New Year's Day Resolutions (the outcome)

Run a 5k on New Year's Day: Success!  Time: 30.18 (pace: 9:34 miles)  Here's my route:



Take part in my city's Polar Bear Dip: Success!  (If you look, my twin brother is in white swim trunks at the 0:12 mark; I'm at the 0:17 mark; and my brother's fiance is at the 0:20 mark)



Enjoy lunch at a 2-for-1 Sushi Place: Success! (And we didn't eat that much!  Maybe a little more than we'd usually do it, but definitely not more than usual!)

Seriously, finally, create a budget with Anna. Seriously: Success!  Of course, now keeping on track is another matter.

Friday:
30 sit ups
Walk 3 Miles
Read the Bible Daily
Pray Daily

Total:
3- 20 minute sessions on the Treadmill (2.09 miles; 2.11 miles, 2.14 miles)
3- 10 minute sessions on the Stairmaster (315 Calories; 322 Calories, 319 Calories)
3- 15 minute sessions on the Elliptical
1 set of 2- 60 second planks
1 set of 30 second side planks (on each side)
210 sit ups
Walk 9.5 miles
Read the Bible Daily
Pray Daily
Fast
Go on a Date with Anna

Weekly Calorie Count:
Saturday: no clue...let's say 3,000 Calories (way over-estimating)
Sunday: 2,250 Calories
Monday: 1,275 Calories
Tuesday: 1,964 Calories
Wednesday: 1,310 Calories
Thursday: 2,070 Calories
Friday: 1,805 Calories
Total: 13,674 Calories (average of 1953.43/day)

Goodbye, 2009. It's been fun?

Anna and I went on a date today.  An all day date.  We intended on driving up to Fairhaven (where we had our Honeymoon), left at 10:30, but got distracted by an outlet mall and never made it all the way up.  But we had such a great day!  And then, to top it all off, we finally went to a buffet at a local casino.  It was great, I pretty much stayed within my Caloric goals.  One problem, though, was that it was a casino on tribal grounds, and that meant that there was indoor smoking (you see, in Washington State, indoor smoking is banned)--not fun for us.  Some of you might like to smoke, but I don't like it all.  In fact, my mom smoked for 40 years before she passed away.  Yuck. 


But, here are the photos of my three plates from the buffet (with a list of my calories--I tried to overestimate):


Plate One:


Plate Two:


Plate Three:


Total Calories: 1,545

• 150 Cal- 1 Small slice pizza
• 140 Cal- 7 small pieces orange chicken
• 120 Cal- 3 pot sticker
• 70 Cal- 1 crab rangoon
• 240 Cal- 2 small egg rolls
• 140 Cal- 3 oz steamed salmon
• 35 Cal- 1/2 cup artichoke hearts
• 200 Cal- Salads: Spinach (1 oz), baby corn (1/4 cup), kidney beans (2 tbsp), 2 sliced pickled beets, 1/4 cup shredded carrots, 3oz spring greens, 15 cherry tomatoes, red wine vinegar
• 50 Cal- 1/4 cup cottage cheese
• 30 Cal- 1 sauteed button mushroom
• 150 Cal- 2oz roast beef
• 60 Cal- 1 cream puff
• 80 Cal- 1 tiny eclair
• 80 Cal- 3/4 small cheesecake

Thursday:

60 sit ups

Walk 3.5 Miles

Read the Bible Daily

Pray Daily

Go on a Date with Anna

Total:
3- 20 minute sessions on the Treadmill (2.09 miles; 2.11 miles, 2.14 miles)

3- 10 minute sessions on the Stairmaster (315 Calories; 322 Calories, 319 Calories)
3- 15 minute sessions on the Elliptical

1 set of 2- 60 second planks

1 set of 30 second side planks (on each side)

180 sit ups

Walk 6.5 miles

Read the Bible Daily

Pray Daily

Fast

Go on a Date with Anna

Weekly Calorie Count:

Saturday: no clue...let's say 3,000 Calories (way over-estimating)

Sunday: 2,250 Calories

Monday: 1,275 Calories

Tuesday: 1,964 Calories

Wednesday: 1,310 Calories

Thursday: 2,070 Calories

Hot 100 Update 14

Here's the last Hot 100 update--ever!  (Or maybe until next yeay, right, Steve?)

• Consistently achieve my weekly goals (Boo! Hiss!)
• Have a “Tigger Attitude” at work (done)
• Increase intensity on one machine (treadmill, elliptical, or stair stepper) bi-weekly (done)
• Only drink one cup of coffee a day (done)
• No alcohol (done)
• No Fast Food (done)
• Read three books (done)
• Cook dinner three nights a week (done)
• Stop eating at least 2 hours before bed (missed yesterday)
• End the year under 275 pounds (done)
• Add fasting into my spiritual life (done)
• Get plugged in at my church (good progress)
• Get to know my neighbors (good progress)
• Develop a budget with Anna—and stick to it! (Probably next year)
• Regularly achieve an estimated "burn" of 300 Calories in my 10 minutes on the Stairstepper. (done)
• Build up to an ability to run 2 miles in my 20 minute session on the treadmill. (done)

• Lose enough weight to fit into size 38 jeans and a large shirt (jeans = done, sweatshirt? Eh...close?  What do you think?) 

Wednesday:
1- 15 minute session on the Elliptical
1- 20 minute session on the Treadmill (2.14 miles)
1- 10 minute session on the Stairmaster (319 Calories)
60 sit ups
Read the Bible Daily
Pray Daily

Total:
3- 15 minute sessions on the Elliptical
3- 20 minute sessions on the Treadmill (2.09 miles; 2.11 miles, 2.14 miles)
3- 10 minute sessions on the Stairmaster (315 Calories; 322 Calories, 319 Calories)
1 set of 2- 60 second planks
1 set of 30 second side planks (on each side)
120 sit ups
Walk 3 miles
Read the Bible Daily
Pray Daily
Fast

Weekly Calorie Count:
Saturday: no clue...let's say 3,000 Calories (way over-estimating)
Sunday: 2,250 Calories
Monday: 1,275 Calories
Tuesday: 1,964 Calories

Wednesday: 1,310 Calories

Back & Link

My back seems much better!  I still walk a little weird, but there are no spasms anymore!  In fact, I was able to go through my workouts with no problems (other than being super tired).  I think that tomorrow, I'll be able to do a great long walk.  And I have some New Year's Day Resolutions.  That's right.  Not resolutions for 2010.  These are resolutions for January 1st, 2010:

1. Run a 5k on New Year's Day.  Pretty much I'll just take a route that's 3.1 miles--and walk run it!  Then I'll post my time (and maybe my route, too).
2. Take part in my city's Polar Bear Dip.
3. Enjoy lunch at a 2-for-1 Sushi Place.
4. Seriously, finally, create a budget with Anna.  Seriously.

Anyone else?  Any New Year's Day Resolutions?

Also I found another great blogger: Seth Simonds.  His voice is great, and his method for charting his loss is really interesting.  I'm not going to go into too much detail, since it's a lot of fun to read.  Seriously, go check it out!

Tuesday:
1- 15 minute session on the Elliptical
1- 20 minute session on the Treadmill (2.11 miles)
1- 10 minute session on the Stairmaster (322 Calories)
30 sit ups
Read the Bible Daily
Pray Daily

Total:
2- 15 minute sessions on the Elliptical
2- 20 minute sessions on the Treadmill (2.09 miles; 2.11 Calories)
2- 10 minute sessions on the Stairmaster (315 Calories; 322 Calories)
1 set of 2- 60 second planks
1 set of 30 second side planks (on each side)
60 sit ups
Walk 3 miles
Read the Bible Daily
Pray Daily
Fast

Weekly Calorie Count:
Saturday: no clue...let's say 3,000 Calories (way over-estimating)
Sunday: 2,250 Calories
Monday: 1,275 Calories
Tuesday: 1,964 Calories

Back, Week, Goals

So, yeah, last week didn't go according to plan.  And this weekend didn't either.  I hurt my back on Christmas Day (too much TV).  I didn't walk this weekend, or do any sit-ups, or anything else.  And my back's not much better today, but I still tried to push through it.  The workout went pretty well, but my back is still seizing up.  I know I'll get better--as long as I keep on track.  My workout proved that today!  I was able to do almost all my normal routines.  My back loosened up and I enjoyed the workout--of course, then it seized back up when I was at my desk.  plus, though, I got a walk in, too.

And I have a short week at work.

Therefore, no goals.  That's not to say that I'm not going to try to complete as much as I can, but I don't know how much I can get through.  So no goals.  Is that a bad thing? 

Up to Monday:
1- 15 minute session on the Elliptical
1- 20 minute session on the Treadmill (2.09 miles)
1- 10 minute session on the Stairmaster (315 Calories)
1 set of 2- 60 second planks
1 set of 30 second side planks (on each side)
30 sit ups
Walk 3 miles
Read the Bible Daily
Pray Daily
Fast

Weekly Calorie Count:
Saturday: no clue...let's say 3,000 Calories (way over-estimating)
Sunday: 2,250 Calories
Monday: 1,155 1,275 Calories