100 Days

What I ate today

Breakfast (10 a.m.)
1 serving of lowfat cottage cheese
2 Special K snack bars
Calories: 260
Fat: 4.5 grams

Lunch (12:30 p.m.)
2 slices of multi grain bread
2 servings of turkey breast
1 serving of fat free mayo
Calories: 205
Fat: 3 grams

Snack (4 p.m.)
1 stick of beef jerkey
Calories: 150
Fat: 1.5 grams

Dinner (7:15 p.m.)
1 Subway Club
Calories: 640
Fat: 12 grams

Total Calories: 1,255
Total fat: 21 grams (good movie)

Exercise: I had to squeeze a workout in, so I didn’t get to cardio. But I did do a mean upper body workout.

Limits have officially been set for Subway. But it’s not because I am growing tired of America’s favorite faux deli. It is because of money. A few quick calculations told me that I had to start keeping a $50 per week budget if I want to have enough money to live it up when I go back home to Detroit in June.

So Subway is limited to Mondays and Fridays. That’s it. Maybe Sundays if I have some cash left over. That is probably just as well, I was going there way too much. It definitely became kind of a crutch. But it was a good crutch to have because it got the job done: satisfying my urges without jeopardizing the diet.

You guys can send all the anti-Subway mail you want, it doesn’t change the fact that without it I would probably still weigh 350 pounds. Throughout this process, Subway was like the girlfriend all your friends hate. They constantly nag you to get rid of her and wonder why you can’t realize that you are better off without her. But you feel that girlfriend makes your life so much better. Maybe that girlfriend does crazy stuff in bed, or is exactly what you are looking for in a woman. Maybe she has a different, non-crazy side that only comes out when you are alone. That’s what Subway was for me. We had some very good times, but alas, we must partially part ways. Subway was absolutely perfect for me, providing an amazing amount of satisfaction with the perfect amount of calories. Sure, there were a few times a Subway club took me over my calorie limit, but I learned to forgive. The only way in which Subway committed me harm was by costing $6 a sandwich. It was $8 after I bought the extra large drink, which is still a staple.

And so we part ways, at least for the middle three days of the week. But perhaps now I will learn to appreciate the sandwiches a little bit more. Maybe they will taste better. Maybe I will lose weight faster. Right now, anything is a possibility.

Today was a good day. I watched some baseball, did my radio show and even got bitched out by a coach. I called this person to do a story on her team because they were doing so well. Instead of granting an interview, she told me how disappointed she was in my coverage of her team (whose town, by the way, makes up two percent of our readership.)

“I am very disappointed because you don’t give us any coverage at all” she said.

“Um, what do you think I’m calling for now?” I said.

File this under people who just like to complain. After five minutes of her telling me how much coverage her team deserves (did I mention that their town makes up two percent of our readership? TWO percent. TWO.) she decided that now she didn’t want any stories done on her team. That makes sense. I guess I missed my chance. Now I’ll just have to find stories in the other 24 teams I cover right now. How am I gonna do that? It’s gonna be tough. This is really going to break the hearts of two percent of our readers.

Sorry, I had to vent. This is why I hate my job.

So here’s what I have planned for this week. There will be regular updates on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday morning I will answer questions and comments (so if you have any questions or comments, please get them to me by Thursday afternoon). Then Friday morning I will wake up, go to the gym, work out and then get the final weigh in for the 100 days (299 or bust). I’ll come back home and post the final entry in the 100 days Friday afternoon. So by that time, we’ll know the tally. It is all very exciting, I know. I am on the edge of my seat right now.