Another great day! Even though I slept in a little this morning, I still took a good four mile walk. It was such a beautiful morning. My wife walked with me this morning and wasn’t feeling the best, so the walk was a little slower; however, that is nice once in a while. I also did push ups this morning – a total of 80 (14, 18, 14, 14, 12, and 8). I have done this regiment three times this week and I am still struggling just as much as I did the first time. I am going to take two days off and see if I can handle it better. I also did three sets of planks for 45 seconds each set. While that is supposed to work your stomach, I really feel it in my shoulders. Also, much later in the day I did two pull ups. I know, that doesn’t sound like much, but it is all I can do. Even though it wasn’t planned, I actually got a little more exercise in this evening. I did three clap push ups (on a challenge) and one plank for about a minute. Some of that time I was holding my middle son on my rear end and part of the time I was holding my oldest son on my rear end. When they both decided to sit on me I collapsed.
For breakfast I had two eggs seasoned with cayenne pepper and other herbs, along with an apple with three tablespoons of homemade walnut butter. This was the first time I have had this and boy was it good. I have wanted to buy walnut butter, but the stuff is so darn expensive. Yesterday I bought a pound of walnuts and made the butter in our blender. I had to add a tablespoon of olive oil and 1/2 a teaspoon of salt. It is really, really good. I like it quite a bit more than peanut butter and it is more healthy. The only problem is making it. It was all our blender could do to finish it. I guess I am going to look for another alternative for making it. Perhaps a food processor.
After I had my breakfast my wife fixed biscuits, eggs, and bacon for my boys and some of their friends. After they all ate I walked past the plate of bacon and had a broken off piece that was about two inches long. I cannot believe how hungry that made me feel. It was good, but I don’t think it was worth that.
For lunch I had a large salad seasoned with herbs and with olive oil and apple cider vinegar for dressing. I also had one pork chop and a cup or so of green beans. Supper was basically a repeat, but with Bacon Ranch Dressing. I really got weak on that.
Throughout the day I have been wanting to eat. In fact, I will go so far as to say I felt hungry. I think it was probably just my mind though. However, I did eat about 20 cajun peanuts (in shell). I am not real pleased with myself over this, but I am at least pleased I was able to stop where I did.
I snuck a peak at the scale this morning and this has potential to be a great weigh-in week. I am not putting a lot of stock in this morning’s measurement though as it was following a fast. Only tomorrow will tell.
One last thing – I am pleased to report that I had my recent post on the benefits of cinnamon featured in the Take Charge of Your Health Care blog carnival. Other entries I found interesting are: 25 Ancient, Proven Home Remedies with Science Behind Them, Raw Garlic for Your Health, and Top 10 Lower Cholesterol Foods.
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This entry was posted on Saturday, May 30th, 2009 at 8:55 pm by South Beach Steve.
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