Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm off work from tomorrow (Wednesday) until I come back Saturday night at 11pm. I'm working Saturday and Sunday overnight this week. We're down a couple people on overnights and I was able to take Wednesday off in exchange for one of the days I'm working.
Working overnights is going to create some challenges as it pertains to my food. I'm going to have to try to adjust when I eat. It shouldn't be too tough. I'll just try to eat at the usual intervals; the time on the clock will be different but that should be about it hopefully.
It'll be interesting working out Monday morning after having been up all night then going to the gym at the end of my day; not sure I'll like it. Luckily it's just 2 days....
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
On the news this Wednesday... Busy last weekend shooting commercials...
On the news this Wednesday
So I'll be on Channel 13 news this Wednesday night at 10pm. It'll be the footage of me shopping with my nutritionist that we shot last Tuesday.
Sonya emailed me and said she watched the footage today and said I was NOTICEABLY thinner (capital letters and all! LOL)! It's nice to hear that other people are seeing it as well. I'm around my co-workers all the time and they don't really notice my weightloss probably since they're around me so much.
I can see it in my face a lot. My face looks much thinner than it was some 35 or so pounds ago.
Busy last weekend shooting commercials
So this last weekend was kinda busy.
Friday night I went to the bar for a friend's birthday party. I need to learn to drink mixed drinks and to drink them w/ diet pop. I'm a beer guy and ended up drinking beer at the party.
Saturday I met a friend for lunch before we drove to Red Rock to shoot footage for a commercial parody that will air as part of a play called 'The Dead Guy'. 'The Dead Guy' is a dark comedy about reality TV. I've read the whole script and find it funny. It's performed as though you're watching a TV show, and there are TV monitors on the stage and they play commercials on them at some points. The play runs in December at Grand View College's Viking Theatre. It's performed by friends of mine with Theater...for a Change.
Anyway, back to what I was saying.... I met up with a friend for some Chinese before we drove to Lake Red Rock. I ate pretty responsibly. I didn't drink any pop. As much as I like pop and caffeine, cutting them both out almost entirely has been easy. I think I've had pop maybe 3 times since I started this program (I'm including the month before when I started losing on my own).
Sunday we shot some more footage in the East Village downtown. We met up for a light lunch before we met up with all of the actors for the other commercial. The director and I (I was the camera jockey) went to Village Bean coffee shop. We were going to go to The Continental, but it was closed. I got a mocha and a sausage and egg pita. It was delicious and not terribly unhealthy, AND only $1.98 for the pita!
Let me just say that the East Village has some really cool shops. It's nice to see such a variety! We shot in Smash (custom t-shirt store), ZZZ Records, Kitchen Collage, and (something) Giggles. I don't remember the exact name of the last store, but it had stuff for new and expecting parents. It was a really cool shop with cool stuff! I hate to see downtown so damn dead on weekends with all of these cool shops.
So I'll be on Channel 13 news this Wednesday night at 10pm. It'll be the footage of me shopping with my nutritionist that we shot last Tuesday.
Sonya emailed me and said she watched the footage today and said I was NOTICEABLY thinner (capital letters and all! LOL)! It's nice to hear that other people are seeing it as well. I'm around my co-workers all the time and they don't really notice my weightloss probably since they're around me so much.
I can see it in my face a lot. My face looks much thinner than it was some 35 or so pounds ago.
Busy last weekend shooting commercials
So this last weekend was kinda busy.
Friday night I went to the bar for a friend's birthday party. I need to learn to drink mixed drinks and to drink them w/ diet pop. I'm a beer guy and ended up drinking beer at the party.
Saturday I met a friend for lunch before we drove to Red Rock to shoot footage for a commercial parody that will air as part of a play called 'The Dead Guy'. 'The Dead Guy' is a dark comedy about reality TV. I've read the whole script and find it funny. It's performed as though you're watching a TV show, and there are TV monitors on the stage and they play commercials on them at some points. The play runs in December at Grand View College's Viking Theatre. It's performed by friends of mine with Theater...for a Change.
Anyway, back to what I was saying.... I met up with a friend for some Chinese before we drove to Lake Red Rock. I ate pretty responsibly. I didn't drink any pop. As much as I like pop and caffeine, cutting them both out almost entirely has been easy. I think I've had pop maybe 3 times since I started this program (I'm including the month before when I started losing on my own).
Sunday we shot some more footage in the East Village downtown. We met up for a light lunch before we met up with all of the actors for the other commercial. The director and I (I was the camera jockey) went to Village Bean coffee shop. We were going to go to The Continental, but it was closed. I got a mocha and a sausage and egg pita. It was delicious and not terribly unhealthy, AND only $1.98 for the pita!
Let me just say that the East Village has some really cool shops. It's nice to see such a variety! We shot in Smash (custom t-shirt store), ZZZ Records, Kitchen Collage, and (something) Giggles. I don't remember the exact name of the last store, but it had stuff for new and expecting parents. It was a really cool shop with cool stuff! I hate to see downtown so damn dead on weekends with all of these cool shops.
Friday's workout and Today's workout....
Friday's workout....
So I got busy Friday and didn't blog.
My workout Friday was good. I did the step aerobics class for like 30 minutes or whatever, then I think I did some time on the cross-trainer and maybe even the treadmill. I don't remember for sure. But then I lifted weights as usual. This time we increased the weights and the reps by a pretty fair amount. I'm pretty sure we increased the weight on every machine and I did more reps on nearly every machine. I was pretty proud of that.
Today's workout....
Today I knocked out 30 minutes on the cross-trainer on 'Fat Burner' mode. I burned some nearly 400 calories on that. That's the longest I've done on the cross-trainer so far! From there, I went and did 10 or so minutes on the treadmill. From the treadmill I went right to the weights and increased my weights and reps on most of the machines. Some of em we'll increase next time again! I'm making big progress all around!
So I got busy Friday and didn't blog.
My workout Friday was good. I did the step aerobics class for like 30 minutes or whatever, then I think I did some time on the cross-trainer and maybe even the treadmill. I don't remember for sure. But then I lifted weights as usual. This time we increased the weights and the reps by a pretty fair amount. I'm pretty sure we increased the weight on every machine and I did more reps on nearly every machine. I was pretty proud of that.
Today's workout....
Today I knocked out 30 minutes on the cross-trainer on 'Fat Burner' mode. I burned some nearly 400 calories on that. That's the longest I've done on the cross-trainer so far! From there, I went and did 10 or so minutes on the treadmill. From the treadmill I went right to the weights and increased my weights and reps on most of the machines. Some of em we'll increase next time again! I'm making big progress all around!
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Today's workout. A new wrap...
Today's workout
I did, I think 22 minutes or so on the cross-trainer this morning (I know I did 2 miles). I did it in aerobic mode, so it had me go forward, backward, would have me vary my speed at different times, use arms more at other times, etc. It's a great workout! As per usual, I switched up and did the treadmill for a mile or so.
I then went to the weight machines and lifted and did some ab machines as well. I increased my reps on most of the machines pretty significantly (by either 5 or 10 reps!). I'll probably be increasing the amount of weight I'm lifting on those machines Friday.
A new wrap...
So when I toured Dahls yesterday with my nutritionist, she told me about these different wraps. They're called 'Flat Out'. I had seen them in the store and had heard others talking about them. They're only 90 calories and like 9 grams of fiber. They're tasty, too! I bought the Italian herb flavor. I had been eating Mission brand multigrain wraps. Those were 210 calories each and like 7 grams of fiber. I was worried these wouldn't taste as good, but they're delicious!
I did, I think 22 minutes or so on the cross-trainer this morning (I know I did 2 miles). I did it in aerobic mode, so it had me go forward, backward, would have me vary my speed at different times, use arms more at other times, etc. It's a great workout! As per usual, I switched up and did the treadmill for a mile or so.
I then went to the weight machines and lifted and did some ab machines as well. I increased my reps on most of the machines pretty significantly (by either 5 or 10 reps!). I'll probably be increasing the amount of weight I'm lifting on those machines Friday.
A new wrap...
So when I toured Dahls yesterday with my nutritionist, she told me about these different wraps. They're called 'Flat Out'. I had seen them in the store and had heard others talking about them. They're only 90 calories and like 9 grams of fiber. They're tasty, too! I bought the Italian herb flavor. I had been eating Mission brand multigrain wraps. Those were 210 calories each and like 7 grams of fiber. I was worried these wouldn't taste as good, but they're delicious!
I'm on WHO news tonight at 10:00pm.
Watch me tonight at 10:00pm on WHO news. Not sure what tonight's segment will be about other than I'll be featured.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Dahl's tour w/ my nutritionist
So my nutritionist, Amy, and I went to Dahl's today and met Trent, the WHO camera guy. Trent and Amy are both cool, so we had fun.
We did a tour of the store so Amy could show me better choices and that type of thing. We did a lot of comparing of food labels and whatnot. I think Amy is addicted to fiber, by the way! :-)
It was fun....Trent and I would joke around about stuff when he wasn't filming. For instance, Amy was showing us how much fiber was in some types of cereal (some had TONS) and I was joking around about how they're changing the name to 'Super Colon Blow'. Then we walked by the diapers and I said that thank God they're nearby because you'll need them after eating that cereal!
I learned a lot and had fun! I came in to work about 30 minutes late, so I have to stay 30 minutes late. Bummer!
We did a tour of the store so Amy could show me better choices and that type of thing. We did a lot of comparing of food labels and whatnot. I think Amy is addicted to fiber, by the way! :-)
It was fun....Trent and I would joke around about stuff when he wasn't filming. For instance, Amy was showing us how much fiber was in some types of cereal (some had TONS) and I was joking around about how they're changing the name to 'Super Colon Blow'. Then we walked by the diapers and I said that thank God they're nearby because you'll need them after eating that cereal!
I learned a lot and had fun! I came in to work about 30 minutes late, so I have to stay 30 minutes late. Bummer!
Monday, November 12, 2007
Workout this morning. Dahl's shopping w/ nutritionist tomorrow morning.
Workout this morning
My trainer, Deb, was sick this morning. She called and left instructions for my workout with Gene, the manager of the Wellness Center.
I did 20 minutes (2 miles) on the cross-trainer then did 1 mile (20 minutes) on the treadmill.
I then lifted weights for about 15-20 minutes on the various weight machines.
Dahl's Tuesday morning
So I'm meeting my nutritionist and at least a camera person from WHO at Dahl's in Johnston at 8am Tuesday morning. Amy, my nutritionist, is going to show me healthy alternatives and whatnot. Should be fun! My boss is letting me adjust my schedule a bit to do this. She's great.
Not sure when this segment will air on WHO, whether it'll be this Wednesday or next Wednesday or just when.
My trainer, Deb, was sick this morning. She called and left instructions for my workout with Gene, the manager of the Wellness Center.
I did 20 minutes (2 miles) on the cross-trainer then did 1 mile (20 minutes) on the treadmill.
I then lifted weights for about 15-20 minutes on the various weight machines.
Dahl's Tuesday morning
So I'm meeting my nutritionist and at least a camera person from WHO at Dahl's in Johnston at 8am Tuesday morning. Amy, my nutritionist, is going to show me healthy alternatives and whatnot. Should be fun! My boss is letting me adjust my schedule a bit to do this. She's great.
Not sure when this segment will air on WHO, whether it'll be this Wednesday or next Wednesday or just when.
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