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Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Week 40: Get back on the horse. Eat 1 apple each day.

Barry’s Goal for the Week:

Carol Frazey - The Family Nutrition and Exercise Expert

1.  Eat 1 apple each day.

Sometimes when you fall off the horse, you need to be gentle with yourself and get back on.  We’re talking about a healthy life here.  A few weeks or months straying from healthy foods and exercise is just a blip in the big picture.  Go, Barry, Go!

Monday, 8 November 2010

Week 37: Drink water throughout the day this week.

Barry’s Accumulated Goals:

Carol Frazey - The Family Nutrition and Exercise Expert

1.  Eat 2 cups of spinach/lettuce each day.   

2.  Eat a banana each day.  

3.  Eat 1/2 cup broccoli each day.  

4.  Eat a healthy breakfast each day.  

5.  Eat one apple per day.  

6.  Eat 10 baby carrots per day.  

7.  Walk 35 minutes, 4 days this week.

8.  Do at least 15 push-ups each day this week.  

9.  Eat one cup of grapes each day this week.  

10. Do at least 15 crunches each day this week  

11.  Eat 2 cup of whole grains each day this week.   

12.  Eat 1/2 cup beans each day this week. 

13.  Eat 5 oz of lean protein each day this week.

14.  Lift weights for 7 minutes each day this week.   

15.  Drink only water and low or fat-free milk as your beverages this week. 

16.  Eat a light, healthy snack every 2 1/2 – 3 hours.

17.  Do a 30 second exercise plank (front and each side) each day this week.

18.  Drink water throughout the day this week.

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Week 33: Eat a light,healthy snack every 2 1/2 – 3 hours.

Barry’s Accumulated Goals:

Carol Frazey - The Family Nutrition and Exercise Expert

1.  Eat 2 cups of spinach/lettuce each day.   

2.  Eat a banana each day.  

3.  Eat 1/2 cup broccoli each day.  

4.  Eat a healthy breakfast each day.  

5.  Eat one apple per day.  

6.  Eat 10 baby carrots per day.  

7.  Walk 35 minutes, 4 days this week.

8.  Do at least 15 push-ups each day this week.  

9.  Eat one cup of grapes each day this week.  

10. Do at least 15 crunches each day this week  

11.  Eat 2 cup of whole grains each day this week.   

12.  Eat 1/2 cup beans each day this week. 

13.  Eat 5 oz of lean protein each day this week.

14.  Lift weights for 6 minutes each day this week.   

15.  Drink only water and low or fat-free milk as your beverages this week. 

16.  Try a 15-minute Zumba workout 1 day this week.

17.  Eat a light, healthy snack every 2 1/2 – 3 hours.

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Day 213: Water,water,everywhere and every drop I can drink.

Drink water and low- or fat-free milk as your beverages for this week.

Good afternoon. I just got done doing my push-ups and crunches, and I’m about ready to lift weights after I’m done blogging. Carol gave me my goal for the week which is an easy one for me, but for some it may be hard. All I have to do is just drink water instead of anything sweetened. To be honest with you, I’ve been doing this for a while. Every now and then I’ll have a soft drink, and when I do I forget how sweet they are. Here’s an interesting thing that a doctor on my craps game told me last night when we were discussing my weekly goal – back around 1884, the average person consumed 20 grams of sugar in a day. Today, one 12 oz. Coke has 39 grams. Can you say holy sugar shock bat man? The Doc, as I like to call him, also told me that if you are an avid soft drink consumer and you quit, you’ll lose ten pounds within forty five days. Now I don’t know how accurate this guy is, but he’s given me good advice in the past. I hope everybody has a soft drink free day. Later, Barry J

Monday, 27 September 2010

Week 31: Drink water and low- or fat-free milk as your beverages for this week.

Barry’s Accumulated Goals:

Carol Frazey - The Family Nutrition and Exercise Expert

1.  Eat 2 cups of spinach/lettuce each day.   

2.  Eat a banana each day.  

3.  Eat 1/2 cup broccoli each day.  

4.  Eat a healthy breakfast each day.  

5.  Eat one apple per day.  

6.  Eat 10 baby carrots per day.  

7.  Walk 35 minutes, 4 days this week.

8.  Do at least 15 push-ups each day this week.  

9.  Eat one cup of grapes each day this week.  

10. Do at least 15 crunches each day this week  

11.  Eat 2 cup of whole grains each day this week.   

12.  Eat 1/2 cup beans each day this week. 

13.  Eat 5 oz of lean protein each day this week.

14.  Lift weights for 6 minutes each day this week.   

15.  Drink only water and low or fat-free milk as your beverages this week. 

Sunday, 12 September 2010

Day 197: That was some good chicken.

Week 28:  Eat 2 cups of spinach/lettuce each day this week.

Good afternoon. Luke and I are chilling inside today. We just got done eating a healthy lunch of lemon chicken and wild rice, and I don’t know who liked it more. He was making sounds like a race car while he was eating, and I’m glad he’s using a fork or he may have lost a finger while shoveling that meal in. We both prepared it together, and he seemed to enjoy cooking it just as much.
It’s a rainy Sunday so right now he’s watching the Wiggles while I blog. After I’m done here we’ll both do some weight lifting and calisthenics, and then I’m hoping for a nice nap.
I hope everybody has a great day and watches what they eat (I mean literally because if it’s good, you could lose a digit.) 

Later, Barry J.

Saturday, 11 September 2010

Day 196: Five tapes equal one DVD.

Week 28:  Eat 2 cups of spinach/lettuce each day this week.

Good afternoon. I just got back from my walk. Notice I said walk, not jog. I don’t know what it is, but all of a sudden my feet started hurting again so I’m going to take it easy on the jogging for a while. I think it’s because of dealing blackjack – no kidding. You see, when you deal blackjack you stand in a different way than when you deal craps, and the past few days they put me on blackjack at the end of the night. Who knows? All I know are my dogs are barking again, and when they start barking, they keep me up more than Britches next door.
Besides that, my life is good. While I’m typing the blog I’m converting the next five “Days of Luke” tapes into one DVD. Do you know what that means? Yep, you guessed it – when I get home from work tonight, I will be watching two and a half hours of my boy’s life. Again, life is good.
I hope everybody has a great day and their feet go to sleep in a good way.
Later,
Barry J

Friday, 10 September 2010

Day 195: Got to make it quick.

Week 28:  Eat 2 cups of spinach/lettuce each day this week.

Good afternoon. I wish I had more time to blog today, but it seems that the clock is always ticking, and I have three more things to do before I have to drop off Luke at his mother’s. All I can say is I’m healthy and so is Luke. We both got our exercises in, and we’re heading out the door now.
I hope everybody has a great day and gets a little more time.
Later,
Barry J

Thursday, 9 September 2010

Day 194: Lazy overcast day…It was nice to do nothing.

Week 28:  Eat 2 cups of spinach/lettuce each day this week.

Good evening. Luke and I did absolutely nothing at the slowest pace possible today. I mean, besides going for a walk and doing our calisthenics. Talk about just having a day to lie around and play cars, wrestling, hide and seek, hide the binky, and then find the binky before Luke’s head popped off. All in all, it was a good day. We have to go and do some grocery shopping for a few things, and I know he loves to ride the shopping carts as much as I do, so I guess that will be our big adventure today.
I hope everybody has a few things to do as I had on my day off.
Later,
Barry J

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Day 193: Mimi’s home.

Week 28:  Eat 2 cups of spinach/lettuce each day this week.

Good evening. Luke and I just got back from the airport where we went along with Larry to pick up Mimi. I thought it would be cool if I took Luke to see some planes come in and take off, but to be honest with you. we didn’t get to see any. For some reason there just wasn’t much air traffic. Thank goodness the place had an escalator because Luke and I rode that sucker at least twenty times. He was excited to see his Mimi come home, and she was happy to see her grandson.
I’m pretty tired, so I’m going to cut it short. I did all my exercises and weight lifting before we went to the Allentown Airport, so all I have to do is go for a long walk with Luke tomorrow and I’ll be on track.
We did have lunch with Dave, Jen, and Leo before we took off today, and if you don’t know, Dave is the one who usually takes my photo’s for the blog to show my progression. Unfortunately, his daughter, Nika, took his digital camera with her to college so I’m going to have to find somebody else to do it. It’s too bad to — I’m pretty comfortable with Dave taking pictures of me, but anybody else might freak me out a little. Whatever.
I hope everybody has a good day and their daughters are taking good pictures with their cameras.
Later,
Barry J