VC's Diary

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Finally starting my journey to weight loss today and i read this section, seems like a real great way of keeping track of everything and even look back on what might have worked and what didn't

I'm from Vancouver,21 years old, and I'm currently 250lbs at 5'10. I've always had bad eating habits, a lot of fast food, frequent outing and large portions...even though i have been teased about my weight and felt bad whenever i went shopping, but last night my grandmother from China called me and pleaded with me to lose weight, and she said that she would only wish for her only grand son to be healthy shape again...struck me like lightning and i've decided to undergo this change in my lifestyle.

I'm visiting my grandmother in 10 month, and my goal is 175lbs, that means 75lbs to go!!!!
 
spend some time reading the stickied threads in the forum - espeically on on topic, exercise and nutrition - it will help you put togehter a decent plan that includes a reasonable amount of calories and exercise to get you to whereyou want tob e.

1 percent of your body weight a week is a reasonable goal to achieve -and in 10 months time you will be a much healthier grandson...

Just take it one day at a time and build new habits..
 
Day 1

April 21st

Thanks Maleficent for the tip i've read quiet a few tips on the forum, very helpful

started the diet today, felt a bit hungry around 4pm and 9pm so i had some munchies, but overall the shift wasn't too bad from my usual high cal consumption. but i'm wondering since i havnt finished my calories consumption today is that a bad sign? should I be trying to fill my calories need if i havnt done so today?

woke up at 9:45>
ate breakfast> 2 slice wholewheat bread + a slice of fat free cheese @ 300 calories

ate lunch at 12pm> a bowl of noodle and 4 pieces of crackers @ 550 calories

ate dinner at 7pm> a bowl of white rice and vegetable and a bowl of tomato soup @ 500 calories

snacks> 1 tube of yogurt + 4 pieces of cracker + 2 pieces of toast + a glass of ice tea @ 500 calories

Excercise: 300 calories of treadmill + cycling machine at gym :hurray:

water consumption: 2L <- needs more work :blush5:

Total calories today: 1850
Expected calories today:2300 (according to the calculator factored in my size)
Calories remaining: 450
calories burned: 300
 
Day 2

April 22nd

Its been tough for a few stomach crunching moments in the day, but i kept down the urges to stuff myself...and stuck with the calorie count with a light snack here and there. Went out with friends for dinner, but couldn't make shift to comfortably tell them i was dieting, and ended up being the butt of jokes since i didnt order meat like i usually do but ended up with a soup and a side salad...but didnt matter, i stuck with the plan and im proud of myself

any of you GUYS out there that have problems facing friends in outings because dieting and eating healthy is often deemed less manly?

anyways...

here's the count

Breakfast: 2 slices of wholewheat bread + 1 slice of cheese and 500 ml of skim milk @ 300 calories

Lunch: a tuna sandwich with cheese slice and bit of lite whip + a bowl of campell's vegi soup @ 400 calories

Dinner: soup and a salad with thousand island dressing on the side (any help with these salad dressings in restaurants? i cant seem to tell the difference calorie wise, what is usually a good dressing to get?) and gave away my garlic toast and skipped on crutons @ 400 calories with very little dressing used

snacks: 8 peices of rice crackers + a tube of yogurt @ 200 calories

excercise: no calorie count today, but i did manage to mow the lawn for an hour in the sun

water consupmtion: 2.5L <-- yay way better than yesterday and really am getting used to this amount of water

Calories needed: 2250

calories taken: 1300 (seems kind alow, but i am not feeling hungry as much, but more of dealing with cravings for meats and pastas my friends were having for dinner :(

Calories burned: unknown

calories left: 950
 
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Day 3

Overall an uneventful day, although the first day after ending my exams...still though, nothing really happened. The hunger seems to become a pattern at 4PM and 9PM again for each day. Still keeping up with everything,

Breakfast 10Am: toast + cheese + milk @ 300

lunch 1PM: Tuna sandwich + vegetable soup @ 400

Dinner 6PM: bowl of white rice + cooked tomatoes and cabbage @ 500 roughly (family cooked meal, i skipped out on the meat servings)

snacks: 8 peices of cracker, and a bag of rits thin 100 calories bag @ 220 calories

excercise: rounds of crunches, but no gym today

water: 2.5L again, good day

Calories needed: 2250

calories taken: 1450

calories burned: unknown

calories left: 800
 
Day 4

April 24th

Went out to eat again, damn my friends and their steaks...i ended up having something light and saved up half of it for doggie bag..rest of the day i went without snacks anticipating the dinner

Breakfast: Toast + Milk@ 300 calories

Lunch: Tuna sandwich + cream of mushroom soup @ 400 calories

Dinner: ate out and got swirl egg and shrimp on steamed rice, there were no sauce but i couldnt predict the calories (only ate half and took rest home)

excercise: 400 calories of cardio in an hour

water: 2L

Not gona keep track of calories today due to eating out
 
day 6

took a bit of a detour today with the lunch to dim sum, but i kept my portions small and i ate only watermelons for dinner, still feeling energetic

breakfast- milk and cookies 300 calories

lunch- dim sum including 5x shrimp dumpling, 1x radish cake and 1x sticky rice chicken...not the best meal but i think it was forgivable

dinner- watermelon @ roughly 100 calories

snacks- crackers and yogurt @ 300 calories

water- 1.5L, felt full after watermelon so i cut back on the water

excercise- no gym today :(

skipping calories today due to dim sum
 
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