Dylan's Diary

[MrTank]

Just wanted to make my own diary thread so that I can update and document in full of my healthy lifestyle journey. I'll definitely be glad if some of you guys follow along as I will update this thread everyday.

Currently, I weigh 359 pounds as we speak, but a few days ago I was 362 pounds because I'm already 4 days into my healthy eating habits. As mentioned previously, I will update this thread daily as much as I can. My ultimate goal weight is 250 pounds, as I firmly believe I will make it there some day with hard work and patience.

Any advice and suggestions along the way are completely fine with me!

 

[Cate]

Hi, Dylan & welcome to the forum. I like that you are determined to succeed. That will hold you in good stead! What are your plans?

 

[Llama]

My ultimate goal weight is 250 pounds, as I firmly believe I will make it there some day with hard work and patience.

Any advice and suggestions along the way are completely fine with me!

Hard work, but mainly patience and a willingness to analyze your process and change things when you're stuck (most of us get stuck sometimes) can get you there. Looking forward to watching you find your way there.

 

[alligatorob]

Hey Dylan, starting your diary was a good thing to do, look forward to seeing your progress.

I believe LaMa is right when she says "mainly patience" is a key. No matter what diet you are on weight loss takes time, food on the other hand immediate gratification. Its a hard thing to balance.

Best of luck!

 

[PLB]

Welcome to the forum, looking forward to your updates!

 

[Trusylver]

Welcome to the forum

 

[MrTank]

Hi everyone.

Been very busy with work and college, but I haven't given up on my healthy eating. I currently weight 357 pounds which I lost 5 pounds in the course of 2 weeks. I plan on trying to update my diary as much as I can given the limited amount of free time I have because I'm always working and in college.

Thank you very much to everyone who has commented and is following my journey. It makes me feel less alone on the journey, and hopefully I can reach my goal of 250 pounds with hard work and dedication to my new lifestyle.

Again, thanks for everyone who has commented and is interested in my journey. It really means a lot to me.

Regards!

 

[MrTank]

Hi, Dylan & welcome to the forum. I like that you are determined to succeed. That will hold you in good stead! What are your plans?

My plan is to reach the goal of 250 pounds, but I am not planning on giving up there. I plan on sustaining a healthier lifestyle for not only weight loss, but to escape the possibilities such as heart problems, cancer, diabetes, and many other bad conditions relating to being obese. Not only do I want to lose the weight and have more healthier lifestyle, I'm coming to the point where I'm going to start having problems when I'm an old man if I don't change my habits now.

Hard work, but mainly patience and a willingness to analyze your process and change things when you're stuck (most of us get stuck sometimes) can get you there. Looking forward to watching you find your way there.

I'm looking forward to it everyday as I'm confident I can do this. After many failed attempts of crash dieting by giving up and going back to old habits, I believe this is the final time I'm doing this, and I'm doing it the right way. I want to change, and I know I can. Thank you very much for the response!

Hey Dylan, starting your diary was a good thing to do, look forward to seeing your progress.

I believe LaMa is right when she says "mainly patience" is a key. No matter what diet you are on weight loss takes time, food on the other hand immediate gratification. Its a hard thing to balance.

Best of luck!

Thank you very much!

Yeah I know. Nothing happens overnight, and your body likes to change slowly. During this phase of my life, my body has a lot to learn with adapting to this new lifestyle, as I'm done eating junk food religiously. I'm going to start taking care of not only myself, but my future for a longer and better life for wonderful years to come. We are not on this earth for very long, so mise well make the very best of it.

Welcome to the forum, looking forward to your updates!

Thank you very much!

Apologies for the slow start on things, but I'm going to be updating my diary more frequently as I try to find time with a very busy work and school schedule.

Welcome to the forum

Thank you for the warm welcomes @Trusylver and thank you for the response!

 

[Llama]

5 Pounds in 2 weeks is great work, especially when you´re so busy!

 

[myleanbaby]

Welcome! I definitely empathize with the struggle of balancing work, school, and making healthy lifestyle choices. Looking forward to following your journey!

 

[MrTank]

6/17/2019:

Today I walked the dog for about a few hours which resulted in a few miles maybe 3 at the most which was a great workout considering my size, and I was in the shop welding for most of the day. If you haven't welded before, it's definitely hot and you get really sweaty so I definitely had some sweat going on today in class.

Breakfast:
Oats w/ Banana Slice and tiny scoop of Penut butter.
Unsweetened iced tea

Lunch:
Beef Jerky
2 Slices of veggie pizza
Water

Dinner:
South West Grilled Chicken Salad
Unsweetened Iced Tea
Whey Protein

Little more on the "Carb" side today, but I will definitely increase my walking tomorrow by a few more miles. My goal is to lose at least 2 pounds every week.

Also, I've decided to weigh myself at the end of the week, instead of checking my weight everyday and spamming my diary thread with numbers.

 

[Llama]

Well done on the walking! Don't increase your daily distance too quickly or you may have trouble with your legs/feet.

 

[Cate]

Weighing once a week, every week is a good idea. Well done on the extra walk!

 

[MrTank]

6/18/19:

Had a pretty late start on my day today, as I couldn't really sleep well for some reason last night, so I ended up waking up at 11:00am. Today, I did a 6 mile walk which was a great work out, and very sore now but still feel good after it, dogs loved the walk as well! Also did some work around the house, and it was pretty hot out so I was definitely getting some sun and some sweat which is good.

Breakfast:
Banana
Water

Lunch:
Chicken Salad
2 Pineapple Chucks
2 Cantaloupe Chunks
Whey Protein
Apple
Water

Dinner:
Oats w/ Banana slices & Penut Butter
Whey Protein
Water

If anyone could list some great protein foods, I would gladly appreciate it. I feel as if I'm lacking protein in my diet a lot, so I would like to step up the protein intake a lot more.

 

[gabbylifts]

6/18/19:
If anyone could list some great protein foods, I would gladly appreciate it. I feel as if I'm lacking protein in my diet a lot, so I would like to step up the protein intake a lot more.

Hi Dylan! I'm new here myself and have just been cruising the forums and reading other people's diary's and just say your request for protein suggestions! Here are some of my favorites:

Obviously chicken!
Leaner cuts of beef
Fish like salmon/tuna/shrimp
Lean lunch meat like turkey
Whole eggs/egg whites
Greek yogurt (has much more protein than regular)

You can also add more protein by adding in more beans and legumes as well as higher fiber and high protein vegetables. This way you can get more protein and feel more "full" without having to add a ton more calories.

Black beans
Lentils
Quinoa
Broccoli
Spinach
Asparagus
Brussel Sprouts
Sweet Potatoes

I don't know how much time or interest you have in cooking but a lot of these things come microwave accessible and can be whipped up in just a few minutes! Also for taste I love adding small amounts of things like ghee (this is clarified butter and lower cal), low cal/sugar bbq sauce, lemon juice, seasoned rice vinegar, mustard, hummus, raw honey, etc etc!

 

[MrTank]

Hi Dylan! I'm new here myself and have just been cruising the forums and reading other people's diary's and just say your request for protein suggestions! Here are some of my favorites:

Obviously chicken!
Leaner cuts of beef
Fish like salmon/tuna/shrimp
Lean lunch meat like turkey
Whole eggs/egg whites
Greek yogurt (has much more protein than regular)

You can also add more protein by adding in more beans and legumes as well as higher fiber and high protein vegetables. This way you can get more protein and feel more "full" without having to add a ton more calories.

Black beans
Lentils
Quinoa
Broccoli
Spinach
Asparagus
Brussel Sprouts
Sweet Potatoes

I don't know how much time or interest you have in cooking but a lot of these things come microwave accessible and can be whipped up in just a few minutes! Also for taste I love adding small amounts of things like ghee (this is clarified butter and lower cal), low cal/sugar bbq sauce, lemon juice, seasoned rice vinegar, mustard, hummus, raw honey, etc etc!

Thank you for this information!

 

[MrTank]

For the sake of easily finding my weight and food eaten along my journey... Food will be listed green, and Weight will be listed red for some people who come across my diary trying to see my progress throughout my journey to make things easier while navigating this thread. This way, in case a lot of comments build up on this thread, those who just want to see my progress and not read everything in this thread can easily see the numbers.

Due to the fact I can no longer edit my previous posts (which is a big bummer) I can't change it. So for now on, hopefully this will make viewing the statistics a lot more easier.

 

[Trusylver]

I can no longer edit my previous posts (which is a big bummer)

Editing is turned of to stop spammer from posting a heap of posts then coming back to add the spam to the posts later, I know it can be a pain at times but it does make it easier to keep the forum as spam free as possible. If you make a big error, report your own post and explain why so a mod can either delete the offending part of the post or the whole post so you can start again.

 

[Cate]

I'm one who reads the comments thoroughly but skims over the stats.
Continue on with your diary from now on in the way that it suits you& we will work it out. I change things about regularly. I don't think it matters so long as you are happy with your diary. Just keeping one is a good idea for your own motivation

 

[MrTank]

6/19/19

Today was a rainy day so I decided to take a rest day today, and I don't have a gym membership yet, but I had class so I was working in the shop for the most part. It's going to be a very boring and bland these coming days because my job doesn't call me for work in the rain, because I work outside with equipment, so I'm going to have to figure out some home work outs or something. Not really a fan of working out when people are at the house because I'm more independent with things, but I'll have to find something to do. Suggestions are completely okay!

Breakfast:
Oats w/ a scoop of peanut butter, dash of salt
Water
Whey Protein

Snack:
Small bowl of Chicken Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
Water

Lunch:
Southwest Salad w/ Crispy Chicken (they messed up on my order and put crispy instead of grilled, I ate it anyway.)
Unsweetened Iced Tea

Dinner:
Oats w/ Peanut Butter
Whey Protein

I peaked at the scale, and numbers are looking really good and I'm definitely making progress. I'm not going to share my weight today because I want to share at the end of every week so that I don't spam this diary with so many numbers, and I want things to be simple and organized.

For the most part, I would say that today was although a lazy-ish day than my normal routine, I would still consider today a very successful day. Anyone can drop a diet and pick up a case of soda and Doritos and call it quits, but not me! I'm still hanging strong, as my body and mind is still very new to this healthy eating lifestyle that I'm committed too. I've eaten junk food all of my childhood and life, and it's what I grew up with. Self discipline, dedication, and patience is very much key when changing your eating habits.

On another positive note, I found out some awesome cooking recipes that I found online through YouTube. There is this guy named "Kevin Curry" or "FitMenCook" and he has absolutely AMAZING recipes and meal prep ideas that got me so interested in trying some of his recipes out. If you haven't heard of him before, he has everything for free on YouTube and I highly recommend checking him out. He definitely helped me out on some of the things. My weakness with healthy food is making different varieties of foods. I usually eat pretty basic, but to turn things up a notch, there is a complete different world of healthy foods you can make that isn't just chicken salad and rice all the time.

Anyways, that's pretty much the update for today