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20/20 LifeStyle

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Gabe

I can’t believe its been 14 weeks and I haven’t written about this yet.

I’ve been doing the 20/20 Lifestyle program from the ProClub.

I’ve lost 19 lbs, dropped my cholesterol from 241 to 141, dropped my triglycerides from 1491 to 92, stopped taking my blood pressure meds and my BP is 110/70 (+-10), and stopped taking Niaspan.

I’ve learned a ton about what to eat. I’ve been exercising 3-5 times a week.

Amazingly I did this even with the birth of Julia. My wife has been an incredible supporter/motivator.

Now I want to loose a little more weight and then maintain for a very long time.

High Point Cafe

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Gabe

Pancake, eggs over hard, bacon and a side of rye toast.

Eggs were decent. Nice touch with the parsley on top, cut into small enough pieces to eat instead of just look at.

Bacon was well done, which I like (crispy) but rather thick so it was almost too hard.

Pancake was HUGE and rather thick. Looked like a wheat pancake. I’m not partial to real maple syrup, but I’m sure I would get laughed at if I asked for fake syrup.

Toast was ok, no butter which seemed odd. The jam/jelly was wonderful! Probably raspberry, but it could have been strawberry.

Wild Ginger

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Gabe

I tried to have Manderin Chicken, but they were out. So I ordered Angkor Wok Chicken.

We had some satay beef, I thought it was pretty bad/lame. Wife liked it though.

The chicken (Angkor) was good, really reminded me of a dish (I can’t remember which one) I’ve had a few times at Siam Spicy in Michigan (Siam Spicy I is on Woodward in Royal, MI. Siam Spicy II is on Northwestern Hwy in Farmington Hills, MI).

Caffeine Free Ice Tea

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Gabe

I love Ice Tea!

To bad my doctor told me not to have caffeine (because of my high blood pressure). Nor am I able to find any Caffeine free ice tea.

I looked at www.lipton.com and Arizona Ice Tea which are 2 very good Ice Tea companies and they both have caffeine in them.

They sell caffeine free coke and pepsi, why not caffeine free ice tea??

Spice-a-holic

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Gabe

I think I’m a “Spice-a-holic”.

I like spicy food. I put hot (not super hot) spices on a lot of my food. My wonderful wife makes awesome meals, usually with a fair amount of spice (she doesn’t like as much hot spice as I do so she makes it a little mild for what I would consider “spicy”, but its still gostosa). I put crushed red pepper on my salad. Just about every meal includes hot spicy except for breakfast which I rarely eat anyways.

Eating Healthy

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Gabe

After buying my lunch and heading back to my desk, the guy who checks everyone’s ID (before you enter the elevator, required here at the Ren Cen) said “that is a healthy lunch”. I had a salad and a banana (and no pop/soda).

The doctor told me I need to eat salad because the fast food options I have here at work are probably too fatty. I went to see the specialist (doctor) because my triglycerides were 1800 while fasting for 8 hrs and 1300 after fasting for 12 hrs.

My wonderful wife cooks amazing food (always takes great!) and I doubt that is the problem. I rarely eat much for breakfast, usually a ceral bar and some juice. I truely believe there is another cause which the doctor seemed unable to determine.

He also suggested exercise, which I’m trying to get. Before I had volleyball on Wednesdays, and now we have softball on Mondays. But he said it was the wrong kind of exercise, I need to stay active for 15-20 minuts straight like running/swimming, not stop and go sports. Unfortunately I don’t have lots of extra energy to do things like that, which is ironic because triglycerides (I think) are energy the body hasn’t converted. It seems like a circle!

Maybe DDR is the answer!

Lunch

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Gabe

I must say I am rather hooked/impressed with the Greek Gyro place here at the Ren Cen Food Court. I’ve had both the beef and chicken Gyro and they are excellent. The meat is seasoned, the sauce is good, the onions are fresh as is the bread. The tomatoes are fine, but nothing special.

However, I have yet to have “great” fries. Today’s we rather undercooked. Seems most “fast food” places are like that to get you your food quicker. I admit I probably like my fries more well done that most, but its fairly obvious that most of the time the fries are under cooked when they are almost white (instead of golden).

My previous favorite: “The Great Steak & Potatoe Company” is closed for remodeling. They had the WORST fries I’ve ever had in my life. But the steak sandwich/sub was pretty darn good.

My step-brother keeps asking me if I’ve gone out to eat while downtown. Unfortunately I’ve gone only once, to Hallas’ Cafe in Greektown. My project requires all of my time so I don’t have the oppertunity to go out. I usually eat at my desk. I am also one of the fastest eaters I know (I can eat a Hungry Howies medium pizza in 7 minutes). Even so, the project has high demands so I probably won’t be going out anytime soon.