daginator
08-07-2006, 07:15 AM
I would first like to apologize for the lengthiness of this post. You see I'm on a mission to lose a lot of weight, over a hundred pounds to not be exact. Right now I weigh in over three hundred pounds, and need to get moving on this goal of losing weight. I've had the goal for several years now; I've always figured the goal could wait another day because I'm still young.
Nothing traumatic has happened to me, so that’s not the reason I'm starting on this goal. It is just time to make a change in my life. I'm aware that this change must be a life change, or I will just go back to my old habits.
Past experience:
At one point in time I was waking up at 6:00am four times a week (M,T,TH,F) and would go to the gym to workout for 40 minutes and walk/run for 20 minutes. I got to work by 8:30, which was perfect. I had a workout partner, and everything was going great. We continued on this routine for about three months.... Until a friend decided he wanted to join in our group. Not wanting to upset anyone we told him to "come on in" to the group. However, the addition of a third person made it impossible to do my same workout routine given my strict time table. My workout partner and I were getting sort of annoyed at the third person because he liked to talk a lot and etc. So we came up with this "mastermind". The plan was for both of us to stop going to the gym for two weeks and the third person would quit by lack of motivation. However, at then end of the two weeks, we decided to push it off one day, and then we decided to push it off one more week and etc. Point being, we never worked out again. We tried a couple of times, but neither of us had the motivation to start working out again. I did lose a lot of weight, but unsure of the amount because I never weighed myself. I feel that was one of my biggest mistakes. I had no idea of the success that I was having and could never get excited. This time I plan on weighing myself daily and writing down what I weigh each day. That way I can see my progress.
Diet during that time:
I would have shake for breakfast and normal fatty fast food for lunch and dinner. I would try and eat health, but I was always able to justify to myself that it would be OK to have a number 2 from Wendy’s (biggie sized of course) because I "had a good workout at the gym". Or that "I'll start the diet part soon, but not today". Or the always famous "Today is my cheat day". I realized that I didn't have cheat day; but rather, a healthy day once per-week.
New Plan:
I have not exactly designed the new plan completely yet. But I've thought about waking up and going for a three mile walk (and try to jog a little, but I know that won't happen very much at first). I've also thought about doing a combo of walking 3 miles a few times a week & working out a few times a week. There is also a spinning class at my gym that I was thinking about taking, but haven’t decided.
Diet for new plan:
My plan is to try and actually follow the “eat 5-6 small meals each day”. However, I expect to replace at least two meals, but no more than three with Myoplex shakes. I’ve also thought about having protein bars around for when I get really hungry.
The only reason I’m using the journal is as a means to hold myself accountable. Also to hopefully get some good advice from some of the knowledgeable people here.
I know it is only 9:00am right now, but thus far I have done the following today:
Awake: 5:55am
Workout: 6:13 – 7:08am (walked my first 3 mile walk (maybe ran 100 yards))
1st meal: Myoplex shake at 8:30am
(that’s it so far today)
I was planning on having another shake around 9:30/10:00am if I was hungry. The only reason I would have two shakes in a row is because I have nothing else to eat today :( .
I would love to hear people’s advice, comments and etc.
Thanks for being my sounding board,
-dag
Nothing traumatic has happened to me, so that’s not the reason I'm starting on this goal. It is just time to make a change in my life. I'm aware that this change must be a life change, or I will just go back to my old habits.
Past experience:
At one point in time I was waking up at 6:00am four times a week (M,T,TH,F) and would go to the gym to workout for 40 minutes and walk/run for 20 minutes. I got to work by 8:30, which was perfect. I had a workout partner, and everything was going great. We continued on this routine for about three months.... Until a friend decided he wanted to join in our group. Not wanting to upset anyone we told him to "come on in" to the group. However, the addition of a third person made it impossible to do my same workout routine given my strict time table. My workout partner and I were getting sort of annoyed at the third person because he liked to talk a lot and etc. So we came up with this "mastermind". The plan was for both of us to stop going to the gym for two weeks and the third person would quit by lack of motivation. However, at then end of the two weeks, we decided to push it off one day, and then we decided to push it off one more week and etc. Point being, we never worked out again. We tried a couple of times, but neither of us had the motivation to start working out again. I did lose a lot of weight, but unsure of the amount because I never weighed myself. I feel that was one of my biggest mistakes. I had no idea of the success that I was having and could never get excited. This time I plan on weighing myself daily and writing down what I weigh each day. That way I can see my progress.
Diet during that time:
I would have shake for breakfast and normal fatty fast food for lunch and dinner. I would try and eat health, but I was always able to justify to myself that it would be OK to have a number 2 from Wendy’s (biggie sized of course) because I "had a good workout at the gym". Or that "I'll start the diet part soon, but not today". Or the always famous "Today is my cheat day". I realized that I didn't have cheat day; but rather, a healthy day once per-week.
New Plan:
I have not exactly designed the new plan completely yet. But I've thought about waking up and going for a three mile walk (and try to jog a little, but I know that won't happen very much at first). I've also thought about doing a combo of walking 3 miles a few times a week & working out a few times a week. There is also a spinning class at my gym that I was thinking about taking, but haven’t decided.
Diet for new plan:
My plan is to try and actually follow the “eat 5-6 small meals each day”. However, I expect to replace at least two meals, but no more than three with Myoplex shakes. I’ve also thought about having protein bars around for when I get really hungry.
The only reason I’m using the journal is as a means to hold myself accountable. Also to hopefully get some good advice from some of the knowledgeable people here.
I know it is only 9:00am right now, but thus far I have done the following today:
Awake: 5:55am
Workout: 6:13 – 7:08am (walked my first 3 mile walk (maybe ran 100 yards))
1st meal: Myoplex shake at 8:30am
(that’s it so far today)
I was planning on having another shake around 9:30/10:00am if I was hungry. The only reason I would have two shakes in a row is because I have nothing else to eat today :( .
I would love to hear people’s advice, comments and etc.
Thanks for being my sounding board,
-dag