FatBloggers.net A little push to lose the tush.

And the beat goes on! I’m getting into a rhythm and I like it. Of course, it doesn’t hurt to give up sweets for this week.

I decided that I would spend one week not having added sugar with a few exceptions:

• Naturally occurring sugars in fruits and other basic foods.
• If someone offers me something homemade, I will enjoy a small portion of it so as not to hurt their feelings.
• My protein bars when necessary.
• In my oatmeal or cream of wheat when necessary.

That means I’ve had to say no to cookies, WW snack bars, ice cream, yogurt and a few other things. I’ve already eliminated sodas and sweetened cereals, but felt it was time to give myself a little boost this week. I want to make my goal of 50 pounds by summer and I’ve only a few weeks left.

Today was a great weigh-in since I lost 1.2 pounds in spite of enjoying two roast beef sandwiches on Saturday and two sandwiches last night, pancakes on Saturday and Sunday… and well, the list goes on. I’ve restarted my workout program after being off of it for about 10 days due to the trip to Seattle and longer working days because of the trip to catch up.

In addition to working out at lunch yesterday and today, last night I mowed the lawn (no biggie) and then took Jack for a walk. However, I decided to push myself and I jogged most of two laps around our block (about 1 mile total). Jack loved it at first, but by the end of it, he just wanted to walk.

This is five weeks straight of losses and usually when I realize that, I have a gain the following week… so I’m gonna work harder to make it six weeks and do it again and again.

Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 273.8 lb
Current weight: 272.6 lb
Current loss/gain: -1.2 lb
Total loss/gain: -46.4 lb
Distance to 50: 3.6 lb
Distance to WW Goal: 22.6 lb

Cross-posted to WebCudgel.com

• Breakfast (8:30am):  medium apple.
• Lunch (11:45pm):  lamb korma, basmati rice, cucumber salad, naan (I ate half of everything except the salad which I finished off; the rest will be tomorrow’s lunch), 1pt WW snack bar.
• Afternoon snack:  small naval orange, 1 shortbread date cookie, 1 bag of baked Lay’s potato chips.
• Dinner (7:00pm):  turkey/cheese sandwich on whole wheat, reduced fat wheat thins w/ hummus, water.

• Breakfast (7:15am):  bacon/egg/cheese on whole-wheat biscuit, water.
• Midmorning snack:  1pt WW snack bar, medium apple.
• Lunch (11:30am):  leftover lamb korma, rice and naan, water.
• Exercise (11:45am):  Walking: 45min (in dress shoes)
• Afternoon snack:  Payday bar.
• Dinner (5:30pm):  Pei Wei’s Thai Dynamite w/ chicken and brown rice, water.

• Breakfast (8:00am):  2 chicken taquitos, 1 bag of combos snacks, 16oz chocolate milk.
• Lunch (11:30am):  Subway turkey sub w/ light mayo, Pringles, 1can of caffeine-free Coca-Cola.
• Dinner (6:30pm):  baked chicken breast, green beans, white rice w/ butter.

• Breakfast (9:00am):  apple cinnamon pancakes w/ peanut butter & light syrup, 2 1/2 slices of turkey bacon, 1 1/2 scrambled eggs, 20oz fat-free milk.
• Late Lunch (4:00pm):  2 roast beef sandwiches w/ lettuce & tomato, Ritz crackers, unsweet tea, 2 small brownies, 1 small piece of chocolate cake w/ icing.

• Breakfast (9:00am): apple cinnamon pancakes w/ light butter & apple butter (organic, no added sugar), 3 turkey turkey sausage links, 20oz fat-free milk.
• Late Lunch (4:00pm): 1/2 Chipotle burrito bowl (chicken, rice, black beans, hot sauce, corn salsa, sour cream, cheese), 1/2 bag of chips w/ guacamole, water.
• Dinner (7:00pm):  spicy salmon sushi roll, handful of chips, water, 1pt WW snack bar.

• Breakfast (8:15am):  4 monterrey chicken taquitos, 1 bag of Triskets, 16oz 2% milk.
• Exercise (11:15am):  Running:  18:31min, 1.14mi (nonstop), 5 laps, 3.69mph; incline sit-ups: 80; leg-lifts: 80; bench-press: 10 reps @ 155lb; shoulder press: 10 reps @ 90lb; tricep extensions: 10 reps @ 65lb; butterfly curls: 10 reps @ 30lb; reverse tricep: 10 reps @ 30lb; push-ups: 5 reps.
• Lunch (12:30pm):  leftover Chipotle burrito bowl, pear, water.
• Afternoon snack:  1.75oz bag of Chex Mix, medium naval orange.
• Dinner (7:00pm):  turkey sandwich on whole wheat, celery sticks, carrot sticks, salad w/ salad spritzer, juice drink, peanut butter & apple butter sandwich on whole wheat, a few nachos, small apple.
• Exercise (8:00pm):  Mowing:  20min; Running w/ dog: 2 laps around block (80% running), 1.06mi.
• Personal Success:  Instead of just walking the dog, I took the initiative to try running with him.  He got excited at first and loved it.  However, since we’ve never done it before, he wasn’t up to doing two full laps.  So he started to give out the 2nd half of the 2nd lap and I had to slow down for him to keep up.  Guess it’s time for me to get him into shape too.

• Breakfast (8:00am):  cream of wheat w/ 2 tsp sugar, 10 dates.
• Exercise (11:15am): Running:  17:45min, 1.22mi (no walking), 2 laps (to/from Call Center), 4.12mph; situps (incline): 80; leg lifts: 80; lat pulldown: 10 reps @ 150lb, 10 reps @ 150lb; arm lifts: 10 reps @ 35lb, 10 reps @ 35lb; shrugs : 10 reps @ 255lb, 10 reps @ 255lb; curls: 10 reps @ 35lb, 10 reps @ 35lb; mid-row: 10 reps @ 158lb, 10 reps @ 158lb; rear deltoid fly: 10 reps @ 35lb, 10 reps @ 35lb; bicep curl machine:  10 reps @ 52lb.
• Lunch (12:30pm):  Snickers Marathon protein bar, small apple, water.
• Afternoon snack:  medium naval orange, 1/4cup organic granola cereal.
• Dinner (6:15pm):  Subway turkey sandwich on whole-wheat w/ light mayo and lots of veggies, 1/2 bag of kettle potato chips, water.
  Evening snack:  celery w/ fat-free sour cream (w/ greek seasoning to flavor) & 8 pistachios.