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(Lyrics)
Gargantuar to Psychotron
Gargantuar to Psychotron
Remove your tennis shoes, and turn that camera on.
Gargantuar to Psychotron
The scale's at zero, so step on
Check the number and record it on the blog....
This is Gargantuar to Psychotron
You've really done it now
With a competition you know you can't win
I'll beat you so bad it should be a sin
This is Psychotron to Gargantuar
You've talked a lot of trash
But when all is said and done, you're gonna lose
And no one wants to hear your lame boo hoo's
For here....am I eating lots of salad
And tons of pineapple
Vegetables and fruits, oh they'll be the end of you
Though we've tried a hundred times before
This diet's gonna stick
We're gonna get in shape, I have no doubt
Cause family and friends are helping out
Gargantuar to Psychotron
The results are in, I'm twenty down
Did you hear me Psychotron?
What did you score Psychotron?
Did you hear me Psychotron?
So you won, a fifty dollar gift card
Good, great, nicely done
My congrats to you,
But you're going down month two...
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Showing posts with label fun stuff. Show all posts
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Two Hundred Calories
I've mentioned this to a couple of you, but it's a cool little website, and this is a good place to link it. This website shows you how much of a particular type of food equals 200 calories. It has pictures, as well as the number of grams. A lot of the stuff makes sense when you think about it, but it's a good reminder as to how much better for you fruits and vegetables really are. An example:
200 Calories
Broccoli - 588 grams
Cheddar cheese - 51 grams
One thing I'd like to note, though, is that mixed nuts are at the bottom, and are one of the most calorie-dense items you can find. The general thinking that people have is that nuts are good for you, and there are definitely good things that come from eating nuts (teehee). But when you're watching your calories, nuts can run up the score pretty quickly.
200 Calories
Broccoli - 588 grams
Cheddar cheese - 51 grams
One thing I'd like to note, though, is that mixed nuts are at the bottom, and are one of the most calorie-dense items you can find. The general thinking that people have is that nuts are good for you, and there are definitely good things that come from eating nuts (teehee). But when you're watching your calories, nuts can run up the score pretty quickly.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Psychotron - Daily Diary 3
So it took me some time to get the data together, and I'm sure it's incomplete/inaccurate here or there, but I've done the best I can to accumulate the data on everything I ate while I was on vacation from the 13th to the 20th. I'm not going to outline my activities each day, since they were all pretty much the same: walk for miles around the parks. I went swimming one day, and didn't go to the parks one other day.
If you're interested in how my trip actually went, you can check out my personal blog. Though, I only really talk about the things that were different on this year's trip from previous Disney trips. If you want the whole low down, you probably want to check out my history of posts on the subject.
The week's results are below:
1/13/11
Calories: 2,593
This was a travel day, which often finds me snacking on stuff I shouldn't be having. I did alright overall, considering the circumstances. I was in a seat on a train basically straight through from 4:00 PM until the next morning. So, not a lot in the way of "exercise." (I put it in quotes to confuse you).
1/14/11
Calories: 2,607
Also kind of a travel day, and then our first day in Disney World. I did well at lunch, electing to get a chicken sandwich, but I regressed at dinner with a couple slices of pizza. As they say, when in Rome...
1/15/11
Calories: 3,127
Bad day. And you know, I knew it was going to be a pretty bad day going in, but I didn't do a very good job of psyching myself up to eat well. We went to a Moroccan restaurant at Epcot, and it was good, but too much. The real problem, though, was us stopping for food later in the day at the Magic Kingdom. I knew I wasn't hungry, but I got chicken nuggets and fries anyways. I am glad that this was my only day this bad, though.
1/16/11
Calories: 2,249
For having gone out to dinner at a fancy restaurant, I'm pretty glad at how the calorie count shaped up. I ordered fish (with a potato shell, but still, fish), and got my only "dessert" of the trip: a pumpkin martini with Bailey's. It was good. Very pumpky.
1/17/11
Calories: 2,520
While the calorie count was near my daily goal of 2,500, the actual quality of food I had on this day was miserable. Eggs, bacon, toast, chips, dip, pretzels, wine. It was 2,500 awful calories.
1/18/11
Calories: 2,490
What's amazing/awesome is that I was absolutely bonkers for the food I ate this day. We went to the Yak and Yeti restaurant at Animal Kingdom, which might be my favorite restaurant in the world, I ordered food I wanted (beef & broccoli), and didn't slow myself down at all. And I came in 30 calories under the previous day. I'd say this day was a great lesson in how important it is to eat well, not just for calories, but for how you feel afterward.
1/19/11
Calories: 2,596
Another travel day, another instance of eating stuff I probably shouldn't eat, like chips and cookies. I also tried a couple of wines, a blush and a Merlot. The blush was fine, the Merlot was terrible.
1/20/11
Calories: 2,080
A nice return to my house, and to the controlled products I've got. No free blueberry muffins to tempt me, and all the 40-calorie hot dogs you can eat.
Analysis
I took two things away from this trip:
First, as I said, I really want to focus on eating better food. I gave away some leftover pretzels and Goldfish I had in the house that were a constant source of temptation, and I'm putting together a shopping list that includes a lot of meals and full-flavor, non-snacky kind of stuff.
Second, I really hope to incorporate more activity in my strategy here. I'm hoping this cold I've had since before New Year's will finally subside soon, so I can get back to playing some Rock Band, lifting some weights, and whatever other exercises I can do in the cold weather. The warm weather in Florida let me do some walking without being worried of aggravating my cold, so that was good.
I'd also like to extend a preliminary invitation for when the weather improves for some tennis or basketball. I've got courts of both near my house, but I'm willing to travel some if needed. Exercising is always more fun with friends.
See y'all soon.
If you're interested in how my trip actually went, you can check out my personal blog. Though, I only really talk about the things that were different on this year's trip from previous Disney trips. If you want the whole low down, you probably want to check out my history of posts on the subject.
The week's results are below:
1/13/11
Calories: 2,593
This was a travel day, which often finds me snacking on stuff I shouldn't be having. I did alright overall, considering the circumstances. I was in a seat on a train basically straight through from 4:00 PM until the next morning. So, not a lot in the way of "exercise." (I put it in quotes to confuse you).
1/14/11
Calories: 2,607
Also kind of a travel day, and then our first day in Disney World. I did well at lunch, electing to get a chicken sandwich, but I regressed at dinner with a couple slices of pizza. As they say, when in Rome...
1/15/11
Calories: 3,127
Bad day. And you know, I knew it was going to be a pretty bad day going in, but I didn't do a very good job of psyching myself up to eat well. We went to a Moroccan restaurant at Epcot, and it was good, but too much. The real problem, though, was us stopping for food later in the day at the Magic Kingdom. I knew I wasn't hungry, but I got chicken nuggets and fries anyways. I am glad that this was my only day this bad, though.
1/16/11
Calories: 2,249
For having gone out to dinner at a fancy restaurant, I'm pretty glad at how the calorie count shaped up. I ordered fish (with a potato shell, but still, fish), and got my only "dessert" of the trip: a pumpkin martini with Bailey's. It was good. Very pumpky.
1/17/11
Calories: 2,520
While the calorie count was near my daily goal of 2,500, the actual quality of food I had on this day was miserable. Eggs, bacon, toast, chips, dip, pretzels, wine. It was 2,500 awful calories.
1/18/11
Calories: 2,490
What's amazing/awesome is that I was absolutely bonkers for the food I ate this day. We went to the Yak and Yeti restaurant at Animal Kingdom, which might be my favorite restaurant in the world, I ordered food I wanted (beef & broccoli), and didn't slow myself down at all. And I came in 30 calories under the previous day. I'd say this day was a great lesson in how important it is to eat well, not just for calories, but for how you feel afterward.
1/19/11
Calories: 2,596
Another travel day, another instance of eating stuff I probably shouldn't eat, like chips and cookies. I also tried a couple of wines, a blush and a Merlot. The blush was fine, the Merlot was terrible.
1/20/11
Calories: 2,080
A nice return to my house, and to the controlled products I've got. No free blueberry muffins to tempt me, and all the 40-calorie hot dogs you can eat.
Analysis
I took two things away from this trip:
First, as I said, I really want to focus on eating better food. I gave away some leftover pretzels and Goldfish I had in the house that were a constant source of temptation, and I'm putting together a shopping list that includes a lot of meals and full-flavor, non-snacky kind of stuff.
Second, I really hope to incorporate more activity in my strategy here. I'm hoping this cold I've had since before New Year's will finally subside soon, so I can get back to playing some Rock Band, lifting some weights, and whatever other exercises I can do in the cold weather. The warm weather in Florida let me do some walking without being worried of aggravating my cold, so that was good.
I'd also like to extend a preliminary invitation for when the weather improves for some tennis or basketball. I've got courts of both near my house, but I'm willing to travel some if needed. Exercising is always more fun with friends.
See y'all soon.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Welcome to The Heavy Weight Fight
My name is Nick "Gargantuar" Engle. If you are visting this site, you either
a) Want to lose weight
b) Laugh at others who are trying to and failing
c) Love Mega Death or Plants vs Zombies
d) Are related to Joe "Psychotron" Mattingly, or myself
This blog is dedicatated to the weight loss competititon between two "Jolly" fellas looking to lose weight in an effort to get laid...or get healthy...whatever. For 6 months we will diet, workout and basically sacrifice anything good to try to win the glorious prizes. The prizes are being donated by our friends and family to be split up into 6 rounds. After the initial weigh in, each month we will weigh ourselves by the "Battle Marshal" Eddie Mattingly (see image below) and the big guy who lost the most weight (by body weight %) wins that round of prizes.
It's All in the Name
Come on. My name is Gargantuar. I'm one of the toughest zombies to kill in the game "Plants vs Zombies." Psychotron? What kind of weaksauce name is that? Oooo look at me, I'm a song by a band nobody cares about. And if you were a real Psychotron, you are probably crazy and just as likely to hurt yourself as try to compete.
So bring it on Psychotron. I look forward to your demise.
a) Want to lose weight
b) Laugh at others who are trying to and failing
c) Love Mega Death or Plants vs Zombies
d) Are related to Joe "Psychotron" Mattingly, or myself
This blog is dedicatated to the weight loss competititon between two "Jolly" fellas looking to lose weight in an effort to get laid...or get healthy...whatever. For 6 months we will diet, workout and basically sacrifice anything good to try to win the glorious prizes. The prizes are being donated by our friends and family to be split up into 6 rounds. After the initial weigh in, each month we will weigh ourselves by the "Battle Marshal" Eddie Mattingly (see image below) and the big guy who lost the most weight (by body weight %) wins that round of prizes.
The prizes are as of yet undetermined but we have had some great offers of video games/consoles, sporting event tickets and other such prizes. The official weigh in is being held tonight, Friday January 7th. Both Psychotron and myself will be updating this blog regularly with our take on the action and updates about our personal goals and how we went about achieving them.
In case anyone is making bets...I am going to win. It's not even going to be close. I have one concrete reason why:
It's All in the Name
Come on. My name is Gargantuar. I'm one of the toughest zombies to kill in the game "Plants vs Zombies." Psychotron? What kind of weaksauce name is that? Oooo look at me, I'm a song by a band nobody cares about. And if you were a real Psychotron, you are probably crazy and just as likely to hurt yourself as try to compete.
So bring it on Psychotron. I look forward to your demise.
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