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chunkmonster2

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Alright,

Well this isn't officially "Day One" but it is kind of my start date. I intend on starting freah the first of the week, I know I could just start now but I am allowing myself one last weekend. I am getting everything prepared for the first of the week so I figured I may as well get this set up as well.

I am going to follow the tips and answer the questions that were posed there.

How much weight do I wanna lose? I weighed myself a day ago and I was at 223lbs. I hate to really put a number on it because I really wanna gain muscle too but I guess my safe bet is 170lbs. Meaning a grand total of 53lbs. Of course if that day comes and I can/need to lose more I will.

Timeframe is kinda tricky. I am going to go the safe route there as well and allow for a loss of 3lbs per week on average. Hopefully the first couple weeks will have a little more to balance out the last few that wont have as much. So I guess I will allow about... 18 weeks. I guess thats a little over 4 months. Hopefully it manages to go faster then that.

Right now my method of accomplishing the goal is simply healthier eating, exercising and just general healthier living. I intend on starting P90x at the beginning of the week and following it's program for the next 3 months including the dietary portion. Along with that I also intend on adding a little extra cardio - cause that never hurt anybody.

As for support - I will definitely be looking to the site for tips, I also have a friend who is attemping to lose weight as well - so thats there. Main support will have to be myself because I am the only person who is with my body at all times - meaning I should be able to look after it.

Other then that I also wanted to start with posting my measurements, BMI and BMR I took as of today: February 12th, 2010 (mainly so I don't forget

Start Weight = 223
BMI = 29.40 (Overweight - very near to obesity)

Goal Weight = 170
Goal BMI = 22.40 (Normal Range

BMR = 2,225.99 Calories

Chest - 46
Waist - 42
Hips - 43
Thigh - 25.5
Calf - 16.5
Forearm - 11
Bicep - 13
Neck - 17

To compare that to I took the greek "ideal" calculator measurements. I know it isn't necessarily something to go by because everyone isn't ideal but it kind of gives good proportions to work toward. In comparison those are below.

Chest - 45.5
Waist - 31.9
Hips - 38.7
Thigh - 24.1
Calf - 15.5
Forearm - 13.2
Bicep - 16.4
Neck - 16.8

This actually makes sense to me. There are some measurements which dont seem to need much work (minus the chest one that is crazy close and definitely needs a lot of work because its not muscle right now). The obvious big one out of proportion is the waist which I already knew.
 
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Very small update....

I wanna keep track of everything I do each day - that is even the smallest step toward my weight loss.

In preparation of Monday (my official start date) I took my before pictures which I am definitely not posting yet -- not until after I have some progress so I don't feel as bad. I started my new grocery list -- I have no food left anyway so no need to throw out the junk....

Lastly I rearranged my room since I will be doing my P90 in here -- I hope there is enough room. I need to head to the mall or somewhere tomorrow to get my resistance bands and mat.... So once those things are all checked off I will be good to go for monday...

One set back - not major to most I am sure, but major to me. I somehow lost my ipod within this week so I officially will have nothing to listen to while on the treadmill -- great.

That's all for now.

B

EDIT: OH and I added one of the fitness goal trackers! not a biggie but still! Not lookin so hot right now because I haven't lost a lb..... but just wait!
 
Back again,

Another small update.

Today I went out and purchased my protein powder that I needed for the P90X workout. I got a protein powder as well as protein bars to go along with - part of the diet that is required.

I also up some equipment for it today. Came home and enthusiastically wanted to try it out - thought I would give myself 5 mins. Wel... after five minutes I was already beginning to feel tired. I can just imagine what tomorrow is going to bring! I am most likely gonna be one cranky person by tomorrow night but it will all be worth it.

I have everything in order -- so my plan is a go for tomorrow. My plan as of now is to follow what I post below - whether or not it all pans out is another question -- it will be a work in progress until I get into a routine.

Breakfast - I cup of GoLean cereal and 1 cup of milk
Gym - There is a gym at work... intend on hitting the gym in the morning for a quick jog... prob maximum 15 mins, really depending on how I feel
Morning Snack - Celery and Peanut butter
Lunch - Can and half of tuna, whole wheat pita and lettuce. Baby carrots to go along with it.
Afternoon snack - Protein Bar... ill prob hold off until right before I leave work around 4:30 so i can eat it before I hit the gym again.
Gym - After work -- prob only another 15 mins or so but I am gonna try and incorporate some HIIT.
Dinner - Chicken and Veggies of some sort (still need to look for a recipe for simple chicken that can be done on stove cause I am not the best chef)
P90X- Do the daily workout for P90x in the evening followed by a protein drink.

That seems to be about it. I dont know how long or how much gym I will get done at work everyday since I will be doing the P90 in the evening but I am definitely going to give it a try - I figure the more cardio the better. I am going for around 2000-2300 calories... hopefully I will fit into it... the online calorie counter should help me.

Thats about it. If anyone has any suggestions, reccomendations or anything lemme know. If ya see anything I am doing that appears to be wrong lemme know too cause I wanna get this right!

B
 
death from a workout

It was officially day one!

and to be truthful.... it was pure hell.

I started in the morning with a protein shake and a fifteen minute jog.
I had a mid-morning snack - celery and peanut butter
Lunch was tuna wrap with lettuce
Afternoon snack - apple
Supper - Bacon and Eggs
Evening - 50 minute total body workout with P90
Evening snack - Is gonna be a protein bar very soon....


SO... What went wrong....

I didn't have time to cook actual breakfast this morning so all I had was the shake which was meant for after my workout.... I will definitely correct this tomorrow because that wasnt nearly enough for breakfast.

In my rush in the morning (I have two roommates, we usually never need the same things at the same time but this morning was different) I forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer for supper... so I ended up having bacon and eggs.

As for the workouts - they absolutely ANHILATED me. I don't know if I am cut out for the P90X -- it truly is brutal... more brutal then I expected.... what is with all the push-up lol...

The morning jog wasn't too bad -- I actually felt less tired in the morning at work but my legs were quite tired for a while....

So tomorrow I will try and make some improvements and do things more on track -- i figure it will take me a couple days to get into a routine....

but in the meantime -- someone please put me out of my misery.... my entire body feels worked.
 
well done with your p90x, it won't take long for your body to begin to adapt to your new workout routine :)
 
Great job completing your first P90x workout! Props to you for jumping straight into the X - i completed P90 once with my hubby then decided to try X....ouch, I still regret that decision! Lol.
 
Thanks for the support guys!

It was definitely more of a challenege then I expected... and I definitely didn't keep up with them the entire time but I put forth as much effort as I could. One thing that definitely sucks is I live in a basement apartment and I am 6'1 and there were some things I just couldn't complete because I didnt have enough room to stretch upward haha...

Hopefully the two vids tomorrow go well - One of them is abs and I have a feeling I will be mighty cranky tomorrow night...

haha stay tuned for that post
 
feeling disappointed in today.

Day 2


So far much worse then day one.....

Food Journal:

Breakfast - 1 cup of Kashi "GoLean" Cereal, with 1 cup of skim milk.
A couple of strawberries along with it.

Morning Snack - Baby carrots, approximately 10.

Lunch - Tuna Wrap (1 and half cans of Tuna, Lettuce and Whole Grain Pita), Celery and Peanut Butter

Afternoon Snack - Protein Bar (BioX)

Dinner - Chicken Something (I really dont know, 2 chicken breasts fried in pan with some spices and a little sauce), Banana

Evening Snack - Cheese String.

Approximately 2077 carbs (prob a little over I am sure). Worked out to be 48%Protein, 31% Carbs and 21% Fat.... How does that look to ya'll? Give me feedback

I think I meet the water requirements everyday since all I drink (and all I have ever drank actually) is water, save for the few glasses of milk I have hear and there. I did however recently start drinking coffee, cause everyone did and work and it seemed like the cool thing to do haha, but I dropped that when this started quite easier actually.


Okay and onto the bad part... the exercise journal..

Woke up this morning I could definitely feel it in my muscles from the workout the day before. It was a good kinda burn, although I know I looked funny sitting down in low chairs.

Started the morning with my 15 min job - which was just a little over a mile (usually starts with like a 4-5 min walk warm up -- then jog until 1 mile and then cool down)

Got home and had dinner, then it was P90X time. I am starting to regret/wonder if I will be able to do this. The prior night I was able to pretty much keep up and do all the exercises they did (minus the ones I couldn't for lack of equipment, ie pullups). Tonight was a different case -- I was tired right from the get go pretty much and was pretty worn out after the first 20 mins or so.

Tonight for P90X it was Interval X - so it was mostly intervals of different cardio exercises. Each exercise you would do at three speeds. Everytime I got to the third speed my body would either shut down early or I simply couldn do it (some was because it was hard getting coordination). Long story short there were times when I needed to take an unscheduled break for about 30sec-1 min to regroup.

I am also suppose to complete the Ab Ripper X, which I simply dont know if it is possible tonight. I may have to wait until tomorrow.

Pretty much feeling like a failure at the fitness aspect today.... It sucks. I was pretty hyped about doing this and even though I knew it would be SUPER hard I didn't think I wouldn't be able to keep up. I need to keep going I guess and maybe it will get better.... ANyone got any advice?


EDIT: So after posting this and still feeling very shitty -- I pushed myself to do the abs workout. Although I didn't finish it completely I attempted all of them... some were more difficult then others but all and all this one went a little better then the one prior.
 
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the first time will usually be the hardest, hang in there but don't try to train every day, your body will need time to rest, recover and adapt. I may not have ever done p90x but I do train at an intense level and it does take time to adapt.
 
Thanks.
I think I may take tomorrow off at the gym in the morning -- just to kinda see if that helps a little. If tomorrow is stil to difficult then I may need sometime to recover. I guess I never realized just how out of shape I am!

I swear though - I am working muscles that I know have never been worked before which is obviously a good thing. haha, the only problem is squating motion right now is more then killer...
 
DAY 3

Okay - So as I kind of hinted to yesterday - I took a break from the exercise.... which I am really not suppose to do with P90 but I think my body really needed it and surprisingly so I feel much better tonight. I was reading up online about muscle sorness and it seemed to indicate that it was from a sudden change in exercising habits and generally occurs 12-48 hours after beginning a "new routine" or something to that effect.

Given I haven't been doing any exercise that makes sense. I do feel better now - so no more days off. In fact I know P90 gives you a stretch or rest day on the Sundays - so maybe I can use that time to catch up on what I missed of today.

Also I had to shovel myself out of my driveway for about 45 mins today - that count :p

As far as diet today - it wasn't as high in protein which i figured was best because I wasn't doing any amount of exercising today... Unfortunately my diet today was a bit heavy on carbs -- TOO heavy I think. Stats worked out to 40%C, 30%P and 30%F.... which I dont think is so good right? Most of the carbs came from fruit I think as you'll see below...


TODAYS MEAL PLAN:

Breakfast - Chicken Bacon - 6 pieces and banana
Morning Snack - String Cheese
Lunch - Salad (containing lettuce and snow peas,) dressing was poppy seed but it was low cal and I used very little I swear. Along with that I had a small apple cut up, a couple watermelon slices and my two left over strawberries.
Afternoon snack - Protein Bar
Supper - Chicken again (Terriyaki sauce, in like a stirfry... but I just had meet no veggies.. So just chicken and sauce). The sauce I also made sure was low in cal - I measured it out with measuring cup to ensure only 80 cals and it was low in sodium.
Evening Snack - Another banana -- I know 2 today but they were getting old so they had to be eaten quick.....

So there it is... Any opinions on the diet today? Anyway I could improve it. Anything else I could improve? I am always up for suggestions.

B


EDIT - Also the cals for today were substantialy lower -- about 1600, but I didn't do any exercise so I think thats alright... and also I dont measure everything so I am sure it was probably over the calorie counter by atleast 100... maybe 200...... I need to get a scale!!!
 
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