Weight: 288.6 lbs.

Body Fat Percentage: 35.6%

Well the long stay at my parents sent my weight up, bleh, that’s what I get for deciding that I would have a two week break from the diet. It’s the first time that a weight increase has taken me into the red on physics diet. Even worse, proof that it is real, the body fat percentage went up commensurately.

Anyways as you might have guessed I went to my parents house to visit for a couple weeks. I helped out around the house and did a few things for them that they needed help for.

It was disturbing how easily I fell back into old habits of eating so much. I am quite disappointed with myself. Well here is hoping that this summer adding in exercise will accelerate the weight loss enough to make up for what I gained in the last two weeks.

Morning:
Meijer Fruit Bowl ~ 380 Calories
Mid-Afternoon:
1 Serving Special K crackers ~ 120 Calories
Evening:
Rice and Tofu ~ 773 Calories
Total: 1273 Calories

Well I have broken the streak of not adhering to the diet, though I fear that will change. I am driving to visit my parents for two weeks tomorrow. Since I won’t be doing much of the cooking I am guessing that the food will be more dense in terms of calories. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to be more careful.

Speaking of visiting the folks I am going to warn what few readers I have that there is a decent chance that updates will be sparse these next few weeks, my parents only have a dial up connection.

I return! Somewhat alive. I haven’t been posting lately because finals have been dragging me down. I took what is (in grad school at least) a really heavy load and I got bitten hard by that last week. I had so much to do.  I had to grade papers for the advanced lab, I had to get two general relativity homework assignments done, I had to get a general relativity final done, and I had to get the statistical thermodynamics final done. That last one was especially rough, I spent almost 30 hours on it. YUCK.

Anyways rather than trying to post a bunch of back dated articles, I will simply summarize the results here.

5/03/09
Weight 288.5 Pounds
Body Fat Percentage:35.3%
Calories Eaten:1252 Calories

5/04/09
Weight 287.2 Pounds
Body Fat Percentage:35.9%
Calories Eaten:1215 Calories

5/05/09
Weight 288 Pounds
Body Fat Percentage:35.4%
Calories Eaten:1268 Calories

5/06/09
Weight 286 Pounds
Body Fat Percentage:35.4%
Calories Eaten:1155 Calories

5/07/09
Weight 284.3 Pounds
Body Fat Percentage:33.4%
Calories Eaten:510 Calories

5/08/09
Weight 281.4 Pounds
Body Fat Percentage:33.4%
Calories Eaten:2250 Calories

5/09/09
Weight 283.4 Pounds
Body Fat Percentage:34.4%
Calories Eaten:1844 Calories

5/10/09
Weight 283.6 Pounds
Body Fat Percentage:34%

As you can see Friday and Saturday I did not do a very good job of sticking to the diet. Friday I can at least blame on going out with some friends to see the new star trek movie and we hit a restaurant on the way there. For Saturday I don’t really have any excuses. Oh well.

As for the Star Trek movie, it was pretty good, I have a few complaints: First, the antagonist was very one dimensional. His sole purpose was to be someone for Kirk to fight against. I would have liked a bit more than that. Second, Kirk rose through the ranks way the hell to fast, he starts out as a cadet, accused of cheating on something, in a place where he really shouldn’t be, and ends up first officer in just a few minutes. By half way through the movie he is captain. The heck??? My third complaint is just a physics complaint, I can theoretically bend space to do the warp drive thing, etc; but, the “red matter” that they use in the show, it is comprised of pure plot device. But over all it was a pretty good summer scifi movie, sure I had a few complaints; but, I will buy it once it is on DVD.

Morning:
1 Serving homemade stirfry ~ 504 Calories
3 cups of soymilk ~ 240 Calories
Noon:
Healthy Choice Chicken Margherita ~ 320 Calories
1 Boiled Egg ~ 90 Calories
Evening:
1 too large serving of what the heck melange ~ 505 Calories
Total: 1659 Calories

Well I am pretty pissed at myself for eating so much above my limit today. I cooked up a big batch of something I am calling what the heck melange which is a combination of all sorts of things. I did this to use up some of the perishables floating around in my fridge that would go bad when the semester is over and I visit my parents for two weeks. There was enough of it that it made 8 portions plus a little more fairly well. Unfortunately I ate one whole portion plus that little extra, so I am a bit pissed with myself. Oh well, we shall see what it did to me tomorrow.

Weight: 288 Pounds

Body Fat Percentage: 34.5%

The weight is coming down some more, yay.

Noonish:
1 Serving Homemade Stirfry ~ 504 Calories
Afternoon and late afternoon:
2 Kellog’s Special K bars ~ 180 Calories
Evening:
1 Serving homemade stirfry ~ 504 Calories
Total: 1188 Calories

I was good today, I managed to come 67 calories under the limit.

Weight: 289.2 Pounds

Body Fat Percentage:34.3%

Well I stayed below 300 at least. That has to be worth something.

Morning:
Healthy Choice Chicken Marinara Cafe Steamer ~ 270 Calories
Noon:
Healthy Choice Beef Merlot Cafe Steamer ~ 240 Calories
Evening:
1 Serving Homemade Stir-fry ~ 504 Calories
Vanilla Tofu Pudding ~ 230 Calories
Total: 1244 Calories

Came in under the limit today. And the new stir-fry I cooked is tasty. No meat which is a little disappointing but oh well. Slightly different technique made it turn out well.

Weight 288.4 Pounds

Body Fat Percentage: 35.4%

Well, body fat percentage went up which indicates that at least some of this weight loss is water. But, I am below 290 again, that is nice.

Morning:
1 Serving Homemade Stir Fry ~ 653 Calories
Late Afternoon:
Kellog’s Special K bar thing ~ 90 Calories
Evening:
Healthy Choice Chicken Fresca Cafe Steamer ~ 230 Calories
Vanilla Tofu Pudding ~ 250 Calories
Total: 1223

I’m getting the tail spin back under control. Now to stick to this without messing up again.