Week 1 Weigh-In

Initial weight: 245.8
Weight after Week 1: 245.6

Sooooo....not going to lie, I'm a little disappointed with the results. Then I looked back over my week and I should be disappointed in my self-control. Pretty much had 2 cheat days and they were both doozies so I need to watch it. Went out to eat with my bro and mom tonight. Could have been worse. 1 chicken breast, two helpings of what I'm sure were just canned green beans cooked in Bacon grease, and a helping of baked beans. Not the healthiest but could have been a lot worse, all things considered. Today actually probably would have been right on point if it weren't for the small bag of Cheetohs I ate with lunch. Stress eating...not good.

Hopefully next Monday yields better results. I still have some work to do with my self-control but I'm getting better. As long as I don't get angry, I should be good. Tomorrow, I'm excited because I might have found a way to make a pancake like product that has lower carbs, low cal, low fat,and high protein. There will still he some but it'll mainly be fiber. I'll keep you posted on my findings. Toodles.

Side note to myself: If I find myself having success but at a slow rate, I may extend this diet further. We shall see.

Methods to My Madness

So ok... I suppose I need to lay down some guidelines for myself since I'm probably the only one reading this thing.

Caloric Intake: obviously since I'm trying to cut down weight, I will need to cut back my calories. For now, I will attempt to eat between 1500-1800 calories a day. I will probably allow for one cheat day.

Alcohol: No booze for the next 30 days. This will be somewhat tough. I'm not an alcoholic by any means but it seems to be a norm these days to drink socially. And if my past experiences are any indication, I hate drunk people when I'm sober. Yikes. Better just stay out of the scene as much as possible.

Macros: I'm trying to burn mainly fat and keep what muscles I have so protein consumption will probably be higher than usual. Probably around 200g a day on average. Carbs will probably be kept around 100g a day or less. Fat will probably just fall where it may. I think I'm averaging like 50-ish grams or less. Seems legit.

Workouts: Have to be quick...my lunch break is almost over. Anyway, I will be doing at least three days of weight training a week to help preserve strength and muscle. Cardio will be probably another 2 or 3 days depending on the intensity of my weight training which varies since I have partners in crime. And between the 3 of us, someone usually lacks motivation on at least one day. Cardio is done by myself.

Gotta get back to work! More to come later!

Let's start slow...

So this journal went nowhere fast. It's been about 4 months before I posted. I'm just not very good at this blogging thing. Maybe if I go the mobile route, I'll keep up a little better. I suppose I could always do grammar checks at home.

Anyway, I kind of gave up for the summer because there was just too much going on in my life to actually keep track. But now that summer is winding down, life will start to slow down...I'm hoping, at least. But my summer journey wasn't all bad. I actually did lose about 15 pounds. When I started this blog I was about 260 lbs. My official weight as of this morning is 245.8 lbs. I say official because this is what I'm starting with as I try to restart this journey.

Anyway, I'm going to try a 30 day cut of sorts. I'm not a body builder so I don't officially cut. I'm just trying lose weight. My ultimate goal is to be roughly around 210. Don't know if I'll get there but we'll see. Anyway, I guess I'll end this here because I'm about to go lift.

Too long, didn't read edition: 30 strict diet (Details to follow later) and starting weight 245.8 lbs. (15 lbs lighter than when I started this blog 4 month ago).