the smart phone diet

Feeling Amazing This Morning!

It's tough when you're cranking thru a tough session at the gym, but it feels so good the next morning to think about what you accomplished. That's where my head is this morning, and now that I'm all emailed and Facebooked caught up, it's time for my first cup of coffee.

 

And breakfast was quick and easy. I microwaved 2 eggs, 1 egg white, some turkey sausage and a few caramelized onions.

 

Plenty of water all day and a small piece of meatloaf for a mid-morning snack.

 

Jennifer and I had lunch at Arturo's. Here pizza looked good, I was very tempted to have a bite, but I stuck to my order of a mixed greed salad w/a little goat cheese, sliced onions, dried cranberries and balsamic dressing. Followed by oven roasted meatballs.

 

 

Later in the afternoon on my way to Bally's I stopped in for a snack. Mt snack of choice, spicy peanuts.

 

My knees are getting better but they still aren't what they used to be, so whenever it's a legs and abs day I'm doing all of the usual leg workouts in the past when I was in better shape, but I'm not cranking up the weights as high as I used until I know they're in better shape. So I did my legs, and abs, but not nearly to to the intensity that I could have. It's only an excuse, I realize that, but I'm better with music than not and I forgot my ear buds. But I went, and I did work out.

 

With the weather getting nicer and my shift in starting to introduce lighter foods and more veggies into my diet I had baked Trader Joe's crab cakes and roasted asparagus with lemon. I'm actually really starting to think more about bringing more seafood into my dinner.

175lbs

The last time I saw 175lbs on the scale was when I was 19, the summer of 1976 in NYC. The funny thing is that even though I wasn't cut, I also wasn't fat, but in my head I thought I was. I have no idea if I'll ever see 175lbs on a scale again, but I know I can get below 200lbs and then some and that's what I shooting for before the end of the year. I gained a ton of weight over the years but I did manage to quit a 3 pack a day habit of Marlboro's over 25 years ago, and I never miss them.

Only 41.5 LBS From Losing 100LBS!

Down 58.5 LBS since I started "The Smart Phone Diet" I realized I'm only 41.5 LBS from losing 100LBS!

So let's get started on another day of eating and exercise to get me down 100+...

Breakfast... office brewed Trader Joe's w/ a little 1% milk and 2 eggs, 1 egg white and turkey sausage.

 

Snack time...10:50 tuna w/celery, onions and mayo sans bread

 

Lunch was pretty quick and once again, sans any veggies, leftover meatloaf. I did have an orange.

 

Afternoon snack

 

Off to Bally's for cardio. Goal this evening, beat my last cardio caloric burn of 861 calories.

 

Well I did it! Even though I'm more of a morning person at the gym, I managed to hand in their and push thru burning 872 calories. I've burnt a 1,000+ before which is what I'm working back up to.

 

I probably shouldn't have eaten after I got home but I did. Whole grain pasta with turkey sausage and broccoli rabe.

Not shown, but eaten, 4 little squares of 72% dark chocolate.

Down 58.5 LBS!

Last night after my work out, when my ass was dragging, I posted the following on my Facebook page to not only share what was in my head with everyone who have been so amazing in supporting me. I also posted it here so when I finally get to my ultimate level of weight and fitness, I REMEMBER how I felt in that moment.

"I NEVER, EVER, WILL GAIN BACK 100+ LBS!!! Why? Because it SUCKS to have to lose it all over again. Not once, but "weigh" too many times to count.Yeah, I said it, it SUCKS being FAT!!! Yeah Curtis I said it! Somebody had to say it... I want to burn this time at the gym not only into my brain, but on this page so I don't EAT these words in the future!"

Down 56.5 lbs + I'm Taking It To The Next Level!

Down another 3.5 lbs since my last weigh in, which is great, but this morning I've decided to take my efforts to the next level! At my size, I know I can be losing even more every week, so that's what I'm going to do.

Not in an unhealthy "weigh", but just by increasing my intensity at Bally's, moving more and more towards ONLY complex carbs, less of them, and OF COURSE, more fruits and veggies.

Another change for this week... dinner @ 6, and the gym @ 8, Monday thru Friday, NO EXCUSES!

And training much, much, stronger while I'm there, listening to "Don't Stop Movin" and my other favorites that keep my training intensity up!

Now I'm pleased that I've lost a total of 56.3 lbs on "The Smart Phone Diet" but I still have a long, long weigh to go. Especially as I started looking at old pictures over the weekend of myself when I weighed a 100lbs less and even then, I still looked too fat, why, because I was.

The only adult pic that I have where I actually looked trim was when I was 19, and dating Kim. The sad thing is that even at that weight I thought I was fat.

Looking back, I've never been "cut", never. But I at 175lbs and 5'11" I wasn't fat, but I thought I was.

Ever since I had my tonsils out when I was little and I started having to wear the infamous "huskies", all I ever heard was "you're FAT, FATSO, TUBBY, LARD ASS, you know the drill", and for year's that's all I ever believed I was. But that's a story for another time.

So back to this week...

In addition to using my iPhone as my 24/7 digital weight loss conscious, I brought out a fresh new trusty piece of 5lb mypetfat and placed it right by my computer to keep my weight loss goal and commitment to myself front and center. It's a lot easier looking at "mentally motivating" mypetfat pics on my iPhone when I'm on the move than hauling around a piece of mypetfat in my car [I actually did that in the early days of mpf, along with many other tricks...]

So that's where my head is this morning, and that's what I'm going to do this week!

Stay tuned as I post what I'm thinking, eating and doing...

Ok, starting my morning with a little office-brewed Trader Joe's decaf w/milk.

 

Well breakfast came and went and as it turned out I never had it, but at around 11:00 I stopped long enough to have a little bit of meatloaf we had in the fridge. I'm ding my best this week to eat more protein in addition to more veggies. No veggies yet here...

 

I did take a short break for lunch but had it in front of my computer. Bumble Bee tuna with celery, onion and a little lite mayo on toasted whole grain bread and I'm drinking LOTS of water.

 

My friend Theresa suggested I have a peanut butter and celery snack this afternoon. I haven't eaten that since elementary school, so I went for it with a little Trader Joe's peanut butter and I must admit it really hit the spot, thanks T!

 

Staying on plan I made turkey sausage with garlic, onion and broccoli rabe over Barilla whole grain pasta for dinner. The portion looks large but it's smaller than what I would have eaten if I wasn't being more conscious, hence a bid advantage of taking pics of what I'm eating and journaling about it.

 

Off to Bally's in a little while for an upper body work out. Taking myself out of my comfort zone this week by going to the gym at night. To date I prefer the morning. Gotta remember to take my ear buds for my iPhone tonight as I always work out stronger with music.

Even though I really prefer working out in the morning with music in my iPhone I was able to have a great workout. Little by little I can getting more and more energy and I'm feeling much more fit.

I was looking for something after the gym so I ended up having two bananas.

Down 53 lbs!

Still Not Eating Enough Veggies...

I didn't get around to uploading most of my pics until around dinner time, and as I did, I realized how little veggies or fruits I'm eating. Nothing new, but it's still my reality. So let's get started. For breakfast I had two Starbucks decaf with soy-milk and one raw sugar. And a bowl of Kashi 7-Grain Pilaf.

 

I had Skippy peanut butter on a brown rice for an afternoon snack. And we were back at Arturo's for lunch where I their meatballs and two slices of pizza.

  

  

The "Whole" Continues...

I started my morning @ Bally's doing 30 mins cardio. A combination bike and treadmill mainly because I was bored and I forgot to bring my ear buds. I needed the distraction. On the way to the gym I got a Starbucks decaf w/soymilk and one raw sugar packet. On the ride home I got a refill.

As it ended up I didn't breakfast until almost lunch time. I made a batch of Kashi 7 grain pilaf and added some raisins and boy was it good!

 

So for my late lunch Kim made some curried Bumble Bee tuna w/raisins on Nature's Promise Flax & Whole Grain bread.

I had some peanut butter in the afternoon.

 

For dinner we went to Arturo's for their tasting menu. First course an organic salad of Bibb lettuce, beets, a couple baby radishes, sea salt and olive oil. Very clean and very delicious.

Next course, Dan's so simple, but unbelievable chicken soup.

Always the best, their handmade pasta with pieces of braised beef.

And for dessert they served a nice piece of eggless tiramisu.

    

 

Moving More and More to "WHOLE" Everything...

I'm super pleased that I've lost 48 lbs to date on The Smart Phone Diet, but I know to really make this  truly life-changing and long-lasting I need to do "weigh" more than just eat less and exercise more.

That's why this week Kim and I are committing to start working together to eat more "whole" foods, less prepared foods, and "diet" foods.

This week is a transition week where little by little we start moving away from processed foods, white flour, refined sugars and all things artificial. No easy task at first, but one that's well worth it. To help us on this journey we're turning to an old friend Dr. Hyman who wrote "Ultrametabolism." Over the weekend we cracked open our copy of the book, and we also picked up a copy of his cookbook. So this week it's more about overall awareness [help's taking pics] setting up our kitchen for success and starting to peel away certain habits and foods.

The first change for me was going 100% decaf and no Sweet N'Low. My sweetener substitute Whole Food's raw agave nectar, not much, just a little.

Then knowing it's better to work on resetting my metabolism by eating a small snack in between meals I had a few Trader Joe's unsalted peanuts.

Lunch was some leftover chicken with tomatoes, capers and a little bit of roasted potatoes.

And I'm making sure I'm drinking plenty of water as I'm already 1/2 way through my 88oz. water container. Once my food settled I was off to Bally's for an upper body session to keep my metabolism cranking.

Later in the afternoon I had some more unsalted Trader Joe peanuts and lots more water.

For dinner I made us a batch of clam sauce which tasted great. The only thing that wasn't "whole" was regular pasta which is the last batch we have in the house. Going forward it's "whole" grain all the way!

After dinner I shared an orange with Kim, and I'm pleased to say that I didn't have any other late night sweet urges. So all in all I had a very successful day. Mostly whole foods, no caffeine, no artificial sweetener's and pretty much all things "whole." Oh yeah, more veggies and fruits, we gotta get to the store.

Little By Little!