Travel Time

Sweet wife and I just returned from a 3 day trip to St. Louis. We attended the 53rd reunion of her high school class. This is always a good time. The people are great to be with. This event was held at one of the class members home which was very nice to say the least and on a beautiful lake. Stayed at brother John's home. He and his SW and excellent hosts.

Took David Deer to CVS today. This is pretty much a weekly trip for David who lives in the apartments next door and is physically challenged (pc).

Did not pay much attention to what I ate in St. Louis. Not looking forward to Wed. (weigh day). We'll see. Baked some fish for supper. Not to bad. Flounder marinated for 45 min in various sauces then wrapped in foil with veggies and baked for 20 min. 5 oz. fish at 150 cal. , 10 oz. baked potato at 160 cal. and some cole slaw at 50 cal. Not a bad supper. So far today 1050 cal. Leaves 150 or so for a nite snack.

Peace

Week in review

It has been awhile since I have been here. I do have a lot of respect for those who blog everyday.
First I should say that my scale last week on Wed. did not make 267. I only got to 268 and tomorrow is weigh day. It has not been a really good week. I can on;y hope for no gain.

It has been a pretty average week. Saw a couple of movies. Beerfest was a total bust. There is material here for a good funny movie but to many F and MF words. The other was Talladega nights. Entertaining and not to bad.

SW and I went to Metamora on Wed. to take some product to Steve's shop and to visit with him and Brenda. Had a good time as always.

We had a call from Molly the other day. She wanted to talk with both of us for some geaneology information. It was a lot of fun talking with her. I have some info from some work I did in the past on family history which I will send her.

Peace

Quiet Sunday today. Went to 10:30 Mass came home and checked email. Read a book.

Currently reading Young Patriots by Charles Cerami. This is a story of James Madison and Alexander Hamilton and the creation of the Constitution at the Federal Convention in 1787. This is a followup to the last book I read which was Miracle at Philadelphia which was also about the Federal Convention but this one zeros in on Madison and Hamilton who were really the organizers of the whole conventiom. When you read about this convention and the difficulties they encountered it really was a miracle that they accomplished anything much less a constitution.

Had 3 eggs with a little refried beans, a little salsa, and a little cheese with toast for breakfast. LW fixed bbq chicken pork & beans and creamed corn for supper. Should not be to bad for today. Sure wish I could get to eating the right things without having to write down.

Will see what tomorrow will bring !

Sat August 26, 2006

Spent yesterday morning with Scott and this morning with Dan. Took Scott downtown to pee in a bottle yesterday. Did not have breakfast as he had to go home to get some rest. Worked late last night.
Had breakfast with Dan this morning. As an enjoyable time. Time to catch up with what is going on in his life with family and deacon training.

Ray Smith was over yesterday and helped me with some bicycle work. We are planning another trip to ride the north leg of the Monon trail on the 13th of Sept. We did the south part from Broad Ripple to 10th St. 2 weeks ago. Had a good time. About 13 miles. That far enough for me.

I am hoping for 267 on the scale this Wed. Good luck to me. Another BD in 5 days . Just hope is quietly passes by.

Breakfast this morning was spinach, bacon and swiss omelet with egg beaters and hash browns and dry whole wheat toast with strawberry jelly and coffee. Probably not the beat I could have had but as you can see there were som consessions made.

Another beautiful day!

We have been blessed with some great weather the last 4 or 5 days. I have just been enjoying them. Diet wise it has not been all that successful. Scale today said 271. Thats up from 266 last Wed. which was down from 273.5 the week before. I am sure that I read it right on the 266 but who knows? I'll just take that as down 2.5 lbs from two weeks ago. I have been lax about writing things down. I get started ok in the morning but slack off as the day goes on. Will try to do better as always.

Had a note from Kris (OWD) wanting to know how to get this blog. Told her it was not ready for prime time viewing yet. She does not know that she is not missing very much.

Stopped takeing a medicine the Dr. gave me several years ago. It was supposed to give me a better nights sleep by stopping me from waking up 4 or 5 times for the trip to the bathroom. It was not working so I stopped it. Wouldn't you know I have only been making one trip a night and been getting a good nights rest. As an added benefit I feel better in the morning and some of my dizzy spells have gone away. I think I will stop my cholestorol (sp) next.

If any of the family ever gets to read this, I love you all ,or yawl as they say down south

Not a good day

Our son Dan called today and told us his wife Susan had a report from the doctor that she has a growth on one lung and an enlarged heart. My loving wife went up to stay with her till Dan get' home.

We are going to claim the healing power of Jesus and know that everything will turn out alright.

I have asked for prayers from the family and the K of C. I will never forget 1980 when my loving wife was almost lost to us with a ruptured appendix. She was in the hospital fro 29 days with 7 days in intensive care. She had prayers from all over the world including a group of doctors in southern Indiana from many nations. These prayers were requested by Frank Schaler a good friend who was with these doctors and asked for their prayers.

As you can see I am a firm believer in prayer.

"Where ever two or more are gathered I am there"
"Whatever you ask of the Father in my name will be granted to you"

truth day

I really have not wanted to do this is the reason for the delay of more than a week. Last week was a bad one for eating. Mike and Renae were here for 5 days and I had to drive for four days for the race.
As a result of not watching the diet my weigh in for last Wed was 273.5. That is an increase of 4 lb. for the week. Not good.

Now Sat and I am getting back to writing things down. Let's see what happems now.

Moment of Truth day

Weight day today. As they say in La Vegas it was a push. 269.5 on the scale. Same as last week.

Menu for Tuesday

2 eggbeaters 60
2/3 cup sausage crumbles 90
2 pc toast 70
parmesan cheese 30
2 pc bread 70
lunch meat 70
1 pc cheese 50
1 Nonni 160
1 banana bar 130
1 turkey rollup 250
1/2 can baked beans 250
fruit 70
1/2 cup ff ice cream 90
total 1390

Two day update

Sunday was probably not my best day. It started our ok with a couple of eggbeaters and toast. Went out in the evening with our son and his wife and family for a birthday party and had bbq ribs. I'm not sure how you count a full slab of ribs. Had slaw and baked potato with ff sour cream and ff butter. Save the calories where possible. Had a dessert (large) which was split 4 ways. Also had an appetizer of boneless bbq chicken wings. Today is one of those days you just write off and go on from there.

Monday I went out with a friend in the morning and rode 13,5 miles on the Monon Trail. Then stopped and had breakfast. I had a mexican dish with chorizo sausage eggs potatoes and cheese. Large tomato juice. I figured this at about 600 calories. It was not a very large dish. For supper my sweetie fixed rollups with some chicken breasts I fried up. We figured they had 250 cal. each and I had two. Also had 1/2 cup cottage cheese at 90 C.
Had a bowl of strawberries and 1/2 cup ff ice cream at 50 and 90 C. Total for the day about 1430 C
Not to bad I guess.
Tomorrow will be the moment of truth with the scale.

Peace!

Saturdays menu

3 eggbeaters 90
potatoes 150
toast 180 (restaurant bread)
jelly 40
boca burger 70
bun 90
mayo 15
cole slaw 50
7 oz salmon 200
1/3 cup orzo 210
mayo again 40
strawberries 50
total 1185

another pretty good day. Going out to dinner with our son and his family tonight to our favorite BBQ rib place. Will try not to do to much damage.

SATURDAYS MENU

3 eggbeaters 90
Potatoes 150
toast 180 - restaurant bread so it will be more than my usual 35 per slice
jelly ff 40
boca burger 70
bun 90
mayo 15
cole slaw 50
7 oz salmon 200
orzo 210
mayo 40
strawberries 50
total 1185

another pretty good day

My beautiful wife has for the last several years been buying anything available in fat free, low fat or sugar free. Some examples of what we use are:

fat free butter
fat free sour cream
splenda
low fat whole grain bread (35 cal per slice)
fat free refried beans
eggbeaters. 1/4 c = 1 egg 35 cal v 75 cal
Morningstar Farms sausage crumbles 2/3 cup = 90 cal

Breakfast example

Saute 1/2 of a lg onion. Add 3 or 4 chopped mushrooms. Add 2/3 cup sausage crumbles the add 1/2 cup eggbeaters. I would probably chop up 1 jalapeno pepper and add somewhere here. Put in whatever kind of spice you like.
Fix 2 pcs. toast with spray butter and yo have a nice size breakfast for 220 calories. Get some sugar free jelly for the toast for an extra 10 cal per tablespoon.

Peace !

Here is what the last two days eating have consisted of:

Thur. Bowl of cheerios 1 cup 110 C
Milk 1/2 C skim 45 C
toast 2 slices whole grain light 70
spray butter fat free free
sandwich 2 pc bread 70
1 eggbeater 35
1 slice cheese low fat 35
potato chips 140
1 pc watermelon 100
` 8 oz. salmon 200
baked potato 130
cloe slaw 75
1 cup ice cream fat tree no sugar180
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total 1190

I am trying for no more than 1500 calories per day so this was a good day

Friday

1 egg (always eggbeaters unless specified 35
1/4 cup sausage crumbles (no meat) 35
2 slices toast 70
1/2 lb. peel and eat shrimp 170
shrimp sauce 50
1 Nonni ( biscotti) 160
6 oz turkey breast 150
1 baked potato 130
1/2 cup cottage cheese 90
popcorn 50
1 bowl cheerios 110
milk 45
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total 1090

another pretty good day.

When I started this eating program on March 8 2006 I weighed in at 291 lbs
Last Wed. July 26, 2006 I was at 269.5. Now that is only 21.5 lbs. in 4.5 months but if I can keep it up for 12 mo. that should be 56 lbs. We'll see. More later. Lunch is ready !

Loosing weight

I finally remembered why I wanted to start this blog several weeks ago.

I was going to go on a diet and loose some weight. I thought if I put my efforts in some type of public forum I would be more encouraged to stick with it. Maybe someone else might reap some benefit from my experience. As I am not going to go public with this endevour for some time this will probably have to wait.

Now I know how to loose weight. I have done it before. It really is a simple process. You simple EAT LESS CALORIES THAN YOU USE in your everyday living. That is not very hard to understand. Doing it is something else.

The only thing that has ever been successful for me is writing everything that I eat down on a piece of paper along with the number of calories that item contains. I keep this notebook beside my recliner. I plan on posting what I have to eat on certain days and providing tips on what we eat in future posts.

New beginnings. I have debated this for sometime and decided to jump in with both feet. What will happen with it I have no idea. At age 70 you begin to think it may be to late to start something new. I have no expertise to impart to the public who may tune in here.

I am really not sure what will go on here. I enjoy reading other blogs with people sharing about their lives. Many are well written and therefore interesting. I guess it is not so much what is happening in their lives but how they write about it that makes for interesting reading.

I do not plan on telling anyone about this blog for sometime. If you came here it was by accident and hopefully you will come back at some point.