Daily Report (12-26-07)

Piece of dark chocolate, mini whole wheat bagel,
smart balance cream cheese, banana, coffee,
cashews & almonds, whole wheat pretzel,
whole wheat chicken veggie wrap, apple sauce,
lowfat cheese bar, piece of dark chocolate,
sugar free lemon italian ice cup, pringles
potato chips, dinner salad, whole wheat pizza,
pineapple

Daily Report 12/20/07

Piece of dark chocolate, banana, whole wheat Total cereal,
ground cinnamon, lite soy milk, 50 minute walk, coffee, apple
slices, piece of dark chocolate, whole wheat pretzel,
pistachios, turkey sandwhich, sun chips regular flavor, lowfat
cottage cheese, strawberries, dinner salad, baked skinless chicken
thighs, baked beans with splenda, brown rice, soy sauce, sugar-free
lowfat ice cream bar

Daily report 12/19/07

Piece of dark chocolate, banana, 50 minute walk, whole wheat bagel, lowfat
cream cheese, apple slices, pistachios, coffee, piece of dark chocolate,
whole wheat pretzel, turkey sandwhich, pineapple, lowfat cottage cheese,
tuna sandwhich, tater chips.

Afternoon munchies....go away :)

Now that I am trying not to be at a
calorie defecit anymore, I am running
into problems during the afternoon
where I am hungry!

I am not sure why. I have a snack about
2 hours after lunch like I have been
doing but it's no longer keeping
me satisfied.

I sat down last night and wrote down
all I am eating and counted all the
calories. It appears I am adding
the largest percentage of calories
over what I was doing before to my breakfast.

I am adding a tiny bit to my lunch
and even less to my dinners.

This made sense to me as I have heard
you want a hearty breakfast and my
breakfasts have always been the least
percentage of my calories until now.
Dinner had been my most amount but I
have been working on redistrubuting
more during my other meals and snacks.

So starting today I am having a little
bit less calories for breakfast, and
putting much more during my afternoon
and cutting back a little bit on dinner.

I am also working many. many more hours
than before which could have also fueled
the new problem.

Hopefully today I will be less hungry,
especially after lunch where the munchies
were hitting me the hardest. Yesterday I
had to run down to the 7-11 and get
a BIG garlic kosher pickle to hold me over
until I got home. It worked but I want
to avoid that today.

I'll keep eveyone updated in a couple
of days on my progress :)

Still alive and well...

Sorry I haven't posted in a little while.

I'm still alive, well and kicking.

And still following the lifestyle..of course :)

I have been enjoying my new job which has
been keeping me very busy. I am working
more hours than my last job so that is keeping
me from posting here. However, I still manage
to find time to post on the YOAD message boards.

I have been in maintenance mode now for about
2 weeks.

I have been keeping my calories between 1900-1950
a day and so far I have not fallen below 166lbs...yet.

Of course my tummy is excited about the new
calories and makes more demands for more food...
I just keep it all in check and try not to
be hungry and make sure I have a lot of low-cal
healthy snacks around me at all times.

My lovely wife and I are busy with the holidays,
as well. Getting all the gifts and trimmings
for all of my family and her's too.

Here's to eveyone's health and a Happy New Year
to all! :)

Marshall

New Chat Box

I've put up a chat box on the blog.

I'll keep it up for this week to see
if anyone uses it.

It would be cool to chat with the
visitors of the blog that might have any
questions about the blog, YOAD or
just any other questions for me.
I plan on setting aside an hour
next Sunday to allow anyone to chat
with me.

I may have it set up where the chat box
is only up days I might
schedule a chat. We'll see how it
goes this week.

I only lost half a pound this week.
I am increasing my calories a little bit
more.

That half of a pound, though, got me to
120lbs lost since starting the diet. Yeah!!

Hope everone has a great week. If you have any
questions, you can respond below this post, send
me an e-mail or leave a short message on the
message board on the left hand pane of the blog.

Cya!

Marshall