I’m on vacation today and I slept in until almost 11:00. Obviously I gained more weight. Exercise alone (especially the tiny amount I’m doing) is not going to help me lose weight. Last night for dinner I had Kung Pao Chicken from Cathay Express followed by 3 doughnuts from the Quiktrip. I didn’t even try to calculate the Weight Watchers points for that, but I bet it is more than all the points I’m allowed for the day. I’ve really got to cut out this overeating or I’ll end up back where I was in April.

Weight: 285.0 pounds

Exercise: Week 2, Day 2 of the hundredpushups.com plan. 5 sets (5,6,4,4,7). I must be improving because it seems to be getting easier.

Yesterday’s breakfast: 6 Weight Watchers points. 1 cup All-Bran Strawberry Medley cereal, Half-cup skim milk, 1 banana.

Yesterday’s mid-morning snack:skipped it

Yesterday’s water:Two 1-liter bottles of tap water.

I’m doing terrible with the diet end of things. I’m just eating whatever the heck I want in whatever quantities make me feel good, except for breakfast. I’m on vacation starting tomorrow, so maybe I can take the extra time to go to the grocery store and get something healthy for lunch. It might help to actually plan out lunch the day before so that I don’t even have to think about it. I already do this with breakfast so I don’t even have to consider cheating on the diet at breakfast time, but it’s late and I’m tired right now, so I’ll think about it tomorrow.

Weight: 284.0 pounds. (I weighed after lunch.)

Exercise: Week 3, Day 2 of the couch-to-5k plan. I used the treadmill doing the walking bits at 3.0 mph, and the jogging bits at 5.0 mph.

Yesterday’s breakfast: 6 Weight Watchers points. 1 cup All-Bran Strawberry Medley cereal, Half-cup skim milk, 1 banana.

Yesterday’s mid-morning snack:skipped it

Yesterday’s water:Two 1-liter bottles of tap water.

We had Thanksgiving at my folks yesterday, and I stuffed myself. Somehow, the scales still show a half-pound loss.

Weight: 282.0 pounds.

Exercise: Week 2, Day 1 of the hundredpushups.com plan. I did 5 sets (4,6,4,4,6). Yesterday, I did the two-week progress test, and I maxed out at 12 push-ups. This is better than the 8 that I started at, but it isn’t good enough to move up to week 3, so I’m repeating week 2. I have to be able to do at least 16 to get into the lowest category in week 3.

Yesterday’s breakfast: 6 Weight Watchers points. 1 cup All-Bran Strawberry Medley cereal, Half-cup skim milk, 1 banana.

Yesterday’s mid-morning snack:skipped it

Yesterday’s water:Two 1-liter bottles of tap water.

I had a side salad from McDonalds for lunch yesterday, but with hamburger and fries, I cancelled out the healthy. Today, we’re going over to my parents’ house for Thanksgiving dinner, so it’s not terribly likely that I’ll be eating healthy today either, so I guess I’ll try starting the healthy lunch thing on Monday.

Michelle and I went out to a couple of bars last night with friends. I’ll try adding the pictures to facebook later today.

Weight: 282.5 pounds.

Exercise: Week 3, Day 1 of the couch-to-5k plan. I used the treadmill today because it was 45 degrees outside. It was easy, but I think that just tells me that I need to pump up the speed of the treadmill a bit. I started walking at 2.5 mph, and jogging at 4.0 mph. I ended walking at 3.0 mph, and jogging at 4.5 mph. I think I’ll try taking the jogging speed up to 5.0 mph on Tuesday.

Yesterday’s breakfast: 6 Weight Watchers points. 1 cup All-Bran Strawberry Medley cereal, Half-cup skim milk, 1 banana.

Yesterday’s mid-morning snack:1 Granny Smith apple.

Yesterday’s water:Two 1-liter bottles of tap water.

Weight: 285.5 pounds. Holy crap! What happened? Actually, I know what happened. I ate out for lunch and dinner yesterday and didn’t even attempt to limit myself. I guess it’s time to take the next step. I already eat a healthy breakfast, so the next step would be to have a healthy mid-morning snack and a health lunch. Maybe in a week or two, I can expand it to health afternoon snack and a healthy dinner.

Exercise: It’s my off-day from both push-ups and running, so I took Ollie for a 30 minute walk. Jake went with me, and Michelle went with us for one lap around the block, but she got cold and went back in the house.

Yesterday’s breakfast: 6 Weight Watchers points. 1 cup All-Bran Strawberry Medley cereal, Half-cup skim milk, 1 banana.

Yesterday’s water:Two 1-liter bottles of tap water.

I was watching a video on youtube earlier today that provided a supposed secret to success. It was a computer science lecture from the University of New South Wales in Australia. Lecturer Richard Buckland was saying that the way to get really good at something that requires discipline and years of practice is to make sure that you make the activity something you want to do. He had talked with a successful music teacher who had shared the secret of getting students to stick with practicing an instrument for years. You have to make it fun.

So, I figure I need to find a way to make exercise fun or I won’t stick with it. I’m going to start taking my mp3 player with me and listen to podcasts while I run. That should help a little. I’ll have to give it some more thought to find other ways to make exercise fun.

Weight: I forgot to weigh

Exercise: Week 2, Day 3 of the couch-to-5k running plan. There was a bitter wind blowing this morning. My hands and face were painfully numb by the time I was done running. I’m going to have to switch to the treadmill for days that are this cold and windy.

Yesterday’s breakfast: 6 Weight Watchers points. 1 cup All-Bran Strawberry Medley cereal, Half-cup skim milk, 1 banana.

Yesterday’s water:I drank two 1-liter bottles of tap water.

Weight: 280 pounds

Exercise: Week 2, Day 2 of hundredpushups.com plan. 5 sets of push-ups (5,6,4,4,7). The last push-up in the last set was a struggle, but the rest was a cakewalk. I’m hoping that I’m improving enough that I won’t have to repeat any weeks.

Yesterday’s breakfast: 6 Weight Watchers points. 1 cup All-Bran Strawberry Medley cereal, Half-cup skim milk, 1 banana.

So, I did the healthy breakfast thing yesterday. Today, I’m going to add the drinking 2 liters of water.

Weight: 282 pounds

Exercise: Week 2, Day 2 of the couch-to-5k plan. It was easier than the last run. On Sunday, I was about to fall out, but today I was just breathing heavy.

I’m still doing terrible on the diet portion of this. Maybe I need to phase it in bit-by-bit. First things, I’m going to do are eat a healthy breakfast every day and to drink a half-gallon of water every day. Then maybe I’ll stretch that into a salad for lunch or no eating after 8 p.m. or something like that.

Weight: 281 pounds

Exercise: Week 2, Day 1 of hundredpushups.com plan. I did five sets of push-ups (4, 6, 4, 4, 6). The last set wasn’t done with very good form.

Hi, everybody. Well, it’s Monday. I only have a four-day work-week because I’m using another vacation day on Friday. Time to get my butt to work.