Do It Like Brett Farve

16 1/2 weeks of 20 weeks

weight today: 8 pounds in 16 1/2 weeks

total lost: 8 pounds in 16 1/2 weeks

3 four inch pancakes: 270
1 1/4 slices of bacon: 50
2 tsp of Smart Balance light butter:30
2 tsp of Butterworth syrup:34
4 tsp of creamer in tea:40
2 tsp of sugar:30
total: 454

3 oz chicken breast:105
slice of Asiago bread: 120
2 tsp of Smart Balance light butter:30
a little sugar and cinnamon: 10
total: 255
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running total: 709

1/2 of favorite chicken dish at local restaurant: 257
2 hazelnut creamers in coffee:40
total: 297
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running total: 1,006

rest of chicken dish: 258
1 sugar free jello:10
2 tbl of light whipped cream:15
1 tbl of powder creamer in tea:30
2 tsp of sugar in tea:30
total:343
running total: 1,349

lowfat vanilla ice cream cone at MacDonald's: 150

running total: 1,499

today's victory: Had a some food today that I really enjoy and was able to stay pretty much on calorie

Actual fitness: 5 mile run, 147 push-ups in sets of: 23, 28, 23, 23, 30, 10

Note on picture: My husband can cook up the best bacon ever. He got me into liking it really crispy, so that when it dries after pulling it out of the pan, it crumbles. Hmm...yum! One slice is only 40 calories. Not toooo bad.

Do It Like Brett Farve!!

Have to give a hooray for Brett Farve and the Minnesota Vikings today after they pulled off a beautiful win at the Metro dome against the Cowboys.

If I haven't mentioned it before, my husband and I are Brett Farve fans. When he left the Packers two years ago...our loyalty followed him. We were always trying to catch him playing last year with the New York Jets. He is just so wonderful to watch.

We did watch a few Packer's games this year. We watched their loss last weekend. However, I missed part of the game because I was in the middle of a five mile run.

Not this weekend, I made sure I got my run in before the start of the Viking's game.

He epitomizes the loyal factory worker that worked for the boss for 20 years and then got let go because he became too much of a liability when he became too old. Instead of the industry telling Brett Farve that his career needed to be over...he told them it wasn't.

He shows us all that age is just a number and that you can still be your best in the years ahead of you. You can finish strong no matter what your age.

His play this season has obviously stumped the experts. Just tonight on the news they said this, "He's playing at a level we've never seen him at. He's never thrown four touchdown passes in a play-off game."

Let's diet like the way Brett Farve plays football. I'll leave you with this quote that he said tonight,

"I came back for this. You have to be confident. You have to play the same way that you know you are capable of doing."

We are all capable of making it through our weight loss and fitness journeys, folks.

Do it like Brett Farve!!!