Day 53...and a binge day it was!

Okay team...

In my last blog I complained about the residual fat.  Today i am going to admit how I made it worse. 

So the sad news is that I buried a family member on Thursday and we held the wake today.  It has been a rough week of preparation and review and yet I have held steady.  The family is tough and they helped make it easy.  Then I get that crazy email from Patrick saying that we get a little food vacation.  Mind you this is as I am hitting both diet and training targets while being on the road... prepping eggs and eating alone at dinner... and after I complain about the fat that still sits around my waste... so what do I do?  Toast my lost friend and hit it!

Friday lunch:
- 1 beer
- 4 chicken wings
- Cobb salad with blue cheese
....my guess is ~450/600 calories

Today's lunch:
- 2 beers
- half a bag of almonds
- half a bag of corn chips
- two bites of ice cream (peanut butter cup and cookie dough)
....my guess is ~750 calories

Now the confusion... I am at JFK in NYC and its midnight.  Flight is in an hour.  So for dinner tonight I treated it like lunch and had sushi.... carbs from white rice!  I figure I will stay up for the first 8 hours on the flight and then sleep the second putting me in line for Monday am arrival at 5am.  That means that I completely missed Sundays work out. 

My solution is to do Sunday work out on Monday and combine Monday and Tuesdays work out on Tuesday... going to be a long week.  But then next week I am in Nippon and get to catch up with the love of my life...always a silver lining! 

Now back to the food... Well I was definitely aware of what I was eating.  I thought about it but continued straight in based on Patricks push...although I admit that I over did it by at least 1000 calories.  So how did it feel?
- Chips and nuts... first were way to salty and I think I went too far
- Wings.... great!
- Beer...very cold and very good!  Even though I am not a beer drinker
- Blue cheese... unnecessary
Overall the binge still made me very happy. 

Now back to the gut busting and the promise to go kick Brents ass this week at least twice!

Good luck team! 

DAY WHAT????... I dont even know

So... I am in the States and the rest of team Mighty Mouse is in Asia so I guess I am officially a day behind.  That being said I have had a good work out today and training and food remains relatively on target.  NOW HERE IS THE PROBLEM.....t

I have lost over 10 pouns so far and am way below my target....and yet the belly fat remains.  What gives!  What is that all about?  Discouraging to say the least.  Do I need to do more??   V FAT remains and this is not at all cool..... no see through, no slight glimpse... just the rest of the body is in line and the belly fat is tsill obstructing the view.

Any ideas?  Cut out all carbs?  More Sit ups?  Come on people....

Day 43...NYC is one FAT place!

I have always loved getting back to the city.  NYC is where I was born and raised.  Great place, great energy, great mystery - not to mention great food... but now I see it with these frosted glassed - its great FAT.  Everything is about getting fat... the large meals, the processed food, the snacks and cookies and candies and fat people walking around.  A new view and its FAT

Day 37...and Fell off the wagon

Yep, that's right...

Today was the day I broke the pattern.  By the end of the day I had consumed 1 glass of Red Wine, 1 whiskey on the rocks, 1/3 of a beer because by the time I got the beer I really couldn't be bothered.  All a post birthday celebration with 3 friends...  On top of that there was a Jalapeno popper, 1 chicken wing and at least three hand fulls of toasted almonds.

The only thing I am actually missing in my diet is the nuts!  Figure that one out.  Anyway... was feeling and about myself as I left LKF at 2100 so I picked up the phone to call Brent.  When he answers I can barely understand a word he said... and I don't think he could either.  Now that is a great friend.  I go off the rails and he goes off the rails harder - felt better already!

Time to get back to the program and get rid of that stubborn fat that doesn't seam to go away!

Day 36... Sleep

Bring it back!

Still having issues with my sleep!  1 out of 3 nights I suffer from sleep deprivation and that just throws the whole thing off track.  Last night was another difficult sleep.

- I work out at 0545am so its not a late night work out
- I have my snack at least 90 minutes before I sleep
- I stretch every night before sleep
- I often meditate

...now going to try aspirin to get my body to relax more.

Day 33...Veins in my head!

Yo Pat... so you said that veins would become more pronounced when we started the program.... yeah mate well they are popping out of my sleek bald head!!!  I look like a killer on the prowl.  Either that or a very angry Yul Brenner.

Day 32...Team Mighty Mouse

Caught up with Team Mighty Mouse today!  Great meeting you all!  Justin, Fergus, Terri, Meg and me...  Well we are now on the rope!  2 more months to go and that banquet we mentioned will be waiting for us!  Bring it on.

Patrick, you gotta get some videos going on the exercises... maximum impact required and it was clear during our conversations that there is 5 ways to see a painting!

Day 31...Hangin with a PCP'r

Great day all around... Meg arrives from Japan and we are straight off to the gym.  No time to even go home and drop off bags.  We get through a bang session and it is clear that she needs a little coaching on the exercise.  This comes up again when we meet Team Mighty Mouse on Saturday....

Anyway... Rush home in time to drop off stuff and go out to a friends surprise birthday party.  A night of partying on fizzy water!  And we did... all three of us.  While at the dinner we start talking to mad man Eddie... and find out that he is on the PCP as well.... so no chance to cheat!  Like we would anyway!  ;)  Told you Eddie ... no reporting from me!

The night goes to 0130 in Wan Chai when we decide to go home.  Great night and one that was only on Bananas, Apples and fizzy water.  All you "my right pinky hurts" pcp'ers - eat your heart out!