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.