Some good, Some very bad...

Well I weighed this morning and as I feared... I have gained 3 pounds. I am not going to freak out about it, but it does require that I make some changes. I am bothered that what I did before (last year) is not working well at all this year. It seems odd that my body could have changed so much in such a short period. Starting today I am going 2 weeks without any sort of diet coke/diet rite and strictly drinking water and one coffee a day. I am going to decrease my cheese intake, and try to lower my carbs even more. This weekend is going to be crazy since Jackson's birthday party is this weekend on Saturday and I am going to the Western and Southern Finiancial Group Open tennis tournament finals on Sunday. A friend of the wife has some great tickets and she is taking me. =)

The only good news is I was able to workout with my son running around me last night. The workout you may ask? Simple cardio on my Wii, using Wii sports boxing and some tennis. I really worked up a sweat and it felt good. As soon as my wife's schedule stabalizes I am going to start hitting the gym again. That is one HUGE difference between the diet this year and last.

Anyway, as far as food went yesterday.

Breakfast-
2 Sausage patties
3 pieces of bacon
2 eggs

Lunch-
2 double cheeseburgers hold the buns!

Dinner-
Cheesy Chicken with ground beef cheese on the side (mexican leftovers)
Guacamole
Un pocito salsa ;)

Onwards and downwards I hope...

I was going to weigh in today, but...

Well lets just say that I won't call my meal last night a cheat. However, I won't call it a good idea either. First off here is the list of foods for the day:

Breakfast-
WOOPS! I forgot to eat! (I did eat this morning though, so at least I can improve)
I didn't forget Starbucks though so at least I got some calories!

Lunch-
Easy Cheesy Chili Chicken
1 TBSP LC Ketchup

Dinner-
1 Order of Cheese and Ground Beef (3 Carbs worth)
1 El Rodeo Pollo Especial! Which contained:
1 Large Chicken Breast
Lots of white cheese (3 carbs worth)
Zucchini, Onions, and very few tomatoes (6 carbs worth)
Guacamole (4 carbs worth)

My day was still below 20 carbs from my estimates, however they were ALL concentrated at the end of the day! Such is life though. It could have been much worse I could have had the CHIPS AND SALSA!

Anyway, back to work. I may have more interesting things to say later, but I doubt it. =)

Cheese Chickens are lovely

Well yesterday was good since I didn't weigh in. =) Regardless, it was a good day. I will get the foodstuffs out of the way:
Breakfast-
2 Sausage Patties w/ LC Ketchup

Lunch-
Chicken Cordon Bleu Salad w/ Ranch Dressing from Penn Station
(That had 8oz chicken, salad greens, 2T Ranch, a few slices of ham)

Dinner-
Easy Cheesy Chicken

The Chicken was delicious. I changed a few things with it. One is I didn't have Cilantro so I did not add it. I could definitely tell I needed to add some fresh greeness to the dish and wish I had gone ahead and put in some flat leaf parsley. It was still great. I also added mushroom and one slice of bacon per breast. I just microwaved the bacon and added it on top of the cheese when I added it to the chicken before I put it back in the oven. It was GREAT. For those of you who have never gone to Linda Sue's website, it has really great recipes and information on ingredients used in Low Carbing. You should check it out!

When you are not the "poster child."

When I started my journey back on 7/1/08 I thought to myself... My weight loss is going to be like one of those Today Show segments. Matt will come out and say, "Dwayne began his weight loss in July of 2008, and had amazing results in his for month eating a carbohydrate restricted diet. He lost a whopping 25 pounds in his first month! This was only the beginning of what would be an amazing journey for he and his family where he would lose over 100 pounds."

The reality is I have lost 11 pounds in my first month. It has gone up and down the more I watch it. I am more comfortable in the clothes I have, but I know now that my expectations may have been a "little" high. I was basing them off the old me. The 20 year old that could drop 20 pounds in a week and a half and laugh in the face of fat. The 32 year old me is a completely different person. I am spot on with my diet and the scale jumps around like a one legged man in a butt kicking contest.

At the end of the day I am going to be successful at this not because I raced to get it done, but because my family needs me around. I want to be there for my children and my wife. That means that, slow or fast, this is more than a race it is my life. Every mini goal I set is a path that leads to the ultimate goal. A long, productive life for my family with a healthy body. No Today show results for me, but in the end I know I will get there because I have to.

So with those thoughts I will post my meals yesterday!

Breakfast-
WOOPS I forgot to eat! That is a first.
Starbucks Coffee w/ Splenda&HC

Lunch-
10 Buffalo Wings with Blue cheese dressing and spicy garlic sauce
Side Salad w/ BC

Dinner-
20oz of Ribeye w/ HC/Pan Dripping/Worchestershire Sauce

I had to watch my wife eat Fazolis last night. She is pregnant and loves some carbs. It was very difficult watching that spaghetti and lasagna go. I did it though.





Anyway, onto

The weekend

What I ate yesterday!

Breakfast-
Omelet (Cajun Chicken and some Spanish from OCharleys)
SB Coffee w/ HC&Splenda

Early Dinner-
3 Roast Beef and Cheddar sans buns from Arbys

Late Dinner-
5 Sausage links w/ LC Ketchup

It was a good weekend until the end. Went out with a couple of friends on Friday and on Saturday went one of my wife's friend's birthday parties! Live band and everything. It was quite the event. My son got the CRUP on Sunday and I was up most of the night with him. My wife worked till 2, so it was quite the challenge. He seems to be doing better today, but she is working all night tonight so that will make things challenging. He likes to have Mommy close when he doesn't feel good and crying while you have the crup is a bad thing.

Another quick update

Breakfast-
Creamy Scrambled Eggs w/ Parmesan Cheese and basil

Lunch-
5 Sausage links w/ Cheddar and LC Ketchup

Dinner-
16oz Ribeye
6 Buffalo Wings
Heavy Cream Latte w/ SF Cinnamon Dolce&Carmel syrup

So far today I have had an omelet!