It. Is. Hot.

Didn't want to drag myself out of bed this morning (I was really, really comfortable), so squeezed the 30 mins in after class tonight, which means I didn't get home until about 10. After grabbing a quick and small dinner and then a shower, it's 11 and time for the rack. Wow, some days I live a really exciting life, no?

Comidas: usual breakfast (there's that exciting life again), PB&J/carrots/trail mix/donut/string cheese for lunch (like how I buried that one in there?), chocolate milk mid-afternoon, and then small bowl of rotisserie chicken and rice for the late dinner.

I'm beat, so buenos noches. CS is coming to NM this weekend.

Mining salt...

After sliding the weekend update in behind CS's most recent posts, kind of went into hiding. Apologies to any and all.

Monday: Skipped the run, had the usual breakfast, 6 inch ham/turkey sub/veggie chips/lemonade from Subway for lunch and a turkey wrap and some trial mix for dinner.

Tuesday: Ran first thing (gotta keep working on the getting up and doing this in the morning...so much easier the rest of the day); usual breakfast, pastrami sandwich for lunch, two (admittedly big) slices of pizza and iced tea for dinner

Hopefully more effusive in Wednesday's posting.

As for whether we need "friends" to justify the blog, I dunno. It's good that we're doing this if for no other reason than it makes us accountable to one another and to ourselves, which, given our daily individual schedules, would be difficult otherwise. Besides, my girlfriend has offered to 'befriend' us if we want a wider audience.

Friends

NM do we need friends? How lame are we blogging to each other? There surely has to be other fat guys out there that are trying to lose weight while trying to maintain their love for a good beer. We need to find them. (By "find them" I mean their blogs, I'm not specifically searching out fat men like you may be thinking).

Da 'mill and da 'hill

How nice is that title? I amaze myself sometimes. I need to catch up on my workouts. Last Thursday, my first day back after the family trip to Keystone I hit the treadmill (boring - yes, convenient - yes, no painful downhill back to the car - yes) for a 90 11% incline workout. The workout felt great, I felt great, the pace was great, and I even jogged the last few minutes just for fun. Took Friday off, though not by choice, as well as Saturday which was by choice as I rested up for Sunday. Sunday I did the Barr trail up about 7.5 miles to the bottomless pit. I pushed the uphill to Barr Camp and got my 2nd fastest (fastest non-race) time. Took it easy up to BP and the plan was to jog it all the way back down but.... I stopped at BC for awhile to chat and had a hard time getting going after that. Got down 4 minutes faster than I got up. I'm off today, but I'm hoping for a bike ride later this evening.

Does walking from the great Rockies seats we sat in Sat. night back UP to the concourse count as a workout?

Weigh-in

Since I missed my normal Monday weigh-in last week since I was still on vacation, I weighed in the morning after we returned. 252, though not happy, I was afraid that it could have been worse since I only worked out once over that time. I immediately started my "food journal" and as always, was surprised how low my calorie intake was from Thursday through Sunday. As a result today's weigh-in was 249 (250 if I leaned really far forward, but that doesn't count). Hopefully I can continue this 2-3 pound a week drop for the next 2-3 weeks as I have a race coming up and would prefer not having to drag extra...OK, there will still be plenty of "extra"...up the mountain.

Nice going NM on the consistent drop. Do I hear the 280's knocking?

Back to the salt mines!

So I haven't run since Wednesday, had KFC Thursday night (it was calling me), spent Friday and Saturday on a steady diet of dogs/brauts/burgers/potatoes/eggs/bacon and Tecate Light (and FTR, I'm about convinced there is no alcohol in that beer, as it can be quaffed like water all day long with no apparent effects), did only mild and sporadic hiking, and stopped for a frybread in Jemez Pueblo coming home on Sunday. Highlight of the weekend, however, was Sunday morning, sitting by the campfire, shoveling french toast and bacon down the pie hole at 8 something in the morning and looking up to see a big ol' horking 4x4 working as a chase vehicle for a couple of Nigerians getting their work in on the nearby forest road. Criminy, did I feel fat and lazy seeing that. And come this morning and I STILL dropped a pound on the week?!?!? Whatever, not looking at this gift-horse any more closely and getting back on the wagon today.

Miercoles en NM

Got up and out a little bit earlier today than yesterday, got the run in and felt pretty good doing it. Wish I wasn't such the night owl that I could easily adjust to the pre-dawn call, but it's been a struggle so far. Hopefully it'll get easier in the coming days.

Eating: Usual for breakfast; had a turkey & swiss marketfresh sandwich from Arby's (no soda and NO CURLY FRIES...that one was tough), a string cheese and some Reese's Pieces for lunch; bowl of green chile stew and some fruit/nut trail mix for dinner. Funny, seems like in my head I ate too much on the day, but once I see it written down it doesn't look so bad. We'll see if that holds true come Monday.

Did they lose internet in CS like in that South Park episode?

A nice start...bad finish

Somehow managed to drag myself out of bed first thing this morning and hit the road for a 40 minute trek. Since about the third week or so of the program, been trying to do the training runs non-stop, without the walk break at every mile that we've been doing on the long Saturday runs. Got to admit that 40 minutes impresses me; back in February, I was panting at the 5 minute mark.

Consumables: yogurt/grapefruit/8 oz box of chocolate milk (lotsa potassium) for breakfast; rice/cabbage/shrimp burrito for lunch (with side of tortilla chips...oof) for lunch; and same turkey wrap for dinner with more chips (thankfully they're gone) and some candy for dessert (thankfully, also gone).

Gonna try to do the first half of the day pretty much the same way tomorrow. Gonna try and not do the second half of the day the same way tomorrow.

Congrats C's. Eat it, Lakers.

Catching Up

NM, I played catch up with some older posts and they're listed in chronological order below.

Also, NICE job on the Monday weigh in!!!  2 lbs may not seem like a lot, but that adds up to 104 lbs a year!!  I would have been shocked if you hadn't dropped some lbs this week, you ate pretty well.  Me on the other hand,  well we'll have to wait until Thurs AM when I get back to the scale.  I'm not holding out for too much, but we'll see.

The Death Zone

Spent about six hours in the Death Zone today, aka - 11,300 feet.  At that altitude the body begins to eat itself to survive.  OK so I was about 15,000 lower than the real Death Zone, but you get the point.  Visiting friends that live essentially at tree line outside of Breck.  I was forced to discuss soccer, forced to drink a beer, and forced to climb up and down their driveway...which is long....and steep.... and at 11,300ft.  Fried eggs (2), hash browns and toast in the AM, too many snack foods in the afternoon and sloppy Joe for dinner - with a beer.  Woke up to work out in the AM, but instead I apparently realigned my nightgown and crawled back into bed...shameful, nothing more can be said.  

Haven't had a soda in too many day, but our daughter finished her book and she doesn't have another one up here, so tomorrow I should be in the clear for one.

Monday, Monday...

Woke up early enough, but couldn't get moving to get out before work. After class, 8ish, it was still 90ish outside. Bagging it until Tuesday morning.

Eats: bowl of oatmeal w/raisins for breakfast; 6-inch turkey/ham Subway w/veggie chips and lemonade for lunch; turkey and cheese wrap and dried fruit/nut trail mix for dinner

I WILL be running tomorrow. And waiting for CS to return my call.

Sunday Sunday Sunday

My wife went for a run, so I HAD to stay back in bed with the kids.  Had pancakes (probably too many) for breakfast, some pieces of rotisserie chicken and a tortilla for lunch and fajitas for dinner.  Snuck in some pieces of beef jerky for a snack while watching the 2nd annual Outhouse races in Breck.  All this in addition to walking around for five hours with a kids strapped to my back.  Went for a 45 min. roller blade pushing a stroller outing in the pm.  Not too bad a day.

Happy Pop's Day

Belatedly, at least. And welcome back.

Off day after Saturday's 9-miler. Bowl of cereal, toast for breakfast. Handful or so of chips during the golf/soccer games. Had a cherry lime slush from Sonic mid-afternoon, and had a green chile cheeseburger/beans/baked potato/slaw for dinner (went out with Dad, brother and the girlfriend).

Back on the trail Monday.

Saturday in NM

Dragged myself out of bed and wasn't feeling great. Guess the beer the night before didn't really agree with me. Was a bit worried I was going to have problem during the run, but everything settled down once we got going. At that point, I was just more worried about the run. Finished the nine miles without any real trouble, though not sure how much further I could've gone if this had been a longer one. Obviously, that was the workout for today.

Eats: couple of power blocks during the run, had a smoothie from Keva (love the Keva Juice) after the run, a ciabatta toasted with some cheese for lunch, had dinner at Scalo with the family (aunt from CS was in town) and ate linguini with shrimp and salmon, had a beer (Widmer) there and then a chai when everyone went for dessert afterward. Had three more Bud Lights w/Lime (much better than the regular swill flavor) at a houseparty afterward where we started planning a big group camping trip for next weekend. Avoiding the crap food there will muy dificil.

BTW, you booked tix for San Antone yet? And you gonna make Vegas?

BBQ Festival

The title alone should instill fear in this post, but I actually did OK...at the festival.  I'm still at 9300 ft. so i figure I'm burning more calories than normal just staying alive up here.  I did get up at 6:00 and went for an awesome 94 min. run.  Jogged on a paved trail that followed a stream, went through parts of a golf course, around a small lake and by homes I'll never even be able to afford to stay at for a night.  Weather was great - in the 60's - and I got back to the condo and everyone was still in bed asleep.

Had 2 1/2 pieces of French Toast for breakfast.  The challenge came at the Frisco BBQ festival.  Knowing that we were meeting some friends later in the day in Breckenridge (most likely to eat bad food and have some drinks) I approached the festival with caution.  Is there a better smell then four city blocks packed with venders selling their very best BBQ?  Fortunately since it was such an awesome day that tons of people were out, which equaled long lines, which equaled me not standing in them, which equaled me not getting any food.  All I had was 2 dixie cup samples (brisket and pulled pork) and half of a sausage on a stick...oh yeh, and a Lite beer.  Later in the day we met our friends and then badness happened - 2 more beers, and I split 1/2 a rack of ribs and a plate of nachos with my wife.  I don't feel like I ate tons of it and if it helps any, that was also my dinner.  I also walked a ton today.  I did have a small bowl of ice cream while we watched Cars at bedtime.

Friday Flashback #2

Not sure if I gave you a dattaboy, but good job avoiding the potluck, sometimes that's ust the easiest thing.

That's sorta what I meant with Roy and hazel, I've seen some blogs that have stuff on the right and left sides of the post.

Still up in Keystone with the family, crammed into a little condo - funny how 15 years ago we would have made this trip and crammed 5 guys and lots of beer into a condo like this.  Now I'm cramming 1 guy, a wife, and 3 kids - but I did manage to get in 12 beers. BTW Sam Adams Summer Ale - good stuff!

1.5 bowls of cereal and 2 slices of toast with butter and jelly; turkey sandwich for lunch (with the cheese slice) and spaghetti for dinner (probably 2.5 servings).  I did have two beers and some chips and dip.

No official workout but walked around for about 3 hours with a kid in a pack on my back, so that should count for something.  FTR I haven't had this many beers over this many days in a long time - that alone should be motivation to get into shape...so I can drink more regularly.

Friday Flashback

Off day, resting for Saturday. Given that the judges were still out, some of us from the office took the opportunity to go to up to Santa Fe for a bit of a field trip. Got moving a bit late, and needed to meet the group for the trip, so didn't get in a breakfast. Our activities ran late, and didn't get to any lunch until 2ish. Had three shrimp tacos with rice and black beans (refried, unfortunately) and a beer. Got back to town and had to meet a group for Happy Hour where I had a total of three more pints of Guinness. On the bright side, avoided all of the nachos, chips & salsa, quesadillas, etc. that were floating around the table. Got home and had a tortilla with some turkey and a couple slices of cheese...a quesadilla, I guess. Chased it with an oatmeal raisin cookie and hit the rack, worrying about Saturday.

By the way, that what you meant about moving Roy and Hazel?

Travel Day

First off - any help on moving Roy and Hazel would be great - I know you can figure it out NM, not like you're working this week...wait, I can't throw that stone.

Well the plus side of Thurs would be that I never sat down, except for the 2.5 hours of driving.  Up stairs, down stairs, carry this to the car, bring this back here, throw that on the luggage rack, check this room, did I pack that?, pick up that crying child, back down stairs, back up stairs...  all why keeping my eye of Croatia x Germany game as I passed the TV (which my 10 yr. old daughter was joyfully watching, as well as parts of the next game).

The down side - fast food lunch, fast food snack (only 1 taco) and an ice cream.  Dinner was reasonable, 3 tacos, all homemade and little cheese, no sour cream, drained the meat of the grease.  Oh yeh, 2 beers, but no soda (a little bet with the same 10 yr. old - thank goodness the other two can't talk yet).

Went to the Dr. on Tues and he made a snippy comment when I indicated I was stuck around 250 -  "you can't exercise your way out of bad eating."  Jackass!

Now NM is eating like a champ - I suspect you'll drop on Monday!  

Thursday in NM

After the run in the noon heat yesterday, decided to get my fat arse out of the rack first thing this morning and get the work in, and boy, did it make a difference. Nice cool morning just after sunrise, averaged a better pace than I have in two weeks (interestingly, Pedro was not at all inclined to go with me this morning...looked at me like I was crazy for being up that early).

Eating: Usual breakfast. Sushi lunch. Crap dinner, but at least not a lot of it.

Off day tomorrow, got to get ready for the 9 miler on Saturday.

Hump Day in NM

Damn straight "Guinness...mmmm". Can't tell you how easily it went down and how difficult it was to not give it a chaser once we got to the game. That's right, ballgame with sausage, peanuts...and no beer. Sounds commie if you ask me. But still, it would've made me feel guilty if I'd had more with no running to counter it. Back to today...

Courts are closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week so the judges can have their annual meetings, so the office does a couple of days of training during that time. Last few years, we've also done a big potluck cookout on one afternoon of that break. Today was that day. Burgers, dogs, chips, dip and desserts everywhere. So I did what any fat guy that's trying to drop weight could do; I got the hell out of there. Went home and got in my 30 minutes of roadwork. Took the dog with me for the first time and actually ran faster than normal, which was good, but don't think I'll do the midday thing again until Fall. Running in 90 degree weather suuuuuuucks.

Eating: usual breakfast, burger with lettuce ketchup (no cheese), two small pieces of boudin (basically cajun dirty rice in a sausage casing), some salad and two cookies for lunch, and stroganoff on rice w/peas and carrots and a Bud Light w/lime for dinner.

G'luck in the hill country, CS. Blog at ya on your return. We'll be watching Euro Cup for you while you're gone.

Wednesday in CS

Guiness...mmmmmmm. It is an extremely low cal and healthy beer - just for the record. How many peanuts constitutes a "handfull"? Is this like the golf shop that gives you as many tees as you can grab in a "handfull" for $1? If that's the case...

...you probably still did better than me.

The bad news probably starts tomorrow as the family and I head up to the mountains for a week. The bad news is that we are taking a lot of snacks - for the kids of course. The good news is that we'll be out and about a lot, which will include lots of walking (at 9000 ft.), lots of biking (at 9000 ft.) and lots of hiking (at 9000 ft). In addition, I'll most likely have a 30 lb 2 yr old in a pack on my back for most of this. I'll probably have a few more drinks than I usually do, but hopefully the activeness will make up for it.

No workout today, my left leg is a little sore and the last thing I can afford is an injury that might put limits on me. Hopefully I can squeeze in a PM workout tomorrow and then a Friday, lon Sunday and a Tuesday workout...all at 9000 ft.

2 bowls of cereal (thankfully it is all gone now), PB&J for lunch and some Mac n cheese during the afternoon. A few snacks, but nothing too bad (but again, nothing as good as NM's snacks). Dinner hasn't happened yet, but we're headed out soon for the evening (US x Brazil womens volleyball game) and may not get another chance.

Hopefully we take the 'puter with us so I can continue this blog over the next week, if not I'll play catch up when we get back.

Tuesday in CS

Nice job eating NM!! Count the calories one day and let me know what that totals - your diet (in the food-you're-eating sense, not the I'm-a-chick-trying-to-lose-wight-without-doing-anything definition of diet) sounds like a good plan to follow. I've noticed that I'm eating a lot more for breakfast than during the school year, mainly because...well I have no where to be until August! I need to work on that.

As far as my workout, I did 1:01 hours up the trail and about 31 minutes down. Felt pretty good even though my legs were still a little heavy from Sunday. Overall, a great workout for midweek.

As for eating, I need to go back to my old reliable trick that I use every time I fall off the wagon - write down everything I put in my math - before I put it in my mouth - and record the calories, while trying to stay under a certain total - right now that would be about 2500. The benefit of writing it down before I put it in my mouth is that I may stop once I realize that the little snack has 90 cals per serving and the whole bag has 4 servings, I may not eat it.

That said, I don't think I ate real well. Too many cereal refills, a big Chile's chicken salad for dinner and something I can't remember for lunch. Of course there were snack throughout the day and an extra bowl of cereal somewhere in there. This will get easier once I start writing everything down as I eat it - instead of trying to remember the following day.

Tuesday's Gone

Not a great day training-wise, but not the bust of which I was afraid. Because of what was coming later in the day, I was really careful during the rest of the day. Had the usual yogurt/grapefruit/string cheese for breakfast. Had half a turkey and swiss sandwich, a small cup of seafood bisque and a small chocolate chip cookie for lunch. That's it. Even picked up a piece of candy in the office, but ended up giving it away rather than eating myself. (As an aside, like CS mentioned, you never realize how much junk food is out there until you're making an effort to stay away from it; for him it's kid's snacks, for me it's the candy bowls scattered throughout the office.) All in all, a good day, healthy-eating-wise. Then came the after-work festivities...


I knew yesterday that I was going to the 'topes game tonight and was very worried about the culinary minefield awaiting me. Adding to that, guys I was going with met at the nearby BBQ joint for a beer beforehand. Caught up with them there, went to the game and got out of the whole affair relatively unscathed: pint of Guinness, hot Italian sausage with peppers and onions and a few handfuls of roasted peanuts. Not great, but not nearly as bad as I was worried about.

No running today, but back after it tomorrow. CS?

Monday in NM

Like my compadre, I was a little bummed by the Scale Experience this morning. Been running (slowly, but still) for almost 4 months now, and haven't dropped much to speak of. Pants feel different, belt is two or three notches smaller, but the numbers haven't really budged. Maybe the Big Brother-feel of this little experiment will help.

Workout: Got in my 30 minute training run at about 9pm tonight. Couldn't get moving early enough this morning and had class right after work, so that was the earliest I could do. So that's good. Meant I didn't eat dinner until almost 10. Not so good.

Eats: Had a yogurt, a cup of grapefruit and a stick of string cheese for breakfast. Turkey & Swiss sandwich (mustard, don't dig the mayo), carrots and a string cheese for lunch, another string to take the edge off at 3ish, a diet green tea during class, and then a salad with tuna and oil and balsamic for dinner. Did break down and had the cookie for dessert. Overall, not too bad.

Unfortunately, tomorrow doesn't look as promising...

Monday CS

Started the day off a little bummed by my weight. Although it hasn't changed since Saturday, it hasn't changed since last Monday (my usual weigh-in day) either. I thought I had a pretty good week working out and a better than usual week eating. Hopefully, I'll see a better result next week.

Today was a rest day so I didn't work out. My knees are a little sore, but running 6 miles downhill will do that to a Fatboy.

Eating: Scrambled eggs (2) with ham and a little cheese. Small personal pizza (not as bad as it seems, only 270 cal.) I did real well not getting anything at Sonic when I stopped there to get a drink for my son. I did have a milkshake in the afternoon and 2-3 servings of a tuna casserole for dinner. Did pretty well on the snacks, then again I was out of the house for several hours with the kids.

One problem being a teacher is that during the summer it's very easy to get up and get food when you get hungry. During the school year, well...I'm stuck in class and going somewhere to get a snack really isn't an option. Waiting to see how NM did today knowing he'd have to divulge his eating record. Nice job on the 8 miles, only 18 more by November...watch out Kenyans!!

Sunday for CS

Nice to see NM decided to join me. I can only imagine how many beers and chips he enjoyed watching a 0-0 soccer game. I'll excuse him because he didn't know this was coming, sort of how neither of us knew how 300 lbs was coming, or how on May 18th we'd run/walk/shuffle a combined 39.3 miles that day. Nonetheless, here we are.

Workout: 12 mile roundtrip up the Barr trail to Barr Camp. Some running, lots of power hiking, and tons of calories burned. I'm off my mark from last year, but this was my first trip up this summer so I'm OK with it. All said and done it was about a 4 hour voyage (note: if you are new to this running/exercise thing, build up to this amount of time, I didn't get to 4 hours overnight).

Eating: once again this proved to be my downfall. Had 2 slices of toast with PB before my workout. Chicken salad for lunch, (now the bad stuff) 1 sl. of bread with PB at about 3, then a bowl of cereal at about 4. Soon after that I had another one of those darn cookie snack bags (the bad things about having 3 little kids is that there are always snacks around). For dinner I had rice, green beans and baked fish - overall a pretty healthy dinner, despite my 2 too many servings of rice. I did have 2 glasses of chocolate milk - blaming it on the kids again. Oh yeh, I had a Nutroll as a mid-workout snack on the trip back down the mountain.

Overall, well the problem is that I need to stay busy because when I'm sitting around the house - I tend to get hungry = eating.

Sunday: Blindsided. Again.

So he's done it again.

A little background. CS Fatboy and I have known each other since...well, Reagan was still in office. We were always bigger guys, but when we hit our 30's, things got outta control as we both neared the 300# mark (or even surpassed it...the shame). As he describes in his profile, a few years ago he gets on the horse, starts running every chance he gets, tells me he's going to run the Pike's Peak Ascent and wants me to do it with him. I agree, cause hell, it's like January when we're talking about it. August comes around, I've done little or nothing in preparation (including not registering), so I end up driving to the top to meet him on the Peak when he's done. He just about nails his goal time. I'm inspired, so I go home and start working hard. For about three weeks.

Next year, same story, though this time I actually tried to sign up. Seems the system used to register crashed, nobody got in, and I missed the deadline when the 'puters were fixed and everything went live again. Race day comes, and again I'm driving to the top to meet CS, and this time I'm feeling more than a little ashamed. I'm inspired, so I go home and start working hard. For about four weeks.

Brings us to Christmas '07. My "best friend" calls to tell me that as a Christmas gift, he's signed me up for a half-marathon. Though I suspect that he's trying to kill me (at that point, I'm probably 305 and haven't run more than 30 feet in three years), I suck it up. Joined a local Saturday morning running group that gets me out of bed, off the couch and moving. Finally. Race day comes, and I actually finish the half. My right calf cramps so bad I almost fall over and I get silver-dollar sized blisters on the balls of my feet, but I finished. I'm by no means setting any speed records (3:29 in the half), but I'm out there and I'm doing it. And I actually talk CS in to doing the Rock n Roll in San Antonio this November. Yeah, that's right, the whole 26.2 of it. So I've finally seized the initiative back from him. Right?

So this afternoon's an off day. Ran 8 miles with the running group yesterday , so I'm enjoying the off-day. I'm sitting down to watch the USA/Argentina soccer match, and CS calls to let me know about this little blog project. Tells me that, in order to mark our progress and encourage each other, we're going to catalog our training and what we've eaten each day. Tells me this as I'm sitting in my chair, beer in one hand, bowl of chips in the other, waiting to enjoy the game. I really hate that guy.

So I'm going to try and enjoy the rest of the game and my day. No training/food info today, CS will just have to deal. I'll be back tomorrow, with far fewer words and more real info. Ya basta.

Saturday

Exercise: today was a rest day so I did nothing... but I've got a big workout scheduled for tomorrow.

Eating:
9:30 - banana - ate a little late considering I had been up for several hours by this point, we'll blame it on life.
12:00 - an orange and a ham and cheese sandwich (left off the mayo).
2:00 - three cookies at the soccer party - considering what all was available, I suppose this could have been much worse...
5:00 - ...and so it was. Had two little bags of some type of cookie snack - that's what happens when I'm sitting on my butt watching horse racing in the middle of the afternoon after a day in the sun.
8:00 - 2 cobs of corn, one hamburger bun, and two servings of sloppy joe's. I've now had ground beef two days in a row. I also feel that I ate a little late tonight. On a positive note, I boiled the ground beef and drained/rinsed it to decrease the fat (and taste).

Overall not a bad day - big workout tomorrow!

Saturday's Workout

Workout: Woke at 5:00 am - great summer vacation schedule huh? - and headed to Manitou Springs to take on the Incline today. My original goal was to go from Hydro to the 7.8 sign on the Barr trail (about 4.5 miles and a 2500 ft. elevation gain), but I had a soccer game to get to so I had to adjust to a shorter workout - which I suppose is better than no workout. Did the Incline, starting at the fence, in 43:51, about five minutes off my record, which is OK since today is an "easy" day.

Eating:
pre-workout - 1 slice of toast with PB
8:15am - 1 bowl cereal
12:00 - 1 can of diet Pepsi, turkey/cheese sandwhich
3:15pm - steak philly, fries and soda (very bad)
5:00pm - bowl of cereal
8:00pm - cheeseburger and diet soda

Overall, not a very good afternoon/evening. This is exactly the point of this blog!

Opening Day

Starting off this blog to help motivate myself and NM Fatboy to get in shape... and stay in shape! My hopes are to include my workouts and my food intake for the day and have my good NM friend share the same, thereby adding a little peer pressure to our day.