Day: 47, Challenges Remaining: ???

I have realized that it is going to be very difficult to stay healthy with my eating habits while living on the road. I think skipping lunch is going to be a good way for me to solve this problem. Especially since lunch is the only meal I have to pay for - so not spending any money on a day-to-day basis will be very helpful.

Food consumed:
9:00 AM - 1 small bowl of rice crispies

Exercise completed:

Day: 40, Challenges Remaining: 77.5

Food consumed:
10:00 AM - 1 diet Pepsi
2:00 PM - 1 reuben sandwich with a side of onion rings & 2 diet cokes
5:00 PM - 1 diet Pepsi
9:00 PM - 3 packets of instant oatmeal with a tbs of Almost Heaven Honey

Exercise completed:
lots of walking! (6700 steps to be precise, thanks to my new pedometer and mom's suggestions)

Day: 39, Challenges Remaining: 77.5

So I suppose my life has gotten more active since I have started working with Maxine, and that has shown to be a positive thing for many reasons: 1. I can't snack/cook/graze/eat all the time, 2. it gets me active up on my feet, doing stuff for a large portion of the day.

I saw Michelle Boyaner yesterday - she was the director of the short film I worked on last month - and right off the bat she asked me about my weight loss. So I guess it's noticeable. :) Always nice to hear it.

Food consumed:
10:00 AM - 32 oz of water

Exercise completed:

Day: 38, Challenges Remaining: 79

Food consumed:
10:00 AM - 1 wheatbix biscut with a cup of tea
7:30 PM - 2 bags of boil in a bag rice, one cut up and fried lg. chicken breast, general tsao sauce from Trader Joes, 32 oz of water
9:00 PM - 1 large cup of frozen yogurt (chocolate & peanut butter with lots of goodies.
11:00 PM - 2 cups of mini marshmallows, 32 oz of water

Exercise completed:

Day: 36, Challenges Remaining: 79.5

Food consumed:
11:00 AM - 1 can of diet sparkling lemonade
2:00 PM - 1 fruit Popsicle
7:00 PM - chips & salsa, 1 order of steak fajitas (with onions, peppers, rice, and beans), 1 can of diet coke, and 20 oz of water

Exercise completed:

Day: 34, Challenges Remaining: 81

So I am going to throw yesterday to the wind and pretend like it never happened (though I am sure the scale won't be nearly as optimistic).

Food consumed:
12:00 PM - 32 oz of water
2:00 PM - 1 smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich on wheat bread with a diet sunkist lemon
5:00 PM - 2 eggs over easy with salt and 2 slices of wheat bread with 20 oz of diet Dr Pepper

Exercise completed:
1:00 PM - 35 minutes on treadmill (2.2 miles) and 20 minutes on exercise bike

Day: 33, Challenges Remaining: 79

Double poop.

Food consumed:
11:00 AM - 1 butter finger and one diet root beer
1:00 PM - more brownie bites than needed
3:00 PM - finished the ham and cheese sandwich from last night
7:00 PM - finished the bag of chips from last night

Exercise completed:
None.

Day: 32, Challenges Remaining: 80

Well... poop.

Food consumed:
2:00 PM - 1 Caesar Salad with 2 pieces of garlic toast and 2 diet cokes
7:00 PM - 1 Bud Light Lime
9:00 PM - 1 large ham & cheese sandwich (with lettuce and mustard, a large serving of hawiian potato chips, and 2 diet Shasta Colas
11:00 PM - too many brownie bites and a diet root beer

Exercise completed:
6 hours of beach time including swimming in some of the biggest waves I have ever experienced! Fun!

Day: 31, Challenges Remaining: 73

We'll the 3 day diet did not do what it promised, but 3.5-4 lbs is alright I suppose. Overall I rate it not worth it.

Food consumed:
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM - 1 serving of sesame chicken with a side of steamed rice & 32 oz of diet Dr Pepper
6:00 PM - 1 diet pepsi
8:30 PM - Outback with Joe & Derek (hunk of bloomin' onion, hunk of rye bread, side Caesar salad, and 1 foccacia prime rib sandwich) and 3 diet cokes

Exercise completed:
1:00 PM - 2 hours of pool time with Sam & Brianna
9:15 PM - 45 min of pool time with Joe & Derek

Day: 30, Challenges Remaining: 74.5

Day 3 of the 3 day diet. I presume tomorrow morning's weigh-in will be the tell all of its success.

Food consumed:
11:00 AM - "BREAKFAST"
• 5 saltine crackers
• 1 slice cheddar cheese
• 1 small apple
• black coffee or tea
3:45 PM - "LUNCH"
• 1 hard boiled egg
• 1slice of toast
• ½ cup of tuna
• 20 oz diet Dr Pepper


Exercise completed:
12:00 PM - 2 hours of pool time (solo)

Day: 29, Challenges Remaining: 75.5

Day 2 of the 3 day diet.

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Eating an entire cup of cottage cheese straight out of a tub is one of the most disgusting things I have ever done.

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I realized today - for the second day in a row - that cooking for myself really doesn't have to take that much time. AND there are healthier things I can cook for myself faster than even boiling a pot of water. It took me about 5 minutes tonight to steam my broccoli, make a cup of tea, and cook two hot dogs. By the time I put all of that on a plate with carrots, half a banana left from breakfast and a small bowl of ice cream I had made a fairly large yet REALLY healthy dinner. Good realizations are worth noting out loud.

Food consumed:
11:45 AM - "BREAKFAST"
• 1 egg (I cooked my first perfectly successful 'over easy' egg this morning and it was de-li-ciuos!)
• ½ banana
• 1 slice of toast
• black coffee or tea
3:30 PM - "LUNCH"
• 1 cup of cottage cheese
• 5 saltine crackers
• diet Dr. Pepper
9:00 PM - "DINNER"
• 2 hot dogs
• 1 cup of broccoli
• ½ cup of carrots
• ½ banana
• ½ cup of ice cream

Exercise completed:
None.

Day: 28, Challenges Remaining: 76.5

Day 1 of the 3 day diet.

Food consumed:
All day - lots of water
2:00 PM - "BREAKFAST"
• ½ a grapefruit
• 1 slice of toast
• 2 teaspoons of Peanut Butter
• Tea
5:30 PM - "LUNCH"
• ½ cup of Tuna
• 1 slice of toast
• Tea
9:00 PM - "DINNER"
• a small steak (broiled)
• 1 cup of string beans
• 1 small apple
• 1 cup carrots
• 1 cup of vanilla ice cream

Exercise completed:
12:00 PM - walking to and from Ralphs (carrying groceries on the way back, I broke a sweat, believe me.)
2:30 PM - 1 hour of pool time with Joe
10:30 PM - 1 hour of foosball (for the upper body (: )

Day: 26, Challenges Remaining: 77

So I am looking to break up the routine. First thing tomorrow morning I am running to Ralphs to pick up everything I need for this 3 day diet (http://www.lose10pounds.org/3days/01.htm). I hear mixed reviews, but I promise to stick to it like white on rice and I will (of course) share the results with all of you. Does it sound too good to be true? Yes. Am I still going to try it? Darn right.

Food consumed:
7:00 PM - 2 cans of tuna fish with 2 tbs lite mayo and 35(ish) "reduced guilt" wheat thins
8:00 PM - 2 cups of baby carrots dipped in roasted garlic hummus
All Day - too much Diet Pepsi - gotta knock off the soda...

Exercise completed:
None. But I actually have started working on the tour now, so its not like I am doing nothing all day like last week :D

Day: 25, Challenges Remaining: 79

Okay, so I let the weekend side track me a little bit, and I took 2 days away from the blog. Part of it was I just wasn't feeling up to it - but today I am snapping out of that funk. Its not like it set me back any, though.

Food consumed:
1:30 PM - 1 popsicle
2:30 PM - 1 medium Diet Coke, several handfulls of popcorn
4:30 PM - 1 bag of peanut m&ms, 1 bag of plain m&ms
7:00 PM - lots of wedge fries, 1 piece of fried halibut, and several Diet Cokes
[I am so not eating tomorrow]

Exercise completed:

Day: 22, Challenges Remaining: 80

Food consumed:
10:30 AM - 1 cup of ruby red chai tea (new brand, its OK)
1:30 PM - 1 plain bagel with lite cream cheese and smoked salmon and 1 cup of tea
5:00 PM - 4 small battered halibut fingers
7:30 PM - 1 glass of red wine
Later that night: a few glasses of Newcastle, 1 shot of Patron, 1 Keystone Light, and 1 Caguauma

Exercise completed:
1:00 AM - Dance competition for 1

Day: 21, Challenges Remaining: 79

Food consumed:
10:00 AM - 1 glass of cranberry juice
11:00 AM - 32 oz of water
3:30 PM - 2 4" open faced smoked Gouda and prosciutto open-faced sandwiches on french baguette (nicely toasted, I highly recommend!)
4:00 PM - 32 oz of water
6:00 PM - 1 diet root beer
8:00 PM - 1 large bowl of granola and fiber plus with skim milk

Exercise completed:
11:00 AM - 1 hour 5 minutes on treadmill (3.5 miles)
1:00 PM - 2 hours of pool time

Day: 20, Challenges Remaining: 79.5

Today I was hungry. But I managed to eat more than usual while maintaining the same number of calories.

Food consumed:
12:00 PM - 32 oz of water
1:30 PM - 1 large pickle
3:30 PM - 7 Trader Joe's frozen pork dumplings with asian dipping sauce & 1 can of diet orange soda
4:45 PM - 1 can of diet pepsi
6:30 PM - 7 Trader Joe's frozen pork dumplings with soy sauce and 32 oz of water
8:00 PM - 1 bowl of vanilla almond granola with skim milk
10:45 PM - 1 large pickle

Exercise completed:
12:00 PM - 1 hour and 5 minutes on treadmill (3.7 miles)
2:00 PM - 1 hour of pool time with joe

Day: 19, Challenges Remaining: 80

So I have made a few steps in the wrong direction over the last few days. I need to counter act that with some serious exercise in the rest of this week.

Food consumed:
9:00 AM - 2 cups of white tea
3:15 PM - 1 large blue Icee and 1 movie-sized bag of peanut m&ms (not a good way to start off)
7:00 PM - 1 hunk of French baguette
8:00 PM - 1 plain bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon (delicious)
8:30 PM - A handful of garlic herb pita chips dipped in garlic hummus and a diet orange soda

Exercise completed:
None.

Day: 18, Challenges Remaining: 79

The new shoes worked well. I didn't push it since my heels aren't completely healed (how about that for a homonym test).

Food consumed:
1:00 PM - 32 oz of water
3:00 PM - 32 oz of water
6:00 PM - 1 can of Diet Coke
8:00 PM - 3 cans of tuna fish with mayo and (lots of) relish. Eaten with 15 Ritz crackers and 1 slice of multi-grain bread. And 32 oz of water.
9:00 PM - 32 oz of water
10:00 PM - 32 oz of water
11:00 PM - 1 (small) slice of pumpkin pie
12:00 AM - 1 (small) slice of pumpkin pie
1:00 AM - 32 oz of water

Exercise completed:
1:00 PM - 45 min of walking on treadmill (2.15 miles)
2:00 PM - 3 hours of pool time

Day: 17, Challenges Remaining: 78.5

Yeah. That's right. The 20 lb mark just went wooshing by! And I broke down and spent what's left of my diminishing bank account on a different pair of sneakers that won't rub my ankles where the last ones did so I can hit the gym again -- starting tomorrow.

Food consumed:
All Day - Lots of water
2:00 PM - 1 can of Diet Dr Pepper
4:00 PM - 12 oz of Diet Dr Pepper
7:00 PM - 2 bags of boil-in-a-bag rice with Asian sauces and a glass of water
9:00 PM - 1 can of Diet Coke
11:00 PM - 1 glass of water

Exercise completed:
2:00 PM - walking to and from and around the mall

Day: 16, Challenges Remaining: 81.5

I can't weigh myself until Sam wakes up from her nap (the scale is in her bathroom).

Food consumed:
9:30 AM - 1 can of Diet Dr Pepper
11:30 AM - 2 slices of toasted pita dipped in hummus, 1 cucumber slice, 1 olive, 1 celery stick, 2 pieces of wheat toast with butter and 1 cup of Diet Coke and 1 glass of water
1:30 PM - 1 can of Diet Dr Pepper
5:45 PM - 1 glass of water
8:00 PM - 1 bag of boil-in-a-bag rice with Asian sauces for taste
From what I recall, the rest of the night consisted of, 1/3 bottle of red wine, 3/4 bottle of white wine, 1 Manhattan, 1 Dirty Woodword, several glasses of water, a few bites of frozen burritos, 6 Oreos. [Yes, this means my friends and I gathered together and drank irresponsibly for the first time in a very long time.]

Exercise completed:
9:00 AM - 2 hours of ocean time at Manhattan Beach. (Included actually swimming in the ocean even though the water was very cold).
1:00 AM - DANCING!
2:00 AM - intense arm wrestling for 30 minutes

Day: 15, Challenges Remaining: 81

I dropped my second tens place digit today! And I am feeling MUCH better! It was like I got cured over night. I am still going to do all my meds and everything today, just to make sure it is 100% gone, but I'm delighted. Eating that tuna sandwich tonight really hit the spot. DELICIOUS! I am treating myself to frozen yogurt tonight.

** WRITTEN LATER **
Instead of frozen yogurt, I actually treated myself to a second dinner as you will see below.

In addition to dropping my second tens place digit today, I also dropped a pants size!

Food consumed:
All Day - Still lots of hot tea
4:00 PM - 1 can of Diet Coke
5:00 PM - 2 cans of tuna mixed with 2 tbs lite mayo and lots of relish eaten on a deli sub roll (I guess it was a total of 550 calories) and a can of Diet Coke
8:00 PM - 1 chicken breast with wild rice and mushrooms cooked in too much butter (Sam and her friend Colin were determined to do a Julia Child recipe, so I was a happy sample subject)

Exercise competed:
1:00 PM - 1 1/2 hours of pool time with Brianna (girl, you are gonna be so jealous of my west coast tan!!)

Day: 14, Challenges Remaining: 84

Food consumed:
Lots of hot tea all day.

Exercise completed:
2:00 PM - 1 1/2 hours of pool time with Brianna

Day: 13, Challenges Remaining: 86

Still sick - getting the general body aches now which is really frustrating.

Food consumed:
All day - endless supply of tea - constantly being consumed because it feels good on my throat
All day - endless supply of water - nice contrast to the hot tea
Does Mucinex, ny quill, chloraseptic, zinc lozenges, or Advil count as food?
6:45 PM - 2 cups of mini marshmallows. They taste good, dissolve in my mouth, and are easily swallowed. Not the best way to nutritionally round out my day, but that's not at the top of my priorities right now. But they also aren't absurdly unhealthy.

Exercise completed:
2:00 PM - hot tubbed for 30 minutes and laid out for 30 minutes by the pool. I am sure this doesn't really count as exercise, but it lets all of you know that I left the apartment, and it felt pretty good until I got too hot.

Day: 12, Challenges Remaining: 87.5

I refuse to weigh myself until I'm feeling better. Breathing and swallowing are a large challenge right now, so exercise is out of the question (but, so is eating pretty much, so maybe that will all even out).

Food consumed:
All day - endless supply of tea - constantly being consumed because it feels good on my throat
All day - endless supply of water - nice contrast to the hot tea
Does Mucinex, day quill, chloraseptic, zinc lozenges, or Advil count as food?
2:00 PM - 3 slices of multigrain bread
8:45 PM - 4 packets of instant maple & brown sugar oatmeal with a drizzle of almost heaven honey

Exercise completed:
None. I hope this crap doesn't set me too far back.

Day: 11, Challenges Remaining: 90.5

I failed to weigh myself today. I'm getting sick and having a tough time swallowing, so today, Challenge: 100 was not on the top of my priorities.

Food consumed:
9:00 AM - 1 can of Diet Coke
2:00 PM - 32 oz of water
9:00 PM - 1 cup-o-noodles & 3 packets of instant oatmeal (after I had the soup, my throat felt a bit better, and oatmeal was a good consistency for me)
9:30 PM - 32 oz of water
12:30 AM - too many wheat thins (maybe 1/3 of a box or so).

Exercise completed:
None.

Day:10, Challenges Remaining: 85.5

I forgot to mention one thing about my dinner at Chili's yesterday. For the first time in a long time I paid attention to when my body told me it was full. I only ate half of my entree and brought the rest home with me. It sounds stupid, but I am really proud of that.

THE CHEATING THAT HAPPENED LATER... I am a bit disappointed in my late night snacking tonight. But I was legitimately hungry, I didn't just feel like munching. Tomorrow will be better.

Food consumed:
2:00 PM - 1 can of Diet Coke
5:15 PM - 1 LARGE glass of V8 Splash (that stuff is like liquid crack)
8:00 PM - 1 half of a homemade Philly cheese steak with green peppers, mushrooms, and onions
8:30 PM - 1 small dessert: pre-made angel food cake disc topped with strawberries and apples mixed with lite cool whip
9:00 PM - 32 oz of water
AND THEN I CHEATED...
10:30 PM - Left over Chili's from last night (2 chicken crispers and 20 french fries with BBQ sauce) & 1 can of Diet Coke
11:00 PM - 12 saltine crackers with crunchy peanut butter
12:00 AM - 32 oz of water

Exercise completed:
2:00 PM - 1 and a half hours of pool time with Sam & Brianna (ended abruptly by someone puking in the pool and it getting closed. A new perk: I am getting a nice healthy tan - even on my legs for the first time in forever!

Day: 9, Challenges Remaining: 87

I have to say that I am kind of impressed that I weighed in only .5 lbs more than I did yesterday AFTER eating at Chili's. Tomorrow's post-poop numbers should be good!

Food consumed:
1:30 PM - 4 oz of V8 Splash
3:00 PM - 1 can of Diet Coke
6:00 PM - We went to Chili's, I ordered: chips and salsa (shared), chicken crisper bites, and Sam, Brianna & I split a chocolate cake ice cream thing. I also had about 3 glasses of Diet Coke with dinner.
8:00 PM - 2 cans of Diet Coke

Exercise completed:
3:00 PM - 2 hours of walking and gawking at Venice Beach
8:30 PM - Light swimming

Day: 8, Challenges remaining: 86.5

I think the best diet incentive ever is swimming at a community pool in Los Angeles. Everyone is beautiful... I just wanna fit in! (literally?)

Food consumed:
4:00 PM - 1 can of Diet Coke
9:00 PM - 1 large spinach salad topped with feta cheese, dried cranberries, and chopped pecans
9:30 PM - 1 can of Diet Coke
10:45 PM - 1 glass of red wine

Exercise completed:
2:00 PM - 2 hours of pool time with Joe :)

Day: 7, Challenges Remaining: 89.5

That's right, 10 down!

I am proud to say that I have practically eliminated snacking from my daily routine thus far, which feels like a HUGE accomplishment (and probably the primary factor in my success thus far). If only I had never discovered the make your own frozen yogurt sundae bar 2 blocks away.

Food consumed:
2:00 PM - 16 oz of water
6:00 PM - 1 tequila sunrise (Brianna is working PT as a bar tender and lets just say, enjoying bringing work home with her)
7:00 PM - 1 bowl of penne pasta with cheese & tomato sauce and a piece of potato bread toast
9:00 PM - 1 dish of peanut butter and chocolate frozen yogurt with Butterfinger and M&M toppings
11:30 PM - 1 can of Diet Coke

Exercise completed:
2:00 PM - 2 hours of pool time, including swimming and what I felt were some water aerobics

Day: 6, Challenges Remaining: 91.5

I am selfishly hoping that today can be the day I reach 90 - so I am nervously procrastinating on my daily weigh-in. My ankles, while noticeably getting better, are still not able to comfortably coincide with sneakers, so today will be a light exercise day, too. I have really been trying to minimize and monitor my food intake the last few days because I know I am not burning the calories I was the first few days of the challenge.

***a few hours later***
I gave in out of curiosity. Tomorrow will be the day I reach 90 (fingers crossed). I can tell that I am actually starting to lose weight, though, because I have that constantly bad breath - talk about a drawback. But my energy is increasing alongside my productivity.

Food consumed:
3:00 PM - 32 oz of water (with lemonade Crystal Light flavoring)
5:00 PM - 1 can of Diet Coke
6:30 PM - 1 glass of red wine
7:15 PM - 1 order of sesame chicken and half a side of steamed rice
10:00 PM - 1 cups of frozen yogurt with mini m&ms and mini chocolate chip toppings
12:00 AM - 1 can of Diet Dr.Pepper

Exercise completed:
2:00 PM - 1 hour of swimming/water walking/general fun with Brianna. I am getting a nice tan these days.

Day: 5, Challenges Remaining: 92

So today I dropped my first "tens place" digit. You don't know which one, because my actual weight is a secret, but I can give you an example. Say I went from 238 to 229 - the 3 changed to a 2 - hence the "dropping a tens place digit." It made me smile.

Food consumed:
4:00 PM - 2 cups of baby carrots each dipped in hummus and 1 can of diet coke
7:00 PM - 2 cans of tuna fish mixed with 1 tbs mayo and 4 tbs relish eaten on Saltine crackers
8:00 PM - 32 oz of water
10:00 PM - 2 slices of whole wheat grain bread & 1 can of diet coke
1:00 AM - 1 bag of rice cake snacks - if I'm gonna binge, rice cakes are the way to go. I'm frustrated about my need for a midnight snack, though. and half a glass of seltzer water.

Exercise completed:
1:00 PM - light swimming (mostly because I thought it would be good for my boo boos)

Day: 4, Challenges Remaining: 93.5

Okay, so today I didn't exercise, but with good reason. The tennis shoes that I bought last week from Payless have cut up the backs of my ankles very badly over the last few days and now my ankles are very swollen and I think the cuts are infected. Tomorrow I am going to see how they look, perhaps go out and buy some new shoes, and if my feet are still hurting too much I will swim and maybe rollerblade for some exercise. The weight is going in the right direction, though.

Food consumed:
2:00 PM - 1 glass of V8 Splash
4:00 PM - 1 glass of V8 Splash
6:30 PM - 2 Bags of "Boil in a Bag" Rice and stir fried baby carrots in homemade sauce (wine, soy sauce, mustard, honey) and 2 cans of Diet Coke
10:30 PM - 2 Dozen snack pretzels with honey mustard for dipping & 1 can of Diet Coke

Exercise completed:
None.

Day: 3, Challenges Remaining: 95

Well, as I said, I never thought it was possible that I actually lost 7.5 lbs in one day, but losing 5 in three sounds pretty good, too. As if I needed to further document this little adventure, I am doing one thing that is just for myself. A few days ago I got 5 frames from IKEA in which to put some motorcycle prints I acquired at last years Ohio Bike Week. Unfortunately, I broke one pane of glass trying to frame one, so I just had a frame a mat board, and the hanging hardware. I have decided to hang it on my bedroom wall. Every day I am hand writing the date and my weight on the mat board with the hope that after I reach my goal I can put a picture of my skinny self in the frame. Its a nice consant reminder and source of personal motivation for me as I work through this.

Anyway, I'm sitting down to dinner of a spinach salad right now and thought I would tally up the day at the same time.

Food consumed:
11:00 AM - Chipotle chicken sandwich (had cheese, lettuce, bacon and sauce, too... not the best thing ever) and two glasses of sangria
1:00 PM - 2 cans of diet coke
7:00 PM - 32 oz of water
8:30 PM - Large spinach salad (with feta cheese, chopped pecans, dried cranberries and balsamic vinegar)
11:30 PM - 3 slices of multigrain bread (which I now regret)

Exercise completed:
7:00 PM - 65 minutes on treadmill (3.2 miles at 2% incline); included some jogging (approx. 2 min) unlike other days

Day: 2, Challenges Remaining: 92.5

So no, I don't actually think that I managed to loose 7.5 lbs in one day, but I figure the idosyncracies of the scale will even out over time - that or I strategically timed my weigh-in before eating and after pooping. I did eat out for dinner tonight, as you will see. I feel a bit disappointed about that, but it is also the only thing I ate today, so I don't think I'll lose sleep over it. The real challenge is that tomorrow I am going to brunch with two local friends and both of my roommates. I have to remember to eat slowly and be conscious of my portion sizes.

Food consumed:
11:00 AM - 1 can of diet coke
2:00 PM - 32 oz of water
4:00 PM - 3 cans of diet coke
7:00 PM - Dinner serving of sesame chicken with a side of steamed rice
10:00 PM - 1 glass of wine
11:00 PM - 1 medium-sized piece of purse cake

Exercise completed:
2:00 PM - 65 minutes on treadmill (3.35 miles, 2.5% incline)
6:30 PM - walking to and from the Chinese restaurant... I'm not sure if it counts, it's only a few blocks, but it makes me feel better about myself.

Day: 1, Challenges Remaining: 100

Well, after a week of eating decently and frequenting my gym, I finally got up the courage to stand on a scale. The number is about 100 over where it should be, so I am challenging myself to get off my fat ass and do something about it. Be sure to follow along, it should be exciting, boring, frustrating, and rewarding all at the same time.

Food consumed:
9:30 AM - one bowl pumpkin granola and skim milk
12:00 PM - 32 oz water
1:30 PM - one cup-o-noodles, one cup cucumber salad, one (large) slice of purse-shaped cake, 2 cans of diet coke
7:00 PM - 2 cans of tunafish with a tbs of mayo and a spoonful of relish, accompanied with saltine crackers and 1 can of diet coke
10:00 PM - 1 Coors Light and 1 shot of jack daniels
10:30 PM - one bowl of pumpkin granola and skim milk

Exercise completed:
11:00 AM - one hour on treadmill (3.2 miles at 2.5% incline)
12:15 PM - fifteen minutes on stationary bike (I don't think I like stationary biking)