Day 2 - Day 5

Some time technology sucks. I thought I posted Day 2 and Day 3 from my phone, but looks like I did not have the good fortune for it to post. I am going to try and re-cap as much as possible. I know it's only been 4 days, but sometimes my thoughts and memories of days run together. Damn technology!!!! I am going to start backwards.

Day 5 - Wednesday 19 October 2011
So, I have not been keeping track of what I eat. I just stopped going out to grab lunch. I figure if it is in the house I need to eat it and stop wasting my money on food that is pretty much going to kill me. It is hard not to go out for lunch. I know, I work at home and it should be easy for me to stay in, but if you have a habit to go out and get food; it's hard to break. I am trying and I will beat my fast food demon. Even though I have not been keeping up with the caloric intake, I have felt much better. I don't feel so tired and ran down. I am pretty sure I am eating less calories, since I am not eating all the fatty, salty, greasy food from the golden Archy's, the red headed beast or that creepy king. I will keep trying to my habit on the daily.

On the exercise front. I started the Hundred Pushups app and completed Week 1 Day 1 for a total of 46 pushups and I took the the dog for a walk during lunch for 30 minutes. In the evening, my wife tried to make me go run with her, if she could not find anyone else to go. I am not a big fan of working out in the cold weather. I was totally against it and somehow I won. After she went to the grocery store, she gave me a choice and I took the easiest choice of not going. Looking back on it, it was not the best decision. I need to be encouraged when someone is trying to encourage me to get healthy.

Day 4 - Tuesday 18 October 2011

Well, this would be a good time to have a food log. I have not a clue which day I ate what. I know on Tuesday I had home-made chili for lunch and dinner(Leftovers from Monday). Other, then that I have no clue what all I ate. Exercise wise, I did P90X Chest and Shoulders on Day

Day 3 - Monday 17 October 2011

Once again I need to log my food. Only thing I can remember is the Chili I had for dinner. I did nothing for exercise. This will not happen again. I can do better. Totally just remembered that Monday was the date of the Motivation Seminar. Well, that changes things. I totally remember what I ate. Since, I was running late for my Carpool, I could not eat anything from the house. We grabbed McD's (Sausage, egg, and cheese Biscuit w/ Coke) before we headed downtown. Then we walked 6 blocks to the Arena set through a few hours of speakers and then eat concession food (1 slice of Hunt's Brother pizza w/ small Coke)  for lunch. Then we walked another 6 blocks back to the car. Then, I had the awesome SPICY chili my wife made.

Day 2 - Sunday 16 October 2011

This day was a very special day. My nephew was baptized today. My wife and I were named god parents. Then, we went to Monell's at the Manor with the whole family for linner. If you don't know about Monell's, it is a Southern family style eatery. I totally give it two thumbs up. I pretty much ate my butt off (well on). I had 2 pieces of fried chicken, green beans, 2 biscuits, 1.5 glasses of fruit tea, a taste of candied  yams, corn pudding, roast beef, mac & cheese, pulled pork, and Cajun catfish. Then for desert they had this fabulous concoction called strawberry lasagna.It was pretty freakin amazing. This was the first time I went to Monell's. Can you tell? Glad we do not do this very often, well pretty much not at all. Exercise was not on my agenda today. I felt like a tick and did not want to move.        

Things to take away from these last couple of days
I need to keep track of my food and make sure my blogs post properly. Need to work out more. It's a slow process. I am not trying to have a fad diet or exercise plan. I am trying to change my life. Like the saying goes, "Rome was not built in a day". So, I won't be re-built in a day. It is going to take work, mistakes/missteps, and more work to get to my goal.