Oatmeal Experiment: Weigh in #4

I’m back up to negative one.  I gained one pound since yesterday.  Bummer.  Kinda seems to be normal weight fluctuations so far.  Tom in the comments of the last post suggested that I keep up the experiment for more than one week.  He suggest that I keep it up for a month.  My response is, “Are you nuts?”  One month, I can barely do this for one week.  I miss bacon, eggs, crossants, hash browns, etc.  This has been very difficult.

Before I worked at Verizon Wireless, with the connivence of the cafe, I used to skip the breakfast meal altogether.  But now, every morning I get something.  I’m definitely taking the weekend off.  Its Easter for heck sake!  On Monday, I’ll decide what my next steps will be, but I’m not done yet.  One more day to go.

Oatmeal Experiment: Breakfast Day #4

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Today I switched it up.  I got orange juice instead of coffee.  This choice will increase my caloric intake by 185!  This may impact my weigh in tonight.  Only one more day left.

Oatmeal Experiment: Weigh in #3

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X – 2!

I can’t believe it!  I’ve lost two pounds since starting this experiment.  In only 3 days!  WOW!  I’ve hardly given up anything!  I had a bacon cheeseburger today for lunch.  Its just too bad I had to give up the options of my favorite meal of the day.  Well, tomorrow morning will be oatmeal again.

Oatmeal Experiment: Breakfast Day 3

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Half way there!  Only 2 more days!  Already thinking of the yummy Saturday morning breakfast I am going to have.  I did the same thing as yesterday today.  Starbucks and oatmeal.

The Oatmeal Experiment: Weigh in #2

X – 1!

Tuesday night and I’m at X – 1!  One pound less in just two days of oatmeal, but is this just normal weight changes or is this the beginning of a trend?

Oatmeal Experiment: Breakfast Day 2

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Getting sick of oatmeal already.  The bacon and eggs are calling my name!  Any way today I upgraded my coffee to some yummy Starbucks, but that is the only change as you can see.  I’m happy with the wordpress app so far.  Stable and easy to use.

I added a poll to the last entry so you can vote on if this experiment will work or not.

Oatmeal Experiment: Weigh-in #1

X – 0

So its monday night and that means this if the first weigh-in to see if I have gained, lost or maintained. Tonight we are still at X. The exact same weight as last night, no change.  So so far we can say that oatmeal in the morning as helped me to maintain my current weight, but is not helping me lose weight.  Lets see what tomorrow brings.

Do you think that this experiment will result in a weight change?  If so how?  Weigh in below:

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Oatmeal Experiment: Breakfast Day 1

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Here is breakfast from day one.  As you can see the portion is pretty large.  They have a smaller size at the cafe but, I am very hungry this morning.  I’m also having some black coffee.  They serve Seattles Best at the office.  Its not my favorite, but it does the job.

I hope this post works as it is the first time I have tried blogging from the wordpress app on my android.

The Oatmeal Experiment

I want to see if by changing only one meal a day for a week can reduce my weight. I am going to forgo big breakfast with eggs, bacon and hash browns for a bowl of oatmeal everyday, starting tomorrow. We have a cafe at work were we can get whatever we want for breakfast. I usual get a nice big breakfast full of calories. But this week I will order only a bowl of oatmeal with one spoonful of brown sugar.

This is the only change I am going to make to my diet. I will record the results here. My starting weight we will call “X”. I’ll record wether I am up or down from X every evening with a nightly weight in.

Wish me luck.

February 2010

Events

February started out with my discovery of ReinaDelCid on youtube. She’s great. Check out this video below:

I started posting every week day to historyonair.com, my podcast website, that is quickly becoming a history blog and not a podcast, because I simply cannot find the time to podcast anymore. I’ll keep trying though. On February 3rd we had a Chinese New Year celebration at the office, I took some video of that.

On Feb. 6 we watched some of the Super Bowl just like the rest of the nation. I’ve had lots of fun in my Social Media classes in February I posted some of the work I did for the class on this blog. History on Air also got a Fan page on Facebook this month. This month I started to use Gowalla instead of Foursquare. Why? I like the icons and badges better on Gowalla.

On February 22nd, my office bought In and Out for all the employees. That was really cool.

Movies

The Social Network 3 out of 5 stars, better than I thought it would be. Worth watching.

The A-Team – 4 out of 5 stars, again, unexpectedly good. Tried to stay true to the old tv show, but not such a great job at that.

Books

Storytelling: Branding in Practice – 4 out of 5 stars. I read this for my social media classes. Lots of case studies. All pretty interesting. Good read.

Creative Composition: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques – 3 out of 5 stars. Pretty good, nice photos not a real beginner book, but still good.

The Story of Classical Music – 5 out of 5 stars. This was an excellent audio book. Lots of examples and lots of information. Even some great history of the composers.

Social Media Metrics: How to Measure and Optimize Your Marketing Investment (New Rules Social Media Series) – 3 out of 5 stars. Not as impressive as the other social media books I have read. This book culls together everything else that has already been said and summarizes it. Nothing mind blowing here. Let down.

Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think – 3 out of 5 stars. This was close to 4 stars. Lots of case studies, good information. Very interesting. Worth reading.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – 2 out of 5 stars. Another one of the spin off books from the Harry Potter series. This just was not all that interesting. Let down.

The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2) – 4 out of 5 stars. Another in the Percy Jackson series. Still interesting. I’m still caught up in this series. Well written and keeps you reading!

ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income – 5 out of 5 stars. Great book. Tons of good information. Perfect for anyone who wants to take their blog to the next level.

Blogging For Dummies – 2 out of 5 stars. Boring. Nothing new and nothing worth saying.