Day 1

Its nearly 3pm and i'm still hungry. 

So far, this is what i've consumed today. 

I first had a cup of coffee at home, but didn't have breakfast. I normally have cereal with milk or a couple of peanut butter pandesals but didn't have any today. 

Then at the office, I had another cup of coffee as well as a fruit & nut trail mix. 

It didn't take too long before I got hungry so i order McDonald's delivery and had 2 chicken sandwiches...

I've since had a cigarette and am thinking of eating another fruit & nut trail mix. 

Where Has The Time Gone?

It's been 5 years since i've posted anything here and in those 5 years, i'm not sure if i've exercised at all! One thing i know is, i've gained a shit ton of weight!

At one point i went vegan and maintained that for nearly a year. I lost weight, was able to put on my wedding ring again, and might have even exercised. But the lifestyle was generally the same.

Today, im inspired to start over and to try to get my health back. I'm going to a wedding on Friday and my pants barely fit me. I saw my stomach in the mirror last night and was embarrassed. My wife told me the other day that she wants to start running with me, we haven't yet, but today i downloaded Run Keeper on my phone again with the intention of getting back to it.

My lifestyle is altered in that i can't drink the way i used to anymore. What used to easily be 10 beers is now maybe half of that, if im in the mood! Not even that when im just having an early gig night.

So let's see if i can keep this up! Gonna try to start Day 1 again tomorrow!

Pre-Lunch V-Cut

So much for my freakin' diet!!!

It's 1:40PM and this is what i've just eaten in less than 3 minutes!!!

I'm fat again

You can't really tell with the photo above but i've gotten fat again.  I must be nearly 145 lbs again when i was already down to 130 lbs.  I think i'm going to need to begin my exercise and diet again soon, shit!

Wish me luck!  I don't think i've done anything responsible for my body in months and i'm not sure how i'm going to get back into the swing of things.

By the way, that's me, drinking a glass of Jack Daniels on the rocks from Chad's (Archipelago) wedding.

Day 43

June 30, 2011, Thursday, Day 43

Man i've really been such a delinquent when it comes to updating my blog.  For the first time i've literally decided to skip an entire day and didn't even bother with day 42 and yet i do have some pictures from it, im just not sure which meal was what?!  Which is why, if you noticed, i put the date and day at the top of this post to just sort of somewhat help me get focused on where im actually at!  

I suppose that's also a short cut to saying that i may not be updating this blog on a daily basis.  Not to say this is a permanent decision, i'm just really busy at the moment and hardly have time to get here at all.

I woke up this morning and did a minute of bicycle crunches as well as 20 double crunches.  Got myself together and had this for breakfast...the last of my Banana Nut Crunch Cereal and some non-fat milk :)

For lunch at work i had this!

I guess you can't really see what you're looking at but thats some beef mixed in with some carrots.  I added some of its sauce on my brown rice and also had a friend egg.  Why the fuck are fried eggs bad for you when they taste so good?!  I had to remove the yolk, ok fine half the yolk cuz i know it aint good for you.  But i did eat the Albumin...in other words, the egg white.

Im having dinner alone at home tonight, i know there's some left over in the ref.  More importantly, im excited to play bass and learn the songs i've got to practice...with any luck ill have some time to exercise there as well before im too beat to do anything but watch tv.

Wish me luck!

Day 41 - Not so back on track

It's Tuesday today.  Sometimes i get confused cuz all my entries just say which number day im on this diet and exercise but i never mention which day of the week it is.  Speaking of which, this blog ain't too easy to accomplish, although the goals outside of it are quite easy.

For instance, i've lost weight!  This morning i weighed myself at the hospital and with jeans, a belt, shoes and socks, a shirt and i weighed in at 144lbs.  The last time i weighed myself i was over 50 in shorts and barefoot.  Also, jeans that fit me well are now very loose for me and jeans that had gotten tight fit again.

It feels great to have lost the weight and gained the strength.  Im still not very strong but it doesn't matter, i feel like i've accomplished the task of becoming more agile.

As for my diet, i'm still following it but i cheat every now and then.  I reckon it ain't too bad since anyway i still am exercising...although most of it is done at home nowadays as opposed to using the office gym.  It's ok, not quite like before but not bad either.  At least i'm getting the work done and not completely slacking off.

Cheers guys!

Todays Breakfast

And i had a salad for lunch which i completely forgot about photographing before i ate it!

Day 37 - Friday Night to Day 40

Wow where do i begin?  It's been 4 days since i've written in my blog and i can tell you that a LOT has happened!!!  And i mean, A LOT!!!!!!

Friday night i didn't go out so there was no booze to be had but i did eat.  I can't remember what i ate and though i have a whole bunch of photos on my phone that i can upload here, i have no idea whats what anymore..so fucking confusing to be honest.

Not to mention Saturday and Sunday.  But in an effort to stay true to the purpose of this blog, i'm going to upload a bunch of photos and try to state which meal was what.

Here we go!

Ok im not sure when i ate this but this is Patatim that was made by a great friends Mom who gave my wife and I some to bring home.  It was delicious!  And here i was thinking that Patatim was NOT something i liked...little did i know :)

Thats a Rhum coke.  I had 2 when i guested on a radio station and we all had drinks while doing the interview.  It was pretty cool but nothing like how much we drank the first time we guested on that radio program.  The first time we did, we got the host so drunk he was almost unable to finish the show...

That's a Banana Nut Crunch bowl of cereal...not sure which morning i ate this :)

I believe this was my Saturday morning breakfast.  Though it was cheat day, i had once been advised to eat a proper breakfast even on cheat day and then just cheat the rest of the day.  This was my first time practicing that.  If you'e read my past entries, i once had a banana split from Pancake House as my breakfast, so this was a big deal for me eating healthy on cheat day :)

I had this for breakfast on the morning wherein i attended a funeral.  It was early in the morning so there was no time to eat at home, these pastries were served after the final mass...Condolences once again to the family of the deceased.  We Love You.

This was the lunch that i had at the office after the funeral we attended.

This is champorado.  It was served at the office on a rainy Friday (?) afternoon.  Some fish was served with it but i didn't have any.  This was great on its own i didn't need anything else :)

Here's a peanut butter on toasted wheat bread that i had one early evening before dinner.

Lets call it my merienda :)

Oh this was the KFC i had with my Son!  This was lunch on Saturday!  

Does anyone know why it doesn't taste as good as it used to?  Could it be that my taste buds are simply looking for healthier foods?  Or did the quality of KFC go down?

Coke to go with my fried chicken!

Oh for a snack on Saturday i had a double burger meal from McDonalds!

With no cheese :)

This was Sunday's breakfast.  Cheat day was over and though i didn't really get to enjoy all the many delicious foods i've been missing, i drank countless beers and ended up really drunk.

So drunk in fact, that one of my bands played Fete Dela Musique at 1am and i can't really remember anything because i was too wasted.  There's proof though as there's at least one video on youtube of us onstage playing a tune...

This chocolate i ate was on sunday night.  It was given to us by a Danish couple that we got really close to!  Bye guys, we'll miss you and hope to see you again sometime, somewhere :)

Monday lunch at the office.  

Monday snack at the office.  Thats a sandwich from good burger!  man i love that place!

And ill end this here and just try to start again from Tuesday onwards :)

Sorry to my followers that had a few days of no new entries...ill try to make it up to you guys!

Although with the crazy schedule i have this week, it's a miracle i was even able to upload this entry!