the smart phone diet

The Gym and the House...

are my training grounds today. First Ballys, and then cleaning up around the house. It was a nice surprise when I got home from the gym to find out Kim was making me an Egglands Best omelet stuffed with my pepper, onions and chorizo combo. Boy she makes great omelets.

After the omelet I finished off my second Starbucks of the morning. 

And knowing we're going to Jack & Les's for pot roast and potato pancakes I decided to eat a light lunch. I made the same salad I had yesterday which consisted of mescalin, olive oil, blue cheese, white balsamic vinegar, blue cheese and pepitas.

 

Other than a couple handfuls of walnuts in the afternoon this is all I had till dinner. And what's even better is that when we sat down to dinner I ate less than I ever can remember of Jack and Les's amazing pot roast and potato pancakes. We had a salad to start. The only think I didn't take a pic of was a very small piece of bread, no butter and a small piece of Mrs. Smith's apple pie. Oh, I didn't have any appetizers either. To drink I had Pepsi One.

Fingers Crossed...

with my weigh in tomorrow because I really fell off the wagon taking pics and posting since Tuesday right after my 800 calorie burn on the treadmill. I don't know why I do that, but it seems that quite often after I have a great success I slack off. It's not that I ate bad since Tuesday, but I know that I would have done better if I had kept up taking pics and updating what I ate.

To that end I pushed myself at Ballys this morning and I'll make sure I push myself hard at the gym again tomorrow before I weigh in.

So... this morning so far I've had two Starbucks venti 1/2 cafs w/a little milk and one Sweet N'Low. And as of 10:25 I haven't had any breakfast other than to prep some peppers and onions with a little chorizo to have with eggs.

They might not look pretty, but they sure are tasty. One Egglands Best egg and one egg white with my pepper, onion and chorizo sausage concoction. 

Wanting to stay a little more high protein I made myself a hamburger that I spiced up a little with Lea & Perrins, and I made a big salad of mescalin, olive oil, white balsamic vinegar, blue cheese crumbles and pepita's.

 

Dinner was thrown together at the last minute. We browned up some hamburger, added in a few spices and a little sour cream to make a mock beef stroganoff. It was ok.

Burning 800 Calories...

My morning started as usual, a Starbucks venti 1/2 caf w/a little milk and Sweet N'Low on my way to Bally's. 

Wanting to build on my weight loss success I set a goal to burn a minimum of 800 calories on the treadmill. And other than the time I hit the STOP button when I took a pic at crossing 500 calories everything went great. All I did was start up the treadmill again until I burned another 300 calories. Here's my proof.

When I got back home it was a quick breakfast of 2 Egglands Best eggs and 1 egg white along with a little Hillshire Farms turkey sausage.

Lunch... salad and meatballs for lunch @ Arturo's.

Dinner... salad and meatballs @ Arturo's.

Down 40 LBS!

Now this a great "weigh" to start a Monday! Down 40 lbs! with the help of my iPhone and "The Smart Phone Diet." And even after I have to admit I visited Bobby's Burger Palace not once, but twice this past weekend!

But thinking I might of stacked the deck against myself a little with what I had eaten this weekend, I decided to weigh in after I went to Bally's.

I had hoped to have had enough time for 60 mins on the treadmill this morning, but I got out late so 30 mins it was. But 30 mins. was still enough time to work up a sweat that I'm sure helped my weigh in.

Oh, one other thing... as you can see below there is an advantage to being overweight, at least on the treadmill.

The more you weigh, the more calories you burn!

Another Day To Drop Some LBS!

On my way to Ballys I stopped at Starbucks for a venti 1/2 caf with a little milk and a Sweet N'Low. I'm still thinking through what I'm going to have for breakfast as I need to get in the habit of having breakfast everyday to start to train my metabolism to start working with me vs. against me.

Made 2 Egglands Best with Hillshire Farms kielbasi for breakfast.

 

For lunch I was super hungry and had 2 bowls of brown rice with mashed turkey meatballs, carrots and kale.

 

Afternoon protein shake of Trader Joe's and GNC protein powder in a cup of Farmland 1% milk.

Keeping Up The Momentum

I picked up a Starbucks this morning on the way to Ballys. It wasn't good for my metabolism but I got so caught up with what I was working on that I didn't have any breakfast. But I did manage to whip up a protein shake combo of GNC and  Trader Joe's protein mix for lunch.

Still cranking in the afternoon and into the evening the only thing I ate was two handfuls of walnuts and a small bowl of a strange mixture I made of leftover turkey meatballs, kale, carrots and brown rice.

Down 35LBS on The Smart Phone Diet!

What a great "weigh" to start a new week! Down 35 lbs on The Smart Phone Diet and only 15 lbs to go to hit a 50 lb weight loss milestone.

After my weigh in I started my day at Bally's doing upper body, and then I picked up a Starbucks on the way home. At the office I made a protein shake of 1% Farmland milk with a scoop of Trader Joe's soy protein powder and a scoop of GNC's 100% whey protein powder.

 

Kim and I went to Arturo's for lunch and we 1/2'd a salad, some fresh ricotta on a crostini and a bowl of marinara. I love 1/2ing meals. It's great both on your waist and your wallet and more often than not it's just the right amount to eat!

 

And as it ended up, it was pasta again for dinner @ Calandra's.

Back @ Bally's

I need to learn my lesson that if I want to make it to the gym I need to go in the morning because if I don't, the day happens and by the end of the day, I have a tough time getting motivated to go. So instead of going to the gym last night I watched a little of The Biggest Loser which is what motivated me to get to Ballys this morning!

When I got home I had home brewed Starbucks with 1% Farmland milk, 2 pieces of Freihofer's toast with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, 2 Eggland's Best eggs with a little of my favorite Heinz ketchup.

Lunchtime... sausage soup deja vu!

Quantum Scale... Worry Free Weigh-In!

I'm really looking forward to seeing one of these scales in action. The idea to only see the difference in your weight and not your actual weight is just great. When I first learned about the scale I posted a much more detailed post about the Quantum Scale than I am here, only because of time.

Learn about the scale

Read my posting on mypetfat

I Missed Two Days

of posting, but no worries I'm back in the saddle. To prove that, here's what I had on Sunday and then on Monday. That's the great thing about taking pics of your food. It's easy to get lazy about posting in a blog, but if you at least capture what you're eating with your phone its kinda interesting to go back and see how you were eating. Hey, I'm not complaining as ever since I started test driving my idea for a "Smart Phone Diet" I've dropped 32.5 lbs!

SUNDAY

MONDAY

 

I had a coffee on my way to the gym...

TODAY

 

I'm going to Ballys this evening for cardio so I after my morning coffee I made an omelet of Hillshire Farms turkey kielbasi and 2 Eggland's Best Eggs along with 2 slices of Freihofer's Country Double Wheat bread. and a few sprays of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.

So if you've been following this blog you might be wondering what's with identifying the brands. Well I think as much as its becoming interesting to take a more conscious note of all I'm eating each day, I'm curious to start seeing a pattern to the types of brands I'm choosing now, and the ones I'll discover along my new "weigh." I've also found that as I've starting going to each of these brands sites most of them have lots of great tips and recipes that could be fun to try. The whole point of the Smart Phone Diet is to start becoming much more aware and connected to all of the touch points that I come in contact with throughout the day, much of which up until this point has been very unconscious. 

For lunch Kim made a fresh batch of tuna salad. Bumble Bee white albacore tuna with celery, onion and Hellmann's may w/olive oil. I like Cento diced hot cherry pepper spread on my sandwich which today's bread was Pepperidge Farm's 7 grain deli flats.

 

We were crankin alot on Shurn Group work late in to evening so by the time we stopped we weren't in any mood to cook plus we needed to review a new menu design proof with Dan @ Arturo's. So while we were there it was so easy and so tasty just to order his amazing uber thin crust, brick oven margherita pizza. I'm only showing one slice but I had four. I know that sounds like a lot but his pie is so thin and the mozzarella is so lite and fresh that four slices at Arturo's is like two slices anywhere else, and it almost might be like having one. Every bite is a pleasure.

Last but not least I did have a cookies & cream Skinny Cow.