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Whipping Myself Into Shape



Status Report 04.20.2008

Weigh in this morning showed 280lbs. Its moving slowly, but its moving I guess. We didnt work out Thurs or Fri. We have been jogging more of our walk route and as a result my feet started bothering me due to the lack of proper running shoes. So I got a pair this weekend and should be back on track tomorrow.

Its getting warmer here (thankfully) and I think I made up for not working out today. I am sore as all get up. From about 11 am until about 6pm I did nothing except clean up the garage and get everything organized there and then proceeded to service the lawnmower and then mowed the lawn and I am plum wore out.

I actually didnt stop there. I came in and got cleaned up and then proceeded to prepare the food we eat for our lunches at work all week. So it wasnt until about 8:30pm that I finally got to get off my feet for any length of time.

I'll post up in another week, see you then.
 
Scotty,

Good job! We can be accountability partners? I guess I should clarify what I mean... I to have started working out at the Walton Fitness Center and if it's okay with you I would like to report to you each week with results. I think it helps if you know that you have to be accountable to someone!!

I want to get my weight off by March of 2009. I want to look good for my wedding and Chris has told me that he will quit smoking once I get to my goal!
 
You had me going there for a minute trying to figure out who you were. I was a tad slow, but I got it figured out.

I think it would be great if we were accountability partners. Jennifer is excited to hear that and say congrats on the engagement.

So anyway, count me in. Maybe we can share some recipes and such as well. I have collected a ton of them over the years and Ive been going through them trying to keep things mixed up enough it doesnt become boring.
 
i fought the craving and WON today :D ! instead of my burrito i got a subway sandwich . saved myself $5.00 along with it .
 
Why don't you make your own burritos ahead of time by a day or two and plop them in the fridge? That way you know exactly what's going in them. Like on a Sunday, I'll scramle up six eggs in a little olive oil, lean ham, and onion, melt a little low fat cheese on them. Divide the mixture up into three burrito shells, pile on the low-cal taco sauce and roll them up. If you slam them in plastic wrap or a ziploc and put them in the fridge, you can nuke them the next day or so for 40 seconds. By themselves, they are a complete meal. With a piece of pear or banana, you've got a little extra natural sugar to get you through the next couple hours of your day.
 


Whatever kind of info you need from me, just ask. I am queen of quick meals and things that are readily portable and taste decent. I try to fanagle with things that I like to eat to make them justifiable and painless. Which I will keep doing until someone invents a time-released capsule that contains my daily required calories and nutrients.
 
I probably will take advantage of that because I too love quick meals. I dont fix a lot of multi-course meals in fact. If it cant all go in one pot as a soup or be mixed together in one bowl Im not likely to eat it very often. I have some high end cook books that I use from time to time, but most of the recipes I collect are low item count, or low preparation time. And Im like you in that I'll play around with things until I can get them to a point they can at least be considered healthy.

One of my favorite things to do, since I adore vegetables so much, is to visit the vegetarian sites and start with those. Add a meat or fish, try a low calorie or low fat sauce and so on to get it to a decent meal of some sort. I loathe cooking vegetables until they fall apart on ya and are mushy. The closer to raw the better for me. There are a few exceptions like mashed cauliflower where there is no real way around it.
 
mlambert said:
Why don't you make your own burritos ahead of time by a day or two and plop them in the fridge? That way you know exactly what's going in them. Like on a Sunday, I'll scramle up six eggs in a little olive oil, lean ham, and onion, melt a little low fat cheese on them. Divide the mixture up into three burrito shells, pile on the low-cal taco sauce and roll them up. If you slam them in plastic wrap or a ziploc and put them in the fridge, you can nuke them the next day or so for 40 seconds. By themselves, they are a complete meal. With a piece of pear or banana, you've got a little extra natural sugar to get you through the next couple hours of your day.
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if i made my own burritos they would be full of stuff that is bad for me . my will power isnt that good , that is why i always ask my lady to make me a sandwich . she will stick 2 pieces of ham on , where i would stick 6 pieces on . i just love making food with lots of flavor even though its bad for me . i am still trying to get over that stage where my stomach says "KEEP FEEDING ME !!!!" . i have been trying to weigh everything out into correct portions . hopefully my stomach will shrink smaller so i get fuller with less food . plus with burritos i just have this thing for authentic mexican food (that stuff taste great) . my lunches when i make them consist of a sandwich and some sort of fruit or a fruit cup of some sort or string cheese .
 
Portions are easy.

Put your hand out, palm up. A portion of meat is the size of your hand minus your fingers, about 3/4 inch thick.

Make a fist. That's your potato, pasta, rice.

It's not necessary to measure crap out unless you are on a serious shred, IMO.

And if you eat that amount every couple of hours while you are awake, you won't be hungry.

Scotty,

You might try this link:

Healthy High Protein Bodybuilding Recipes

I get lots of ideas from that site. Easy stuff. For us time-short people.
 


Update 04.27.2008

Well it would seem I went up a tick in weight. I came in a 281.0 lbs today. I figured there would be some small see saws but it seems Ive hit a barrier, which is odd to me. I can see that someone that is in good shape having difficulty getting a few pounds off. But Im not in that great of shape and got a lot of weight to loose so Im at a loss as to why this is now being so difficult.

Im going to have to ponder things and see what I can come up with. Its at this point you want to loose your motivation to do anything and makes it hard to get up so early to go walking or work out.

Anyway, I'll report back again next week, hopefully with better news. mlambert, thank you for that link, I really appreciate it.
 
Maybe if you stay off the scale for a few weeks. Like 4? Your body is going through a transitioning phase, and you really aren't going to see results for about 4 to 6 weeks anyway, even if you are doing everything you possibly can throughout the course of the day. So why torture yourself? Put the scale away and instead pay more attention to how your clothes fit and how you feel. And then at the end of the month you can pull that scale out to see if the number matches.

That said...

So I got a craving last night for kielbasa. I was bound and determined to make something that was body friendly. Went to the store and found some Butterball turkey kielbasa and figured I'd give it a shot. Plus, I knew I had to get up this a.m. and run and then I'll train legs later tonight. I wanted some fat to burn off this morning. This is what I came up with:

1 handful of mixed frozen peppers
another handful of fresh sliced mushrooms
a few sliced onions

After I sauteed those up in some extra virgin olive oil, I added 6 oz. turkey kielbasa.

I guesstimate the above to be around 24 g protein 18 g carb 18 g (6 g saturated) fat with the addition of peppers, onions, and mushrooms. I had about a 1/2 c. steamed broccoli to even out the protein and carb plus for some extra fiber.
 
I hate where I live. I cant find stuff like that around here. I watch the food network a lot looking for tasty ideas and they are always using stuff that is hard if not impossible to find around here. If its not in Wal-Mart, we probably dont have it. But that sure sounds like a really tasty dish.

My clothes are definitely fitting looser, Ive had to cinch up the belt already. Im staying as active as I can, particularly after work instead of just going home and plopping down on the couch or in front of the computer. But we're not always getting up in the mornings and doing our walk and workout. So Im sure thats not helping.

A few years ago, when I tried the Atkins diet (modified a little to avoid some of the pitfalls of it) I lost at least 3lbs every week and more than that most of the time and I wasnt even exercising then, so Im a little baffled with the results Im getting now staying more active. But you are probably right in that I need to put away the scale. Its just nice to get that weekly boost that Im doing something right. Except this time around it has not been much of a boost.
 
Consider this:

You lost 3 lbs. a week on the Atkins diet without exercising.

Now consider how much of that 3 lbs. per week you've put back on.

This is precisely why I don't do "diets". I don't even like that word. I eat a certain way. I train hard. I indulge every once in awhile. If I find my clothes fit a little snugly, I lay off the cheat foods for awhile. I rarely ever get on the scale anymore. I find lifestyle changes work a whole lot better than "diets".

Remember you may also be putting on a little lean muscle too. That can cause the scale to creep up. Which is part of the reason I say stay off the scale. Take for example, a guy at 245 lbs. who hasn't worked out in 2 years. Week 2 of his plan he might show a 5 lb. drop overall. Week three that might go up by 2 lbs. So he will freak out and give up. So then the scale creeps up more.

But what he didn't see was okay so he lost 5 lbs. but the next week he added 2 lbs. of muscle mass because he lifted extra heavy that week and didn't cheat on his food at all. Which that is a little less than 1% of lean muscle mass but still it's more muscle mass which equates to more fat burning power. But then he turned right around blew it out of frustration because he was watching the scale instead of his body.

It happens all the time. Your scale probably isn't one of the ones that measures water and lean body mass. If you had one of those, you would see exactly what I'm talking about. But really what you should do is either get one or go schedule a session with a trainer somewhere and do a fit-test. They can measure your body fat and all that and tell you where you are at. Surely they have a personal trainer somewhere in your area.

I don't shop at anyplace fancy. Food lion and Wal-mart mostly. Every once in awhile the farmer's market around the corner.
 
Actually I do have a scale that does that. I just never set it up to measure that. I just get on the thing and weigh, LOL

One thing I did learn from the Atkins is as you mentioned, the lifestyle. In fact, the some of the stuff from the Atkins still lingers with me in that I eat far less junk food, processed stuff and so on. I watch labels a bit more. About the only junk in my diet now is diet soda and peanut butter cups which is like an illegal drug to me. Give me peanut butter and chocolate and I'll tell you any secret I know.

We do have a fitness center just behind our house in fact. I could walk to it if not for a brick wall that was put up not too long ago that blocks the entrance to the plaza area.

I hate to go in there and pay the monthly fee for access to the place, but I have been giving it some thought. If me an my wife go in there together, it might not be so bad. If its 24hrs, then when we get up a 4:30 in the morning it might not be so bad.
 


I don't know that I would pay or a membership right off the bat, especially if the only thing you are really interested in is the cardio.

Most facilities have a promo, like a week trial for free or x amount of dollars.

You could also do a one month, which that will probably net you a session or two with a trainer. But I guarantee you that one month fee will be much higher than what you would be paying per month for a contract.

A lot of personal trainers are freelance these days. Many will come to your house and help you with the nutrition and write you out a regimen you can do at your home. I would ball park it at $30-70/hr. You would want a couple of sessions per week like that in the beginning. Even if you only meet with that trainer once a month after that to check up on your status, it's still better than nothing.

I personally have my own trainer that I meet with if I start lagging.
 
Update 05.04.2008



Weighed in today, I came in at 279.0 pounds. So I finally broke out of the 280's.

I know, I know mlambert you told me to back off the weekly weigh ins. But I could not resist to see if all the time out working in the yard and working on the car helped or not.

I may switch to an every other week weigh in though, just for the reasons you mentioned.
 
You are doing great! You should be proud.

Me, I decided to try the G2 water today. It's not bad. I think I prefer the calorie content of Propel still. JMO
 
just read this thread, that's awesome!!! Keep up the good work man!!! I'm with you for this summer!
 
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