I just wanted to leave a quick note letting you know that I took my measurements this morning and I'm still at about 8.5% body fat after my first week of not tracking what I eat. :-) It's going to... [
more ] June 27, 2005
Seven weeks have gone by pretty quickly, but on the other hand where I started feels like ages ago. If I'd have known that I could have gotten back in shape so quickly I probably would have done this sooner.... [
more ] June 21, 2005
For those of you looking for my results from the prior week, I'll be putting that up tomorrow, along with a photo showing my progress. I had planned on doing all that today, but I had a rough weekend... Went... [
more ] June 20, 2005
I knew that we were going to celebrate an early Father's Day with a nice dinner, so I purposely ate very little during the day. By the time dinner rolled around I had only eaten less than 700 calories. At... [
more ] June 18, 2005
I seem to be drifting towards more of a Warrior Diet schedule lately, eating less during the day and more towards the evening. I'm just not really feeling terribly hungry during the day. If you look at my diet journal... [
more ] June 16, 2005
Today I went a really long stretch without eating as I took my family out to a local amusement/water park. I did have a bite of my wife's ice cream while out, but to be honest I wasn't even tempted... [
more ] June 15, 2005
I ate a bit more at dinner than I had planned since I was so far behind on calories and protein when dinner time rolled around. At that point I had eaten less than 800 calories and 32 grams of... [
more ] June 14, 2005
All right... today I felt good enough to go back at it, and as this is my final week documenting my progress I want to make sure I go out on a high note. :-) It's odd, but as the... [
more ] June 13, 2005
Well this week was certainly different in a number of ways... - I picked up a sinus infection that laid me out for about three days. - Although I was only able to work out 3 days this week, the... [
more ] June 13, 2005
Sorry folks, no details today as I feel terrible... sinus infection or something. Lots of homemade chicken soup, fruit, and water to drink. If I don't feel better tomorrow it's off to the doc to get a shot in the... [
more ] June 09, 2005
I'm finding that if I can make it from lunch until my late afternoon workout without something to eat that it's a lot easier to be able to splurge at dinner. I'm not sure if it's a good thing, but... [
more ] June 08, 2005
I apologize for being late with this entry, but sometimes at the end of a day I'm just not in the mood to cut, paste, upload, etc. :confused: Yesterday I found that having a decent breakfast held off my hunger... [
more ] June 07, 2005
Well didn't this turn out to be a wierd week... No matter the results, I look at them as a learning/research opportunity. Although this week I hit my reduced calorie target, it seems to have lost me some lean mass.... [
more ] June 06, 2005
Being Saturday, I decided to have a nice, big breakfast, but even so I tried to be moderate. I only had a couple of eggs and only one piece of toast and an apple instead of orange juice. Over the... [
more ] June 04, 2005
Today I was on track as far as what I ate. Only glitch was that I found out after I hide a pretty filling lunch that we were going out to Chili's for dinner... But I did good! I ordered... [
more ] June 03, 2005
I was conservative with food today, and having kept busy, didn't get as hungry as I might. Unfortunately I didn't pay much attention and although I did well on total calories, I only had half as much protein as I... [
more ] June 02, 2005
Looks like those jacknife pushups put more of a hurt on me than I thought they did since I was a hurtin' unit today. I decided to lay off and not do any workout at all instead of risking making... [
more ] June 01, 2005
Just a regular ol' day today. Went over a bit because my wife bought a watermelon and my daughter wanted to crack it open. Couldn't very well sit there and watch her eat a couple of slices if I didn't... [
more ] May 31, 2005
All right, another week closer to sub 10%! :-) Today (except for the very end) I was pretty strict with myself on limiting calories due to coming off of a Saturday where I went way over the top and yesterday's... [
more ] May 30, 2005
As I look back at the numbers, this was an interesting week... For some reason the first and last days were way off in terms of calorie intake, but inbetween I did just fine. My daily target was 1,800 calories... [
more ] May 30, 2005
Well today I have to say that the title of this entry is probably a misnomer... the day started out well enough with my heading out to do some volunteer work at my daughter's school, fully expecting to find the... [
more ] May 28, 2005
I have found that one of the keys to eating less is to stay busy. Today was one of those days... I was working intensely on redesigning another blog that I run and I was so focused that I didn't... [
more ] May 27, 2005
Today I didn't do as much as I had planned for my workout. I just grabbed a kettlebell a couple of times this morning for a short set of swings. Ended up going out and having to run errands, which... [
more ] May 26, 2005
Nothing terribly out of the ordinary today as far as diet... I have decided that I'm going to try to go back to Half & Half in my coffee instead of heavy cream. With the amount I use in my... [
more ] May 25, 2005
The way things worked out today I ended up not eating much during the day and ended up eating a dinner about twice as high in calories as usual (although it was all "good" food). I wanted to stay farther... [
more ] May 24, 2005
Today I fell victim to the "Hey, I've made great fat loss progress, I can afford to eat something really bad" syndrome. Luckily I adjusted what I ate for the remainder of the day and only came in 200 calories... [
more ] May 23, 2005
All right, this is more like it... This week more than made up for last week's numbers. Before I get to the results, here is something to keep in mind: If you are starting from a point where you're not... [
more ] May 22, 2005
Sorry I'm late with this entry. I was up late and too whupped to sit at the computer and put this together. It seems that now that warm weather is here, Saturdays are going to be reserved for a couple... [
more ] May 22, 2005
Today I'm trying a new format for the food journal... one that I can slap together quicker and is probably easier to read. Let me know what you think. Today was a wierd day. I ate in the morning, but... [
more ] May 20, 2005
Today I went to see the new Star Wars movie (I recommend it, BTW) and since I had to rush out the door this morning only haven eaten a piece of fruit, I caved and had some popcorn. But at... [
more ] May 19, 2005
Today I didn't get a workout in. Kind of a whirlwind day for me out and about, plus I just had to get in a viewing of Star Wars Episode II before going to see Episode III tomorrow. :-) Plus,... [
more ] May 18, 2005
What I was trying to accomplish with my minimal workouts was both to protect my lower back but also to see how little I could get away with and still work towards my body fat goal. The reason for the... [
more ] May 17, 2005
As an addendum to this morning's post, despite the numbers, I do see a marked difference in my shoulders, upper arms and abs in just two weeks. Also in line with what I posted this mornning, I'm upping the frequency... [
more ] May 16, 2005
Although the lean mass I added on week one stuck, this week I some of the fat I lost the first week returned. What I've been doing differently from my Last 10 Pounds eBook this time around has been to... [
more ] May 16, 2005
Today my exercise consisted of three hours of hard yard work, including one hour of non-self-propelled mowing of my property, which is on an incline. Believe me, that qualifies as a workout. :shock: I didn't eat much today, not so... [
more ] May 14, 2005
Today, I was a slacker. I didn't get in a single workout, plus I ended my day with two beers. My day got kind of chopped up as I decided to go out and see the Jet Li film Unleashed... [
more ] May 13, 2005
For some reason I woke up hungry this morning. That rarely happens and I'm able to just get by with a couple of cups of coffee until 11AM or so. I didn't fight it though, I went ahead and had... [
more ] May 12, 2005
You just never know when you're going to do something dumb that will throw you a curveball. Yesterday while biking, a couple of times my foot slipped of the pedal while hitting it quite hard. It didn't bother me at... [
more ] May 11, 2005
Due to being so far under my calorie target yesterday (by 655 calories), I wanted to make sure I ate enough food today so I had a hefty 830+ calorie lunch that was healthy and filling. No tortilla chips to... [
more ] May 10, 2005
Today I was way under on calories, but not by any conscious choice. My work really consumed me as I was caught up in some major troubleshooting, so time just got away from me. When I get busy like that... [
more ] May 09, 2005
Here's the first in a series of "moment of truth" moments. Do the principles in my eBook "The Last 10 Pounds" actually work? Monday mornings are when I check my progress, and here are the results after one week of... [
more ] May 09, 2005
It's Saturday... I slacked a bit, although I did still do some exercise: 11:30AM: 10 2-handed swings, 6 squats (54 lb kettlebell), 5 MPs, 4 curls (36 lb KB), 15 pushups (feet elevated), 5 birddogs. 7PM: 10 2-handed swings, 6... [
more ] May 07, 2005
I wanted to take it easy today since I wasn't supposed to be doing any exercise at all, so I went easy on the lifting. I did go on a 12 minute bike ride over hilly terrain. Damn near killed... [
more ] May 06, 2005
Today there was no workout due to my epidural. As far as food goes, it wasn't a terribly good day... starting with eating at Einstein Bagel and ending with a big bowl of popcorn. The former was due to not... [
more ] May 05, 2005
I really appreciate the ton of emails I received concerning my back problems and also the benefit the some of you have gotten from my book. I promise to get back online tomorrow to respond to everyone, but today I'm... [
more ] May 05, 2005
This morning I woke up hungry so instead of my usual wait until later in the morning for a bite I had something as soon as I woke up. Today I had a Costco hotdog around lunchtime (which is really... [
more ] May 04, 2005
Today I did three micro-workouts instead of two. As I stated yesterday, I want to ramp things up slowly due to: A. Being somewhat out of shape, which is related to... B. My chronic lower back pain. Here is what... [
more ] May 03, 2005
I'm going to use the following format to track my progress here and to let you know exactly what I've done. As far as workouts, since I have to be careful with my lower back, I'm going to be starting... [
more ] May 02, 2005
So here's the deal... As I note in my eBook, The Last 10 Pounds, I've had some pretty serious back problems including scoliosis, spondylolisthesis, and degenerating discs. Since the time I wrote the book, I've managed to re-injure it and... [
more ] May 02, 2005
