Archive for the 'Health Journal' Category

This evening, my daughter asked that I make her one of my smoothies. I did a double take, and she said, “you are the healthy food guy!”.
Me?


See Ya 270s

15May09

I’m trying to not completely focus on the my weight loss. I’m expecting my weight will drop to a healthy level as I continue to eat right and exercise. I don’t have an official weight in day (now, I had one three weeks ago). Today seemed like a good day to get on the scale [...]


On a road trip

07May09

I am traveling this week. A road trip. There is not an abundance of good food choices at the service stops along the highway. Before leaving I packed a bag with apples and bananas. They were my replacement for Chex Mix, hard candy, trail mix and other (no so good) goodies [...]


10%

17Mar08

10% is a Weight Watchers milestone. It refers to 10% of your starting weight; in my case, 28 lbs. I reached it today with a 4 lbs weight loss, for a total of 29 lbs. While I was hoping to reach 10% this week, I thought it might take two weeks. Instead, [...]


We have been purchasing organic fruits and vegetables for the past few weeks. They don’t look as good as the non-organic versions. Some brown spots here and there, a little dull in color, just not perfect. (As God intended, I suspect). They remind me of the apples we pick in season; [...]


I’m now in the 250s. I lost 2 lbs this week; down to 258 lbs. My weight loss is slowing now, coming off at a good pace. It started really quick, 17 lbs in two weeks, and then 8 lbs over the following three weeks. I hope to stay at [...]


I’m losing 10lbs, 10 times. 2 down, 8 to go!!


The Pyramid

06Mar08

My daughter brought home “MyPyramid” today from school. Her 6th grade health class is learning about healthy eating. “MyPyramid” is government branded educational program (www.mypyramid.gov) to teach children about a proper diet. The irony is that I’m also learning about healthy eating, and it’s contradictory to core principles of the pyramid.
My daughter, [...]


Celebration?!

04Mar08

I was pretty happy about my one month success yesterday. So, I celebrated with a large garden salad with non-fat dressing… NOT. The skeletons came out and I snacked on the ‘food like items’ I’m trying to avoid. Since the WW program provides for this behavior by journaling and counting, there [...]


Good Monday

03Mar08

Monday is my ‘weigh day’. Down 3 lbs for a total of 23 lbs. This Monday also marks one month on my journey to better health. I also completed my second week of C25K. I may actual be able to complete this C25K program.
Since this is about better health and [...]