So I stepped on the scale and there it was... 253.6! I just need to maintain now for the week, and I am in the green for the Diet challenge :)
I was impressed, though I know it won't stay there all day (I got water to drink, food to eat, etc.) but just SEEING it was great for my mental health :), knowing I had at least for the time being passed the 11 pound mark!
Yesterday was not really healthy in terms of food choices, Lean Pocket in the morning, Green Leaf Chicken Ceaser wrap w/ a salad for lunch, and Dallas BBQ for dinner. But what I DID do for dinner was not order the biggest plate of food, just a 1/4 chicken white meat and then stayed away from 1/2 the rice and cornbread on my plate. (I'm going ALWAYS to eat cornbread, thats a mortal sin to pass it up). LOTS of veggies (steamed brocolli carrots and string beans)and water, no soda please :)
We also went to a party and I DIDN'T stay near the little spread that had out. I did pick some but better to nibble then indulge.
My knee is still in pain, so that kind of sucks. I have hit the treadmill some, but nothing major. Hopefully I will STAY OFF MY KNEE someday soon and follow the RICE treatment for a few days :P
So the plan is working, Lots of water, keeping the salt low, keeping the fiber high (Though I need that for more then weight loss), and sticking to about 1200 calories. I will exercise as best as I can as well, if I even burn off breakfast (200-300 calories) I will consider it a plus :)
In other news, I have officially created my own Dietbet challenge, and the kickoff date is April 14th at high noon! I have really taken the social dieting site to heart, and want to get my friends into it as well!
OK off to do my thing!
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
3/30/2012: One Week to go!
3 weeks have passed since the begining of the Dietbet "Last Supper" Challenge. For me, it has been a bumpy ride the last week, between my knee and the kidney stones. Thankfully, the kidney stone has for the most part, passed. I am still drinking a lot of water, and of course taking flowmax to make sure I don't have another one any time soon.
As for the knee, it has its moments. If I don't push it too much, it is ok. Advil helps. I did get on the treadmill and did a LIGHT workout, a half hour at 3mph, holding on to the rail for support. But at least I got back there, eventually I plan to get back to where I was once my knee is back to being my friend.
I've been reading up on some ways to lose a quick 5 pounds in a week, and all the information seems to work for me (water, 1200 calories, etc.). While I am at the goal line, I really want to pass it just so there is no debate, that I have taken up the challenge and passed it with flying colors.
News about the guys from the All-Pro Challenge: Out of the 6 of us, Joel "The Cannon" and I have made it to completion, "Jammin" Joe & Todd "The Hungry Genius" are over half way there, and Big Will "The Champ" and Eric "Silo" are under 50%
As for Dietbet; I actually believe the social dieting works for me, While we have taken our pot shots back and forth, it was all in good fun, and we are actually quite supportive of each other! After the challenge, I plan to get some of my close friends together and do my part to rally the them for some weight loss :). While I like the All-Pro gang, I believe I need some closer interaction to be more motivated for the next round!!!
So today, some more light work on the treadmill, and continuing where I left off yesterday, diet wise. I have made it clear to my wife this is a VERY important week for me, as its the make or break to the end of the challenge
As for the knee, it has its moments. If I don't push it too much, it is ok. Advil helps. I did get on the treadmill and did a LIGHT workout, a half hour at 3mph, holding on to the rail for support. But at least I got back there, eventually I plan to get back to where I was once my knee is back to being my friend.
I've been reading up on some ways to lose a quick 5 pounds in a week, and all the information seems to work for me (water, 1200 calories, etc.). While I am at the goal line, I really want to pass it just so there is no debate, that I have taken up the challenge and passed it with flying colors.
News about the guys from the All-Pro Challenge: Out of the 6 of us, Joel "The Cannon" and I have made it to completion, "Jammin" Joe & Todd "The Hungry Genius" are over half way there, and Big Will "The Champ" and Eric "Silo" are under 50%
As for Dietbet; I actually believe the social dieting works for me, While we have taken our pot shots back and forth, it was all in good fun, and we are actually quite supportive of each other! After the challenge, I plan to get some of my close friends together and do my part to rally the them for some weight loss :). While I like the All-Pro gang, I believe I need some closer interaction to be more motivated for the next round!!!
So today, some more light work on the treadmill, and continuing where I left off yesterday, diet wise. I have made it clear to my wife this is a VERY important week for me, as its the make or break to the end of the challenge
Thursday, March 29, 2012
3/29/2012: Rebound
I was very bad yesterday. Seriously depressed, I didnt care about my diet at all. I mean, I've tried to maintain, but last night I just fell into a real funk.
Its just one bad day, I am over it, and will move on.
I am feeling in a somewhat better mindset though. Despite my knee pain, I do feel better then yesterday. I will start my diet again today, and be as careful as I can be. I have 8 days to get back to 254 and complete the Dietbet Challenge.
At least the stone seems to have passed as I am feeling no pain downstairs, so I can worry less there. My knee it seems has other ideas. I am doing what they call RICE treatment (Rest, Ice, Compression, & Elevation). Add in Advil and maybe my knee wont trouble me too much. If the pain continues after the weekend, I will definitly see a doctor.
Here to an interesting week, hopefully it ends right where I need to be! At the weight and in the money!
Its just one bad day, I am over it, and will move on.
I am feeling in a somewhat better mindset though. Despite my knee pain, I do feel better then yesterday. I will start my diet again today, and be as careful as I can be. I have 8 days to get back to 254 and complete the Dietbet Challenge.
At least the stone seems to have passed as I am feeling no pain downstairs, so I can worry less there. My knee it seems has other ideas. I am doing what they call RICE treatment (Rest, Ice, Compression, & Elevation). Add in Advil and maybe my knee wont trouble me too much. If the pain continues after the weekend, I will definitly see a doctor.
Here to an interesting week, hopefully it ends right where I need to be! At the weight and in the money!
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
3/28/12: Kidney Stone & Knee
Sorry its been a few days since I posted or anything, I have been going through a rough patch.
First, my knee is totally shot. I don't know how or what I did to it, but I can barely walk on it, never mind hit my treadmill.
Second, I seem to have goten "lucky" with a kidney stone over the weekend :( Painful enough to go to the ER and sit there for 8+ hours. I am hoping that it has passed, but I cant be sure until I am pain free for a few days.
So the one-two punch has messed up my diet goals. To combat the stone, I am drinking a huge amount of water, and because I can't move my body, I've become very stationary. I believe the couple of pounds I put on over the last few days is from water, but I can't be sure. Finally, because of this I have been really depressed that after all this work, I might not reach the goal for the Dietbet Challenge. to be at the goal only for it to be snatched away really would suck!
I will try to stay positive however. I still have a week plus, and If I'm very careful, I might be able to fend off any weight gain until after the challenge.
First, my knee is totally shot. I don't know how or what I did to it, but I can barely walk on it, never mind hit my treadmill.
Second, I seem to have goten "lucky" with a kidney stone over the weekend :( Painful enough to go to the ER and sit there for 8+ hours. I am hoping that it has passed, but I cant be sure until I am pain free for a few days.
So the one-two punch has messed up my diet goals. To combat the stone, I am drinking a huge amount of water, and because I can't move my body, I've become very stationary. I believe the couple of pounds I put on over the last few days is from water, but I can't be sure. Finally, because of this I have been really depressed that after all this work, I might not reach the goal for the Dietbet Challenge. to be at the goal only for it to be snatched away really would suck!
I will try to stay positive however. I still have a week plus, and If I'm very careful, I might be able to fend off any weight gain until after the challenge.
Friday, March 23, 2012
3/23/12: Two Weeks, 9 pounds!
Todays weigh in: 256.4
I am no longer posting my food/calorie intake here, I have it over at MyFitnessPal.com, and feel its kinda silly to post it all twice. If your interested in my food intake details, friend me there if your on it!!!
It's now 2 weeks into Dietbets "Last Supper" challenge, & I have lost about 9 pounds! While I would love to be 250 for the April 6th weigh in, I am so not worried about it. I should easily drop the last 2 pounds pretty to cross the goal line :D
That being said, I still have my 200 pounds by October goal... So I might not be as intense as I am for the challenge, but I will still be doing what needs to be done to shed the weight.
I bought some cool ankle weights to add 10 pounds to my workouts (putting my workouts at where I started 2 weeks ago). They are pretty comfortable, but at 5 pounds a leg, my body has definitly reacted to them. I walked home in them after I bought them and went about 2 miles with them on. I was definitly feeling the burn! I don't think I can use them with the treadmill at the moment, and I also might need to pull out some of the weights until my body gets used to them for now.
Speaking of working out, my primary source of exercise has been walking and the treadmill. I am happy to say, I can now keep up with the "weight loss" program on the machine. Its an easy 2.5 mph with a 5 degree incline followed by a 5mph with 0 degree incline. The timer sets at 30:00 to start and does 5 cycles. Adding time increases the lenght of that cycle, and doesnt add extra cycles to the end of the program. Its a low burn, but it feels good, and I'm sweating by the end of it. It doesnt sound like much, but at the start up rate, thats 15 mins of 5mph running, meaning its over a mile :)
I am no longer posting my food/calorie intake here, I have it over at MyFitnessPal.com, and feel its kinda silly to post it all twice. If your interested in my food intake details, friend me there if your on it!!!
It's now 2 weeks into Dietbets "Last Supper" challenge, & I have lost about 9 pounds! While I would love to be 250 for the April 6th weigh in, I am so not worried about it. I should easily drop the last 2 pounds pretty to cross the goal line :D
That being said, I still have my 200 pounds by October goal... So I might not be as intense as I am for the challenge, but I will still be doing what needs to be done to shed the weight.
I bought some cool ankle weights to add 10 pounds to my workouts (putting my workouts at where I started 2 weeks ago). They are pretty comfortable, but at 5 pounds a leg, my body has definitly reacted to them. I walked home in them after I bought them and went about 2 miles with them on. I was definitly feeling the burn! I don't think I can use them with the treadmill at the moment, and I also might need to pull out some of the weights until my body gets used to them for now.
Speaking of working out, my primary source of exercise has been walking and the treadmill. I am happy to say, I can now keep up with the "weight loss" program on the machine. Its an easy 2.5 mph with a 5 degree incline followed by a 5mph with 0 degree incline. The timer sets at 30:00 to start and does 5 cycles. Adding time increases the lenght of that cycle, and doesnt add extra cycles to the end of the program. Its a low burn, but it feels good, and I'm sweating by the end of it. It doesnt sound like much, but at the start up rate, thats 15 mins of 5mph running, meaning its over a mile :)
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
3/21/12 I'm stuck!
This mornings weigh in: 258.4
I am not happy, I have been working out, dieting, and trying my hardest to get this weight off, and it is just not happening. I am kind of stuck at this 6+ pound mark.
Yes I know it doesn't happen overnight, but I have a lot of pounds I can lose without breaking a sweat (pun intended). I am sure my body has hit the dreaded starvation mode, where losing weight seems to be impossible
To win the Dietbet challenge, I need to be 254 (11 pounds) by April 6th. True its only 5 pounds, but they seem to be REALLY stuck to me. Am I am starting to get frustrated, as well as obsessing over them. My goal was to hit 250 for the end of the contest, But the way its going, I dont see myself losing 8.4 pounds in 2 weeks. So I will keep with the challenge, and try my best to hit that 5 pounds.
I will get back to my normal routine of posting and tweeting, etc. Hopefully that helps :). Talk soon!
I am not happy, I have been working out, dieting, and trying my hardest to get this weight off, and it is just not happening. I am kind of stuck at this 6+ pound mark.
Yes I know it doesn't happen overnight, but I have a lot of pounds I can lose without breaking a sweat (pun intended). I am sure my body has hit the dreaded starvation mode, where losing weight seems to be impossible
To win the Dietbet challenge, I need to be 254 (11 pounds) by April 6th. True its only 5 pounds, but they seem to be REALLY stuck to me. Am I am starting to get frustrated, as well as obsessing over them. My goal was to hit 250 for the end of the contest, But the way its going, I dont see myself losing 8.4 pounds in 2 weeks. So I will keep with the challenge, and try my best to hit that 5 pounds.
I will get back to my normal routine of posting and tweeting, etc. Hopefully that helps :). Talk soon!
Saturday, March 17, 2012
3/17/12 I ran
I ran on Friday, not much, but enough to be happy about it. I alternated running at 5 mph with walking at 3.5 mph. It was a light workout, mind you. Just about 1/2 hour and a twenty minute warmup, both of which was at a 3 degree incline. It was about 3/4 plus some extra time (about 2 minutes), but I havent done that forever!
I will re-edit the post later, and add my food intake, of course if you have my fitness pal app, you can friend me and see that for yourself!!!
Happy St. Paricks Day everyone! Don't eat too much Corned beef & Cabbage!
I will re-edit the post later, and add my food intake, of course if you have my fitness pal app, you can friend me and see that for yourself!!!
Happy St. Paricks Day everyone! Don't eat too much Corned beef & Cabbage!
Friday, March 16, 2012
3/16/12: It's been a week!
Weigh In: 258.8
Breakfast:
Vitamin
Benefiber
Lunch:
WW Chicken Parm
Diet Green Tea
Benefiber
Baby Carrots
S/F Jell-O w/ S/F Cool Whip Topping
Dinner:
WW Salisbury Steak
Veggie Salad
Lite Vinaigrette
Diet Green Tea
S/F Jell-O Pudding
Total Calories: 730
Exercise:
10 mins warm up, 60 mins @ 4mph/4.5 incline, 10 mins cool down
Today marks a week for the Dietbet promotion. It has been a lot of fun and very motivating to be part of it all. I have been (mostly) good during the 1st week, but we still have 3 weeks to go!!! All my group has posted there numbers, and everyone is losing... ahh the power of cash! I have been thinking of running a game after I am done with this, to keep the motivation up. Hopefully people will see the results, and join me in the next round :D
Yesterday, I ate pretty light, in fact, I only consumed about 1/2 of my daily intake, and other then a little tummy grumble after work, I was fine. However, I somehow gained a couple of pounds!! I Think that I just went too hard on myself and hit starvation mode last night, and my body is now rebelling. So today, I will just take it a little bit easy. I shall eat 3 full meals and do just a light exercise on the treadmill. Last thing I want to do is crash hard.
Off to relax! Talk to you tomorrow!
Breakfast:
Vitamin
Benefiber
Lunch:
WW Chicken Parm
Diet Green Tea
Benefiber
Baby Carrots
S/F Jell-O w/ S/F Cool Whip Topping
Dinner:
WW Salisbury Steak
Veggie Salad
Lite Vinaigrette
Diet Green Tea
S/F Jell-O Pudding
Total Calories: 730
Exercise:
10 mins warm up, 60 mins @ 4mph/4.5 incline, 10 mins cool down
Today marks a week for the Dietbet promotion. It has been a lot of fun and very motivating to be part of it all. I have been (mostly) good during the 1st week, but we still have 3 weeks to go!!! All my group has posted there numbers, and everyone is losing... ahh the power of cash! I have been thinking of running a game after I am done with this, to keep the motivation up. Hopefully people will see the results, and join me in the next round :D
Yesterday, I ate pretty light, in fact, I only consumed about 1/2 of my daily intake, and other then a little tummy grumble after work, I was fine. However, I somehow gained a couple of pounds!! I Think that I just went too hard on myself and hit starvation mode last night, and my body is now rebelling. So today, I will just take it a little bit easy. I shall eat 3 full meals and do just a light exercise on the treadmill. Last thing I want to do is crash hard.
Off to relax! Talk to you tomorrow!
Thursday, March 15, 2012
3/15/12: Prime Rib & Anne
Weigh In: 259
Breakfast:
Tea
Vitamin
Lunch:
Can of Tuna
Mayo (2 Tbsp)
Pickle
Diet Green Tea
Dinner:
Shimp Appitizer
Prime Rib
Twice Baked Potato
Asparges
Snack:
Strawberries
Home Made Whip Cream (Sugar Free)
Carmel Espresso Latte (Sugar Free)
Total Calories: 1770
Exercise:
Walking: 10 minute warm-up, 2.5mph, 0 degree incline. 60 minute @ 3.9mph, 4.5 degree incline, 10 minute cool down, 2.5mph, ) degree
Another day, Another BIG meal. We were going over tho our Friend's house, and she already told us (over a week ago, before the game) that it was going to be A prime Rib diner!! Again I prepared for it by simply not eating too much. Honestly, I was still full from Wo Hop on Tuesday, So I skipped breakfast, and had a lo cal tuna lunch (which I actually enjoy). I knew what I was in for!
A word about Anne, she reminds me of my grandmother in that she cooks for armies! Shes just LOVES to cook, and has a cooking background. Her house has a professional kitchen in it. She makes some of the most awesome food you have EVER tasted (Debi Agrees). This can be a dangerous thing to my diet sometimes, as we hang out alot with Anne.
We got "Leftovers" from a party she cooked for on Sunday, Though the food she prepared was so much better as a leftover then I have had in resturaunts. Shrimp in blankets with a sweet and salty kind of dip, Prime rib with sauce, and twice baked potatoes that were to die for. and for dessert, Debi had found some sweet deal Strawberries that we had with home made sugar free whip cream.. yumms
Surpisingly, even with all the food I eat, the worst carb offender was the potato, which came in at hefty 46g. My total intake was about 75g, so almost 2/3s! YIKES!
Tonight the Misses is out until late, so I will definitly be eating light today. Also its the start of my work week, so more calories to be burnt there :D. Plus If its anything like yesterday, I nice treadmill workout will drop some more water weight at mid-day :D
Have a great day!!!
Breakfast:
Tea
Vitamin
Lunch:
Can of Tuna
Mayo (2 Tbsp)
Pickle
Diet Green Tea
Dinner:
Shimp Appitizer
Prime Rib
Twice Baked Potato
Asparges
Snack:
Strawberries
Home Made Whip Cream (Sugar Free)
Carmel Espresso Latte (Sugar Free)
Total Calories: 1770
Exercise:
Walking: 10 minute warm-up, 2.5mph, 0 degree incline. 60 minute @ 3.9mph, 4.5 degree incline, 10 minute cool down, 2.5mph, ) degree
Another day, Another BIG meal. We were going over tho our Friend's house, and she already told us (over a week ago, before the game) that it was going to be A prime Rib diner!! Again I prepared for it by simply not eating too much. Honestly, I was still full from Wo Hop on Tuesday, So I skipped breakfast, and had a lo cal tuna lunch (which I actually enjoy). I knew what I was in for!
A word about Anne, she reminds me of my grandmother in that she cooks for armies! Shes just LOVES to cook, and has a cooking background. Her house has a professional kitchen in it. She makes some of the most awesome food you have EVER tasted (Debi Agrees). This can be a dangerous thing to my diet sometimes, as we hang out alot with Anne.
We got "Leftovers" from a party she cooked for on Sunday, Though the food she prepared was so much better as a leftover then I have had in resturaunts. Shrimp in blankets with a sweet and salty kind of dip, Prime rib with sauce, and twice baked potatoes that were to die for. and for dessert, Debi had found some sweet deal Strawberries that we had with home made sugar free whip cream.. yumms
Surpisingly, even with all the food I eat, the worst carb offender was the potato, which came in at hefty 46g. My total intake was about 75g, so almost 2/3s! YIKES!
Tonight the Misses is out until late, so I will definitly be eating light today. Also its the start of my work week, so more calories to be burnt there :D. Plus If its anything like yesterday, I nice treadmill workout will drop some more water weight at mid-day :D
Have a great day!!!
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
3/14/12: Wo Hop is NOT Diet food
Weigh In: 260.6
Food:
Breakfast
Breakfast Quesadilla
Diet Green Tea
Apple
Lunch
Can of Tuna
Mayo (2 Tbsp)
Dill Pickle
Veggie Salad
Light Balsamic Vinaigrette (2Tbsp)
Diet Green Tea
Dinner
Wo Hop
Small Wonton Soup
Pork Fried Rice (1/3 plate)
Chicken w/ Mixed Vegetables
Moo Shu Pork (w/ 2 pancakes)
Steamed Broccoli
Snacks
S/F Cherry Jell-O
S/F Cool Whip topping (2Tbsp)
Total Calories: 1,847
Exercise
Power Walking, 1 hour 3.5mph, 4.5 degree incline
My day started out just fine, I ate my food, did my walking (with some pain in my leg mind you) and generally kept it light. I knew I was going to Wo Hop last night, so I left a LOT of calories to enjoy myself
Still, I over did it, The food is just to damn good to pass up. All the "little of this, little of that" tends to add up quickly, it sneeks up on you big time. I ate about 300 more calories then my personal max allowance is and about 700 calories more then usual, YIKES!
Was it worth it? Of course it was, because 1) Its early in the game and I can fix it pretty easy and 2) Because I learned that by "preparing" for it, I actually let my guard down and gave myself an out to let go. (And 3) It just good & yummy full out, but we can't talk about it like that)
That being said, I am STILL full from last night, and have no desire to eat. It's not guilt or anything honest. I felt bloated the whole night. I will skip breakfast, and do a light lunch, as we are again going to be eating "real world"" food tonight: Prime Rib. This time though, I will just stop at one serving, thank you.
Food:
Breakfast
Breakfast Quesadilla
Diet Green Tea
Apple
Lunch
Can of Tuna
Mayo (2 Tbsp)
Dill Pickle
Veggie Salad
Light Balsamic Vinaigrette (2Tbsp)
Diet Green Tea
Dinner
Wo Hop
Small Wonton Soup
Pork Fried Rice (1/3 plate)
Chicken w/ Mixed Vegetables
Moo Shu Pork (w/ 2 pancakes)
Steamed Broccoli
Snacks
S/F Cherry Jell-O
S/F Cool Whip topping (2Tbsp)
Total Calories: 1,847
Exercise
Power Walking, 1 hour 3.5mph, 4.5 degree incline
My day started out just fine, I ate my food, did my walking (with some pain in my leg mind you) and generally kept it light. I knew I was going to Wo Hop last night, so I left a LOT of calories to enjoy myself
Still, I over did it, The food is just to damn good to pass up. All the "little of this, little of that" tends to add up quickly, it sneeks up on you big time. I ate about 300 more calories then my personal max allowance is and about 700 calories more then usual, YIKES!
Was it worth it? Of course it was, because 1) Its early in the game and I can fix it pretty easy and 2) Because I learned that by "preparing" for it, I actually let my guard down and gave myself an out to let go. (And 3) It just good & yummy full out, but we can't talk about it like that)
That being said, I am STILL full from last night, and have no desire to eat. It's not guilt or anything honest. I felt bloated the whole night. I will skip breakfast, and do a light lunch, as we are again going to be eating "real world"" food tonight: Prime Rib. This time though, I will just stop at one serving, thank you.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Tuesday 3/13/12
Morning weigh in: 258.2 (-6.8)
The Food:
Breakfast
WW Egg muffin w/ Can bacon/cheese
Arizona diet green Ice tea
Lunch
WW Turkey w/ mash potatoes & gravy
Arizona diet breen ice tea
S/F Jell-o cherry w/ S/F Cool Whip
Dinner
2 Bassa Fillets
2 cups Broccoli
2 cups Salad w/ lite balsamic vinaigrette
Snacks:
Luna Protein Bar
Apple (1)
Spanish Olives (10)
S/F Jell-o Boston Cream pudding w S/F Cool Whip
Total Calories: 1,349
Excercise
Walking
4.25 Miles 4.5 degree incline, 3.5(+)mph, 1 hour
So I look at what I ate yesterday, and see it was a lot, but still came in under the 1,500 calorie mark. It's not even a week into the contest, and I have already lost almost 7 pounds! Let's see if I can get a total of 15 pounds off by the final weigh in ;)
If we go back to when I decided it was time to lose the baggage, its about 50+ pounds total :D that puts me at the middle point of my journey to 200 pounds. Awesome!
Today is kinda yucky out, and in that respect, I am glad we bought the treadmill! I have ZERO excuse to not get my walking in today. I kinda want something else to use, so maybe an excersise bike? Debi & I kinda want some gym toys for upstate anyway, so what the harm in looking about. Off to look for a used one.
BTW, thank you to everyone who is reading this and sending me back comments, love and encouragement!! Good to know I got a great group of people behind me :D Talk to you soon!!!
The Food:
Breakfast
WW Egg muffin w/ Can bacon/cheese
Arizona diet green Ice tea
Lunch
WW Turkey w/ mash potatoes & gravy
Arizona diet breen ice tea
S/F Jell-o cherry w/ S/F Cool Whip
Dinner
2 Bassa Fillets
2 cups Broccoli
2 cups Salad w/ lite balsamic vinaigrette
Snacks:
Luna Protein Bar
Apple (1)
Spanish Olives (10)
S/F Jell-o Boston Cream pudding w S/F Cool Whip
Total Calories: 1,349
Excercise
Walking
4.25 Miles 4.5 degree incline, 3.5(+)mph, 1 hour
So I look at what I ate yesterday, and see it was a lot, but still came in under the 1,500 calorie mark. It's not even a week into the contest, and I have already lost almost 7 pounds! Let's see if I can get a total of 15 pounds off by the final weigh in ;)
If we go back to when I decided it was time to lose the baggage, its about 50+ pounds total :D that puts me at the middle point of my journey to 200 pounds. Awesome!
Today is kinda yucky out, and in that respect, I am glad we bought the treadmill! I have ZERO excuse to not get my walking in today. I kinda want something else to use, so maybe an excersise bike? Debi & I kinda want some gym toys for upstate anyway, so what the harm in looking about. Off to look for a used one.
BTW, thank you to everyone who is reading this and sending me back comments, love and encouragement!! Good to know I got a great group of people behind me :D Talk to you soon!!!
Monday, March 12, 2012
Woo Hoo 259 baby!
This mornings weigh in: 259.4 (-5.6)
Thanks to the fast forward of Daylight savings time, My Sunday was a 2 meal deal.(Yes I Know I missed Satuday, but thats how it goes sometimes)
Breakfast Quesadilla
Low Carb Shake
Chicken Ceasar Salad
Diet Pepsi
Sugar free Jello
Sugar free Cool Whip
Good morning :D
Looking at the number above this morning on my scale made me VERY happy. I couldn't believe I saw 5 pounds drop away since the weigh in on Friday!!! I am 1/2 way to the Dietbet/All-pro goal of 4%. Don't think for ONE second I will stop dieting when I hit the 11 pound goal though, because while this game/contest is short term, I still have my 200 pound Ideal weight by October goal. I know its not the 167 pound weight that the calculators say I should be at, but I think that number just might be too much for my body. I dont want to look like I NEED to eat, lol.
I guess I am getting used to the 1500 calorie limit I have myself on, as I haven't felt hungry at all. In Fact I've been leaving calories on the board, which is probably not a good thing in the long run.
So heres what I am doing:
Daily vitamin/Fiber (Doctor's orders, not totally diet related)
1500 calorie diet
100 carb total target zone
Walking, or other butt moving type of activity then watching TV all day
I have an app (Thx again Lisette) that tracks my food intake, and post calorie burns for excercise. I DO NOT "eat back" those burnt calories! Why? 1) the numbers are suspect because they deal with general guidelines, and 2) because I dont see it as :I walked two miles, I can have a dessert now" kind of thing. If I am starving, I can have something extra and not feel too off about it though.
Anyway, time to get moving!!! Talk to you tomorrow!
Thanks to the fast forward of Daylight savings time, My Sunday was a 2 meal deal.(Yes I Know I missed Satuday, but thats how it goes sometimes)
Breakfast Quesadilla
Low Carb Shake
Chicken Ceasar Salad
Diet Pepsi
Sugar free Jello
Sugar free Cool Whip
Good morning :D
Looking at the number above this morning on my scale made me VERY happy. I couldn't believe I saw 5 pounds drop away since the weigh in on Friday!!! I am 1/2 way to the Dietbet/All-pro goal of 4%. Don't think for ONE second I will stop dieting when I hit the 11 pound goal though, because while this game/contest is short term, I still have my 200 pound Ideal weight by October goal. I know its not the 167 pound weight that the calculators say I should be at, but I think that number just might be too much for my body. I dont want to look like I NEED to eat, lol.
I guess I am getting used to the 1500 calorie limit I have myself on, as I haven't felt hungry at all. In Fact I've been leaving calories on the board, which is probably not a good thing in the long run.
So heres what I am doing:
Daily vitamin/Fiber (Doctor's orders, not totally diet related)
1500 calorie diet
100 carb total target zone
Walking, or other butt moving type of activity then watching TV all day
I have an app (Thx again Lisette) that tracks my food intake, and post calorie burns for excercise. I DO NOT "eat back" those burnt calories! Why? 1) the numbers are suspect because they deal with general guidelines, and 2) because I dont see it as :I walked two miles, I can have a dessert now" kind of thing. If I am starving, I can have something extra and not feel too off about it though.
Anyway, time to get moving!!! Talk to you tomorrow!
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Saturday 3/10/2012
Weigh in: 263.4 (-1.6)
Food:
Due to contest, no breakfast
Lunch:
APX 3 Slices of pizza from the contest
Water
Snack
3 mini cupcakes
Go Lean Chocolate Caramel Bar
Total Calories: 1025
Total Carbs: 154
Exercise:
Walking, 2 hours, slow pace(2mph) 2+ Miles: 290 calories Burned
It was a unique day, with the Dietbet contest and all. No Breakfast, a huge slice of pizza (plus some)around lunch, walking and seeing a weakness of mine, the mini cupcake place (I had 3, but it was worth it) and then I just wasn't hungry around dinner, so I opted for a snack Kashi bar. The lack of dinner was a mistake, however. I was getting hungry towards the end of my night, and had a slight headache this morning from eating.
It was nice to see the scale dip lower this morning however. 263.4 makes me feel good about what I am doing. For the contest, I need to hit 257 with my clothes on, that's 254 at home. I would like to just hit 250 at home and know I am golden :)
I've been reading the food labels and the reports from my app, and I don't like the sodium levels I am hitting. Everything I am eating coming out of little red boxes, and just are LOADED with the stuff. I am concerned I'm trading weight loss for high blood pressure. I need to learn how to cook.. and NOT like my grandmother, who serving sizes are legendary!
Today I will play some trance cardio and power walk on my treadmill for a bit, but its going to be a light day otherwise, my legs are feeling it ;)
Talk soon!
Food:
Due to contest, no breakfast
Lunch:
APX 3 Slices of pizza from the contest
Water
Snack
3 mini cupcakes
Go Lean Chocolate Caramel Bar
Total Calories: 1025
Total Carbs: 154
Exercise:
Walking, 2 hours, slow pace(2mph) 2+ Miles: 290 calories Burned
It was a unique day, with the Dietbet contest and all. No Breakfast, a huge slice of pizza (plus some)around lunch, walking and seeing a weakness of mine, the mini cupcake place (I had 3, but it was worth it) and then I just wasn't hungry around dinner, so I opted for a snack Kashi bar. The lack of dinner was a mistake, however. I was getting hungry towards the end of my night, and had a slight headache this morning from eating.
It was nice to see the scale dip lower this morning however. 263.4 makes me feel good about what I am doing. For the contest, I need to hit 257 with my clothes on, that's 254 at home. I would like to just hit 250 at home and know I am golden :)
I've been reading the food labels and the reports from my app, and I don't like the sodium levels I am hitting. Everything I am eating coming out of little red boxes, and just are LOADED with the stuff. I am concerned I'm trading weight loss for high blood pressure. I need to learn how to cook.. and NOT like my grandmother, who serving sizes are legendary!
Today I will play some trance cardio and power walk on my treadmill for a bit, but its going to be a light day otherwise, my legs are feeling it ;)
Talk soon!
Friday, March 9, 2012
Its time to start!
I had a great time in Times Square at Ripley's Believe It Or Not with the gang from Dietbet. Lots of people, lots of cameras and definitly lots of PIZZA! (wow those slices were huge!).
Now that all the glitz and fun parts are done, the real work begins.
I weighed in at 268, with my clothes on. Not bad, as I knew from my home scale I was at 265. I need to lose 11 pounds in 28 days. I figured I ate about 3 slices of your average pizza (I ate less then one for the contest, plus some pubicity eating, lol). Joel has to lose something similar, and Big Will needs to lose some 18-20 pounds.
After the event, my friend and I walked down from Times Square to Christopher St. No race walking, just casual looking about the city type. We then hopped on the F train at W4th and came back to Brooklyn. Prior to the gig, I used up some of my nervous energy on the treadmill for a little over a mile in a half hour. I would like to think I put paid to the pizza contest part by now.
Thinking ahead, I need to be careful about my eating habits. There is money, and more importantly bragging right in the All-Pro camp at stake. Sure these guys can wolf down more pizza faster and better then I can, but I want to win this event, for personal as well as to show them I'm not just the voice of competetive eating!
Let the game begin!!
Now that all the glitz and fun parts are done, the real work begins.
I weighed in at 268, with my clothes on. Not bad, as I knew from my home scale I was at 265. I need to lose 11 pounds in 28 days. I figured I ate about 3 slices of your average pizza (I ate less then one for the contest, plus some pubicity eating, lol). Joel has to lose something similar, and Big Will needs to lose some 18-20 pounds.
After the event, my friend and I walked down from Times Square to Christopher St. No race walking, just casual looking about the city type. We then hopped on the F train at W4th and came back to Brooklyn. Prior to the gig, I used up some of my nervous energy on the treadmill for a little over a mile in a half hour. I would like to think I put paid to the pizza contest part by now.
Thinking ahead, I need to be careful about my eating habits. There is money, and more importantly bragging right in the All-Pro camp at stake. Sure these guys can wolf down more pizza faster and better then I can, but I want to win this event, for personal as well as to show them I'm not just the voice of competetive eating!
Let the game begin!!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Friday 3/9/2012
Morning Weigh in: 265 (-1, 0 total)
Food:
Breakfast:
Egg Bagel w/ butter
16oz Coffee w/ milk 3 equal
Lunch:
WW Beef Pot Roast
Arizona Diet Green Tea
Dinner:
WW Chicken Oriental
Diet Green Tea
WW Key Lime Pie
Snacks:
Baby Carrots
100 Calorie Brownie
Apple
Chesters Puffcorn
Total Calories consumed: 1439
Carbs Consumed: 228
Excercise:
1 hour on treadmill: 3.5 mph @ 3+ Degree Incline : 450 calories burned
Todays the day! In about 3 hours, I will be eating a huge slice of pizza and then getting weighed in for the Dietbet contest in front of Ripley's in Times Square! This should be a good game, and I wish everyone luck!! I know how hard it is to lose weight!
Looking at the lst few days, seems I am up on my carbs again. Carbs are the enemy!!! Ideally, I'd like to be somewhere around 100 carbs for the day. When I started out, I did watch them better, and I attibute that to the shed pounds.
I weighed in this morning at 265, but I expect that number to be higher later, As I will have my clothes on!!! Still it should be in the area on 10 pounds for me to lose in 28 days? I can do this!!!!
The Sisco "Kitty" (Yup, gonna wear my black ears and tail) is ready to rock til I drop the pounds!!! See you at Ripley's!!
Food:
Breakfast:
Egg Bagel w/ butter
16oz Coffee w/ milk 3 equal
Lunch:
WW Beef Pot Roast
Arizona Diet Green Tea
Dinner:
WW Chicken Oriental
Diet Green Tea
WW Key Lime Pie
Snacks:
Baby Carrots
100 Calorie Brownie
Apple
Chesters Puffcorn
Total Calories consumed: 1439
Carbs Consumed: 228
Excercise:
1 hour on treadmill: 3.5 mph @ 3+ Degree Incline : 450 calories burned
Todays the day! In about 3 hours, I will be eating a huge slice of pizza and then getting weighed in for the Dietbet contest in front of Ripley's in Times Square! This should be a good game, and I wish everyone luck!! I know how hard it is to lose weight!
Looking at the lst few days, seems I am up on my carbs again. Carbs are the enemy!!! Ideally, I'd like to be somewhere around 100 carbs for the day. When I started out, I did watch them better, and I attibute that to the shed pounds.
I weighed in this morning at 265, but I expect that number to be higher later, As I will have my clothes on!!! Still it should be in the area on 10 pounds for me to lose in 28 days? I can do this!!!!
The Sisco "Kitty" (Yup, gonna wear my black ears and tail) is ready to rock til I drop the pounds!!! See you at Ripley's!!
Thursday 3/8/2012
Morning weigh in: 266 (+1)
Wednesday's Diet:
Breakfast:
1 Cookie
Lunch:
WW Smart One Shrimp Marinara
Arizona Diet Green Tea
Dinner
Chicken Parm (2 Breast)
Spaghetti w/ marinara sauce
Snacks (you better believe it)
WW Choc Ice cream bar
Baby Carrots
Kashi Choc/carmel crunchy! Bar
Calorie Intake: 1797 Calories
Excercise:
Casual walk to/from Post office (2 Miles)
Thoughts of the day:
Woke up to an extra pound somehow... Thats fine so long as it doesnt happen again!! I am using an Android app the Lisette brought to my attention, and while its pretty cool, dunno if its 100% accurate unless you scan food in. Still better a slighty off estimate then just a general idea.
The Dietbet contest is only 24 hours away! I'm kinda stoked, as I havent seen some of my eater friends for a while. Its going to be fun to play against them, but I hope that All-Pro gets REALLY busy locally over the next month (hehehe), remember, I'm the VOICE not an actual eater :D. For the event, I think I will wear my cat ears and tail... you know, to mess with there heads =^.^=
So, The treadmill is working, the app is in place, and the will is strong to get to my goal. Time to get my game on!!!
Wednesday's Diet:
Breakfast:
1 Cookie
Lunch:
WW Smart One Shrimp Marinara
Arizona Diet Green Tea
Dinner
Chicken Parm (2 Breast)
Spaghetti w/ marinara sauce
Snacks (you better believe it)
WW Choc Ice cream bar
Baby Carrots
Kashi Choc/carmel crunchy! Bar
Calorie Intake: 1797 Calories
Excercise:
Casual walk to/from Post office (2 Miles)
Thoughts of the day:
Woke up to an extra pound somehow... Thats fine so long as it doesnt happen again!! I am using an Android app the Lisette brought to my attention, and while its pretty cool, dunno if its 100% accurate unless you scan food in. Still better a slighty off estimate then just a general idea.
The Dietbet contest is only 24 hours away! I'm kinda stoked, as I havent seen some of my eater friends for a while. Its going to be fun to play against them, but I hope that All-Pro gets REALLY busy locally over the next month (hehehe), remember, I'm the VOICE not an actual eater :D. For the event, I think I will wear my cat ears and tail... you know, to mess with there heads =^.^=
So, The treadmill is working, the app is in place, and the will is strong to get to my goal. Time to get my game on!!!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Wednesday morning weigh in
Its a little over 48 hours before the Dietbet contest, and I want to get my mind thinking diet again. So with that, I did my Morning weight in.
The scale read 265. Thats pretty good, considering I havent really tried to diet the last few weeks. When I stopped dieting about a month ago, I was at 263. So plus 2 pounds about?
Thankfully, I think some of my diet habits stuck with me, and most likely saved my bacon from going back up in weight. I was over 300 lbs (I say about 306, Debi put me at about 311) when I decided I needed to get my behind in gear.
The key has been to enjoy myself, but not over indulge. So ONE donut instead of say... 6. I am into sweets, and that will probably never change. I also mindlessly eat when I am bored, THAT has to stop!
Also I have tried to take a friends advice to heart, no eating after 9pm. This actually works for me because I liked to eat after a gig at 3 or 4 am, and then I went right to bed. So I am trying not to do that anymore.
As I've said, I will be doing the morning weigh ins, maybe with my goal for the day (walking, etc.). I will also write about the foods I ate during the day.
Later, I will do some walking (need to hit the post office, about a mile each way) and some other stuff. Will post about that all later :D Thanks for reading, and have a great day!!!
The scale read 265. Thats pretty good, considering I havent really tried to diet the last few weeks. When I stopped dieting about a month ago, I was at 263. So plus 2 pounds about?
Thankfully, I think some of my diet habits stuck with me, and most likely saved my bacon from going back up in weight. I was over 300 lbs (I say about 306, Debi put me at about 311) when I decided I needed to get my behind in gear.
The key has been to enjoy myself, but not over indulge. So ONE donut instead of say... 6. I am into sweets, and that will probably never change. I also mindlessly eat when I am bored, THAT has to stop!
Also I have tried to take a friends advice to heart, no eating after 9pm. This actually works for me because I liked to eat after a gig at 3 or 4 am, and then I went right to bed. So I am trying not to do that anymore.
As I've said, I will be doing the morning weigh ins, maybe with my goal for the day (walking, etc.). I will also write about the foods I ate during the day.
Later, I will do some walking (need to hit the post office, about a mile each way) and some other stuff. Will post about that all later :D Thanks for reading, and have a great day!!!
Monday, March 5, 2012
T-Minus 4 days to the Dietbet kickoff & I am excited!!!
Hey gang!
As most of you know, I am really trying to lose some weight, Its been a good start so far, but I have kinda let it fall to the side some. I still want to make my goal of around 200 lbs by my birthday in October! I honestly don't remember when I was 200 pounds, maybe in college?
Sometimes you get help in ways you never expect though. A group that many of you know is near and dear to me, All-Pro eaters, somehow hooked up with business called Dietbet to do a promotion. Yup you read that right, my competitive eater group is working with a diet social network. They extended an offer to me to be part of the promotion, and I accepted it. While I am usually the "Velvet Voice" and host of the eating events, I don't see anything wrong with being a contestant to LOSE weight! ;)
The promtion/game/contest kicks off this Friday March 9th @ Ripley's Believe It Or Not with a pizza eating contest (If you can come watch, that would be cool BTW) and then we do the weigh in. I have 4 weeks to lose 4% of my body weight. I'm not shy, I am about 270 pounds, so that is about 12 pounds I must lose in 28 days.
So I decided to start up my old blog (I cleaned it out too, everything was dated from like 2008/2009), and talk about what I am doing over the course of the next 4+ weeks. Eating habits, work-outs, daily weigh ins, etc. By having it out there for all to see, I think it will help with my motivation, and if I am not up to snuff, you gys will know when to yell at me ;)
Hopefully, you come by and check in on me, and leave some feedback, good or if needed, some encouragement. I know some of you have offered your help taking my butt to the gym, etc and YES I will be very interested in getting out with you guys to do some of that:) After all, I wanna kick ass in this game, not only because I want to lose the weight, but there is CASH involved if I make the goal.
Right now, I am upstate with the Debster, and of course, I am kinda letting my eating habits go a bit (I know, I'm bad). Come wednesday however, I will get back into the swing of things, and then REALLY start to work on my diet Friday!
Come back Wednesday for my 1st private weight in prior to the kickoff! Wish me luck!!
As most of you know, I am really trying to lose some weight, Its been a good start so far, but I have kinda let it fall to the side some. I still want to make my goal of around 200 lbs by my birthday in October! I honestly don't remember when I was 200 pounds, maybe in college?
Sometimes you get help in ways you never expect though. A group that many of you know is near and dear to me, All-Pro eaters, somehow hooked up with business called Dietbet to do a promotion. Yup you read that right, my competitive eater group is working with a diet social network. They extended an offer to me to be part of the promotion, and I accepted it. While I am usually the "Velvet Voice" and host of the eating events, I don't see anything wrong with being a contestant to LOSE weight! ;)
The promtion/game/contest kicks off this Friday March 9th @ Ripley's Believe It Or Not with a pizza eating contest (If you can come watch, that would be cool BTW) and then we do the weigh in. I have 4 weeks to lose 4% of my body weight. I'm not shy, I am about 270 pounds, so that is about 12 pounds I must lose in 28 days.
So I decided to start up my old blog (I cleaned it out too, everything was dated from like 2008/2009), and talk about what I am doing over the course of the next 4+ weeks. Eating habits, work-outs, daily weigh ins, etc. By having it out there for all to see, I think it will help with my motivation, and if I am not up to snuff, you gys will know when to yell at me ;)
Hopefully, you come by and check in on me, and leave some feedback, good or if needed, some encouragement. I know some of you have offered your help taking my butt to the gym, etc and YES I will be very interested in getting out with you guys to do some of that:) After all, I wanna kick ass in this game, not only because I want to lose the weight, but there is CASH involved if I make the goal.
Right now, I am upstate with the Debster, and of course, I am kinda letting my eating habits go a bit (I know, I'm bad). Come wednesday however, I will get back into the swing of things, and then REALLY start to work on my diet Friday!
Come back Wednesday for my 1st private weight in prior to the kickoff! Wish me luck!!
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About Me
- The Sisco Kid
- Brooklyn, NY, United States
- Mike Sisco is a karaoke DJ who has worked in the New York City area for over 12 years. Known as the "Velvet Voice of Competitive Eating," he has hosted a number of events for All-Pro Eaters up and down the East Coast, as well as in Canada. After weighing in at over 300 pounds, he became focused on dropping 100 pounds by October 2012. Currently, he is halfway to his goal which he has achieved through diet and exercise. He aims to run a 5K race in the near future.