Caiman's weight loss journey

Congratulations dude! :jump:
You're looking great!
Man it's hard to imagine ice on the footpaths... It's been so hot here we've been swimming every second day!
 
Wow you look great! I can really see a difference from your other photos. Watch out though, I think your laptop is about to fall off that chair, lol.
 
Thank you everyone, I am really starting to see it in myself now, indeed... don't know if I'll still be 290 on Monday after today's festivities, but eh... it's Christmas. Hope you're all having a good one!
 
Small gain this week... Oh well, if it had to happen, I don't mind so much that it happened over Christmas. Onwards and Downwards! :D

Monday 20th December 2010 - 291lbs

BREAKFAST
2 slices of brown toast with margarine
Coffee with Skimmed Milk and no Sugar

LUNCH
Tuna and Sweetcorn Sandwich (brown bread)
330ml Diet Coke

DINNER
Grilled Chicken Breast with Potato Wedges

SNACKS
Cox Apple
Golden Delicious Apple
Satsuma

EXERCISE
Walked 1.5 miles to work

Tuesday 21st December 2010

BREAKFAST
2 slices of brown toast with margarine
330ml Pure Orange Juice

LUNCH
Ham and Tomato Sandwich (brown bread)
500ml Bottled Water

DINNER
Lamb Rogan Josh Curry with Basmati Rice
Glass of water

SNACKS
Banana
2 x Golden Delicious Apple
Satsuma

EXERCISE
Walked 1.5 miles to work

Wednesday 22nd December 2010

BREAKFAST
2 slices of brown toast with margarine
LUNCH
Chicken and Chorizo Salad
500ml Diet Coke

DINNER
Chicken Tikka Masala with Basmati Rice

SNACKS
Satsuma
Apple
Mini Mince Pie

EXERCISE
Walked 1.5 miles to work

Thursday 23rd December 2010

BREAKFAST
2 slices of brown toast with margarine
Coffee with skimmed milk no sugar

LUNCH
Chicken and Leek soup
Banana

DINNER
Grilled burger with oven chips

SNACKS
about 6 doubles of whiskey...
Cox Apple
Mini Mince Pie

EXERCISE
Walked 1.5 miles to work
Walked around town for bloody ages hauling heavy bags of christmas gifts!

Friday 24th December 2010 - Sunday 26th December
I was at my parents and without access to a computer so didn't really get a chance to record what I ate, suffice to say it was Christmas weekend and lots was consumed, leading to...

Starting weight: 320lbs (18/10/2010)
Current weight: 293lbs (27/12/2010)
Weight GAINED this week: 2lbs
 
Caiman said:
Small gain this week... Oh well, if it had to happen, I don't mind so much that it happened over Christmas. Onwards and Downwards! :D
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That's the spirit!!! Glad to see that small gain is not going to hold you back. Btw that pic is amazing! :hurray: You're should feel very proud of yourself going into the New Year. Keep at it :D
 
Howdi! Thanks all,

Daybehavior said:
Hope you made it through new years OK
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Just about! Had a really great time on New Year's Eve, hope you had a good one too.

Keeping my food diary went by the wayside last week, so I shall have to commemorate 27th December - 3rd January as 'The Lost Week' which in a sense is appropriate anyway since I somewhat corrected my slight gain of the week before and weighed in this morning at 290.4 lbs...

290.4 is ever so slightly over the revised target of 290 I set myself for New Year but on the positive side is still naerly 10 pounds less than I originally forecast when starting out in October, so nothing to turn my nose up at!

Thanks everyone for your support so far I wouldn't have got anywhere near this far without you, and you can be sure I'll be sticking around throughout 2011 :D

Starting weight: 320lbs (18/10/2010)
Current weight: 290.4lbs (03/01/2011)
Weight loss this week: 2.10lbs
 
Awesome. I'm betting you'll be at LEAST 100 lbs lighter by the end of the year. Those are gonna be some epic Before and After pics. :D
 
Daybehavior said:
I'm betting you'll be at LEAST 100 lbs lighter by the end of the year.
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That would be a dream come true, I can only hope to achieve that! Thanks for your confidence in me :D

Well done on the loss hun! Don't stress about the 'lost week', onwards and downwards! You're doing fabulously
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Thanks :D I'm definitely just going to forget about christmas/new year and get on with it, hehe.

Talkign of which, oh dear I went to the gym today and I think I overdid it a little... ran up a sweat with cardio then hit the weight resistance machines, overall for about an hour or so, felt great. Spent the last 15 minutes lifting dumbells, then all of a sudden I came over very dizzy and queasy, had to run into the changing rooms at which point I felt like I was about to fall unconcious! Very strange... but yeah, probably due to my lack of exertion in the last three weeks and then trying a bit too hard in one session. All part of the learning curve, feeling fine now I'm back home.
 
Hey man,

Nope I didn't get back to the gym after that... will probably go again this week though.

So... another week down, another few pounds to scratch off, yay (in fact, my best week yet!?) .

This was an interesting week for me, in that it's the first full week since I started this effort that I've not been in work! I had a week off so I was worried that it was going to be difficult to maintain the normal routine, but my fears were unfounded. I managed to get out and about every day and walk about the same distance I would if I was going to and from work, I even managed a rather intense (perhaps too intense) session at the gym midweek. What this week has done is opened up the world of walking to me even more- a change of scenery besides the same old road I walk up and down to work each day really made the time fly and I figured I could have gone on walking for another hour on top of the hour I did each time... so that's what I'm going to try and do every day this week. I've invested in a nifty looking pedometer, so starting with next week's entry I will include my steps per day in each 'exercise' section of my daily diary .

Monday 3rd January 2011 - 290.4lbs

BREAKFAST
40g Steel Cut Oats

LUNCH
Tomato and Basil Soup
500ml Bottled Water

DINNER
Lasagne with Potato Wedges
Glass of Diet Lemonade

SNACKS
2 x Golden Delicious Apple
Satsuma

EXERCISE
1 Hour/3 mile walk

Tuesday 4th January 2011

BREAKFAST
40g Steel Cut Oats
Coffee with Skimmed Milk no Sugar

LUNCH
Tomato and basil soup
Glass of water

DINNER
Breaded Chicken Breast
300g Potato Wedges

SNACKS
Golden Delicious Apple
Satsuma

EXERCISE
1 Hour/3 mile walk

Wednesday 5th January 2011

BREAKFAST
2 slices brown toast with margarine

LUNCH
Weight Watchers Lasagne

DINNER
Sausage and Mushroom Stir Fry
Glass of Diet Irn Bru

SNACKS
Chicken Breast Bite Size snack
Royal Gala Apple

EXERCISE
30 minutes cardio (15 minutes cross trainer/15 minutes bicycle)
45 minutes free weight/resistance training

Thursday 6th January 2011

BREAKFAST
2 slices brown toast with margarine
330ml Orange Juice

LUNCH
Tuna Salad
500ml Water

DINNER
Breaded Chicken Breast
300g Potato Wedges
Chopped Tomatoes

SNACKS
2 x Royal Gala Apple
Satsuma

EXERCISE
3 mile/1 hour walk

Friday 7th January 2011

BREAKFAST
2 Brown Toast with margarine
Coffee with skimmed milk no sugar

LUNCH
Steak bake
500ml Pure Orange Juice

DINNER
Skinless Chicken Breast with Bacon
200g Potato Wedges

SNACKS
Golden Delicious Apple
Satsuma
3x 25ml Vodka
1x 25ml Gin & slim tonic

EXERCISE
Walked 3 miles/1 hour

Saturday 8th January 2011

BREAKFAST
40g Steel Cut Oats

LUNCH
Grilled Sausage sandwich
Coffee with skimmed milk no sugar

DINNER
Beef Casserole (lean diced beef, carrots, onions, mushrooms, stock)
500ml Diet Coke

SNACKS
Satsuma
Golden Delicious apple

EXERCISE
1 hour/3 mile walk

Sunday 9th January 2011

BREAKFAST
Satsuma
Coffee with skimmed milk no sugar

LUNCH
Grilled Sausage Sandwich
Glass of Pomegranate juice

DINNER
Beef Stroganoff with Sour Cream and Basmati rice

SNACKS
Royal Gala Apple
Satsuma

EXERCISE
3 mile walk/1 hour

Starting weight: 320lbs (18/10/2010)
Current weight: 285lbs (10/01/2011)
Weight loss this week: 5.4lbs
 
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