Charles Diary. Feel free to help out!

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Introduction!
Hello! My name is Charles, I'm an over-weight 17 year old male who is out of school and trying to improve his habits.
I'm a self motivated person who can go 100% at something I'm interested in and I do not give up very easily. I also don't like losing so that will be a big help with
getting through with this.
I also seem to have this ability to change habits or life styles quite quickly.

What I've currently accomplished.
I've only drunk tap water the last 12 days with the exception of milk for cereal. (Before this I was drinking 2 bottles of soda daily without any water intake)
I've already started cutting out sugar and wheat from my food diet since yesterday.
I go for a 20-40 minute walk/run outside. (Since yesterday)
I can run at full speed for about 48 seconds.
I lift up 10kg single handed weights, right now I just do Bicep Curl with Shoulder Presses. (I can do 15 of them on both arms right now.)
I can do 8 push-ups.

Today I have eaten. (Literally all I ate)
Breakfast: 1 & a half eggs (scrambed) with 2 strips of bacon.
Lunch: Full can of baked beans with a single hot dog (no bun).
Dinner: Not dinner time yet.

Some Questions
1. Since I am changing by diet so rapidly, will I notice any side effects since I ate lots of ice-cream and always had twice as much dinner as I should?

2. Will the fact I am only drinking water help out with the diet? I've already noticed I feel more full then usual and only feel hungry 3-4 hours after I eat.

That's it for today, any help is appreciated!
Like above says, thanks for anyone that helps support me, I am stubborn so I won't give up easily!
I've always wanted to see a healthy and skinnier me so I want this a-lot.
I'll update more on this tomorrow, I'll make sure it's after dinner so that everything is shared.
 
Welcome Charles! Sounds like you are off to a great start. I'm still newish to this myself so I'm not sure about the answer to your first question. I think drinking water is absolutely helpful, soda is not healthy. A little fat-free milk wouldn't be bad either.
 
Butterfly88 said:
Welcome Charles! Sounds like you are off to a great start. I'm still newish to this myself so I'm not sure about the answer to your first question. I think drinking water is absolutely helpful, soda is not healthy. A little fat-free milk wouldn't be bad either.
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Thanks. :)
 
Water is great! Water with lemon even better. One thing you wanna watch.out for is salt. Most processed food is loaded with salt aka hot dogs and baked beans

heidi
 
heidizfab said:
Water is great! Water with lemon even better. One thing you wanna watch.out for is salt. Most processed food is loaded with salt aka hot dogs and baked beans

heidi
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Thanks for the tips! I'll try to be more careful with salt although I'll have to look up the benefits of drinking lemon water.
EDIT: Checked sodium levels on baked beans and wow, was surprised.
 
Hey Charles :) Sounds like you have a solid starting plan.,If you´re not used to reading labels, that might be a good habit to form. Do you know how many calories would be normal/healthy for your age, height and body weight?
 
LaMaria said:
Hey Charles :) Sounds like you have a solid starting plan.,If you´re not used to reading labels, that might be a good habit to form. Do you know how many calories would be normal/healthy for your age, height and body weight?
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Unfortunately I don't know my height and size yet, I'll try to get the measurements done before I eat dinner if I can. I should be doing an update in a few hours.
 
Day 2!!

Breakfast: 1 Hashbrown, 3.5 servings (1 can) of baby peas and corn.
Snack- 1 can of plain tuna. (71 calories)
Lunch: Less than half a Coles Chicken. (A chicken that has just been cooked that you can just bring home)
Dinner: 3.5 servings (1 can) of peas and carrots and a can of plain tuna. (My Mum/Mom made Burgers and Macaroni & Cheese today so I decided to have something else.)
Daily Excercise: 1 hour and 47 minutes of walking! (I was sort of inspired by Matt's diary, a guy who walks like 4 hours daily. My body can only walk less than 2 hours it seems though I had no water at all during the exercise so I was a bit worried about over extending even more.)
Liquid Intake: Only water.

NOTES:
My current weight is: 108.6kg (I will update this weekly so everyone can see my progress!)
Height: 176cm (I don't see a point in updating this weekly. :D)

That weight you see above will be destroyed when I'm done with it!

Question (I might aswell organize all the text):
Any recommended simple meals I could eat besides soup? I just realized how much food I love that has wheat in it. (Taco's, all and every pasta in the world along with chicken covered with bread crumbs.)
For help on those that can actually answer this. Chicken is my favorite meat, I love fish, it seems I unknowingly loved canned vegetables like canned peas, corn and carrots but feel free to leave any suggestions on what you like that would be helpful for a healthy diet! :)
 
Maybe experiment with different sauces for the chicken so you don't get bored. I love teriyaki sauce for example. Just read the labels and try to buy the healthier sauces.
 
And have a look at gluten free pasta, most supermarkets now have wheat-free alternatives. If not, rice noodles are a quick and simple possibility. Or you can jump on the spiralizer train and make your own from fresh zucchini. Fritatas are quick, healthy and delicious. Maybe "Fit men cook" would be an interesting resource for you, you just need to watch out which recipes are for bulking and which ones for cutting but he always adds the macronutrients and calories so that shouldn´t be a problem. A great big pat on the shoulder for not relying on your mom´s cooking to solve your problems, by the way, great job!
 
One recommendation for a simple meal is leftovers from the night before. If you get into cooking a little you can make bigger batches of meals. Have heard of some folks that go with 1/3 for current meal, 1/3 for leftovers and 1/3 to freeze for later. Over time you build up a good supply of low effort meals without having to face eating the same thing for a week.
 
LaMaria said:
And have a look at gluten free pasta, most supermarkets now have wheat-free alternatives. If not, rice noodles are a quick and simple possibility. Or you can jump on the spiralizer train and make your own from fresh zucchini. Fritatas are quick, healthy and delicious. Maybe "Fit men cook" would be an interesting resource for you, you just need to watch out which recipes are for bulking and which ones for cutting but he always adds the macronutrients and calories so that shouldn´t be a problem. A great big pat on the shoulder for not relying on your mom´s cooking to solve your problems, by the way, great job!
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That's quite a few options. I like rice so I could try stuff with that. Never had a gluten free pizza before so a bit scared to try that but I'll have to try it at some point. :)
I've checked into fit men cook before replying and I think it looks cool but might be a little too much for me right now although I only skimmed the web pages lightly, I'll take a bigger look later.
EDIT: Just realized you said pasta, not pizza. I probably won't have much gluten free pasta on this journey unless I really get bored of my other options.



KnowAndDo said:
One recommendation for a simple meal is leftovers from the night before. If you get into cooking a little you can make bigger batches of meals. Have heard of some folks that go with 1/3 for current meal, 1/3 for leftovers and 1/3 to freeze for later. Over time you build up a good supply of low effort meals without having to face eating the same thing for a week.
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I might try that but it might be hard since I live with a big family so saving my food in the fridge might prove difficult.
 
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Day 3!!

Breakfast: 2 eggs (scrambled, I tried cooking them myself. Let's just say I need an incredible amount of practice.)
Lunch: 3.4 Servings (1 can) of peas, corn and carrots and a can of plain tuna. (I learned that I don't like the taste of peas, corn and carrots together.)
Dinner: Rice and Tuna! (Mixed Tuna with Rice together, roughly 280 calories. Slowly getting into cooking. I made myself dinner because my Mum got pizza today.)
Daily Exercise: 54 minutes of walking.
Liquid Intake: I had half a cup of milk, rest of the day was water.

NOTES:
Going to go buy some gluten free pizza tomorrow. I hope they have a meat-lovers or pure meat based pizza but if not I'll try something else in the name of health and trying new things?

Also, got offered a free gigantic drink at work and had to decline because my goal is not that easily broken but my heart was torn. xD
 
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Good day of eating, cooking, exercise and trying new things. Keep trying new options and before long you'll be amazed how many options you'll actually enjoy.
 
Starting to cook when you´ve never done it is HARD - luckily it gets easier quickly. I left the house at almost 18 and suddenly found out I didn´t even know how long to boil potatoes!
 
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LaMaria said:
Starting to cook when you´ve never done it is HARD - luckily it gets easier quickly. I left the house at almost and suddenly found out I didn´t even know how long to boil potatoes!
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It really is quite hard to cook. At the very least I'll learn how to make decent scrambled eggs by the end of this.
 
Day 4!!

Breakfast: 2 Eggs (Scrambled, I did good this time! They turned out actually fluffy!)
Lunch: 3.5 servings (1 can) of peas and corn.
Dinner: 2 cans of plain tuna.
Daily Exercise: 1 hour and 37 minutes of walking.
Liquid Intake: Only water.

NOTES:
I couldn't find time to go to the shop and get a gluten free pizza today especially since my legs were quite sore after the walking. (Probably not fully healed from 2 days ago.)
I can't wait for the next time I can weight myself!
 
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