Week 2 down

Week number 2 is officially in the books and it was another good week for me. Amazingly I was down 4 pounds. I was able to get to the gym 4 times getting in 3 cardio days. What was especially good about this week is that I travelled wed - Fri and OK was still able to lose some weight. I know that my emphasis on cardio is helping with the weight loss and at least seeing some results is going to hopefully keep me in the right direction.

I believe I am getting some good results with my ban of sugary cereals. 2 eggs and a tortilla shell is my breakfast of choice and that extra protein helps me start my day off right.

Week 1 Down

Week 1 is in the books as luckily for me it was a good one.  I have decided to up my cardio time from 30 minutes to 45 minutes per week (having a nexus 7 to watch netflix while doing cardio helps). and to make sure that I get an hour of lifting in at least two days a week. So if you would look at my schedule it would look like this.

Monday - Cardio (45 Min)
Tuesday - Lifting (1 Hr)
Wednesday - Cardio (45 Min)
Thursday - Lifting (1 Hr)
Friday - Cardio (45 Min)
Saturday - Lifting (1 Hr)
Sunday - Rest

I know it is an agressive schedule but I am really motivated to hit my goals.

The second big change is my morning diet.  I usually just eat a bowl of cereal in the morning...and most of the time it is captain crunch.  But I am changing that as well, now I am trying to each a much more protein rich breakfast and cutting out the sugary cereals.  This week It was two eggs and a flour tortilla clocking in at around 300 calories. Speaking of calories...currently my daily calories are 1990 but when you burn an extra 600 on cardio days it is bumped up two 2590.  On a normal day I find it pretty easy to hit the 1990 limit...300 for breakfast, 600 for lunch, and 1090 for dinner. It is extremely easy to get to that number...that is why working out is so important...I really have to try to eat an additional 600 calories so if I eat 2200 calories on a given day I know I can afford it.

Also for the sake of transparancy if you want to know what food I am eating you can find that here:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/derekb73

So what's the final verdict? Down 2 pounds this week. It's a good start

2013 - The End of a Weight Loss Journey

So It has been awhile since I have posted anything to this blog and a majority of the reason is because I have been lazy.  Lazy with maintaining this blog and mainly lazy with watching what I have been eating.  Over the Thanksgiving / Christmas season I found a way to put on around 10 pounds plus the 15 other pounds that I managed to pack on the 10 months prior. Sure I can say It's muscle and that I have been lifting...but that isn't totally true. I have gotten complacent in my descipline in what I eat on a daily basis and I can see the effects.

So I have in earnest gone back to basics.  I am erasing anything that I have done in the past and on monday I started back at 0.  My weight on monday when I went to the gym sat at 303, which is totally unexceptable. And it made me think long and hard at what I am doing.  For the past 3 days I have been truthfully using myfitnesspal and getting to the gym in the morning. And I am going to try my best to continue this trend in 2013.

I have a goal and that goal is 53 pounds away...but I also have a secondary goal...and that is to change my lifestyle so I don't have another year in which I gain 25 pounds.

**EDIT**

Since August 8th, 2011 I have unfortunately packed on 30 pounds in a year and a half. Man is that a slap in the face...Time to seriously get this in gear.