7/12/2008 Eating & Exercise

Breakfast

For breakfast I ate about 1/2 of the remaining pizza. That's about a quarter of the total. I'll finish the last quarter for lunch along with an apple or some blueberries. And of course, I drank my beverage of choice these days: water.

Exercise

My leg muscles are a little sore this morning. It is nice and cool, about 63F, so it was kind of a shame to waste such a beautiful, cool morning by not walking. Instead of walking I did my muscle exercises. I did abdominal crunches, buttock exercises, arm curls (10 each arm with a 20 lb. weight), back lifts (lay on your stomach and lift your upper body), and 15 pushups. Total time: less than 15 minutes. As I said before, I'm not out to put on a lot of bulk right now. I want to maintain the muscle I have and if I put on a little, that is good since muscle burns calories. Exercising my muscles is important, but losing the fat is my main goal.

Lunch

I finished the remaining pizza from the night before. I also had a small fruit cup of mandarin oranges.

Dinner

I didn't eat much for dinner. I had a bowl of cereal.

Before bedtime snack

This is where I did something I shouldn't have. I ate a small brownie and small piece of chocolate cake and a cookie, all with frosting on them, from a family get-together. I didn't eat anything there, but I did take a few things home. I would have to guess the calories from these things probably between 600 - 800. Not going to do this often.