This is the almost-anonymous story of an overweight, middle-aged athlete trying get a handle on his food and bring his weight back down to a reasonable level. Dropping his body fat down to 12%. Trading a 6-pack for a 6-pack.

20140109

Portlandia

Just got home from four days of travel in Portland for a trade show. As you can imagine, its hard to stick to diet while traveling, even more so when you have to stay in hotels and eat out. But I did ok.  I ran for three of the days.  But I also had several stumbles - like the Bavarian Creme doughnut from Voodoo Doughnuts.  And I'm sure this is a low-balled food diary.  Here it all is:

Monday:
3 cups of coffee
Bagel with cream cheese and lox
Pad Prik King with Beef
Rice

Total Calories In - 1246 1446

Run - 3.7 miles, 34 minutes, about 650 calories

Dinner is definitely low-balled here - we actually split a plate of Pad Prik King, Green papaya salad, and a coconut curry with chicken, and I'm sure the portions I ate are listed smaller than what I think most restaurant provide. So I added 30% to dinner to come up with the new number above.

Tuesday
Coffee
Bacon, Egg and Cheese sandwich from Starbucks
Chicken Caesar Salad Wrap
Small bag of Potato Chips
1 1/2 Sushi Rolls
about 7 pieces of Nigiri

Total calories in - 1854

Run - 2 miles, 20 minutes, 340 calories

Wednesday
Coffee
Espresso
Ham and cheese sandwich
Small bag of potato chips
Glass of red wine
Grilled snapper with vegetables and refried beans
Chips and salsa
Powerbar
Clif Bar - White Chocolate Macademia Nut

Total Calories In - 1999

Thursday
2 cups of coffee
Espresso
Chicken Katsu Bento Bowl
Roasted Turkey Breast with provolone, cheese, tomato and mustard
Luna Bar - Chocolate Peppermint Stick
Bavarian Creme Doughnut
2 mandarin oranges
2 hard boiled eggs
A handful of olives

Total calories in - 1444

Run - 4.7 miles, 51 minutes, 700 calories