My weight was slightly up this week although I had been exercising quite a bit more.  Yesterday, in fact, I swam laps for an hour at the health club.  I also worked my rowing machine twice this week and walked a round of golf on Friday.  I would still like to do much more but one step at a time.

My eating is not so good, I really need to get it together.  I could blame working out for being extra hungry but it’s really lack of control and will power.  We’ll see how things go this week…

How did I do it?  Beats me.  I’ve been working out more with my rowing machine this week but my eating hasn’t been so good.  I guess I’m cheating by buying it in the first place, but I think it’s helped quite a bit.  My wife Chris has also signed us up for a health club membership, another cheat.  Sorry about that… but I guess you gotta do what you gotta do.  If controlling my eating doesn’t work, then excercise is the answer.  And excercise could be a simple as a long walk, or as complex as a mixture of exercises at the health club.  So if you can’t afford to buy a machine or get a health club membership, don’t give up.  Just do what you can do!  Walk up and down the stairs, hike up a hill, bicycle, whatever you can do.  Rowing works for me because it is aerobic and is a full body workout concentrating on core.  I hope it works for me long term… I need to get down and do it today.

I am excited that I made such a big change in one week but I got much more to do.  If I can get down to 200 in the next three weeks I will be much, much more thrilled.

These last two weeks of eating have been a little out of control but I did get my rowing machine and am starting to use it.  As far as my eating goes, I am not sure what the problem is but I do snack a bit at work and I need that to stop.  We have also had birthdays this week and last and it’s been hard to stay away from the ice cream cake.  I am hoping I can counter all of these problems with working out more, a lot more, and of course I will work on my eating.  I guess I just need to say no to the sugary food even when we’re celebrating.  We’ll see how this coming week goes.

I definitely have not given up!  btw – The weight I posted was Saturday’s weight, I was down a bit today.

Yep, I didn’t eat very well the last two days… so I showed a gain this week.  It is frustrating, I can go several days eating well but screw it up at the end of the week.  All I can say is that I haven’t given up.  And I did buy a rower this week so I can more easily work out from home.  It was reasonably inexpensive, although I think I’m breaking one of my rules by buying it… oops.  Well, it will help me get in some exercise and I think that’s a good thing.  Usually when I work out my eating is more under control, so we’ll see if this helps.

I really hate to sound like a broken record.  I did get the scale to move this week, but I could have done so much better.  I probably could have had a three pound loss or better, I just need to keep from eating or drinking certain things… and get a little more exercise.  I did get my drinking a little more under control, and when I drink, it’s low carb… except the night I drank some peach schnaups.  It’s those exceptions that’ll get you every time.  I actually tried to keep it lean most of the week, the evenings are tough though.  I have also been so busy that I haven’t been paying attention as well as I should.  Hopefully I will do better this week…

I am still trying, I swear.  I watch what I eat regularly and have been exercising more with golf, and walking through the airport the last couple of days.  But my busyness has made it so it is really difficult to do the right things all the time.  No excuses though.  I need to make my diet more perfect and exercise part of my agenda.  Otherwise I probably will not lose any further weight the rest of the year, which would not be good.

My problems: Enough exercise, eating too much at times, ice cream (rarely) or sweets, alcohol (esp beer).

My strenths: Selecting filling foods that are low in bad carbs (and getting better), even when eating out.

I have muscle aches from playing golf yet again yesterday, but my weight is up again.  I could perhaps say it is muscle gain from exercising more, but I think it is more poor eating.  I need to get my eating under control… and I need to make sure my busyness doesn’t wreck my attempt to lose weight.  I am very busy right now.  It is hard to find the time to exercise, and it’s hard to always pay attention to my eating, but that is no excuse.  I need to do better…

I am watching my diet, but my loss this week was due to playing 4 rounds of golf.  I probably would have been lower but I ate a lot last night.  I’ll have to keep myself in better control this week…

I am having a hard time writing during the week because I am so busy with consulting.  I’ll make sure to write once per week and see if I can write more later.

On the plus side, I am exercising more this week that I have.  I played golf twice and took long walks.  My muscles feel it today.  We’re even going to play another round of golf today.  On the minus side, my eating is not perfect.  I have been sticking to my low carb diet but I have been falling down sometimes and eating something I shouldn’t.  Or I have a glass of wine or a “good” beer.  Good meaning tastes good.  I had a hot dog yesterday at the golf couse.  A hot dog wouldn’t be so bad in my book but it was on a regular bun.

I really need to get serious with this so that I start going the right direction again.  I also need to write more so I can keep better track of how I’m doing, and for a little theropy.

I am weighing myself in early because I am going to be away from my scale tomorrow playing golf.  So I have posted this week’s weight now.  I got myself in more control this week and tried to exercise more, with some success, but I’m struggling with the long drives to my client’s office and the need to bill more hours.  The good news is there’s not much to eat in the office and it’s an effort to go out, but it’s also harder to watch my regular meals.  I’m doing ok though, and should improve over time.