We have a guest blogger today, our friend Kevin:
Jeff and Jim asked me to post one of my weekly roster scorecards and tell you about my week. You should be able to click on the image above to make it larger. Well, here is how it went, starting from the top. Exercise: I can usually get to the gym on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays because my wife picks up my son on those days. I blew it on Monday, but I went for a hike on Saturday and I slipped in that special Sunday exercise. So I got 4 exercises in for 8 points plus the ten point bonus (for getting at least 3, but not all 6) equals 18 on that one. Fruit: Oh yeah! Every day of the week, baby. That is 12 points plus the 10 point bonus (for getting all 6 days) is a clean 22. Actually, between fruit on my cereal and at mid-morning snacks, this challenge may have been a little too easy for me (I eat a lot of fruit). I’ll probably pick a different challenge next week. Vegetables and also the Water challenge: Both of these challenges went the same for me this week and I learned a good lesson. I blew both of them on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday, I got smart and took a bag of vegetables and a Nalgene (1 liter bottle) full of water with me to work and took some throughout the day. I did this the rest of the work week. The habit made this much easier. Getting out of that routine I think is what caused me to lose it on Saturday. But I got three days of points in, so that is 6 plus the 5 point bonus, for an 11 in each category.
Portion sizes. Oh man, this is my downfall. But I paid attention and did pretty good for me this week. On Wednesday, I went out for lunch with my work buddies and ate like a pig. On Saturday, I went out for dinner and (between the bread basket, the appetizer, the pasta, and the dessert) couldn’t consider it an adequate portion size! I have a harder time keeping control at restaurants, the rest of the week I rocked. 8 points plus the bonus is 13. Caffeine: I had to have a lot of discipline on a few days but I was able to keep it to 0-2 cups each day and scored a 22 in this category.
The “Other” category. Jim’s sit ups inspired me to create a sit up challenge for myself this week. I shot for 100 per day. I managed to do that for 4 of the days. I missed it on Thursday because I watched two hours of Lost. I missed it on Friday because I was too exhausted from the week and couldn’t make it happen. I bounced back and got them on Saturday though. 8+5 for bonus is 13. Add it all up and I got a 110. If this were football season, a 110 would probably get me the win against my fantasy football opponent, but maybe not depending on their score. I’ve learned some things this week that will pump up my score, and by the time the new season starts, I’m going to be ready. I’m going to beat Jeff and Jim at their own game!
Jim’s note: get YOUR scorecard here.
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