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I missed yesterday due to a massive landscaping project for my grandmother. Boils down to this: lots of carb-heavy food w/ gallons of water and gatorade. I worked all of those calories out for sure by lugging around railroad ties and shoveling gravel. 8/4/19 - #4 Food: Breakfast: Coffee w/ creamer and 2 splenda Morning snack: Beef jerky stick Lunch: Cheesesteak w/ onions Onion rings Coffee Dark chocolate Klondike Afternoon snack: Starbucks Venti Vanilla Latte Dinner: Grilled chicken & shrimp Roasted red potatoes Water (goal = 102 oz): 80 Activity: Steps (goal = 6000): Didn't wear my smartwatch.

Today was a rough mess of 6 hours of driving - hence my coffee and bad dinner. 8/2/19 - #2 Food: Breakfast: Coffee w/ creamer and 2 Truvia Chocolate chip granola bar (2) Morning snack: Lunch: Frozen pepperoni pizza (4") Afternoon snack: Starbucks Venti Vanilla Latte Dinner: Ledo's Pizza (sausage / pepperoni) (too much) Evening snack: Starbucks Venti Vanilla Latte Water (goal = 102 oz): 122 Activity: Steps (goal = 6000): 2800

So I've been kicking around starting one of these accountability threads but there wasn't a template of 'do this.' I decided that I was just making excuses which is a major problem of mine. A little about me: I'm a 39 year old school administrator in Maryland - married, 2 kids (10 and 8). About 11 years ago, I quit smoking and gained 20 lbs almost immediately. During a really rough patch in 2014 with my wife, I got in the best shape of my life. I got into cycling and felt great. I realized that I was working out for the wrong reasons (to make myself more attractive to other people) and decided to spend my time working on fixing my marriage instead of at the gym. I got into cycling and had the best of all worlds - my family was my priority and I found something that I loved that kept me active. For reference, I was about 190 lbs at this point. In 2016, I got my first administrator job in an elementary school and cycling/working out was replaced by trying to be successful at my job. In August of 2018, one of my cycling buddies that I rode a lot committed suicide via bike. Since that point, my desire to get back into cycling has been stifled by fear. Fear of drivers on the road paying more attention to their phones (and such) than my life. Now, as I sit here at 230 lbs, I am determined to take my life back. My clothes are tighter. It's much harder to hide my gut even when I try to suck it in and my self-confidence suffers. Goal: I truly don't care about my weight and just want to be healthy. If I weigh 230 and it's muscle, great! I want my gut gone and my self-confidence back. I'm trying to really focus on my diet since I know I eat too much - so portion control is key. I've decided I'm going to use this thread to track my food (not so much track calories) and my exercise/activity. Also, I plan on chronicling my feelings and my failures. I anticipate the format of my logs will change but I hope to be consistent. 8/1/19 - #1 Food: Breakfast: Coffee w/ creamer and 2 Truvia Beef jerky (3 oz) RoFo French Vanilla coffee (24 oz) w/ Irish cream and 3 Splenda Morning snack: Hershey's Special Dark (miniature) Lunch: Grilled chicken Tomato pasta Bread w/ butter Afternoon snack: Roasted cashews (2 - 100 cal) Zebra cake Coffee w/ creamer and 2 Truvia Dinner: Cheeseburger w/ tomato and ketchup Corn on the cob w/ butter and salt (4.5 ears) Water (goal = 102 oz): 104 Activity: Steps (goal = 6000): 2500 - meeting filled day with very little opportunity to move.