A sign that I need to lose weight

Real sign that I need to lose weight.  I got a loaner car yesterday from the dealership while they did my inspection and oil changes.  Unfortunately I could barely fit in the car.  Had to shift the seat around to get in.  Not a huge deal, but it's a sign of how overweight I've gotten.

Food yesterday: breakfast cereal for both breakfast and dinner, lunch was a burger and fries.

The restarted diet

The snow day yesterday sort of imploded opportunities to get ahead on the diet.  The snow and ice limited my ability to go outside (though I did get some shoveling in as exercise).  It also trapped me in a house which had been somewhat depleted on food.  I ended up eating some leftover pizza and pasta, but it wasn't a healthy series of meals.

But I've gotten out to the market now, and I can finally get back on track.  So we'll be working off of 282 as my starting weight now.  Hopefully that starts to fall quickly.

A semi restart

This past weekend was PAX East, and so the diet and the blog got put partially on hold.  As of Monday morning I weighed in at 282.2.  So I'm still down from the start, but the weekend could have gone a bit better food wise.  I didn't really pig out (beyond some overeating on Sunday), but I didn't think too hard about what I was eating either.

I'm not going to restart the days or anything.  But starting this weekend I have to get serious about this.

Days 8 to 10

So actually tracking my food hasn't been a challenge.  But trying to keep the blog up to date has been.  I've mostly been eating reasonably (though I've exceeded the daily food goals a bit thanks to some lasanga this week).

Food this week has all looked pretty similar:  breakfast has been bowls of honey nut cheerios (400 calories each morning); lunch was grilled cheese on sunday, and meatball subs monday and tuesday (600 calories and 500 calories respectively); while dinner has been lasanga and garlic toast (1300 calories total probably).

I've been hitting my step goals, but haven't done other exercise.  After PAX this weekend I'm hopeful I can pick up some other exercise..  I am down 7 pounds off the start of the diet though.  So hopefully I can keep that up.

Days 6 and 7 - Keeping on Track

So the one thing I've learned this week is that exercising, outside of the walking I'm doing for work, is a habit I'm completely out of.  Basically, other than last Sunday I haven't gotten on the bike even once.  On the other hand, the most important part of the diet is eating more healthy portions and that has been working.  Other than Tuesday I've been garnering around 900 points every day.  That continues with the last two days.

Food for friday:  breakfast and lunch were pancakes...really needed to go shopping (450 calories each), dinner was penne, sauce and garlic toast (1000 calories)

Food for Saturday:  no breakfast, as I slept in; lunch was a chicken patty, light hamburger roll and baked beans (600 calories), dinner was lasanga and garlic toast (1300 calories)

Steps for today:  14,400 so far

Totals
Food eaten:  2000
Calories Burned:  0
Daily Points:  1000
Weekly Points:  5676
Total earned: 5676

Days 4 & 5 - Average days

So my big challenge now is to start exercising regularly.  The last few days have not been good for that.  I'm doing my walking, but getting on the bike has been an issue.  Part of this weekend's goal is to make it a habit.

Food Wed:  pancakes for breakfast and dinner (450 calories each); lunch was a burger and fries (1200 calories)

Food Thurs:  pancakes for breakfast (450 calories), lunch was chicken tenders (500 calories), dinner was a frozen pizza and some garlic toast (1200 calories)

Day 3 - A complete failure

We had a mardi gras party at work today.  It was not good.  If it had just been the fried chicken, I would have been fine.  Even the biscuits...I could have stopped.  The addition of desserts and sides though...yeah that was too much.

So for today I'm just going to call it a blown day, and award myself 0 points for it.  I don't think I went completely nuts, and breakfast and dinner were both small-ish.  Still, the walking alone wasn't going to be enough.

Steps today:  11,550

Totals
Food eaten:  3000
Calories Burned:  0
Daily Points:  0
Weekly Points:  1826
Total earned: 1826

Day 2 - No cheating yet

Today was merely the second day of the diet.  I'll consider myself reasonably successful if I can make it at least one week without cheating completely (there's a fried chicken Mardi Gras thing tomorrow at work...so I'll be cheating a little).  For now though I'm reasonably on track.

For now though I'm doing okay:  breakfast was pancakes again (out of other breakfast options) (450 calories), lunch was a meatball sub, chips and soda (750 calories), dinner was penne with sauce (800 calories) and snacks was a little peanut butter (100 calories).

Steps today were 15,128.



Totals
Food eaten:  2100
Calories Burned:  0
Daily Points:  900
Weekly Points:  1826
Total earned: 1826

Starting Over Again

Last May I broke my foot, just as I was starting to get into shape.  It blew up my plans for the summer, but worst of all is it took me out of the habit of exercise completely.  I not only didn't recover after healing, I got worst.

So now my weight is the worst it's been in ten years.  I have to end that trend.  So I'm going to be starting to work my way back into the habit.

My starting weight this time:  289.6 pounds.

Today I ended up eating more than I initially planned (largely due to a couple granola bars I decided to have as snacks during the evening), but I got back on the exercise bike and walked quite a bit.  It isn't a perfect start, but it's a start regardless.

Food today:  pancakes for breakfast (450 calories), a Newman's Own pizza for lunch (900 calories), penne with sauce for dinner (800 calories) and snacks were the two granola bars (300 calories)

Exercise today:  rode the exercise bike for 40 minutes or so (376 calories) and also walked 14,788 steps.

Totals
Food eaten:  2450
Calories Burned:  376
Daily Points:  926
Weekly Points:  926
Total earned:926