Thursday Recap and Friday Weigh-in

I was able to stick to my plan yesterday and it worked out well with only one minor glitch.  I emailed my wife yesterday and told her to go ahead and eat dinner whenever she wanted to since I was going to exercise first.  She thought I meant don't cook dinner and didn't.  It wasn't a big deal though.  I pulled out a couple salmon fillets to thaw and hit the treadmill.  I did 45 minutes, which is the amount of time I should do when I'm not doing any strength training.  I guess it's the amount I should do period, but I shave off 15 minutes when I lift weights.

After the treadmill, I took a quick shower and went and got my hair cut.  When I got home, I made my dinner. Two 4oz pieces of salmon with an apricot/soy sauce glaze - 240 kcal.  Some steamed mixed vegetables - 30 kcal and 3 small baked yukon gold potatoes - 330 kcal, with butter and low fat sour cream - 134 kcal..

For breakfast, I had the usual peanut butter, apple and English muffin - 420 kcal.

For lunch, I also had the usual sandwich, pretzels and string cheese - 510 kcal.  I added on a small salad with lite Italian dressing for - 70 kcal.

I actually just remembered the salad this minute and it wasn't logged last night when I fixed myself a bowl of cereal.  I had a double serving of cinnamon Chex with skim milk - 320 kcal.  The cereal put me over my quota by about 50 calories.  Had I remembered to log the salad, I would have had a normal portion of cereal.  Not a big deal though.

For me, this isn't an exact science.  I don't weigh my food and I make honest estimates on portion size. Like I said,  I used to measure things out and have a good idea on portion sizes.  I'm only hurting myself if I call a heaping bowl of cereal one serving or take a 10oz steak and call it one serving and I won't do that.  I know that I'll always have to think about my food choices, and that's fine, I can do that.  I don't want to have to go through life with a scale and measuring cups in my pockets.  I want to apply basic knowledge and common sense and live a healthier life.

I weighed in this morning, first with the original batteries and then with new batteries and the weight was the same.  I lost 3.4 lbs this week.

Starting weight: 385.0 lbs
Last week:  373.0
Today:  369.6
15.4 lbs in 5 weeks

Just for shits-n-giggles, I counted out that there are 37 weeks left in the year.  If I keep averaging 3lbs per week, I'll lose another 111 lbs by the end of the year.  That would put me around 258 lbs.  I haven't weighed that in about 15 years.  I know that's putting the cart before the horse, but still...

All it takes is patience and work.