Battling Obesity

By Bob Simons

Have you noticed that going to the local gym is usually frustrating? Sitting, walking around and waiting for an available exercise machine or to use a free dumbbell. That’s because you’re supposed to be doing a workout routine, instead of just sitting around and watching someone else getting into shape.

Having a home gym is a perfect way to make sure that you get to do what you really want and when you want to do it. However, a good question is how much do you want to spend on your home gym to gain the freedom of convenience?

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Breakfast

Coffee - 1 point
4 whole wheat toast - 4 points
with Peanut Butter 2 TBSP - 4 points

Lunch

I didn’t eat lunch today

Snacks all day

Kellogg’s honey oats All-Bran Bar - 2 points
Slimfast Chocolate chip bar - 2 points
about 4 heaping handfuls of cheerios right out of the box no milk! - taking 4 points
(throughout day and playing “catch the cheerios” game with Maxxie and Sophie!)

Dinner

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Breakfast

Coffee - 1 point
4 whole wheat toast - 4 points
3 with Peanut Butter - 3 points
1 with Honey and honey on 1 peanut butter one - taking 1 point

Lunch

TIM HORTON’s Coffee - 1 extra point
TIM HORTON’s Toasted Blueberry Bagel with butter - 6 points

Snacks during the day

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Monday January 29, 2007 Weigh-In

276.5 lbs

>> I’m UP 0.5 lbs …
>> YTD Down 5.5 lbs

Reflection

After the Sunday Dinner at my folks place last night, and then weighing myself first thing in the morning .. I thought I would be up more than just 0.5 lbs ..so I should be happy

But - I’m not happy. This past week has been quite stressful (offline work-wise) .. I’m not exercising .. I’m not cutting back .. I’ve noticed that I’ve been keeping my notebad with my camera, and the last few days I have posted my points on the following day rather than before I go to sleep. AS such, by morning I forget my notepad up here in the office next to my computer. I eat, and then have to remember to write it down when I get back to my computer - but, it should be that I remember to write it down and then eat.

So - I’ve decided to “step” it up in February by the following:

* Leave both my camera and notepad downstairs and write down the meal points before I eat it. If I don’t, before you know it I will be more forgetful taking pictures! (or NOT! I enjoy taking pictures of my meals, even though it must be boring to you all)

* Mentally cut-back the 35 splurge points to 15 and try not to exceed that amount on a weekly basis. I’m not trying to maintain my weight .. I am trying to lose weight.

* Superstore was advertising those really cheap electric treadmills .. I think I will pop by on the weekend and check it out - to see if it’s sturdy enough for me, and by “electric” .. to see if they meant the treadmill is electric, or some attachment like heart monitor etc or watch is the electric part of it. If/when I get one - I’ll take a picture for the blog here.

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Breakfast

Coffee - 1 point
2 whole wheat toast - 2 points
with Peanut Butter - 2 points

Lunch

Garden Salad - 0 points
with onions - 0 points
with red peppers - 0 points
with Sunflower seeds - 1 point
with bacon bits - 1 point
with 14 croutons - 2 points
with 100g shaved turkey breast - 2 points
with Caesar dressing - 2 points
with some grated cheddar cheese - 1/2 point
with some grated parmesan cheese - 1/2 point

Snacked on during the day

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Mmmmm… Campbell’s Chunky Chicken Noodle Soup ….

Counting points is a little tricky, but if you have one of those “sliders” they give you when you first join Weight Watchers .. it’s quite easy. There are basically three things on the nutritional labels of all foods that we concern ourselves with:

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Breakfast

Coffee - 1 point
Bowl of Cheerios plus refill - 4 points
2% milk, 1 cup - 3 points

Lunch

Chunky Chicken Noodle Soup (microwaveable can 434ml) - 3 points
Orange - 1 point

Snacks during the day

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Breakfast

Coffee - 1 point
4 whole wheat toast - 4 points
2 TBSP peanut butter - 4 points

Lunch

2 Toasted Turkey Breast Sandwiches with Mayo
with 4 whole wheat toast - 4 points
with mayo of one of the sandwiches - 1 point
with 200g of shaved turkey breast - 4 points

Snacks during the day

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Breakfast

Coffee - 1 point
Orange - 1 point
26 Wheat Thin Crackers - 4 points
3 slices of Skim Milk Cheese Slices - 3 points

Snacks during day or Lunch

Singles Pringles - 2 point
Orange - 1 point
Orange - 1 point

Dinner

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Breakfast

Coffee - 1 point
4 whole wheat toast - 4 points
with 2 tsp Becel Lite - 1 point
with 2 TBSP brown sugar and cinnamon! - 2 points

Lunch

Cheerios and 2 refills - 5 points
2% milk - 1 cup - 3 point

Snacks during the day

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