Adam's "Just do it" journal

DeepGreen

DeepGreen

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If you don't feel like reading the whole thing, I have bolds the important thing.

I first want to start out that I would like to write in this everyday. I would also love to talk and respond and read every single person who reads my journal. Unfortunately, I tend to fall off the earth sometimes and I am sorry. I may leave this journal for months at a time (hopefully I don't) and will pop back maybe 1 day. My goal is to try to write in here once a week. Ok, with that said...

I am here to write down thoughts and what not for my weight loss journey. This is my 3rd day into it. Its strange, if I work only or go to school only, I can lose. However, if you throw work and school into the equation, it is very difficult for me to lose. Its hard for me to manage time. I am on break right now from school, but my biggest challenge for me is to lose the weight (and maintain) when I'm working and in school (and having a family / significant other...eventually). I lost a lot of weight when I was unemployed and a part time student, but as soon as i became a full time student and part time job (~18 hrs a week) the weight came on (well, there was other stuff contributed to it, but i don't want to go into that. It is also help I am changing my major from engineering, so i should have a little bit more free time)

I'll add more tidbits about me (info and stuff), but wanted to record how the past 3 days has been.

I am planning on eating extremely light breakfasts.... just 1 piece of raisin bread (80 cal). Water only for the entire day. And 1800 calories, with majority of that being protein (as much as I could...not low carb diet...high protein diet with moderate carbs ;).

Anyways, first day went well, but the 2nd day was bad. I had ate breakfast and lunch, so far, only 600 calories for the day. I knew I was eating with my friends, so i wanted to have at least a 1000 calories reserve (well, i had 1200). It turns out, we ate dominoes pizza...3 slices...extra cheese and pepperoni was 331 calories a slice! A whopping 993 calorie with 3 pieces of pizza (I do some pizza blotting but I really don't think it helps). To finish it off, I had the cinnastix with dominoes (at the time, i didn't really think the pizza was so much calories) which added an additional 550 calories!

At the end, I was at 2120 calories, exceeding my goal.

I thought I have learned from this, but I didn't.

The next day, i had the same small breakfast (80 cal) and my bros invited me out to lunch. we went to denny's (will never go there again in my life!!!!) Long story short, I ordered the double cheese burgers at a whopping 1500 calories (i could cry) and 400 calories of frenh fries (this meal alone exceeded my goal. Well, i did take half the burger home with me, and ate 3 oranges and that was it for the whole day. I end today at 2200 calories

3rd day into it and only 2 outta 3 days right. But I have been exercising (joined the gym back) so I will learn eventually.

My tips so far: ( i will keep accumulating these personal tips for the long run and hopefully it will help me)

1) Pizza has a huge amount of calories. If eating pizza, only eat 2 slices max (1 slice for a really large pizza)

2) Never eat at denny's AGAIN!!!!!! I was reading some articles and they have the worst food's out there. How can a restaurant serve a double cheese burger and french fries at both at 1900 calories. I had it pictured in my mind that both of these was going to be about 1000.

Anyways, I'm off to the gym. Thank you for those who actually read this and good luck with your weight loss! I will go more into myself later (or if you really want, I have an old journal floating around here which i was too shameful too bump)

Oh and that weight ticker is hold. I wish i was at 216....gained a little bit of weight. A little ashamed on saying how much I gained...will tell you guys eventually. good night! and thanks gain
 
Congratulations on beginning again to continue your fitness journey! Even though your calories were higher than you intended for 2 days, I bet they were still lower than your usual and low enough to cause some fat burning. Restaurants are always surprising me with how HIGH in calories their foods are.

I don't know how your appetite level is after such a light breakfast, but I think the usual recommendation is that a good breakfast that includes protein will help you control your appetite better all day long. I like to have oatmeal (1/2 cup raw mixed with 1/3 cup milk powder and cooked in 1 cup of water) and a piece of fruit or yogurt with fresh fruit sweetened with honey. You can have either of these for about 350 calories.
 
eating out is lesson to be learned the hard way usually!!

one of the best things to do is find out where you're going and check up on them before hand so you know what to order--- some times "salads" or "healthy" dishes can be just as bad as the normal ones.

:) enjoy the journey
 
Well, I did fall off of the earth as I mentioned, but apparently for over 3 years. And sadly, all my life style changes I had put in place no longer existed for a long time. Not to mention that I have missed this place so damn much! I know a lot has definitely changed, but hopefully i see a few familiar faces :)


I'm here to make a life style change again. I don't want to say what my weight increase has been, but it has gone somewhat out of control. I will reveal it eventually...


As far as today, I have eaten roughly 1800 calories (i am sticking to the original plan i had - 1800 calories a day, as much protein as i can.) My diet for today consisted of 41% fat, 43% carb, 16% protein...(i use fitday.com...if someone knows a better website, let me know. I would like something that i could add the calories on either through a computer or smart phone). I wish i ate more protein!! I had a craving for a tuna sub, which took up most of my calories (i ordered a foot long). I should have split it up in 2 6 inches so i could eat at 2 different times. I didn't and ended up eating it all together. Of course, 4-5 hours afterwards, i got pretty hungry. I have conserved calories since then, but I am still very hungry. Been trying to drink a lot of water, which has been somewhat helping out my hunger craze.


I am planning to go to the gym soon (its almost 10pm..i have an almost 24 hour gym). I am planning to do at least 30 minutes of cardio today. My goal is to go to the gym 7 days a week, with an hour of cardio and 2 days of weight lifting (on those days i lift weight, i will only do 30 mins of cardio). I am building up to that goal slowly and hopefully will be at that bye the end of june/early july. Eventually, when i lose some weight, I would like to weight lift 4 days a week and decrease cardio accordingly.


One more thing I want to mention. My doctor has me on some blood pressure medication (another reason why i want to lose weight). But its a beta blocker. It decreases my heart rate, so its very difficult to reach my goal heart rate while exercising. I imagine this has an overall affect on metabolism and slows it down (i haven't googled it yet, i will one of these days).


Will reveal more stuff in future entries. Gonna watch some netflix for a little bit (i know, how sedentary!) and then leaving for the gym soon). I am glad to be back, and hopefully for longer this time :D, oh, btw, I am also planning to hit up june challenge :)
 
Thank you trusylver :). i am glad to be back and definitely giving it another go. I took a quick look at your diary and looks like you are an old member like me returning. i am truly glad you are giving it another go!


Well, I did 30 min of cross trainer at the gym (17.5 minutes at lvl 6 and rest at lvl 5). i was very proud of this! This is like the 4th or 5th day in the past 2 weeks i've gone to the gym (2nd day in a row) and I was able to stay on the cross trainer for 30 min. normally my lower back would hurt so much, i would have to get off at the 20 minute mark, so i'm extremely pleased. After the cross trainer, i did about 5 minutes worth of stretching.


tbh, i was ready to leave until i saw the NBA game on TV (celtics vs. heat). With myself being a big heat fan (well, i'm a big fan, but hardly watch the games :() i ended up staying and watching the game. and then it went into over time. I did an extra 20 min on the bike during this time, and got extra cardio! on top of this, the heat won and was glad i stayed to see the rest of the game :)


So far, i'm drinking a lot of water and will probably go to bed soon. will not eat anything for the rest of the night, but i am truly very hungry. i will learn next time to balance out my calories better so this doesn't happen again!
 
Well, 2nd day officially calorie counting and exercising. Today, I ate a total of 1816 calories (rough estimate of +-10%..i always try to over count calories so if I fall into the +10% range, i still eat within my goal). I had roughly 40% fat, 42% carbs and 18% protein. Most of my diet was around lunch, which I ate a 5 guys burger. Hey, i know its not good for you, but at least its better then most fast foods, with lower trans fat. That burger took up 700 calories. I was hoping on trying to eat more protein, which i have been failing miserably.


Again, i ate all of my calories by 6pm. a little pissed off cuz i am hungry right now and don't get to eat anything after the gym. i need to pre-calculate my protein shake and add it so i don't over eat.


As far as the gym, I did very well. I did 30 min of cardio at 6 res. (Resistance). I felt no back pain and wanted to go on for another hour. however, i decided to do some stretches and then jump on for another 30 min. that didn't happen...after the stretching, i jumped back on and felt lazy, so i only did a couple minutes and left. Next time, if I feel like i can do more then 30 min, I will. I am shooting for an hour tomorrow of cross-trainer followed by stretching. I also had better music, so I think thats why i was able to do as much as i did.


Well, i'm damn hungry now. Going to drink water and hopefully will manage calories better tomorrow.
 
I'm here, woke up to a good start. Just wanted to post and it seems, at least for now, i am obsessed with food and calories. that is what i think of the majority of the day. hopefully i don't become more or stay as obsessed too much longer.


Had a 211 calorie breakfast. About to go to lunch with my family. depending on how big the lunch is, i may not be able to eat anything for the rest of the day :(


edit: also dealing with some chaffing issues at the gym. going to see if powder will help!
 
Estimated (because we ate at a buffet :() that i ate around 1500 calories. So that means i can do a protein shake in water (eww, prefer skim milk) for 120 calories after my work out today, so i will be at a total of 1831 calories. Rough estimate, I know...


After that, gonna watch the heat game, go HEAT!
 
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I use MyFitnessPal. I highly recommend it. I use it on my phone, and love it. You can use it on the computer as well, and it will sync up with your phone. I've used Fitday in the past too, but I much prefer MFP. Welcome back to the forum! Good luck! :)
 
@jen_renee Thank you for the advice! I will definitely check it out...


Friday night
Well as far as friday, i went over to my friends to watch the game. They offered me a beer and told them i was counting calories, but i took a bud light. they talked me into a couple more beers and ended up drinking a few irish car bombs. Its not all bad though because We played a lot of corn hole. WE played that for about 2 hours so I had some exercise. But i do estimate that i gained a total of 2500 calories (for the whole day) after drinking :(. BUT! the good part is, i was able to do 1 solid hour on the cross trainer at lvl 6. that with the 2 hours of corn hole (or tailgate toss i played) help mitigate the damage.


yesterday (saturday)


Saturday was an off day for me, I may some bad choices and didn't count calories. First off, we went to a picnic where i ate a cheese burger, baked beans, chicken breast and some mac and cheese and an ice cream. I was happy with myself at least for getting a water. I rough estimate maybe 600-1000 calories, but i honestly couldn't tell you. We did go to a gas station, where I got a slushy. I got a medium sized one when I should have gotten a small! I have to remember, "life style change!!!!!!!. After the picnic, i ended up going to the movies with some other friends and then we went out to eat. Well, we ate at a steak house and lets say i got the bacon wrapped in steak with cheese. I should have gotten a salad :(. I am crying right now, i probably ate 1000-1400 calories at that place. To top it off, i went to one of my friends house who girlfiend has baked a cookie pie. I was like "screw it" and ate a big chunk of that, which was about 400 calories. So in all, i probably ate around 2300 - 3100 calories.(including the slush i drank)I did drink water throughout the whole day (different set of friends, these guys don't really drink). I didn't go to the gym, but i was pretty sore..so decided to take a rest.


To sum it up, here are the mistakes I made which I will improve on:

1) Order smaller sizes. For example, should have ordered the small slush instead of the medium one

2) Order salads! that steakplace has really no good, healthy choices. they had an "under 500" menu, but it was a rip off and they were just serving you less food. I should have ordered a salad.

3) I need to remember, cheat meals, not cheat days. I have this tendency to believe that once i blow my calories, that i can eat whatever i want. i need to get out of that mind set.


today:

starting out strong. haven't counted my calories yet, but have been watching what i'm eating and will count them soon. i need to buy some more distilled water. i swear, once you drink distilled, you can't go back to tap water. Working up the nerve to go to the gym soon (my gym closes at 7, little over an hour). I am only doing 30 min because my body is still a little sore from friday. i will post my calories and gym time tonight and will try to remember the mistakes i made so i can learn from them.
 
Well, today i ate a total of 1792 calories, consisting of 40% fat, 47% carbs, 13% protein. Once again, not enough protein as i would of liked, need to work on that. I also didn't hit up the gym. i said i was going to but my calves (especially my left one) are sore and so are my gluts. I am giving my body another rest day before I go to the gym. I am hoping to be 7 days a week soon.


Will possibly do some strength training tomorrow (upper body) and 30 mins of cardio, so i don't work out my lower body that hard so they can heal. Also signed up for the june challenge. I am embarrassed cuz i hit over 300 lbs but i am just glad i am ready to make a difference. My goal is 14 lbs for this month (roughly 1% of my body weight a week)


Will remember the 3 mistakes i made....try to order smaller sizes, try to eat more salads and try not to have cheat days...just cheat meals!
 
A7 days per week is not a good idea if your strength training in the gym, even if you have a split routine.
 
I agree with Trusylver. You'll need at least one rest day a week if not more. Don't try to do too much too fast. You'll get to the point where you'll stop going because you'll be so sore. Also while I know you're counting calories, try to go with healthier foods in general. When I first started my weight loss I was eating bad stuff but watching calories and found I couldn't eat a whole lot because everything I ate was so high cal. I suggest eating smaller calories meals more often. I feel like I get to eat all day now and it's great. BTW I'm staying at 1500 cals.
 
Thanks guys for the advice. I want to ease into 7 days a week...its a goal... Right now, I've been going 4-5 days a week.


I jumped off the train a little bit with calories (and posting in general0, but I will try to get them posted soon. Going to try the new calorie counting tool as well
 
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