Took the wife to see Les Miserables. It was very Heavy and Dark. Since it was a musical where most lines were sung, it may not appeal to the masses since it is not a sing along.  It is one of my favorites and I loved it.

I am just relaxing as much as I can until I start work again on Monday.  With Tuesday being a holiday, I may relax until I have to travel again.

I am planning on doing my workout this evening.  Should have plenty of time during the halftime of one of the football games I am watching.

OK, I mentioned football.  I am a big Green Bay Packers fan.  I am currently watching the Bears beat up on the Lions.  The big game is the Packers vs. the Vikings. A Packer win will keep me happy all next week. Hey, it is the Northern division and you never know.

L8r,

Hope everyone had as good a Christmas as I did.  The diet took a big hit as I was a very bad boy.  I am back on the road for the end of this week but will be home all of next week.

Got back on track with the diet last night.  When I get home I will start the exercise regime back up again.  The good news is that my belt is still at the third hole and did not have to move to the second.

Lunch was a patty melt and yes I ate the rye bread.  Dinner was even worse.  Went to  a new place for me, Pancake City.  Great menu, reasonalbe prices.  Went for the eggs and Chicken Fried Steak and am paying for it this morning.  I am so bloated and my guts are complaining.  Hope I learn my lesson.

Last night I took my oldest to see the Hobbit in 3D.  I think they did a wonderful job but my daughter thought it was just OK.  I could have done without the 3D, my eyes were watering halfway through the movie.  My bro-in-law has the Lord of the Ring Trilogy so I may borrow it for my daughters amusement next week.

I have no plans for New Years' Eve and that is all right.  Going to bed early and relaxing New Year's Day is my plan.  We will see what the wife have in store for me.

Other than diet and exercise, I find that relaxation (including sleep) has added more enjoyment to my life.  I spend a lot of my free time reading or listening to books on tape.  By skipping television, I have more free time on my hands than I know what to do with.  A good book on tape loaded onto my iPod can help me keep busy while shopping, walking, etc.

Current book I am reading is Eye Yoga.  Current book on tape is Towers of Midnight.  You can track my reading on Goodreads.com.  Look for me, Kenn Anderson, and become my friend.

L8r,

This will be my last blog until after Christmas, so Merry Christmas everyone.

I have decided that if I run out of good food to eat, I will head out and get me some.  Seems that when I eat all the real food in the house, I then turn to the carbage.  Two issues that I am going to address.  First, how come I can clean all the real food out of the house in a weekend and secondly, why don't I stock up on good stuff?  It will be an interesting two weeks at home.

Working out at home will be a new adventure.  Our workout room is in the basement and is not setup for pushups or situps, just not enough room.  I'll have to do those in the bedroom and save the curls and squats to the basement.  My wife uses the treadmill and recline bike which take up all the space.  I don't believe in cardio exercise but she does.  Hopefully one day she will come around.

A light workout last night left my arm muscles a little tired, but not sore.  Depending on the weather, I may go out to eat tonight and let my body recover a little.

The next two weeks I will be at home and will try to keep to my diet with the exception of Christmas Eve for a traditional dinner of pasta.

My exercise will be hit or miss.  If I feel like it, it will be done.  If not, I will just keep busy getting things ready or cleaning up.  Either way, I feel I will win.

Man, my arms are so sore from my workout last night.  Not going to let up this evening.

Breakfast was my two eggs and bacon and lunch was a taco salad.  I think this evening will be me snacking on pork rinds and guacamole.

I was able to cinch my belt up to the forth notch for the first time since I bought this belt.  Too tight to keep it there, but I had better check my measurements.  Feeling good, very positive.

A pretty good weekend.  I treated myself to a Ruben Sandwich (yes, with bread).  After an omelet, lunch was not required.  Dinner was pork rinds and guacamole.  After my workout, I'll take a quick dip in the hot tub.

Feeling a little bloated today.  Earlier this week I would have bet money that I had dropped a couple of pounds.  Today, I feel as if I did not drop any weight this week.  My dinner last night may be haunting me today.

Breakfast was a quick sausage patty and a breve.  I was only a little hungry at lunch so I had a shrimp salad again and am well satisfied.  Dinner will be salad and brats at the hotel.

My muscles still feel my last workout.  Tonight's workout will be touch and go.  I do not want to be really sore for the drive home tomorrow.  We will see.

Enjoying 12/12/12

Today I will be traveling between plants.  I had a quick breakfast of sausage patties and a breve.  This should keep me full enough I will not be hungry at lunchtime.  If I am hungry, I'll have to wait until I get to the plant as there are no decent size town between. 

I am feeling a little sore from my workout last night.  I am getting stronger and am able to do more reps than in the past so my muscles are getting a better workout.  I may have to go to every other day or follow the rules and work out every 5th day only.

I stopped at Applebees for lunch and had an amazing salad. The Grilled Shrimp and Spinach Salad was great. I only got the half order and it was enough.

I treated myself to a nice steak dinner at Texas Roadhouse; nice fillet covered with mushrooms and shrimp.  Going to relax and hot tub it tonight.

Fail for my breakfast plans.  The hotel I am staying at did not get their breakfast meat (sausage) out until after I had to get going.  My plan was to eat breakfast at the hotel.  I usually eat breakfast at a restaurant as hotel food is unchanging.  My travel time to work is one hour so eating at the hotel would allow me more flexibility on my timing.  In short, I had a breve at Starbucks.

The plant I am at today is having their Christmas Dinner.  From what I have heard, it is not very good and the menu is not very appealing for me or LCHF.  I am hungry enough for lunch do to the breakfast fail I mentioned above.  Need to plan on a salad of some kind to start.

Lunch was a Caesar salad that was too big for me. Yes I left some on the plate.  The diet is going well, but I need to pick up some water to keep me hydrated.  Starting to look a mineral or sparkling water now that even diet soda is getting too sweet for me.  They come in glass bottles so no so called issues with plastic.

I treated myself for dinner, chili cheese dogs with black olives and a Caesar salad.  Washed it all down with some Perrier.  A good workout and a nice long dip in the hot tub.  I am read for bed.

Had a great breakfast with the wife at Summer Kitchen.  My big omelet kept me full until dinner.  My room at the hotel has a full kitchen.  I had a Cesar salad and two brats.

After a full workout, I'll hit the hot tub.  I will spend most of the night watching Monday Night Football and then get some shuteye.  

Breakfast was my two eggs, bacon, and coffee.  After a couple hours of work, I'll be off for home.  Lunch may or may not happen.  If I am hungry, I'll get something to eat.  If not, full speed ahead for home.

Hope all have a great weekend.

My workout last night must have done some good.  My arms and legs are feeling it.  Need to work on my belly though.  Will have to consult my training book when I get home to ensure that I am performing the exercises correctly.

Breakfast was my reduced two eggs and bacon.  The satisfied feeling was all I needed to confirm it was the right choice.

By lunch I was slightly hungry so I had a Cesar salad.  Not much, but it did the trick.

Dinner was a steamers bag of broccoli and cheese.  It was pretty good; could have been cooked a little longer.  Finished the rest of my cheesecake and was plenty full.

No exercise so I could heal up.  Muscles in my arm were a little sore.  A nice long soak in the hotel hot tub did me a world of good.

Good breakfast that left me only slightly hungry at lunchtime.  I had a Caesar salad and am doing pretty good at 4:30pm.  I was planning on going out to eat tonight.  My boss is in town and I may be able to get him to buy. 

Buy dinner he certainly did.  Hot wings followed by Prime Rib.  I was able to squeeze a side salad with Blue Cheese dressing in between courses.  I admit I over did it on protein, but it was so good. 
My exercise program was just the dumbbell work and sit ups.  I do not get much exercising done while at home.  The wife and I do get a chance to go for a walk in the mornings, but that is about it.  I use the time at home for relaxation and let the body mend from my workouts during the week.

Tuesday, 12/04/12

After a very good workout last night, I took a nice long dip in the hot tub.  Must be doing something right; my belt is almost one notch tighter this morning.  Another positive is that my ketones are back.  Test strip is slightly pink. May be diluted a bit from all the water I have been drinking.

Instead of my regular breakfast, I just had eggs and bacon.  I was satisfied without the sausage and depending on how lunch goes, I may change my standard breakfast to just two eggs and bacon.

Went to lunch with a college and had a bun less burger and a side salad and didn't finish everything.  I had breakfast for dinner and relaxed the rest of the evening.

As an overdue promise, I have posted my stat graph.

Monday, 12/03/12

It was a long weekend.  We were running all over the place.  My food choices went pretty well and I was down to 186.6 on Saturday Morning.  Sunday we drove 3 hours to a family Christmas dinner.  Since I knew that I had been doing well on my food choices, I purposely allowed myself to have some pie.  The sugar rush was noticeable, but the crash did not hit me as bad as I expected.

Today, I am tire and have a little rumbly in my tummy.  I will head to the hotel early today and take a nap.

I made sure I had a good breakfast so I was able to skip lunch.  Depending on how I feel when I wake up, I may or may not have any dinner.  Will pick up a case of bottled water whatever choices I make.