Thursday, January 31, 2008

Re-emerging

So, the past few weeks have been weird. I let myself go during finals, I dropped the diet, the exercise, everything. I had gotten tired of running and working out, especially with winter. I reached 211 pounds and couldn't fit into a size 34 anymore (I figure I was a tight size 35 or a comfortable 36) right before going skiing in Colorado. I was the same weight after I came back, and got back on a diet. Here is the revised meal plan:
Breakfast: one sandwich
-one-half bagel
-one slice of deli cheese
-up to three slices of meat OR a small one-egg white omlet
-one glass of orange juice or tea
Dinner: at 5:30
-one cup of soup
-one serving of chicken or fish
-two heaping tablespoons of cooked vegetables

Since I've run out of soup, I'm substituting a bowl of salad for the soup and one of the teaspoons of cooked veggies. The salads, so far, have been cabbage, lettuce, cucumber, onion, beets, a sprinkle of salt, and a bit of olive oil. It's fairly tasty, but I'm still missing tomatoes, it's just too cold to go to the store.

The exercise I'm getting is a 2-3 mile bike ride twice a day to and from class, plus body weight exercises and a lot of stretching/imitation youtube yoga. For most of the body weight exercises, I'm following the Men's Health magazine plan. Three weeks in, I'm back down to 197 and back down to a size 33 (34 is baggy on me now).

So, here are the obligatory pics.