250 While 25! Day 9!

Starting Weight: 290

Who cares? I ate healthy. I exercised a little but what does it all really matter? It doesn't seem to make a bit of difference. I haven't seen the inside of a Fast Food joint in over a week. I have an intimate relationship with the treadmill at my work. What's it all for? To gain back all the weight (after being down 5lbs) for no apparent reason? I'm so frustrated and upset. I almost went to Burger King for lunch and just say "F this whole thing", but I didn't, I talked myself down from the ledge and had a bagel and some pasta salad. I don't want to give up, I hate how out of shape and over weight I am. I don't see how my wife can be attracted to me anymore and I don't have the energy to take my kids out and play really anymore. I hate it. I don't like being this way. So I try to change, I try to make the right choices, I try to do the right things and it gets me nowhere. I'm not going to stop getting older so I'm not going to stop trying but I need to find some motivation somewhere because I'm not getting it from the scale.

250 While 25! Day 8!

Starting Weight: 288.6

Breakfast: BelVita Breakfast Biscuit

Walked 1/2 Mile
Snack: Clif Bar

Walked 1 Mile
Ran 1/4 Mile
Lunch: Turkey Sandwich on a Whole Wheat Bagel w/ Avacado, Swiss, Sprouts, Lettuce, a side of Pasta Salad, and A Vitamin Water ZERO Lemonade.

Snack: Pretzels

Dinner: Porcupine Meatballs (Lean beef rolled w/ rice), Salad, and a Natural Sierra Mist

Dessert: Coldstone Ice Cream (Sometimes you can't fight the urge I guess)

288.6!? What the hey man! Was my weekend really that bad? I know that I weighed myself differently but this means I gained almost two pounds since weighing myself under the same conditions. That's not weight loss at all! I really hope it's just another funky upswing and at the end of this day I'll be back to normal. For now I need to focus on eating right and training for the Warrior Dash that is in a few weeks. This week I'm structuring my workouts to focus on getting ready for that race. I think that combined with eating right will keep pushing me in the weight loss direction I need to be in. Here is my training regimen I have set up for the Warrior Dash.

Finishing Weight: 290
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

250 While 25! Day 7!

Starting Weight: 286.2*

Breakfast: BelVita Blueberry Breakfast Biscuits

Lunch:

20 mins of Extreme Dodgeball

Dinner: Grilled chicken and Corn lots and lots of corn.

Desert: Popsicle

After the train-wreck of a Saturday I had yesterday I knew I had some catching up to do. I really feel that I did a good job today. Also I went all out in a hard core game of Dodgeball with the youth group and feel pretty good about how exhausted it made me. Unfortunately all I had available to drink afterwords was a Mountain Dew which probably put back the calories I burned off. That really pissed me off but it's my fault and I'm sure it's not as bad as I thought. Time to hit the work outs hard again and come up with a regimented meal plan for the coming week.

Finishing Weight: 288.6
Down 1.4lbs Total

(*starting weight was done on my home scale in my under-roos and not my typical scale at work I weight in on in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt)

250 While 25! Day 6!

Starting Weight: 285

Breakfast: Ham and Cheese Croissant with a Dr. Pepper.
Walked: 4 miles
Lunch: Capellini Pomodoro, salad with low fat dressing, and two bread sticks.
Snack: Sno-cone
Dinner: Sigh...Pizza from Dominos and a Sprite Zero.
Desert: Some pizza rolls, a shooter, and a Jager bomber.

So today was an off day...a very very off day. The good thing is we took time to walk around the mall for exercise but are eating habits were poor and that will most likely reflect on the scale. It seems that the Alli is finally starting to kick in but I keep forgetting to take the photos for my meals. On top off that we had a little get together to play Kyaampto at our house got carried away with the junk food. It's funny how we will sacrifice health and progress for convenience. To us it seemed easier to order a pizza and make pizza rolls than to make anything good for us to stay on track with. My problem is that I was making excuses saying that this and that is ok, it won't kill us, we can just work it off. Now Aamber and I are regretting those decisions. Well looking at my weight now I'm sure it's a mix off the bungee bouncing back up on the down swing and my bad choices from the day.

Finishing Weight: 286.2*
Down 3.8lbs Total

250 While 25! Day 5!

Starting Weight: 286.8

Breakfast: Ham, Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Breakfast Burrito
Walk 1/2 Mile
Lunch: Turkey and cheese Croissant, Cesar salad and Chocolate Chip cookie (yikes, sorry)
Walk 3/5 Mile
Dinner:

Desert: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Ice Cream

Today was an odd day due to the fact that I could not control a majority of the meals I ate. My office provided lunch and we ate dinner at my parents house. I did however control desert and I apparently lost control. It was tasty though. Also I am finding it hard to find time to exercise; I get so busy throughout the day that setting time aside to workout gets more and more difficult. All I can do is myu best to get exercise in when I can.

Finishing Weight: 285*
Down 5lbs Total

*Typically I weigh in at work in my t-shirt and jeans. This weigh in was done at home in my birthday suit.

250 While 25! Day 4

Starting Weight: 287
Breakfast: Golden Grams w/ Skim Milk
Walk 1/2 Mile
Snack: Blueberry Clif Bar
Walk 2 Miles
Lunch: Angel Hair Spaghetti with 93% lean ground beef and sauce
Snack: Salt and Pepper Pistachios
Dinner: BBQ Chicken and a Salad w/ Ranch
Desert: Skinny Cow

Starting out today I was both excited and nervous knowing that a dip that big in weight would only bungee back up if I wasn't careful. At lunch time I took a long walk down to my local target and picked up the book 4 Hour Body, as recommended by a friend. So far it's an interesting book. I don't think I'm going to follow his prescribed diet because it sounds like an awful prison wrapped around the guise of being easy. "Eat only bread and drink only water, it's EASY! You can have as much as you want!", that's not the diet, I'm just being facetious. There were incites and tips that I will start such as taking pictures of my food before I eat it to make me think twice before sharing it with everyone. Also, I have started taking Alli again. I few years ago, I tried losing weight and this helped, but I failed because I really lacked the motivation to follow through. Not this time though. Ride or Die! When in Rome! Agree to disagree!

Finishing Weight: 286.8
Down 3.2lbs Total

250 While 25! Day 3

Starting Weight: 289.2

Breakfast: Golden Grams
Walked 1/2 Mile
Snack: BelVita Blueberry Biscuits
Lunch: Crappy Chicken BLT Wrap
Snack: Pita Chips and Hummus
Dinner: Slow Cooked Pulled Pork Sandwiches on King's Hawaiian Buns

As far as eating goes I did really well today. I was happy to see some loss instead of the gain I had the day before and I'm sure I can attribute that to some of the good advice I got regarding drinking lots and lots of water to help flush my system. Unfortunately I did not get very much exercise at all due to work being so hectic. I didn't even get to take a lunch. I was happy to see my good friend "Pita Chips and Hummus". My buddy T.J. got me hooked on them and I love how good it tastes and how good it is for you. Even though I was down about not being able to exercise, I did realize that I am doing good as long as I'm not hitting up the McDonalds or Taco Bell and staying away from all the soda I was drinking before. Fresh made food is the way to go. And it has paid off! I am now at 287! I'm not going to get myself too excited because I'm sure it's a downward swing much like the upward swing I took on day 1, but progress is progress and I'll take it.

Finishing Weight: 287
Down 3lbs total