Exercise and Food Log 9/2/09

Exercise Log: 
Softball practice for about an hour.

Food Log:

Time	Qty.	Food	Cal	Fat grams	% Cal by Fat
11:00 AM	1 bowl (2 cups)	Chili (made w/ ground chicken, beans, tomatoes)	560	21	34%
11:00 AM	1 cup	Mixed Veggies	90	1	10%
6:00 PM	1 plate (approx. 2-3 cups)	Spaghetti (made w/ spaghetti sauce, ground chicken, and angel hair)	1000	18	18%
9:00 PM	1 Cup	Sugar Free Jello	25	0	0%
		TOTAL	1675	40	21%

Ate WAY more spaghetti than I meant to.  Had a good size plate before softball practice.  Came home and was divying out the leftovers for lunches for my wife and I and decided I wanted another plate.  Oops.  Still wasn't too bad since I didn't really have breakfast.

Exercise and Food Log 9/1/09

Exercise Log: 
None.  Lunch meetings again.  I don't have any tomorrow, so I should be able to get something in.

Food Log:

Time	Qty.	Food	Cal	Fat grams	% Cal by Fat
8:00 AM	1	Pear	100	0	0%
11:00 am	1	Publix Veggie Sub (Half on Wheat)	270	3.5	12%
8:00 PM	1 bowl (2 cups)	Chili (made w/ ground chicken, beans, tomatoes)	560	21	34%
8:00 PM	1 cup	Mixed Veggies	90	1	10%
		TOTAL	1020	25.5	23%

It can't be healthy to eat that little, but I'm honestly not hungry.

Exercise and Food Log 8/31/09

Exercise Log: 
None.  Sore from softball practice plus I sustained two injuries on Sunday.  Bruised my shin real good when a ball went under my glove on a throw, and bruised my palm catching a hard throw the wrong way.  Hopefully feel better tomorrow.

Food Log:

Time	Qty.	Food	Cal	Fat grams	% Cal by Fat
11:00 am	1	Publix Veggie Sub (Half on Wheat)	270	3.5	12%
3:30 PM	6	Peanut butter crackers (w/ extra peanut butter)	380	22	52%
6:00 PM	4.5 oz	Rotisserie Chicken Breast (w/ no skin)	225	4.5	18%
6:00 PM	1/2 cup	Shells and Cheddar	180	6	30%
6:00 PM	1 cup	Mixed Veggies	90	1	10%
		TOTAL	1145	37	29%

I really need to find a healthy substitute for my peanut butter crackers.

Weigh In 8/31/09

My second weigh in, and I'm stoked by the results.  Here is the physicsdiet.com chart of my weight for the past week:

(Explanation Of PhysicsDiet.com Charts)

All in the green, baby!  I think I did very well this week.  I may be losing a bit fast, but I'm feeling okay, so I'll worry about it if I get my personal trainer at work to take my body fat measurement and it says I'm losing muscle.

So the final numbers for today:
Actual weight: 172.4 (Down 4.6 lbs.)
10-day Average weight: 175.77 (Down 1.58 lbs.)

Exercise and Food Log 8/30/09

Exercise Log: 
Softball practice for about 2 hours today.  Depending on what site I look at, I burned anywhere from 300-1000 calories.  Probably on the lower end.  Still better than nothing.

Food Log:

Time	Qty.	Food	Cal	Fat grams	% Cal by Fat
10:00 am	1	Banana	120	.5	4%
12:30 PM	2	Turkey + Ham Sandwich (Light wheat, turkey, ham, mustard, lettuce, tomato)	360	4	10%
9:00 PM	1	Turkey Sandwich (Light wheat, turkey, mustard, lettuce, tomato)	150	1	6%
		TOTAL	630	4.5	6%

Wow, there is NO WAY I only ate that few calories, because I'm not hungry right now.  I promise I am not anorexic, but I made sure I've kept track of all I've ate all day.  Weird.

Exercise and Food Log 8/29/09

Exercise Log: 
None.  Don't have a good way yet of working out away from the gym at work.  I do own a bicycle so I'll need to start using that probably.

Food Log:

Time	Qty.	Food	Cal	Fat grams	% Cal by Fat
11:00 am	1/3 cup (unpopped)	Popcorn	300	1.5	5%
5:00 PM	1	Spinach salad (w/ vinaigrette and 4.5 oz. chicken breast)	300	6	18%
8:00 PM	4 cups (approx.)	Taco salad (Spinach.taco flavored ground chicken, tomatoes, cheese, lettuce, onion, jalapeno, salsa)	490	29.5	54%
		TOTAL	1090	28	31%

Exercise and Food Log 8/28/09

Exercise Log: 
None.  Stupid two hour lunch meeting.  Well it wasn't stupid. It was very valuable, but it still killed my only timeslot for exercise.

Food Log:

Time	Qty.	Food	Cal	Fat grams	% Cal by Fat
11:00 am	2 cups (approx.)	Bun Thit Nuong (Grilled pork w/ rice vermacelli + veggies)	250	5	18%
3:00PM	6	Peanut butter crackers (w/ extra peanut butter)	380	22	52%
7:00 pm	1	Chipotle Burrito Bowl (w/ black beans, fajita veggies, chicken, hot sauce and lettuce)	375	9	22%
		TOTAL	1005	36	32%

Again, that calorie count seems VERY low.  Either I'm underestimating calories from my food (which for some stuff, like the Bun Thit Nuong, is possible, but can't be off by a lot) or I can survive on way less calories than I thought.  Either way my weight loss looks good, so I won't worry TOO much.

Exercise and Food Log 8/27/09

Exercise Log: 

Exercise	Time	Est. Cals Burned
Treadmill (3.5 mph w/ variable incline to keep me in a HR of 150-160)	27 min.	200-225
TOTAL	27 min.	200-225

Food Log:

Time	Qty.	Food	Cal	Fat grams	% Cal by Fat
8:00 am	1 Cup	Oatmeal (w/ 2 Tsp. Brown Sugar)	330	6	16%
11:00 am	3/4 cup (approx.)	Fettuccine Alfredo w/ Chicken	300	9	20%
11:30 am	2 cups (approx.)	Salad (w/ tomatoes, cucumbers, jalapenos, and lite italian dressing)	80	5	56%
6:00 pm	2 cups (approx.)	Bun Thit Nuong (Grilled pork w/ rice vermacelli + veggies)	250	5	18%
		TOTAL	960	25	23%

WOW, that calorie count seems VERY low.  I did meticulously log all food I ate today though and am not hungry.  Well, kinda, but I think that's more of a "Hey there's room in here still" feeling as opposed to "I NEED more food."  I think I've been stuffing my face for so long that I don't know the difference.  It probably also doesn't help that I eat like I'm in some sort of a competition.  Growing up with 5 brothers and sisters has caused me to develop a speed eating tactic that allowed me to get the good seconds before the other kids could.  This suited me well then; it suits me poorly now.  Now, I tend to eat so fast that I don't get the "I'm full" message until 10 minutes and plenty of food after my stomach sends it.  By then I've actually moved to the stuffed stage.  Watching my portions now is strange in the sense that I never get there anymore, so my brain is confused.  Hopefully these better eating habits lead to a natural ability to eat less simply by virtue of knowing how much food I can eat versus how much food I should eat.

Exercise and Food Log 8/26/09

Exercise Log: 
YAY.  I finally got a work out in.  I REALLY didn't want to go do it.  I had no energy.  Post workout though, I feel GREAT.  Lots of energy, but a little hungry.  Good thing it was lunchtime post workout!

Exercise	Time	Est. Cals Burned
Treadmill (3.5 mph w/ variable incline to keep me in a HR of 150-160)	30 min.	230-260
Elliptical (variable resistance to keep me in a HR of 150-160)	15 min.	120-180
TOTAL	45 min.	350-440

Food Log:

Time	Qty.	Food	Cal	Fat grams	% Cal by Fat
8:00 am	1 Cup	Oatmeal (w/ 2 Tsp. Brown Sugar)	330	6	16%
12:30 pm	1 cup (approx.)	Fettuccine Alfredo w/ Chicken	400	9	20%
3:30PM	6	Peanut butter crackers (w/ extra peanut butter)	380	22	52%
6:30 PM	2	Slices of Pepperoni Pizza	600	25	38%
		TOTAL	1710	62	33%

Eek.  Today wasn't HORRIBLE, but wish I would have ate a bit less (I didn't think pizza was as bad as that, I was thinking MAYBE 200 cals per slice).  The 33% fat is higher than I'd like too.

Exercise and Food Log 8/25/09

More life happens.  Wow, I just can't catch a break.  Went to go to work this morning and my bike wouldn't start, so I showed up late at work (after the wife came home and scooped me up) and now have to work through my lunch break which means no workout time.

Exercise Log: 
None.  See above.  This is getting old.

Food Log:

Time	Qty.	Food	Cal	Fat grams	% Cal by Fat
11:00 am	1 cup (approx.)	Fettuccine Alfredo w/ Chicken	400	9	20%
3:00PM	6	Peanut butter crackers (w/ extra peanut butter)	380	22	52%
5:00 PM	1	Spinach salad (w/ vinaigrette and 4.5 oz. chicken breast)	300	6	18%
7:00 PM	9 oz.	Grapes	180	0
9:30 PM	1	Turkey Sandwich (whole wheat + turkey + msutard)	225	7	28%
		TOTAL	1485	45	27%