Weight Loss Regime Reloaded - Day 1

Slacking.  Mucho slacking since last post.  These ruts we wear down in our lives can get really deep and are very difficult to climb out of.  Still, it can be done if you want it enough.

I’m off today for the holiday and slept in, but I did get out to the gym this morning, so that’s for the good.  My new weekly weigh in time is Monday morning.  Today it was 242.2 342.2.  Yea, though I have been slacking, I have not erased all my earlier progress.  I started off on the treadmill but it cut out on me twice so I switched to the elliptical and did that for 25 minutes.  I need to start working in strength training and calisthenics if I’m ever going to get anywhere though.

Meals

• Breakfast:  Oatmeal with some margarine & molasses, grapfruit and two small glasses of tomato juice.  During my workouts and throughout the day I drink a variety of herbal iced teas (no sugar added) that I brew up and put into those small water bottles that come with pop-tops.  I used to like Arrowhead bottles for this, but they switched to flip tops that don’t do as well.
• Lunch:  Turkey and ham sandwich with lowfat cheese, light Miracle Whip, lettuce, onion, bell pepper and tomato.  I also had some cottage cheese and drank the last bit of buttermilk that I had.  I also went to Costco and had a few bites of thisnthat.
• Dinner:  During my trip to Costco I picked up a big bag of frozen berry mix.  It had a little recipe for a smoothie on the side and I decided to make it tonight.  To that end I also picked up a bunch of bananas, and some non-fat yogurt.  I didn’t read the whole recipe though and neglected to pick up any orange juice.  Oh well.  I subsituted 1% milk instead.  So, 1 cup of frozen berries, 1 banana, 1/2 small container of vanilla yogurt, and a cup of milk blended together for 30 seconds yeilded about 3 cups of smoothie.  Man was that thick!  The recipie indicated that this was 2 servings.  I poured half of it into a glass and the rest into a class that has a convenient snap on lid.  It was very good, and kinda filling.  I had a few bites of a NY steak left in the fridge, so I had that a few minutes later and I’m fine.