D2R: Day 6

Another quick post here! I'm actually typing this during my team meeting!
Weight: 192.2 lbs
Breakfast: 1 1/2 servings EAS Lean 15 protein powder in 20 oz of water with blueberries

Snacks:
- 2 Quaker Chewy chocolate chip granola bars
- 2 handful Kirkland Signature PB filled pretzels

Lunch: 4 serving spoons bowtie pasta in cream of garlic sauce with curried tofu and kidney beans

Dinner: Meatless substitute (not sure what it was) stew with ginger, celery, pinto beans

Everything was pretty delicious today and I can't complain about how i'm feeling. This weekend will be a true test!

- DeShawn

D2R: Day 5

Making this one short and sweet because i'm sleepy!

Weight: 191.0 lbs

Breakfast:
Sabra roasted red pepper hummus w/pretzels 4.5 oz

Snack:
1 handful KS PB filled pretzels, 3 jalapeno flavored pita chips

Lunch:
1lb Publix fruit salad (pineapple, watermelon, red grapes, cantaloupe)

Snack:
1 handful jalapeno flavored pita chips

Dinner:
Juiced: 2 apples, 1/2 zucchini, 2 bananas, 6 cups spinach, small piece ginger
1 bag classic Lays potato chips

Water: between 32-40oz


So today I feel rather recovered from the off schedule Monday. My body seems to have "purged" most of that but i'm a bit restless tonight. I gotta go to bed!

- DeShawn

D2R: Day 4

Ugh. Rough patch. So weigh-in for Day 4.......

194.0 lbs




*sigh*


At this point I know that I shouldn't be eating crap like that! I was explaining to my coworker that it's best to write down and show what it is you're intaking. Makes everything that much better and you'll know how you react the next day. So with that in mind let's get to the intake for Day 4:

Breakfast:
- 1 1/2 servings EAS Lean 15 protein powder in 16 oz of water
- Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola bar

Snack:
- 1 handful Kirkland Signature Peanut butter filled pretzels

Lunch:
Juiced: 2 apples, 1/2 zucchini, 2 bananas, 6 cups spinach, small piece ginger

Snack:
- Quaker Chewy PB Chocolate Chip Granola Bar

Dinner:
- Juiced: stalk of celery, 3 kiwis, 3 handfuls blueberries, 3 carrots, 1 tangerine, 4 apples, 1 cucumber, 1/2 lemon
- Bundle of grapes, 3 wedges brie, 7 oz pita chips

Throughout the day I drank about 24 oz of water. I thought it was going to be more difficult to maintain a healthy eating habit outside of work (I took a half day Day 4) but it was easily managed with my girlfriend around! Those fish & chips was terrible. I can't believe I ate all of it ugh. Anyway, I'll keep you guys informed on how day 5 treats me!

- DeShawn

D2R: Day 3

Back again! As I stated in Day 2's post, today was going to be quite the challenge. It's Monday, so all the stigma that comes with that PLUS not having the greatest goodies to snack on I knew it was going to be a challenge today. So I treated today as more of a "off day". Here's the list for the day:

Weight: 191.2 lbs
Breakfast:
- 1 1/2 servings (recommended no more than 3 servings per day) EAS Lean 15 protein powder in 16oz of water
- Quaker chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip granola bar

Snack:
- 2 handfuls Kirkland Signature Peanut Butter filled pretzels

Lunch:
- 5 tbsp steamed tofu and kidney beans in curry sauce
- 3 tbsp corn off the cob
- 4 tbsp steamed brown rice

Snack:
- 2 Quaker Chewy granola bars (1 Chocolate Chip, 1 Oatmean Raisin)

I had about 32oz of water for the day. This wasn't too bad, right? So you're probably thinking "well how the heck can this be an 'off day' for you if you're eating decently? Well, here comes your answer:

Dinner:
- 4 2oz fried fish filets
- 6oz french fries

UGH! I'm posting this unfortunately the day after because that stuff put me to sleep! I feel so lethargic and sluggish this morning. I've also weighed myself for day 4 and trust me, you'll be shocked. I definitely have a distaste for stuff like that and i'm only 3 full days into the regiment! We'll see how the results flow in today. I have a half day from work so that leads toward external temptation to pig out, but i'm hoping Day 3's experience will push me away from that decision!

- DeShawn

December to Remember: Day 2

Okay here's today's lineup, folks!

Morning weigh-in: 192.0 lbs

Activities
- Ran 1.40 miles

Breakfast:
- 8oz Natures Bounty Complete Vitamin Shake Mix (Chocolate flavor)


Lunch:
- 5oz Sabra Gluten-free southwest hummus
- celery, apple slices, cucumber slices, grapes, baby carrots

Dinner:
- 10oz multi grain pita chips w/small wedge of brie (forgot the get the brand)
- All the following items were juiced: 2 apples, 5 carrots, 1/2 lemon, 1 cucumber, 3 hand fulls of spinach, 1/2 ginger root, 1 small bunch of grapes, 1/2 tsp cinnamon


To be honest, it doesn't sound like I ate much at all today. Mentally i'm telling myself I didn't have much today, and i'm sure most of you agree! It's true, for now. But I also didn't do too much strenuous activity that would require me to have so much food. I think the most difficult time I will have is during work hours. I will have to go shopping and grab snacks for the work week next weekend. I have some granola bars and other items relative that I will get into.

I will also have to check out and schedule my "off topic" days. I was talking with a friend and I almost said cheat days but I don't really like the sound of it. Cheat days. Blegh! I wanted to slowly ease myself into this eating change so I feel that I should probably begin with 3? We'll see how the progress goes. I'll check in with everyone tomorrow!

- DeShawn

P.S! Here's the link to the book by Jeff Nimoy!

Changing up the eating habits

Good day all!

After listening to my favorite podcast (the 404) and, of course, looking at myself in the mirror, I decided it is time for a dietary change. The podcast featured a gentleman named Jeff Nimoy and he has partaken in the "caveman diet" as well as written a book. I'll add a link to it for those interested.

Anyway, I won't be necessarily starting with the paleo diet yet, but I will be doing a modified version. I figured I'd start cutting out meat a few times per week gradually increasing to maybe once a week by the end of the month. I guess you could say it's a vegetarian diet with eggs and milk.

So today starts day one. Along with documenting my food intake I will be taking daily pictures of bodily changes as well as any exercise activities. I'd like to see how I progress and what  changes take place. I'll be posting these stats daily on this blog.

Here's what's up for day 1:

Weight: 192.5 lbs
Food:
- 1 bowl of Kashi Indigo morning cereal with Silk Pure Almond vanilla milk
- 2 ginger snap cookies
- 12 oz iced tea - 8oz crab stuffed mahi mahi with mashed potatoes and french fries
- 2 Warsteiner dunkels

So I went out to dinner last night! Overall I wouldn't say day 1 was too bad. I'll be running in the morning on Sunday now that my leg is feeling better. It's going to be a lengthy process but I'll stick to it!