Jason's Diary

Points: 48 of 300

Not much to update. Today's routine was elliptical again and went by quickly. I am really enjoying listening to Dune on my 'Pod while working out.

Yesterday for dinner I made a nice pasta dish with tofu and vegetables. I cubed and soaked the tofu in a bit of soy sauce with several shots of hot sauce, let that sit for a while, and then put it on a non-stick mat on a cookie sheet at 350ºF for about 45 minutes. I boiled up some noodles, put a little olive oil on them with a little canned corn, slided tomato and mushrooms, put the tofu on there. Good stuff!

Tonight I might go to the store to get some chili stuff and soak beans overnight tonight to make some chili from scratch tomorrow.

-J
 
Points: 58 of 300

Elliptical again. Nothing new to update on that.

I made my chili tonight. I am not sure what I did wrong with the beans, but they were not cooked through. I soaked them for nearly eight hours, boiled them a bit, drained and added chili ingredients. One of the stupid things I did was taste one of the beans while I had capsaicin on my fingers. Oops.

Last night I watched The Right Stuff. If you have any interest in NASA, the 1960's Space Race, or the like, I recommend the movie. It is a little over three hours long, but is worth it.

-J
 
Good job on getting the exercise in! Golly that's hard to motivate for, but you do great! Can't help much with the chili problems as I have never actually made it before. I'm sure you'll figure it out, though.
 
Points: 68 of 300

Thanks, RP. I hope your knee is doing alright!

Today makes seven days in a row at the gym. They updated the bracket for points again (as of end-of-day yesterday) and I am in first place by one point. I was looking at the board while the trainer was updating and someone else was talking with her about it. They said something to the effect of "Sheila has a lot of points -- but so does this Jason." so I stepped in with "That's me". I am not a regular during the day there, so many of the people do not know who I am (which I think is a good thing) and we chatted for just a minute. It turns out this Shiela person is 73 years old and spends three hours a day at the gym. My biggest challenge is someone who is 48 years older than I am. Maybe with today's snow (the roads suck today!) she will not make it in and I will get a day or two advantage over her.

You know... I bet I can make it to 400 points by the end of March. I am not going to hold myself to it and I may not even think about it until I hit 300, but we will see.

Tonight I am going to make cornbread to go along with the chili at work for lunches this week. Yum!

-J
 
Points: 79 of 300

Sheila got 12 points yesterday. With my extra push today for eleven, we are tied as of tonight. If I get twenty-one points between the next two days, I could get my shirt Thursday night.

-J
 
Points: 90 of 300

I almost forgot to post tonight. I pushed hard tonight to get those 11 points. I need to get 10 more so I can have my first goal marked before the weekend. Also, I am not going to be able to catch Sheila unless she misses a day. I swear, I am not obsessing...

-J
 
Points: 100 of 300

Oh, yeah! I am a third of the way there. They had a sample shirt on the sign-up/points-update table (white ringer t-shirt with blue accents), but did not have any for me. Dang. For those of you playing along at home, Sheila must have missed yesterday. I am now up by seven points.

Maybe tonight I will try to be in bed by 11:00PM so I can get up at 6:00AM and not be super tired still. I am indeed ready for the weekend.

-J
 
Thanks, RP! :)

Today was weigh-in day and I was looking forward to it. I stepped on the scale and it landed on... [drumroll]... 250# exactly. WTF? I have surely been eating enough for all that exercise to burn off, but I have not been eating all that healthy. Maybe that is my problem.

I will keep truckin'. In December I was stuck at 255# for the whole month and then dropped about 5# in two weeks.

Bah. I wanted to be on the road to work five minutes ago and I still have to scrape my windows.

-J
 
Points: 110 of 300

I am tired. I am going to have a beer, watch Mythbusters, and then go to bed. I am so ready to sleep in tomorrow.

-J
 
Points: 130 of 300

For everyone that thought I missed going to the gym yesterday, you can relax. I did go, but neglected to post here. In all reality, I am sure nobody even noticed. I realized the error of my ways when I was trying to fall asleep last night, but did not find it important enough to wake myself.

Tonight for dinner I made a fantastic vegetable stew. Someone at work recommended it and it was great! Olive oil, garlic, onion, bay leaf (sweated/simmered), potatoes, eggplant, zucchini, red pepper (stew for a bit), fire-roasted tomatoes, vegetable stock/broth (stew a little more), and basil. Serve with broiled cheese-bread. Oh, man! I am going to make that and variations of it all the time! Tonight was the first time I used the saucier my parents gave me months ago. It is a great piece of cookware.

-J
 
Oh, I noticed. I'm watching you. Do good. Or else. :D

Re: weight loss, slow and steady or quick and hard, it's the same amount of work. It's just a matter of what's sustainable for you. If you're having difficulties trouble shooting your fat loss, though, let me know and I will be more than happy to help you figure it out.
 
Points: 140 of 300

This makes it 14 days in a row, which is officially my record. I got my shirt and wore it today. I need to really bump up the resistance starting tomorrow. If you walk without rhythm, you won't attract the worm.

-J
 
Points: 150 of 300

Last night I did my entire elliptical routine backwards and bumped up the resistance two more points. For how much harder it was to pedal and how much slower I was going, I was surprised I hit the same 1000 mark at about 54 minutes again.

Tonight we get to leave work a couple hours early to go to a little shindig. I am hoping I can go to the gym right after that -- but might end up missing tonight. We will see.

-J
 
supposedly going backwards works completely a completely different set of muscles - so well done on that...

have fun shindigging :)
 
Points: 160 of 300

Thanks, Mal. Shindig was fun. I did not get selected to go on the company trip, although I was in the running. There is next year and right now I am in the mindset to bust my ass to get in the running again and go. I have big plans for 2008 and I hope I am on the right path to hit some of them.

I think tomorrow (which is questionable because I might have to work on a release tomorrow night) and Friday I will continue elliptical. Saturday I am going to do some weights and cardio. By now I am way past the "if you push this hard, you will feel regrettably sore" phase and can throw some more on my routine when I have time.

-J
 
Points: 170 of 300

I so very much have cabin fever. I also want to do some major spring cleaning.

-J
 
Points: 193 of 300

Yesterday I did my normal 10-point elliptical jaunt. Today I did 2 points worth of weight-lifting with my legs and another 10-points with elliptical. But wait, you say, that is only 22 points! How did you get to 193? Well, my curious friend, for some reason a number of days ago, the pointkeeper added an extra point to my score on the bracket that keep a tally and my hints at the undeserved point (I wrote the amount of points I should have had right on the submission slip) have been ignored, so I am going to take that point and count it as my own.

Tomorrow I am going to do a 2-point upper body weight-lifting routine. Two points of weight-lifting is 30 minutes with 1-3 minutes between sets. Four points for that duration with no breaks; one point if you dick around and take your time. It is all self-regulated and self-decided anyway. It is not the problem of the gym if you say you get 50 points per week and see no change.

Anyway. I should find dinner.

-J
 
Points: 205 of 300

I did my upper-body routine today. Bench press, seated fly, crossover (which is a name I made up because I do not know what it is called), and inclined situp.

Tomorrow I have to get up early and go take a test for designation I am trying to earn for work, but hopefully I can get to the gym again. Tomorrow is just cardio again. Hopefully I can hit 1000 calories in under 50 minutes again. I think I am going with a three day routine of straight cardio, lower body and cardio, and upper body and cardio. I am surely increasing my endurance already.

Oh, and today was day 20 in a row at burning 1000 calories per day. I sure hope to hit my goal of 240# by February 29. Maybe if I get that (or close), I can try for 225# by August 1, which is 3# per month.

-J
 
Points: 215 of 300

I am so sore. I think I need a day off from the gym, but will decide that tomorrow.

Today I passed my test for work today. One more and I have the designation. That will be a couple months from now.

G'night.

-J
 
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