TXSnowman's Journal, 19 Jan 14

What a wonderful day! Hit 188 pounds today. That's only 8 pounds from the goal that I set for myself when I started this trip and about a half pound from turning my graph blue. 142 pounds down and 8 pounds to go....woo hoo!

I fell asleep early last night and got a good night's sleep for the first time all week. Slept 7 1/2 hours and rose refreshed at 5:30. Did some house straightening, then took the dogs into town to grab a few supplies at the grocery and stopped by my favorite meat smoker. He wasn't open for business yet, but sold me a pound of smoked turkey breast and another of smoked skirt steak. He smokes the meat with pecan wood...its oh so good. Not to mention very lean and high in protein. After unloading the supplies, I put on 60 pounds of weight and took the dogs for a 3 hour hike. We covered a little over 9 miles and the weather couldn't have been nicer. Sunny, no wind, about 60 degrees. After the hike, I put a couple of turkey burgers on the grill with some zucchini, yellow squash & sweet peppers for my lunch. The dogs had to settle for wieners. We ate "al fresco" on the back deck. When lunch was over, we stayed outside and I fixed up an antique three wheeled bike for my daughter. I replaced the tubes, put graphite on the chain and did some general clean-up. We bought it for her Christmas gift and I've been sprucing it up a little for her. She arrived with husband and my granddaughter in time to watch the AFC Championship game. Since she and I are life-long Broncos fans we really enjoyed the game. My son-in-law is a Patriot's fan, so he didn't enjoy it quite as much. So now they're on their way home, and I've got a small, fresh organic chicken roasting in the oven with some asparagus spears for my dinner. I think I'll try to do my core workout while the chicken is roasting, so that I won't have to workout after dinner. I'm feeling a little lazy this evening. I hope everyone had a great Sunday and is all ready for the week to come.

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1408 kcal

Fat: 36.73g | Prot: 202.29g | Carbs: 67.39g.   Breakfast: Starbucks Sugar Free Vanilla Syrup, Coffee. Lunch: Prime Time Sweet Mini Peppers, Yellow Summer Squash, Zucchini, HEB 99/1 Ground Turkey. Dinner: Trader Joe's Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast Tenders, HEB Asparagus Spears, Beef Inside Skirt Steak (Lean Only, Trimmed to 1/4" Fat), Trader Joe's Smoked Turkey Breast. Snacks/Other: Peanut Butter, Kraft Singles Fat Free Sharp Cheddar Cheese, Hebrew National 97% Fat Free Beef Franks, Marquis Nutra Foods Chia Seeds - Black Organic, Cellucor BCAA, Central Market Garden Herb Veggie Chips, Cellucor BCAA, Milk (Nonfat), GNC 100% Whey Isolate Chocolate Supreme. more...

3650 kcal

Exercise: Treadmill - 1 hour, Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 42 minutes, Walking w/ 60 lb of weight - 3 hours and 6 minutes, Resting - 11 hours and 42 minutes, Sleeping - 7 hours and 30 minutes. more...