Day 31: 233 pounds

Today marked the 31st day and official one month mark on this journey that I started June 23rd.  I weighed myself last Monday when we got home to see what kind of damage I had done on vacation.  Before we left I was down to 234 pounds (11 pounds total).  Unfortunately when we got home I was back up to 238, gaining 4 pounds.  Of course I was not to happy with this, but came to terms with it because after all I was on vacation.  Is it even possible to lose weight while on vacation?  I don't think so.  I knew that if I was good all week and could get those 4 pounds back by my one month mark.  Well I did just that and an extra pound.  I'm happy with having lost 12 pounds so far and am knocking on the door to enter the 220's.  I can't recall the last time I was under 230.   Its also worth noting that my first goal from my first post was to lose 20 pounds in 2 months.  I'm more then half way there and feel pretty confident that I can lose the 8 pounds if not more by August 23rd.  To reference an 80's song "watch out here I come". 

Going forward I'm going to weigh myself and post it every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  I think this will make for some good suspense in waiting a few days to see the new number.  Hopefully every time I report back it will be a lower number then previously reported, however its possible it goes up or stays the same.  Remember losing weight is not easy, but I'm doing my best at it.

I will also say that not only am I proud that I have lost 12 pounds in one month, but I'm also proud that I have posted something every day.  Knowing that I have to wright a post every night for many to see helps me keep focus on the final prize, breaking 200!  

If I had to grade my first month I would say it was a C+!  I would have graded myself higher, but I got off to slow start with my exercise, ate/drank horrible on July 4th and had a vacation where I gained 4 pounds.  However overall I think I had a great first month and can hold my head high.  

Now on to today.  As you all know Saturdays are cleaning day in our house.  I told Dawn that I would clean the entire house while she took Lily to dance and ran some errands.  I started about 9am and was done just after 1pm.  Call me crazy, but when I set my mind on cleaning I actually enjoy it.  Besides its a great form of exercise especially when you mop!  Now of course there are times when I don't like to clean and will complain most of the time.  Those times are normally started with "Bryan it's time to clean, head to the bathroom" or during a sporting event that I don't want to leave the couch for (Sunday football).  I drank a protein shake as I was clean and that held me over till lunch time.  

For lunch I made myself another grilled chicken breast and ate that will a tall glass of Ice Tea (no sugar). The kids had some chicken nuggets and I did sneak a few of those in that they left over.  I'm pretty sure it wont do any harm.  I had to work a Dbacks game tonight, so it was the soup & salad combo from the press lounge yet again.  I'm really starting to enjoy the salad bar and the different soups they put out.  The other night I had a curry & carrot soup.  I don't think I would have ever tried such a soup, but since it was the only option I went with it.  Surprisingly it was pretty good.  As for tonight, they had vegtiable beef.  Its important to know that in the past it was normal for me to get a full plate of salad and a full plate of food from the buffet add a cookie for desert and chase it all down with two cups of soda.  Its no wonder why I seemed to ballon out during the summers!  

So overall it was a great day, I did great on my eating and got 4 hours of exercise by cleaning the house.

Daily Recap:

• Breakfast:  Protein Shake
• Lunch:  Grilled Chicken Breast & 2 Chicken Nuggets
• Dinner:  Soup & Salad
• Exercise:  House cleaning (4 hours)
• Weight:  233 lbs 
• Grade:  A+