Wednesday

breakfast & snacks: 20 oz. Diet Dr. Pepper, 12 oz. black coffee.
lunch etc.: 20 oz. diet Cherry Coke, Speedway 1/4 lb. hot dog w/ bun & mustard.

Tuesday

breakfast & snacks: 16 oz. Snapple Diet Raspberry Iced Tea, 1 50 cent pack vanilla creme cookies, 20 oz. Diet Vanilla Coke, 2 12 oz. black coffees, slice cinnamon swirl bread.
lunch etc.: 20 oz. diet Cherry Coke, Speedway breakfast sausage w/ bun, 2 handfuls M&M's, 1/2 Wonka Sweet Tart roll, 12 oz. black coffee, 20 oz. Diet Coke w/ Lemon, 2-pk. orange Hostess Cupcakes.
dinner etc.: Italian Sausage, 3 canape-size squares pizza, 2-3 oz. assorted cheese, 3 strawberries w/ yogurt, sugar cookie.

Back to it:

breakfast & snacks: 16 oz. Snapple Diet Raspberry Iced Tea, 1 2-pk. Nature Valley maple/brown sugar granola bars, 20 oz. Diet Dr. Pepper, 2 12 oz. black coffees, slice cinnamon swirl bread.
lunch etc.: 20 oz. diet Cherry Coke, Speedway jalapeno/cheddar dog w/ bun, piece Brach's hard candy, 20 oz. Diet Coke w/ Lemon, .2-pk. orange Hostess Cupcakes.
dinner etc.: Jimmy John's "Pepe" sub w/ ham and provolone (8 in?), pint buttermilk.

Off for Thanksgiving...

Monday (cont):
dinner: Chicken Cordon Bleu, 1 /12 c. buttermilk, med. helping veggies in cream sauce, 1 c. eggnog (diluted w/ 1/4 c. whole milk).

Tuesday:
breakfast: 2 20 oz. diet cokes (1 vanilla, 1 cherry), 1 2-pk. Nature Valley maple/brown sugar granola bars, 1 29 cent pack (6? 8?) vanilla creme cookies, 1 c. coffee.

238 on 11/24 - time to document!

Sunday:
breakfast: 2 eggs over medium, 2 pieces white toast with butter, 1 1/2 c. coffee.
lunch + snack: 1 Kowalski hunter's sausage, 20 oz. Diet Coke / Lemon, bowl Campbell's cream of mushroom soup over rice.
dinner: 1 1/2 small (6 oz? 8?) boneless steaks well done, small helping veggies in cream sauce, 2 c. buttermilk.

Monday:
breakfast: 1 pkg. Nature Valley cinnamon granola bars (2), 20 oz. Diet coke / Lemon.
lunch + snack: Speedway breakfast sausage w/ bun, 20 oz. Diet cherry coke, 20 oz. Diet vanilla coke, 2 tbsp. peanut butter.

237 again on 11/10. This is going nowhere. One more week of no progress, and I'm posting menus again!

237 today, I think - scale was all over the map. I feel fatter, though.

Oh oh. 238. Slow down, fat boy!!!

weigh-in today, 234. Got down to 228 before the stomach flu thing ended, but I KNEW that wouldn't last.

weigh-in today, 233 again, but with this caveat - I was probably up past 240, but got a very bad strain of stomach flu yesterday. Mostly gone today (though I still hurt, I'm done ralphing), but when I stabilize, it will probably be at some higher number.

weigh-in today - 233, down 1, total -12. PROGRESS!!!

8/4 weigh in 234, 4th week in a row. Visit to the doctor's (fully clothed with shoes) came up 237 1/2.

7/28 weigh-in 234 AGAIN. Sigh. Started metabo again today.

7/21 weigh-in 234 even, total -11
haven't stuck with the metabo...

Started back on Metabolife yesterday - more as a "pep pill" than a diet aid, but I'll take help anywhere I can get it.

Catching up:

7/7 weighin: 236, down 1, total -9

7/14 weighin: 234 down 2, total -11

YAY!

Finally heard from Speedway:

Dear Mr. Ricketts,

We do apologize for getting back so late on this. We just received the information from Kraft.
Breakfast Sausage 245 calories (wo/bun)
Cajun Sausage 283 calories (wo/bun)
Polish Sausage 270 calories (wo/bun)
Super Polish Sausage 292 calories (wo bun)
Note: Bun calories will vary because we have different bun suppliers; however, average would be around 110 calories per hot dog bun.

Hope this is helpful to you. Thanks for writing and for shopping with Speedway SuperAmerica.
Sincerely,
Wendy J. Amburgey
Speedway SuperAmerica

Gained at weigh-in this week - 237, up 1.
Did NOT behave this weekend, either - 4 sausages and a dog at Debbie's on Sunday, plus a couple of Krispy Kremes Saturday am, and a bowl of ice cream Saturday night.

Today:
breakfast, 3 granola bars, 20 oz Diet soda, 16 oz coffee.
lunch, jalapeno cheese dog/bun, 20 oz diet soda.
between, 20 oz diet soda, 16 oz diet tea.
dinner, Taco Bell, 2 chalupas, soft taco, large iced tea.
trip home, 20 oz diet soda.

Yesterday:
Breakfast:
2 Eggos, butter, powdered sugar. 16 oz coffee, 20 oz diet soda. 59c bag Peach jello rings.

Lunch:
Wendy's 99c bacon burger, 99c chili, biggie iced tea.

Between:
Diet soda, GFS fudgsicle.

Dinner:
lettuce/walnut/craisin salad w/ Burgundy Basil dressing, ham-n-cheese sand.

Midnight (Country Boy, Davison):
2 eggs OM, 3 rashers bacon, 2 pieces buttered rye toast, 3 pancakes w/ butter and syrup, iced tea. 1 or 2 bites of Kim's German Chocolate cake.

Yesterday:
Breakfast:
4 granola bars
20 oz diet soda.
16 oz coffee.

lunch:
Speedway barbecue sand (700 cals?), 20 oz Diet Coke / Lemon.

other:
20 oz diet Code Red, 2 granola bars, 99c bag Jay's kettle-cooked potato chips, 20 oz Snapple Diet Air

dinner:
Stir-fry w/rice & sauce, Kool-Aid, 8 oz peach yogurt, 4 oz blueberry yogurt.

Yesterday:
Breakfast:
Big bag camper's trail mix (1000 cals).
20 oz diet soda.
16 oz coffee.

lunch:
Speedway cajun sausage, 20 oz Diet Coke / Lemon.

other:
20 oz diet Code Red, 4 granola bars..

dinner (Applebee's):
Chicken & steak stir-fry w/rice & teriyaki sauce, 1 riblet, handful fries, iced tea.

Yesterday:
skipped breakfast.
20 oz diet soda.
16 oz coffee.

lunch:
Speedway polish sausage and breakfast sausage, 20 oz Diet Coke / Lemon.

other:
20 oz diet Code Red, some 4 or 5 chocolates.

dinner:
2 thighs and leg, KFC. Small helping, mashed potatoes & gravy. 8 oz blueberry yogurt. 14 oz Strawberry punch.

Today:
Breakfast:
Raisin Bran w/ half and half, 20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper.

Lunch:
Speedway cajun sausage, 20 oz Diet Coke / Lemon

Also:
16 oz coffee, small piece choc cake, 1/2 cookie, 20 oz Diet Squirt, 99c bag Lays Applewood/Cheddar chips.

Dinner:
Raisin Bran w/ half and half, 8 oz Kirkland blueberry yogurt.

Tied up this weekend - lotsa partying!!!

Weigh-in still down 2. Yay! 236.

Slipping again...

Dinner 6/19 (Applebee's):
whitefish w/ mango relish, steamed mixed veggies, rice, chips & salsa, 22 oz Labatt's, 1/2 apple cheesecake chimi.

Yesterday:
Breakfast:
4 Nature Valley granola bars (2 PB, 2 Apple-Cinnamon),
20 oz. Diet Dr. Pepper.

Lunch (Long John Silver):
flatbread fish sand (w/ sauce), med fries, 2 hushpuppies, 20 oz iced tea.

Between:
20 oz Diet Coke w/ Lemon, 20 oz diet Code Red, Little Debbie raisin pie, London's Moch Fudge single scoop.

"Dinner":
5 oz. CoJack cheese, 8 oz Kirkland peach yogurt, slice coffee cake, banana, 10 oz red Kool Aid (2/3 sweet).

Today:
breakfast (in car):
Most of a bag of trail mix (about 700 cals),
16 oz. coffee,
20 oz. Diet Dr. Pepper.

Lunch (Wendy's):
Jr. Cheeseburger deluxe (no mayo),
32 0z iced tea.

Last night's dinner:
1/4 pepperoni pizza,
4 oz Yobaby peach,
3 oz Co-jack cheese,
12 oz beer.

Today - breakfast (car):
2 apple cinnamon granola bars, 2 brown sugar / maple granola bars, 20 oz diet Coke/lemon.

Work:
16 oz coffee, 20 oz diet Code Red.

Lunch:
Speedway Super Polish Dog, 20 oz Diet Coke / Lemon.

Dang. I was sure I posted last night's dinner. Guess not:
more leftover egg bake, 3 baby quiches, 1 baby-quiche-sized dessert thing, 1 biscuit, 12 oz buttermilk, 1 oatmeal raisin cookie.

Also yesterday - lotsa lawnwork, including planting 3 trees. Lawnwaork was all tractor. Say 45 minutes exercise.

Breakfast:
leftover egg bake, coffee, banana.

Lunch (Cracker Barrel):
BLT, cup chicken tortilla soup, corn muffin w/ butter, 3 glasses "fruit tea" (my guess - highly caloric).

Today:
(Breakfast and lunch) My party at church - ate way too much. Egg bake, mini-quiches, muffins, OJ, lotsa coffee.

Home:
4-6 sausages, more coffee.

Dinner (Macaroni Grill):
Salmon, pilaf, garden salad w/ italian dressing, lotsa iced tea.

Home again:
mince pie, more coffee.

Uh - oh - no posts for 4 days. A bit off the wagon too. Weigh-in tomorrow will be bad...

Anyhow - dinner today, Chicken cordon bleu and corn and mp/gravy and buttermilk. Plus snackies at church - lemon cake, fruit w/ caramel, sherbet punch, and some little truffle-sized cakey things...

Today:
no breakfast.

Trip in:
20 oz Diet Coke w/ Lemon.

Office:
16 oz coffee.

Lunch, Mr. Taco:
Green enchilada,
salad, 1/3 pkt ranch,
side beans,
side rice,
16 oz iced tea.

Office:
20 oz Diet Coke w/ Lemon.

Office:
Diet Code Red.

Trip home:
Diet Squirt,
2 Hostess Twinkie variants (red stuff, coconut).

Dinner:
big steak - 12 oz? 14?,
potato salad,
big bowl ice cream.

About 25 minutes walking today.

Today:
no breakfast.

Trip in:
20 oz. Diet Coke w/ Lemon.

Office:
16 oz coffee.

Lunch (KFC):
Twister (breaded boneless chicken, lettuce, tomato, mayo-style sauce, in a flour tortilla),
Potato wedges,
Baked beans,
20 oz iced tea.

oops - missed a day:

Saturday:
Breakfast:
4 Aunt Jemima French Toast Sticks w/ maple syrup, 350 cal + syrup.
2 12 oz cups coffee,
8 oz oj.

Lunch:
butterscotch pudding,
2 hot dogs, 2 buns, brown mustard
16 oz, buttermilk.

Several cups Kool-Aid (2/3 sweet).

Movie:
buttered popcorn;
most of 32 oz root beer.

Dinner, Red Lobster:
1/2 seafod/cheese fondue bread bowl;
1 1/2 muffins,
Bowl Creole Seafood Gumbo.

Sunday:
skipped breakfast.
Church:
4 8 oz cups coffee,
2 4 oz cups Kool-Aid,
1 4 oz (vol) cup, snack mix.

Lunch, Jimmy's Coney Island:
Jr. Greek Salad, 2 dressings;
2 coneys loaded;
16 oz. iced tea.

Practice, Fred's:
16 oz. coffee.

Ride to Richard's:
20 oz. Diet Pepsi Twist.

Dinner, Richard's:
10 oz steak,
salad w/ italian dressing,
2 beers (some German brand).

Ride home:
20 oz diet Code Red.

Skipped breakfast.

Ride In:
20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper.

Office:
16 oz coffee.

Lunch (Korner Kitchen Cappucino bar, mostly):
16 oz Snapple Diet Peach Iced Tea
12 oz Peach Smoothie
plain bagel w/ peanut butter;
Strawberry muffin (REALLY buttery).

Après Ça:
20 oz Diet Coke w/ Lemon.

Lunch:
Speedway Cajun Sausage, bun, no toppings,
16 oz Snapple Diet Peach Iced Tea.

Ride home:
20 oz Diet Coke w/ Lemon,
20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper.

Dinner:
2 squares spinach lasagna,
3 oz cheddar cheese,
18 oz buttermilk.
followed by:
I hot dog (Kowalski Natural Casing!!!!), bun and brown mustard (Red Pelican!!!!)
4-6 oz stuffed baked potato salad (too rich)
PFarms Tahoe cookie
Hot apple pie
8 oz whole milk

Today:

Breakfast (in car):
2 Nature Valley apple-cinnamon granola bars (180 cal)
2 Nature Valley peanut butter granola bars (180 cal)
20 oz Diet Coke w/ Lemon.
4 oz Deja Blue water.

Office:
16 oz coffee.

Last night:

At Sam's Club:
1 big slice pepperoni pizza,
16 oz. Deja Blue water.

Dinner at home:
1 square spinach lasagna,
12 oz buttermilk,
1 slice Sara Lee peach pie.

Lunch (Harvest Grains, downtown Lansing):
1/2 roast beef/provolone sandwich, 9-grain bread, lettuce, tomato, cukes, no sauce,
16 oz split pea soup,
16 oz Lemon Honest Tea (no cal).

Office:
20 oz Diet Coke w/ Lemon.

Breakfast (in car):
2 Nature Valley apple-cinnamon granola bars (180 cal)
2 Nature Valley maple/ brown sugar granola bars (180 cal)
20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper.

Office:
16 oz coffee.

Breakfast (in car):
2 Nature Valley apple-cinnamon granola bars (180 cal)
2 Nature Valley peanut butter granola bars (180 cal)
10.5 oz Jumex tamarind nectar (230 cal)
20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper.

Work:
16 oz coffee.

Lunch:
1 Speedway breakfast sausage/bun, no toppings,
20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper.

Ride home:
20 oz Diet Coke w/ Lemon.

Dinner:
spinach lasagna,
big piece cornbread,
peas w/ butter,
12 oz buttermilk (heaven. I'm in heaven...),
piece peach pie.

Last night:

Dinner (1 - drive home):
20 oz. diet Pepsi Twist,
Meijer's roast beef / kaiser sand,
20 oz Arizona Diet Peach iced tea.

Dinner (2- home):
small bowl, spag/marinara, w/ parmesan.

Late night:
10.5 oz Jumex Banana / Strawberry drink.

Skipped breakfast.

Drive to work:
20 oz Diet Coke w/ Lemon.

Lunch:
McD's Flatbread Chicken Sand (never again - too much sauce),
24 oz Iced Tea,
small yogurt parfait,
20 oz Diet Coke.

Breakfast (church):
2 blueberry pancakes,
2 sausage links,
2 6 oz OJs,
3 8 oz coffees.

Lunch:
4 oz cheddar cheese,
banana,
12 oz 2/3 sweet blue Kool-Aid.

Dinner (Lucky's):
2 pork chops:
1/3 order German potatoes,
tossed salad, vinegar and oil,
2 16 oz iced teas.

Lunch:
Small bowl of Jordan's Crunch with forzen strawberries;
Banana.

In Between:
3 8 0z cups coffee.

Dinner:
Chicken Cordon Bleu
buttered corn
16 oz. blue 2/3 sweet Kool-Aid

Late night:
3/4 Granny Smith Apple

Breakfast:
big bowl, raisin bran;
2 16 oz coffees;
4 squares Cadbury Caramello (Bad Daf!>

Drive home:
20 oz Diet Pepsi
small stick sausage (5/$1.00)

Dinner:
Chicken & Dumplings
salad with walnuts, craisins, carrot strips, parmesan, and Ken's Lite Burgundy Basil Vinaigrette dressing;
16 oz. grape Kool-Aid (2/3 sweet).

No lunch, really.
Afternoon stuff:
20 oz Diet Mug root beer
1 slice, red velvet cake
1 slice (a little extra frosting) chocolate on chocolate cake.
'Bye Quinton.

Drive in:
20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper.

Breakfast (at work):
small square cheesey hash brown casserole
big slice of this breakfast cheese/tomato/pastry pizza-shaped (but tastes nothing like pizza) thing
small slice apple turnover
1 piece of Peach French Toast (several million calories!)
16 oz coffee.

Trip to church:
20 oz Snapple Diet Air (new, untinted)

At church:
8 oz coffee

Dinner at Cracker Barrel:
Catfish, grilled
side beans
side collards
corn muffin
16 oz iced tea
1/2 strawberry shortcake w/ whipped cream & ice cream
8 oz coffee.

Last night, late night:
pear
banana
4 tiny squares, Cadbury Fruit-n-Nut (owemjee!!!)
6oz. whole milk

This morning:
Skipped breakfast:

Drive in:
20 oz. Diet Coke w/ Lemon.

Office:
16 oz. coffee.

Lunch, Chez Speedway:
American sub, 480 cal.;
16 oz. Nestea Diet Lemon.

Drive to Birch Run:
20 oz. Diet coke w/ Lemon;
10 over speeding ticket (no calories, but expensive - and 2 points)

Dinner, Applebee's:
Fiesta Lime Chicken (forgot about the cheese sauce - yummy, though);
rice;
excelsiorized tortilla chips;
2 20 oz iced teas (unsweetened)

The Chilicheeze Weblog - I thought it was interesting, anyhow...

Skipped breakfast.

Drive in:
32 oz. Faygo Raspberry sparkling water.

At work:
16 oz. coffee (yay for my Empire Builder cup - still warm 2 1/2 hours later!)

Lunch at Mr. Taco:
side beans;
side rice;
chips & medium salsa.
also 20 oz. diet Coke w/ Lemon from Speedway.

Between:
20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper;
2 8 oz. coffees;
20 oz. Diet Sprite.

Dinner (way late!):
3 med. ravioli w/ cheese & sauce;
baby peas w/ butter.

Lunch:
Kroger Turkey Lavosh sandwich;
Dannon Boysenberry Yogurt;
20 oz. Aquafina.

Exercise: 20-25 minute walk.

Yesterday - exercise
Lotsa yard work:
A couple hours on the tractor (almost no exercise, but some sun!):
1/2 hour with the tiller (serious workout);
1/2 hour with the push mower (aagh! real hard time getting it going - resulting in lots of arm exercise).

Breakfast:
2 pancakes (from Seros doggie bag) w/ butter and (real) maple syrup;
2 sausage links;
2 8 oz. cups coffee.

Trip in:
1 20 oz. Diet Dr. Pepper;

At work:
1 16 oz. coffee.

Late night:
20 oz. Diet 7-up.

Between:
20 oz. instant iced tea.

Dinner:
Ya-ya's chicken breast,
garlic rice;
salad with walnuts, craisins, carrot strips, parmesan, and Ken's Steak House Ranch dressing;
20 oz. water;
10 ox. white grape juice.

Breakfast:
1/2 bowl Rice Chex;
3 8 oz cups coffee;
2 sausage links.

Lunch:
1 breast, 1 thigh, Ya-ya's chicken;
Watergate Salad;
10 oz. water.

Skipped breakfast. 3 8 oz cups of coffee at church.
Lunch at Seros in Lapeer:
Southern omelet (scraped off some gravy, but not enough);
buttered rye toast;
oatmeal w/ milk, raisins, brown sugar;
12 oz. coffee.
Ordered pancakes, but didn't eat them.

Between:
20 oz. Snapple Diet Air.

Dinner:
beef teriyaki;
salad with walnuts, craisins, carrot strips, parmesan, and Ken's Lite Sun-Dried Tomato dressing;
Watergate Salad;
8 oz. water.

Big family picnic today, lunch & dinner, nephew Chris' graduation. Here's what I remember:

Lunch:
1 piece of ham & cheese sub;
1 Ya-ya's chicken thigh (Ya-ya's is THE best chicken I've had anywhere, mid-Michigan chain, only 4 stores or so - not breaded, but marinated);
water;
small helpings of:
potato salad,
taco salad, and
cole slaw.
dessert a little later:
Watergate salad,
Dirt cake;
chocolate graduation cake, white icing.


In between:
12 oz. coffee;
16 oz. Diet Snapple gren tea w/ lime.

Dinner:
Ya-ya's thigh & leg,
potato salad,
Watergate salad,
dirt cake,
relish tray assortment.

Fortunately, not many of these.

Breakfast - Mickey D's:
breakfast burrito;
16 oz. black coffee;
10 oz. orange juice;
1/4 Kim's sausage biscuit.

Dinner at Lucky's Steak House in Imlay City (tried to go see SW2, no late show on Friday!!):

16 oz Guinness ($4.50 - where were the dancing girls?);
very good tossed salad (yay!) with cheese (boo!) and vinegar and oil (light oil - yay!) - needed second application of v&o (boo!);
boiled veggies, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, cauliflower - no butter, little or no salt;
killer hot bread, half a skinny loaf, lotsa butter (and parmesan? garlic salt? - something else, anyhow - stuff is addictive);
lightly breaded walleye big! (14 oz?) only ate 2/3 of it. A little tartar sauce, mostly lemon, though.

Kim had bread and caesar salad and bacon/cheese soup, and a shot of Bailey's.

My favorite thing there is a black&bleu burger - cajun spices & bleu cheese. Have to stay away from THAT for a while.

12 oz. Crystal Clear peach when I got home - Daf want more! Uh!

Ride home - 16 oz. 4-shot Americano w/ shot of peppermint. Need to find out cals for coffee syrups!

Other vital stats:
6'4"
38 in. waist (probably really 41-42, but I still squeeze in)
44T suit (last purchase, probably really 46 now)
Age: 47
Average weight at 20: 170
Average weight at 25: 180
Average weight at 30: 190 (brief ballooning up to 210 at 28)
Average weight at 35: 193
Average weight at 40: 210
Average weight at 45: 220 (brief dip to 200 during Atkins diet)

Never much exercise, but here are activities in which I no longer participate:
Bar band performance - 5 hrs per night on my feet, under lights, bopping around, stopped at age 38 - note sharp weight gain since! Church performance and recording (what I do now) just doesn't compare;
Bar band equipment moving - great exercise, though hit-or-miss in terms of frequency - could get a house gig with no moving for months;
Jogging - auto accident at 27 hosed my knees, but I could put on an elastic knee brace and run - finally gave up at 33;
Softball - never much playing time (there's a story, I'll skip now) - broke finger at 37, only played once since;
Volleyball - my favorite, but never joined a league - maybe I should?
Hiking - Got to do this as a scout dad, and a bit on my own (White Mountains, Olympic Forest). Really miss it, but never any time. So make some time! Dummy...
Walking dogs - THAT I could do. Haven't much lately. I'll start with that. And try to keep up the lunchtime walks.

Lunch:
1/2 hour walk! About time!
Kroger Italian rollup sandwich;
8 oz. Dannon coffee yogurt;
20 oz. Diet Dew.
Have so far stayed away from the remaining donuts.

This morning:
bowl of Raisin Bran & whole milk;
20 oz Diet Coke w/lemon;
16 oz coffee;
glazed cake donut ("mandatory" office celebration).

Honest, they MADE me do it!

The weigh-in from Hell:
245 freaking pounds. 245! Guess I'll go sit AROUND the house. Ba-dum-pum.

Last night (5/23) late night:
bowl of cottage cheese, lotsa pepper;
another 8 oz of Crystal Clear;
bowl of cherry cordial ice cream;
handful of golden raisins.

So much for "if I stop now."

Dinner:
bowl of pork & beans (Kim starts with Bush's then adds, and adds...);
big salad, Ken's Lowfat sun-dried tomato dressing (a bit sweet, but yum!), included pecans, carrots, craisins, parmesan, and more;
3/4 of Alyssa's (my granddaughter) apple/banana Fruitsations (~ 70 cal)
2/3 of Alyssa's Yobaby peach yogurt (also yum - whole milk!) (~75 cal)
12 oz peach "Crystal Clear" soda from Kroger (0 cal - has sucralose?)

If I stop now, it'll be okay...

Trip home (2 hours, 107+ miles):
6 Little Debbie PB/Cheese Crackers (190 cal)
1 Little Debbie Strawberry Roll (230 cal)
20 oz Mug Diet Root Beer (0 cal)

I gotta stop the snacking on the trip! At least I didn't do Fritos today.

Oh yeah. And NO exercise.

What I ate:

5/22 - last night was what kicked off this campaign, I think. Kim (wife) tried to get me to stop grazing, and I just kept going:
bowl of pasta and oil/vinaigrette w/ lemon - sort of a tangy pesto sauce (this was before she got home),
chicken & dumpling,
2 Mott's Peach Harvest singles,
banana,
giant bowl of cottage cheese,
glass of OJ, and a
bowl of buttered corn. She says soon she won't be able to get her legs around me... how's THAT for motivation?

5/23 - breakfast:
bowl of Rice Chex w/ whole milk,
20 oz. Diet Coke w/ lemon.

snack:
coffee (black. always black),
brownie (home-baked by Beth, a co-worker).

lunch:
Diet Dr. Pepper, and
Breakfast sausage (bratwurstesque, in a way) and bun - no toppings - from Speedway.

Resolutions:

Track (and post) what I eat;
Track (and post) exercise or lack thereof;
Weigh in at least weekly (major fear and trepidation for first weigh-in!!!).

Reasons for this blog:

1 - gotta lose weight somehow, maybe public self-ridicule is the answer (hence the public blog);
2 - guys are severely underrepresented here in blogdom;
3 - chance to work on my html.