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

250 While 25! Day 2

Starting Weight: 291.8

Breakfast: Grapes

Walked 3/4 Mile

Snack: Salt and Pepper Pistachios

Walked 3/4 Mile

Lunch: Salad with croutons, mozzarella, and Italian dressing.

Walked 1 1/4 Mile

Snack: Cinnamon Sugar Pretzel at Target.

Dinner: Angel hair spaghetti with 93% lean ground beef and sauce.

Dessert: Jamba Juice Razzmatazz Smoothie Kit

Starting out a little demotivated I decided to make some changes as recommended by friends and readers. I didn't start out my day well with eating only a cup of grapes for breakfast which caused me to continually be hungry throughout the day; which eventually lead to me "needing" a soft pretzel at Target. It's funny how much you realize food can be an addiction once you stop eating what you used to. I need to look into good ways of fighting those cravings because I'm not sure if just good 'ol will power is going to cut it. However, I did take the advice of some people and started drinking a ton more water. The result? Weight Lost!

Finishing Weight: 289.2

Down 0.8lbs total

250 While 25!: Day 1

Well, knowing I was at 290 got me started on my first day of serious weight loss. For breakfast I had a pack of those BelVita Breakfast Biscuits and I will say that they are awesome. They have a great flavor and are surprisingly very filling for being 230 calories. Also in the morning, I ran on the treadmill for a good 3/4 of a mile.

At lunch time I walked a mile down to the local grocery store and picked up some salad supplies, a Gatorade, and a Clif Bar. I have had Clif Bars before and wasn't all that impressed but I needed some energy for the walk back and decided to try the Blueberry Crunch. It was rather tasty for an energy bar. When I got back to work I made myself a salad with the Cesar Salad kit I picked up but substituted the dressing for Italian and added some Mozzarella cheese. That may sound a bit odd but we go to this pizza place called Fatso's and they got me hooked on putting mozzarella on my salads.

Later that afternoon I had some pistachios and tried a Bob Harper workout that consisted of 20 jumping jacks, 20 lunges, 20 push-ups, and doing 3-5 sets of this circuit. To my surprise I barely made it through 1 set, so when I got home I was too exhausted to work out with Aamber like she wanted (sorry babe). For dinner I made Asian Lettuce Wraps with chicken, kale, bean sprouts, onion, and garlic all chopped together; then I wok'd them with soy sauce and brown sugar. We also reheated some chicken fried rice from Saturday night that didn't taste as good the second time. I was a little bad and had a couple Dr. Peppers at dinner along with a Skinny Cow for dessert.

All in all I felt good until I got on the scale this morning and saw that I was at 291.8! What the heck! That is so disheartening. What the heck am I doing wrong. Do I need to drink more water? I'll stick with it but my hopes aren't as high as they were on day 1.

Tony McFatFat

I am not the most slender of people. I have been just an all around big guy my whole life; 6'3" and yesterday I found out that I am 290lbs. 290! Holy crap! Enough is enough and I have decided to drop the weight for good.  I have come up with my "250 while 25!" plan. I want to get down to 250lbs before I turn 26 on July 7th. So I have 15 weeks to drop 40lbs, which is a little less than 3lbs a week. I will be posting everyday after I weigh in and will discuss what I did the previous day. This will hopefully help me stay focused, be able to watch for patterns, and get support and insight from those reading this. To track my fitness progress I will be using my FitKIK device that is part of my work's corporate wellness program to track my activity and also Noom on my phone to log meals and set reminders. Wish me luck and any comments you can provide to help they would be greatly appreciated.