A Milestone In Weight Loss, and...KRISPY KREME!

Yesterday (Sunday) I stepped on the scales and found I'd hit a couple of milestones in this little weight loss and fitness effort I've taken on.

As of Sunday, I had lost exactly 30 pounds since that day six weeks and six days ago, the day I woke up and found I was FAT...the day I decided I had to change some things. While I didn't officially start until two days later, on March 9, it was that Monday when I really got the sense I needed to make some changes. So, almost seven weeks ago I was 279 pounds, and Sunday, I was 249. 

That's the even, 30-pound milestone. The other milestone, of course, is dropping into the 240s. Truthfully, 249 pounds is appallingly heavy, but at this point it's felling pretty good, and 30 pounds lost is definitely motivation to keep at it.

Another motivation is yet another milestone -- I'm making another move into smaller pants. You might recall from my earlier blogs I had gone from barely fitting into my largest couple of pants to being able to wear them comfortably, then they were too large and I moved down to another couple of pairs. Well, I'm happy to report both of those are not too large, and starting this week I'm down still another size in pants. 

Good thing I have all of this motivation going, because last night, after we had the steak and corn for dinner (all still on the 30-days clean eating plan), my wife ran to the store to pick up...well, honestly, I'm not certain what she was pretending to go get. What I know she returned with was two boxes of Krispy Kreme donuts -- one jelly filled and the other chocolate iced.

Oh man, if that had happened in one of my weaker moments, who knows? But not last night, I was feeling far to good after stepping on the scales and trying on smaller clothes to even think about tasting one.

Today, however, I'm doing okay with the food, but feeling really, really wiped out. I don't know if it's the leg workout yesterday -- my legs are really stiff and sore from yesterday's working, and I'm just fatigued today. Maybe that's just going to be what happens after leg days, I don't know. I'll give it another week or two and see how it all shakes out.

My workouts today were cardio in the morning and chest/shoulders/triceps in the evening. Here's the rundown:

Cardio

Stationary Bike -- 52 minutes (10 minutes on lvl 4, the rest on lvl 5)

18 miles

770 calories

Weight training

Chest

Flat bench press

135 pounds -- 1 set, 10 reps

185 pounds -- 1 set, 8 reps

210 pounds -- 1 set, 6 reps (not really failure, but I was just too tired to push too much here)

200 pounds -- 1 set 8 reps

190 pounds -- 1 set, 8 reps

Incline barbell press

135 pounds -- 2 sets, 8 reps each

Seated machine flye

140 pounds, 2 sets, 10 reps each

Shoulders

Machine shoulder press

110 pounds -- 2 sets, 10 reps each

Seated machine side raises 

110 pounds, 2 sets, 10 reps each

Seated machine rear delt flyes

140 pounds, 2 sets, 10 reps each

Triceps

Okay, I did something different here tonight. I set up the triceps push-down with the bar on one machine and the rope on the other machine, and went back and forth between the two with NO rest. Here's the way that went:

Bar pressdown -- 150 pounds, 12 reps

Rope pressdown -- 100 pounds, 10 reps

Bar pressdown -- 150 pounds, 6 reps

Rope pressdown -- 100 pounds, 4 reps

Ab work

Seated weight crunch

125 pounds, 1 set, 10 reps

Food for the day

Breakfast

Coffee

Eggs -- 1 whole, 2 whites

Oatmeal -- 1/3 cup dry

Lunch

Lean pork -- 5 ounces

Sweet potato -- 4 ounces

Veggies - 1/2 cup

Low fat Greek yogurt

Snack

Low fat Greek yogurt (If I eat enough yogurt, maybe I'll be like Michael Weston)

First dinner

Chicken -- 5 ounces

Veggies -- 1 cup

Sesame oil -- 1 teaspoon

Teriyaki sauce -- 1 tablespoon

Second Dinner

Sirloin steak -- 4 ounces

Sweet potato -- 4 ounces

Diet butter -- 1 tablespoon

Snack

Lean pork -- 5 ounces

Totals for the day

1,500 calories

43 grams of fat

196 grams of protein

Water -- 100 ounces

Diet soda -- 24 ounces

That's all for the day. Thanks for stopping in!

Day 24 -- End of the Week!

Okay folks, I'm writing this one really, really late, so I'll be short and sweet.

I was tempted today. Twice.

First, some homeschoolers showed up at the office selling Krispy Kreme donuts. I'm not generally one who's tempted much by sweets, but come on, it was KRISPY KREME! Do you know how easy it would have been to buy a box (or two) -- you know, not for me, but the family at home. Really, for the family. Honest.

Yeah, you and I both know where that would have gone. So I calmly declined their offer, went back to my office and thought mean thoughts about my afternoon snack -- a salad.

The second temptation came a little later, as the afternoon wore on. I was sorely tempted to call home, ask my wife if she'd like to go out for dinner. You know how it is -- Friday, the end of a long, busy, tiring week and the idea of slipping out to Applebee's or somewhere else similar would have been so easy.

But I refused! Not so much for the food -- I actually can eat at Applebee's and mostly stay within the eating plan, but doing that would mean missing a workout, and that's what got me. I simply couldn't miss a workout.

So, I finished working, arrived home and hurried off to the gym before changing my mind.

I guess you can call that a good day. (It's even a better day as I write this, because the Celtics just hung a loss on Golden State)!

Anywhere, here's the scoop on what I've done today.

Workout
Back and biceps

Back
Seat Row
130 pounds - 1 set, 10 reps
210 pounds - 2 sets, 8 reps each
200 pounds -- 2 sets, 8 reps each

Straight-armed pulled downs
80 pounds, 2 sets each

Biceps
Curl Bar Curls
40 pounds, 1 set x 10 reps
70 pounds, 1 set x 15 reps
*I usually do more sets and reps than this, but an old forearm issue from a couple of years back has flared up a bit, and if I'm not careful I could end up not doing any bicep work, and limited on the back work, so I took it easier tonight.

Ab Machine Crunch
110 pounds, 25 reps

Cardio
Stationary Bike
25 minutes, all lvl 5.
9 miles
275 calories burned

Food for the day
Breakfast
Coffee
Eggs -- 1 whole, 2 white
Lean ham -- 1.5 ounces

Lunch
2 Chicken sandwiches (same as last night -- 4 ounces boiled chicken breast, THINLY sliced French bread, 1/4 Mozzarella cheese, homemade chipotle sauce, basil).
Fat Free Greek Yogurt

Snack
Salad -- 1 ounce lean ham, 1 boiled egg (gotta love Easter), mushrooms, lettuce mixture, 1 tablespoon fat-free Thousand Island dressing.

First Dinner
5 ounces chicken breast, onions, peppers, all in a fat-free fajita mixture.

Second Dinner
Lean hamburger steak -- 4 ounces
Baked potato  -- 5.25 ounces
Diet Butter -- 1 tablespoon

Snack
Boiled chicken breast -- 2 ounces

Total for the day
1,510 calories
69 grams fat
147 ounces protein

Water -- 80 ounces
Diet soda -- 36 ounces

Okay, that fat was WAY high for the way, mostly because of the hamburger (even lean, it's high-fat) and the chipotle sauce on the lunch sandwiches (it uses mayonnaise).

That fat, of course, bumped the calories up a little higher than I like, with protein a tad on the low side.

That's it for the day. Thanks for stopping by, and Saturday I'll share a little surprise I got today from another blogger (and I promise to post MUCH earlier)