Tomato Salad

Tonight for dinner I went to the farmer's market and found a great looking heirloom tomato. I decided I wanted it for dinner with a cute little avacado, some lemon juice, sweet onion, salt, pepper, and balsamic vinegar. It was delicious and filling, but next time I need to figure out something different to do with the onion. I love onion, but I need to mellow it. Perhaps green onions or shallots would be better.




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Time to crack down

Well, it is that time. I have to get serious about losing weight again. I've gained back half the weight I lost a few years ago and my confidence has been reduced. This has been due to a number of factors that I might go into at some point. Needless to say I need to return to my plan:

1) Portion control: eat less food and stop eating when I'm full.
2) Drink less: while out with friends don't drink as much beer.
3) No late night meals: it doesn't matter, no late night snacking!!!
4) Eat breakfast: at least a bowl of oatmeal every day.
5) More fruits and vegetables: eat a balanced diet.
6) Cook more often: cooking at home is healthier.
7) More cardio: while weights are good, I need to increase my cardio capacity.. it makes me feel better.
8) Don't deny myself anything, but make smart choices.
9) Post my progress here (and be honest about it)

(hmm... three more for a twelve step program)

It starts today. This morning I ate oatmeal for breakfast and had a reasonable sized french dip for dinner along with a salad. Tonight I will go to the farmer's market and then figure out something small for dinner. Last night I went for a swim and perhaps tonight I will go for a short run.

-David

Monday dinner

TGI Fridays premade skillet meal - firecracker sesame chicken.. I added peas and corn.



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Sunday dinner

I'm going to try this blog thing again... this was last night's dinner...

Brewhouse special -
Petite filet with red wine mustard sauce on sauted spinach and tomatoes with new potatoes and a pint of brewhouse double Belgian ale.

Yum!






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17/Apr/2006

Well, maybe I won't do this everyday. I've been a little busy recently, bad Dave!

But I did hit a new weight low Saturday and Sunday afternoon, 262lbs! Of coutse this was after working out and getting dehydrated.. so by this morning I was back at 266. I took a break from working out today as my knee is complaining about all the running.

Breakfast: banana
Lunch: burger, fries, tea
Snack: banana, orange, small piece of lemon bread
Dinner: gorganzola walnut salad, cookie

8/Apr/2006

Morning weight: 270
Morning exercise: none

Brunch: French toast, sausage

Snack: Too many Kettle Chips, Pretzel roll

Dinner:

Evening Exercise: 40 minutes on the eliptical trainer

7/Apr/2006

Morning weight: 271
Morning exercise: 5 games of volleyball

Breakfast: Bowl of leftover oatmeal, gatorade

Lunch: Wild boar plantain sandwich, sweet potato fries, pint of fat tire beer

Snack: Banana

Dinner: Sushi, Miso soup

Evening Exercise: 1 game of volleyball

6/April/2006

Morning exercise: None
Morning weight: ? (didn't weight myself, odd)

Breakfast: Leftover oatmeat, 6oz yogurt

Lunch: Two item combination at sushi restaurant - chicken teriyaki (with veggies), spicy tuna roll, rice, salad, 2 orange slices, miso soup.

Snack: 4 clementines, 1 banana

Dinner: Half a stuffed bell pepper, half an italian sauage, a big bowl of roasted brussel sprouts with some peas added just because I wanted peas. Note: peas and brussel sprouts don't go very well with each other... not bad, just not good.

Evening exercise: 3 games of volleyball, 1 hr on the eliptical trainer

5/Apr/2006

Morning weight: 271
Morning exercise: none

Breakfast: Bowl of leftover oatmeal (approx 1/4 cup uncooked rolled oats), vanilla yogurt (6oz, 190cal, cream on top), 1 banana

Lunch: 6-inch Sweet Onion Chicken sandwich at Subway.. with pepper jack cheese, onions, bell pepper, tomato, pepper, and sweet onion sauce on wheat bread

Snack: 4 clementines, 1 banana, 1 small orange tootsie roll

Dinner: Left over burger patties (~2/3lb together pre-cooked), 2 slices of onion, bbq sauce, 2 buns, lots of asparagus, ~30 m&ms, 2 glasses of milk

Evening exercise: 5 games of volleyball, I didn't play so well, it was cold

Two pints of Ice Cream

Last night I ate two pints of Breyer's ice cream, one chocolate, one mint chocolate chip. I knew it was bad when I bought them at the grocery store, but I told myself I would eat only half of one. Sadly that didn't happen (but not unexpectedly).

I just saw someone else's food eating blog, http://alliate.blogspot.com/, and I've decided to attempt to do it myself, starting today. Hopefully it will keep my a little more honest, and if I keep it up for a while, hopefully I can get my mom to do it as well. I'll also include my morning weight and exercise for the day.

I lost a lot of weight last year, and hopefully this will keep me semi-honest this year. I kinda of wish I started this last year so I could compare how I do this summer to my good results from last summer. I lost about 60 lbs last year, and am down from 345 since July 2004. I don't expect to duplicate those results, but if I could get to 245 by the end of the year, I'd be really happy.