Diet thoughts

Ok, so I'm thinking about trying out a change to what and how I eat. Here is a typical week these days:

Tuesday through Saturday, I alternate between Noodles & Company and Qdoba for breakfast (breakfast for me is in the afternoon), followed by another fast food place (usually Wendy's, Taco Bell, Subway, or, if I'm lazy, McD's) for lunch, and then home for a small dinner (or sometimes nothing, if I get into online stuff before I make food). On Sunday I have a couple bigger meals, usually eating out for one of them, and Monday I have one big meal, then grab a burger or something before heading out to Karaoke because I forgot to eat a second meal.

So obviously I could stand to change things, from both waistline and wallet standpoints.

Here's what I'm thinking. Tuesday through Friday, I get up and have 3 eggs scrambled, some whole wheat toast, and either some bacon or a Foreman-Grilled chicken breast, washed down with some OJ or AJ. Monday early evenings, I make some sort of big meal, like Chili or Spaghetti, that I can tupperware up and bring in for lunches most or all of the week. Saturday I let myself go out for breakfast, since I go play Magic then, and because a dozen eggs only gets me four meals. For days I don't have a lunch, I keep a loaf of bread, peanut butter, and honey in my drawer at work. It's a decent meal, and it gives me both a snack if I don't eat enough and an excuse to bring in lunch. Basically, that takes care of all my meals except dinners, which can really be small and full of variety, and my weekend meals other than the big one Monday, which I can also vary, as long as I'm eating fairly normally.

In addition, I'm going to cut out fountain sodas. This means from gas stations, from fast food combos, and from Noodles/Qdoba, where I can pick light lemonade instead. I'm not cutting out my soda at home, which I don't drink much of, and I can supplement with juice and milk even if I don't drink water there. I'm not cutting it out at bars, where I generally only have 2 Tanqueray and Tonic these days anyway. Work has an excellent free filtered water policy, which I try to take advantage of whenever I can.

Of course, the counterpoint to all this would be to add some exercise, and I'd like to try, but certain things hold me back. Mainly my neck, back, and knees. If I wasn't in this much pain, I'd exercise, but then, if I had exercised, I wouldn't be in this much pain. Go fig. I'm thinking about walking around my block as a daily thing, or at least a work daily thing.

The hardest part is going to be sticking to it; not because I won't want to do it, but because I'll forget to do it. Or I'll oversleep and not have time to do it. It's my achilles heel: laziness and forgetfulness. It's all a matter of getting into a groove and just freaking doing it. Sometimes it happens, and it's great. Often it doesn't happen, and I go back to old habits. Maybe, if I beat myself over the head enough, I'll take off a few pounds, start living a bit better. Maybe I'll even get a girlfriend.

Nah.

Randomness

So yeah, I haven't put much in here lately. Stuff has actually happened, but I've been too busy/out of it/lazy to post. What's on my mind lately?

Finally almost done with Falling From Grace. Two or three more chapters and it'll be finished, and I can move on. I'm happy I did it, but I'm ready to do something else.

Ron Bon moved out in May. She was unhappy with her job, school, and life in general, and she was offered full-time back home. Of course, one of her recent posts was how she wants to find a new job, so there you have it.

I'm moving into an efficiency apartment from my 2-bedroom. It should work out fine, as long as everything fits, which I think it should.

Every time I see Gloria posting something on MySpace or Facebook about how happy she is with Nathan, it makes me wish that I was the Nathan she meant.

Took third in a Magic booster draft today. Didn't win anything for it, but still pretty cool. I'm hanging out Saturdays at a card shop in New Berlin still. Found it after Sharalynn found me on Yahoo Personals, hung out, then got together with the guy she'd been trying to go out with before or something. Whatever, at least I have a place to play.

My Foreman Grill rocks! Which reminds me I need to pick up more chicken fillets next time I go shopping.

I'm thinking about going for a new car next month. I'll check what's out there, what my trade-in would be, and what my bank accounts will be like and who knows? Maybe I'll have a car with a working gas gauge for a change.

No relationships on the horizon. Granted, I'm not really trying right now, but it'd be nice if a girl just fell into my lap. I mean, without having to pay cash for it.

New desk at work. Closer to everyone else, so that's cool. The guy I was next to in my old desk got moved to days, so I'm not actually any farther from any night shifter.

Maybe when I have a free Monday again, I'll have someone look at my back. It's really been bugging me lately. Of course, the odds of that actually happening are slim, but I feel better saying that I'll actually do something about my health from time to time.

I'm tired. I got up early and didn't go to bed any earlier than usual. I've been up since 11, and I've been ready for bed since I got up. Ah well, almost there.

Made a list of 29 things I want to do now that I've turned 29. I've posted it elsewhere, but it's really just a bunch of things I've been meaning to do for a while. If anyone's interested, I may post it later.

Going to Nebraska over Labor Day Weekend to meet Daria folks. Should be fun. I'll finally get to meet a lady with whom I've been having a semi-fake relationship on the boards and chat. By semi-fake, I mean I know we're just goofing around, but if she wasn't in another country and actually clicked with me in person, I would ask her out in a heartbeat.

Well, that's enough random thoughts for now. 45 minutes until I get to go home. My pillow has been calling for me all day, and I'm about to answer its call.