Nick's Weight Loss Journal...

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nick_lee

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One Year, countless hours in front of the Nintendo, and way too much takeout later, my waist has gone from a fairly slim 30.5 inches to a somewhat poochy 33.5, a good twelve pound gain in the fat department. :-(

A year without the aid of all of the super cool twisting, tossing, turning, punching and kicking motions as was once a daily occurence due to almost religious practice of taekwondo/jiu-jutsu, plus all of the cross-training that went along with it, has left my body not only flabby, but weak, winded, and alltogether uncoordinated. Sometimes i find it difficult to even stand in front of the mirror after stepping out of the shower or brushing my teeth, which is an obvious signal that things need to change...

Stumbling across this forum and all of it's cheery, helpful, and inspiring inhabitants may very well be the Godsend that I was praying for. To be perfectly honest I have been planning to do something for the past six months, but without a good plan and good support that's been pushed to the side, to the point that old jeans, that once would have been impossible to keep up without a belt are now almost impossibly tight! Reading the diaries posted for the past day or so has done nothing but good for me, the inspirational stories and support on this forum is second to none !

Thank You, and I hope to join the ranks with those of You that have have and will reach Your goals!

thanks again,

Nick
 
Stats and Goals:

My long-term goal is to lose around 16 pounds of bodyfat, and to have a twenty-nine inch waist, by say, March 1, but of course, noting that at best it would take two months of dedicated work, and possibly three, for me to lose that much BF, I would like to set a short-term goal to lose eight pounds, or about two pounds BF per week, by January 19. Doing so will hopefully prevent me from falling into the trap of slacking off until the last minute, and possibly forgetting it completely.

My plan of attack consists of a progressive conditioning program, adapted from the USMC's recruit training program, coupled with sport specific drills of some sort for six days a week. I'm going to try experimenting with eating 2000 calories/daily split into five meals, fairly high carbohydrate, moderate protein/fat intake. As always, I'll knock back a river of water(approx. 1 gallon) daily. And of course a either a trip to burger king or mom's kitchen on Sunday is in order for the weekly cheat meal. ;-)

After the first month, i will possibly take a week off in order to regroup and plan for the next month or so.



Current Stats:

Height:5'9''
Weight:176lbs
Waist:33.5 in.


Short-Term Goal Stats:

Weight:168 lbs
Waist:31.5 in.


Long-Term Goal Stats:

Weight:160 lbs
Waist:29 in.
 
Hi Nick! Just wanted to welcome you to the forum and tell you it sounds like you are on the track to success!! You seem to have pretty darn good goals set there and I think if you stick to them you'll def. succeed! Keeping a journal is always a plus, it certainly helps me keep on track! Best of luck to you and keep us posted on your progress.. I'll be checking in!
 
12/19/05


Food:

eggs(3 whites, 1 whole) scrambled 130 cal.
olive oil, 1 tbsp. 120
bagel 200
cream cheese, two tbsp. 100
apple juice, eight oz. 120

hamburger, 8 oz 460
cheese 1 slice, 70
bbq sauce 2 tbsp 50
bun 100

peanut butter kisses, (1) 100

banana 120
milk 8 oz. 120

tuna 5 oz. 170
crackers (6) 80

string cheese (1) 80

grand total:2020 calories

(Too much meat at one sitting, too few(none!)vegetables, water intake was good. Not a bad start. One thing that I was amazed at, though, was the fact that i normally eat twice as much as I did today without exercising, scary.)


Exercise:

warmup - tkd patterns for 5 minutes

stretching *check*

cardio - alternating jog (1 min.) walk (4 min.)/ 4 sets.

TKD - kicking drills

strength/endurance- pushups(1 set of 45) crunches(2 sets of 30)


(Not exactly great, but a good way to incorporate my old routine, albeit at a really light level, working it up gradually)
 
Great start, Nick,

You're smarter than I was - I let myself go for 7 years (and 40 pounds) till I got myself together and started to deal. Yay for you!

I'll second what you already brought up - get more veggies in during the day. I love to saute them, and use just a few drops of oil to do so. The grilled taste almost makes me feel like I'm cheating. :D

Welcome to the forum and the start of your new body!

Barbie

 
12/20/05


Food:

peanut butter (2 tbsp) 190
bread (2 slices) 170
milk (8 oz.) 120

grilled chicken patty 150
bun 100
banana 120

snickers (fun size) :p 150

bagel 220
tuna (3 oz.) 90
cream cheese(2 tbsp) 100

hamburger(4 oz) 230
1/2 bun 50
orange juice (8 oz.) 100

sweetened yogurt 160


grand total: 1950 calories

(still no vegetables, which is not so good, but everything else seemed to have went well.)



Exercise:

Warmup - tkd patterns, 5 minutes

stretching - *uh-huh*

cardio - alternating jog (1 min) walk (4 min), 4 sets

TKD - *none :-( *

strength/endurance: pushups(1/45)/crunches (2/30)


(Exercise wasnt the best, wasnt the worst... no tkd exercises, and the strength/endurance side was still a bit lacking. I definitely will step it up on the cardio and introduce more endurance exercises by tomorrow. Hopefully i will have gotten more organized with the tkd drills by tomorrow.)


Thank Yous to everyone that has posted words of encouragement, Your support has really been a big factor in my continuation up until this point :)

Until tomorrow,
-Nick
 
Nick,

Looks like you're doing great working yourself into new patterns. Once you do get organized in your thoughts and plans/goals for yourself, you'll notice a huge difference in your daily intake and activities. I did.

Barbie

 
12/21/05


Food:


4 eggs(3 white, 1 whole) 100
bagel 200
cream cheese 100
apple juice 120

1/2 cheese sandwich 140
1 cup vegetable beef soup 130

1 snickers bar 280

4 oz hamburger 230
1/2 bun 50
1/2 slice cheese 35
sugar free jello ( 1 cup) 10

string cheese(1) 80

ramen(1/2 block) 200

tuna(3 oz/w sunflower oil) 180
crackers(6) 70
orange juice(8 oz) 100


grand total:2025 calories


(I still need more vegetables, and i went ahead and had
a little "cheat". tomorrow is grocery day, so i won't
have any excuses if i dont start piling on better food
between now and then.)



Exercise:


warmup: 5 min. walking

streches: *yup*

cardio:jogging, 4 sets/ walk(3 min.) jog (2 min.)

TKD:none (still disorganized as to which drills i should

be doing) :-(

strength/endurance:crunches(2/30) pushups (1/50)


(still no tkd exercises, will be remedied by tomorrow.
strength/endurance exercises were still limited and i
hope to add different exercises there as well.)
 
12/22/05

Food:

4 eggs(3 white, 1 whole) 130
bagel 200
cream cheese 100

wheat bread (2 slices) 200
ham (4 oz.) 200

t.v dinner 400

white bread (1 slice) 70
ham (3 oz) 110
orange juice (8 oz) 100

random nibbling 500 (roughly, hopefully)


grand total:2010



Exercise:


NONE :-(

(this whole day was just kind of "bleh". waking up late, loneliness, depression, disorganization, and fighting the urge to (binge and) purge all just sort of slammed into me today.)


But hey, tomorrow's another day, right ?
 
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