Special K Diet Far From Over

So today is my weigh-in date(NO Weight Change) and I don’t feel like a gave the Special K Diet a fair chance. I feel I did not follow it closely whatsoever. I mean I had extra snacks, extra meals, traded lunch for dinner, it was a diet disaster. So this week I will follow more closely.

As far as the gym I was able to make it one time and worked out one other time outside the gym during the week. So once again a failed week. I am know where near David Beckham. My goal for the week is 3 gym visits and one outside activity.

The website JWALLHOOPS.COM is coming along nicely i started to use a dummied down version of using web design. A lot of Wix is just using cut and paste to put together your website. I do not have a specific date that I would like to have the website published, but I was thinking around the time John Wall declares for the NBA Draft.

As far as other business related topics, I am also putting together a one day basketball camp for boys and girls at a local church. It will give me a great opportunity to Run the Show and give back to the church while earning some extra money. I will keep you updated, but until then it’s gym, diet, and business.

When You Get Off the Track Get Right Back On

So after a great day of casual exercise with some push ups my diet was terrible. I tried switching up the Special K diet and it was a terrible idea, I ate a regular lunch and a regular dinner and a half and even dessert. As Charles Barley says, “Terrible, terrible, terrible” but I did not let that get me down today, I got right back on track and have been a perfect angel today, well at least with my diet!

Also on Wednesday I missed the gym, no reason just laziness and today(Friday) I did not wake up early and have to attend a dinner at night after work, so am I going to miss the gym, all signs point to yes, but I’m going to prove my lazy self wrong and go tonight. The girlfriend may not like it now but I have to do it for myself. I mean if you are already skipping days in Week 1, then you are not going to make it. By the way I'm not sure if I'm going to make it.

So Special K Diet I am sorry for cheating on you. I know you promised to be great to me and I failed you hopefully we can stay together and be something special. I heart u, you big box of specialness.

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A Walk In the Park

So here are some random Fitness thoughts and an update on my Special K Diet.

• Special K Diet. I have been good so far, well just ok in my eyes. I have ate the 2 Special K meals aka cereal, snacked on Special K bars and Special K crackers, even snacked on fruit when I was hungry. BUT, I have had a little extra when I have my dinners, I eat a meal and half instead of just a regular meal.

• Fix Your Diet. What I have done is change the Special K Diet just a little. My biggest problem is eating late and eating extra. So I have switched the lunch and dinner menu around, which means I will be having Special K for dinner along with some fruit.

• Walk In the Park. Today is perfect outside. I didn’t want to battle any traffic or people at the gym so I decided to go for a walk. I put on the music and probably walked 5 or 6 miles and to get a little bit extra out of it I did pushups on the way there and back. I feel great and got a little color out of it.

• Eight to be Great. Soon to come is my workout and yes I gave it a cool nickname, jealous?!?! Of course you are.

Special K Diet, Does it Really Work?

So most diets are a gimmick that get you to lose weight with eating things that you normally wouldn’t eat. I mean the grapefruit diet sounds absolutely horrible and makes my face pucker like the bitter beer face commercial.

So for the next week (maybe 2 weeks) I will go on the Special K Diet that is on the back of the cereal box. I mean it came from a cereal box it must work. Lose 6 pounds in up to 2 weeks is the claim. I will post my weight tomorrow (yes it must be done) and give you a weekly update. Here is the general guidelines of what they expect you to do.

· Eat Special K products. Cereal, bars, waffles, protein shakes, crackers, granola bars, whatever says Special K consider it part of the diet. I’m sure this diet has nothing to do with them making money it’s all about being healthy.

· Breakfast. For breakfast you have the choice of eating cereal with skim milk (one serving, which means half of what I usually eat) or the choice of Special K waffles. Good news is you can have all of this with fruit.

· Snack. The snack can be almost any Special K product. Granola, bars, crackers, the list is pretty long.

· Lunch. Once again they offer is Special K cereal or a meal replacement bar or I believe a protein shake with fruit. Seems pretty simple so far.

· Snack #2. Same old same old. The snack can be almost any Special K product. Go Special K.

· Dinner. Believe it or not they want you to eat your 3rd meal just as you regularly would. I’m sure they don’t want you to overeat, but a regular meal sounds pretty good about now.

· What about drinks? Drink as regular. So I’m assuming a Coke or glass of orange juice is just fine.

So I like cereal and I have 2 boxes of Special K so I’m good there, plus we buy Special K bars in the economy pack so put a check next to that on my grocery list. I will however have to stop at the grocery store and get something to mix it up, protein shake, waffles, meal replacement bar, I don’t think I could have a Special K for 28 out of 42 meals, actually that scares me, but so does having to go on a diet so let’s do this. By the way 254 lbs. wearing clothes and shoes and mid afternoon, see you Monday for the next weigh in.

Spending a Saturday at Work?

• Start your day off right!!!! I know you have heard it before but eat breakfast in the morning and of course make it at your house. I made an orange banana smoothie, which would cost me about $4 at Jamba Juice, but instead I used 2 oranges, 2 bananas, skim milk, sugar, and ice cubes and we(me and girlfriend) had breakfast for a low price I’m guessing under $2 (girlfriend not included).

• Wake up early!!! This way you can make a lunch or at least pack one. I brought today a Special K bar for a snack .25, Lunchable for lunch $1, soda .25, apple .50, and a water .25. So my whole lunch cost me approx $2 when bought from the grocery store. It was quick fairly healthy and cheap, can’t beat that.

• Best time to workout!!! I’m sure their is some study that says workout in the morning before you eat to get rid of the fat, whatever works for you is my study. What I’m saying is you have to be consistent. If you workout every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday after work then do it everytime and most importantly develop a routine. I’m working on developing a routine right now.

Question? Have you ever known someone who told you I workout 3 days a week and eat right all the time and I am fat? Think about it, eat right and workout.

• No time for the gym!!! I read in Men’s Fitness the average American watches 21 hours of TV a week. I am definitely above that. I mean I watch alot of sports, work part-time, and really enjoy TV. But I am also overweight and over time have not been going to the gym. I started a log of how much I watch TV. So far Tuesday thru Saturday I have watched 17 hours of TV, and I still went to the gym 3 times(bonus of having a part-time job).

Maybe you should see what you are spending your gym time on. American Idol, Sportscenter, The Bachelorette, etc....

• Watch TV at the gym!!! That’s right walk on a treadmill and watch the local news, almost all of the newer clubs have mini TV’s attached to the machine. So no excuses wake up and watch Stuart Scott or Jessica Parker at the gym.