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I'm alive... kinda. It's been a bad couple weeks. My visit to the doc was for a physical, turns out that they won't do a full physical without a completed blood panel, so I had to do that. I don't do needles. So there was stress over that, and I ended up passing out for about a minute, after the needle was already removed from my arm. I'm that good. Last week involved no exercise whatsoever, and I ended up gaining five pounds, putting me at 283.5. Two pounds over what I started at. This week, still no exercise. I've been trying to be active, but my inactivity has actually made it a bit more painful for me to get around lately. The full physical was today, and I'm actually healthy! My cholesterol could be better, my blood pressure is on the high side of normal, and my triglycerides need to come down. So that involves cutting down on carbs and working out more. He said even if it's not pushing myself (like I was some days), just being active would be better for me. So I need to work back into things. Gotta walk before I can crawl and all that. Wait, that doesn't sound right... Anyways, becoming more active will be a goal in the next challenge. Oh, and this week, I dropped three and a half pounds. So I'm back below my starting weight. I consider this an overall success, even though I could have been much more successful.

The rest of the week's food: don't want to talk about it. The rest of the week's exercise: walked 1.08 miles twice, yoga twice, two bike rides (3.51 and 5.21 miles, I believe). End of week four: Yoga (10/22), Biking (7.5/18), Walking (8/12). Tomorrow, I get to see a doctor for a physical (and possibly a mental). Hopefully that'll kickstart the next two weeks for me.

Monday Lunch: 12" oven roasted chicken breast sub, two 20oz Dr Pepper. Dinner: Veggie wrap, broccoli cheddar soup, two 20oz Dr Pepper. Exercise: none. I feel like I did nothing but eat today. I blame the soda, which I need to learn not to drink when I'm at a fast food place.

Sunday Breakfast: Cheerios with milk. Lunch: Chicken bake from Costco. Dinner: Went to Hooters... let me see if I can get it all down accurately. Between 10-15 boneless wings, a third of an order of fried pickles, and probably four glasses of Dr Pepper. Exercise: None. Has it been three weeks already? Time for a midpoint update! Where am I in the working of the out? No, really, where am I? I've gotta double check everything! Yoga (8/22) 36.36%36.36% Biking (5.5/18) 30.56%30.56% Walking (6/12) 50%50%

Saturday Lunch: Four eggs, six slices of turkey bacon, Monster Rehab. Dinner: Eight boneless chicken wings, order of fries, three yeast rolls, two 20oz Dr Pepper, one 12oz cider. Exercise: Yoga, 5.37 mile bike ride.

Friday Lunch: 12" sweet onion chicken teriyaki from Subway, Monster Rehab. Snack: Two peanut butter and honey sandwiches, glass of milk. Dinner: Egg flower soup, two peanut butter and honey sandwiches. Exercise: Morning yoga.

Yoga is going. I've found myself going back to day 1 of the 30 day yoga challenge a lot. It isn't strenuous enough for muscle spasms, and it's a really good stretch for me. As for walking, I've got that down. My mother joined a weight loss challenge with her co-workers that started two weeks ago and goes until the week before Christmas, so she's either walking with me or my father all the time, which keeps me up for walking more. Oh, I fixed the bike! I was having a really good day, bought more parts for it than I should have, and put everything on. It rides like a dream now, but I have a problem with my back tire losing a bit of pressure during my ride. I've resigned myself to the fact that that's going to happen until I drop some weight, because I know my current weight bearing down on that tire isn't the best thing for it.

Thursday Lunch: Bowl of Cheerios, peanut butter and honey sandwich, glass of milk. Dinner: Veggie wrap, Broccoli cheddar soup, two 20oz Dr Pepper. Exercise: 2.00 mile bike ride. Tomorrow is weigh-in day. I'm nervous.

Wednesday Breakfast: Bowl of Cheerios, Monster Rehab. Lunch: Two ham sandwiches, Fiber One bar. Snack: 8" sweet onion chicken teriyaki sandwich from Subway, tortilla chips, Skinny Cow ice cream bar. Dinner: Pork chop, corn, apple. Exercise: 5.44 mile bike ride.

Tuesday Lunch: 12" Subway (Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki) Dinner: Carnitas burrito, bean burrito, chips and salsa, Monster Rehab. Exercise: 1.08 mile walk. And now sleep.

After being completely confused as to why I didn't post yesterday, I realized it's just past midnight and thus a new day, and this was my posting for yesterday. I think I should've been in bed earlier than this. Monday Lunch: Two ham sandwiches, half an apple, a few chips. Snack: Monster Rehab, Fiber One bar. Dinner: Bean burrito with rice. Exercise: Morning yoga, 1.08 mile walk, 7.8 mile bike ride.

Today was a day. I went to a friend's wedding last night, and even though I felt like I made some smart choices about my meals yesterday, I may have partaken in more carbs than I should have (read: bread, rice pilaf, beer). Today has gone pretty well, albeit sedentary. Been at the desk working on homework for what feels like forever. Today Breakfast: Two eggs, four slices of turkey bacon, two slices of toast, about ten raspberries. Lunch: Three eggs, four slices of turkey bacon, two slices of toast. Dinner: One chicken breast (although the second one in the kitchen may not survive the night), cup of green beans, one 20oz Diet Mountain Dew. Exercise: 1.06 mile walk. Okay, there's a story about breakfast and lunch. My parents knew I was studying, so my mom made me breakfast this morning. Dad woke up later, mom was taking a nap, and he made me lunch, which was coincidentally the exact same thing without knowing it. It's like my family knows me. As for the Diet Dew, it has been in the fridge forever, and as I don't touch diet soda, I left it. Tried it today, and it wasn't half bad, just tasted a bit like a flat regular soda. Oh, and I forgot to mention it yesterday, but I put on half a pound this last week. After some of the things I ate and workouts I didn't do, I'm thinking that only gaining a half pound isn't too terribly bad. Week Two Wrapup: Yoga (5/22), Biking (1.5/18), Walking (4/12). Behind in two, on track on one. I'll see about that this week.

There's two bike shops that I know of, but one's in the town north of here, the other is in the town south of here. If I don't have to work, I need to go to HR in one of those towns, so I may take the bike in and see what they can do. If I decide to splurge, I may have a new bike seat in my future as well. I hear upgrading to gel is always nice. Well, my doctor tried me on anti-depressants at one point to see if it would help. They made things worse, so his next option was diet and exercise. I don't want to do anything when I'm down, and doing stuff will help with being down. There's a plot for a comedy in here somewhere. I may check out the FitBit. I plan on wearing it primarily at work, and I don't know if I need a reminder to move if I'm in a classroom.

Not well. I let my stress get the better of me. Bicycle now has two flat tires, and I haven't ridden at all this week. I don't even remember what I've eaten lately, but I know it wasn't that great. Cut out the soda, however, because there's none in the house and I refuse to go buy more. Exercise: Yoga on Monday, walked 1.06 miles today. One of these days, I'm going to get a pedometer so I can count my steps at work. That feels like more of a workout than walking a mile at times.

Thank you for the recipe, and thanks for the heads up on turkey sausage. More than likely, that's what I would've used.

Sunday Lunch: Breakfast burrito (two eggs, two slices turkey bacon, one slice cheese, tortilla), two slices of turkey bacon, one 12oz Pepsi. Dinner: Two carnitas tacos, 3/4 cup macaroni and cheese, 1/2 cup pasta salad, bowl of clam chowder, two slices bread, one Monster Rehab. Exercise: 1.08 mile walk. Unless shopping at three separate stores for a refrigerator counts as exercise as well, which it should! Reviewing the first week, I am mostly on track: Yoga (4/22), Biking (1.5/18), Walking (2/12).

I am most definitely interested in the sausage ratatouille.

Okay, yesterday was different. I actually experienced abdominal cramps and spasms from yoga (day 4 of the 30 day yoga challenge). It was probably the best workout ever... after the spasms stopped. Saturday Lunch: Ramen noodles Dinner: Carnitas burrito, one 12oz Dr Pepper Snack: Chile verde burrito, ~10 tortilla chips, one 12oz Dr Pepper Exercise: Yoga After this first week, I've noticed that I actually look forward to yoga when I wake up in the morning. Biking and walking, not so much yet.

Hope everything is okay, and thank you for everything you've done for us.

Your food choices sound amazing. I think I'm going to have to start taking pages from your food diary.

What wasn't paleo on your diet? Just the Cheez Its? Also, yesterday's menu sounds quite delicious. Sounds like you've got this!

Sorry I haven't said much lately, spent half of yesterday down. Food: Bowl of cheerios, banana ice cream with cookie dough and peanut butter cup, chicken caesar wrap, peanut butter and honey sandwich, tortilla, 12oz Dr Pepper (only one this time). Exercise: None. That being said, I need to go kick my own ass for yesterday in the form of yoga, make something to eat because I've been wrangling the pets for their yearly shots today, and then go see about my bike situation.

So Thursday was a bad day. Got an exam back that seemed easy. My grade says otherwise. Glad I got some morning yoga in, or I would've blown off the rest of the day. Lunch: Turkey burger with fruit. Dinner: Three homemade refried pinto bean/potato burritos, one 12oz Dr Pepper. Late night snack (roughly 2am): Fiber One bar (oats and chocolate) Exercise: Yoga (day 3 of the challenge), bicycling roughly a half mile. About the bicycling, I was going to go on a late night ride with my friend. One of his gears seized after riding four feet. Both of my tires felt like they were really low, so I may need to replace both tires. Again. Wasn't a good night, either. So I made up for it by working out my thumbs on GTA Online. But on the plus side, I've weighed in this week a pound down!

Thank you! If it's not my ankle, it's my knee. If I was doing something more difficult than yoga, it would be my shoulder. I'm falling apart over here! I may have to check out RunKeeper. I use the Endomondo app, but it seems like it may have my calorie burn a bit higher than it should be.

Sounds like a great workout, Caramel. Don't forget the cursing while you work out, it'll help you keep your grip! Why lime?