Mike' Make Over Madness!

[MayButterfly]

hey.. i'm just trying to eat healthier..not on true plan yet.. i am watching the carb intake a bit... so any ideas would be great! Thanks!!!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Mike,

I hope everything works out so that you can keep receiving your bonus pay and take a wonderful Disney vacation in Christmas 2006. (Maybe Coke will buy your trip for you. Did you sign-up to win?)

Have a great weekend!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Mike,

I too hope that everything works out with the paycheck. It is always nice to have that extra cash!

How are things going today?

Have a wonderful weekend!

 

[Mykelogan]

Good morning, Mike! How are you, kiddo? I hope everything works out with the paycheck issue. What a cool idea to treat that as "found money", dump it into a separate account somewhere, and not touch it. We did that last year when I got an unexpected bonus. I opened an ING account on line and transferred the money out of my checking account immediately. I also set it up to do an automatic transfer of a very small amount every Friday so that it helped build up that account without us missing it too much.

So, what's on the agenda for today? I have a couple of deadlines and then hope to get out of here early by about 5:30 to go home and finish packing. Do you have anything good planned for the weekend? Have you seen Batman Returns yet? I don't remember. It is absolutely awesome. So, if you can, you should see it.

Take care of yourself and have a wonderful weekend. "Talk" to you next week!

Hi Cam!

Hope that you have a good weekend away!!! My agenda today obviously involved not getting to check in here until after work! hehe! Had to get so much done today, and most days for the next few weeks. This is truly going to be a wild summer workwise til we get to September.

I have some fun planned this weekend. I would like to go to a new farmer's market sunday. Saturday I will be going for a guy's night with my dad, brother, and 11 yo nephew to see Fantasic Four and then to dinner. I would much rather not eat out as I feel like I have done that enough this week but we have planned for a while and my nephew would be upset if we didn't go to his fave place as planned after, aka Applebee's. My plan is to check out the menu before I go so I can know what I will be getting and therefore no need to "browse" the menu for temptation. The main temptation being my old favorite dessert on the planet, the Apple Chimi-cheesecake, who doesn't love deep fried cheesecake! Oy!!! It will be fun though.

Gonna actually grab a nap after catching up on my journal and then catch up on everyone else tonight, my cat is calling for a nap and he will be mad if we don't hehe! Oh, I got my walking DVDs in the mail today, so I can get that started this weekend. I have been doing some arm exercises with the weights I got two days ago. Not nearly enough exercise so far this week so I need to buckle down!

Have a happy & healthy one!
Mike

 

[DisDon]

Hey Mike, good luck this weekend, that Farmer's Market sounds good, I could use some fresh stuff. Applebee's sounds good too, the Santa Fe Chicken Salad is my favorite salad anywhere. Don't get it too often, not in my normal budget. Enjoy your nap!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hey Mike!

Have a great time this weekend! I think checking out Applebee's menu before you go is a great idea! Enjoy the movie!!

 

[Mykelogan]

hey.. i'm just trying to eat healthier..not on true plan yet.. i am watching the carb intake a bit... so any ideas would be great! Thanks!!!

Sounds good Maybutterfly! I have been scanning my recipe files to pull some together and will post them this weekend here.

Hope you are having a good weekend!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Hey Mike!

Have a great time this weekend! I think checking out Applebee's menu before you go is a great idea! Enjoy the movie!!

Hi Tracy!
I am glad I checked out the Applebee's menu. I am thinking I will order the grilled chicken and veggies platter they have which is like a riceless version of their fajitas with nicer veggies & whole wheat tortillas. Of course with my luck we will go somewhere else but hey at least I have some ideas of what I might get and I can't go wrong at most places with a chicken caesar salad or something similar. I know I will survive!

I went to the Coke website to look for the Disney Trip contest and can't find it! Anyone know where it is specifically?? I need my revenge! hehe Even if I don't win, my next trip will kind of be paid for by Coke anyway as I don't sink any money into their products anymore! I keep thinking more and more it could be fun to journal when I would have spent cash on coke and then every time I get paid take that money and put it with my trip money.

I hope that you are having a happy & healthy weekend Tracy!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Mike,

I too hope that everything works out with the paycheck. It is always nice to have that extra cash!

How are things going today?

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thanks for the support Jamie!!! I am doing pretty good. Yesterday was a weird food day in that work was so wild that I did not get a lunch break (my choice, I was in a zone on several projects! I did drink 64oz of water though hehe!) so I made lunch when I got home around five. Which meant that I wasn't hungry again really til after 11pm, and I refuse to eat that late now, so I had no dinner, but I was not starving & I figure I have more than enough "extra fuel" on my body to make it through the night once! hehe

How are you this fine day? Great I hope!!!
Bye for now!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Hey Mike, good luck this weekend, that Farmer's Market sounds good, I could use some fresh stuff. Applebee's sounds good too, the Santa Fe Chicken Salad is my favorite salad anywhere. Don't get it too often, not in my normal budget. Enjoy your nap!

Hey Don!
I love a good Farmer's market, I hope this one is good! I just need to stay in the veggie section and not head near the baked goods, jams, pies, etc! hehe
I ended up wrapped up in a movie and skipped the nap, lol.
Hope you are doing well man and staying strong!

Later,
Mike

 

[TigerCheer2009]

Hello Mike! Just popping in to say I moved my Disney trip up to December 05...so if you don't find the Coke contest by then, then I will ask about it.
GO MIKE! Good luck on your journey today!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hello Mike! Just popping in to say I moved my Disney trip up to December 05...so if you don't find the Coke contest by then, then I will ask about it.
GO MIKE! Good luck on your journey today!

Hey Jen!
I think we just crossed each other in cyberspace! I read about you moving your trip in your journal and was posting and then I see you mention it here. hehehe!

As I said already, I hope you enjoy the POP, have you stayed there before? I love it, the theming is tooo cute and I think it is a fun place.

I want to crack this Coke riddle asap! I need to be their winner so I can say, "Thanks for the trip, I never touch your soda anymore!" hehehe!

Bye for now!
Mike

 

[TigerCheer2009]

Great minds think alike! It's our first trip EVER to Disney! Crack that riddle, okay? I'd love to see the Coke CEO's shaking their heads in amazement and dropping on the floor to think that someone can live without soda!

Have a super-duper Saturday, Mike!

 

[Lesli54]

Hey, Mike! Finally, I have been able to catch up with you.

Thanks for visiting my journal and please no horror stories of college, I think I can imagine enough of them.

Sounds like you have been doing great on your plan. Congrats on the lost lbs. Now make that solemn vow that you will never weigh more than "X" again! I do understand the family comments with weight and losing it. So far, my gran hasn't noticed the loss and if I were to tell her she would say that I am a nice size and don't need to loss much. But then she has her own weight issues and I guess it makes her feel better to think that she isn't the only heavy one in the family. I just pretty much keep it to myself and my household, but I love it when people notice. Yesterday at camp a lady had heard that I lost weight (because someone else noticed) and asked what are you doing to lose so much? I said mainly portion control for starters. That ended the conversation quickly as she was not about to give up eating.

Soon you will have to ditch the "too big" clothes. I have definitely made it a point to get rid of those right away this time around so that I don't start feeling "comfortable" again and realize that I am going the wrong way. So far so good. As far as exercise, increasing a little at a time is the best way to go. But I have also found that taking more breaks from the computer or during commercials of a fav show, to walk around the house really helps alot. Anything to keep that metabolism going.

Well, have a great weekend and keep up the AWESOME job.

 

[Mykelogan]

Quick note before bed... (Hi Jen & Tracy, I will respond tomorrow! hehe) ... so we did not go to Applebees!!!! But first I did good at the movies again, I had a nice bottled water even though my dad offered and was paying for whatever we want. He and my nephew split a huge popcorn and some candy. I said NO! to both! hehe! So fastforward to dinner, we go back to the house to get my stepmom and instead of Applebees she suggests a local italian place (which I know i could do good at food wise, ie. salad first then small portion entree!) or a new-ish Chinese place they are friends with the owners of... guess where we went! The Chinese place! No salads! No grilled food! Rice and noodles everywhere!!! Probably MSG up the wazzooo!!! Oy! SO I ordered stir fried chicken and chinese eggplant in garlic sauce. The sauce was definitely not the best, but the bigger issue was no salad or pre-main course veggies like normal. I did only eat about half of the entree which was huge, avoided the white ball of rice, and had a good serving of green beans from my stepmom's chicken & green beans.My entree besides eggplant had red peppers and water chestnuts in it, both yummy veggies. When it was time to wrap the leftovers I remembered that my youngest sister loves eggplant so I instead of me taking the leftovers I brought them back to their house for her. So they were not around to tempt me and she was psyched because we brought her the rice too! lol So overall probably not the worst night but definitely not strictly OP. I will definitely need to see how I feel tomorrow if the potential msg or sweetened sauces trigger any cravings, I am just glad I will be conscious of them and get right back on track. Not expecting a huge scale move this week after all of this action in restaurants, so we'll see!

Nighty night!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Great minds think alike! It's our first trip EVER to Disney! Crack that riddle, okay? I'd love to see the Coke CEO's shaking their heads in amazement and dropping on the floor to think that someone can live without soda!

Have a super-duper Saturday, Mike!

Heck, I never thought I'd be living without soda, so I can only imagine the CEO's response! hehehe!

Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Hey, Mike! Finally, I have been able to catch up with you.

Thanks for visiting my journal and please no horror stories of college, I think I can imagine enough of them.

Sounds like you have been doing great on your plan. Congrats on the lost lbs. Now make that solemn vow that you will never weigh more than "X" again! I do understand the family comments with weight and losing it. So far, my gran hasn't noticed the loss and if I were to tell her she would say that I am a nice size and don't need to loss much. But then she has her own weight issues and I guess it makes her feel better to think that she isn't the only heavy one in the family. I just pretty much keep it to myself and my household, but I love it when people notice. Yesterday at camp a lady had heard that I lost weight (because someone else noticed) and asked what are you doing to lose so much? I said mainly portion control for starters. That ended the conversation quickly as she was not about to give up eating.

Soon you will have to ditch the "too big" clothes. I have definitely made it a point to get rid of those right away this time around so that I don't start feeling "comfortable" again and realize that I am going the wrong way. So far so good. As far as exercise, increasing a little at a time is the best way to go. But I have also found that taking more breaks from the computer or during commercials of a fav show, to walk around the house really helps alot. Anything to keep that metabolism going.

Well, have a great weekend and keep up the AWESOME job.

Hi Lesli!

Thanks for your support! I am feeling great about my progress and healthy choices! I will definitely keep the college stories to myself but do know if there is anything I can help answer for you just ask. (I have been living and working on campus at several colleges for the past 10 years.)

When I get to the point that I can give away my bigger clothes I will have to see if a local boy scout troup is in need of any spare tents! hehehe! Thanks for the tips on exercise too, that makes a lot of good sense!

Hope that you are having a great weekend!
Mike

 

[Mykelogan]

Oh! Almost forgot to post the dream I had last night...

I was at work and it was a busy day so when everyone is leaving I planned on staying late. I got up to go to the kitchenette in our office to find a box full of cheese and fruit danish, the kind that are half fruit and half cheese, in apple, bluberry and lemon flavor. As I poured my water I took a little nibble and soon I was eating the danish as fast as I could, one after the other. I could taste them in my dream! LOL I woke up just as I was finishing the last one!

So what do you think? Any dream interpreters out there? Should I mad for dreaming all that and then waking up before I finished??? hehehe!

Have a great night!
Mike

 

[DisDon]

Weird, I had a dream like that once, I dreamed I ate a giant marshmellow, and when I woke up my pillow was gone!! Hmm, any missing socks?
I crack myself up!

 

[eeyore25]

Quick note before bed... (Hi Jen & Tracy, I will respond tomorrow! hehe) ... so we did not go to Applebees!!!! But first I did good at the movies again, I had a nice bottled water even though my dad offered and was paying for whatever we want. He and my nephew split a huge popcorn and some candy. I said NO! to both! hehe! So fastforward to dinner, we go back to the house to get my stepmom and instead of Applebees she suggests a local italian place (which I know i could do good at food wise, ie. salad first then small portion entree!) or a new-ish Chinese place they are friends with the owners of... guess where we went! The Chinese place! No salads! No grilled food! Rice and noodles everywhere!!! Probably MSG up the wazzooo!!! Oy! SO I ordered stir fried chicken and chinese eggplant in garlic sauce. The sauce was definitely not the best, but the bigger issue was no salad or pre-main course veggies like normal. I did only eat about half of the entree which was huge, avoided the white ball of rice, and had a good serving of green beans from my stepmom's chicken & green beans.My entree besides eggplant had red peppers and water chestnuts in it, both yummy veggies. When it was time to wrap the leftovers I remembered that my youngest sister loves eggplant so I instead of me taking the leftovers I brought them back to their house for her. So they were not around to tempt me and she was psyched because we brought her the rice too! lol So overall probably not the worst night but definitely not strictly OP. I will definitely need to see how I feel tomorrow if the potential msg or sweetened sauces trigger any cravings, I am just glad I will be conscious of them and get right back on track. Not expecting a huge scale move this week after all of this action in restaurants, so we'll see!

Nighty night!
Mike

Hi Mike,
I am just getting caught up on your journal, I was so busy this weekend that I didn't have a chance to log on.
Awesome job on the choices that you made at the movies. No candy or popcorn even when you aren't buying. That is great!
Good job on the food choices at dinner Mike!!!! You made the best that you could at that restaurant. How have you been so far today....any cravings?


Hope you have a great day...will check in later!