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It's 12:39 in the afternoon and I'm finally just coming up for air from cranking at my computer all morning. So... all I've had to this moment are my usual two Starbuck's venti 1/2 caf's that I had pre Bally's and then post Bally's.
Lunch at Arturo's again. Pizza and meatballs.
Kind of a slow start this morning and because of the rain it made it easy for me to pass on the gym as my head just wasn't into it. But that didn't stop me from swinging by Starbucks for my usual.
Coffee only for breakfast. Lunch @ Arturo's. The pic makes it look big, but I had a small whole wheat crust pizza, sans cheese w/basil and an order of their amazing meatballs.
Then later in the afternoon I had a homemade brownie and some 1% milk.
And then I forgot to take a pic of the hamburger I made for dinner, no bun.
Never made it to the gym this morning, but I did make it to Starbucks twice for my venti 1/2 caf's with milk and Sweet N'Low.
Didn't have any breakfast, and by the time I had lunch it was 1:30. T and I went to Chipotle and I had a tortilla free burrito bowl, which is always great.
Then around 5:30 I started to get hungry so I cut myself a piece of leftover Alton Brown meatloaf. It's a spicy recipe but it's really, really tasty!
One of the benefits of having a photo journal of your food is that it gives you a chance to see how repetitive you can be with what you're eating, and that's surely the case for me. Hence the title "Toast Deja Vu." Now I really like Arnold's Dark German Whole Grain bread, but this is the third day in a row. I've always know that I have a very tight list of things I like, but taking pics of everything I'm eating really has opened my eyes to that reality.
I've read many times that its really important to change things up a lot in your diet as it helps your metabolism as much as it does to eat less, and exercise more. So... I think I've got to start making that happen. Stay tuned...
So lets get started. For breakfast I'm having my usual venti Starbucks w/milk and a Sweet N'Low and yes, two slices of Arnold's Dark German Wheat toast with "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter."
I do my best creative work in the morning, so yesterday I decided I'm going to switch up my gym routine and start going to Bally's @ lunch time vs. early in the morning. That timing worked great for Kim and I when we lived in Dallas many moons ago we trained together. Other than when we first met @ 18, when Kim and I trained together in the middle of the day, we not only looked the best we had in years, we had way more energy. Even better, Kim says she wants to start training with me again.
So today I'm going to switch things up and get on the treadmill @ lunchtime with a goal to beat my last 800 calorie burn on. It should be a lot easier to do now that I just loaded up my iPhone with Jen's newest "Don't Stop Movin" play list.
So... I started my day off with two venti Starbucks w/a little milk and a Sweet N'Low
and some Arnold's German Dark Wheat toast sprayed with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter. I'll tell ya, that Arnold's toast is delicious!
I really liked the change in going to the gym at lunch time, and having loaded up my iPhone with music didn't hurt either. The music Jen shared was great but my two favorites that still help me push whenever I start dragging are Don't Stop Movin' and Final Countdown. I set a goal to burn through 850 calories on the treadmill and I did 861.
So by the time I got out of Ballys, got some gas and got back to the office I was starving, so I changed my clothes and headed to Arturo's for a very, very late lunch. I ordered two of my favorites, meatballs and their salad w/goat cheese, cranberries and balsamic vinegar.
I was sweating this weigh in a little because to be honest I really slacked off last week taking pics of what I was eating and keeping good updates. But the gym is helping, I'm drinking a lot more water and overall ever since I started "The Smart Phone Diet" I've been much more conscious overall with all I'm eating and when. I think that's a great halo affect that I believe people will find once they start and stick with the "The Smart Phone Diet."
And my 1 lb weight loss [actually 1.2lbs] keeps my record perfect with my stickk account.
For breakfast it was another round of Egglands Best Eggs with sauteed peppers, onions and a little chorizo.
For lunch I had turkey and swiss cheese on Ezekiel bread with a little light mayo, some UTZ baked corn chips and Dessert Pepper Trading Co. salsa.
And for dinner Kim made a very simple very amazing roasted chicken breast that was basically a little olive oil, fresh lemon juice and garlic, salt and pepper, with a side of roasted zucchini. Easy, simple and delicious.
