I haven't completely forgotten...

So...

I am still blogging and I am still trying, albeit not very successfully, to lose weight. I have had a few things working against me, not the least of which is my own self. The holidays, shopping, my sister being in town for Christmas, me and Dear and Patient GF going out of town for part of the holiday to see her family in Fresno (Fresno?!? Nobody goes to Fresno anymore!), and going on something of a tear on the poker tables have all conspired against me losing weight, much less blogging about it. I've had several days where I could have gone to the gym, and frankly SHOULD have, but instead I raced home to fire up the poker machine and continue on my win streak. My own fault. Oh well.

The holidays are just about over, although I've got one more extravagant meal to consume before 1/1/07 (New Year's Eve, probably the best steak I've ever had and definitely the absolute best tableside Caesar Salad you will ever come across), and then I start working in earnest. I'm going to join the Men's Health Belly Off Club and actually attempt to stick to it. Also, every day that I have the opportunity (weekends, and nights that DAPGF is teaching) I will be hitting the gym before doing anything fun like playing poker or blogging. Right now, I predict that the diet will be the toughest part of this. Breakfast is pretty safe (usually oatmeal), I'm starting to get some control over my mid-morning and mid-afternoon snacking, and for the most part lunch is pretty easy to control. Dinner is my big problem, mainly when DAPGF and I go out. She's not an eat at home person, even if it is to go out for cheap Mexican food. So we go out, and portion control becomes a big problem. If I'm paying for it, I'm gonna eat it. At a lot of the places we go, the food really isn't "optimized" to take leftovers home (sloppy enchiladas and such), so it all gets eaten. And Leon's getting larger! So it will be a battle, but one I intend to fight. Wish me luck. Obviously I'm attempting to get my act together now, but 1/1/07 and the game is on!

So enough of that. When last we left our hero, we were still fat. Here's the progress from 12/20 thru 12/28.

12/20 - 279.4 lbs and 36.5% body fat.

12/21 - 280.8 lbs and 35.7%

12/22 - 281.0 lbs and 35.4%

Out of town, and didn't have a scale. Really.

12/26 - 281.0 lbs and 37.0% Considering how much I ate and drank, I'll take it!

12/27 - 280.0 lbs and 37.3% Haven't really figured out the correlation between weight and BF.

12/28 - 281.0 lbs and 36.4%

Breakfast
Oatmeal - 160 cal

Snack
Pringles - 250 cal

Lunch
Lean Gourmet Lasagna - 310 cal
Campbells Select Chicken Noodle Soup - 180 cal
Oreo Cookies - 240 cal

Snack
Pringles - 250 cal

Dinner (here we go, out for Mexican food in Old Town San Diego)
Combo Meal - Beef taco, chicken flauta, quesadilla, chips and salsa
No idea how many calories, but probably too many.

I walked the dog in the morning and late at night, and sprinted with her for a few minutes after work, and that sums up the physical activity for the day. I will get better, dammit!