100 Days

What I ate today (Fuck, what did I eat today? My memory is shit. Ok, best guess.)

Breakfast (10 a.m.)
1 Healthy Choice smoked sausage
2 slices of bread
Calories: 370
Fat: 9.75 grams

Lunch (1 p.m.)
1 bag of beef jerky
Calories: 280
Fat: 1.75 grams

Snack (4 p.m.)
4 slices of turkey
2 slices of bread
Calories: 230
Fat: 6 grams

Dinner (9 p.m.)
1 Subway club wrap
1 Special K cereal bar
Calories: 320
Fat: 7 grams

Total Calories: 1,200
Total fat: 24.5 grams

Exercise: I went to something called the Overland Trail that runs across the river here. There wasn’t much of a trail, but I did wander around for an hour trying to find it.

First of all, I have to give it up to my DEEEEETROITTT PISTONS. Now, as a Pistons fan, I should not be all giddy that they had to go to seven games to beat Cleveland, but I feel like they dodged a big time bullet there. Also, it was good to see the Pistons play the way they are supposed to in the playoffs. They shut down LeBron James in the second half and none of the other Cavs could hit a shot. So I am happy for right now, at least until Miami comes into Detroit Tuesday.

Anyway, I did not work out one time last week. Can you believe that? Not one time! Wow, I am ashamed of that. Granted, it was my busiest week of the year, but that is no excuse. I hate to say anything about the always-present tomorrow, but tomorrow is when I get back on that horse.

The weekend was pretty good, I suppose. I went out Friday night and even met a girl. (However, I am pretty sure that I blew it at the bar. When I get too many beers inside my stomach, I don’t talk so well to ladies. I called her Sunday. We’ll see if she calls back. Though, I am not expecting her to. I know, I know, it sounds like I am being very pessimistic, but I am just looking at it logically. But the point is, she was very cute and wasn’t repulsed by my fatty tissue. You know why? Because there isn’t as much fatty tissue as there used to be. That’s called progress.)

Saturday I went to the Colorado state track meet in Denver. Good times all around, I suppose. I also had to drive a seven-foot basketball player to the airport afterwards. So I brought him to the track meet with me and made him hold my camera. I bring this up only to say that walking around with a guy who is 7 feet tall is very amusing. All day people were staring at him and wondering way too loudly if he played for the Nuggets. Quick note: he doesn’t.

Then Sunday I watched my Pistons and worked. Eating-wise, I was pretty good this weekend, outside of the trip to the bar Friday night. On the way to Denver, my giant passenger got hungry and made me stop at Wendy’s. He got the classic triple. I got the black forest ham and swiss frescatta sandwich. Now, there is a lot of mayo on that. I didn’t really know that going in. I enjoyed it and I didn’t stray from the diet the rest of the day.

Earlier today I also realized something. Since the 100th day, I have kind of loosened the strings on the eating. I tended to feel guilty about those days, but now I see that I am not really doing anything wrong. See, the lifestyle has changed dramatically from what it was. Now, when I go to restaurants (not very often) I automatically look for salads with dressing on the side. If I go to the coffee shop, I limit myself to one plain bagel where it used to be three parmesan bagels.

You know how I always wondered how I would adjust after the 100 days and the 100 pounds were over. Well, I’m doing it. This is how it is going to be. I am still burning more calories than I am taking in and I am actually very happy eating like this. Right now, the only frustrating thing is that I went to this pace before the 100 pounds were off.

And I know that this sounds like rationalization. But really it’s not. It was imperative for me to find a happy medium between the hardcore diet and where I was five months ago. I wasn’t going to have 1,200 calories per day forever. And I couldn’t really afford to have 4,000 a day either. So I am cool with that. I now know what life will probably be like on the underside of 270. However, I need to wait until I get under 270 to truly enjoy it. So I was definitely happy to eat only 1,200 calories today and get in a little bit of exercise.