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had a killer workout today………….got up to the top level on the eliptical machine………..I danced in level 10………………..for 150 seconds………….the sweat was dripping……….my leg muscles were screaming………..my mind was saying this is nuts…………..my heart said……….”you can do anything for 2 1/2 minutes”………………my heart rate was 165……….the monitor was red…………I was in the danger zone…………..I like to be in this zone a couple times a month………….so glad that my heart won this battle……………once the heart takes over the mind will follow…………..

years ago when I worked nights……….every morning on the way home………..I would stop off at Dunkin Donuts……….and get the usual…………med coffee light and sweet………you know 6 sugars…………and 3 chocolate chip cookies the special………..in my mind I thought it was better to get 3 cookies versus 2 donuts………that was the other speciall………..thought I was saving calories………

We have a new law here in New York…………dont know the specifics…………but any chain resturant meaning more than one or whatever number……………must post the calories on all menus……….including the ones that are on the wall…………so know when you go to Mickey D’s………..you will know exactly how much you are clogging your ateries.

The cookies that I used to eat…………………are 540 calories each………….so 5 days a week I was ingesting an estimated 1750 calories for a snack right before I went to bed………….I was wondered why I couldn’t sleep when I worked nights……….could have been the 750 sugar calories I ate before retiring………

the whole wheat donut comes in at 220 calories………………boston creme beleive or not was only 275……….for 55 Im going boston creme………..

FRIDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) — Anyone who has avoided Monday morning weigh-ins knows this unalterable truth: Weekends are not a dieter’s friend.Now, researchers have some science to back up dieters’ complaints about weekends being their undoing: Most people do eat more on the weekend, even when they’re trying to lose weight.

“Weekend indulgences can wreak havoc on weight control, either causing our weight to increase or if we are following a diet to lose weight, can hinder our weight loss efforts,” said study author Susan Racette, an assistant professor at Washington University in St. Louis. The research was published online recently in the journal Obesity.

Racette and her colleagues followed 48 men and women for a year, trying to determine the effects of weekends on weight loss efforts.

They assigned the participants, who ranged from being healthy weight to being nearly obese, to one of three groups: The controls did not change diet or activity levels; the calorie-restriction group reduced intake by 20 percent, and the physical activity group increased physical activity every day by 20 percent. Participants kept food diaries and wore devices to measure activity.

But even before the intervention started, Racette gathered data — on daily weight, food intake and physical activity — and found that the weekends were for indulging.

“At baseline, before they were supposed to be following a diet or exercise plan, we found on weekends, people gained weight,” she said. During the week, the weight would decline. But the weekend effect was strong. “If you translate it out to a year, it could have increased weight by 9 pounds.”

Before the intervention, participants ate an average of 2,257 calories on Saturday compared to just 2,021 during the week. But the average activity on weekends overall didn’t differ much from average weekday activities. So, it was the food, not the lack of activity, that was to blame, Racette said.

Racette monitored the participants for a year after they started the intervention, and the weekend indulgences continued. The calorie restriction group stopped losing weight on weekends, while the physical activity group gained slightly (about .17 pounds). There were not significant weight changes in the controls on weekends.

Weekend indulgences help explain the slower-than-expected weight loss of many dieters, Racette said. “There is less structure on the weekend for a lot of people, and that can wreak havoc,” she said. “A little indulgence turns into a big indulgence. Being vigilant on the weekends is really important for people either trying to lose weight or maintain a weight loss,” she said.

So glad to be back at work…………weighed in this morning 208……….gained half a pound………that is a success………..going to work out hard this week and really watch what I’m eating………….Friday I will weigh 206…………..wish me luck…………..I love having routine in my life………….

Back to my safe world…………spent last few days on the road and amusement parks…………and I survived…………….trying to get the day started…………..my body is a little sore……….my knee is a little out of whack hopefully it wont affect my exercise routine…………..wont be able to do any jogging today……but will hit the gym and do weights and the elipitcal the knee should be okay on that.

I made plans to try to eat healthy and exercise…………..so the trip wouldn’t put my plan off course…………the day I went away got up at 0500 and lifted weights and did an hour of cardio……….hoping to make up for any slips that I might have…………I packed a cooler of fruit and zone bars for the ride…………the first day at the park………………I found a broiled chicken sandwich…………..couldnt figure out what tasted better the sandwich or the container it came in……….the sandwich was slightly better……………immediately after eating the culinary treat…………..went and got a waffle cone with sprinkles…………lesson here should have just gotten the cone first…………….that is what I really wanted………the only other thing I ate the park that day was pretzel bites………….without the cheese………..

so far first day not bad…………….just got to get through dinner…………..that shouldn’t be a problem maybe chicken caesar salad or chicken fajitas………with the guac, sour cream or cheese……………….one problem we went to go to a Benniagans……………they were closed………we wound up at a place called Bob Evans Family Restuarant…………and I dare anyone who knows this restuarant to find anything healthy to eat…………..there was nothing but comfort food……………I would up getting a diet nightmare……………chicken with noodles, mashed potatos and a bisquit smothered in gravy…………this was a great sensation to the lips……………but it done some things to my innards that haven’t happen for some time……………my body is know used to 30 grams of fiber or more…………..and fat calories are limited to 10 - 15 percent………….so afterwards the roller coaster was no longer at the amusment park………..it was now on the inside of my body…………….

Day two…………got up nice and early……………the hotel had advertised it has a fitness room……..a treadmill that was broken………….a stair climber that was on the way to being broken………..and an exercise bike………….that was able to be pedaled but had no electricity…….so I biked for an hour on a very easy speed………..didnt break a sweat…………and it is the reason that my knee is killing me today………….

free breakfast at the hotel……………did good here…………….fruit, oatmeal and some whole wheat toast………….great breakfast………….Life Rule #48……………….must have ice cream at least once a day when on vacation in the summer……………no longer will it be a strategy of mine to deny myself this pleasure………a goal of mine before this little trip was not to eat any french fries……………goal not accomplished………..not only did I just not get them with a meal………….I bought a bucket……………this day I had no control………..pizza………..and then for dinner Mickey D’s………….2 doubles and chicken nuggets………..well glad to get home and looking forward to getting back to healthier eating habits……….I feel hung over………….and that is without a stich of alcohol………..

 good healthcare news……………cholestrol 200…….once it was 252……….glucose level………96……..blood pressure under control……..it feels good to know that I am reversing some serious trends against my health……..

my weight loss for the short week is 2.25 lbs………..my normal weigh in day is Friday………not going to be able to weigh myself Friday………..last weekend is one of the only weekends where I had a weight loss and not a gain……….

I have a challange ahead of me………….4 day weekend ahead………I got a road trip………which includes 2 days at amusement parks………the have really healthy food choices available……….I will consider the weekend a great sucess if I can weigh in on Monday and not have a gain…….there is nothing worse than starting the week off knowning that most of the work is for weight already lost……….

I hit my mini goal of 209…………….next stop is 199……………this mini goal feels good……….but the primo one is coming………..the day I can say I weigh under 200…………….the last time I weighed under 200 was………………….1982………….I weighed 165 lbs…………that lasted 2 years tops…………..

this morining I was doing my morning cardio………….today was a light day……………did an hour on level #4………………….back in Decemeber…………level 4 would be a hard day work out…………my heart level………..would be 130-140 beats per minute…………today on level 4 the highest my heart rate went was 107……………so the good news is that I really increased my fitness level………….the bad news…………..I have to work very hard to get my heart rate into the cardio fitness rate of 123 or higher………….but some problems are good ones…….

Monday I weighed in at 215………..this was a 3.5 gain……….the last few weeks have been very busy……….a good busy…………BBQ’s……….Graduation party……not a full work of week since May……..road trip……….so my diet suffered………..last Tuesday I weighed in at 211.5……………….my weigh in day is on Friday……….I weigh myself at work……….and I only worked 2 days last week……….

I kept my mind speak very postive………got back on track eating wise………really stepped up my exercise………no matter how positive my mind speak………these that little devil buried in the sub conscious……….fleeting moments of this sucks……….you were so close to breaking the 210 mark…..your an ass and blah……blah………blah……….I fought like hell to fight the little devil that can be buried in our minds……….

This morning I got on the scale……………….I weighed……………..209.75………….giving me a 5 day loss of 5.25 lbs………….yes……….yes……….yes……….I am so friggin happy……….I broke the 210 mark……….yes………yes………yes……….

The controversy takes another turn………….yesterday news…………..Atkins diet beat out Low-Fat and Mediterranean in weight loss and cholesterol lowering……….despite wanting a different outcome………once again………….they were perplexed………Atkins……..works…………done by some research group that might be respected by the medical community………I wouldn’t know……..I am not in that community……..all that I know is that the egg heads and the people that know more than us……..are still trying to attack this man………..even though he has been room temperature since 2004………

why do you ask that I write this………the reason is……….whenever I need to drop a few………I do Atkins for a short period………maybe 4 - 6 weeks……….I recently dropped 7 more pounds by eating the Atkins way………and just yesterday I decided……….back to eating a more healthy diet………to maintain the loss……….and then this study comes out……….to live the Atkins way……….is not for me……..but it is a good weight loss tool for me………..

the first time I did Atkins………..I lost 50 lbs…………….and was able to maintain that loss………my recent weight gain was do to an illness and I am pretty much back to where I was before I got sick……….well the reason I lost weight the first time was because my cholesterol was high and my blood pressure was elevated………I did Atkins the old way………I am talking slabs of bacon, eggs, cheese, sausage, hamburger and I am not talking about small quantities……….and I lost 50 lbs………when I went back to the doctor 6 months later……………my cholesterol……….was 192…………before Atkins………….252………….my blood pressure went from elevated……….to normal about 120/80…………before Atkins………….150/110…………..

this morning on the way to work………I brought this up with my car pool buddy…………her answer to me is that………….the diet killed him………..he had coronary disease……….silly me………I thought he slipped on ice……….and cracked his melon that put him coma……….so of course when I got to work………I googled………….what killed Atkins…………and sure enough there was enough information…………to confuse the situation……….many of his enemies…….have floated the idea………he had a heart attack………and that’s why he fell and cracked his melon……….and to confirm their suspicions………..they say go look at the death certificate………..it clearly indicates that he was obese at his time of death………………258 lbs…………….so you need to ask yourself……….where’s the pictures………do think if this diet guru was obese………..that his pictures……..wouldn’t be plastered……..on every tabloid in this country………..I can see it now……….diet doc………caught wearing a speedo……..on the beach in Cabo San Lucas………Atkins……….on the cover of star eating at Carmines……….a big bowl of pasta……..if you look at the groups behind these things………its always some think tank……….that don’t have evidence to debunk his theories…….

Yes I seen the death certificate and clear as day………….he weighed 258 lbs at his death………but what they don’t tell you he weighed 195 lbs when he was admitted the day of his fall………..true or not I don’t know for sure………….we are lied to on a daily basis…………

But what I do think to be true………by the same policy wonks……….deemed to be sensible diets…………are all based on lowering carbs………South Beach……..WW………..they take the approach that a carb is not a carb………..call me a carbo addict or sensitive to carbs………….but I feel much better when I eliminate any kind of carb………..I feel more satisfied for a longer period………and do wind of eating less calories…………I am full of energy……….but give me a artery clogging breakfast…………adding the toast and the potatoes…….or maybe a sewer cap bagel………..and I tell you what 2 hours later………I am looking for something to eat because I am hungry…………..

I really believe Atkins was right………………

haven’t blogged in a few days……….that’s because I was too busy abusing my body……….spent the last 5 days eating too much fatty foods, sugar and caffeine…………..missed a few workouts……….did too much driving……….and got a sunburn……….the body is like an engine………if you get a bad tank of gas………….it takes a few fill ups before it runs without pinging………….that’s where I am at today……….feeling blue and melancholy and facing a 3.5 pound gain……….

with that being said………its time to focus on the positive………if I am going to do this thing………I must learn from my mistakes and keep focusing on the positive……….what is done is done and there aint no sense in looking backwards……….

got up nice and early Friday morning………..like 0430……….really wanted to get some exercise in the previous day I sat in a car for 6 hours and had no opportunity to exercise………I get very cranky……….if I don’t get a chance to sweat………..I was up at college orientation……….the campus is on the shore of Lake Ontario…………..the temp could have been possibly in the upper 50’s without humidity………it felt absolutely great……….went out and found a Dunkin………and I sipped my coffee…………before my work out……..anticipating feeling better………..

I just started a jogging program………..my goal is to run a 10K/6.2 mile run Thanksgiving morning………….there is no better feeling then a race on a cool crisp autumn day……….you get a nice new T-shirt………..and you have a great feeling…………….knowing that you have earned the right…………to eat and drink like a pig……..there is much less guilt involved………….

I live on Long Island………….the weather is hot and very humid……….so my runs are done early in the morning………and even at day break these runs can be very challenging………..the longest one so far……….has been two miles………I do a lot of cardio work and do have the wind to run further………but at this point because of the humidity and the heat……….I don’t have my running legs………….I am okay with that………because after labor day………I will be in better running shape and will be able to put the mileage in…….fall running might be the best season………I love the smell of the fireplaces………and the air just smells clean………..

after finishing my coffee……….I headed out on a jogging path……….the running was very easy……….it felt like fall………….the course started around a small lake………..the sights and the coolness was making this run very easy………..about a mile into the run…………I came upon Lake Ontario………it looked so beautiful………….the sun was just coming up……it was quite breath taking………..there was a 2 lane road……….that ran up the shore line……….I was in heaven………it was a relaxing run……….in total I ran about 4 miles…………….it felt great………could have ran further…………but since I was stealing this one………..didn’t want to really over do it…………I know my goal to run 6.2 miles by Thanksgiving………..will be reached………..

so I will keep positive…………..and not focus on the negative today………….