I am feeling today, I am realizing I should have voluntarily taken some time off maybe a month ago. I will kick my workout off again on Monday.

Today, I have eaten:

• oatmeal with whey powder (breakfast)
• myoplex bar (snack)
• Yogurt and cheese pizza (lunch)
• cookie (snack)

I still have to choose dinner and another snack.

Feeling a whole lot better today. I should mention that it has nothing to do with the diet ( I don’t think).

Today I am doing something different. I am eating more calories at meals, and small snacks between. Still trying to keep it around 1800 for the day, but instead of 6 x 300 calories, I am eating 4-500 calories at a meal and then 100-150 calorie snacks. I think I am feeling full longer that way.

I don’t think I will be working out today. I am still really run down from having step throat. I will target running tomorrow, but if I am not feeling up to it then I will skip and pick it up Monday. I don’t want to rush myself back and end up keeping myself sick so I will make sure I have recuperated before I jump back into the workout.

Today’s food has been as follows:

• oatmeal with whey powder, high fiber toast with peanut butter (breakfast)
• high fiber granola bar (snack)
• cheerios with skim milk (lunch)

I will hunt up a snack in a while. I don’t know what I have planned for later in the day yet.

Snacks were yogurt and cereal. DInner was oatmeal and the late night snack was cereal. Starting to feel better. I am waaayy low on vegetables. I need to work on that.

So, I am up a little today. I am not concerned. I have pretty much concluded that Body For Life is a great workout plan and a good weight maintenance plan, but not much of a weight loss plan for me. As I have mentioned a few times, different diets work differently for different people so if it appeals to you, then try it. I love the Myoplex supplements and I think the workout is awesome. I will not recommend it as a great weight loss plan. I will still stick with it through the end of the month and then on to something else.

I don’t know how many other blogs people might read, but I want to recommend one. Seth Godin has a great blog.

I love Seth’s blog and his books, which is odd since I am not a marketer in any way. I read something on his blog that resonated with me and that was where he stated that a blogger should detail what conflicts of interest may exist in his or her blogging. I think that is good advice.

you will notice I do not advertise on the site. I occasionally put a link out to a cafepress site where I designed some goofy shirts. That is more for laughs than trying to generate massive sales from the site. I recommend products occasionally, but these are products I try and think people might like. I also will post a negative comment about something I have tried and found to be detrimental to weight loss efforts. Every diet I choose is based solely on whether I think it is interesting, relevant and appealing. I then post comments based on my experiences with the caveat that someone elses experience might be different.

Things I do shamelessly promote that I love regardless of others opinions: The Tennessee Titans, The Atlanta Falcons, Arena Football, The NFL, Various 5K road races, Star Wars.

I will post comments on books because I read a lot and like to share my thoughts. I also will post info about races I run since it is fun to exercise, I want to motivate people to run and then runs are usually in support of a good charitable cause.

So, that is the source of most of my posts. I don’t think there is a huge conflict of interest in much of that, but I wanted to disclose all of my reasons for posting what I do.

Oh yeah, despite a case of strep throat I am sticking with the diet today though my exercise will be limited since I feel like I am somewhere between roadkill and random detritus. Today I have eaten Oatmeal for breakfast, a myoplex bar for a snack. I don’t know what I will do for lunch and beyond.

SO the rest of the day went like this:

Oatmeal for breakfast and dinner. Myoplex bar for a snack. Popcorn and peanuts for a late night snack during football. I think I did pretty good. We will see tomorrow. I haven’t had as much water as I should have. It doesn’t feel too great on the throat, but I have had a lot of lemonade. I think tomorrow I am going to try somethinga little different. I think rather than 6 x 300 calorie meals, I might try 3 x 500 and 3 x 100. I am getting pretty hungry between meals and it is causing me to eat more tiny meals and I think by the end of the day I have accumulated too many calories. We’ll see. I am losing faith in Body For Life as a weight loss plan and I am looking forward to Atkins next month.

With apologies to Dr. Evil, but I am sick…as…a…dog

No workout this morning. Not going into the office. Only place I am going is to the doctor’s office. My amateur diagnosis is either a) allergies, b) summer cold or c) strep throat. We’ll see what the Doc has to say

I am still sticking with dieting today, which is actually pretty easy as I have NO appetite whatsoever.

Thufs far I have eaten:

• Oatmeal (breakfast)

I wil try and eat SOMETHING before I go to the Doc’s and then grab lunch when I get back. Don’t know what I am in the mood for yet though…

Illness update: 

So I added a Myoplex bar for a snack and then went to the Doctor. It’s been confirmed as strep-freakin-throat. Yuck. For lunch I had a “no-sugar-added-vanilla-ice cream with skim milk milkshake”. It felt good on my throat.

We’ll see how the rest of the day goes. Mainly I am laying about sipping hot coffee and/or tea and feeling sorry for myself.

Weight was down today so I am recovering from the “free day” this weekend. I was up and running at 5:30 this morning, but then I felt pretty rough all day so I am not sure if I am dehydrated, overtrained, catching a cold or suffering some sinus issues. In any event, I have been under the weather all day. Hopefully tomorrow I will feel a little better.

Today I ate:

• oatmeal with whey powder (breakfast)
• Myoplex bar (snack)
• oatmeal with whey powder (lunch) - didn’t feel all that hungry at lunch
• Myoplex bar (snack)
• Chicken fajitas and chips/salsa (dinner)

I will still get a small snack before bed.

Snack update:

I scarfed down a myoplex lite bar as a snack. Pretty tasty!

Another pic of our uninvited guest

Found this little critter outside my house a few days back. Water Mocassin? Couldn’t tell and I didn’t want to stake my health on finding out!!!

Still at 185 today. I got up and did weights this morning. Whew…the morning workouts are awesome from the standpoint that I am done for the day so my evenings are free, but I am also pretty tired. I go to bed early to compensate, but it is still a chore sometimes to roll out that early and workout and then come to work.

Today’s food should be:

• oatmeal with whey powder (breakfast)
• whey powder shake (snack)
• turkey sandwich (lunch)
• Myoplex bar (snack)

I don’t know dinner yet or my last snack. We will see how that all works out.