Dan Nied's 100 Days: Day 92

Dan Nied's 100 Days is the chronicle of one man's quest to improve his health in 100 days. Feel free to email him at nieddan@yahoo.com with any questions or comments you might have.

What I ate today:

Breakfast (10:15)
3 servings of Special K
3 servings of skim milk
Calories: 570
Fat: 0 grams

Lunch (1 p.m.)
2 slices of multi-grain bread
2 servings of roast beef
2 servings of fat-free mayo
Calories: 320
Fat: 5 grams

Snack (4 p.m.)
1 bag of beef jerkey
Calories: 280
Fat: 1.5 grams

Dinner (6:30 p.m.)
1 foot-long Subway Club
Calories: 640
Fat: 12 grams

Snack (9:45 p.m.)
2 servings of baby carrots
Calories: 70
Fat: 0 grams

Total calories: 1,880
Total fat: 18.5 grams

Exercise: full body workout, 40 minutes on elliptical machine, burned 800 calories.

Here’s a nice little tidbit about my life. Tomorrow, my landlords are bringing in some guys to put in a nice new kitchen window. That is great and all, but the only window in the kitchen is blocked 100 percent by the refrigerator. I have never even looked out that window. Meanwhile, my apartment has no garbage disposal, I have a balcony door that won’t lock and is blown open by the slightest gust of wind, and there’s a broken bathroom sink drain (which I should get them to fix). Also, running water is a crapshoot. Sometimes you get it, sometimes you don’t. But that kitchen window, apparently, is long overdue.

Another lesson today: stay away from the scale. Apparently somewhere between Tuesday and Thursday I put on 10 pounds. The scale that told me I weighed 302 Tuesday told me I weighed 312 today. But there was another scale, a brand new scale, that told me I weighed 310. Which to believe? I don’t really know. In fact, I don’t really care. Remember when I lost five pounds over the course of 24 hours? I do. And now, over the course of 48 hours (albeit with a pizza binge in there) I have gained 10. There are, however, certain variables that can explain this. Here they are:

1) When I weighed in Tuesday, I don’t think I had eaten for at least four hours. However, on Thursday, I ate lunch and drank a liter of water right before I went to the gym. Also, I had a heavy breakfast three hours earlier. And I hadn’t pooped yet, which is always good for a pound or two.

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