Day 20 - 1st week back

Weight - 200.0lb
Mood - very good today!

Didn't do BF today and I have only been weighing in every other day. Weighing in every other day seems to keep me more motivated to stay on course and the weight losses seem more dramatic than weighing in day to day. I like that and will probably keep weighing in every other day throughout this stint.

Mom is in town this weekend so tomorrow will probably be cheat day but I hope to get right back on track on Sunday with the diet! Have a great Friday night!

Breakfast - 2 eggs with ham on the skillet
Snack - Turkey pepperoni and snap peas and diet coke
Lunch - Greek salad and wine
Dinner - Chili Verde with refried beans and vino
Desert - cupcake with my sister at her birthday
exercise - 45min jiu jitsu morning training

Day 21 All good!

Weight/BF% - didn't weigh in today

Mood - very good!

Diet is going well today but I don't think i'll be able to get into the gym today which is ok for me when it comes to weight management. For me, exercise makes virtually no difference in my weight, only diet really effects my weight.

So far, the blog seems to be the biggest difference maker in behavioral change, it reinforces my willpower. I'm not sure why that is really but the accountability aspect of the blog is something that seems to resonate with me. If you haven't tried a blog, try it, might be the best thing you can do to attain a goal that has been tough to reach.

Meals

9am - 2 scrambled eggs and bacon w/ coffee

12pm - veggies and dip

1pm - Dim Sum - not the puffy stuff, fried tofu and some spicy green beans
7pm -

Exercise - none

22 Days Left!

Weight/BF% - 203.2lb, 17.3%

Mood - very good!

Had a great morning jiu-jitsu session this morning for about 45min then off to work. My weight is a bit on the high side for me and it is about 5lbs more than when I stopped the 4HB last October. I really think that will come back down under 200lb here before the week is out. This bump in weight seems to be a result of my ski vacation more than anything.

Meals

9am - 2 scrambled eggs and bacon w/ coffee, splenda, cream

12pm - Greek salad, diet coke

3pm - red bull and some laughing cow cheeses
7pm -Salad with beans and some deviled eggs and a diet coke

Exercise - 45min BJJ session

23 day countdown!

Weight/BF% - UNKNOWN

Mood - Feel good! Ready to kick off!

Hey gang!

Been a while since I did my blog and I have tried many thing to continue weight loss and/or maintain current weight and I think I have figured out a real key to maintaining and losing weight for me... BLOGGING.

Blogging seems to be a real key to accountability for me, its kind of a pain in the arse BUT it does keep me really accountable. If I slip, I have to tell all of YOU about it and that is just no fun.

I think my weight is pretty close to where I left off after I stopped tracking and in this series of blogging, I'll be focusing in on just some of the simple things that made 4HB a success for me in the beginning when I originally tried the 30-day program back in September 2011.

I just got back from a massive snowboarding and beer bender at Whistler mountain in Vancouver BC and I'm staring a trip to Las Vegas squarely in the eyes here mid-March so I figured no better time to trim down and watch the health a bit than right now!

This short 4HB stint will be a bit different than the 1st 30-day trial because I'm incorporating exercise into this run. If you read the 1st series, I was injured with an MCL sprain that kept me from doing almost any kind of exercise at all for the 30-days.

Please let me know if there is anything else you want to note or write about ok!

Meals

7am - 2 hard boiled eggs and coffee

12pm - diet coke and a cobb salad

5pm - some pepperoni and a diet coke
7pm - baked chicken with salad and wine and Brussels sprouts

Exercise - 30min weight session