The Food Diaries

Day 12

2008-08-15T09:21:00.000-07:00

Breakfast - Cereal

Lunch - 2 Sausage sandwiches and milk

Day 11

2008-08-14T09:20:00.000-07:00

Breakfast - Cereal

Lunch - Bowl of pasta salad with orange juice

Snack - PB Shake with pasta salad

Dinner - Lemon Chicken, potato and apple juice

Day 10

2008-08-14T04:12:00.000-07:00

Breakfast - 3 eggs, 2 toast with spread, yogurt with granola, milk

Lunch - tuna tortilla and banana

Snack - Spinach and Artichoke Dip and two beers

Dinner - Two sausage sandwiches with tostitos and milk

Day 9

2008-08-12T03:09:00.000-07:00

Breakfast - Cereal - 500 cal

Lunch - Tunafish salad sandwich with french fries - 1,000 cal

Snack - Instant Breakfast shake - 500 cal

Dinner - Spaghetti with artichokes - 800 cal

Days 5-8

2008-08-08T04:30:00.000-07:00

At Ben's.

Day 4

2008-08-07T04:29:00.000-07:00

Breakfast - Cereal

Lunch - Pizza at work

Dinner - Tortillas with beans and salsa and a Smirnoff

Day 3

2008-08-06T12:59:00.000-07:00

Breakfast - bowl of cereal - 300 cal

Snack - donuts and chocolate milk - 600 cal

Lunch - 2 tuna tortillas and milk - 720 cal

Day 2

2008-08-05T09:01:00.000-07:00

Breakfast - 2 bowls of cereal and a banana - 760 cal

Lunch - 2 Sausages, a tortilla, leftover pasta with scallops and Apple Juice - 600 cal

Dinner - Greek food at a new restaurant - had to be at least 700 cal

Snack - Banana Shake - 680 cal

Total - 2,700 cal

Day 1

2008-08-04T09:35:00.000-07:00

Breakfast - 3 eggs, toast, yogurt, granola and a glass of milk - 830 cal

Lunch - 2 Tuna tortillas and milk - 720 cal

Snack - Banana Shake - 680 cal

Dinner - Salmon, potatoes and a smirnoff ice - 1,000 cal

Total - 3,430 cal

Some thoughts

2008-02-07T02:52:00.001-08:00

So I think I should try to be a little more specific with what I say I eat. After all, I usually have a bag of pretzels at lunch and there's another 100 cal. Also a banana, but I truly don't know how many calories those are. I skipped writing yesterday, but it was the same as Monday. And today will be the same too.

Generally, I need to eat more after dinner. I eat pretty well at work and frankly, I don't have the time to eat any more if I wanted to. So maybe I should come up with an evening snack.

Hmm.

Tired in every way

2008-02-05T14:30:00.000-08:00

So it's been a few days, but I have a good reason! We did our first race ever this weekend. Sunday (Super Bowl Sunday actually) we ran the Gridiron Classic. A 4 mile race around Central Park. Wow. What an experience. It was beautiful there. And great weather. Meech had a rough time and my calves were killing me the whole time, but we clocked in at 49:03. Not too shabby.

Yesterday I finally bought a replacement water bottle, so I'm back to my old routine!

2 bowls of cereal - 540 cal
Milkshake - 400 cal
Burrito Pie - 400 cal
'nother bowl of cereal - 270 cal
Salmon - 300 cal?

Sleeping Beauty

2008-01-30T17:18:00.000-08:00

Well, Meech finally got a decent night's sleep. It's been like, a week since she's slept through the night. Between the couple having crazy sex upstairs and the couple throwing lamps in an angry furor, and of course our own children scratching at the door, poor Meech has been in some desperate need of shuteye.

I still miss my milkshake.

2 bowls of cereal - 540 cal
Pizza, green beans, salad and chocolate milk - 400 cal
Pasta and shrimp - 500 cal
PB tortilla - 200?

Tired

2008-01-29T14:40:00.001-08:00

Ok, so the road back to eating alot has had a few bumps. I'm trying. Really.

Today I started off right with
2 bowls of cereal - 540 cal
Split Pea Soup - 200 cal
slice-o-bread - 100 cal
PB Tortilla - 150 cal
1 bowl of cereal - 270
Steak and brocolli - 500 cal

Feeling better

2008-01-28T13:38:00.001-08:00

Wow... I was sick. Friday was awful. I was completely out of it and had a little fever. So the weekend was recovery and now I'm back on track. Yay.
Too bad I threw away my terribly smelly water bottle. No milkshakes for awhile.

Today:
1 bowl of cereal - 270 cal
Shwarma stew - 400 cal
2 pizza slices - 300 cal

COUGHHACKCOUGH

2008-01-24T14:32:00.000-08:00

Yeah, I have a bad cough. Yuck.
Anyway, yesterday's plan was really good. Two bowls of cereal, milkshake, huge lunch of taco salad, 2 slices of bread, tortilla with PB... until dinner. When the headache hit and I could barely see straight. I sipped one small bowl of soup, but that was it. I was in bed by 8.

Today I have the cough, but no headache.
1 bowl of cereal (running low) - 270 cal
2 slices of bread - 200 cal
Water (getting nervous about that milkshake smell)
Awesome tuna salad with eggs - 500 cal
...
that's it. Hmm. Well, dinner's coming soon, but I better scarf something down now!
Toodles.

After the storm...

2008-01-22T18:01:00.001-08:00

The lovestorm of Ben and Nat, that is. Well, I can't say that I underate this weekend, but I certainly didn't stick to a specific diet, either. But now that those ugly calories are over with, here's today's intake:

Two bowls of cereal - 540 cal
Milkshake - 400 cal
Fennel Soup - 200 cal
2 slices-o-bread - 200 cal
Banana - ?
Fritos - 400 cal
2 burritos - 500 cal

Total - 2400 cal

FAIL

Don't tell me I'm starting a pattern here...

2008-01-15T14:35:00.001-08:00

Ok, so let's see what I ate today...

2 cereals - 540 cal
Soup - 300 cal
2 breads - 200 cal
1 Egg - 70 cal
Milkshake - 400 cal
PapaJohns Pizza - 1,200 cal -OY.

Total - 2710 cal

The Diet Reborn

2008-01-14T15:40:00.000-08:00

What? TWO days in a row? I must be sick.

Today
2 bowls of cereal - 540 cal
Milkshake - 400 cal
2 Eggs - 140 cal
Nutrigrain Bar - 140 cal
Pretzels - 110 cal
3 slices of bread - 300 cal
Soup - 300 cal?
Dinner 400 cal
Warm milk - 200 cal

Total - 2530
Goal - 2600

See Adam. See Adam Run. Run Adam, Run.

2008-01-13T07:00:00.000-08:00

So I thought I'd post a quick entry reminding myself how often we've ran so far. (Especially considering I'm the only one who reads this). Meech and I have resolved to running the NYC Marathon in November. In doing so, we're desperately trying to stick to a training plan. This includes running a set number of miles every other day or so. Now, we started the year off strong (as per usual) and after two weeks, we've already hit the wall (as per usual). To be fair though, Meech is going through physical therapy for her back, and running was killing her, so we took a break until her doc said it was ok.

Now we're back and before our schedule gets messed up again, I thought I should record what we've done so far.

Sun, Dec 30th - 4 miles (both)
Tue, Jan 1st - 3 miles (both)
Fri, Jan 11th - 1.25 miles (Adam)
Sat, Jan 12th - 3 miles (walked, both)
Sun, Jan 13th - 3 miles (both)
Tue, Jan 15th - 3 miles (Meech)

Not bad so far, but we still have awhile to go. I'll try to post every other week or so, just to keep current.

The next few days...

2007-08-27T17:09:00.000-07:00

So as you may have noticed, I've stopped writing in this journal. But not to worry! It's only temporary. No, really. Here's the thing... I've started my job. And even though my first day was today, I've been preparing for it all last week. Not to mention we've had guests every weekend for the past month. So instead of barely keeping track of my meals and fitting in a random protein milk once in a blue moon, I've decided to put the entire endeavor on hold. Once Michelle and I get into a routine and can work out even so much as a dinner plan for the week, I'll get back into the "diet".

Thank you.

Day 38

2007-08-20T13:31:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
4 eggs and OJ
SNACK 1
Protein milk
LUNCH
Tuna salad sandwich and milk
SNACK 2
Protein milk and walnuts

DAY 37

2007-08-19T12:01:00.000-07:00

A day of eating out...

Carnegie Deli:
French Toast... and a whole lot of it

Maoz:
Half pita of falafel, hummus and tomatoes with Dr. Pepper

Da Nico:
Rigatoni with eggplant, ricotta and tomatos

DAY 36

2007-08-17T12:30:00.001-07:00

BREAKFAST
Cereal
LUNCH
Chicken soup with rice
SNACK 1
Protein milk
DINNER
Random things till Jabes' arrived

Exercises:
Dynamic Stretches
Phase 1 Workout
Static Stretches

DAY 35

2007-08-16T05:03:00.001-07:00

BREAKFAST
Cereal
SNACK 1
Protein milk
LUNCH
Chicken soup with rice
SNACK 2
Protein milk and almonds
DINNER
Steak and salad
SNACK 3
Steak and PB tortilla

DAY 34

2007-08-15T15:42:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
Cereal
SNACK 1
Protein milk and almonds
LUNCH
Boca burger and milk
SNACK 2
2 bean burritos with salsa and milk
DINNER
Chicken, rice soup

DAY 33

2007-08-14T18:49:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
4 eggs, salsa and juice
LUNCH
Chicken, broccoli, rice and juice
SNACK 1
Protein milk
DINNER
Salad, hot dog, 2 veggie burgers and protein milk
SNACK 2
Walnuts

DAYS 29-32

2007-08-13T15:20:00.000-07:00

This weekend was Ben and Nat's visit to NY. I hate hiding behind this excuse for not following my meal plan, but frankly it was just too hard. We ate out almost every meal and it got too difficult to keep track. I did continue with my protein milks, but I know I didn't eat anywhere near where I should. This following a recent weighing-in I did last Saturday only to find out my weight is EXACTLY the same as it was 30 days ago. I just need to eat more. At least I worked out again Saturday.

The plan will resume tomorrow. God willing.

DAY 28

2007-08-09T05:33:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
4 Eggs, salsa and milk
SNACK 1
Protein milk
LUNCH
Burger, Egg salad and milk

DAY 27

2007-08-08T06:33:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
2 PB and bacon muffins with protein milk
LUNCH
2 Burgers and protein milk
SNACK 1
Peach and almonds
DINNER
Pizza, lasagna and chocolate mouse (at the jazz joint)

DAY 26

2007-08-07T11:26:00.001-07:00

BREAKFAST
2 PB and bacon muffins with milk
LUNCH
Egg salad sandwich with protein milk
SNACK 1
Egg salad sandwich with yogurt and berries
SNACK 2
Protein milk
DINNER
Shrimp and salad

Day 25

2007-08-06T06:41:00.001-07:00

BREAKFAST
4 eggs, salsa, milk
SNACK 1
Protein milk
LUNCH
Egg salad sandwich and peach
DINNER
Shish kabobs
SNACK 2
Almonds, protein shake and leftover pasta

Exercises:
Dynamic Stretches
Phase 1 Workout
Static Stretches

DAY 24

2007-08-05T19:37:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
2 PB and bacon muffins with protein milk
LUNCH
Russian dumplings and chicken shish kabobs
DINNER
Steak, onion and tomato shish kabobs
SNACK 1
Ice cream

I think I'm addicted to ice cream. I must stop. Tomorrow I must get back on track. I must!

DAY 23

2007-08-04T19:37:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
2 PB and bacon muffins
LUNCH
Leftover pizza and sushi
DINNER
Pasta
SNACK 1
Ice cream at the creamery

Way to stick to the diet, huh?

DAY 22

2007-08-03T05:18:00.001-07:00

BREAKFAST
4 eggs, salsa and milk
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
Tons of sushi
DINNER
Mushroom pizza
SNACK 2
Tiramisu and wine

Exercise:
Dynamic stretches
Phase II exercises
Static stretches

DAY 21

2007-08-02T05:15:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
2 PB and bacon muffins with protein shake in milk
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
Lemon-herb chicken
DINNER
Steak with green beans
SNACK 2
Ice cream and protein shake with milk

DAY 20

2007-08-01T14:18:00.001-07:00

BREAKFAST
4 Eggs, Cheese, salsa
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
2 Cheeseburgers
SNACK 2
Falafel, tomatoes, pita, Mmm
DINNER
Lemon herb chicken and salad
SNACK
Ice cream, protein shake with milk

DAY 19

2007-07-31T08:20:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
2 PB Muffins, apples, protein shake with milk
LUNCH
2 Cheeseburgers, protein shake with milk
DINNER
Chicken soup with rice

DAY 18

2007-07-30T08:18:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
6 eggs, salsa, milk

LUNCH
Chicken soup with rice, apple

DINNER
2 Cheeseburgers, protein shake with milk

SNACK
Ice cream

Another poor day of eating, but I have an excuse! Today I was called in last minute for a temp job. I had to throw together a lunch and dinner. All in all, it wasn't that bad a day of eating. I'm mostly bummed about not getting around to exercising.

DAY 17

2007-07-29T15:39:00.001-07:00

BREAKFAST
Brunch with Zofie and John - omlette, potatoes, toast and OJ
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
Chicken and rice soup - Mmm!
SNACK 2
Chocolate ice cream

Ok... not the best day for my diet. But a GREAT day of eating!

DAY 16

2007-07-28T15:00:00.001-07:00

BREAKFAST
Egg, toast and bacon (made by Meech)
SNACK 1
none
LUNCH
Pita with falafel and many toppings
SNACK 2
Berry shake
DINNER
2 cheeseburgers and protein shake with milk
SNACK 3

DAY 15

2007-07-27T08:18:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
2 PB Muffins with apples and plenty of bacon, milk
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
Lemon-herb chicken
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
2 Cheeseburgers and salad
SNACK 3
Almonds, olives and wine

Exercises:

Dynamic Stretches
100% of workout (only 5 Spider-mans, rest only halfway)
Static Stretches

DAY 14

2007-07-26T07:57:00.000-07:00

It's like I'm a broken record. I keep falling into the same bad habits. This week was supposed to be better than the first, and it certainly hasn't been! I was just telling Meech the other day how I get excited about things, but they never last for more than two weeks. I'm now currently excited about the stock market, but I refuse to get myself invested (HA!) until I tie up other loose ends in my life. First, I want to prove to myself that I can keep this diet going and going strong. Second, I want to prove that I can exercise solid for more than two weeks. And third, I want to finish my research project!

BREAKFAST
4 eggs, cheese, salsa and milk
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
2 Cheeseburgers
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk, almonds
DINNER
Lemon-Herb Chicken and salad
SNACK 3
none

Exercises:

Dynamic Stretches
100% of workout (only 5 Spider-mans)
Static Stretches

DAY 13

2007-07-25T06:58:00.001-07:00

BREAKFAST
4 Eggs, Cheese, salsa, milk
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
2 Cheeseburgers on muffins
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
Pepperoni pizza, zucchini sticks and chocolate dessert (YAY Toby's!)
SNACK 3
none

Exercises:

Dynamic Stretches
100% of workout (only 5 Spider-mans)
Static Stretches

DAY 12

2007-07-24T12:55:00.001-07:00

BREAKFAST
Cereal
SNACK 1
Protein Shake with milk
LUNCH
Turkey, bacon and cheddar cheese melt
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
Soup, PB&J Sandwich
SNACK 3
Yogurt

Exercises:

Dynamic Stretches
100% of workout (only 5 Spider-mans)
Static Stretches

DAY 11

2007-07-23T12:24:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
2 PB Muffins, apples and bacon
SNACK 1
Protein Shake with milk
LUNCH
Egg salad sandwich
SNACK 2
Protein Shake with milk
DINNER
Salmon steaks, scapes and salad
SNACK 3
Yogurt

Exercises:

Dynamic Stretches
100% of workout (only 5 Spider-mans)
Static Stretches

DAY 10

2007-07-22T19:02:00.001-07:00

BREAKFAST
2 PB Muffins with bacon
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
Pepperoni calzone
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
Salad
SNACK 3
Yogurt

DAY 9

2007-07-21T20:31:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
2 PB Muffins with bacons
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
Egg salad sandwich
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
Thai beef dinner thing
SNACK 3
Yogurt

DAY 7

2007-07-19T22:36:00.000-07:00

I made it a week! But as you can see, I haven't stuck to the plan as well as I wanted to. This next week has to be an improvement. Last week's goal was to make it a week. This week's goal is to improve from last week!

BREAKFAST
Fruits, veggies and muffins (SMG Conference)
SNACK 1
none
LUNCH
Chicken wrap, potato chips and water
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
Chicken legs, brown rice
SNACK 3
none

Exercises:

Dynamic Stretches
3 sets of first half (only 5 Spider-mans)
Static Stretches

DAY 6

2007-07-18T13:56:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
4 eggs, salsa, 1 apple, 2 cups of milk
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
Chicken legs with brown rice
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
Shrimp, calamari pasta...Mmm!
SNACK 3
none

I began exercising today. Hopefully it will continue. I'll add my progress down here.

Dynamic Stretches
20% of Workout
Static Stretches

And I'm already sore as hell in my thighs.

DAY 5

2007-07-17T21:55:00.000-07:00

Not that great of a day. Skipped my last meal and I need to get to the store for cheese.

BREAKFAST
4 eggs, 1 apple, 2 cups of milk
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
Lamb kabobs with onions
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
Chicken legs with brown rice
SNACK 3
none

DAY 4

2007-07-16T20:04:00.000-07:00

BREAKFAST
4 eggs, 1 slice of cheese, 1 peach, 2 cups of milk
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
Two cheeseburgers without buns
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
Sirloin kabobs with onion and a salad
SNACK 3
1.5 cups of yogurt

DAY 3

2007-07-15T17:35:00.000-07:00

My first "perfect" day.

BREAKFAST
4 eggs, 1 slice of cheese, 1 peach, 2 cups of milk
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
Fish and Salad
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
Lamb, yogurt, bread and eggplant dip
SNACK 3
1.5 cups of yogurt, 1 peach

TOTALS
Calories - 2533
Protein - 215g
Carbs - 190g
Fat - 103g

DAY 2

2007-07-14T20:46:00.000-07:00

Sticking to a diet, whether you're trying to lose or gain weight, is just plain hard when it's the weekend and you live in New York City. Sigh... I need to plan better.

BREAKFAST
4 eggs, 1 slice of cheese, 2 cups of milk
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk and yogurt
LUNCH
None
SNACK 2
Shake with milk and yogurt
DINNER
Chinese food - chicken, eggplant and shrimp eggroll
SNACK 3
1.5 cups of yogurt, 1 peach

TOTALS
Calories - 2332
Protein - 177g
Carbs - 199g
Fat - 67g

DAY 1

2007-07-13T18:45:00.000-07:00

So the first day brought a few surprises. First off, I opened my 10-pound bag of whey protein to discover it was not vanilla, as I had ordered, but rather strawberry. And since I had already opened it, I'm now forced to keep it and so the next few weeks will prove to be all the more difficult. Also, my lunch was less healthy than I had hoped, but other than that, I was able to keep right on task!

BREAKFAST
4 eggs, 1 slice of cheese, 1 peach, 2 cups of milk
SNACK 1
Protein shake with milk
LUNCH
Slice of pizza (hey, it's New York. Whatcha gonna do?)
SNACK 2
Protein shake with milk
DINNER
1 cup of shrimp, 2 beef patties with cheese, Salad
SNACK 3
1.5 cups of yogurt, 1 peach

TOTALS
Calories - 2684
Protein - 222g
Carbs - 225g
Fat - 70g

THE NIGHT BEFORE

2007-07-12T19:05:00.001-07:00

So I'm going to try to gain weight. I do actually have a plan. It's a revision of several other plans that I've had and that I've never stuck to for more than a week, but it's still a plan. This journal will mostly be for my own benefit, a chance for me to look back at how far I've come. I'm hoping to add pictures and give a little description of how I've feeling that day, but we'll see. Like I said... my record is one week.

And can I just say, it's so annoying to hear things like "I wish I had your metabolism" or "Lucky you! I wish all I had to do was eat more". Look, it's no picnic here. Trust me, I've eaten seven eggs for breakfast and there's been days I thought to myself how much easier it would be NOT to eat too much. Heck, I like healthy eating. Salads, veggies, fish, lean meats... they taste good! I think it's easy to lost weight, too. And remember, I'm not trying to gain fat, I'm trying to gain "healthy weight".

As my wife has said, it's true I don't really need to do this. I'm in good shape, roughly the right weight for my height and there's probably no health problems associated with being a 145lb 5'9" guy. But it's something I really want to do. It's like running, cycling or swimming. It's what will make me happy. And I'm not shooting for thirty extra pounds. I'd just like to have wrists that are thick enough to support my own hands.

So, here I go. The entry has been posted and tomorrow I start my diet.

Goal #1: Last for one week.