The Fat Loss Times

Fat Loss Log for 6/9/06

I weighed in today at 260 pounds. That is a 4 pound drop from yesterday. Yesterday's diet went well. I think in the end it was low on protein but it was good. Here is what it looked like yesterday.....

• Breakfast....... 40 gram protein shake
• Lunch............32 gram protein shake
• Dinner...........2 hamburger patties, steamed broccoli, peas
• Night.............32 gram protein shake

I probably come in about 30 grams of protein short.

Here is my diet plan for today.

• Eggbeaters (about a cup)
• 32 gram protein shake
• can of tuna
• 40 gram protein shake
• salad with some type of meat

That should put me near my protein goals. I still need more veggies but I will phase them in slowly.

I still feel strong. Forty more pounds to go. I'm going to need my strength.

Back to the rapid fat loss plan

Hey all,

I am feeling strong again so you know what that means........... It's time to suffer.

I started the PSMF again this morning. I know I said that I was going to not do it but I just can't help myself. My mood swings are getting less frequent and I am actually starting to be more pleasant to be around. Then why torture myself with this diet? Because I can. I think I am emotionally to the point where I can maintain the discipline needed to use this very powerful fat loss diet. I even plan to follow this diet as strictly as possible. That means......

• a minimum of 170 grams of protein
• faithful taking of my fish oil (4 grams, 2 times a day)
• faithful taking of my EC stack
• More real food and less protein shakes
• More veggies
• As few carbs as possible
• Two free meals a week
• As little dietary fat as possible
• A full body weight training day 2 times a week
• Cardio a few times a week
• and repeat, and repeat and repeat until I get to 220 pounds.

That's right.... I said 220 pounds.

I am going to grind this out until I hit 220.

I weighed in at 264 this morning. That's up from 261 Tuesday but it ain't bad considering my dinner last night. I went to a crabhouse and I ate a lot. Had a beer or two as well and had some coldstone creamery ice cream for dessert. It was a fine last meal.

I'm finally mentally ready to hit the accelerator again.

Midweek weigh in

I couldn't resist myself this morning and I weighed myself. I weighed in at 261 pounds. That's good because that is what I want to weigh in Friday.

Yesterdays diet was not that good but I will survive. It looked like this....

• Breakfast..... Hoods low carb milk and an apple
• Lunch......... Protein Shake and an Apple
• Afternoon.... Crispy Club chicken sandwich from McDonald's
• Night......... Slice of Mushroom Pizza

That's pretty shitty now that I look at it. Not near enough protein. Today is starting off the same way.

I plan on hitting the weights tonight. My groin has healed up so I don't have any excuses.

Overall, I am feeling good. It's about time.

The days are beginning to get brighter

I think I have turned the corner regarding my diet struggles over the past month. I'm starting to feel motivated.

The past month has been emotionally brutal but I'm slowly starting to heal. I still hurt but I am slowly able to focus on myself again.

Reestablishing my goals.

I weighed in this morning at 263 pounds. Not bad considering that I weighed 268 on tuesday.

I have going over my goals and I have to adjust my goal to be at 224 pounds when I get to Las Vegas in late October. I have a little over 19 weeks to reach my goal of 224 pounds. That seemed almost impossible at first but I then run the numbers. Here is what I came up with...

I have to lose 2 pounds a week to be at 224 when we hit Vegas. I think 2 pounds a week is very doable.

My new weekly goal is a loss of 2 pounds. That means I have to be at 261 by next Friday. I can do this. I can do this while eating sensibly.

So my goal is to be 261 on 6/9/06. I want to be a "carbed up" 261.

I will post my diet details and exercise details later today.

Ahhhhh..... Comfort Food

Here is a fitting post on the perils of comfort food on Mark Joyner's Blog.

What a fitting cartoon. That is exactly how I feel right now.

I hate my body and my body hates me.

Here I am after a 5 day blogging hiatus and I must report that I am fatter then when I started this damn blog. I started to slip Wednesday night and that slip turned into a total free fall by Thursday. I ate everything imaginable over the holiday weekend. I did have fun but I am paying for it now. I hit rock bottom this morning.

I stepped on the scales and I was 268 pounds even. I put on 11 pounds in 5 days. I know it is mostly fluid but my pants were tighter this morning. I feel heavy as well. My body is rebelling from the excesses over the weekend.

But 11 pounds????

I started to blame my diet. I started to tell myself that my metabolism is wrecked from dieting all these months. I told myself that it must be because I didn't exercise after I pulled my groin. All of that is horseshit.

The truth is that I saw my ex-girlfriend on the road Wednesday and just that glimpse of her in her car on the other side of the highway ripped me to shreds. I comforted myself with what always makes me feel better.......... food. I started Wednesday night and I didn't stop until this morning.

I have to get this in check now or I will lose everything I have accomplished so far. I wont go back to being 324 pounds. I have to make a stand starting now and start living again instead of killing myself with food. I would rather die then gain another single pound.

So what am I going to do about it?

I have to go to war with myself yet again. I am going to start to grind it out one day at a time, one meal at a time, one bite at a time. That's the only thing I know to do.

Poverty an indicator of obesity in teens?

Is poverty a factor in teen obesity?

Apparently it is says Jonathon Bor in the article Poverty an indicator of obesity in teens.

Some of the factors include:

• Cheap junk food
• Healthier food sold in more upscale areas while the poor depend on convenience stores.
• Sports Leagues are more concentrated in wealthier communities.
• Lack of safe parks in poor neighborhoods.

That all makes sense to me. Why jog if you are going to have to dodge a "drive by"?

What happened to me then? I was a fat teen and my family had an in-ground pool. Or maybe we were poor and I just didn't know it. Either way, I don't think poverty is alpha and omega of teen obesity but I know that it has to be factored in. Ramen Noodles........ Little Debbie's snack cakes.... 3 liter sodas for 70 cents. If I was dead broke then this would be my diet. But instead I drink protein shakes that work out to $1.33 each.

$1.33 each????? That's crazy if you think about it. A McDonald's double cheeseburger is cheaper then one of my protein shakes. I can get about 2 dozen eggs for one shake.

It makes me wonder how healthy one can eat on the cheap. It sounds like I have a research project.

I have done some bad things.

I have done some bad things.

• I ate at Chick-Fil-A last night. I had been craving it all week and i gave in last night. I had the combo with the big waffle fries (waffle fries are the best) and a large diet coke. The rest of my diet wasn't bad yesterday. Two protein shakes and ham and scrambled eggs and cheese.
• I weighed myself this morning. I weighed in at 257. I picked a terrible day to weigh myself because of the salty waffle fries I ate last night. I am probably retaining some water because of that. I didn't piss ass much this morning so I knew something was up.

My groin feels much better. I can still feel some pain if I move a certain way but I think it will be ok.

I plan on giving it a go in the gym tonight. If I am smart I can get in a good workout and not cripple myself so the keyword tonight is caution. But sometimes I am not Albert Einstein when it comes to doing the right thing so its extremely likely that I will be on here tomorrow talking about a setback with my groin. I am still going but it just may not be good.

I'll tell you all how much I am limping tomorrow.

Man goes from 400 pounds to doing Triathlons

I found this web broadcast on Endurance Radio on the topic of Weight Loss via Endurance Training.

John Hibbard once weighed almost 400 pounds. He began to exercise 5 minutes at a time and in less then 2 years he lost 170 pounds and finished the Florida Ironman Triathlon.

What does this prove? It tells me that small steps lead to great things.

Check it out.