Hello all, after lurking and posting here and there for a couple months ive decided to create a diary like so many of you have.
My back story is pretty extensive. The short of it is i come from a big family, both in numbers and girth and have never really been small, i was the first to grow in middle school, and by the end of seventh grade was 5'10 and nearly 200 pounds. Of course i was recruited to the football team and played tight end and defensive end all through high school. However, i continued gaining weight, in a large part due to a daily diet of somewhere around 6000 calories, many of which came from sodas and ice cream bars. By my freshman year of college, I had achieved a weight of nearly 300 pounds, and by the time i graduated i had eclipsed 330. I did diet one year in college and got down to 255, but the allure of beer and pizza in college allowed me to put all of the weight back on plus some.
The funny thing is ive never been your typical fat guy. I wasnt an offensive linemen in football, and i didnt stick to racquetball or other sports that big guys could excell at. I was a great hockey player, was huge into men's fashion and just never was able to feel like i fit my body, like im sure many of you can empathize.
At any rate, in the fall of 2006 i decided i had had enough and started a diet and got down to about 270 by last spring. I have stayed in that general area with some small gains and losses since then. I am at a point now where i really want to lose some more weight, and i decided a diary might help.
My weight today is 275ish and my short term goal is 15 pounds by june 26th, very attainable if i stick to a decent diet and exercise program. My problem the last couple months has been consistancy and total dismay with my daily diet.
I went shopping yesterday to get some new things to try out and here is what i have prepared for todays meals (i am a high school teacher/football coach and with our current spring training and teaching a night class im ehre 13 hours a day and thus prepare meals on sunday)
Breakfast:
weight control oatmeal (2 grains)
diet soda
Lunch
2 thin slices of pork tenderloin (1-2 protiens)
Romain/iceberg Salad with strawberry slices (1 Veggie and prolly .5 fruit)
Diet Soda
Snack
1 whole orange (1 fruit)
Dinner
1 chicken breast with about a half tablespoon of BBQ sauce (1 protein)
Veggie TBD (1 Veggie)
Diet Soda
As you can see my big vice i really need to get rid of is the sodas, despite the dietness of them i know that it is not good for mea nd really want to cut back. Unfortunatley, this will be the same basic thing i eat all week, with smoe variations in preparation and ordering. I may start having an orange for breakfast as opposed to the oatmeal, as i would love to save a bit of the grains for a slice of whole wheat bread with some peanut butter on it for a snack int he afternoon. we will see.
Let me know what you think of this daily diet, obviously ive kind of paid attention to a 4-3-2 pyramid, lets see how that works out.
For before and during pictures, check my thread
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/before-after-between/20906-335-270-hopefully-someday-225-a.html
Edit: i am not sure if we have mods on this forum, but i cant edit the title and i made a pretty annoying typo. . .
My back story is pretty extensive. The short of it is i come from a big family, both in numbers and girth and have never really been small, i was the first to grow in middle school, and by the end of seventh grade was 5'10 and nearly 200 pounds. Of course i was recruited to the football team and played tight end and defensive end all through high school. However, i continued gaining weight, in a large part due to a daily diet of somewhere around 6000 calories, many of which came from sodas and ice cream bars. By my freshman year of college, I had achieved a weight of nearly 300 pounds, and by the time i graduated i had eclipsed 330. I did diet one year in college and got down to 255, but the allure of beer and pizza in college allowed me to put all of the weight back on plus some.
The funny thing is ive never been your typical fat guy. I wasnt an offensive linemen in football, and i didnt stick to racquetball or other sports that big guys could excell at. I was a great hockey player, was huge into men's fashion and just never was able to feel like i fit my body, like im sure many of you can empathize.
At any rate, in the fall of 2006 i decided i had had enough and started a diet and got down to about 270 by last spring. I have stayed in that general area with some small gains and losses since then. I am at a point now where i really want to lose some more weight, and i decided a diary might help.
My weight today is 275ish and my short term goal is 15 pounds by june 26th, very attainable if i stick to a decent diet and exercise program. My problem the last couple months has been consistancy and total dismay with my daily diet.
I went shopping yesterday to get some new things to try out and here is what i have prepared for todays meals (i am a high school teacher/football coach and with our current spring training and teaching a night class im ehre 13 hours a day and thus prepare meals on sunday)
Breakfast:
weight control oatmeal (2 grains)
diet soda
Lunch
2 thin slices of pork tenderloin (1-2 protiens)
Romain/iceberg Salad with strawberry slices (1 Veggie and prolly .5 fruit)
Diet Soda
Snack
1 whole orange (1 fruit)
Dinner
1 chicken breast with about a half tablespoon of BBQ sauce (1 protein)
Veggie TBD (1 Veggie)
Diet Soda
As you can see my big vice i really need to get rid of is the sodas, despite the dietness of them i know that it is not good for mea nd really want to cut back. Unfortunatley, this will be the same basic thing i eat all week, with smoe variations in preparation and ordering. I may start having an orange for breakfast as opposed to the oatmeal, as i would love to save a bit of the grains for a slice of whole wheat bread with some peanut butter on it for a snack int he afternoon. we will see.
Let me know what you think of this daily diet, obviously ive kind of paid attention to a 4-3-2 pyramid, lets see how that works out.
For before and during pictures, check my thread
http://weight-loss.fitness.com/before-after-between/20906-335-270-hopefully-someday-225-a.html
Edit: i am not sure if we have mods on this forum, but i cant edit the title and i made a pretty annoying typo. . .
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