Day 4 and Still Hanging in There

Here is the Breakdown:

+1 morning Fruit smoothie (Milk, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries)
+1 Morning Multivitamin
+1 Afternoon Banana
-2 After work bowl of goldfish crackers (the last in the bag)
-2 Mild Sausage patty sandwiches on english muffins(only form of bread in the house)
-1 Blue light at paddle Tennis match(another loss)
-1 Glass of Red wine

Grand Total -3

Yesturdays's Notes:
Scoring for alcohol do to the fact that beer and wine is unhealthy they are a negative -2 if i am having one in a non social situation. they are only a -1 in social situations. (why ruin your social life for your health.) 

I talked to people about my new efforts to eat healthy and everyone has said to drop the milk from my smoothie every morning and replace it with water. Apparently more healthy just isn't healthy enough for the world.

Purchased the 4-Hour body with the hopes of picking up some added knowledge.
 

Three Down no soda yet!

Well this is the lowest mark so far but lets see why in today's breakdown:

+1 Another fruit smoothie (milk, banana, strawberries, blueberries)
+1 multivitamin right when a arrived at work
- 2 Bag of Herr's cheese popcorn
-2 Chocolate chip Cookie (damn the hot blonde at the deli on free cookie day...I couldn't say no)
 +5 One hour with the personal trainer
+1 Banana

Grand total +4

Days notes:
I need to work on getting those vegetables, I am also considering picking up a cartoon of silk soy milk to replace the milk in my smoothie every morning and maybe add some flack seed for additional benefits.

Tracking so far seems to be doing a good job of making me resist the urge to snack outside of my one allotted cheat points a day  for week one  and I see what I am missing on the healthy side from my diet.

An Epic Day Two!

Well the results are in from day two of my little hacking experiment. So lets get to the breakdown:

The day starts with
+ 1 Fruit smoothie (milk, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries)
+ 1 multivitamin right after I got to work
+1 Banana as a Mid afternoon snack
+1 Second multivitamin of the day (Pro Grade for men)
+5 Gym session Weights plus Half an hour on the bike and 15 minutes on the elliptical.
-1 Bowl of pizza flavored Goldfish crackers(no point always being healthy)


Grand total +8

Notes:

Formerly breakfast was a bowl of oatmeal before work. in a rush dunkin doughnuts or mcdonald's breakfast sandwich probably once a week.
Snacks included  mid morning and mid afternoon vending machine runs (chips or Popcorn) frequent pretzels and candys from a lot of different offices around work.

Lunch was alway picked up somewhere two pieces of pizza and a 20 soda, medium value meal at wendy's, Mcdonalds or Burger King, a sub from a deli, buffalo chicken wrap maybe. couple times a week a small sandwich and chips. and there was always atleast 12 ounces of pepsi(#1 guilty pleasure) with every lunch.

Dinner was a crap shot but usually high in calories, big plates of pasta, subs, take out,   with some snacks and beer most nights between work and bedtime. but I have always worked out 3-5 times a week. whether its a hockey game, working with a personal trainer or going to the gym myself.

not many fruits and vegetables on that list they were few and far between

New Strategy:
Start the day with a smoothie of mixed fruits that way I get some healthy early, then move that oatmeal to 9:45am to prevent the morning snacking,

At lunch making the move to replace my can of Pepsi with more water and trying Mio to replace the taste while reducing calories. also more sandwiches on sandwich bread instead of a sub and no side of chips.

Mid afternoon a banana for a snack maybe string cheese in the future.

Dinner home cooked meat and a side this might be where I find my first vegetables. Haven't had one in days apparently...

First Days Results Are In!

On the first day of my new life hack experiment I ended up with a  positive number, here is the breakdown:

+1 for morning fruit smoothie (milk, strawberries and a banana)
+1 for a multivitamin as soon as I got to work
-2 for left over pizza for lunch
+1 for late afternoon multivitamin(this multivitamin is supposed to be taken  twice a day...not cheating)
-1 for a bowl of Pizza flavored goldfish crakers
+5 for playing a hockey game-We lost

 Grand total +5

Interesting fact of the day:
1 12 ounce can of soda per day + about 1 extra can per week (total 450 cans pr year) is 63,000 calories which is the equivalent to 18 pounds of fat. That's a lot to have to burn every year just to maintain your weight.

Weight at the end of day one life hack:                                      180lbs.
Weight senior year in high school:                                              165lbs

Introduction and Backround

I am creating this blog to post my results for a life Hacking experiment, That I am starting tomorrow November 26 2012. Everyday I will be tracking two statistics the first is a diet/health statistic in which I have built a list of foods that I currently eat that are unhealthy or high in calories if not both. These foods will have negative point values ranging from -1 to -5. There are also a few things such as Fruits, vegetables and multivitamin's that have a +1 value and two levels of cardio that are worth +2 points(15min) or + 5 points(30min) to off set the bad with a little healthy food and activity. Over time the hope is to reduce my intake of empty calories lose a few pounds and become healthier overall.

There will also be a missed opportunities statistic which will be a combination of opportunities that might be  social financial or anything that I feel like I should have done yet at the time decided to do nothing. This statistic will probably be hard to track and biased towards opportunities missed but we will see if over time I make more of an effort to take chances where in the past I have avoided the risk. My hope is that with this statistic I will start pushing myself to take more chances and see where that takes me.  

"If they didn’t measure their performance, how would they know if they improved? " -Todd Smith