For about a week and a half now, I've been craving a bacon cheeseburger and fries. I planned on it last weekend, but we went out to dinner twice and neither place had what I would consider a quality bacon cheeseburger.. Also, I'm not talking about some fastfood cheeseburger. I want the real thing. I'm hoping for a Bocktown burger. If you live in Pittsburgh or visit, you have to try Bocktown beer and grill at least once. First, they have over 400 beer choices. Second, they make the best burger. The Bocktown burger is a bacon cheeseburger with bbq sauce, served with lettuce, tomato and onion on Italian bread. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it is one of the best burgers you'll ever eat. However it is raining, so I may just skip going out and get a burger from the cafeteria. Surprisingly, they make a pretty good burger as well. It's no Bocktown burger, but it's as good as you could get in most bars or chain restaurants. Burger, fries and a diet root beer. The only thing that could top that is if they had apple pie for dessert! Today could easily turn out to be a 3000 calorie day. Bad, but I'll be burning about 500 calories exercising tonight and I've been under my goal for the last 5 days, so I'm sure I'll still average the week under 2000.
Here's an old post from 09/28/07:
Week 15
I spent this last week on vacation. I hoped to maintain, but ended up gaining a pound. About halfway through the week I suspected it would happen.
We spent a week at the beach and I had good intentions. I made sure the hotel had a gym and planned on using it, but knew just by eating out 3 meals a day for 6 days that would be over my calorie limit. Add to that enjoying a frozen drink poolside plus a beer or two in the evenings while looking out at the ocean, a couple sinfully delicious deserts and the hotel gym sucked! It was terribly maintained. The nautilus machine was rusty, I couldn't adjust the seats because the pins were rusted into place and the incline on the treadmills no longer worked. I went once and just decided the heck with it. A week off won't kill me.
One of my biggest concerns starting this was that I wouldn't keep up with the gym. I (like a lot of people) always had the best intentions, but I would join, go for a couple weeks, then excuses would start and I would quit. I figured the best way to prevent that this time would be to not make excuses and just go. I set a goal to go at least 3x per week every week from July to my vacation. I figured that would give me enough time to make the gym part of my routine. I met that goal and found that I missed going to the gym. So much so that after getting home last night, I packed my gym bag so I could go this morning. It felt really good to get in my full work out.
So I gained a pound, big deal! That pound and two more will be gone by next week!
Also now that I met my previous goals, it is time to make new ones.
1. I am modifying my gym goal. At least 4x a week through the end of the year.
2. To get below 300lbs by January 4, 2008. (My first weigh in date of the new year!)
Today's weight 337.5
Thanks,
Rich
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