Patrick's Log To Being Healthier

[SteelyMcBeam]

Well my name is Patrick if you didn't know by now. Currently I am starting this log to have motivation to lose weight, diet right, and be on the pathway to being healthier.

Currently I am 229lbs and 5'10. I would like to get down to 185lbs and have a muscular build by November 11, 2011 which is when I'm getting married. I'm hoping the motivation from the marriage alone will help me to look better and adapt that new lifestyle.

Currently, I am doing the 30 day Isagenix. I didn't realize how low of calories it is and I plan to just use it as a supplemental to my diet more than anything as if I followed it, I'd be only getting about 1200 calories a day if that!

As for lifting, I've run into a problem. I hurt my ankle about a week ago playing volleyball of all sports and may possibly have a dislocated bone in my ankle. I will know more about that in the next hour actually. Any suggestions for working around the injury so that I can get a workout in?

As for my diet, I am going to be tracking what I eat on Livestrong. I'll let you know what my stats were for January 1 and 2 as this is when I started tracking.

January 1, 2011:
Calories: 2110
Protien: 102g (Low I know!)
Carbs: 211g
Fats: 101g
Cholestrol: 149mg
Sodium: 2895mg (Not good either!)

January 2, 2011:
Calories: 1739
Protien: 126g
Carbs: 190g
Fats: 56g
Cholestrol: 287mg
Sodium: 6049 (Not a typo!)

I figure I'll need a boost in protien and a decrease in carbs. Sodium definitely needs to go down as well. I do drink about 96 ounces of water a day though. Love my gatorade bottle!

As for what I ate, I hope I can link you to my food diary. If not, I pretty much do the Isagenix shake for morning and night. On January 1st for lunch I pigged out on Hot Dogs with saurkraut on a bun and had about 4 oz of pork. For a snack I ate a grilled chicken wrap and then I had an ice cream sandwich. Yes very bad.

For January 2nd(Today), I had Isagenix shake morning and night. For a snack between breakfast and lunch I had celery and Mott's Apple Sauce Healthy Harvest. For lunch I had a Subway Chicken Teriyaki Salad and then for dinner I had Chicken Tortilla Chowder which is where the surplus of sodium came from as I had approximately 3 servings.

So as you can tell, I'll need to straighten up the diet and hope you guys can help me get my workout and diet straightened out by helping me. I know the calorie count is good but being healthier is more than calories.

I also plan to incorporate some form of tea as I love tea and would use it as an energy boost in the morning!

I'll be posting pictures in the next thread as this one is getting lengthy! Any help would be appreciated and if I do eat something thats good like my celery and apple sauce and can keep doing that, let me know!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Attached are pictures of me currently.

I also attached a photo of my ankle. Its ugly so be warned!

Hope this link works to my food diary but here it is:
livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/PBiddy/

Have to put www in front of it!

[TheFatGunner]

Good luck man. We're close in height and weight so i'm gonna be following your thread pretty closely.

also since you mentioned tea i would suggest green tea, i love that stuff!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Good luck man. We're close in height and weight so i'm gonna be following your thread pretty closely.

also since you mentioned tea i would suggest green tea, i love that stuff!

Yeah. I do too. Was gonna order some from teavana's website as I can't get the loose leaf kind anywhere else. Looks so good!

[geoff75]

Good plan sounds like you should be able to do it in time.

[SteelyMcBeam]

Well, just found out I actually chipped a bone off in my ankle and that I'll be in a "Moon Boot" for four weeks. With that in mind, I need to figure out a work out plan to work around this until my ankle is healthy again. Looked through the threads and didn't find much that I liked for working out with a sprained ankle.

As for the diet today, pretty much stuck to it.

Had the Isagenix this morning and then celery and apple sauce for a snack. Making steak and vegetable mix right now! I'll probably have a snack and then Isagenix for dinner tonight and call it a day. I weighed myself just cause I could this morning and the scale said I weighed 226lbs this morning after being 229 yesterday! We'll see where its at in a week though!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Well so far the day started off good. Had to go to work an put in for limited duty for the next month. Still trying to see what is an optimal workout to do with the condition my ankle is in. Might just go to the gym today and do some arms and what not. I want to squat so bad. I miss doing them!

As for the diet, I been sticking to around 1809 calories per day. I weighted 223 this morning. Thats six pounds in 2 days. That can't be healthy. I'm hoping its just water weight as I decreased the sodium intake down significantly.

As for the other macros, they have been avareging as follows:

Protien: 116g/day
Carbs: 173g/day
Fats: 75g/day
Fiber: 20g/day
Cholestrol: 212/day
Sodium: 2718/day
Sugars: 75/day

I'll be back tonight or tomorrow with another update depending on if I lift!

Also ordered some Green Tea and White Tea from Teavana. Hope its good!

[TheFatGunner]

don't be to worried abot that 6 pounds, it's probably some water weight, i lost 7 pounds my first week.

keep up with the diet, i'm going to guess maintainance for you is around 2200 (thats what mine is) so keeping it at 1800 plus some exercise you'll be able to drop 3 a week no problem.

[SteelyMcBeam]

Another day down. Weighed in at 222 this morning. One more pound decrease! Can't argue that! Had quite a bit of sodium today but was able to keep the calories at 1838 today. Also drank about 128 ounces (1 gallon) of water today. I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow. I'm going to pick up some steaks, chicken, eggs, cottage cheese, greek yogurt, Arnold Select bread, some more frozen mixed vegtables, tuna, and more salad mix. Gonna make some tuna salads with vinegar and extra virgin olive oil! Hungry for it now! Also, my green tea and white tea will be arriving tomorrow! Hope it taste good! If you have any other ideas on what to pick up, care to share because I'm probably missing something somewhere! I do have fruits in the fridge that will be eaten such as apples, oranges, and bananas. Still have some applesauce too!

As for lifting, I've decided until I'm fully healed I'm not going to be doing much working out. I went to work today with the boot on and they have me doing paperwork and desk work and the little walking I did today still made it a little sore and wore me out a bit. I also tried to rotate my ankle in hot water today and it hurts a lot going side to side. Tried to massage it a little bit and was able to do that. Did notice it was still swollen a little bit. I'm hoping it gets better soon.

[SteelyMcBeam]

Well I didn't get to update yesterday. Between the limited duty, walking around a lot yesterday in my boot, I was just so worn out I passed out. Then I had to work again this morning. Came home after that and slept some more. So I'd say sleep has been priority for now.

As for the weight, I weighed 222 again yesterday and 221 this morning. Another pound dropped off. I'm hoping to hit 215 here soon. Thats what I was when I played football my senior year. The only difference is I went from 185 to 215 instead of 241 to 215 so I'm sure I'm going to look a lot different! Not as bulked.

As for the diet, I been just maintaining around 1600-1800 calories a day. I did go grocery shopping and bought non-fat plain greek yogurt, salad, celery, baby carrots, blueberries, Nature's Promise Omega 3 eggs, Natural Peanut Butter, and Chunky Light Tuna, Arnold Select Thin Slices, Unsalted Roasted Peanuts, 2% small curd cottage cheese, Skinless Boneless Chicken Breast, Delmonico steaks (Can't remember what cut), Stevia sweetner and I think that was everything.

I will have to say that the greek yogurt, blueberries, and the Stevia sweetner mixed together taste awesome to me. Definitely going to be a favorite snack of mine! As for my favorite drink, I got green tea and white tea from teavana and I love them both. I got Fruta Bomba green tea and Emerald Bamboo Forest white tea and i'd recommend them both. On my second glass today and that includes only being awake and home for about 2 hours!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Well, I woke up this morning and weight 217 pounds. I don't know what is the cause for the sudden decrease in weight. We'll see what we weight tomorrow as I have a feeling its going to go back up a little bit!

As for the diet today, got a good balance of protein, carbs, and fats. Kept the calories around 1700 today and was good day overall.

I also decided to do a couple lift. Nothing much. I did 3x5 135lbs on the bench and did 3x5 curls with 30lbs. Was light and short. Just got done with work and went into the half ass weight room and did a couple lifts and came home!

Other than that, I will just keep plugging along. 185lbs is still a long ways to go!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Well over the course of the next two days, my weight jumped back up to 221lbs. This is probably due to sodium increase in the diet possibly. Calories have remained the same and I still have lost weight for the week so I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing.

Got a small workout in today. Got my 5 rep max on bench which was 195lbs. Still got some highschool football days in me left still. I also did seated military press and put up 105lbs five times for that five rep max.

I then did 3x10 hammer curls with 30lbs and 3x10 skull crushers with the bar and 20lbs. I will say, my arms and chest felt it a little bit, my shoulders not so much.

Anyways, just ate a steak, some vegtables, and am drinking a green tea right now and about to take a nap. Work has me exhausted the past two days. At least the ankle is feeling about 80 percent better!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Weighed in at 217 this morning again! Been sticking to the diet although I did consume a little extra calories yesterday but wasn't a bad thing. Today, I upped my fats and protien intake and my carbs saw a serious drop. Not a bad thing since I was told to up my fats. My protien intake is around where my LBM is so carbs were just not needed!

On a side note, and something I just noticed, everyone has been having cold or flu like symptoms around me lately. Considering the work I do, it spreads like the plague because we share a lot of the same things. However, I have none of the above and have been feeling really good lately. This is usually not the case because I'm usually right there with everyone else. I'm going to go knock on wood now becuase since I said that I'll probably get sick next week or something!

As for a workout, I was snooping around the website. Found a workout that goes as follows:

1. Pushups - 2 x 15
2. Upright Barbell Row - 3x8-10
3. Barbell Bench Press - 3x8-10
4. Lying Triceps Press - 3x8-10
5. Barbell Curl - 3x8-10
6. One Arm Dumbell Row - 3x8-10
7. Straigh Arm Pulldown - 3x8-10
8. Excercise Ball Crunch - 3x8-10
9. Running, Treadmill - 20min

This was part of the websites transformation but it does hit all the upper body muscles. I figure I'll use this until my ankle heals. Now obviously, I won't be able to do the running as my ankle is still very stiff and sore and the pushup might be a little rough but we'll see. I'll be doing this workout tomorrow and getting a feel of where my weights are for the recommended sets.

Anyways, thats all for now!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Well I didn't make it to the gym, well, yesterday. Going to definitely make it tonight. Road conditions probably weren't that great and staying up all night to prepare for my midnight shift put a damper on my mood. However, going to get some rest and hit the gym up first thing today. Its currently 0600 hours right now just to keep everyone in line with my times.

As for food, it went as follows:

Breakfast: 4 eggs, 1 Arnold Select Sandwich Thin Roll, Apple, and green tea
Snack: Isagenix Shake, Ionic Supreme (I have it, so I might as well use it!)
Lunch: Tuna in Water, marinated in Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
Snack: 1 cup Cottage Cheese
Dinner: 8oz Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast with Stir Fry Vegtables
Work Snack: Banana Baby (Had To Try It, Half a banana dipped in chocolate. I had to know. Wasn't that good to be honest!)


Totals:
Calories: 1852
Protien: 165g
Carbs: 125g
Fats:80g

Higher calorie day but the avg. for the week is around 1770 so not to bad. Still about 1500 under my maintanence according to the Metabolic Forecaster I downloaded.

Also weighed in again at 217 yesterday morning. Hoping to reach that 216 mark!

[ASJames]

Hey man good stuff on getting started!

Sucks about the ankle :(

But remember keep your diet on point and in a deficit and you will lose weight! The workouts just speed up the weight loss!

Take it easy and dont rush back in and cause yourself more damage bro :)

[SteelyMcBeam]

Another day, and feeling really good today! Actually finally did a nice workout! Felt great!

Workout was as follows:

Pushups: 2 x 15 - No problems what so ever on the ankle.

Upright Barbell Row - 95lbs 3x8
- This was a little hard to do but I think I'll get it down. Have to make sure my form was right too. Watched in mirror and going to compare to videos on BB.

Barbell Bench Press - 150lbs 3x8, 150 1x5
- Last set dropped off so I'll keep doing this weight until I can get it down on reps.

Lying Tricep Press - 60-65lbs 1x8, 1x5, 1x4
- Didn't know the weight of the bar and I'm probably going to lower the weight on this one. Reps were bad! Good form though!

Barbell Curl - 65lbs 2x8, 65 1x3
- Another set were my reps dropped off on the last set. My arms just died on this one. I'll keep to this weight as well until I get 3x8.

One Arm Dumbell Row - 35lbs 3x8
- Perfect set. Last two reps were rought. The weight was just right for a good workout.

Straight Arm Pulldown - 50lbs 3x8
- Same as One Arm Dumbell Row

Excersice Ball Crunch - 3x10
- Have to check form. Was first time using a ball ever for me.

Then I looked at the Elliptical machine and was like, hmm, my ankle in the boot can go up and down and looks like I can do this. So, I did 20 minutes on the elliptical no paint what so ever! Felt great. According to the machine, burned 154 calories and had an average heart rate of 154.

So I plan on using this workout twice a week until the ankle is 100 percent then I'm doing Rippetoe or some other form of it. I miss squats!
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As for the diet I planned today it goes as follows:

Breakfast: 5 eggs, 1 Arnold Select Thin Roll, Medium Apple, Texas Pete Hot Sauce
Morning Snack: 2 scoops whey, Unsalted Roasted Peanuts
Lunch: Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, Romaine, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Apple Cider Vinegar
Afternoon Snack: Plain Greek Yogurt, Blackberries, Packet of Stevia In the Raw
Dinner: Tuna, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Apple Cider Vinegar (Like to let this sit for awhile!)

Totals:
Cals: 1695
Protien: 192g
Carbs: 81g
Fat: 73g

Most protien I've had in a day in a long time!

Anyways, thats it for today. Like I said previously, I started a midnight shift so basically breakfast for me is 3 in the afternoon right now! I hate working swing shifts, they suck!

Another side note, I got complimented today by the guy who watches the weight room and he was like your body composition looks good. I told him I wanted to weigh 185lbs and he said, you might look better before that. I said well if I do, then maybe I'll start bulking then, but I'm not going to stop cutting til I like what I see in the mirror! Then he just said keep up the good work, you look good. Was a good reassuring thing and definitely boosted the motivation!

I'll be back again tomorrow!

- Thanks james for the motivation. I appreciate it. I am definitely taking it easy on the ankle. However, if it feels no pain, then I'm going to do what I can do!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Todays diet was as follow:

Breakfast: 4 eggs, 1 Arnold Select thin roll, apple
Snack: Cottage Cheese, Organic Salt Free PB, Celery
Lunch: Tuna with Olive Oil and Vinegar
Snack: Okio's Organic Non-fat yogurt, blackberries
Dinner: Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, Steamfresh Mixed Vegtables

Totals:
Calories: 1709
Protien: 189g
Carbs: 127g
Fats: 47g (Low Today)

On a good note, I finally hit 216 pounds! Was nice thing to see this morning and finally breaking the 217 mark!

I also switched my food tracker to myfitnesspal.com. Just like the phone feature which is nice. A little more convienent for me.

As for next week, I'll be at my parents place for four days. I'm hoping I can survive there as I don't know what kind of food I'll run into. Probably start preparing to bring my own food or buy my own. She knows I'm cutting and changed my eating style so I think she'll cooperate!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Todays diet:

Breakfast: 4 eggs, 1 Arnold Select Thin Roll, 16oz Mate Tea
Snack: 4 Turkey Meatballs, Celery, 2tbsp PB
Lunch: Tuna, Olive Oil, Vinegar
Snack: Greek Yogurt, Blackberries
Dinner: Chicken Salad

Totals Calories: 1610
Protien: 176g
Carbs: 73g
Fats: 67g

I had the turkey meatball recipe sitting around. They are pretty good. I'll share the recipe but don't give me credit for it if you like it. I can't remember where I got it from but website I'm seeing now is yumkid which is exactly the same.

Spicy Turkey Meatballs:
1. Jennie-O Turkey Store - Ground Turkey Breast Extra Lean 99% Fat Free, 20 oz.
2. Quaker Oats - Oatmeal, Old Fashioned, 1 cup
3. Medium - Red Onion, 1 cup
4. Fresh - Cilantro, 0.5 cup
5. Peppers - Jalapeno, raw, 0.5 pepper
6. Spices - Ground Cumin, 0.5 tsp
7. Spices - Cinnamon, ground, 0.25 tsp
8. Iodized Salt - Salt, 0.5 tsp

Esentally cut up the onion and cilantro into small pieces. Add to the the ground meat and mix it together. Then add your pepper, spices, oats, and salt mixing those togther. I then sprayed a baking sheet with olive oil spray and rolled 16 meatballs. I put them in the oven for about 15 minutes at 350 degree farenheit. Thats pretty much it.

Nutrition is approximate as follows:
Calories: 971
Protien: 141
Carbs: 58
Fat: 13

Per meatball would be:
Calories: 61
Protien: 9
Carbs: 4
Fat: 1

As for other things, weighed in at 216 again this morning. I'll probably go to the gym on monday and do the same workout. As for the rest of the week, I'm just hoping to get by keeping a calorie reduction as I won't have my foods around. Should be alright if I count them.

Just also wanted to say, GO STEELERS! Yes, I was born and raised a Pittsburgh fan, even a Pirates fan.

[SteelyMcBeam]

Todays Diet:

Breakfast: Mate Tea, Protien Brownie - Thought I'd try it. Tasted nasty! haha
Snack: Greek Yogurt, Blackberries
Lunch: Tuna Salad, Olive Oil and Vinegar, Green Tea
Snack: Turkey Meatballs
Dinner: Chicken Salad, Olive Oil and Vinegar

Totals:
Cals: 1629
Protiens: 191g
Fats: 74g
Carbs: 56g

Protien Brownie Recipe:

-1 Scoop Whey (Vanilla Ice Cream Flavor)
-1 Tbsp Natural PB

Mixed it with water and then heated it for 40 seconds. Was going to add some stevia but forgot to. I was still groggy. Came out nasty if you ask me! Probably because I used Vanilla whey. I don't see the double rich chocolate being different but I'll definitely try it later.

Thats all for today. I'll be working out tomorrow so I'll be back after the workout! I also weighed in at 215lbs today!

EDIT: Had to change totals due to ounces of chicken I ate. No big deal!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Workout as follows:

Push Ups: 2X15
Upright Barbell Row: 3X8 85lbs
Lying Tricep Press: 3X8 50lbs
Standing Medium-Grip Barbell Curl: 3X8 55lbs
Dumbbell Row, One-Arm, Bent-Over: 3X8 35lbs
Lat Pulldown: 3X8 50lbs
Abdominal Crunches: 3X10
Elliptical trainer: 20min, HR: 157, Calories Burned: 147


I felt weak today. I don't know why though. Just felt rough. The Elliptical felt good otherwise though.

I am thinking I'll workout again on Wednesday morning and head to my parents after. I'll be tired but I won't be able to lift the rest of the week. Might be a bad idea, but we'll give it a shot. I'll do the same workout.
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Diet went as follows:

Breakfast: 4 Eggs, 1 Arnold Select Thin Roll, 2 Tbsp PB, Mate Tea (Pre workout)
Snack: 5 Turkey Meatballs, Unsalted Peanuts (After Workout)
Lunch: Pink Salmon with Olive Oil and Vinegar, Mate Tea
Snack: Greek Yogurt, Blueberries
Dinner: Chicken Salad wit Vinegar

Totals:
Calories: 1679
Protien: 176g
Carbs: 72g
Fats: 74g

Weighed in again today at 215. Love being this weight as I haven't weight this much since highschool and I can see the bodyfat dissapearing. I do think I am losing more muscle than neccessary though so I'm going to take note in what I lose from this monday until next monday. From what I see, since the 10th, I have lost 2lbs which would be right where I wanna be at.

[SteelyMcBeam]

Just uploading some progress pictures for myself and others. Weighed in at 214 this morning. At least its going down! I don't know how to blow the pictures up so I'm just going to attach them. Can't see a whole lot of difference since the first of the month but I know my stomach has gotten smaller along with my arms.

I'll upload new ones sometime beginning of next month.

Todays Meals are as follows:

Breakfast: Eggs, Thin Roll, Peanuts, Tea
Snack: Cottage Cheese, Blueberries
Lunch: Salmon, Olive Oil, and Vinegar
Snack: Greek Yogurt, Blueberries
Dinner: Chicken

Totals:
Cals: 1644
Protien: 170
Carbs: 71
Fats: 75

[SteelyMcBeam]

Well the next couple threads will be brief. I'm at my parents house until Sunday and I guess eating clean here is not going to happen. I just been watching my calorie input though and guesstimating it!

Past couple days I guessed it to be around 1600-1700. I mighty be over estimating though because today I weighed in at 210. I am losing weight quite quickly. I'll keep monitoring it the next couple days and see where its at.

Curiousity has me wondering if my metabolism is picking up? I don't know if thats possible and could be just an unknowledgable thought.

[SteelyMcBeam]

Well, I did not count my calories the past couple days due to being at my parents house. I enjoyed this weekend with a little bit of unhealthy eating and drinking some adult frosty beverages.

Now its back to eating healthy again and to keep losing the weight. I'll be home for 9 days this time so I'll be blogging those days then its back to my parents house. Hopefully I can better prepare for there this time so I can keep eating right there. I also tried on some old smaller jeans I had and they fit nicely. It was a good feeling.

I'll also be boosting my calories up to 1900 as I felt 1600 was to low and my lifting was not feeling good. I felt drained everytime I lifted and I'd like to get a good workout like I used to remember getting!

I'll be back tomorrow after hopefully a good workout and some good food and....

Go STEELERS!!!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Todays diet went as follows:

Breakfast: 4 Eggs, Natty PB, Arnold Select Thin Roll
Preworkout: Greek Yogurt, Blackberries
Postworkout: 2 Scoops Whey
Lunch: Chicken, Mixed Vegtables
Dinner: Salmon, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Vinegar

Totals:
Cals: 1979
Protien: 204g
Carbs: 90g
Fats: 81g

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Workout went as follows:

Pushups: 2x15
Upright Barbell Row: 65lbs 3x8
Barbell Bench Press: 135 3x8
Lying Tricep Press: 60 3x8
Barbell Curl: 65 3x8
One Arm Dumbell Row: 40 3x8
Straight Arm Pulldown: 60 3x8
Leg Raises: 3x10
Elliptical Machine: 20min/201 calories burned/Avg HR: 160

Overall felt good today. The ankle is still sore, but its getting better. My lifts felt much better today. I got all my sets done and most of them were tough on the last set which I thought was good. I'll be back again tomorrow.

[natethelegend]

dude keep the progress and good work coming!

[SteelyMcBeam]

Todays Diet:

Breakfast: Same Old 4 Eggs, Natty PB, Arnold Select Thin Roll with Hot Sauce!
Snack: Greek Yogurt, Black Raspberries, Stevia In The Raw
Lunch: 7oz Chicken, Bag of Steamfresh Mixed Vegtables with Montreal Steak Seasoning
Snack: Protien Brownie consisting of 1 serving of Oats, 1 Scoop Whey, 1 Tbsp PB and Stevia in the Raw. Still tasted nasty!
Dinner: Tuna Salad with Olive Oil and Vinegar

Totals:
Cals: 1839
Protien: 180g
Carbs: 122g
Fats: 61g

I think with my carbs up a bit more I feel so much better and with them coming from Vegtables, Whole Wheat, and Oats, its good form of carbs.

I start midnight shift tonight so I'll be on an awkward schedule again so I'll just keep referring to breakfast as my first meal and so forth.

Be back again tomorrow.

And thanks for the motivation natethelegend. Repped ya.

[SteelyMcBeam]

Todays Diet:

Breakfast: 2 scoops Whey, Blueberries, Peanuts, Oats (Was pretty good smoothie)
Snack: 1 cup FF Cottage Cheese
Lunch: Tuna Salad with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Vinegar
Snack: Greek Yogurt, Blackberries
Dinner: Chicken and Black Bean Chili courtesy of the cut friendly recipe thread.

Totals:
Cals: 1926
Protien: 200g
Carbs: 122g
Fats: 64g

The Chicken and Black Bean Chili turned out great. I recommend getting the recipe from the sticky thread in the losing fat forums.

As for today, I have not been feeling well but still have been able to eat alright. Have had a headache and feels like my stomach is churning every once in awhile. Hope it passes by.

I'll be back tomorrow. Depending on how I feel, I hope to go lifting.

[SteelyMcBeam]

Todays Diet:

Breakfast: Oats, Whey Protien, Peanutbutter, Stevia In The Raw ... Was delicious.
Snack: FF Cottage Cheese
Lunch: Tuna Sandwich with Pickle
Snack: Greek Yogurt, Blackberries, Stevia In The Raw
Dinner: Chicken and Black Bean Chili

Totals:
Cals: 1738
Protien: 186g
Carbs: 118g
Fat: 51g

I think I'll be back to eggs tomorrow. Had to change it up a little bit. I also hate eating the chili as my last meal cause I can't wait to eat it!

I also weighed in at 214 this morning. 4lbs up from my lowest weight before my binge weekend which shot my weight up. Think my body finally recovered weight wise but in the mirror I look like I lost a little bit more fat. After my binge weekend I weighed in at 221lbs again. Shot up a lot after I weighed 210!

I also did not lift today. Was not feeling to well but am feeling a lot better. Probably be back in the gym on Monday. I'll be back on here again tomorrow.

[SteelyMcBeam]

Todays Meals:

Breakfast: 4 Eggs, 2 Tbsp Natty PB, Select Thin Rolls
Snack: 2 Scoops Whey, 1/4c Oats, 1/2c Blueberries
Lunch: Shirataki Noodles, Chicken, Pickled Banana Pepper, 1/4c Spaghetti Sauce
Dinner: Chicken and Black Bean Chili

Totals:
Cals: 1893
Protien: 237g
Carbs: 113g
Fats: 54g

I also had my buddy who works with me move in today and he had got the Insanity Workout DVD package. He said I could use it so I may use that to do at home and follow it. I read its a 60 day progression so I'll see what I can do.

Also been thinking about supplementing my diet with Controlled Labs Orange Triad, Their Fish Oil, and the REDuction AM/PM. Reviews are good but I don't think it would be neccessary and based on this log, I'm hoping some people would read this and give me their opinion on this.

I'll be back again tomorrow.

[SteelyMcBeam]

Todays Meals:

Breakfast: 3 eggs, Thin Roll, 1 oz. Peanuts
Snack: 1 Scoop Whey, 1/4c Blueberries, 1/2oz Peanuts
Lunch: Chicken Salad, Italian Dressing, Tomato, 2Tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Dinner: Chicken and Black Bean Chili (Stuff is so good!)

Totals:
Calories: 1839
Protien: 195g
Carbs: 88g
Fats: 72g

I get to go to the doctors tomorrow to find out about my ankle. Hoping I get the okay to lift on it because as soon as I leave there I'm heading to the gym and probably going to do the twelve week transformation workout as I like it a bit better than just doing squats, bench, cleans, and deadlifts as recommended by Starting Strength.

As for the supplements, I considered I don't need the AM/PM as my diet alone should be enough. As for the Fish Oil and Multivitamin, I'm still up in the air about it. Probably will need the fish oil at least. I'm also getting tired of peanuts, olive oil, or anything with healthy fats. The taste of them is not that great and peanuts are getting lame to me. I never was a fan of almonds or anything like that.

[SteelyMcBeam]

Well, this will be my last post in this thread.

I think the log to being healthier was a good start. With the news that I can lift again on my ankle, and now having the right diet, I plan on starting a new and better log to keep track of what I am doing. This month has got me heading in the right diretion and thats a good thing.

I did go from 229lbs to 212lbs as of this morning which was a total of 17lbs for the month. With the next month, I plan to slow the weight loss down to hopefully 4-8lbs for the month, and lift and do cardio almost everyday. I am basically making February my clean slate now that I know what I am somewhat doing!

Thanks all that kept me motivated. Looking forward to reaching my goal of 185lbs the right way! Heres to hoping for another good month!