It Really Doesn't Take Much

With proper nutrition and just a little bit of exercise you CAN lose weight.

Breakfast yesterday was Melba toast and a little bit of trail mix.

We were celebrating a coworker's birthday and went out to lunch yesterday to the Asian buffet (Fuji on 16th and Camelback).  As is my custom there I focused on the Sushi.  I normally would have eaten twice the amount that I did, so I consider that in itself a success story.  When I got back to the office I was feeling a bit sluggish thanks to the rice I had consumed.  So, I went for a few laps around the building and before I knew it I had walked a full mile.

Dinner was very moderate.  Michele had made a Turkey Chili recipe from one of my diabetes cookbooks.  It needed the addition of some hot sauce but was delicious.  Very low fat and low carb. 

I did not have any snacks after dinner.

This morning I weighed in and had lost 2 pounds since yesterday so I am back down to 201.

I'm planning to walk at least a mile again today.  Knowing that 1 lap around the building and parking lot is exactly 1/4 mile really makes it easy for me to track.  If I have a repeat of today's success I will be back under that magic 200 pounds.

So what did YOU do for yourself yesterday?  Remember it just takes a little bit of exercise to get positive results.  With each passing day you want to look back and be able to point to at least one positive thing you did to achieve your goals.  Anything less and you are cheating on yourself, not on your diet.  For me I am looking back at yesterday proud that I managed to find some moderation in eating at a buffet and that I balanced things out with walking a full mile.

My focus today will be on drinking more water and once again getting in some more walking.

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I just have to tell you about the comedy that happened yesterday morning while I was getting a salad ready to take with me.  After having the sushi I was too full to eat it so I saved it in the fridge at work for today.  Anyway I was making a nice spinach salad with chopped tomato and celery.  I decided I wanted a hard boiled egg to go with it but did not have time to boil one so I decided to try an experiment with the microwave oven.  Now I know that you should not microwave an egg because it can explode, so I grabbed a turkey skewer and poked a few holes in the egg shell and figured that should be sufficient to allow air to vent and prevent an explosion.  I lowered the power level down to 6 and gave it a shot.  Within a minute there was a spectacular explosion that even forced the door open!  Egg was everywhere in the microwave and spilled out onto the stove below.  After I got done laughing at myself I quickly cleaned it up and decided to try once again.  This time I made more holes and reduced the power level down further.  Same result, my kitchen sponge wasn't looking too good by this time.  I tried one last time, this time I poked so many holes in the shell a large piece of it cracked away.  Now I figured there was no way it could explode again.  You guessed it, I was wrong.  As near as I can tell, what explodes is the yolk!  I managed to save about 1/2 an egg from the last one and put that on my salad.  What a mess I had to cleanup.  The whole time I was laughing at the situation though.  The next time I have some free cleanup time I will try again and this time try puncturing the yolk too.