Half of Phil

I guess this late posting thing will occur more often. I've been tracking my intake and walking regularly for over a month now. I've surprised myself by sticking with it.  I've learned a lot about how I got this way now, just this week we went to Carolina Ale House one of my favorite spots.  The wings and fries I used to have at least once a week are over 2,100 calories.  That's nearly 90% of my daily intake need!  Wow!  Also a cookout strip tray is 1500 calories, that used to be my lunch nearly everyday for years. The walking has been good.  My back feels better than it has in a long time.  I have some pain in my left knee.  Of course I'm not using a cane like the dr told me I would by 30 if I didn't let him cut on it when I was 17!!!  That surgery may happen someday but hopefully I can coax a few more years out. Weight wise I'm down nearly 20 lbs, I had hoped I would be 25 by this week, but I'm glad to be where I am.  The scale...

Crazy hectic week for us!  It was soccer club tryout week.  Our son has a  sprained foot so he couldn't tryout.  We weren't sure how it would work out. The club he played with last season had light turnout the first night and I freaked out that they might not make a team his age.  Straight up first world crisis!  We visited other clubs but in the end wound up exactly where we had planned at the beginning of the week. I got all my walks in this week. I surprised myself walking a couple mornings in the rain.  Ok drizzle but still.  I've always thought walking in the rain was ridiculous.  But I wanted to be sure I had it done and with the 'soccer crisis' going on I think I needed to know I had something go right with the day. Last weekend I tried the scale again and I'm very excited to have it read a number.  I've checked all week and it's dropped some all along.  I lost 4 lbs this week!  I'm down to 404!  I've lost at le...

Wow I checked back at the blog. Seems like I've been doing this walking thing forever at this point, at least a month or so. However this is only the end of my 3rd full week. Really feels like longer, but it is what it is. I had been walking some at work in the weeks before so maybe in my mind I'm tying that in. Doesn't really matter in the long run, just a thought I had today. Even if it's only 3 weeks in I feel much better, I did skip my walk yesterday morning. I hadn't slept well and when the dog woke me up at 5 I thought let me move my alarm up so I can at least get an hours sleep before work. Guess how that worked out? Anyway I kinda justified it because I was planning to mow after work and that's walking too right? It's a cop out no doubt. I did however track my walk while mowing. (Special shout out to my wife for encouraging me to do that, and also encouraging me over the last 3 weeks as I've started this journey.) Interestingly enough...

The past week was tough. I didn't get any exercise in on Wednesday. My legs were on fire all day Tuesday and I just couldn't make myself get out of bed. Overall I did pretty well with activity though I've walked 8 miles this week. I'd have lost a bet if someone had told me that would happen this time last year. So that is a win. I'm doing well tracking my food. Below is a snap pic I took of the info on myplate. I had a wake up call on Wednesday (tough day all around I guess) because I made 'breakfast dinner'. Who the hell knew homemade biscuits have over 200 calories each? (ok apparently that's common knowledge I either never heard or chose to ignore over the years.) I went to bed hungry and still went over my calorie goal. Oh and I'd have never thought a small piece of sausage would be equal to a nice pork chop in calories. I suppose that is the point of tracking so that you can learn to make better decisions. Still haven't broke...