too many m&ms today, then someone suggested ice cream. well that happened too. apparently the holiday enfattening has begun. gotta nip this in the bud, or get more exercise. maybe both.

it's football season and m&m guy finally got dusted off. gonna limit my intake this year though. unless someone else fills him up for me...

just got back from a long night of darts and i'm eating this here pumpkin muffin dammit!

made it through the day with no snacking.
had plenty of regular meals tho.

halloween candy officially gone.
marathon is over so no more excuses to snack all the time.
must start eating healthier, or less, or both.

we got two trick-or-treaters tonight.
two.
that leaves us with 148 pieces of candy left from our 150 piece assortment.
ok, maybe we have about 100 left now. we snacked a bit.

halloween is upon us.
candy got opened.
there was cake and ice cream too
oh yeah, and liquid refreshments.

haven't posted much lately, but my snacking has mostly been peanut-based.
actual peanuts, pb&j sandwiches, those peanut honey things from nature valley, and zone bars.
too many zone bars.

halloween candy has yet to be opened though. gotta take the small victories when they come.

another jar of peanuts magically appeared
and then a bag of popcorn microwaved itself and flew down my throat - help!

phew - peanuts are gone...for now...

late-night peanuts and chocohol. somebody stop me!

sunday afternoon ice cream (x2)
evening graham crackers
late night peanuts

i've been a naughty boy

late night peanut snack

more candy and cookies at a meeting on campus.
late night graham crackers too.

it's ok - i'll use that up on my run tomorrow

rice krispy treats, little tiny candy bars, famous amos - is it halloween already??

had some graham crackers yesterday, but not a whole packet like usual. go me.

haven't been posting much because i've been grazing a lot lately. snacking on yogurt pretzels and i had a popsicle tonight. also a couple of those peanut butter and granola things. yum

chocolate bar. oh yeah!

ok, ice cream is finished - again

yogurt pretzels and a popsicle
i'm still a bad man.

yogurt pretzels and a popsicle.
i'm a bad man.

half of a chocolate bar. not gonna kill me.

had some cake that someone brought into work today.
and some yogurt covered pretzels.

grape popsicle thing, and half of an old abba zabba. couldn't bear to throw it out. stickiest thing i ever put in my mouth! (twss)

phew - ice cream is all gone.
1 bag of animal cookies and i'll be all out of snacks.

more ice cream the last few days.
this has to stop. soon.
or not. sure is tasty.

ice cream and angel food cake

sorry i haven't been keeping up with the blog.
been kinda lazy lately.

minor snacking all week - m&ms, a bit of ice cream. nothing crazy tho.

it fell to me to finish the birthday cake.

and the leftover muffins.

and the leftover cupcakes from work.

i'll run extra hard on sunday to make up for it i guess.

birthday cake and homemade ice cream soon.
weight gain just after that.

ice cream(lowfat) with chocolate sauce(full strength)

two words. animal cookies.
omg these things are like crack.

low fat vanilla ice cream with strawberries.
that's right - low fat.
barely even counts, right?

a big bag of m&ms showed up at the house.
they finally got opened.
trouble...

someone brought home leftover brownies.
i found them.
'nuff said.

had brownies and ice cream after the birthday lunch for becky and jacque today. yummy.

ice cream sundae at McDs on saturday
home-made ice cream on sunday - very tasty!

slurpee on sunday as well. full cherry.

peanuts and a popsicle

last night was pudding night again

someone forced chocolate on me again last night. thanks!

cookies and donuts and muffins and stuff at work today - couldn't resist.

somebody opened a chocolate bar. at least some it didn't get eaten...yet

popsicle

saltines with peanut butter - yum!

late-night peanut frenzy. trying to get deep in 2 poker tournaments here.

swirly for-yo from costco. my reward for going shopping.

got home from yosemite and there was a wonderful apple pie in the oven.
can't pass that up!

ice cream yesterday
ice cream today
no ice cream tomorrow - it's all gone :(

had a zone bar today, expecting to skip lunch.
then i had a big burrito for lunch anyway.
and some chips
and 2 brownie bite things
and a stick of gum

i'm a bad bad man.

some catching up to do - was afk for a few days.
surprisingly - not much snacking in vegas. had some scooby snacks in the car,
and some crackers at aunt charlotte's house.

fathers' day cake and ice cream was a big-calorie surprise 2 nights in a row. that made up for all the weight i lost on the vegas trip. was worth it though - delicious

had some cookies at lunch today, and a popsicle and some peanuts at night.
after i brushed my teeth. that trick is not working anymore.

somebody made banana bread.
it got eated up good.

coldstone ice cream - chocolate peanut butter with nilla wafers

frozen fruit bar and some peanuts

frozen fruit bar - welcome home!

ice cream
and ice cream

had some rocky road ice cream last night.
i earned it with a 7.8 mile run in the morning though.

frozen fruit bar - yum

peanuts

a couple of squares of dark chocolate from TJs

birthday cake for jeff landeck - yummy!
also had a couple of caramels, and might have another fruit bar later.

fruit bar - only 90 calories and very tasty, so not so bad i guess.

just had some dark chocolate from trader joes
and some peanuts

someone brought home some caramels
and there always seems to be pudding available
and why can't i stop eating these damn peanuts???

more strawberries and a muffin

lupe brought in cookies and brownies today - yum!
didn't make it to the free ice cream though :(

found some mini reese's peanut butter cups and ate them.
then it was frozen yogurt while waiting for hair to be done.

more pudding
and i found the scooby snacks !

chocolate pudding! (nonfat milk, so not too bad, right?)

now that easter candy and birthday cake are gone, i've been doing alright with the snacks. had some peanuts and some apricots, and a few ruffles (mmm...ridges...) but nothing excessive.

cake and ice cream are gone
phew now we start over
no major damage done - same weight ish since i started, but no progress yet

birthday cake and ice cream today
and more birthday cake, and more ice cream
and a cupcake
and another cupcake
yikes

still on the m&m train. had to get some more ice cream to go with the extra strawberries too.

almost done with the crazy snacking tho. i can feel my waistline expanding...

ice cream again tonight. and a zone bar at lunch.

ice cream and strawberries tonight
it was light ice cream

had a zone bar thursday, and a handful of m&ms friday - easter candy is almost over- yay!

help - i can't stop eating these peanuts!!!

easter candy is almost gone - phew

just a quick update - easter candy mania is still i full swing. total weight gained since last week is only ~3lbs so far...

more easter candy - this time it was starburst jellybeans and those little foil-wrapped chocolate eggs.

then a wonderful crostatta (sp?) made by my wonderful wife

and a quarter of one of those delicious chocolate/caramel covered apples from costco

about to dive into some easter candy - a reese's peanut butter egg to be exact.

i hear jesus died for our right to eat candy, so thanks buddy! i owe you one.

cheesecake factory - godiva chocolate cheesecake, with vanilla ice cream. good stuff.

4 girl scout cookies last night. thankfully someone finished them off so i can't have any more.

had an apple and a zone bar at about 10am today.

last night has part of a chocolate covered caramel apple thing. it was crazy good. i'm havinga waking dream about it right now.

ice cream at 9pm.
that's 4 days in a row. yikes.

ice cream social at work this afternoon.
guess i need more exercise to work it off.
maybe tomorrow.

girl scout cookie thin mint ice cream - yum

graham crackers @ 2pm

finished the ice cream after dinner

more girl scout cookies last night

finished the vanilla ice cream

girl scout cookies in the morning. tagalongs.

zone bar @2pm

had a yogurt, apple and sandwich for lunch.
cake and ice cream for dinner.

some of that probably counts as a snack.

cake and ice cream last night - yum!

Tour of Italy at olive garden at lunch today, plus girl scout cookies and ice cream later. might skip dinner to make up for it.

free famous amos cookies from the subaru dealer. totally not worth the drive, but i'll take it.

yogurt and a zone bar at 11am. lunch isn't until 2pm and i'm hungry now!

had a banana at about 2pm for a snack.
Ilaria had a couple of bites, but not much.

ice cream after dinner (it was "light") :lol:

yogurt and a zone bar at 9:30am. got me through until lunch at 2pm.

chocolate pudding at about 9pm.

nerds nerds nerds nerds

gave blood yesterday and am feeling like i need something to get me through til lunchtime. zone bar should do the trick.

had an apple today in the afternoon to tide me over until dinner.
after dinner i had a chocolate mint square thing - tasty

Ditto (or didd0) ice cream is gone :(

more ice cream after dinner

had an apple and a zone bar this afternoon.

ice cream as a late-night snack after work.

more cookies today. i took a bunch of them over to Lee and Jessica's house and left them there where they can do me no more damage. they really are irresistibly delicious.

didn't get to post yesterday, but after dinner it was monster cookie time and then i finished the lasagna so i wouldn't have to put it away in the fridge.

had some m&ms to tide me over until lunchtime.

had a zone bar after my lunch today, and some m&ms later in the evening. gotta finish up that bag of m&ms by sunday night!

Smoothie in the afternoon on our walk to the pet store.

1 square of dark chocolate and some M&Ms after dinner tonight.

delicious chocolate cake with ice cream for a multi-birthday celebration. my birthday was a few weeks ago, but that didn't stop me from enjoying a tasty treat!

Trader Joe's dark chocolate with almonds. the last of the xmas candy.

most of a dark chocolate bar from xmas @ 10pm. it lasted almost a month until i broke into it - that's a record for sure.

sweet&salty peanut bar thingy. that's all for today - i have no more food in my desk.

Up in Mammoth on a snowboard trip. The cabin we are in had cookies for us, so of course they had to be sampled, then wolfed down. Yum.

dark chocolate zone bar. not sure if i'll have lunch today, so that might be it.

Doing ok on the snacking so far, but now it seems like i'm compensating by eating more at regular meals. Plus I need to get some exercise. Hopefully when the rain stops I'll get out for a ride or something.

busted open the bag of M&Ms. there was football on, so we had to.
then some leftover birthday cake appeared and we had to have some of that too.
i guess we're skipping dinner.

forgot to blog yesterday, but i had a zone energy bar thing after lunch.
and tonight was a skinny cow ice cream sandwich - yum

strawberry yogurt - yum

sweet&salty nut bar, and some xmas licorice. time to stop with the snacks for today.

Trader Joe's dark chocolate bar. should tide me over until lunchtime.

dark chocolate zone bar. gotta do it.

more cake, as instructed by my wife, who would like to eat it all, but would then complain about it.

already hungry at work. yesterday my coworkers gave me a birthday card and a chocolate bar. i'm going to eat one of them right now. try to guess which one...

birthday continues

chocolate cake and chocolate chip ice cream--tasty

Morning snack - Chocolate Peanut Butter Zone bar. Should get me to lunchtime.

My wonderful wife made a birthday cake, chocolate with chocolate frosting with crushed up thin mint chocolate cookies in it. We decided to have some a day early because it looked so tasty. Of course there was ice cream involved as well. Off to a great start!

So tomorrow is my birthday. I'll be 41 years old. It reminded my of that commercial for some home gym thing where the guy says 'I'm 41 years old and I'm in the best shape of my life.' Well that's not me...yet. I'm not really too out of shape, overweight or anything; just not where I want to be. By this time next year I plan to say that and have it be the truth. And I might be running a marathon next December, so there's that too.

There are plenty of reasons why I'm not in the best shape. The most obvious one is constant snacking and this blog will help me with that. Every time I snack you will hear about it. Hopefully there will be decreases in the frequency and severity of my snacking.

If I feel like it you might hear about other things too, but for now it's mostly about the food.