So, as I mentioned in my last blog, I am in a weight loss prop bet. I am supposed to be down to 150 before June 1....Well I am down to 153 as of right now so this is looking like a bet that I am going to win. A lot of my friends and family can not believe the weight that I have been able to drop in just 4 weeks of time (22 lbs to be exact). I personally can not believe the results that I have achieved, however it has not come easy....

I always figured losing weight while balancing poker would be impossible, but I finally found a way to do both...Here's what I do on a daily basis and when I say daily..I mean EVERYDAY

Afternoon (lets not kid ourselves, I normally wake up around noon if not later)

I start off by eating my breakfast/lunch. I have been basically sticking to 3 "meals." 1) Bowl of Healthy Choice Soup (Garden Vegetable is my favorite) and a Mini whole wheat bagel. 2) Healthy Choice Chicken on a Mini whole wheat bagel with a small side salad (with no fat dressing of course ). 3) Bowl of Special K cereal with a banana--this is my favorite.

After lunch, I get a mini workout in...1) 100 push ups, 2) 200 ab crunches, 3) 5 minutes on the Ab Circle (it actually works), and 4) Slendertone Ab workout.

After lunch, I normally will play poker for awhile and/or run errands if I have any.

For dinner, I eat a Lean Cuisine. I know a lot of you probably think that these meals are awful tasting and blah blah blah. They are actually pretty good, you just have to find the right ones. I am a big fan of the Chicken Tuscan Pasta with Mixed Vegetables (290 calories) and the Meatloaf and Whipped Potatoes (260 calories). There are a couple others, but you guys get the hint.

I try and keep both meals under 750 calories. For a desert/snack, I will eat some grapes or a banana.

After dinner, I normally will play poker or run errands again and then around 10 o'clock, I hit the hard stuff. I do 30-45 minutes of the tredclimber machine that I bought and then do some minor lifting for 15-20 minutes. The treadclimber is amazing, it burns 2X the amount of calories as a treadmill only going half the speed. I normally burn 500 calories during my cardio workout.. My weight lifting consists of basic chest presses, shoulder raises, bicep curls, etc etc.

After the weights, I hit the abs for another 5-10 minutes and then I am done for the day. Obviously, this is not the type of workout/meal routine a personal trainer would suggests but it works for me and that's what matters.

I mentioned I have been playing poker and I actually have been putting in a good amount of hands. Poker seems like a roller coaster ride of late, I am up and then I get down and then I squeeze out a small win. When I run like this, I am convinced there are leaks in my game so I move down stakes and play more basic poker. So I have been mixing some 1-2 NL in with my normal 2-4, 3-6, and 5-10 games too figure out what in the world I am doing wrong. I hope to get the leaks worked out before Vegas which is only 17 days away!! These 17 days are going to go by real fast I think because I leave for Detroit on Friday with the hockey team I coach and don't get back till Monday the 17th...then Vegas is 11 days out, SCARY.

Well that is all for now, talk to you later.

Drama out