Another Winter Day

And no, I am not in NJ...

Sigh....

Besides work, this is what I have done this AM

Week 2 is done

Total 7lbs down and 2 inches down but I'm a little bummed.  Definitely wanted 10lbs at 5lbs/week but for someone my size I guess that's practically starving so...  I've done this without really changing my lifestyle and that's the whole point otherwise how would it be sustainable...

Week 2					3958	17850	24,500	20,542	yes	3.969142857
Day 1
	600	Breakfast @ airport(omelet, potatoes, coffee)	400	normal daily activities
			150	biking (30 mins)
			150	biking (30 mins)
	1000	Dinner	300	biking/weights (30 mins)
	1600		1000		600	2550	1600	600	yes
Day 2
	350	Breakfast (yogurt and spicy kani salad)	400	normal daily activities
	800	dinner (fish, veggies, and liquid dessert)	450	biking weights(60mins)
	1150		850		300	2550	1600	300	yes
Day 3
	600	Breakfast (fish and veggies)	400	normal daily activities
	500	lunch (tuna sandwich, yogurt, veggie chips)	275	biking/weights (30mins)
	550	dinner	250	biking/weights (20mins)
	200	drinks (3 vodka tonics)	225	walking/hr
	150	snack (cheese, potato bread)
	2000		1150		850	2550	1600	850	yes
Day 4
	450	breakfast(tunafish sandwich with turkey bacon)	400	normal daily activities
	1500	dinner (drinks, turkey burger and fries)	740	biking/weights(60mins)
	1950		1140		810	2550	1600	810	yes
Day 5
	400	breakfast (sweet potato fries)	400	normal daily activities
	170	yogurt	552	biking/weighs(60mins)
	130	veggie straws and cheese
	400	tomato soup
	500	ahi tuna wrap
	1600		952		648	2550	1600	648	yes
Day 6
	400	breakfast (sweet potato fries)	400	normal daily activities
	200	snack (corn tortilla with cheddar cheese)	200	leisurey biking (60mins)
	600		600		0	2550	1600	0	yes
Day 7
	400	breakfast (cheese grits)	400	normal daily activities
	750	dinner and drinks
	1150		400		750	2550	1600	750	yes

Winter is Upon Us

Ok - it's official.  It snowed while I was back in NJ and it's below freezing here in TN.  And surprisingly the cold air outside has not been bothering me.  Being cold indoors does however.  I think I like feeling the four seasons albeit in very small doses.  I'm sure if it's still this freezing for the next two months, I will be saying something completely different.

I rode my bike and read the New Jim Crow for an hour yesterday before getting ready to fly back to TN.

From the plane




When I get home, this is my indoor bike,  Long story or not (but makes for a good party story) as to how I acquired it.







And yes for 60 minutes this morning, I rode a bike and drank a toddy because it's FREEZING outside!

Day in NYC

I met my bestie from NYU for a day in NYC.  We went to the Met, and later listened and danced to live Afro-Cuban music.  It snowed a bit but wasn't cold so walking around was fine and made me in a very brief nostalgic way, miss this area.  There's no place like the city...  It's magical and gritty all at once.

More on what I mentioned yesterday about the clothes fitting better.  I bought these pants that were my size back in Thanksgiving but surprise! They did not fit.  Was not happy about that.  So left them here in NJ, never to be thought if again since clearly they were made all wrong.   Anywho, I fit into those bad boys yesterday.



Of course being in NYC nearly derailed all the good work I've been doing however we walked around the Met, the city, and danced so I feel like I burned off most of the liquid calories I imbibed.  Looking at my tracker, I netted about 800 calories so that was good.

All in all, a great trip.  Can't wait to come back in about two months.

Hope you enjoy your MLK day!!!!

NJ working out and full steam ahead

Sp between the tracker and this blog, I have actually been sticking to my fitness plan.  Since I landed in NJ, I have averaged 90 mins of working out/day!  yea!  Ler's see how long this lasts.  Did I mention I bought a scale?  So when I get back to town I will see what that bane of my existence actually says.  I'm still tracking inches and accordingly that is going well.  And clothes are starting to fit better!!!  More on that later.

I am also taking this time to reflect on why I like my 600lb life.  It is a blessing and a curse.  It can motivate or make you lazy depending.  You can watch and say hey, I'm nowhere near there and decide to be lazy and become complacent.  Or you can be inspired with the way most of the folks set a goal and despite all the trials and tribulations stick with the plan.  That's what I use it for.  Inspiration.  So in that vain, I have been carving out that time this weekend.  Although I haven't quite balanced out working on my body vs working on work.  Hopefully that will start to iron out in the next week or so.

Here I am before going on a nice nature walk of 3 miles with a friend.  Go Patriots Path!



And now here I am tired after a 2 hour work out.  A little on the tired side.  Lol. Definitely took a nap after this before heading out for a night out with one of my besties.



And this morning I was on the bike for an hour.  So all in all, things are progressing nicely and I am feeling quite GOOD!!!!

Not as long as last time

Hey all, sorry for the delay here but not as long as last time.  Baby steps and celebrating small victories!

This week has been full of traveling from Miami to Nashville to Memphis.  Currently I am typing this at the airport using my hotspot.

Despite all the traveling, I stuck to the plan and put together a homegrown tracker.  So at the end of the week I will post the tracker with the results.  So in one week, according to my calculations, I should have lost 3lbs.  And I did!  Plus 2 more so a total of 5.  This was just cutting back on portions and caloric intake.  There was not much working out due to all the traveling.  This week, I hope to kick that up a gear and see where we are from there.

And side note:  My waiter at the airport told me I was small.  In reference to the fact that I only ate half of my breakfast.  If only he knew the will power.  Lol!!!

Week 1					6435	17850	24,500	18,065	yes	3.261428571	yes
Day 1	630		400	normal daily activities
	440
	700
	1770		400		1370	2550	1600	1370	yes
Day 2	700		400	normal daily activities
	300
	150
	350
	240
	550
	2290		400		1890	2550	1600	1890	no
Day 3	400	Breakfast (egg white wrap)	400	normal daily activities
	400	Lunch (seafood salad)	100	walk
	500	Dinner (salad with...)	50	moving
			115	biking 30 mins
	900		265		635	2550	1600	635	yes
Day 4	200	Breakfast (smoked salmon)	400	normal daily activities
	300	Lunch (grits w/tuna)
	250	snack (raisin bran)
	230	Dinner (grits w/tuna)
	980		400		580	2550	1600	580	yes
Day 5
	230	Breakfast (grits w/tuna)	400	normal daily activities
	250	Lunch (raisin bran)
	200	Dinner (raisin bran)
	150	Snack (sugar cookie)
	830		400		430	2550	1600	430	yes
Day 6
	230	Breakfast (grits w/tuna)	400	normal daily activities
	1000	dinner out	150	biking (30 mins)
	1230		550		680	2550	1600	680	yes
Day 7
	400	Breakfast (scrambled eggs)	400	normal daily activities
	450	lunch (soup and wine)	150	biking (30 mins)
	400	Dinner (Simply naked pita chips)
	150	Cider beer
	1400		550		850	2550	1600	850	yes

# Inspiration

I just binge watched my 600lb life while doing work.  If that's not inspiration, I don't know what is.  I'm heading back to TN today but as I said next week Monday starts the food/drink/exercise journaling on this blog.  Until then, as I catch up on work projects, this blog will be idle.

Keep it up until then!!!

Blessings: This is my LIfe

  Yes, this is the view from the balcony where I currently sit writing this.


I have the most awesome pleasure of hanging out in Florida to do work, to walk around and enjoy nature.  I swear I need to spend more time here.  It's really the environment that motivates me and seems to be where family and close friends are relocating so....

Yesterday, I walked two miles.  I'll let you know what exercise I end up doing today.

While the progress is slow it is steady for a total of 5 pounds down for this trip.  I know I know - slow means healthy.  But I am quite impatient.  And maybe I'm not being restrictive enough although I believe I am.  Starting next week, I will use this blog as a food, drink, and exercise log to see how all works out.  I know you can be fat and fit but well that's not really the trajectory I would like so let's see if we can ramp this up,  I got places to be in a month and as Oprah says, let 2016 be your best body year!!!!!!!!!

Coming off bed rest

Unfortunately, I got hit with a reoccurring condition for the past few days that left me bedridden and in extreme pain.  Wednesday, Dec 30th was the first time in two days that I could get out of bed and I managed to do a 5 minute plank before I had to quit.

Thursday, NYE I was able to walk three miles throughout the day, some of it uphill but I was definitely sore after that.  Time to rest!!!!

Friday, New Year's Day I managed to do 2 miles.

Today, we plan to go to the beach.  No biking for me alas but I will walk which should end up being about 3-6 miles depending.

While I feel 100x better I still need to take it slowly as I'm sore and taking medications.

That said, - since I have mainly been eating salads, I was able to lose another couple of pounds!!!  Bright side!!!

Down side - I'm not 100% enamored with how clothes fit.  Ah well.  That's probably just a woman thing anyway....

That's my update for now.  Trying to stick to the plan of doing this more often than not.