Last time we spoke, I was having Shake and Bake for dinner.

I'll pick up from there.

We have shake and bake and that was great. So in order to justify the 2 pieces of chicken I just consumed, I needed to go workout

So I meet up with my pseudo trainer David and he says that if I don't wuss out we can run first and lift weights. I agreed. While we were warming up he informed me that he read my blog and knew I could run a mile and wanted to get one in before we started lifting weights.

We ran a mile. I still cannot tell you how happy I was that I could still run a mile.

Then my dilemma. The thing I dislike most about weight rooms is how I feel like everyone is starring at me. I know they aren't but it still gets in my mind.

We started with isolated bench press, some rows, and some ab work that bordered on dumb. Seriously "chopping wood" never did an exercise like that. Then we played catch with some huge medicine ball. The funny things is in High School I used to warm up with those things and now they are a little heavier.

Did a set of 21's and called it a night.

Tuesday Morning Weight Loss: 7 pounds

I woke up with a spring in my step and had my morning slim fast.

Went to work and came home for lunch. I was starving so I loaded up on a turkey sandwich, cheese, mayo and whole wheat bread. I had 4 thin mints and 10 baked lays.

I ate a ton.

For dinner had this soup my wife made. It was awesome. I had two bowls. That may have been overboard, but I felt somewhat anorexic because I felt like I had to go run or I was going to get fat again. So instead of going with my trainer I went alone. I decided to run around ACU (2 miles) I started off strong and ran a mile, I was pumped. I thought maybe I can do more and ran the equivalent of one lap extra. AWESOME.

I walked the rest of the way home with my mind on my money and my money on my mind.

Wednesday Morning Weight Loss: 6 pounds

Bunch of crap. I don't know how I gained a pound but I did and its eating at me.

Today went to lunch with a business associate and good friend. We ate at Sharky's and enjoyed a nice meaty burrito.

I had a special church event planned, we lead this group called Huddles with 3 other couples and have grown to love these kids. I can say that here because they don't read my blog and I'm the old guy trying to fit in. However, they each have special places in my family’s heart.

Ok, so we went to McDonald's and I had the Bacon ranch salad with grilled chicken. IT WAS AWESOME. Finally something that tastes good and was healthy.

Later on that evening we had cheesecake. I'm not the biggest fan of cheesecake however, this was good stuff.

I don't think I ran that night

Thursday Morning Weight Loss To Date: 5 pounds

I seriously cussed. I've gained two pounds in the past 2 days. My body feels fat and I think I'm drinking enough water. My wife was sick this day after going out last night against my better wishes. I stayed home with her and watched the kids. They have so much energy. I did get a nap in for an hour and had a conference call in the morning I was on and some ads I needed to approve. By the way Play Tastiest Tea

Slim Fast for Breakfast
100 Calories Chips Ahoy for Lunch
McDonald's Bacon Ranch Salad (yep, its that good for only like $4.50)
1,000,000 gallons of water

Friday Morning Weight Loss to date: 10 pounds

So the secret to my weight loss is to eat virtually nothing, and do no exercise. Seems like a healthy way to lose weight.

Sat-Sun was basically the same. I did run on Saturday. I wanted to see how far I could go. I stopped after a mile and a half. Pretty impressive for me, considering a week ago I could barely run two laps

Sunday I was ambitious and wanted to see how fast I could run a mile, against the wind while watching 2 kids. I ran it in 12 minutes. I am pleased with the number but that means it would take somewhere near 45 minutes to run a 5k. That seems a little long.

Monday Morning Weight loss Total: 11 pounds

I have now officially switched over to Carnation Instant Breakfast for my morning fix. It has some more calories than SlimFast, however, the nutrition is about the same and the cost is much less.

Today I am having lunch again at Sharky's. Let’s see how this will affect my weight. I do plan on running 7 laps today; however, in my defense I have the mindset that if I can run 7, then one more can't hurt too much. So hopefully I will be running 2 miles tonight. I also plan on lifting weights. That usually screws with my preparedness.

Here is my planned workout
Pull Downs
Bench Press
Shoulder Lifts (not sure if that's what its called bu I hold the bar towards the center and lift it up to my chin)
Butterfly
Triceps (pulldown and over the head)
Preacher Curl
Incline with Chains (insane whoever thought of that)
Ab Work*

*Ab work is something that I should take the approach of running with. When I was an all-star goal keeper, the best this planet or those within earshot of me ever heard of, everything you did was an ab workout. I think that is what I will begin doing to get back in shape. Some old workouts and probably take some shots.

We'll see.

Good Night Dear Diary