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Breakfast: Coffee, Multi-Vit (Forgot to eat)

Lunch: One Cold Cut Sangwich, Diet pepsi

Dinner: At Mom's...

Exercise: Yes, morning lifting & stretching (4)

Notes: Brought my Dad home today!

Monday

Breakfast: Granola Bar, Coffee

Lunch: 8 oz. Lasagna Alfredo, Granola bar

Dinner: Cold Cut Sub, Cheez Its, Seeds

Exercise: None in the AM, will try one after work

Notes: Nice weekend visiting the Goddaughter, but not the best diet weekend. Fought off serious urge to have an entire sub as a snack today...I'm taking it home for dinner instead.

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Breakfast: Oatmeal, Coffee, Multi-Vit.

Lunch: 2 Fish Sangwiches, small pasta salad

Dinner: Cheese Pizza

Exercise: Morning routine w/ more reps (3)

Notes: I'll be out of town for the weeknd so I need to keep on focus & not splurge.

Thirs-day

Breakfast: Oatmeal, Chai Tea

Lunch: 8 oz. Pepper and Rice, Captains Wafers & an Orange

Snack: Granola Bar

Dinner: Chicken Pasta

Exercise: Morning workout w/ a little more weight (2)

Notes: I'll just keep yesterdays weigh in for the week.I am extrememly hungry today, I had a granola bar but I can't kick the hunger feeling.

Wednesday, the Ash type...

Breakfast: Oatmeal, Coffee, Multi-Vit.

Lunch: 2 Tuna sandwiches & an orange

Dinner: Probably a fish sandwich

Exercise: Morning routine with a afew more reps thrown in. (1)

Notes: New month, refined plan, new outlook.

The March Plan

Diet Plan: Eat moderately, pack lunch and stick with it, know what I'm having for dinner a day in advance. Keep fresh fruits & vegetables in the house. Grocery shop for smaller amounts of food more often, to keep things fresh & waste less, I threw away a lot of food last month.

Exercise Plan: 14 workouts, 4 of which will be cardio workouts. I want to begin the routine of jogging this month so by spring I already have broken the legs in. I have a 5k race in June I'm going to register for as long as I'm healthy.

Weight Plan: I set the goal a little too lofty last month and then felt like a failure, which I wasn't. I set a goal of 12.5 lbs. and lost 3lbs. But I lost the 3 lbs. with what felt like an off track month, so I'll split the difference and go for 7 lbs. which wil set my goal at 252.5 lbs.

February End of Month Report

Goals: I didn't get after the lunch thing like I wanted, and went out more than I wanted. I still did not eat any fast food. 2 months of no fast food may be a record for me since I was about 12 years old. I also ate a little better at dinner time, but still didn't have a plan like I wanted.

Exercise: Barely made 13 workout goal (last one was today), but I DID make the 13 so that's good. I increased the difficulty slightly, but I am really in need of good cardio, I thnk in the next month the weather should provide some opportunity there. One thing I did find out this month that with less frequent workouts I felt less energetic which leads to lazier diet habits. I miss jogging for the health & mental welness it brings me, that's life in Ohio.

Weight: This is probably where most people changing health habits get hung up, including me. I feel like I've not lost anything but I checked my end of Jan. report and I was 262.5, so I have lost 3 pounds this month (curently 259.5 lbs.), which is more reasonable than the weight I lost (12.5 lbs.) in the first month. My goal of 250.0 lbs. this month was way too much to expect n one month. Long term vision is difficult at times, but if I look back I've lost 15.5 lbs. in total for a 7.75 lbs./month rate which is pretty good. Adding cardio in the mix of my workouts will help.

Notes: Wednesday I will roll out my March plan which will be more challenging in some areas & more realistic in others. Thanks to everyone who has left comments of support the last 2 months. I'm not quiting on myself. I see my Dad at 63 in rehab for a replaced knee & other health problems and know that is not where I want to be at that age, so now is the time to make life changes.