AFTER A REQUEST I'M GOING TO SHARE MY DAILY ROUTINE AND WHAT FOODS I EAT !!!!!

Morning Team "Monk" !!!! After last Tuesday, I had left for Ocean City for a few days and had a few meals that were not good for me. Like I said before, this is Vacation and this type of stuff  we will be faced with in life. It's just making better decisions and staying on track and not doing what most of us do on a daily basis, quit on our self !!!!! With that being said I pretty much had three meals between two days of anything I wanted. Of course pizza was involved in one as this is my favorite and I loved it, LOL !!! In the past with one bad meal, I would of thought (I just ate bad so I'm just going to eat bad all day and start back tomorrow). Then the next day would come and I would repeat this until I wait for that Monday that never gets here. If this is you "STOP", it will catch up with you like it did me and one day you will be looking in the mirror with tears running down your face asking how did I ever get to 600 pounds, it happen to me !!!!! So, once I got home on Thursday it was game on and I kicked ass this week and lost that 6.8 pounds I gained over the two weeks. Once again this is Winning in my book, now I'm going to break this weight bracket next Tuesday and reach another personnel mile stone for "ME".

Just left the doctors and I'm healthy as can be and all my blood work is EXCELLENT !!!! Ive beat it all, now I'm going to continue to beat obesity which will be a life long fight. It's okay though, I'm stubborn and don't like to loose so I will keep fighting until the end. I will be here to watch my son grow as a man, these are things that keep that fire burning inside of me. I can't lie though, I do have the pressure of everyone following my journey, however I love it and this keeps me pushing each day as well (Thanks). I just love the fact that I'm helping inspire others to get Healthy while taking the time to save my own life.

After a few request, what is a day in Monk's world ??? Well first off ... a day in my world is a blast because I have the best son in the world :) !!! On a normal day, I get up in the morning and try to eat breakfast ASAP because as they say this is the most important meal of the day. I have been taking egg white and making an omelet with fresh vegetables or sometimes some turkey with fresh salsa. Then I have my 100 calorie sandwich thins and this puts me at 300 calories for breakfast. If I'm on the run, it's all about Subway and I still stay at around 300 calories. For lunch, I try and have my left overs from the night before or Subway. I'm always on the run, I try and stay active and busy which is burning them calories. If I'm not having them, I may do fat free hot dogs or these sausage's from whole foods that are around 100 calories (Turkey). I do eat salad or a fresh turkey sandwich a lot as well !!!! Most of the time Ive worked out between breakfast and lunch or just after lunch. Since hurting my knee Ive cut back on my working out, but I still stay active and keep moving which all adds up. Like you've heard a 100 times, take the steps at work, park a little away from the store, clean the house/car because this all is burning calories. After all of that I still work out, but I have cut the 6 miles back to around 2 or 3 when I go. My knee is getting better and I'm still working out which is what my goal was. Don't forget, it's summer and going to the pool can be a good work out as well along with relaxing and a fun thing you can do with the whole family. Now dinner, I will list after my blog a few ideas of what I eat but it' all about what you like and will keep you on track. My advise would be take it day by day and concentrate on that day only and before you know it that will turn into weeks. One thing is for sure, I'm very active and try and keep myself busy because I know if I'm moving the calories are being burned. Like I tell everyone, it's hard but can be done if you put the dedication and hard work into it. Why wouldn't you, your worth it !!! If your having problems getting started, think about what you love the most in life and can't live a day with out. Then tell yourself, if I don't change my life that thing or person won't be in my life because I'm killing myself (This is when you cry) but it's what you need. You have to find what motivates YOU, think about all the stuff your weight stops you from doing in life. Like I realized, you only get one life so enjoy it and live it the way you want. I'm only saying all of this because this was all me, I'm tired of having my weight hold me back from living life and being happy. Nobody is telling you to run out and change everything your doing, it's a lifestyle change and it takes time. Just figure out what got you here, Tonya at BL asked us this at the resort, it makes you do a lot of soul searching. People always say but I can't do this, or I can't do that, or I don't have time. Trust me when I say this, that's all an EXCUSE !!!! I was that guy, I could of published my own book on Excuses because I had one for everything. Guess what, this guy was 600 pounds and did it so that is living proof that it can be done and there is not many reasons why you can't as well. Trust me, I still don't have all the answers and struggle as well but I'm in a mentally better place about everything. Like always, don't hesitate to ask if you need help, because I know it's hard and can be very depressing.

I'm looking into my first 5K as well, kinda nervous but I'm thinking about one in September and then the one in October, check it out at www.runforyourlives.com !!!!

Dinner - Stuffed Peppers (Turkey), Turkey Burgers, Chicken (I eat a lot), Fish, Spaghetti with turkey, Turkey taco's, Chicken wraps (Favorite), Sandwich, Sweet Potato, Brown Rice, Fresh Vegetables (Never will eat can again), Soup, Salad, Turkey Manwich, Turkey Chili, Subway (They are everywhere), Grilled Chicken Sandwich !!!! This is to name a few, let me go through my book this week and will blog again before next Tuesday with Recipes out of my cook books from the BL !!!!!

Hope everyone has a good week, let today be the day you make that change !!!!!!