40 in 40 – the update

well – so much for that. hahaha

i didn’t fail at the whole thing.  a week after ash wednesday, i had A piece of chocolate.  i didn’t even realize what it was until i was chewing.  whoops!  mac and cheese still holding strong, as is daily activity.

i think it helps that i started weight watchers.  partially started it out of laziness (eat right, not have to bust my butt at the gym), partially because my work wife is on it too ::cough cough peer pressure  cough cough::

ww isn’t that bad.  i’ve lost 3 pounds and some inches already.  if i keep this rate up, i’ll be in wedding dress shape in no time!

365.

the countdown begins

 

thanks, knot.

 

accomplishments:

-date

-ceremony site

-grooms’men’

-1 bridesmaid so far

-started ww and am exercising more.

 

not a bad start.

40 in 40

so lent.  we meet again.  i’m not really what you’d call a devout catholic (see christmas, easter, wedding, funeral attendance only…), but i like a good challenge.

this lent, i was thinking about dropping coffee.  i don’t think my coworkers would appreciate that all too much.  i got to thinking and i’m dropping chocolate and mac & cheese.  chocolate isn’t such a big deal for me, but anyone who knows me, know mac & cheese is a high favorite.

seriously.   look at that.  there’s a good chance that my easter dinner might be JUST mac & cheese.  amazing.  i want some.  right.  now.

right now!

on top of that, there’s the goal to do 40 healthy things in 40 days.  that’s one thing per day.  can’t be that hard right?  yesterday, i walked from broad and olney to chew and beechwood and did some lifting.  healthy.  today?  more walking.  gotta start somewhere if i don’t want to look like a whale in a wedding dress.

oh yeah.  that’s back on.  hooray!

 

 

oh hey….

long time no see.

what’s new?

a year smoke free

remember this post?

i win.

pay up rusty and burge.  bet collector coming through!

as if we weren’t all hungry enough

my pal castro started a blog tracking down the best pizza places in philly.  drool worthy.

 

check ‘um out!

 

http://doughboys.wordpress.com/

the cleanse

so today is the last day of the 7 day cleanse my trainer has me on:

http://www.gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2166844&ab=CMS:CATEGORY:CMS:8:CLEANSING

nothing processed, no refined sugars, no gluten, no yeast, no dairy, nothing canned.  all the fresh fruits and veggies i could handle.  rice bran bread.  rice cakes, brown rice.  protein protein protein.  vitamin pack and prebiotic/fiber in the AM.  vitamin pack and probiotic in the PM.

overall, not bad, but i’m glad it’s over.  the food wasn’t bad.  what got me is the boredum of it.  chicken, beef, fish.  repeat.  repeat.  repeat.  last night killed me.  all i wanted to do was order a pizza or anything – i combed the takeout menus for anything gluten free/cheese free to no avail.  i wanted something different.  :0(  thinking back, i should’ve just made a vat of chilli.  i think i’ll do that tonight or tomorrow.

energy was a roller coaster.  the first day was good.  day 2 was slower.  day 3 i was completely lethargic.  day 4, same, but better.  day 5 getting better.  day 6 great.  day 7 great.

but today’s the last day.  my energy is high.  i’m not irritable.  i’m not craving pasta or fried things.  i’m glad to be able to just pop a bag of pierogies on the stove if i want a quick dinner.

 

ps – the tumblr tracking my food is pretty damned awesome.