Friday….
I am going to come clean and tell you that I did not go to the fitness center this morning to workout as I was just too sore.
I feel guilty, and know I shouldn’t as I have been there 4 times this week.
I have decided to talk to one of their trainers next week to see about changing my workout schedule and how that would affect my weight loss or not.
I think that I would like to workout on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays by doing both the gym equipment and cardio equipment as I am currently doing now and have been for the past 4 weeks. I would like to workout on Tuesday and Thursdays only doing the gym equipment and not the cardio part (treadmill, spinning bike).
The reason that I thought this might work is that when I am on the treadmill daily my ankles are starting to ache and I thought the break may workout better for me. I am currently on the treadmill each day for 40 minutes and then the 5 minute cool down part. I usually do 2.75 miles each day on the treadmill or 12.5 miles per week.If I am not going to get the results that I have been getting then I will just keep everything as is and go from there.
I can tell that I was out of my routine this morning as I walked out of the house and even forget to take my blood pressure reading. I guess that I will take it when I get off work and at home.
The president of our company brought me a Polo golf shirt this week as it was given to him and he did not want it. He threw it at me and said, please wear a shirt that fit’s for a change. LOL
I decided that today (casual day) that I would wear it. I have never ever, never ever worn a Polo shirt due to too many rolls of fat and I just did not like how they felt or even more so how they looked on me.
So, I put it on and looked in the mirror and it looked fairly decent on me. Then I took it off as I wasn’t sure. I then thought what the hell, and I put it back on again and decided to wear it to work with jeans.
Now, I am glad that I did as you can really tell that I have lost the 45 pounds. It is not like the rest of my clothing that just hangs on me and hides my weight loss.
My wife said that I really need to get a new pair of jeans due to their bagginess and the puckering around the waist due to my belt being pulled so tight.
I think that I am now ready to get a couple of more Polo shirts as I cannot believe how comfortable they are. This is what my wife has been saying for years but again, I did not like how they looked on me. Some heavy people still look decent in knit shirts and some do not. I was the “do not” heavy person! LOL
Till Saturday, have a great Friday evening…
Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Day Fifty Nine...
Thursday…
Another morning starting out at the fitness center to get my daily workout accomplished.
I am extremely sore each day this morning and guess it is from working out Monday thru Friday. I am going to keep the same routine next week as the following week I have company employees coming in from Missouri and throughout the state of Ohio and not sure how I am going to get my workouts in. Our meetings start on Monday and will end on Thursday.
This should be interesting as we go out for dinner each evening to entertain and relax and I am always up for that. Good food at a great restaurant there is nothing better. I will still partake in going out with everyone and enjoying the evening and their company however I still will not be able to eat. I guess as I have been the past 9 weeks a tea sippin’ Jon. LOL
If I can’t get my regular work outs in that week I guess I will go to the fitness center on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. At least that will get three in for the week.
My blood pressure is still holding below optimal levels (as they call it) and I am consistently at or below 114/66. I am hoping that when my 4 prescriptions run out I will not need to refill again. I have been taking blood pressure prescriptions since I was 35 years old or 15 years now. Please let this vicious cycle be over soon!
I still am curious to know if I will be able to get off of my 1 cholesterol prescriptions, and to find out if it was diet related or hereditary. I assume that test will be conducted by my family Doctor at a later time.
The shakes are going fine and so are drinking all of the required water. It’s just another day on the NutriMed diet.
There is nothing much else going on and looking forward to the weekend with my family.
Its prom Saturday night and both of my boys (seniors) are going and my daughter who is a sophomore was invited and going to her first prom. The household is going to be crazy this weekend. Wait, that’s every weekend and most weeknights too! Oh, what fun…
Another morning starting out at the fitness center to get my daily workout accomplished.
I am extremely sore each day this morning and guess it is from working out Monday thru Friday. I am going to keep the same routine next week as the following week I have company employees coming in from Missouri and throughout the state of Ohio and not sure how I am going to get my workouts in. Our meetings start on Monday and will end on Thursday.
This should be interesting as we go out for dinner each evening to entertain and relax and I am always up for that. Good food at a great restaurant there is nothing better. I will still partake in going out with everyone and enjoying the evening and their company however I still will not be able to eat. I guess as I have been the past 9 weeks a tea sippin’ Jon. LOL
If I can’t get my regular work outs in that week I guess I will go to the fitness center on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. At least that will get three in for the week.
My blood pressure is still holding below optimal levels (as they call it) and I am consistently at or below 114/66. I am hoping that when my 4 prescriptions run out I will not need to refill again. I have been taking blood pressure prescriptions since I was 35 years old or 15 years now. Please let this vicious cycle be over soon!
I still am curious to know if I will be able to get off of my 1 cholesterol prescriptions, and to find out if it was diet related or hereditary. I assume that test will be conducted by my family Doctor at a later time.
The shakes are going fine and so are drinking all of the required water. It’s just another day on the NutriMed diet.
There is nothing much else going on and looking forward to the weekend with my family.
Its prom Saturday night and both of my boys (seniors) are going and my daughter who is a sophomore was invited and going to her first prom. The household is going to be crazy this weekend. Wait, that’s every weekend and most weeknights too! Oh, what fun…
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Day Fifty Eight...
Wednesday…
It’s Wednesday and I got my third workout in so far this week. Only two more to go!
I’m still reeling over not getting in the 190’s yesterday at clinical and with only a ½ pound at that!
Jon, let it go, let it go. What’s done is done and you can’t do anything else about it!
OK, I feel better now that I have talked to me about it in my head! LOL
I met with the clinical Doctor last night and she said that I am doing exceptionally well and that this diet must have been made for me as I make it seem so easy. First of all I have never been on a diet that is easy and this one is no exception. Even though you do not have to think about what you are eating and counting calories or carbs, you still have to be very determined and motivated on a liquid diet. My quick results show that it does work, but you have to mentally and physically apply yourself daily to get through it.
Now that I found out last night that I have started my 9th week it does make the end seem nearer. However, I have to get the remaining 12.5 pounds off of me or I may have to stay on this a week or so longer. I hope not, as I am ready for this portion of the diet to be over.
I am thankful that I will be ending in the warmer months so that when I can eat we can grill most of our meals. I am going to go to the nursery in a couple of weeks and get a few different herb plants so I can season our meals with fresh ingredients instead of “bottled” spices.
The one thing that I didn’t realize is that homemade salsa is good for people watching their weight. It is a great snack or appetizer and you can eat quite a bit of it without adding a lot of calories. Now you just have to get the right chips with low calories too and wa~lah, you have a fresh tasty snack.
OK, that’s my cooking tidbit for today. If I run across anything else I will add that in the upcoming weeks.
Till Thursday, Jon out!
It’s Wednesday and I got my third workout in so far this week. Only two more to go!
I’m still reeling over not getting in the 190’s yesterday at clinical and with only a ½ pound at that!
Jon, let it go, let it go. What’s done is done and you can’t do anything else about it!
OK, I feel better now that I have talked to me about it in my head! LOL
I met with the clinical Doctor last night and she said that I am doing exceptionally well and that this diet must have been made for me as I make it seem so easy. First of all I have never been on a diet that is easy and this one is no exception. Even though you do not have to think about what you are eating and counting calories or carbs, you still have to be very determined and motivated on a liquid diet. My quick results show that it does work, but you have to mentally and physically apply yourself daily to get through it.
Now that I found out last night that I have started my 9th week it does make the end seem nearer. However, I have to get the remaining 12.5 pounds off of me or I may have to stay on this a week or so longer. I hope not, as I am ready for this portion of the diet to be over.
I am thankful that I will be ending in the warmer months so that when I can eat we can grill most of our meals. I am going to go to the nursery in a couple of weeks and get a few different herb plants so I can season our meals with fresh ingredients instead of “bottled” spices.
The one thing that I didn’t realize is that homemade salsa is good for people watching their weight. It is a great snack or appetizer and you can eat quite a bit of it without adding a lot of calories. Now you just have to get the right chips with low calories too and wa~lah, you have a fresh tasty snack.
OK, that’s my cooking tidbit for today. If I run across anything else I will add that in the upcoming weeks.
Till Thursday, Jon out!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Day Fifty Seven...
Tuesday…
My day started at the fitness center again this morning and glad that it is over. I had a good workout but I almost did not get through it as I was just having a hard time this morning. I wasn’t sleepy or anything else, but it was a hard and seemed like a long workout and I didn’t do anything different then I do every Monday thru Friday. I’ll chalk it up to…just one of those mornings and leave it at that!
I tried to get my day going be getting “geared” up for my clinical visit at the hospital but like every Tuesday you just don’t know what the past week is going to do, either reward you with a weight loss or curse you without a weight loss.
You would hope that another week on a liquid diet is going to guarantee that you are going to loose a few pounds but as I get closer to the end it is hard to think like that and you would even settle for a pound to be off. You hope it’s more then a pound and I would have loved for this week’s loss to be at least four (4) pounds so I can finally get below the 200 pound level, but as I said you just never know.
OK, my week’s weight loss is….another 3 pounds. My current weight is 200.5 pounds for a total loss of 44.5 pounds and I ONLY HAVE 12.5 POUNDS TO GO!!!
So close, but yet so far away from getting below the 200 pound mark. I was a little disappointed but what do you do? A 3 pound weight loss is still a good amount in one week especially 8 weeks into the diet and almost at goal weight.
I closed out Monday as my 8th week on the NutriMed diet and glad my 9th week starts today, Tuesday. I miscalculated my week and thought that I was going into my 8th week. However while at clinical the nurse said that I am going into my 9th week and I get measured too. I have lost 20.5” total body inches with the most in my chest at 7” and my waist at 8”.
As of this coming Friday April 30, 2010 I will have gone 2 months (March and April) without food! It sounds crazy, doesn’t it? I can’t believe it myself sometimes and I am the one living it.
I know my wife will be glad when the liquid part of this diet is over as it is still hard for her to want to go out to restaurant’s knowing that I can’t eat and she will again have another meal by herself. This is something that we always enjoyed together. Trying a new restaurant or visiting a favorite restaurant of ours.
I am not sure if there will be a considerable difference when I am on the 5 week re-feed program as I am sure that I am limited to just about nothing, but I think that it would make her feel better even if I could just eat a salad or something similar to that.
When I eventually get back to eating again we will start with the restaurant “tours” again (LOL) and I will plan my day’s so If I know that we are going out I can save some of my daily calories for the evening dinner.
AHHHHH, to be able to eat again and truly enjoy the companionship that food brings when you are with family or friends. ~~~Bon Appetite’~~~ :-)
My day started at the fitness center again this morning and glad that it is over. I had a good workout but I almost did not get through it as I was just having a hard time this morning. I wasn’t sleepy or anything else, but it was a hard and seemed like a long workout and I didn’t do anything different then I do every Monday thru Friday. I’ll chalk it up to…just one of those mornings and leave it at that!
I tried to get my day going be getting “geared” up for my clinical visit at the hospital but like every Tuesday you just don’t know what the past week is going to do, either reward you with a weight loss or curse you without a weight loss.
You would hope that another week on a liquid diet is going to guarantee that you are going to loose a few pounds but as I get closer to the end it is hard to think like that and you would even settle for a pound to be off. You hope it’s more then a pound and I would have loved for this week’s loss to be at least four (4) pounds so I can finally get below the 200 pound level, but as I said you just never know.
OK, my week’s weight loss is….another 3 pounds. My current weight is 200.5 pounds for a total loss of 44.5 pounds and I ONLY HAVE 12.5 POUNDS TO GO!!!
So close, but yet so far away from getting below the 200 pound mark. I was a little disappointed but what do you do? A 3 pound weight loss is still a good amount in one week especially 8 weeks into the diet and almost at goal weight.
I closed out Monday as my 8th week on the NutriMed diet and glad my 9th week starts today, Tuesday. I miscalculated my week and thought that I was going into my 8th week. However while at clinical the nurse said that I am going into my 9th week and I get measured too. I have lost 20.5” total body inches with the most in my chest at 7” and my waist at 8”.
As of this coming Friday April 30, 2010 I will have gone 2 months (March and April) without food! It sounds crazy, doesn’t it? I can’t believe it myself sometimes and I am the one living it.
I know my wife will be glad when the liquid part of this diet is over as it is still hard for her to want to go out to restaurant’s knowing that I can’t eat and she will again have another meal by herself. This is something that we always enjoyed together. Trying a new restaurant or visiting a favorite restaurant of ours.
I am not sure if there will be a considerable difference when I am on the 5 week re-feed program as I am sure that I am limited to just about nothing, but I think that it would make her feel better even if I could just eat a salad or something similar to that.
When I eventually get back to eating again we will start with the restaurant “tours” again (LOL) and I will plan my day’s so If I know that we are going out I can save some of my daily calories for the evening dinner.
AHHHHH, to be able to eat again and truly enjoy the companionship that food brings when you are with family or friends. ~~~Bon Appetite’~~~ :-)
Monday, April 26, 2010
Day Fifty Six...
Monday…
Dreary Monday---will the rain never stop?
I could hear the rain this morning as I was trying to wake up from a good nights sleep and really, really, really did not want to get up out of my warm bed, get in the rain and go to the fitness center this morning.
Well I did and of course after you finish working out, showing and then getting dressed you know that you are glad that you did!
My wife left for out of town (St. Louis) on another business trip this week so I won’t see her until Friday evening. I thought about moving my workout’s to after work but then I thought why? I like working out in the morning, I have my routine down, and I also get it over with for the day. So I am keeping my workouts in the AM.
I love being off for the weekends and looking forward to Saturday and Sunday’s each week but even after being on this damn’ diet for 7 weeks (8th starts tomorrow) I still find the weekends challenging. I know that it is because my daily routine is off and I have a lot more time on my hands then I do throughout each week but you would think after 7 weeks it would have changed.
Sometimes I even think that I need to add another shake on Saturday and Sunday because I feel like I need it. I don’t and I haven’t yet but I could add shake number 6 if I wanted too as you can have up to 6 shakes each day.
My 5 shakes Monday through Friday are enough and I do not even think that I could get the 6th one in even if I wanted to. That is why the 2nd week into this diet I told the Clinical team at the hospital that I was fine with drinking 5 shakes a day and have been ever week since then.
During this past week I have also tried to stop my excessive water consumption (still 100+ ounces per day) by 7pm daily. This seems to help me not going to the bathroom 4 times in the middle of each night. However, I still usually go 1 time each night but I am getting more sleep!
Although a wet, cloudy, rainy and cold Monday it was another good day on the NutriMed system.
UGHHHHH….tomorrow’s clinical…
Dreary Monday---will the rain never stop?
I could hear the rain this morning as I was trying to wake up from a good nights sleep and really, really, really did not want to get up out of my warm bed, get in the rain and go to the fitness center this morning.
Well I did and of course after you finish working out, showing and then getting dressed you know that you are glad that you did!
My wife left for out of town (St. Louis) on another business trip this week so I won’t see her until Friday evening. I thought about moving my workout’s to after work but then I thought why? I like working out in the morning, I have my routine down, and I also get it over with for the day. So I am keeping my workouts in the AM.
I love being off for the weekends and looking forward to Saturday and Sunday’s each week but even after being on this damn’ diet for 7 weeks (8th starts tomorrow) I still find the weekends challenging. I know that it is because my daily routine is off and I have a lot more time on my hands then I do throughout each week but you would think after 7 weeks it would have changed.
Sometimes I even think that I need to add another shake on Saturday and Sunday because I feel like I need it. I don’t and I haven’t yet but I could add shake number 6 if I wanted too as you can have up to 6 shakes each day.
My 5 shakes Monday through Friday are enough and I do not even think that I could get the 6th one in even if I wanted to. That is why the 2nd week into this diet I told the Clinical team at the hospital that I was fine with drinking 5 shakes a day and have been ever week since then.
During this past week I have also tried to stop my excessive water consumption (still 100+ ounces per day) by 7pm daily. This seems to help me not going to the bathroom 4 times in the middle of each night. However, I still usually go 1 time each night but I am getting more sleep!
Although a wet, cloudy, rainy and cold Monday it was another good day on the NutriMed system.
UGHHHHH….tomorrow’s clinical…
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Day Fifty Five...
Sunday…
Wow, another busy morning working on the pool as we are trying to get the last of the leaves off of the bottom of the pool floor. We worked on the pool for almost 4 hours yesterday and another 3 hours today but it is finally finished and looks good. We need another 2 to 3 days for the shock, chlorine and water clarifier to take hold and then the 2010 swimming season is officially open at the Mason house. If it’s nice next week we will turn the heater on Thursday and Friday and will be swimming on Saturday!
I will need to get a new bathing suit this year as with my weight loss there is no way that it is going to fit me this year.
I am also having trouble finding dress pants and shirts in my closet that will somewhat fit me. Even when I put a belt on and pull extra tight I can’t keep a few of my pants pulled up. I was determined from the very beginning of this diet that I was not going to buy any new clothes until I lose all of my weight as I was not spending money on new clothes while still losing weight.
Well, I might have to rethink that comment as I don’t know if I am going to be able to wait until the last 15.5 pounds come off. I’ll get back to you on this.
I guess now that I think about it when you lose 41.5 pounds you have to expect that nothing is going to fit you.
I really don’t have a lot to talk about on the diet today as it is the same as every other day.
I have clinical in two days and then back to the fitness center in the morning. I have already packed my gym bag and I have my work clothes in my car for tomorrow morning. It’s easy if I get everything ready the night before as when I am trying to do this in the morning it takes too long as I try to get out of here by 5:55am.
Let’s see what this week brings with weight loss and then move on from there. I start my 8th week on NutriMed and glad that the end is almost near.
Wow, another busy morning working on the pool as we are trying to get the last of the leaves off of the bottom of the pool floor. We worked on the pool for almost 4 hours yesterday and another 3 hours today but it is finally finished and looks good. We need another 2 to 3 days for the shock, chlorine and water clarifier to take hold and then the 2010 swimming season is officially open at the Mason house. If it’s nice next week we will turn the heater on Thursday and Friday and will be swimming on Saturday!
I will need to get a new bathing suit this year as with my weight loss there is no way that it is going to fit me this year.
I am also having trouble finding dress pants and shirts in my closet that will somewhat fit me. Even when I put a belt on and pull extra tight I can’t keep a few of my pants pulled up. I was determined from the very beginning of this diet that I was not going to buy any new clothes until I lose all of my weight as I was not spending money on new clothes while still losing weight.
Well, I might have to rethink that comment as I don’t know if I am going to be able to wait until the last 15.5 pounds come off. I’ll get back to you on this.
I guess now that I think about it when you lose 41.5 pounds you have to expect that nothing is going to fit you.
I really don’t have a lot to talk about on the diet today as it is the same as every other day.
I have clinical in two days and then back to the fitness center in the morning. I have already packed my gym bag and I have my work clothes in my car for tomorrow morning. It’s easy if I get everything ready the night before as when I am trying to do this in the morning it takes too long as I try to get out of here by 5:55am.
Let’s see what this week brings with weight loss and then move on from there. I start my 8th week on NutriMed and glad that the end is almost near.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Day Fifty Four...
Saturday…
I slept in this morning for the first time in forever. I actually woke up when my oldest son left for work around 6:00am then I dozed off and on until my second son left for work at 7:30am and I thought that there is no reason to get up this early so I turned over, looked at my beautiful wife of 21 years and fell back to sleep.
I woke up at 10:45am! Wow, I must have been tired as I hardly ever, ever sleep that late. I think that it was my two weeks of getting up early and then working out every morning that finally caught up to me. It was worth it though as I got in two weeks of great workouts.
I got up and had a cup of coffee with Splenda and then a shake and a bottle of water. My wife and I worked on our pool for about 3-4 hours trying to get the leaves out as our winter cover had a hole in it and we did not know it so all of the leaves that were on top of the cover went to the shallow and deep end of the pool. The pool company opened the pool on Thursday and it has been up and running since but we had to get the leaves out and get it cleaned up. We got about 95% of it cleaned as we had to let the water settle down and could not see what to vacuum anymore. Our pool is fairly large at 16’ X 32’ rectangle and ranges from 2.5 feet to 9 feet deep.
It was time to quit anyway as the rain was coming quick.
During this time I had two more shakes and a few more bottles of water and now just have 2 shakes left to drink for the day. I am not sure if I am going to drink a lot more water today as I have already consumed 80+ ounces and I think that I am about watered out for today.
Not sure what we are doing the remainder of the day as it is pouring down rain and have no plans as of now.
I am starting to think of clinical today as it is only a few days away. Man, Tuesday’s come quick anymore. I am pretty sure that this is my last week of peeing in a cup and then I think that my next big event will be in two weeks (my 9th week) as I will have my body measurements taken. This will be the first time since my first day on this diet.
Gotta go…have a good Saturday….Jon
I slept in this morning for the first time in forever. I actually woke up when my oldest son left for work around 6:00am then I dozed off and on until my second son left for work at 7:30am and I thought that there is no reason to get up this early so I turned over, looked at my beautiful wife of 21 years and fell back to sleep.
I woke up at 10:45am! Wow, I must have been tired as I hardly ever, ever sleep that late. I think that it was my two weeks of getting up early and then working out every morning that finally caught up to me. It was worth it though as I got in two weeks of great workouts.
I got up and had a cup of coffee with Splenda and then a shake and a bottle of water. My wife and I worked on our pool for about 3-4 hours trying to get the leaves out as our winter cover had a hole in it and we did not know it so all of the leaves that were on top of the cover went to the shallow and deep end of the pool. The pool company opened the pool on Thursday and it has been up and running since but we had to get the leaves out and get it cleaned up. We got about 95% of it cleaned as we had to let the water settle down and could not see what to vacuum anymore. Our pool is fairly large at 16’ X 32’ rectangle and ranges from 2.5 feet to 9 feet deep.
It was time to quit anyway as the rain was coming quick.
During this time I had two more shakes and a few more bottles of water and now just have 2 shakes left to drink for the day. I am not sure if I am going to drink a lot more water today as I have already consumed 80+ ounces and I think that I am about watered out for today.
Not sure what we are doing the remainder of the day as it is pouring down rain and have no plans as of now.
I am starting to think of clinical today as it is only a few days away. Man, Tuesday’s come quick anymore. I am pretty sure that this is my last week of peeing in a cup and then I think that my next big event will be in two weeks (my 9th week) as I will have my body measurements taken. This will be the first time since my first day on this diet.
Gotta go…have a good Saturday….Jon
Friday, April 23, 2010
Day Fifty Three...
TGI-FRIDAY…
It’s been a really good week this week but I am glad it is over and the weekend is upon us.
I worked out bright and early this morning and now extremely happy with myself for working out 5 days this week in a row for 70 minutes a day. The weekend will be my rest session from working out and then I will be back in the fitness center at 6:30am on Monday morning to start another week.
I am not sure what our plans are for this weekend as I believe it is supposed to rain most of the time. We did have the pool company to come and open our pool yesterday so if the rain lets up we will probably work on it and get it ready for swimming season.
The shakes are still good and I am not having any problems on the NutriMed liquid diet. I actually have not had any difficulty at all while on this diet. I guess I am fortunate as I have been told that some people have intestinal issues that go along with this type of diet.
This past Tuesday April the 20th started my 7th week on NutriMed and although it has been good I am glad that I am on the downside of the diet. I am getting anxious to start the 5 week re-feed program after I get to my goal weight. I will meet with the hospital nutritionist and they will plan my days for me during this portion of the diet. I think the first week I will only have 4 shakes a day and 1 small meal. The second week you reduce down to 3 shakes a day and 2 small meals and so on and so on until you are at the end of your 5 weeks.
I will have more information on that when I get closer to the stage of my diet.
I think of it as a new chapter on the NutriMed diet and also a new chapter in my life.
It should be interesting to say the least and I am looking forward to this and the changes.
Have a great Friday evening everyone, till Saturday!
It’s been a really good week this week but I am glad it is over and the weekend is upon us.
I worked out bright and early this morning and now extremely happy with myself for working out 5 days this week in a row for 70 minutes a day. The weekend will be my rest session from working out and then I will be back in the fitness center at 6:30am on Monday morning to start another week.
I am not sure what our plans are for this weekend as I believe it is supposed to rain most of the time. We did have the pool company to come and open our pool yesterday so if the rain lets up we will probably work on it and get it ready for swimming season.
The shakes are still good and I am not having any problems on the NutriMed liquid diet. I actually have not had any difficulty at all while on this diet. I guess I am fortunate as I have been told that some people have intestinal issues that go along with this type of diet.
This past Tuesday April the 20th started my 7th week on NutriMed and although it has been good I am glad that I am on the downside of the diet. I am getting anxious to start the 5 week re-feed program after I get to my goal weight. I will meet with the hospital nutritionist and they will plan my days for me during this portion of the diet. I think the first week I will only have 4 shakes a day and 1 small meal. The second week you reduce down to 3 shakes a day and 2 small meals and so on and so on until you are at the end of your 5 weeks.
I will have more information on that when I get closer to the stage of my diet.
I think of it as a new chapter on the NutriMed diet and also a new chapter in my life.
It should be interesting to say the least and I am looking forward to this and the changes.
Have a great Friday evening everyone, till Saturday!
Thursday, April 22, 2010
DAY FIFTY TWO...
Thursday…
Ok, I’m getting tired now. I think my last two weeks of working out at 6:30am is starting to catch up to me.
I still enjoy the workouts in the morning, but man, I am feeling it!
I am still sore again today so I think that is part of my problem too. I will continue the workouts and now I guess will stop whining too.
This week has flown by and I cannot believe that it is Thursday already.
My blood pressure is still low but I have not been light headed in the mornings as I had been before my blood pressure medications were reduced.
I am still going strong on the NutriMed diet and each day is a no brainer. Drink shakes, drink water, exercise and good to go.
I will be heading back to the fitness center for the last time for this week tomorrow morning and I will definitely NOT be working out over the weekend. I guess I will hit it again hard next week, Monday through Friday as well.
You know as I reflect back on this diet it is really not that bad once you get used to it. The first couple of weeks are extremely difficult and hard but once you survive that it’s pretty uncomplicated.
I am so glad that I chose this route and if I had to do it all over again I would do the exact same thing. This is exactly what I needed to get me started on my weight loss program and I am very happy that I did. I continue each day to feel like a new man and proud of myself for sticking with it.
I will post more on Friday, my friends.
Ok, I’m getting tired now. I think my last two weeks of working out at 6:30am is starting to catch up to me.
I still enjoy the workouts in the morning, but man, I am feeling it!
I am still sore again today so I think that is part of my problem too. I will continue the workouts and now I guess will stop whining too.
This week has flown by and I cannot believe that it is Thursday already.
My blood pressure is still low but I have not been light headed in the mornings as I had been before my blood pressure medications were reduced.
I am still going strong on the NutriMed diet and each day is a no brainer. Drink shakes, drink water, exercise and good to go.
I will be heading back to the fitness center for the last time for this week tomorrow morning and I will definitely NOT be working out over the weekend. I guess I will hit it again hard next week, Monday through Friday as well.
You know as I reflect back on this diet it is really not that bad once you get used to it. The first couple of weeks are extremely difficult and hard but once you survive that it’s pretty uncomplicated.
I am so glad that I chose this route and if I had to do it all over again I would do the exact same thing. This is exactly what I needed to get me started on my weight loss program and I am very happy that I did. I continue each day to feel like a new man and proud of myself for sticking with it.
I will post more on Friday, my friends.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Day Fifty One...
Wednesday…
Well I was right…I am again sore, very sore from my last three days of working out at the fitness center.
About 40 minutes on the treadmill this morning and I told myself that I cannot make the last 5 minutes and that I just did not have it in me. I did make it and not sure why I was trying to psych myself out.
The fitness center will see me again on Thursday morning at 6:30am as well.
I am still pretty pleased about my 3.5 pound weight loss but I am more pleased to be closer to my goal weight of 188 pounds.
I think that the last time that I saw that weight was in my late teens or very early twenties.
I would love to be at my goal weight before my 50th Birthday but not sure if that is going to happen or not. You would think that 15.5 pounds would not be a lot to get off, but I think that it is going to be a s-t-r-u-g-g-l-e. It’s not for the lack of trying but as I said in my post yesterday, the weight is getting harder and harder each week to get off. My 50th is May 21st and fast approaching!
I was told at Clinical last night that I only have one more week to pee in their cup and then that part will be over. They also told me that I will be measured on my 9th week. The last time that I was measured was the day that I started this diet on March 1, 2010
It will be interesting to see my measurements. I think that they measured my neck, chest, arms, waist, legs, hips and calf’s. They also took a picture that day and they let me see it last night. WOW what a difference and I am so mad at myself for letting me get that big.
How embarrassing, but factual.
I also took about 4 pictures on my BlackBerry on March 1st and they are worse then the picture that the hospital took as I am only in shorts. I can hardly stand looking at them.
I thought about keeping the photos of me on the treadmill to look at and keep me motivated but just the visual picture that I have in my mind after looking at those God awful photo’s is enough to keep me going for a long, long, long time! LOL
Today was another good day on the NutriMed diet and looking forward to Thursday.
Happy Wednesday and hump-day everyone…
Well I was right…I am again sore, very sore from my last three days of working out at the fitness center.
About 40 minutes on the treadmill this morning and I told myself that I cannot make the last 5 minutes and that I just did not have it in me. I did make it and not sure why I was trying to psych myself out.
The fitness center will see me again on Thursday morning at 6:30am as well.
I am still pretty pleased about my 3.5 pound weight loss but I am more pleased to be closer to my goal weight of 188 pounds.
I think that the last time that I saw that weight was in my late teens or very early twenties.
I would love to be at my goal weight before my 50th Birthday but not sure if that is going to happen or not. You would think that 15.5 pounds would not be a lot to get off, but I think that it is going to be a s-t-r-u-g-g-l-e. It’s not for the lack of trying but as I said in my post yesterday, the weight is getting harder and harder each week to get off. My 50th is May 21st and fast approaching!
I was told at Clinical last night that I only have one more week to pee in their cup and then that part will be over. They also told me that I will be measured on my 9th week. The last time that I was measured was the day that I started this diet on March 1, 2010
It will be interesting to see my measurements. I think that they measured my neck, chest, arms, waist, legs, hips and calf’s. They also took a picture that day and they let me see it last night. WOW what a difference and I am so mad at myself for letting me get that big.
How embarrassing, but factual.
I also took about 4 pictures on my BlackBerry on March 1st and they are worse then the picture that the hospital took as I am only in shorts. I can hardly stand looking at them.
I thought about keeping the photos of me on the treadmill to look at and keep me motivated but just the visual picture that I have in my mind after looking at those God awful photo’s is enough to keep me going for a long, long, long time! LOL
Today was another good day on the NutriMed diet and looking forward to Thursday.
Happy Wednesday and hump-day everyone…
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
DAY FIFTY...
Tuesday…
I went to the fitness center this morning and worked out from 6:30am to 7:45am and I could really feel the soreness from yesterday’s workout and I am sure that I am going to be sore again tomorrow.
A couple of my blog followers notified me that I did not post on Sunday. I can assure you that I did and I am not sure where the post went. This is the first time that this has ever happened. And from what I can remember it was a pretty good post too! LOL
Well as you know it is Tuesday and clinical day at St. E’s and the Tuesday routine remains the same.
Sign in, grab your chart, complete your weekly profile sheet, wait to be called by the Nurse, pee in a cup, go into a private observation room to drop off you keys, cell phones, etc and then walk down the hallway to the big bariatric scale at the end of the corridor.
You then wait for the scale to reset to “0” zero and then you get on…AUGHHHHHHH!
OK and this week’s magic number is…3.5 pounds lost for a total loss of 41.5 pounds. My current weight is 203.5 pounds and I have 15.5 pounds to go…It’s really getting hard to post a “big” number anymore. Oh well a loss is a loss and I am happy!
After you go back into your private observation room the nurse takes your blood pressure, reviews your chart and then discusses any concerns or just general information as you progress on the liquid diet regiment.
The last and final step for the evening (if not labs are due) is to go to the counter and purchase your week’s supply of the NutriMed shake system, pay and go.
Now you have a week to wait until you start this all over again.
The life and times of the NutriMed participant! LOL
I went to the fitness center this morning and worked out from 6:30am to 7:45am and I could really feel the soreness from yesterday’s workout and I am sure that I am going to be sore again tomorrow.
A couple of my blog followers notified me that I did not post on Sunday. I can assure you that I did and I am not sure where the post went. This is the first time that this has ever happened. And from what I can remember it was a pretty good post too! LOL
Well as you know it is Tuesday and clinical day at St. E’s and the Tuesday routine remains the same.
Sign in, grab your chart, complete your weekly profile sheet, wait to be called by the Nurse, pee in a cup, go into a private observation room to drop off you keys, cell phones, etc and then walk down the hallway to the big bariatric scale at the end of the corridor.
You then wait for the scale to reset to “0” zero and then you get on…AUGHHHHHHH!
OK and this week’s magic number is…3.5 pounds lost for a total loss of 41.5 pounds. My current weight is 203.5 pounds and I have 15.5 pounds to go…It’s really getting hard to post a “big” number anymore. Oh well a loss is a loss and I am happy!
After you go back into your private observation room the nurse takes your blood pressure, reviews your chart and then discusses any concerns or just general information as you progress on the liquid diet regiment.
The last and final step for the evening (if not labs are due) is to go to the counter and purchase your week’s supply of the NutriMed shake system, pay and go.
Now you have a week to wait until you start this all over again.
The life and times of the NutriMed participant! LOL
Monday, April 19, 2010
Day Fourty Nine...
Monday…
I had to go to Columbus today for business and whenever I have a day trip since I have been on the NutriMed diet I have to plan out my shakes while I am driving.
I packed a cooler with 4 bottles of water and 2 pre-mixed shakes. It actually works out pretty good as long as the shakes stay cold. Believe me you do not want to drink the shakes if warm.
I drank a shake this morning around 7 before I left for my trip and then had a shake going to Columbus and then another shake on my back from Columbus. That makes three with two more to have this evening.
I also stopped at the fitness center on my way back to workout since I couldn’t get there this morning before work.
I increased my cardio time to 40 minutes and can feel the difference all over my body now as I sit and type this.
I am still working out on the gym equipment (no free weights) for about 30 minutes and now 40 minutes on the cardio stuff. Anyway, it is a good 70 minute workout and I am hoping to get Tuesday thru Friday in this week and then not go 1 time over the weekend.
Tomorrow is dreaded Tuesday-Clinical day and you just never know how it is going to go.
Another week without cheating or eating anything, still drinking my 5 shakes a day, 100 + ounces of water and 1 diet Ginger Ale at night. I know, I know, same old boring routine. I guess someone would say that I am in a “rut” but not a lot of variety or choices when you are on this kind of strict diet!
I will post after my clinical visit tomorrow evening and let you know the good or the bad.
Till then, bye!
I had to go to Columbus today for business and whenever I have a day trip since I have been on the NutriMed diet I have to plan out my shakes while I am driving.
I packed a cooler with 4 bottles of water and 2 pre-mixed shakes. It actually works out pretty good as long as the shakes stay cold. Believe me you do not want to drink the shakes if warm.
I drank a shake this morning around 7 before I left for my trip and then had a shake going to Columbus and then another shake on my back from Columbus. That makes three with two more to have this evening.
I also stopped at the fitness center on my way back to workout since I couldn’t get there this morning before work.
I increased my cardio time to 40 minutes and can feel the difference all over my body now as I sit and type this.
I am still working out on the gym equipment (no free weights) for about 30 minutes and now 40 minutes on the cardio stuff. Anyway, it is a good 70 minute workout and I am hoping to get Tuesday thru Friday in this week and then not go 1 time over the weekend.
Tomorrow is dreaded Tuesday-Clinical day and you just never know how it is going to go.
Another week without cheating or eating anything, still drinking my 5 shakes a day, 100 + ounces of water and 1 diet Ginger Ale at night. I know, I know, same old boring routine. I guess someone would say that I am in a “rut” but not a lot of variety or choices when you are on this kind of strict diet!
I will post after my clinical visit tomorrow evening and let you know the good or the bad.
Till then, bye!
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Day Fourty Seven...
Saturday…
Last night we met a few neighbors at the Independence Buffalo Wild Rings and had an early Birthday celebration for my wife. It was a fun evening for all. I guess there were around 18 of us and it was a good evening drinking, eating and laughing for a few hours.
Everyone’s food looked good and I enjoyed a glass of unsweetened Iced-tea with lemon and sweet n low.
Now before my diet I would have ordered 12 Teriyaki wings and a side order of potato wedges with cheese with ranch dressing to dip the wedges in and a large glass of Pepsi.
As I was sitting there (and apparently my food mentality has changed) I would have considered the following two options for my dinner choice.
Option 1 - Salad with grilled chicken breast and whatever light dressing that they had with a glass of unsweetened Iced-tea, lemon and sweet n low.
Option 2 – Naked (grilled) chicken breast on a stick with a dipping sauce on the side (so I can control how much sauce I eat) and a side salad with light dressing, unsweetened Iced-tea, lemon and sweet n low.
I think both choices sound pretty good to me. Of course they do, as it is food, and something that I have not had in 48 days!
Now I have also thought about maybe as a “treat” that I would allow myself to have the potato wedges, cheese and ranch. I would need to decrease my calorie intake for that day if I knew that I was going to eat that at night. This would be an occasional treat for me and not something that I would consume that often.
Not a lot going on here Saturday. My wife and I went to Ace to get some pool chemicals to open our pool; we went through the drive thru and the new Frisch’s to get her a big boy and vanilla coke and then we came home and began to work on our pool.
I’ve had three shakes today and then also went up to the drug store to get a pill cutter to cut my pills in half as they are too small and too hard to break by my hand.
We have an 18 Birthday party to go to tonight for one of our closest neighbors and will enjoy the evening with friends.
I am going to workout in the morning at Bally’s around 8 (when they open) and once I leave I am going to Lowes to get some Miracle Grow topsoil to plant the 9 yellow hedge rose bushes that I got my wife as one of her 4 Birthday presents.
My plan is to work in the yard all day on Sunday and then relax Sunday evening and spend it with my family.
Have a good weekend…Jon
Last night we met a few neighbors at the Independence Buffalo Wild Rings and had an early Birthday celebration for my wife. It was a fun evening for all. I guess there were around 18 of us and it was a good evening drinking, eating and laughing for a few hours.
Everyone’s food looked good and I enjoyed a glass of unsweetened Iced-tea with lemon and sweet n low.
Now before my diet I would have ordered 12 Teriyaki wings and a side order of potato wedges with cheese with ranch dressing to dip the wedges in and a large glass of Pepsi.
As I was sitting there (and apparently my food mentality has changed) I would have considered the following two options for my dinner choice.
Option 1 - Salad with grilled chicken breast and whatever light dressing that they had with a glass of unsweetened Iced-tea, lemon and sweet n low.
Option 2 – Naked (grilled) chicken breast on a stick with a dipping sauce on the side (so I can control how much sauce I eat) and a side salad with light dressing, unsweetened Iced-tea, lemon and sweet n low.
I think both choices sound pretty good to me. Of course they do, as it is food, and something that I have not had in 48 days!
Now I have also thought about maybe as a “treat” that I would allow myself to have the potato wedges, cheese and ranch. I would need to decrease my calorie intake for that day if I knew that I was going to eat that at night. This would be an occasional treat for me and not something that I would consume that often.
Not a lot going on here Saturday. My wife and I went to Ace to get some pool chemicals to open our pool; we went through the drive thru and the new Frisch’s to get her a big boy and vanilla coke and then we came home and began to work on our pool.
I’ve had three shakes today and then also went up to the drug store to get a pill cutter to cut my pills in half as they are too small and too hard to break by my hand.
We have an 18 Birthday party to go to tonight for one of our closest neighbors and will enjoy the evening with friends.
I am going to workout in the morning at Bally’s around 8 (when they open) and once I leave I am going to Lowes to get some Miracle Grow topsoil to plant the 9 yellow hedge rose bushes that I got my wife as one of her 4 Birthday presents.
My plan is to work in the yard all day on Sunday and then relax Sunday evening and spend it with my family.
Have a good weekend…Jon
Friday, April 16, 2010
Day Fourty Six...
Friday, Friday, Friday…
I worked out this morning at the fitness center and did 30 minutes of gym equipment for my upper body and then 35 minutes of a cardio workout on the treadmill and spinning bike. I walk right by that damn elliptical (sp?) climber row as I hate that piece of equipment and currently refuse to get on it!
I could not figure out why I am so sore this week and then realized today that I added an additional 10 pounds of weights on the gym equipment on Monday. I guess that will do it to you.
I had a great day at work and looking forward to the weekend with my wife and kids (if their around?). My wife’s 40th Birthday is Monday and I have designed this weekend to give her a present a day until Monday. Today she will get my first present, Saturday the second and then Sunday the third and final. I have to do it this way as I am out of town on business on Monday and will not be in the office with her.
There was actually a 4th present but she knows about that one and we are awaiting its delivery any day now. I ordered her 9 yellow (her favorite color) hedge rose bushes and I am going to plant them for her around our pool equipment and grill area in our backyard.
Hey, she deserves everything that I can give her for putting up with the likes of me for 21 years!
Now getting back to my diet I am a little worried that I am not going to be able to wait much longer for new clothes. As I said in an earlier blog my clothes are now falling off of me. I put on a pair of jeans today and they are huge all over butt, legs, thighs and especially the waist. I can pull the waist out about 4 inches from my waistline. Yes, I am a very happy camper and this is what I have been working so hard to see.
THANK YOU NutriMed, THANK YOU Bally’s as both have changed my life dramatically.
Till Saturday everyone, have a good weekend! Jon
I worked out this morning at the fitness center and did 30 minutes of gym equipment for my upper body and then 35 minutes of a cardio workout on the treadmill and spinning bike. I walk right by that damn elliptical (sp?) climber row as I hate that piece of equipment and currently refuse to get on it!
I could not figure out why I am so sore this week and then realized today that I added an additional 10 pounds of weights on the gym equipment on Monday. I guess that will do it to you.
I had a great day at work and looking forward to the weekend with my wife and kids (if their around?). My wife’s 40th Birthday is Monday and I have designed this weekend to give her a present a day until Monday. Today she will get my first present, Saturday the second and then Sunday the third and final. I have to do it this way as I am out of town on business on Monday and will not be in the office with her.
There was actually a 4th present but she knows about that one and we are awaiting its delivery any day now. I ordered her 9 yellow (her favorite color) hedge rose bushes and I am going to plant them for her around our pool equipment and grill area in our backyard.
Hey, she deserves everything that I can give her for putting up with the likes of me for 21 years!
Now getting back to my diet I am a little worried that I am not going to be able to wait much longer for new clothes. As I said in an earlier blog my clothes are now falling off of me. I put on a pair of jeans today and they are huge all over butt, legs, thighs and especially the waist. I can pull the waist out about 4 inches from my waistline. Yes, I am a very happy camper and this is what I have been working so hard to see.
THANK YOU NutriMed, THANK YOU Bally’s as both have changed my life dramatically.
Till Saturday everyone, have a good weekend! Jon
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Day Fourty Five...
Thursday…
I must admit that I decided not to go to the fitness center today as I am sore and did not want to hurt anything and then not being able to workout.
I will be at the fitness center bright and early Friday morning before work.
It was a great day today and really not a lot to report.
My blood pressure was extremely low this morning registering at 105/63
I reduced my pills yesterday and think that I will probably have to purchase a pill cutter as a couple of them were a $#%@ to cut in half! LOL
I hope that after I am on the new dosage that my blood pressure will kinda’ level out and then maybe, just maybe I can get off of all of my meds or at least half.
The jury is still out on the high cholesterol prescription that I take each evening as they have not reduced that one yet or told me that I could quit taking. I had blood work this past Tuesday at the hospital but I am not sure if they can determine my cholesterol level with the type of blood work that was requested.
I will ask that question next week at clinical.
As you can probably guess that all of my clothes and I mean all of my clothes are not fitting me very well but I am not wasting the money until I get the 19 pounds off of me.
My belt is pulled so tight that the front of my pants and the back of my pants waist is puckering.
All of my dress pants always had pleats in the front and I can now say that I do not need pants with pleats! I think that when I do buy new pants they will be flat fronts. Wow, I would have never imagined that I would be wearing flat front pants. Good bye, sweet pleats that hide your belly fat, but I will not need you again!
You know how dress shirt seams are supposed to be on a man’s shoulders, well mine have decided to go south and down the arm. The seams are now about 2 inches off of my shoulder. Even my sleeve cuffs are hanging around my knuckles. I swear I look like “little orphan Jon”! LOL
It’s all good…the diet, the exercise, the weight loss, the new body emerging. I have the love and support of my family, my extended family, my friends and co-workers. I will say it again…IT’S ALL GOOD!
I must admit that I decided not to go to the fitness center today as I am sore and did not want to hurt anything and then not being able to workout.
I will be at the fitness center bright and early Friday morning before work.
It was a great day today and really not a lot to report.
My blood pressure was extremely low this morning registering at 105/63
I reduced my pills yesterday and think that I will probably have to purchase a pill cutter as a couple of them were a $#%@ to cut in half! LOL
I hope that after I am on the new dosage that my blood pressure will kinda’ level out and then maybe, just maybe I can get off of all of my meds or at least half.
The jury is still out on the high cholesterol prescription that I take each evening as they have not reduced that one yet or told me that I could quit taking. I had blood work this past Tuesday at the hospital but I am not sure if they can determine my cholesterol level with the type of blood work that was requested.
I will ask that question next week at clinical.
As you can probably guess that all of my clothes and I mean all of my clothes are not fitting me very well but I am not wasting the money until I get the 19 pounds off of me.
My belt is pulled so tight that the front of my pants and the back of my pants waist is puckering.
All of my dress pants always had pleats in the front and I can now say that I do not need pants with pleats! I think that when I do buy new pants they will be flat fronts. Wow, I would have never imagined that I would be wearing flat front pants. Good bye, sweet pleats that hide your belly fat, but I will not need you again!
You know how dress shirt seams are supposed to be on a man’s shoulders, well mine have decided to go south and down the arm. The seams are now about 2 inches off of my shoulder. Even my sleeve cuffs are hanging around my knuckles. I swear I look like “little orphan Jon”! LOL
It’s all good…the diet, the exercise, the weight loss, the new body emerging. I have the love and support of my family, my extended family, my friends and co-workers. I will say it again…IT’S ALL GOOD!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Day Fourty Four...
Wednesday…
I got up early again this morning 5:45am to go to the fitness center to workout.
I like this time in the morning and the fitness center is not really crowded at all.
I guess there were around 20 people there while I was working out this morning.
I did hit a snag in the shower for some reason. The facility has 8 shower stalls and they were all being used about the time I was ready to take my shower about 7:50am.
So I wait in the “holding” area and then maybe I became a little impatient as I was standing there I could here a few men just talking and laughing about I don’t know what. My point is that there were other people waiting to take a shower and they were all yakking like they were at a baby shower. I need to get showed and get to work! I finally got in and had to take a quick shower (I think I cleaned everything? LOL) and got dressed and out of there.
Now that I think of it, it was kinda of comical. Like I said, I think that I was just impatient.
I have found to be a little sore as the day progressed on and contribute it to my last 3 days of working out.
I truly want to get the rest of this weight off (19 pounds) and get off of the liquid diet. I guess I am trying to work extra hard at the fitness center each day to accomplish this. I’m not complaining about the NutriMed diet or even that it is a completely liquid diet. I am just ready to be done and start my new life eating sensible foods and working out at least 3 times per week.
My arm is black and blue from the lab work completed on me last night but other than that it was a good day.
The rest of the day was good and nothing new to report on the NutriMed diet today.
Happy “hump” day everyone-
I got up early again this morning 5:45am to go to the fitness center to workout.
I like this time in the morning and the fitness center is not really crowded at all.
I guess there were around 20 people there while I was working out this morning.
I did hit a snag in the shower for some reason. The facility has 8 shower stalls and they were all being used about the time I was ready to take my shower about 7:50am.
So I wait in the “holding” area and then maybe I became a little impatient as I was standing there I could here a few men just talking and laughing about I don’t know what. My point is that there were other people waiting to take a shower and they were all yakking like they were at a baby shower. I need to get showed and get to work! I finally got in and had to take a quick shower (I think I cleaned everything? LOL) and got dressed and out of there.
Now that I think of it, it was kinda of comical. Like I said, I think that I was just impatient.
I have found to be a little sore as the day progressed on and contribute it to my last 3 days of working out.
I truly want to get the rest of this weight off (19 pounds) and get off of the liquid diet. I guess I am trying to work extra hard at the fitness center each day to accomplish this. I’m not complaining about the NutriMed diet or even that it is a completely liquid diet. I am just ready to be done and start my new life eating sensible foods and working out at least 3 times per week.
My arm is black and blue from the lab work completed on me last night but other than that it was a good day.
The rest of the day was good and nothing new to report on the NutriMed diet today.
Happy “hump” day everyone-
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Day Fourty Three...
Tuesday…
It’s hospital, clinical day today…already?
Well I received great news this morning from my Doctor’s office as they decreased another one of my blood pressure prescriptions in half and also reduced a prescription that was reduced a couple of weeks ago in half again.
I am hopeful that in the next couple of weeks I can get off of maybe one or two of my blood pressure prescriptions all together. If so, then that will leave me down to two prescriptions. Yeah~~~
I worked out at the fitness center this morning from 6:30am to 7:40am and then grabbed a quick shower and headed into the office. I really, really enjoy working out in the mornings but hate not to workout in the evenings after work to save me some drive time or lack of drive time in traffic from Blue Ash to Independence.
I may have to rethink this and start working out in the mornings. I don’t know as I am torn between the two options.
I guess it’s time to “fess” up to my hospital clinical visit today so here goes~~~~~~
It was another good week for me as I lost another 4 pounds. My total weight loss in my first 6 weeks is now 38 pounds. My current weight is 207 pounds with 19 more pounds to lose.
I also had lab work this week and I feel it was a good clinical visit!
I am officially ended my 6th week on the NutriMed diet and as of today it is the beginning of my 7th week.
It’s hospital, clinical day today…already?
Well I received great news this morning from my Doctor’s office as they decreased another one of my blood pressure prescriptions in half and also reduced a prescription that was reduced a couple of weeks ago in half again.
I am hopeful that in the next couple of weeks I can get off of maybe one or two of my blood pressure prescriptions all together. If so, then that will leave me down to two prescriptions. Yeah~~~
I worked out at the fitness center this morning from 6:30am to 7:40am and then grabbed a quick shower and headed into the office. I really, really enjoy working out in the mornings but hate not to workout in the evenings after work to save me some drive time or lack of drive time in traffic from Blue Ash to Independence.
I may have to rethink this and start working out in the mornings. I don’t know as I am torn between the two options.
I guess it’s time to “fess” up to my hospital clinical visit today so here goes~~~~~~
It was another good week for me as I lost another 4 pounds. My total weight loss in my first 6 weeks is now 38 pounds. My current weight is 207 pounds with 19 more pounds to lose.
I also had lab work this week and I feel it was a good clinical visit!
I am officially ended my 6th week on the NutriMed diet and as of today it is the beginning of my 7th week.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Day Fourty Two...
Monday…
I had to change my workout plans today at the fitness center as I had to come home early due to our kitchen, dining room, hall, foyer and powder room hardwood floors are being refinished.
I decided that I would just use our treadmill here at the house and then go into the fitness center around 6:30am on Tuesday morning.
We have a really good treadmill and the workout was fine but I have gotten so used to the treadmills at Bally’s that it is just not the same.
I mean a workout is a workout so I still feel satisfied! However, I did miss the gym equipment today but maybe it was for the best as I was still a little sore from my workout on Saturday morning and my yard work on Sunday.
I sent my blood pressure readings to my Doctor this morning and the nurse called back to say that they received my fax and that the Doctor would review it and someone would get back to me within the day.
I’m still waiting for the call and I assume now that I will receive it on Tuesday morning.
I am anxious to see what his decision is and hope that it is a reduction again.
Well one more day until Clinical and then I can say that another week is behind me.
The NutriMed diet is so easy now that it is just a way of life for me.
I am really glad that the whole diet (12 weeks) was not like the first two weeks or it would have been “pure living hell”!
I guess what I am saying is if anyone else goes on this diet and you can make it past the first two weeks then you should see it getting easier and easier with each passing week.
Now remember, I have not cheated one bit so I have completely forgotten about tasting food. If you do cheat, this would probably make the diet harder due to the fact that you are drinking shakes and also eating. I am sure that this would cut down on your weight loss too and keep your body messed up as it does not know what you are doing. Losing weight on a liquid diet or eating or both?
I’m guess I am looking forward to Clinical as I have no choice and hope for the best.
Come on three pounds…at least-----LOL
I had to change my workout plans today at the fitness center as I had to come home early due to our kitchen, dining room, hall, foyer and powder room hardwood floors are being refinished.
I decided that I would just use our treadmill here at the house and then go into the fitness center around 6:30am on Tuesday morning.
We have a really good treadmill and the workout was fine but I have gotten so used to the treadmills at Bally’s that it is just not the same.
I mean a workout is a workout so I still feel satisfied! However, I did miss the gym equipment today but maybe it was for the best as I was still a little sore from my workout on Saturday morning and my yard work on Sunday.
I sent my blood pressure readings to my Doctor this morning and the nurse called back to say that they received my fax and that the Doctor would review it and someone would get back to me within the day.
I’m still waiting for the call and I assume now that I will receive it on Tuesday morning.
I am anxious to see what his decision is and hope that it is a reduction again.
Well one more day until Clinical and then I can say that another week is behind me.
The NutriMed diet is so easy now that it is just a way of life for me.
I am really glad that the whole diet (12 weeks) was not like the first two weeks or it would have been “pure living hell”!
I guess what I am saying is if anyone else goes on this diet and you can make it past the first two weeks then you should see it getting easier and easier with each passing week.
Now remember, I have not cheated one bit so I have completely forgotten about tasting food. If you do cheat, this would probably make the diet harder due to the fact that you are drinking shakes and also eating. I am sure that this would cut down on your weight loss too and keep your body messed up as it does not know what you are doing. Losing weight on a liquid diet or eating or both?
I’m guess I am looking forward to Clinical as I have no choice and hope for the best.
Come on three pounds…at least-----LOL
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Day Fourty One...
Sunday, beautiful Sunday...
Last night before going to bed I had a severe nose bleed that lasted about 20 minutes.
I thought that it had stopped as I waited about another half hour before going to bed and then I get in bed and it starts all over again. Now typically I do not have a lot of sinus or allergy problems and I am not sure if that was the cause of my nose bleed or not.
My wife said that it could be my blood pressure and that she wants me to call my doctor on Monday. I was going to anyway, as this past week I have had some other issues with my blood pressure as I noted in my daily blog. So it is indeed time to make a doctor call.
I’ve had 3 shakes today and did not go to the fitness center as I have already gone 5 times this week and also worked out in the back yard around the pool most of the day.
My day started going to Lowes to get a few things and then on my way home I stopped and got the family (well, the ones who were here anyway) some lunch.
After getting home I immediately started working in the mulch beds, digging up and splitting up some flowers, moved a couple of bushes and trimmed a couple of our trees.
It was the first day since being on the NutriMed diet that I have really done a lot of physical work (besides the fitness center) and I think I did pretty well.
I still have no loss of energy while being on the NutriMed diet and seem to be handling daily activities really good.
I went with my wife to the sun bed this afternoon for the first time since last June when I was getting ready for our 20 anniversary trip to Cabo San Lucas. Oh, Cabo, what I wouldn’t do to be there again.
It felt good to start getting a tan as the winter has been pretty harsh on me as I look at my skin and I am ghost white. I bought an unlimited month package and will probably go the nights after I go to the fitness center which is at least 4 days per week.
Well I am already thinking about Tuesday and clinical as I always start getting a little anxious for the weekly big day.
Oh well, like I say most of the time, I haven’t cheated, I worked out and stuck to the NutriMed diet 100%, so what will be, will be as I could not have done anything more.
I hope everyone had a great weekend and could enjoy the beautiful spring weather.
Till tomorrow…Jon
Last night before going to bed I had a severe nose bleed that lasted about 20 minutes.
I thought that it had stopped as I waited about another half hour before going to bed and then I get in bed and it starts all over again. Now typically I do not have a lot of sinus or allergy problems and I am not sure if that was the cause of my nose bleed or not.
My wife said that it could be my blood pressure and that she wants me to call my doctor on Monday. I was going to anyway, as this past week I have had some other issues with my blood pressure as I noted in my daily blog. So it is indeed time to make a doctor call.
I’ve had 3 shakes today and did not go to the fitness center as I have already gone 5 times this week and also worked out in the back yard around the pool most of the day.
My day started going to Lowes to get a few things and then on my way home I stopped and got the family (well, the ones who were here anyway) some lunch.
After getting home I immediately started working in the mulch beds, digging up and splitting up some flowers, moved a couple of bushes and trimmed a couple of our trees.
It was the first day since being on the NutriMed diet that I have really done a lot of physical work (besides the fitness center) and I think I did pretty well.
I still have no loss of energy while being on the NutriMed diet and seem to be handling daily activities really good.
I went with my wife to the sun bed this afternoon for the first time since last June when I was getting ready for our 20 anniversary trip to Cabo San Lucas. Oh, Cabo, what I wouldn’t do to be there again.
It felt good to start getting a tan as the winter has been pretty harsh on me as I look at my skin and I am ghost white. I bought an unlimited month package and will probably go the nights after I go to the fitness center which is at least 4 days per week.
Well I am already thinking about Tuesday and clinical as I always start getting a little anxious for the weekly big day.
Oh well, like I say most of the time, I haven’t cheated, I worked out and stuck to the NutriMed diet 100%, so what will be, will be as I could not have done anything more.
I hope everyone had a great weekend and could enjoy the beautiful spring weather.
Till tomorrow…Jon
Saturday, April 10, 2010
DAY FOURTY...
Saturday…
I started my day at the fitness center and worked out for 1 hour. It was a great workout and I always feel good for the rest of the day with a morning workout.
I stopped on the way home to get my wife and daughter McDonald’s breakfast and I treated myself to a cup of decaf coffee from McDonalds with two Splenda packets and a ½ serving of half and half.
I had already had a shake before leaving to workout and also had a shake when I got home before getting into the shower.
My wife, daughter and I went prom dress shopping again and to our delight, she found one.
We met my mother in-law at the mall for this big event and then went to the mall food court. My wife and mother in-law ate at The Great Steak and Fry Company while my daughter chose Gold Star Chili. I found a place that made fresh squeezed lemon-aid with no sugar. It was refreshing however I had to add a couple of packets of Splenda as it was really tart, but good.
We had a great Saturday and looking forward to see what Sunday brings. I think that I am going to work in the yard and hopefully enjoy the sunny, warm day.
I started my day at the fitness center and worked out for 1 hour. It was a great workout and I always feel good for the rest of the day with a morning workout.
I stopped on the way home to get my wife and daughter McDonald’s breakfast and I treated myself to a cup of decaf coffee from McDonalds with two Splenda packets and a ½ serving of half and half.
I had already had a shake before leaving to workout and also had a shake when I got home before getting into the shower.
My wife, daughter and I went prom dress shopping again and to our delight, she found one.
We met my mother in-law at the mall for this big event and then went to the mall food court. My wife and mother in-law ate at The Great Steak and Fry Company while my daughter chose Gold Star Chili. I found a place that made fresh squeezed lemon-aid with no sugar. It was refreshing however I had to add a couple of packets of Splenda as it was really tart, but good.
We had a great Saturday and looking forward to see what Sunday brings. I think that I am going to work in the yard and hopefully enjoy the sunny, warm day.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Day Thirty Nine...
Friday…
I was off work today and had to take my oldest son to a campus visit of Gateway.
All three kids had dentist appointments too so my day off was pretty much shot.
Hey listen, a day off is a day off.
No new news on the diet either, same ole’, same ole’-
My blood pressure was still pretty low again this morning and will call my doctor on Monday.
Apparently today was a restaurant visit day with my son as he seemed to be hungry most of the day.
After the dentist visit this morning he wanted Frisch’s. And you know how I love Frisch’s as it is one of my favorite places to eat. I sat there and watched him eat a Big Boy, Fries and a vanilla coke while I drank a glass of unsweetened tea with lemon.
Then after our campus visit he wanted White Castles. So, I stopped a White Castles and he got 4 cheeseburgers, onion chips and a vault. I really must be dedicated to this “damn diet” as he asked if it would be OK for him to eat in the car while I was driving. It was OK by me, but when we got home I had to drink my fourth shake for the day and hope that it would fill me up. LOL
It has been a good day and now waiting to see if my wife has made any plans for the evening.
I’m OK either way if we stay home or if she wants to go out and get some wings or beer that would be fine with me too. As always, I will get water with lemon or an Ice-tea and enjoy the conversation, company and time with my better half.
Till tomorrow, Jon out!
I was off work today and had to take my oldest son to a campus visit of Gateway.
All three kids had dentist appointments too so my day off was pretty much shot.
Hey listen, a day off is a day off.
No new news on the diet either, same ole’, same ole’-
My blood pressure was still pretty low again this morning and will call my doctor on Monday.
Apparently today was a restaurant visit day with my son as he seemed to be hungry most of the day.
After the dentist visit this morning he wanted Frisch’s. And you know how I love Frisch’s as it is one of my favorite places to eat. I sat there and watched him eat a Big Boy, Fries and a vanilla coke while I drank a glass of unsweetened tea with lemon.
Then after our campus visit he wanted White Castles. So, I stopped a White Castles and he got 4 cheeseburgers, onion chips and a vault. I really must be dedicated to this “damn diet” as he asked if it would be OK for him to eat in the car while I was driving. It was OK by me, but when we got home I had to drink my fourth shake for the day and hope that it would fill me up. LOL
It has been a good day and now waiting to see if my wife has made any plans for the evening.
I’m OK either way if we stay home or if she wants to go out and get some wings or beer that would be fine with me too. As always, I will get water with lemon or an Ice-tea and enjoy the conversation, company and time with my better half.
Till tomorrow, Jon out!
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Day Thirty Eight...
Thursday, rainy and cold…(what the heck?)
I cannot believe that I was sore again this morning from my workout at the fitness center.
I guess due to the fact that it is the first time that I have worked out 3 days in a row. I can only imagine as to how I will feel tomorrow as I worked out again today.
My smaller “love handles” hurt, my smaller “man boobs” hurt and my smaller stomach hurts. I guess I am doing something right. No pain, no gain. Ouch!
It has been a really good week on the NutriMed system and looking forward to the weekend. They do not even bother me anymore. As I have said before, you can get use to just about anything.
I noticed that my blood pressure must have been a little too low this morning as I was again woozy when I got up from the bed. I took my blood pressure reading about 10 minutes later and it was registering 110/64.
I think that I will send my last two weeks of blood pressure readings (I have listed on an excel doc) to my Doctor next week to see if I need to either get off of the two blood pressure prescriptions that he reduced by half a couple of weeks ago or if there will be changes in my other two blood pressure prescriptions. Heck, he may make no changes at all. This will be at the top of my agenda on Monday to get this information to him.
He has still not asked to see me and I hope that he doesn’t until my 12 weeks of dieting is up. I think that he will be pleasantly surprised by me.
When I do go to see him this will be the first time in 14 years that I will not be afraid to get on the scale or to listen to him tell me that “I HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT, SOME WAY, SOME HOW”!
Oh, for that day!
I cannot believe that I was sore again this morning from my workout at the fitness center.
I guess due to the fact that it is the first time that I have worked out 3 days in a row. I can only imagine as to how I will feel tomorrow as I worked out again today.
My smaller “love handles” hurt, my smaller “man boobs” hurt and my smaller stomach hurts. I guess I am doing something right. No pain, no gain. Ouch!
It has been a really good week on the NutriMed system and looking forward to the weekend. They do not even bother me anymore. As I have said before, you can get use to just about anything.
I noticed that my blood pressure must have been a little too low this morning as I was again woozy when I got up from the bed. I took my blood pressure reading about 10 minutes later and it was registering 110/64.
I think that I will send my last two weeks of blood pressure readings (I have listed on an excel doc) to my Doctor next week to see if I need to either get off of the two blood pressure prescriptions that he reduced by half a couple of weeks ago or if there will be changes in my other two blood pressure prescriptions. Heck, he may make no changes at all. This will be at the top of my agenda on Monday to get this information to him.
He has still not asked to see me and I hope that he doesn’t until my 12 weeks of dieting is up. I think that he will be pleasantly surprised by me.
When I do go to see him this will be the first time in 14 years that I will not be afraid to get on the scale or to listen to him tell me that “I HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT, SOME WAY, SOME HOW”!
Oh, for that day!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Day Thirty Seven...
Wednesday….
It’s just another Wednesday on my liquid diet.
I still feel good and glad that clinical is over again for a week
I think that I had my first craving today since I have been on this diet.
For some odd reason I wanted a Pepsi so bad that I thought about it all morning.
I didn’t get one of course but not sure why I had the urge to have a drink.
For those who do not know me I use to LOVE soft drinks and would have a couple a day, everyday.
Now that the afternoon has come and gone and getting into the evening the Pepsi urge is gone and I hope for good.
I think that I now know and understand the addiction and probably enjoyment of cigarettes that some people have. I assume that it is really hard to quit smoking and always having that temptation around you by other people.
Eating or dieting is the same way, at least in my mind, as apparently this is my vice.
I guess we all have them (vices)?
I have stuck to my guns on this – here we go, wait for it….Damn diet! And still not had a single bite of food since February 28, 2010
The weeks are becoming a lot easier to handle but some day’s it seems like there is a struggle. I guess this is just human nature and being a human, you are expected to eat-right? This is just not natural but can be tolerated for the 12 week duration.
I headed to the fitness center after work today and had a good workout for about 65 minutes. While I was at the fitness center on the treadmill, sweating my you know what off, I started thinking about my 4 pound weight loss for the week and wondered if maybe I would have had one more workout for the week I would have lost more weight. Then logically I realized that this was stupid (I can be that sometimes) and that I worked out hard for 5 days that week and a 4 pound weight loss is excellent. Then, I said to myself, Jon, let it go. What’s done is done and you didn’t cheat, you stuck to the liquid diet regiment, you worked out for 5 days and there was nothing else that you could have done differently. Whew, glad I talked some sense into myself. LOL
So, saying all of that, it is a new week and no matter what this coming weigh in at clinical on Tuesday brings 1 pound, 2 pounds, 3 pounds, etc, it’s the best I can do and I will have to live with it.
It’s just another Wednesday on my liquid diet.
I still feel good and glad that clinical is over again for a week
I think that I had my first craving today since I have been on this diet.
For some odd reason I wanted a Pepsi so bad that I thought about it all morning.
I didn’t get one of course but not sure why I had the urge to have a drink.
For those who do not know me I use to LOVE soft drinks and would have a couple a day, everyday.
Now that the afternoon has come and gone and getting into the evening the Pepsi urge is gone and I hope for good.
I think that I now know and understand the addiction and probably enjoyment of cigarettes that some people have. I assume that it is really hard to quit smoking and always having that temptation around you by other people.
Eating or dieting is the same way, at least in my mind, as apparently this is my vice.
I guess we all have them (vices)?
I have stuck to my guns on this – here we go, wait for it….Damn diet! And still not had a single bite of food since February 28, 2010
The weeks are becoming a lot easier to handle but some day’s it seems like there is a struggle. I guess this is just human nature and being a human, you are expected to eat-right? This is just not natural but can be tolerated for the 12 week duration.
I headed to the fitness center after work today and had a good workout for about 65 minutes. While I was at the fitness center on the treadmill, sweating my you know what off, I started thinking about my 4 pound weight loss for the week and wondered if maybe I would have had one more workout for the week I would have lost more weight. Then logically I realized that this was stupid (I can be that sometimes) and that I worked out hard for 5 days that week and a 4 pound weight loss is excellent. Then, I said to myself, Jon, let it go. What’s done is done and you didn’t cheat, you stuck to the liquid diet regiment, you worked out for 5 days and there was nothing else that you could have done differently. Whew, glad I talked some sense into myself. LOL
So, saying all of that, it is a new week and no matter what this coming weigh in at clinical on Tuesday brings 1 pound, 2 pounds, 3 pounds, etc, it’s the best I can do and I will have to live with it.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Day Thirty Six...
Clinical Tuesday!
All right, here’s the damage that was done this past week…Ta-ta-ta-dah…
I LOST 4 pounds for a total of 34 pounds and I am now down to 211 pounds with 23 pounds to go.
I know that it is my lowest drop in one week so far, but hey, 4 pounds is 4 pounds, right?
Can they suck out with liposuction 23 pounds at one time? I’m just thinking out loud. LOL
I worked out at Bally’s again this morning and had a great workout. I was still somewhat sore from Monday night’s workout but I had it in me to workout this morning too.
I will be working out on Wednesday and Thursday night too as I will be off work Friday and will not be making the drive to Blue Ash.
I still haven’t decided if I will be working out one day over the weekend and I guess it will depend what we have going on this weekend.
I would have worked out 4 times this week and I don’t know if I need the 5th workout or not. Let’s see how guilty I feel and then I will decide.
Its same ole’, same ole’ with the NutriMed shakes as this never changes. Drink 5 a day, drink lots of water, exercise, etc, etc, etc,
I did not have to have blood work done tonight so I assume that it will be next week.
I still feel GREAT and continue to press through on the liquid diet.
It is still hard for people to imagine who know me that I have now been on this liquid diet for over a month now and that I can even function. This is why it is monitored by a clinical team at a hospital. If you follow their instructions and you, yourself are determined to do this you CAN and WILL do whatever it takes to get the weight off.
I can honestly tell you that I feel better then I have in 20 years and what a relief to get the weight off and to workout too. I never thought that I would be going to a gym 4 to 5 times per week.
I can fully see the results and the changes in my appearance and the phenomenal changes in my body. It’s like a new me emerging, a thinner me, and soon to be healthier me!
All right, here’s the damage that was done this past week…Ta-ta-ta-dah…
I LOST 4 pounds for a total of 34 pounds and I am now down to 211 pounds with 23 pounds to go.
I know that it is my lowest drop in one week so far, but hey, 4 pounds is 4 pounds, right?
Can they suck out with liposuction 23 pounds at one time? I’m just thinking out loud. LOL
I worked out at Bally’s again this morning and had a great workout. I was still somewhat sore from Monday night’s workout but I had it in me to workout this morning too.
I will be working out on Wednesday and Thursday night too as I will be off work Friday and will not be making the drive to Blue Ash.
I still haven’t decided if I will be working out one day over the weekend and I guess it will depend what we have going on this weekend.
I would have worked out 4 times this week and I don’t know if I need the 5th workout or not. Let’s see how guilty I feel and then I will decide.
Its same ole’, same ole’ with the NutriMed shakes as this never changes. Drink 5 a day, drink lots of water, exercise, etc, etc, etc,
I did not have to have blood work done tonight so I assume that it will be next week.
I still feel GREAT and continue to press through on the liquid diet.
It is still hard for people to imagine who know me that I have now been on this liquid diet for over a month now and that I can even function. This is why it is monitored by a clinical team at a hospital. If you follow their instructions and you, yourself are determined to do this you CAN and WILL do whatever it takes to get the weight off.
I can honestly tell you that I feel better then I have in 20 years and what a relief to get the weight off and to workout too. I never thought that I would be going to a gym 4 to 5 times per week.
I can fully see the results and the changes in my appearance and the phenomenal changes in my body. It’s like a new me emerging, a thinner me, and soon to be healthier me!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Day Thirty Five...
Monday, Monday, Monday…
Another good day today and yes it is finally getting easier.
My family and I had a great Easter with the in-laws, aunts, uncles, cousins etc.
The day was beautiful and the food looked good too. My mother in-law is an excellent cook and her food always good!
I made 6 pounds of potato salad and a couple of pounds of baked beans to take to yesterday’s festivities and all seemed to enjoy it, except me.
The day was fun and I enjoyed every minute there but I did miss out on dinner.
So far on this “damn” diet and by the way I think that I am going to start referring to the diet as the “damn” diet in all my future correspondence. LOL
Anyway, since I have been on this "damn" diet I have now missed a birthday dinner and now a holiday dinner (Easter). I hope and pray that I will not miss out on the next holiday, Memorial Day. I guess that all depends on how long it is going to take me to get my additional 27 pounds off of me.
So, to be safe I expect that my first holiday that I will be able to enjoy real food (at a smaller portion) will be the 4th of July holiday.
Does this sound like a long way off to anyone else but me?
I feel like the little train that could… “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”
Tuesday (tomorrow) will conclude my fifth (5) week on the NutriMed diet and Wednesday will begin my six (6) week and my halfway mark. Only 6 more weeks to go-
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.” Sorry, but I just needed that for my own good!
I worked out at Bally’s today and feel good that I did. I will probably work out 3 more times this week. This will depend on how much, if any, weight I loose tomorrow night at Clinical. If it is another good week then I will only workout 3 times. If not, then 4 times. It all depends on the magical scale. LOL
I have to have blood work drawn at the hospital during clinical and I hope that the lab tech. is better than the one I had last time as it took me 2 ½ weeks to get rid of the huge bruise that I received from the blood work. Not sure how that happened as often as I have had blood drawn in my life, I have never had a bruise like that before.
Well till tomorrow, my peeps, have a good evening…
Another good day today and yes it is finally getting easier.
My family and I had a great Easter with the in-laws, aunts, uncles, cousins etc.
The day was beautiful and the food looked good too. My mother in-law is an excellent cook and her food always good!
I made 6 pounds of potato salad and a couple of pounds of baked beans to take to yesterday’s festivities and all seemed to enjoy it, except me.
The day was fun and I enjoyed every minute there but I did miss out on dinner.
So far on this “damn” diet and by the way I think that I am going to start referring to the diet as the “damn” diet in all my future correspondence. LOL
Anyway, since I have been on this "damn" diet I have now missed a birthday dinner and now a holiday dinner (Easter). I hope and pray that I will not miss out on the next holiday, Memorial Day. I guess that all depends on how long it is going to take me to get my additional 27 pounds off of me.
So, to be safe I expect that my first holiday that I will be able to enjoy real food (at a smaller portion) will be the 4th of July holiday.
Does this sound like a long way off to anyone else but me?
I feel like the little train that could… “I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.”
Tuesday (tomorrow) will conclude my fifth (5) week on the NutriMed diet and Wednesday will begin my six (6) week and my halfway mark. Only 6 more weeks to go-
“I know I can, I know I can, I know I can.” Sorry, but I just needed that for my own good!
I worked out at Bally’s today and feel good that I did. I will probably work out 3 more times this week. This will depend on how much, if any, weight I loose tomorrow night at Clinical. If it is another good week then I will only workout 3 times. If not, then 4 times. It all depends on the magical scale. LOL
I have to have blood work drawn at the hospital during clinical and I hope that the lab tech. is better than the one I had last time as it took me 2 ½ weeks to get rid of the huge bruise that I received from the blood work. Not sure how that happened as often as I have had blood drawn in my life, I have never had a bruise like that before.
Well till tomorrow, my peeps, have a good evening…
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Day Thirty Four...
HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE....I will post again on Monday...Enjoy your time with your family and friends. Jon
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Day Thirty Three...
Saturday…
Got up and left for the fitness center at 7am, and started working out at 8am.
I changed things up today at the gym as I usually start on the cardio equipment and then work on the gym equipment.
Today I started on the gym equipment and finished up on the cardio equipment. It was actually harder this way and I feel like I received a better workout. My total workout today was about 60 minutes.
I then stopped at McDonalds and got breakfast for the family and then jumped into the shower as my wife, daughter and I were going to the mall(s) for prom dress shopping for the day.
If I knew that we were going to walk three malls I probably would have cut down on my workout as I feel that I had another workout. LOL
Once we got home I had to start working on fixing baked beans and potato salad for Easter dinner at my in-laws.
I sill love to cook but my biggest drawback is not being able to make sure that everything is seasoned OK. I really was not a “taster” when cooking but it is hard when seasoning comes into the picture. So, my wife has now been named my “official” taster! I think that she has always had that job now that I think of it. Over the years she has gotten pretty good at it and she is always the one who enjoys my cooking. I love my wife!
It was a good day and just another diet day. It’s actually time for my fourth shake for the day and I am going to make it after I finish my blog.
Got up and left for the fitness center at 7am, and started working out at 8am.
I changed things up today at the gym as I usually start on the cardio equipment and then work on the gym equipment.
Today I started on the gym equipment and finished up on the cardio equipment. It was actually harder this way and I feel like I received a better workout. My total workout today was about 60 minutes.
I then stopped at McDonalds and got breakfast for the family and then jumped into the shower as my wife, daughter and I were going to the mall(s) for prom dress shopping for the day.
If I knew that we were going to walk three malls I probably would have cut down on my workout as I feel that I had another workout. LOL
Once we got home I had to start working on fixing baked beans and potato salad for Easter dinner at my in-laws.
I sill love to cook but my biggest drawback is not being able to make sure that everything is seasoned OK. I really was not a “taster” when cooking but it is hard when seasoning comes into the picture. So, my wife has now been named my “official” taster! I think that she has always had that job now that I think of it. Over the years she has gotten pretty good at it and she is always the one who enjoys my cooking. I love my wife!
It was a good day and just another diet day. It’s actually time for my fourth shake for the day and I am going to make it after I finish my blog.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Day Thirty Two...
It really is a “Good” Friday!
Except that I could not go to the fitness center before work this morning as I was still too sore from my last two days of workout.
I had my bag packed and work clothes laid out before I went to bed last night and when I woke up at 5:30 this morning my brain said yes, but my body said hell no!
I was kinda’ disappointed in myself for not going but I really did not think that my body could take another workout this morning.
Now I am going to have to go on Saturday morning to get my 4 times in this week and since I have made myself feel guilty there is no getting out of it. I can't believe that I actually feel guilty about not working out. Who is this person that I don't recgonize? Four and 1/2 weeks ago I would have said OK, no harm done. Wait a minute, wait a minute I would have never even thought that I would have a gym membership such a short time ago.
So, the workout plan for next weeks is to go on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and see how I do. I may stay on this for a few weeks until my body gets used to working out on the gym equipment too. I cannot believe how much different and harder the workout is when adding the gym equipment to the cardio equipment. I have found my time has increased at the fitness center to around 70 minutes each visit.
As I get used to the gym equipment in addition to the cardio equipment I am sure that I will be able to add a fourth day in the week and two workouts will have to be one day after the other. No other way to work this out if I do not plan on going to the fitness center on the weekends.
I put on a pair of jeans today (casual day at work) and can really tell my weight loss as it looks like that I have lost around 6” around my waist (this is a guess only). My belt is pulled so tight that my jeans are gapping in the waist, both in front and in back. Thankfully, I have a shirt on that does not need tucked in or it would look pretty bad.
I am still not wasting my money on new clothes right now because I am not finished loosing weight. I guess everyone will just have to live with it, including me!
I hope everyone had a “good” Friday…
Except that I could not go to the fitness center before work this morning as I was still too sore from my last two days of workout.
I had my bag packed and work clothes laid out before I went to bed last night and when I woke up at 5:30 this morning my brain said yes, but my body said hell no!
I was kinda’ disappointed in myself for not going but I really did not think that my body could take another workout this morning.
Now I am going to have to go on Saturday morning to get my 4 times in this week and since I have made myself feel guilty there is no getting out of it. I can't believe that I actually feel guilty about not working out. Who is this person that I don't recgonize? Four and 1/2 weeks ago I would have said OK, no harm done. Wait a minute, wait a minute I would have never even thought that I would have a gym membership such a short time ago.
So, the workout plan for next weeks is to go on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and see how I do. I may stay on this for a few weeks until my body gets used to working out on the gym equipment too. I cannot believe how much different and harder the workout is when adding the gym equipment to the cardio equipment. I have found my time has increased at the fitness center to around 70 minutes each visit.
As I get used to the gym equipment in addition to the cardio equipment I am sure that I will be able to add a fourth day in the week and two workouts will have to be one day after the other. No other way to work this out if I do not plan on going to the fitness center on the weekends.
I put on a pair of jeans today (casual day at work) and can really tell my weight loss as it looks like that I have lost around 6” around my waist (this is a guess only). My belt is pulled so tight that my jeans are gapping in the waist, both in front and in back. Thankfully, I have a shirt on that does not need tucked in or it would look pretty bad.
I am still not wasting my money on new clothes right now because I am not finished loosing weight. I guess everyone will just have to live with it, including me!
I hope everyone had a “good” Friday…
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Day Thirty One...
Oh happy Thursday…
OK, still not sure what is up, or in my case down with my blood pressure as I am still feeling a little light headed for the biggest part of today.
If it is like this tomorrow then a call is definitely going to be made to my Doctor.
I am still pretty sore in my stomach and chest from my trainer workout last night but packed my gym clothes to go today after work anyway.
You could tell that it was nice out yesterday as the gym was not crowded at all. I hope that is the case tonight too. Not that it is really crowded as it is a large facility but it is just nice to workout and then walk around deciding what piece of equipment you are now going to work out on.
While my wife and I were sitting at home last night she asked me if I was going to have a Jell-O cup for the night and I declined as I was really not hungry. Amazing how I anticipated the day that I could have the Jell-O cup and then only had one the first night (Tuesday) and didn’t want one last night. Huh, strange-maybe tonight?
I have just had my fourth shake for the day as I try to get all 4 in before I go to the gym so I can have as much energy as I can for the workout. Usually when I get home I have my fifth and final shake of the day and usually a glass of Diet Ginger Ale with a slice of lemon and lime in it. I really enjoy this each evening and even had two glasses last night- Whoo-hoo…
I have also been fixing a cup (8oz) of chicken bouillon the past couple of evenings and adding a dash of pepper to flavor it up some.
I’m DONE with the NutriMed soup packets as they were good for a time but now I am just tired of them and really can hardly stand to even smell them when I was adding the cup of boiled water.
I can tolerate the chicken bouillon much better and may even try the beef bouillon just to “shake” up my world a little! LOL
It has been another good day on NutriMed and looking forward to Friday and of course the weekend. Till tomorrow-peace out!
OK, still not sure what is up, or in my case down with my blood pressure as I am still feeling a little light headed for the biggest part of today.
If it is like this tomorrow then a call is definitely going to be made to my Doctor.
I am still pretty sore in my stomach and chest from my trainer workout last night but packed my gym clothes to go today after work anyway.
You could tell that it was nice out yesterday as the gym was not crowded at all. I hope that is the case tonight too. Not that it is really crowded as it is a large facility but it is just nice to workout and then walk around deciding what piece of equipment you are now going to work out on.
While my wife and I were sitting at home last night she asked me if I was going to have a Jell-O cup for the night and I declined as I was really not hungry. Amazing how I anticipated the day that I could have the Jell-O cup and then only had one the first night (Tuesday) and didn’t want one last night. Huh, strange-maybe tonight?
I have just had my fourth shake for the day as I try to get all 4 in before I go to the gym so I can have as much energy as I can for the workout. Usually when I get home I have my fifth and final shake of the day and usually a glass of Diet Ginger Ale with a slice of lemon and lime in it. I really enjoy this each evening and even had two glasses last night- Whoo-hoo…
I have also been fixing a cup (8oz) of chicken bouillon the past couple of evenings and adding a dash of pepper to flavor it up some.
I’m DONE with the NutriMed soup packets as they were good for a time but now I am just tired of them and really can hardly stand to even smell them when I was adding the cup of boiled water.
I can tolerate the chicken bouillon much better and may even try the beef bouillon just to “shake” up my world a little! LOL
It has been another good day on NutriMed and looking forward to Friday and of course the weekend. Till tomorrow-peace out!
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