ScottB's Diary

Yesterday was a great day!
Breakfast - 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 slices candian bacon

Lunch - Cobb salad with Chix breast, bacon, balsamic vinagrette dressing. Also had 2 3 oz lean ground beef patties

Dinner - 7 zo grilled chicken breast ad a cup of peas, 8 oz glass of milk.

Snack - low fat motz cheese stick, 3 sugar free jello ups.

Beverages - 3.25 liters of water.

I am still not seeing things on the scale. I had 1755 calories yesterday which is better than the day before when I only had 1100. I want to stay around the 1500 - 1800 per day. On a couple of sites with calculators around what your calorie intake should be for your weight I got 2 different numbers. With my current weight of 332#'s one said I should be eating 4400 calories and the other said 3600 calories, with the light activity I am doing which is my treadmill walking. I guess I will go with the lower number which my goal of calories currently would be basically cutting that number by 50%..In theory then I should be losing 3.5 pounds a week. I know this is only my third full week but with not seeing the scale move I am not getting bumbed out but I am getting scared that maybe I am doing something wrong like putting my body in starvation mode which is the last thig I want to happen.

My cravings for soda and candy are pretty much non existent. I have not had any type of Soda since Jan 3, not had any fast food since Jan 3, and not had any type of candy since Jan 4..lol So atleast I know the food going into my body is not crap.

Today will be a great day!!:party:
 
Well, I do not count calories unless I am afraid I am too low (or too high), I just think if I have eaten "nothing wrong" and I feel satisfied but not terribly full and uncomfortable, then I should be fine.
Today I had 2 (or 3?) people tell me I eat too little.Which may be, I didn't even look at it so much, I was just eating what I needed (in fact never felt hungry one bit!). I think of the starvation mode with a grain of salt... I mean sure if you eat nothing your body will slow down (but then I think wait! What about anorexics? My ballet class is full of people who never eat and dance all day and their metabolism seems fine and they are not fat and yucky and lie around like slugs, which tells me, they are either not in starvation mode, or starvation mode is just not as straight forward as people make us believe).
But I see what you eat, and I see a normal menu. I think maybe you are counting wrong, because when I eat nothing but fruit I get to about 1100 cals, so I think it would be difficult to be at 1100 when you ate eggs and bacon and stuff...
Just for you to think about. If it works for you, I would go by my tummy. If it is full and happy then it is not starving!
Greets, Camy
 
Hi Camy and thanks for the info.
I use fitday.com to track and I go directly from the nutritional values of the food I eat. I think I only hit that one day where I was a little over 1100 calories and then the next day I was back up to 1700 so I saw I needed more and I adjusted.

As for yesterday, it was a good day.
Breakfast - 2 hard boiled eggs and 2 slices of candian bacon, water.

Lunch - chopped lettuce with about 2 tsp of diced ham, sunflower seads and low fat rasp vinaigrette dressing. Roasted pork loin, no fat about 6 oz, water

Dinner - ground turkey 97% lean 9oz, cup of green beans with fat free itlaina dressing on them.

Snacks - low fat motz part skim cheese stick, 3 sugar free jello cups

Beverages - 2.5 liters of water

No treadmill yesterday but my butt will be back on it tonight. Also tomorrow I am playing paintball so I cannot wait.

I weighed in this morning and I was down 2 pounds so after 5 days of being at 23#'s lost I finally went down. That gets me to the 25# mark since Jan 3, 2008 and my current weight is 330!:party:
 
Yesterday Was a great day!

Breakfast - 2 eggs over hard, 2 slices of bacon, 2 slices of candian bacon, sliced tomatoes

Lunch - Salad with fat free dressing, tomatoes, sun flower seeds, 6 oz of meatballs.

Dinner - 8oz baked salmon, brocolli and cauliflower 1.5 cups, 10 oz milk

Snack - 2 motz cheese stick part skim


Ok so here we go! I am starting my 4th full week into this journey.
Just to recap progress so far.
1/3 - 1/12/2008 - 11 pounds loss
1/13 - 1/19/2008 - 12 pounds loss
1/20 - 1/26/2008 - 5 pounds loss
Total loss of 28 pounds. :hurray:

Yesterday was a great day!
 
Saturday was very fun and active. I played about 5 hours of paintball and had a blast!. It was outside and luckily it got up to 35 degrees so the temp was perfect.
Eating was sort of weird for Saturday but here goes:

Breakfast - 3 boiled eggs, low fat motz part skim cheese stick and 3 slices of 97% fat free ham.

Lunch - cereal bar, low fat motz part skim cheese stick, 1 dorrito (lol stole one from a friend)

Dinner - 2 ham roll ups with 97% fat free ham, dill pickle, fat free american cheese, zero fat mayo. half cup of peas, celery stick with 2 tbls of peanut butter.

Snack - none

Beverages - 2.5 liters of water

All in all it was a decent eating day but sort of a throw it all together and eat it on the run.

As metioned before I weighed in and I was down another 3 pounds to 28 pounds lost. Current weight is 327. :party:


Sunday

Sunday was my youngest daughters 2nd b-day so there were going to be alot of challenges with the food that will be available in my grasps.

Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs and 3 strips of lean turkey bacon.

Lunch - nothing

Dinner - 2 bagle bites with cheese and pepporoni, cup of grapes, 5 slices of orange, 2 stalks of celery with low fat french onion dip, half of a cup cake with no icing and 3 small bites of ice cream.

Snacks - none

Beverages - 2 liters of water

I was actually proud of my self. I kept my picking at the buffet table to a minimum at the party. It was a great party and Izzy got lots of cool clothes and toys!

At weigh in on Sunday and Monday morning I was still down the 28 pounds!!

Hopefully i will drop tomorrow. I know this is strange but it seems I lose more weight around the thursday, friday, saturday weight and maintain the rest of the days of the week. No Explaination but I guess thats how my body works. I am not complaining at least the scale has not gone the other way yet!!

Today has been a great day!
 
Fighting for 30# loss

Well after weigh in on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I am still at the 28# lost mark. I am fighting for that elusive 30# lost for the month! I have one more weigh in being tomorrow to get it gone. If not it is no big deal but it would be cool to start this journey in the first month with 30 pounds gone!!

I am still soda free (diet or regular) since Jan 3 rd which means I have had no caffine since then also. I never really went through the withdraws I have heard my friends talk about. I think I drowned them with all the water I am consuming..lol I am steadily drinking close to a gallon of water a day. I think my biggest change in my habits besides not eating lots of salty snacks (my weakness) drinking water has really the biggest change I have made to my body. I am sure my body was in shock for the first couple of days saying, " What is this stuff? We have not seen this in a long time!!" LOL I would literally go several days without drinking even 8 ounces of plain water. Now I know that foods naturally have some water but obviously not enough for my body to be healthy.

Ok so I will stop babbling.
Tuesday was a decent day of eating.

Breakfast - 3 strips lean turkey bacon, motz low fat part skim cheese stick.

Lunch - salad with tomatoes and light ranch dressingm 8oz of ham, half cup of green beans

Dinner - 6 oz grilled chicken breast, 1 cup broc and cauliflower mix. 2 small bites of light double churn chocolate ice cream.

snacks - 1 motz cheese low fat part skim stick

Water - 3 liters of water

Ok thats enough of that. TODAY WILL BE A GREAT DAY!!! I want those 2 pounds damnit!!! lol:hurray:
 
your calories for the day seem awfully low... and awfully processed too - so good for you for drinking up the water...

are you keeping track of your calories and nutrients anywhere - like or one of the 100s other free sites out there? I'm kind of the self proclamed fiber and sodium gestapo -your fiber seems very low and sodium seems high - you might get better results of the fiber goes up and the sodium goes down :)

When i've given up coffee (a choice I will never make again) the biggest issue I faced was the blinding headaches - almost migraine like - from the caffeine withdrawl - which is very common - if you didn't get the headaches, you're just an amateur in the caffeine olympics :D
 
Well all I can say is that if an ameture with drinking 6-8 regular MT. Dews a day I was, I would hate to have been an olympian.

What type of fiber foods do you suggest? I am willing to try anything to adjust.

I do fill out my daily meals on Fit Day and I am between 1500 - 1800 calories a day. I started at around 4000-4500 calories a day.

Thanks for the info.
 
Yesterday was a good day!

Breakfast - Celery stalk with 2 tbls of peanut butter, 2 slices of lean turkey bacon, water

Lunch - salad with egg, avacado, grilled chix breast 4 oz, 4 large grilled shrimp, balsamic vinaigrette dressing, water

Dinner - 1 cup of boiled black beans (bioled from raw state, no canned), 6 oz grilled chicken breat seasoned with ground cumin seed and pepper, 1.75 cups of green beans.

Snacks - low fat motz cheese stick.

Beverages - 2 liters of water

At weigh in this morning I am still at the 28# lost mark. Hopefully I might see some movement in the morning. Going to walk the treadmill tonight and need to make it part of my routine every night. Right now I am doing about 2-3 times per week and I would like to get a good 40 minutes on 3MPH for 5-6times a week.

Today will be a great day!
 
good job :) how'd ya like those beans?

the recipes section of this forum has a couple of different posts on ways to cook them :D
 
The beans were good. I actually boiled a whole bag of beans and threw them in the fridge and then I will eat a cup a day with my dinner.

Last night I threw the beans in the pot with the chicken, greenbeans and the spices and it was sort of like a goulash(sp?).

I actually make this chili that has black beans, northern beand and kidney beans that I really like to. I might have to make that over the weekend.

I did some research on the web and with me doing south beach phase 1 right now alot of the fiber foods has many carbs also. So I had to pick 5-6 fibers which had low carbs so then it would not throw everything out of wack. I am only going to be on phase 1 until the end of February and then I will slide into phase 2 which then includes more fruits and such so I will have more of a selection of fibers to choose from.
 
One month down, a lifetime to go!

My first month of my lifestyle change has been incredible!
With January gone, I also lost 28 pounds of me. Just amazing, I still cannot believe it. OK I can believe it but still pretty cool!!

February has started now and I would like to lose 10-14 pounds this month.
 
Yesterday was a great day!

Breakfast - South Beach protien bar, water

Lunch - cobb salad with egg, grilled chicken, bacon, onions, balsamic vinaigrette

Dinner - cup of black beans, 6oz of baked salmon, cup of steamed broccolli

snacks - none

beverages - 2 liters of water


Got on the scale this morning and I am down another pound. Total loss is 29 pounds and current weight is 326.
Today will be a great day!
 
I see you are doing great Scotty!
I am happy for you, go on eating like that and you won't be able to get rid of all the women who fancy you! I see you are doing better on the eggs... glad about that!
Have a great day (I know you will), Camy
 
You know I will Camy!

Woke up this morning, slid my tired butt on the scale and "pooof" down 2 more pounds. It is so cool to start the day with a loss!
Food yesterday:

Breakfast - south beach protein bar, skim milk

Lunch - Turkey sandwich, cup of black beans, tblsp of peanuts, skim milk

Dinner - grilled chicken breast, cauliflower, skim milk

no snacks

Beverages - 3 liters of water

Starting my 5th full week. So Far:
1/3 - 1/12/2008 - 11 pounds loss
1/13 - 1/19/2008 - 12 pounds loss
1/20 - 1/26/2008 - 5 pounds loss:
1/27 - 2/02/2008 - 1 pound loss

Total thru 4 weeks - 29 pounds loss weight: 326

Today will be a great day!
 
Go Eli!!!

Ok so yesterday was a good day.

Breakfast - 2 scram eggs, lean turkey breakfast sausage 4 oz, skim milk 8oz.

Lunch - South Beach protien bar, skim milk

Dinner - grilled chicken breast, cup of black beans, cooked celery sauteed

Snack - popcorn during the Super Bowl :lurk5:

Beverages - 3 liters of water.

Weighed this morning and still holding strong on the 31 pound loss.

Goal this week to get in 5 days on the treadmill walking at least 38 minutes per day.
Bought a pedometer and tracking my steps during the day. Just curious on how much I walk in a day not including the treadmill. If anyone reads this and knows, what is a good step count for a day not including any purposeful exercise.

Seeing some pretty cool changes in my body also up to now. I have gone from a size 20 inch neck in a dress shirt and now wearing my old 18.5 inch neck dress shirts that I have not been able to wear in about 3 years. I have went down a complete suite size (from 54 to 52 and the 52 is loose) Should be in 50's in no time. In jeans I went from a 54 to now wearing a comfortable 50 and damn close to a 48. The 48's are my mini goal jeans. I dont have any smaller than that so I guess I will have to go buy a pair of 46 just to have the carrot in sight. Oh well enough for now.
 
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Day 1 or 5 of my goal completed on the treadmill.
My goal is to walk at least 5 days this week at least 38 minutes per day.

Day 1 done and I walked 45 minutes at 3 speed.
 
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