Diary of a Loser: Entry 2/6/09

Friday, February 6, 2009

Entry 2/6/09

Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs, 2 slices of toast, 2cups of coffee with cocoa,creamer and sweetener. 2 fish oil capsules, 1 vitamin,1 Dhea tablet.

Lunch: Grilled chicken breast,vegetables and salad with ranch dressing. Iced Tea. This was at Spaghetti Warehouse where another business networking Meetup occurred The guest speaker was Jeff Crilley a former Channel 4 News reporter in Dallas, who now owns a PR company. His speech was about how to get free advertising. His 16 yr old just wrote a book about how to pay your way through college. He has sold 1100 so far at $20 a piece. I just Googled Jeff and went to his My Space. www.myspace.com/jeffcrilley

Stumbled on this while on Jeff's Space (amazing how we the internet expands our information exponentially, wish it was all good):

The Cross Movie - Arthur Blessitt Movie Trailer

Wow, I just realized that I gave two entities, free advertising! So, that's how it works.

Dinner: Blackened Salmon steak on bed of rice (only ate couple bites of rice), green beans, Broccoli, three mushrooms off wife's plate (perturbed her because I didn't ask. I'll do better next time. Remember honey, pick your battles carefully :)) and iced tea.

Snack: teaspoonful of crunchy peanut butter. I understand that the Salmonella is not in peanut butter itself but in other products that contain it.

I've been invited to Annual Wild Game dinner tomorrow night. It's at a Baptist Church so I'm not sure if that means there will be wild game to eat or if they'll be playing wild games while we eat!

Exercise: None today... will probably walk tomorrow since it is going to be 72 degrees. Sorry if any Kentuckians are reading this. I'll say a prayer for you.. hope you thaw out soon.

1 comment:

Daisy said...: Hi Jerry! I think you didn't notice but I have an award for you!; February 8, 2009 at 5:12 PM

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Some Basics (changes in review)

There is no such thing as a quick loss diet with lasting results. Forget about the fads if you want to lose weight and keep off the fat in a healthy way. There are a few inescapable facts concerning weight loss.

First of all, a pound of fat contains 3500 calories. If you want to lose a pound of fat, you must burn 3500 more calories than you consume. Here's the equation : Fat lost or gained = (Calories consumed - Calories burned) / 3500. If you want to lose a pound fat a week, you must on average burn 500 calories a day more than you consume.

Second, you must consume enough calories each day to keep your body from thinking it may starve. If you don't get enough calories your metabolism will slow down thereby burning less calories and you'll just feel tired and hungry. Also, if the deficit is too large and last more than a few days, your body will start consuming muscle, the organ that burns the calories. The accepted wisdom seems to be 1200 calories for females and 1800 for males. One to three pounds a week is a healthy rate of fat loss.

Third, muscles burn the calories (your brain burns some also but for some people its negligible :) ), therefore exercise is a important part of any weight loss effort. It does not have to be strenuous. Walking is wonderful, it will burn extra calories and build muscles in your legs. Try to work up to at least 2 miles a day. If you walk 2 miles in 34 minutes (3.5 mph), you'll burn approximately your weight in extra calories. Use the calculator below. I strongly suggest you lift weights at least twice a weak. Try to increase or maintain all your muscles.

Exercise Calculator (click in box to select Pace)

Calories Burned Calculator
Estimate calories you burn walking:
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Weight:
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BMI =	(weight in pounds * 703 )
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	height in inches²