A new week...

Weight: 251 (-1 total)

Well this week didn't go exactly as planned. In addition to a happy hour, I also found myself dealing with a last minute dinner at Chili's, and a pizza party at my Gramma's nursing home. I actually managed at Chili's alright. I had their club sandwich, which I'm sure was loaded with calories (I was too scared to look), but I drank only water and largely avoided the french fries. With the exception of Five Guys, I've more or less given up on fries. For the pizza party I should have only had two slices, but since it came from an old favorite (Vesuvio's, in Allentown), I allowed myself a third. Shoot me.

Saturday I kind of got myself back on track. I had a protein bar for breakfast, and got in a half hour run on just a glorious afternoon. I'll tell you what, this is my kind of winter. I ran in shorts and a long sleeve t-shirt. Did I mention that it's January? I also got to the gym twice this week. Neither time I wanted to go, but I went. I'm hoping to do a little better this week.

Kathy has once again inspired me. Last year she ran the Broad St. 10 mile run in Philly. To top that, she just registered for The ODDyssey Half Marathon. Check it out here: http://www.oddysseyhalfmarathon.com/ She may think I'm nuts for doing the Warrior Dash, but I should be done in about 45 minutes, or so. At least I hope I am. I can't imagine running for 13 miles, or 2.5 hours. Anyway, she will once again be altering her diet, so I will just kind of follow along with her. She's a good inspiration for me.

I have also been challenged by a coworker to some kind of weight loss competition. The rules and stakes have yet to be determined, but I will post them once the wager is finalized.

Goals for this week: Smaller meals (cut the calories), drink only water or tea, more veggies and fruit, and no eating out. I'll tell you what, eating out is a HUGE problem for this family. In addition to the cost, it also is just so hard to eat out and keep it healthy. Both Kathy and I like to cook - just not as soon as we get home from work. There's that decision we make every day; should we play with Ryan and bring a pizza home, or should we cook dinner while he just watches TV by himself? I get about 2 hours to hang out with him every day during the week - I hate to spend it in another room. Don't get me wrong, we don't eat out all the time, just more than we should. We went to Costco on Saturday and got some chicken, pork and ground turkey. Hopefully we can find some things that are easy to make. If anyone has any suggestions for quick meals, or crock pot meals, let me know.

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Next post Wednesday.