So its week 3 of the PN challenge.
I weighed in at 208.8 this am. A nice change! I am adjusting to the eating schedule - I am getting sick of omlettes for sure!
I rode my bike 37 miles yesterday - that is the longest ride I have done in the last 12 months! It felt GOOD too - I rode part of the timberman course and enjoyed the riding on rt. 106. I think that I have come to the realization that I just don't like riding my bike through hills :-)
I have a meeting today at LASC with Elaine to get me started on a strength-training program. The PN Challenge has a recommended set of strength training items but I don't know enough about weightlifting to really use it so Elaine said she'd set me up! I am really excited to try something new in the gym.
Well off to work for now - I'll post more later today or possibly tomorrow!
Monday, July 14, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Week #1
Well the first week of the challenge was setting us up for the real thing. We worked on a meal plan and an excercise plan that we'll follow for the 16 remaining weeks. So...
Today is the first real step. 212 lbs + 27.8% on hte Tanita.
I am excited and nervous. I be back tomorrow!
Today is the first real step. 212 lbs + 27.8% on hte Tanita.
I am excited and nervous. I be back tomorrow!
Monday, June 30, 2008
The 17-week challenge
Hi everyone. It sure has been a while since I spent any time thinking about this. I figure that today is a GREAT day to start posting to the blog and make it a habit. Why you ask?
Well today is the first day of me participating in a group-coached program called Precision Nutrition. We are the charter group of 100 men and 100 women who are going to turn over our daily eating schedule to a group of nutritionists and coaches who will help us re-shape our eating habits. Additionally they are asking us to include a daily workout routine which will complement our new eating regimen. The goal of this program is to not to lose weight (although that is a nice byproduct) but to help change our existing eating and activity patterns into healthier, sustaniable ones. Finally it sounds like they're going to push us outside our comfort zone and ask us to do things we'd probably never consider. Not sure what those will be but since I love a challenge I'm looking forward to it.
One of the things that I believe in is the fact that there is always a perfect calorie for every situation. I look forward to this program because I think that it will help me identify more perfect calories than before! More to come on this one.....
So today I weigh 210.0 lbs. I have not seen the south side of 210 in a few months - in fact this is the lightest I have been for a few months! After hitting 220 one day I decided that things need to change. I got from 220 down to where I am now by paying attention but I have been between 210 and 215 for the last 8 weeks and I am sure that this program will help me get to where I want to be. So begins the experiment.
I will keep posting to this on a regular basis - I'll shoot for every day but will be happy with every other! I look forward to hearing from you on this and I'll keep you posted.
Motor on!
Jason
Well today is the first day of me participating in a group-coached program called Precision Nutrition. We are the charter group of 100 men and 100 women who are going to turn over our daily eating schedule to a group of nutritionists and coaches who will help us re-shape our eating habits. Additionally they are asking us to include a daily workout routine which will complement our new eating regimen. The goal of this program is to not to lose weight (although that is a nice byproduct) but to help change our existing eating and activity patterns into healthier, sustaniable ones. Finally it sounds like they're going to push us outside our comfort zone and ask us to do things we'd probably never consider. Not sure what those will be but since I love a challenge I'm looking forward to it.
One of the things that I believe in is the fact that there is always a perfect calorie for every situation. I look forward to this program because I think that it will help me identify more perfect calories than before! More to come on this one.....
So today I weigh 210.0 lbs. I have not seen the south side of 210 in a few months - in fact this is the lightest I have been for a few months! After hitting 220 one day I decided that things need to change. I got from 220 down to where I am now by paying attention but I have been between 210 and 215 for the last 8 weeks and I am sure that this program will help me get to where I want to be. So begins the experiment.
I will keep posting to this on a regular basis - I'll shoot for every day but will be happy with every other! I look forward to hearing from you on this and I'll keep you posted.
Motor on!
Jason
Monday, February 25, 2008
Girl Scout Cookies
Ah Girl Scout cookie season. Such a trying time for me since I have 2 nieces who sell their wares to us - we're powerless to fight off the temptation of the GSCs. I always think to myself that I'm sure that the troop would prefer that I just give them the 50 bucks outright and not buy cookies with it. They would make more money off me that way. However, I feel like I'm taking away from the whole experience for the girls if they were not able to get "credit" for boxes of cookies towards their rewards based on how many boxes they sell and the bonus money they make if they reach a certain goal. I have always been curious to know exactly how much money they make off the cookies per box and how much of that goes to actually supporting the Girl Scouts. I'm sure that information is out there but I'm not going to look right now.
Well back to the topic at hand - cookies. I think that everyone has their favorite GSCs. I personally love the trefoils and the Thin Mints. Something about them make me think of when I was little - those seemed like the only ones that my mom would buy. I think that they are the simplest cookies and are very good. I also like samoas - those are some tasty cookies for sure. I am sure that I could eat a whole box in one sitting. Thankfully I have not done so (yet). I also like the peanut butter sandwich cookies but I cannot stand the peanut butter cookies covered in chocolate. I dont know what they do to those poor cookies but they taste like....chemicals....or something like that to me. Horrible aftertaste. Not a perfect calorie.
Here is what I hate about GSCs - look at the side of the box. The Ingredients in these cookies make my heart palpitate. They are horrible for you! Lots of saturated fats, hydrogenated oils I was surprised to see that they actually use sugar instead of HFCS - I'm sure that they will find a way to get HCFS into those cookies somehow. I feel guilty when I eat them because I know that they are really not very good for you. I know, I know nothing is bad for you in moderation but I'm sure that I could make most of these cookies without the use of some of these ingredients because I don't have to bake them and find a way to keep them fresh for many moons. I wish they could find a way to make these cookies with fewer "bad" ingredients and make them somewhat better for you. I suppose that is asking alot when they are trying to make a nice margin on them.
So anyway - todays perfect calorie goes out to the thin mint cookies that I ate. They were good but for some reason they never taste as good as I remember them.
Jason
Well back to the topic at hand - cookies. I think that everyone has their favorite GSCs. I personally love the trefoils and the Thin Mints. Something about them make me think of when I was little - those seemed like the only ones that my mom would buy. I think that they are the simplest cookies and are very good. I also like samoas - those are some tasty cookies for sure. I am sure that I could eat a whole box in one sitting. Thankfully I have not done so (yet). I also like the peanut butter sandwich cookies but I cannot stand the peanut butter cookies covered in chocolate. I dont know what they do to those poor cookies but they taste like....chemicals....or something like that to me. Horrible aftertaste. Not a perfect calorie.
Here is what I hate about GSCs - look at the side of the box. The Ingredients in these cookies make my heart palpitate. They are horrible for you! Lots of saturated fats, hydrogenated oils I was surprised to see that they actually use sugar instead of HFCS - I'm sure that they will find a way to get HCFS into those cookies somehow. I feel guilty when I eat them because I know that they are really not very good for you. I know, I know nothing is bad for you in moderation but I'm sure that I could make most of these cookies without the use of some of these ingredients because I don't have to bake them and find a way to keep them fresh for many moons. I wish they could find a way to make these cookies with fewer "bad" ingredients and make them somewhat better for you. I suppose that is asking alot when they are trying to make a nice margin on them.
So anyway - todays perfect calorie goes out to the thin mint cookies that I ate. They were good but for some reason they never taste as good as I remember them.
Jason
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Welcome
Here I am trying out my idea for a blog - the perfect calorie. This idea generated out of a concept that I had one day - that we are all looking for the perfect calorie. It doesn't matter if you're looking for it during a fancy dinner, for a quick snack or if you're just finishing up a hard workout.
In this blog I want to share my thoughts on eating and being healthy. I also might share some of my personal experiences along the way with trying to get back into my exercise habits.
So welcome. I hope that this turns out to be everything I hope it can be.
In this blog I want to share my thoughts on eating and being healthy. I also might share some of my personal experiences along the way with trying to get back into my exercise habits.
So welcome. I hope that this turns out to be everything I hope it can be.
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