Day 107

***I just noticed that I didn't publish this post last night.  Sorry about that.  Here's what I had to say.

I love Fridays!  Not only is the week over, but you don't have to think about work for two days.  Plus this time of year is the best if your a sports fan, with baseball playoffs, college football and NFL football.  After taking Brady to school I went and got an ice coffee.  Its becoming something that I have to have in my system in order to get going.  Maybe I'm at that age now where coffee is a required item every morning.  I love it so I will take it! 

After getting home I got to work but didn't have a ton on my plate.  I took the extra free time and went out to start cleaning my garages.  I love having a clean garage, however with the summer heat there is no way I'm stepping foot in there when it feels like 150 degrees  But our temperature has been in the 70's the past few days, so it was a perfect day to get out side and putz around. 

Brady had a half day of school and we were planning to go see our new niece.  It was going to be the first time that I and the kids were going to meet her, so we all couldn't wait.  Lily was counting down the minutes until Brady got out of school knowing it was when we could go see baby Carsyn.  So the second we got there I quickly grabbed her and didn't let go until it was time for her to eat.  She is so beautiful!  You forget how little a newborn is and that 6 pounds feels like nothing in your arms.  Brady and Lily got to hold her and they loved every second of it.  Brady even said "mom can we have another one, I like holding babies".  We both replied with "then you can come over here and hold her whenever you want".  While we were there we watched the Dbacks game and unfortunately watched them lose and their season come to an end. 

The day ended with a baseball game for Brady.  They lost, but he played good going 2-3 with an RBI.  As for my eating, it was ok.  Its been a rough and busy week so my head has not been in the game. 

Daily Recap:

• Breakfast:  Iced Coffee
• Lunch:  2 Cheeseburgers (McDonald's)
• Dinner:  Leftover Mini Chimi (1) & Mexican Rice
• After Dinner Snack:  Popcorn (Brady's game)
• Exercise:  none
• Weight:  n/a
• Grade:  C+

Day 106

Today started off so good.  I woke up with a positive outlook and felt like it was going to be a great day of dieting and exercise.  Well it didn't turn out that way, sucks!  I dropped the kids off at school and went to get a bagel and coffee.  Yes I know I have a problem and addiction when it comes to coffee and bagels.  However I have done the math and its actually not that bad for me.  Its much better then putting down a #1 breakfast meal from McDonald or any other fast food place.  Plus its the first thing I'm eating every day, not the last meaning there is plenty of time during the day to work it off.  Well at least that's how I'm looking at it. 

So once I was home and had enjoyed my bagel and coffee, I got to work.  It was a busy morning on the work front so I had not thought about anything other than work.  After a few hours I was caught up and knew I had a little bit of time to make myself useful around the house.  So I pulled out all the cleaning stuff and got to work.  Two hours later and the entire house was clean, vacuumed and floors mopped!  I was pooped.  I think I get more of a work out doing a full house clean then when I go running. 

So up to this point everything was going good.  I had a good breakfast, got some good exercise by cleaning the house and had drank lots of water.  But it then started to go south.  Next came lunch and considering it was later than normal and that I had to go pick up Brady I opted for something quick and easy.....Hot Pockets.  Yes I said pockets, with an S.  I ate both of them in the box.  I'm sure I could have stopped at just one, but for some reason I wanted both and didn't have any will power to say no.  Bad Bryan!  I had more work to do after getting Brady, so that kept me busy up till dinner time.  I was bad at dinner, very bad!  We didn't feel like cooking, so it was ordering out and bring home.  As a group we decided on Mexican food, but not fast food, restaurant style.  I enjoyed a big chimichanga with beans and rice covered in green sauce.  It was the first time in 106 days that I have had such meal.  I finished every last bite because I knew it was bad and might as well finish it off.  When I was done I couldn't move I was so full.  I felt miserable and was very mad at myself for eating it.  I could have easily had one taco or something small, why did I have to order one of the biggest meals on the menu! 

After dinner I sat down because I felt sick and watched the Tigers close out the Yankees ending their season.  Great game, great win!  So with that said I look to put this day, mainly dinner behind me and be perfect tomorrow.  I hope I can do it!  I need to do it because if this lack of will power continues it could get ugly.  I cant let it get that way.

Daily Recap: 

• Breakfast:  Bagel & Coffee
• Lunch:  Hot Pockets (2)
• Afternoon Snack:  Cheese It's (crackers)
• Dinner:  Beef Chimichanga with green sauce.  Beans & Rice on the side
• Exercise:  House cleaning, Mopped floors
• Weight:  n/a
• Grade:  F (because of dinner)

Day 105

Yeah it was Wednesday and I didn't weigh in.  Like I said in yesterdays post I was thinking about not weighing myself until next Monday.  Well I decided to go with that game plan.  I like weighing myself every other day, however the up and down between a few pounds is a killer to see.  I will give a run at this for a week or two and see how it turns out.  I'm still going to be posting a new blog every day recapping that days journey. 

Today started off with a "free" iced coffee from Dunkin Donuts.  I love those punch cards, 7th one is free!  After picking up my coffee I made a Home Depot run to pick up a new sprinkler, grass seed and some starter fertilizer.  Its been a few days since the grass was scalped down to next to nothing so today was the day the seed went down.  The nice part is we don't have a ton of grass and its only in the backyard, so I only needed one small bag and it only took about 30 minutes to complete.  The next challenge will be keeping the birds away. 

There was still a few slices of pizza left over and everyone knows that I don't like to waste food, especially when its pizza.  I got back to work after lunch and stayed busy up till it was time to get ready for the Dbacks game.  Since its a playoff game, there is no press lounge food.  However they do offer up some pre made sandwich's for everyone.  I went with the turkey and cheese.  By the time I got home I was still hungry so I had a bowl of Raisin Bran.  Cereal late at night is awesome.  As for the game, well it was AWESOME!  The Dbacks needed to win in order to stay alive and keep this awesome season going.  Four home runs (1 grand slam) & 10 runs later and we are heading to Milwaukee for game 5.  Go Dbacks!

Today was great just because of the dbacks win.  

Daily Recap:

• Breakfast:  Iced Coffee
• Lunch:  Slice of pizza (1)
• Afternoon Snack:  Crackers
• Dinner:  Turkey sandwich
• After Dinner Snack:  Bowl of Raisin Bran
• Exercise:  Yard work (if that counts)
• Weight:  n/a
• Grade:  C+

Day 104

I'm happy its a new day and yesterday is behind me.  I ate bad, but it was all for a good cause!  I started this morning off with a bagel and coffee and it got me going full speed!  I think just walking in and smelling the coffee got me going.  Oh how I love my coffee! 

Around 11am we got a call from Ashley that she was going to the hospital to have her baby today.  This was great news.  However it also meant that I was on my own for the rest of the day with the kids.  I also watched Aidyn this afternoon so I was a busy man.  Let me give you the run down.  Charlie was at home again today fighting what is called Croup.  Its affects her voice and gives her this cough that sounds like she just smoked a pack!  Its funny because I get the same thing after I get a cold.  Sorry Charlie!  So I had her at home, Aidyn got dropped off around noon, they played (Aidyn was awesome).  I loaded up the van and we went to get Brady at 330, then directly over to pick up Lily.  Once I got home we had about 10 minutes to get Brady dressed and round up Aidyns things and pack a few things for the girls.  It was then time to head over to Dawn's parents house so Uncle Billy could watch the girls so I could get Brady to his game.  We picked up McDonald's on the way, dropped them off and then on our way to the fields for his game.  After the game I picked up the girls and went home to get them to bed and clean up the house.  Finally the night was over and it was time to watch some TV!

I'm not going to lie, my eating today sucked, it sucked big time.  It might have been related to just being stressed out with work, a sick kid and coming up with a game plan for the night.  So as I stated above I had a bagel and coffee for breakfast, but lunch was 2 slices of left over pizza and dinner was a McDonald chicken sandwich.  Yeah I ate the fries as well.  Bad Bryan, very bad!  I might just not weigh myself the rest of the week and hope by next Monday I'm at a number that makes me happy.  I know tomorrow's weigh in is not going to look good so I don't even want to do it! 

Tomorrow is a new day, but another busy one.  I'm working the Dbacks game 4.

Daily Recap:

• Breakfast:  Bagel & Coffee
• Lunch:  Leftover Pizza (2 slices)
• Dinner:  McDonald (Chicken Sandwich and Fries)
• Exercise:  none
• Weight:  n/a
• Grade:  F

Day 103: 230 pounds

I was not that happy this morning with seeing the 230 number again.  However based on the weekend I had with date night, etc its to be expected.  During the week I'm very strong and stick to my guns when it comes to eating and exercise.  However my weekends have been where I'm getting killed.  I need to change up my game plan and attack the weekends different.  I can do it!

As for the rest of today, well it wasn't bad until dinner time!  My breakfast and lunch were simple and easy, however dinner was a different story.  See one of my life long best friends (Donny) is moving away.  They have decided to give it a run in Iowa as that's where his wife is from and still has tons of family.  They leave this weekend, so before they left we wanted to host a dinner night with them and the Trurans.  We ordered pizza's and wings and made a fresh salad.  All the kids ran around and played so good with each other while the girls talked and the guys watched the football & baseball games.  I know I should not be stuffing my face with pizza and wings, however for this type of thing I wanted to be myself and enjoy the last bit of time with my buddies.  My diet can be put on hold for a night and resume tomorrow. 

So overall it was still a good day.  Yes my weight was up, my eating was bad, but what made it good was the time I got to spend with my  buddies and their families.  I told Donny that life long friends never go away regardless of where they live.  He will continue to be one of my closest friends even from Iowa!

Daily Recap:

• Breakfast:  Honey & Oats Bar
• Lunch:  Grilled Chicken Breast and Wheat Thins
• Afternoon Snack:  Crackers
• Dinner:  Pizza, wings, salad (bad, bad, bad)
• Exercise:  Mopped the entire house, but that's about it
• Weight:  230 pounds (up 3 pounds since previous weigh in)
• Grade: F

Day 102

I woke up this morning with the intentions of going to the park and pitching some baseballs to Brady, however that didn’t happen.  We made it to the park with all our stuff, but were missing one key thing…..the bucket of baseballs.  At this point we just went home because we only had a little time before we all needed to pile into the van and go on our Sunday morning newspaper run.  Dawn likes to load up on the Sunday newspaper because it has tons of coupons.  I guess today’s was extra loaded on top of it.  We go to the dollar store right around the corner because they are a dollar, even on Sunday’s.  The problem is if you don’t get there at least 15 minutes before they open to get in line you will never get one.  So we arrived about 9:45 but didn’t see anyone standing outside.  It turns out that they changed their hours to open at 9am.  Dawn was not happy as all the papers were gone.  Next stop was Fry’s to get them at normal price.  Oh and a Dunkin run for some coffee!  It was then time to return home for some football!

Come the afternoon Dawn and I got to building the patio set while watching the Cardinals game.  I had finally cleaned and hosed off the patio so it was ready for the new table.   While doing this we heated up a frozen pizza for everyone as we didn’t feel like cooking or going anywhere.  We are running low on freezer space so cooking one of the 8 pizza’s we have will help out. 

Because Brady didn’t get to hit any balls this morning I told him we would go back in the evening when it was a little cooler.  So we headed up about 4:45 and spent just over an hour hitting balls.  Good times!  When we got home dinner was ready, Spaghetti with some veggies and garlic bread.  We eat spaghetti a lot, however this time it tasted so good.  After dinner came baths and then bed time.  However we all shared some popcorn before bed

Daily Recap

• Breakfast:  Coffee & Bagel
• Lunch:  Frozen Pizza (2 slices)
• Dinner:  Spaghetti, Veggies & Garlic Bread (2)
• Dessert:  Popcorn
• Exercise:  none other then playing some baseball with Brady
• Weight:  n/a
• Grade:  C

Day 101

What a crazy and busy day it was today.  With last night being date night and our movie not getting over till almost midnight, we ended up just having the kids spend the night at Dawn's parents.  No problem by us, we have not been able to wake up on our own terms in years!  However it wasn't like we got to sleep in because we had a busy morning ahead of us.  I had to pick up the kids by 8:45 in order to get Brady to practice at 9:30 and Lily to dance at 10:00.  Dawn stayed home with Charlie because we were getting the carpets cleaned.  So I got Brady to practice at 930 and then left to take Lily to dance.  I got her there by 950 and once in her dance room I left to go back to Brady's practice to get him.  On the way back I stopped and got an iced coffee.  By this time it was 10:30, however Brady was not done yet and per the coach they still had another 30 minutes or so.  This meant I had to leave again and go pick up Lily because her dance ended at 11am.  So I got her and then we headed back to get Brady.  He was done when we got there so it was finally time to head home!

After home I had no desire to leave even if the carpets were wet.  Luckily for us and our hard berber carpet, it was dry in minutes.  So we all hung out at home and watched some playoff baseball.  After a few hours the door bell rang and it was some yard guys wanting to know if we wanted our palm trees trimmed.  Umm, yes please.  I have been wanting to hire someone for a while to get those cut and do a one time pass of the yard include trim down the grass to get it ready for the winter rye.  They spent at least 2 hours on the yard and it looked amazing when they were done.  Money well spent!  Once they left it was my turn to head out into the yard to put the final touches on and spread some ant killer because we have tons of ants right now.  Sucks!  Before putting that down I ran the mower over the grass to suck up any loose grass.  This was a bad, very bad mistake.  It was blowing everywhere including right up my nose and in my eyes.  I have been suffering all night because of it. 

So that's about it in a nut shell.  It was busy, crazy and painful but I survived.  The good news is I got one heck of a work out doing the yard.  I was dripping wet.  As for my eating today, well it started with some coffee during all my stops this morning.  I enjoyed lunch at home from the couch while watching the Dbacks lose.  Dinner was a home cooked meal complements of Dawn.  After dinner came time for some Red Box movies.  Of course we had to make some popcorn. 

Daily Recap

• Breakfast:  Iced Coffee
• Lunch:  Bologna Sandwich & Wheat Thins
• Dinner:  BBQ Chicken Breast, Mashed potatoes and some Broccoli Rice mix.
• Desert:  Popcorn
• Exercise:  Yard work (2 hours)
• Weight:  n/a
• Grade:  B-