MCGRAIL14's CalorieKing Blog
Tassia's B-day!
Thursday, May 1st 2008
200.5So close to breaking under 200 for the first time in 6 years...very exciting. I most likely will not get a run in today, so it may not happen tomorrow. With Tassia's birthday cake and half a burger at Friendly's I can pretty much kiss <200 goodbye for tommorrow.
Hump Day!
Wednesday, April 30th 2008
202Good Run yesteday...Scale appears to be reflecting effort. I have been trying to add in some additional calories to get closer to my daily goal. The books I have been reading are impacting my thoughts about the food I eat: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan; The China Study by T. Colin Cambpell; The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter by Peter Singer. It appears as if eating a plant based diet with ethical / social awareness is the best approach...but how do I give up seafood ...
Tuesday
Tuesday, April 29th 2008
<B203.5Xhristos Anesti!
Greek Easter was Sunday...typical meal would have been the death of my food choice effort. Did okay, I was up on the scale 4 pounds...but I am thinking mostly salt and fluid retention...
Yesterday was the first time I ran all 5 miles since 2002! Now I need to get speed work in, but am closing in on my goal to run a sub hour for the Falmouth!
Holy Saturday (Greek Orthodox)
Saturday, April 26th 2008
Interesting week...no fish, meat, etc...Scale this morning read 202... flirted with 201.5, but I recorded 202. Tomorrow will be a tough day...Typical Greek Celebration...Lamb, dolmades, pastichio, lemon potatos, tsatsiki, rice...will have to run an extra mile or two.
Mall Friday!
Friday, April 25th 2008
This should be fun!