I skipped a week of progress reports, but this seems to be the way it will go as everything ramps up (school, work). Progress continues – which is great because the week was not stellar in terms of activity.

Lots going on this week, including a week long business planning session that included a night at a Brazilian steak house. If you have not been to one of these, think all you can eat salad bar and all you can eat meat. The meat consists of 10-12 types including beef, chicken, lamb, sausage, pork – cooked to perfection. There are a few restaurants of this style, we went to Boi Na Braza. I am pretty happy with how I did, First of all, never go to a buffet style restaurant. – the human mind struggles to make sense of all the sights and smells. Combined with the need to “get your money’s worth” this rarely results in a positive experience. However, if you do go, be sure to eat a good salad upfront and then go lightly on the rest. This is what I did, took advantage of the awesome salad bar before diving into the meat. Since there is plenty to like, I tried 4 different type of meat – which was too much. This was better than 10 helpings, but to be better, I could have eaten less of each type rather than polish it all off. Good lesson from experience.

The rest of the week consisted of a baseball game (a hotdog, Coke Zero and a few peanuts), but not much walking. Things picked back up later in the week, but the chart above serves as a great reminder that I need to Keep Moving!

Nutrition Update

This week looks a little better on the ratio’s. One other item to track is when I consume the calories. The chart below shows when they were eaten. A general guideline is to eat less than 30% of your calories at and after dinner.

One other item that I am looking into relates to pesticides used on fruits and vegetables. Many of my top food items are those that will absorb pesticides – awesome news. Must go organic.

 

Weight Update

I am still on track with regards to losing weight. I lost about 5 this week, a little higher than I would have expected. It looks like my range is somewhere between 3 and 5 pounds per week.

Next Milestone – Weight=204, BMI=34 (class-1 obesity): target date = 05-SEP-2010

I moved up the projection date a bit, may be aggressive, but based on the last few weeks seems like a reasonably aggressive date.