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13 January 2013

Wow, Friday night was great. Pretty much did a Katy Perry and drank til I forgot what was going on, lol. I dont think I kissed anyone.

Here in Bahrain beers can be expensive in town. Thursday I had 3 beers and my bill was essentially 10 dinars (Thats 26 dollars). Pissed me off! I can get a whole case for that on base!

My buddy/bad influence Barry invited to tag along to a brunch on Friday. I also helped him move into his new place in the AM (Drove him and 2 suitcases, lol). He has a nice flat overlooking the bridge/sea I ride my bike by, about 1/2 mile from me.

Anyway, we go to brunch, and the food was standard bar fare, nothing spectacular. It also was much more restrictive on what you could drink, it was unlimited Carlsburg. We set a goal at 6 pints to cover the 18BD charge. We ended up at 7. Highlight was some crazy young Brit vomiting massive amounts of fluid up in the middle of the bar. He obviously did not eat anything before imbibing, and maybe that is a good thing.

Walked our cold and drunk butts home around 5 or 6 (PM), but hit a few bars on the way (Actually some really nice ones). Also hit a Thai place that had really good food! Confirmed the next day with leftover that it was not not the whiskey talkin. Anyway, I was in bed by 9 or 10, and nobody got hurt except my weight loss journey. All in all, a good day. I needed a boys night out for a long time.

I can see I will certainly have to control the frequency of that.

Anyway, it is 25-30 MPH winds here all weekend, and its cold (59F). Which for us is like freezing! lol. I did ride this AM but again only for 30 minutes. My wind forecaster is expecting this weather all week too. It super sucks.

Today, back to diet plan. Yesterday did not do terrible, I will try and log it. There was some hangover grazing on cookies the kids have hidden (not very well).

Gratitude List:
Wife
Kids
Kitties!
Barry
Water
UPS (I hate them actually)

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10 January 2013

Up a tad today, probably from popcorn or chocolate snack last night!

Dinner last night was chicken spaghetti, probably had a bit too much of that. Added a splash of butter too. It was good.

I spilled cayenne pepper in my popcorn, actually I took the shaker lid off and dumped it in my popcorn. It was funny, and probably ended up saving me some calories cuz it was so hot I could not eat it. I had some FF yogurt after to try to cool the fire down.

Last night was windy as heck, so I only rode 30 minutes. The power meter thingy on Strava is certainly not good for factoring wind. I guess when your HR is high, and your speed is low, it ASSumes your just wildly out of shape. fml. Anyway, it thought I was powerFULL! when I was coming home with the wind and going fast. Meh, too much data. lol

While I was disappointed that ride was only 30 minutes, I remember last may when starting out, that ride used to take me well over 40 minutes, and was a huge effort.

Work is wicked busy as we have another inspection in February. A few things need to get hammered out. It is going pretty good and keeping me busy. That keeps my away from schoolwork which starts next Monday. I could be doing some CLEP/DSST tests, but that has to wait or I have to get motivated after work (thats bike riding time!).

Gratitude List:
Work Busy
Wind
Bike
Wife
Kids
Kitties
Water
Monster Energy Drink!

/Cheers, JP

Weigh-in: 213.4 lb

lost so far: 0.6 lb

still to go: 28.4 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(9 comments) gaining 1.4 lb a week

09 January 2013

Same as yesterday.

I had a big salad for lunch, and noticed my protein was very poor on yesterdays charts. I add a scoop of chicken and a few pieces of ham that is not in my built in meal, so it probably did end up much higher. I need to log my dinner too. I tell you this FS is hardcore when I am at work (Strapped to a PC), when I am away, not so much, lol

Bike ride last night was very difficult for some reason, it was like I took a month off. It was also windy for the 1st time in a while, so that could be it. I used my new GPS (Garmin Edge) which has HRM & Cadence Sensor (Pedal RPM's). I learned a few things, and had a flat. I am excited to see the training data it provides. I can see my hills (Bridges) on my HRM, and I can see how much I stop pedaling and coast.

I also had my 1st flat on the front tire (after telling my friend this weekend "I never have flats up front"). Ironic!

Well, work bekons. Have a great day y'all!

Gratitude List:
Wife
kids
Kitty
Milk & Cereal
My flat changing abilities
gadgets
weight loss.

Weigh-in: 213.2 lb

lost so far: 0.8 lb

still to go: 28.2 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(6 comments) steady weight

08 January 2013

Nice lil drop to start the week off right.

I raised my RDI yesterday to 1700. It was nice to not be worried all day about having room for a proper dinner. Probably all psychological but that is more than half the battle here I think.

I got my new gps/hrm/cadence sensor in for the bike. Monday is usually an off day, but I wanted to ride! Turns out the stupid device must be charged before use anyway, lol. So I worked on the bike to get it all set up for it. I shall ride tonight!

Yesterdays meals were good with the exception probably of lunch. Curry Chicken and Egg Roll from Chinese shop. Not horribly bad here on base. Dinner I made fish taco's with a 'lil chicken. It was good. Wife was happy.

More video games last night, but I stopped early and slept nicely.

Oh, busted lil kitty Spooky eating off our counters! We dont like them on the counters, but they get up there. Kitty was chewing through the wrappers and eating our flat-bread. I was not happy. Big sister kitty Perl is so good, no trash diving, clean, no counter eating. Kitten is a wild ride. Hopefully she will learn. She was a rescue from base so she needs to get used to house living and not fending for herself in the streets I guess. I have some nice kitten food ordered, so it should take care of itself.

Gratitude List:
Wife
Kids
Kitties

Weigh-in: 213.2 lb

lost so far: 0.8 lb

still to go: 28.2 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(9 comments) losing 2.8 lb a week

07 January 2013

Decent weight in today.

It was a tough weekend to eat within RDI. I dont think I did at all this weekend. Although I did bike ride hardcore and feel good about that. Today my body feels tight, I feel good, my pants fit nicely again, etc.

So, today I am raising my RDI to 1700! XD

I am sure I will be fine with my cycling. My RDI was actually set at 1500 back when I had no activity. At my current activity level, I think I am chasing my tail. So I am choosing something more realistic.

Trying to also sharpen the saw mentally. Not worry so much about stuff I am powerless over, and not think about what the other guy has vs. what I have. I write gratitude lists everyday almost here, so, whats the point if I am not grateful. I have some new inspirations in the form of tv characters that I hope to learn from! I feel this will help with food issues too.

Anyway, Slept poorly last night, too much video gaming yesterday and I played too late. That is like an addiction and its wild what it does to your brain.

Gratitude List:
Wife
Kids
Kitties Perl & Spooky!
Work
Back to my routine
Bike

Weigh-in: 213.6 lb

lost so far: 0.4 lb

still to go: 28.6 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

(3 comments) losing 0.9 lb a week

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