Just an affirmation, I am the worst diet menu blogger ever. I make no promises it is going to get better, but I am at least going try something different. Quick blogs with menus and exercise, no nutritional info etc. I may do that occassionally, but I think the two step process was killing it.
Breakfast: 1.5 cup Lettuce Salad, 6 oz Bacon, 2 TBS Caesar Dressing, .5 oz Parmesan Cheese, 1 can soda
Lunch – Worked through it
Snack – 2 oz Shelled Peanuts, 2 cans soda
Supper – 2 cups Lettuce Salad, .5 oz Bacon Bits, 1 TBS Buffalo Sauce, 2TBS Ranch, .5 oz Almonds, 3 oz Turkey Pastrami, 1 slice swiss
Snack – 1 cup Lettuce Salad, 6 oz Bacon, 2 TBS Creamy Italian Dressing, .5 oz Parmesan Cheese, 1 can soda
Exercise – 4.3 mile run
Morning – No Breakfast
Lunch – Went to Lunch with the guys to a Mongolian BBQ (awesome type of restaurant for Atkineer) – 2 trips
6 oz Beef, 6 oz Chicken, 4 oz Pork, 1 cup peppers, 1 cup broccoli, 3/4 Cabbage, 1/2 cup Onions, 1/4 cup of Carrots, 1 TBS Szechuan Sauce, Garlic, Chili, and Sesame Oils
Supper: (had to rush off to kids’ Youth group)
3 oz of Chuck Roast
Exercise- 5.25 miles (9:20 pace ice slowed), 8 minute Abs, and planks)
Evening Snack – 3 oz Chuck Roast, Mock Danish
Daily Totals:
* Weight- 232.0
* Calories: 1853
* Total Carbs – 41g Carbs
* Fiber – 10g
* Protein – 143g
* Exercise Calories – 1231
Last night was again another all nighter. I finally got to bed around 4 am in the morning. Needless to say, I didn’t get a full 8 hours of sleep, and it further was not helped by the page at 8:30. I rushed off to work and had planned for a good meal for lunch. That even fell through with a long network task over lunch hour. I finally had to cut it short at 12:50, so I could run to Wendy’s for 2 DoubleStack’s (no bun). It wasn’t the best day eating wise, but I at least ate right.
Morning: 2 oz Roast Beef, 2 oz Turkey, 1 oz slice Swiss
Lunch: 3 oz Roast Beef, 2 oz Turkey, 2 Double Stack, lettuce, 1/8 cup onion, 1 TBS mayo
Snack: Caesar Side Salad, 2 TBS Caesar dressing, 2 tsp Parmesan
Workout – 10 minutes Crosstrainer, 30 minutes elliptical trainer (resistance 12 our of 20)
Dinner: 1 cups lettuce, 1 TBS Parmesan, 1 TBS Bacon Bits, 2 TBS Caesar Dressing, 2 oz Summer Sausage, 8 oz Stuffed Hamburger (Ground Chuck, 1 oz Cheddar, 1/4 cup onion, 1TBS Bacon Bits)
Daily Totals:
* Weight- 231.0
* Calories: 1980
* Total Carbs – 16g Carbs
* Fiber – 4g
* Protein – 136g
* Exercise Calories – 668
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This post was written by
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One piece of good news is things are progressing really well in my fund raising for the America Lung Association in coordination with the 801 Power Climb Fire Fighters Challenge. I have been doing a cookie sale recently at work with some very good Triple Chocolate Fudge and Brown Sugar Cookies. Baking is interesting on Atkins because you really become dependent on a good recipe and good taste testers.
If you should want to donate to my cause, click here.
Lunch:
2.5 cups of Lettuce, 4 oz of Chicken Breast, 4 oz Roast Beef, 1 oz Bacon Bits, 1 oz Parmesan Cheese, 1 oz Pepperoni, 1/2 cup Broccoli, 1/2 cup peppers, 1/4 cup Onions, 6 TBS Gino’s Garlic Dressing.
Snack:
1.75 oz Peanuts
Dinner:
2 oz Summer Sausage, 1 oz Pepperjack Cheese, 2 cups lettuce, 4 oz Rotisserie Chicken, 1 TBS Parmesan, 2 TBS Salsa, 1 TBS Sour Cream, 1 TBS Guacamole, 2 TBS Ranch.
8:00 – 4 mile run (9:12 pace on treadmill, 290 ft elevation), 8 minute abs
Daily Totals:
- Weight- 232
- Calories: 1708
- Total Carbs – 38g Carbs
- Fiber – 10g
- Protein – 158g
- Exercise Calories – 952
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This post was written by
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My weekends postings are likely to be light as I may be gone, but I will attempt to at least update thedailyplate.com account.
Breakfast: 1 oz of Summer Sausage, 1 oz of Pepperjack Cheese (rush to church)
Lunch: Chicken Fajitas – (8 oz of Chicken (White & Dark), 1/2 cup onion, half cup red peppers, half cup green peppers, 1 TBS Sour Cream, 1 TBS Guacamole, 2 TBS Salsa, half Smart Wrap – net carb 3.5g, 2 oz cheese
Snack: Mock Danish
Supper: 6 oz hamburger, 1/3rd cup onion, 1 TBS Mayo, 2 cup lettuce, 1 oz parmesan, 1 oz summer sausage, 1 TBS bacon, 2 TBS Parmesan, 2 TBS Gino’s Italian Dressing
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This post was written by
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I think I like this format better. I can update my thoughts whenever throughout the day, and then add the day’s food at the end. It works better as I am generally more clear headed in the day than right before bed. As I talked about in yesterday’s post, I bounced over 3 pounds up yesterday. Drinking water late at night and consequently different hydration levels were my suspected cause, but you always question it. I didn’t have that big of meal on Thursday.
The proof came with this morning weigh-in. After a pretty standard day of eating, I dropped 4 pounds. I didn’t do anything different except I ran outside in the -5F windchill rather than upstairs on the treadmill (with its hill workouts). I did have to break out the balaclava hat because in the first mile my nose and lips were going to fall off. I ran back home found the God send to all winter runners and finished off the run with another 3+ miles. Today’s weight loss makes me down 5 pounds for the week and proves once again don’t let your emotions be a slave to the scale. Too many other factors other than just eating can affect the amount.
My plans for the rest of the day since due to kids’ basketball games I can’t do my weekly Capital Striders’ group long run is to go for another 5 or 6 mile run in the balmy 20F heat wave. After that Laura should be home, and we will probably go out tonight to a sports bar to watch the UFC fights. They serve decent food — I’ll get a Caesar side salad, and then eat an order of Buffalo wings for the rest of night.
7:30AM
1 can Diet Coke with Splenda
12:00 pm
2 McDonald’s Double Cheeseburger (no bun, lettuce, onion, dab mayo), Caesar side salad
5:00 PM
6 oz Chicken Breast, 1.5 cups lettuce, 1 oz Parmesan Cheese, 1 TBS Bacon Bits, 3 TBS Gino’s Dressing, 1 can Diet Coke with Splenda
8:45 pm
4.14 miles – -5F Wind Chill run outside
Daily Totals:
- Weight- 234 (**See mini-update**)
- Calories: 1773
- Total Carbs – 14g Carbs
- Fiber – 3g
- Protein – 97g
- Exercise Calories – 754
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After I wrote last night’s post, I was called out to an EMS call. I never did get all my stretching in and arrived home well past 1 am in the morning. Complicating matters even worse was the diet pepsi (16 or so ounces) had in the Emer. Dept. while waiting for the paramedic. Not only did I not need the caffeine (kept me up for a bit) and the additional water in the system, it did likely cause the bump in the scale I saw this morning.
I was up 3 pounds this morning. Some of it was likely the not running or no cardio of yesterday, but some of it certainly had to do with the lack of sleep. We’ll see how it goes tomorrow weigh-in. This is just a reminder that you need to understand why the scale weight what they do and if you change the conditions (how much you drank or when), the results can’t really be compared.
Or at least there is an asterick. 
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I am down 4 pounds this week. Today is an off day in terms of exercise, so we’ll see what the day off will do in terms of the scale tomorrow. I had another awesome Atkins live show on Ustream. Tonight’s episdoe was on Motivation and staying motivated to lose weight. There was great interaction, and I was extremely pleased to see a lot of my low carb friends there.
7:30AM
2 oz Chicken Breast, 1.5 cups lettuce, 1 oz Cheddar cheese, 2 TBS Gino’s Dressing, 1 can Diet Coke with Splenda
1:00 pm
2 Jumbo Hot Dogs with Chipotle Mayo, 1 bag of peanuts.
5:00 PM
2 oz Chicken Breast, 1.5 cups lettuce, 1 oz Cheddar cheese, 2 TBS Gino’s Dressing, 1 can Diet Coke with Splenda
6:45 PM
8 oz Beef Smoked Sausage, 1/2 cup Broccoli, 1/2 Med Green Pepper, 1 cup Peking Vegetables, 2 tsp Szechuan Sauce
9:30 PM
8 Minute Abs, 10 minutes of stretching
Daily Totals:
- Weight- 231
- Calories: 2511
- Total Carbs – 44g Carbs
- Fiber – 13g
- Protein – 120g
- Exercise Calories – 186
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This post was written by
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Today was a day where it simply about work not so much about eating. Work simply demanded me working through lunch, so my overall Calories is lower than it should be. My workouts tonight were a little going through the motions with the daughter, but I did get my miles in. I am really looking forward to weather with wind chills above the current -31 F.
7:00 AM Snow Blow Driveway (again)
7:30AM
4 oz Rotisserie Chicken, 1 TBS Salsa, 1 TBS Sour Cream, 2 TBS Ranch, 1 TBS Guacamole, 1.5 cups lettuce, 1 oz Cheddar cheese, 1 can Diet Coke with Splenda
4:35 PM
5 oz of Ham / Turkey End Slices, 1 oz cheese
6:00 PM
Mock Danish, 2 cups Lettuce, 1 oz Parmesan Cheese, 2 TBS Bacon Bits, 2 oz Chicken Breast, 2 TBS Italian, 2 TBS Caesar Dressing
9:30 PM
8 Minute Abs, 10 minutes of Plank Workouts, SteamEngine, 37 minutes Treadmill ( 4.0 miles, Elevation 400ft 9:05 pace)
10:00 PM
3 oz Chicken, 1 TBS Salsa
Daily Totals:
- Weight- 232
- Calories: 1644
- Total Carbs – 31g Carbs
- Fiber – 9g
- Protein – 102g
- Exercise Calories – 1226
