Yesterday morning - 190.8 pounds.

I'm really noticing a difference now.

191.8 lbs.

I can't believe I'm getting to be this weight. Yesterday I rode 23 miles on the mountain bike (about 18miles was done on an empty stomach, while having about a 1,000 calorie lunch (really high for breakfast, but I needed energy.) Tonight I think I will resume lifting.

192.8 pounds!!

This is quite fantastic. Though I understand a chunk of this is muscle tissue loss, I'm not going to fret about it, because I will begin my exercising regime VERY soon. Starting Sunday actually. I have 2 months left till Virginia Tech. I better make the most of my exercise routine. I'm also limiting sugar consumption; <20grams/day hopefully, perhaps even <10.

I AM NOW 195 POUNDS!!

Ok, I had sugery on my face June 2nd, so I haven't exercised since. I also met a very attractive woman, and because of excitment/anxiousness, I lost all appetite, and am consuming 1600-1800 calories per day, which I think balances out my lack of exercising, as I spend most of my days sedentary. I eat about two meals a day, sometimes three, and whenever I consume sugar (always fruit sugar) I add in the PGX fiber. That stuff is phenomenal. 4 PGX pills can keep my satisfied for 4 hours, sometimes 5.

I may also get a job here soon at Vitamin Shoppe, which will be my first!! Update coming soon.

Hopefully by August 23 - move in day at Virginia Tech - I will be in much leaner condition. From then, I will begin a bulking schedule. Ug, I dead the excessive amount of foods I'll be eating.

Alright, I'll explain myself (almost 4 months later!):

Sure I got lazy, and with this 2nd semester of school making my schedule a lot more hectic I just couldn't follow this and now that school is over(!) I can promptly and accordingly follow this.

OH! I've consulted with Mr. Martin Berkhan of Lean Gains, and if not tomorrow, I'll be following his professional plan for my weight loss plan. I can't post any details about this, which is understandable, but I'll still keep track of my progress!

In case you're wondering, currently I'm about 203-204. Heh, probably 207 now due to my dinner at a restaurant and my entree entitled: smothered chicken. Yikes, maybe I didn't need that, but it's my last remembrance of eating poorly before I officially start this quest.

I have until Mid-August to be what I consider quite lean. From then I'll use my school's weight - room to bulk up, and if this goes well, I'll most likely have Martin help me with concocting a new regime. In case you're wondering about my school, it's Virginia Tech. Ok, I won't get shot so get that image thought out of your head.

Day 19 - Exercise Day #10- 200.8 Pounds

My friend and I took a 24 mile bike ride today and I rode on an empty stomach as it was not 1:45pm yet. I did have 2 boxes of raisins and that helped. Afterwards we went to Subway and I had maybe 2500 calories for the day.

Waking up to 200.8 pounds isn't bad at all.

Day 17-18: No exercise days - Around 201 pounds

I have been too busy to record calories for things that would be very difficult to calculate. Otherwise things are going great.

Day 16 - Exercise Day #9 - 201.0 Pounds

I'm surprised I hit the very end of the 201 mark. Horay. The exercise I did for this day wasn't much (just shooting hoops). I did eat somewhat bad, heh.

Calories recorded off FitDay.com: 1604
Not recorded: Sushi rolls:

Calories: 2200-2400
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Estimated calories burned from exercise: 150-250.

Day 15 - Ecercise Day #8 - 101.8 Pounds

Today went well. I exercised quite a bit and strictly stuck to upper body with arm workouts with the weights. I did a little bit of basketball but I went in early.

Breakfast (1:35pm):

16 Late July Crackers
1 small apple
4 Healthy oreo imitators (brand=back to nature)

Lunch (4:30):

Super Protein Vanilla Al'mondo from Odwalla
1 Cliif Builder Bar

Pre-workout (6:50pm):

1.5 tbs liquid L-carnitine

Post workout (8:10pm):

1 cup rice milk
1 scoop TrueProtein carb/protein mix

Dinner (9:20):

6 eggs, scrambled
1 cup cooked spinach
4 fish oils/3 CLA pills
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TOTAL CALORIES: 2148

CARB/PROTEIN/FAT RATIO: 47/20/33
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Calories burned from exercise (estimated): 200-300

Day 13 -Exercise Day # 7 ; Day 14 - Both 202-203 pounds

I'm getting mildly worried about why I seem to be gaining just a tad bit of weight. Am I not having enough calories? I've also been REALLY busy with school work, but thankfully today was my last day of presentations and essays (horay)

I have to go soon, so I merged these two days together.

Day 13: 2642 Calories (52/20/25)
Day 14: 2287 Calories (48/17/34)
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Exercise will be tonight.
That is if my headache goes away.

Day 12 - 201.4 Pounds

Relatively OK day. Didn't move much and took a mid-day nap as I was profusely tired for some reason. In terms of football, I'm glad Seattle got eliminated. I think if there is any hope of beating the Patriots and Bill Belicheat it would have to be within us 'Boys (hopefully) or Favre and Green Bay.

Breakfast (1:35pm):

2 Bananas
4.5 tbs trail mix
1 oz Sun chips

Lunch (3:10pm):

Cliff Builder Bar
Fish Oils and CLA
Rice milk with TP protein/carbs

Dinner (7:00pm):

Philly sushi roll
Chicken ceasar salad
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TOTAL CALORIES: >2400
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CARB/PROTEIN/FAT RATIO: 45/16/39
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Ok, that's it, I'm adding meat, a lot more meat, into my diet. Not too much.

Day 11 - Exercise Day # 6 - 201.6 pounds

It appears I may be slightly losing weight. Hopefully. I seem to keep eating over 2k calories - damn. I tried to exercise today, but was sore, so I stuck to maybe 30 minutes of easy shooting hoops..no running. Food was decent. Had a funny ratio turnout, heh. Alright it's the weekend, horay, and go cowboys.

Breakfast (1:40pm):

5 Apple crisp cookies
4.2 tablespoons trail mix

Snack (4:30pm):

Cliff Builder Bar - Chocolate Mint
Odwalla - Super Protein Vanilla Al'mondo

Lunch (5:30pm):

3 enchiladas
Small cup of queso (note*not large*)
Few chips
Rice/Refried Beans (yeah yeah - tasty ;))

Dinner (9:40pm):

Odwalla Super Protein Vanilla Al'mondo
2 Liter green tea.
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TOTAL CALORIES: ~2800

*Yup, I blew it*

CARBS/PROTEIN/FAT RATIO: 40/20/40 (ha)
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EXERCISE:
basketball - 30 mins - ~100 calories.
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I'm never going out to eat again, haha. Well tomorrow if I'm not sore, I'll be working really hard. Until then, goodnight.

Day 10 - 202 Pounds

I was a little more hungry during the 6am-1:45pm fast, but other than that today was decent. I underestimated the calories in the food and ended up quite high despite not eating out; however, today was a rest day, so I suppose it's necessary. I am sore in the chest and sides, but not in the legs, woho.

Food itinerary:

Breakfast (1:40pm):

14 Late July crackers
1 apple
5 Peanut Butter cookies - Back to Nature brand
8 tablespoons worth of trail mix (it has partially hydrogenated oil - darn)

Lunch (4:30pm):

4 PGX Fiber capsules (amazing they are)
Odwalla Superfood
Dagoba Dark Chocolate bar

Dinner (6:50pm):

Bowl of Kashi Autumn Wheat Cereal (like frosted mini wheats)
Mixed Odwalla Super Protein Vanilla Al'monda with 1 scoop of True Protein powder - yum
5 more Late July crackers
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TOTAL CALORIES: 2600

CARB/PROTEIN/FAT RATIO: 56/12/32 - Damn, that is horrible. Atrocious for a better term.

I ran out of eggs, I better get some more. In the meantime, for tomorrow I will research the affects of a high-carb diet regarding lean muscle mass and insulin sensitivity. I've read (and take) that Chromium GTF, the PGX fiber, and Cinnamon is great for that.
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Take care. Tomorrow is a big exercise day. Hopefully the soreness will subside.
Go Cowboys!

Day 9 - Exercise Day # 5 - 202 pounds

I can thank yesterday's two large burritos as a possibility for my mildly increase in weight, heh. Today I've been too busy to record what I eat and get the precise information. I opposed going out to eat tonight, which was nice, but my mom brought me a salad and some sushi from the store...and whew was I stuffed after that.

I did have a significant exercise day. I was out for two hours and burned around 300-500 calories I presume. Half of that was pure weight-lifting. I'll be sore tomorrow.

I'm estimating I've had around 2200-2300 calories for the day, but I wouldn't be surprised if I never got past 2000, though that salad was HUGE.

I'm guessing my protein intake was somewhat high today, which I am pleased about. Tomorrow will be a rest day, and Fridyay I will definitely be exercising. In the meantime, I am pressed for time for school-work. Good night.

Day 8 - 201.4 Pounds

I am writing this on the Day of Day 9 because school work kept me up until 3am and I had no time set aside. Anyways, I didn't eat all too healthy because I needed to get home fast and have dinner ready, so on the way home I stopped at Baja Fresh (some of you may know the place - there's a lot in California) and got 2, yup that's right, 2 big ol' burritos. The place claims: "No Microwaves,No Can Openers,No Freezers,No Lard,No M.S.G.®No Compromises," so it's not an ultra-bad fast-food place. After looking at the nutrition facts on their website - holy crap! What was I thinking.

Breakfast (2:00pm):

~14 Late July Crackers
A few apple slices
An apple
2 healthy oreo imitator cookies

Lunch (4:20pm):

Baja Fresh Bean and Cheese burrito w/ chicken
Odwalla Super Protein Regular

Dinner (8:30pm):

Baja Fresh Nacho Burrito w/ chicken
Odwalla Monster-B

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*Unsure of calories for the Nacho Burrito - I'm estimating with chicken to be ~ 900.
TOTAL CALORIES: 1920 + 900 = ~2820

Well not too bad - heh. Other than the 4g of sodium, 2g trans fat, yikes. Never eating there again. Well maybe.

CARB/PROTEN/FAT RATIO: 58/22/20.

Alright, more protein than fat, now we're talkin'.

Day 7 - Exercise Day # 4 - 201.8 Pounds

The weight is my morning weight from when I wake up. As you can see it's getting quite low and I am happy with that. Today was the first day starting of school again, and I will fully go 8 hours without eating until 2pm. I can't write much up tonight; I'm very busy.

I decided to do my workout tonight instead of tomorrow because I have a 7 page research paper due Wednesday morning, and I have to spend 5pm to 12am+ tomorrow evening finishing it up. I really want a high grade on that.

Anyways here is the foods..Oh, I got my True Protein custom mix in, and it is fantastic!

Breakfast (2:00pm):

1 large apple
1 small apple
12 Late July crackers w/ sea salt
2 Cookies (like Oreos but not)

Lunch (4:30pm):

1 Cup rice milk with half scoop of new protein/carb mix to test out
1 Ensure drink - vanilla
5 Fish Oils / 3 CLA pills

Post Workout Meal (6:10pm):

1 cup rice milk and 1 scoop protein/carb mix

Dinner (6:30pm):

5 eggs scrambled with 2 slices cheese
4 oreo cookies
A lot of Late july crackers
Multivitamin
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ESTIMATED CALORIES: 2200

CARB/PROTEIN/FAT RATIO: 46/19/35
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I need more protein!
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Mild exercise:

Basketball - 40 minutes
Power Wheel II ab workout machine - 15 minutes (that is intense)

Estimated calories burned: 265.
Not bad.

Goodnight, and go Cowboys.

Day 6 - Exercise Day #3 - 203.4 Pounds

Today went well. I ate a lot of carbs and seem to have that problem. I need more protein! Luckilly my protein/carb shipment of 4 pounds comes in tomorrow. Anyways, the new scale works fantastically. Exercise is going really well too. On Friday I did a lot of squats and my thighs are still very sore, but I could play basketball fine tonight. I'm sort of sad that the break is now over and I have school tomorrow. Tuesday night, my next exercise day, will probably not happen because I have a huge research paper due the next morning and I will most likely work non-stop from 5pm-12am+.

Here is what I ate for the day:

Breakfast (2:00pm):

Annie's Bunny Grahams - Chocolate Chip
Cliff Protein Bar - Cookies and Cream
PGX fiber capsules beforehand
4 cookies (like an oreo but healthier)

Lunch (5:00pm): Pancakes (haha)

-2 eggs
-2 tbs canola oil
-2 cups (good natural brand) of the special mix
-1 cup water
-1 tbs agave nectar
-2 tbs maple syrup

Post-Workout meal (8:30pm):

1 scoop Cytomax

Dinner (9:30pm):

4 of those cookies
Annie's Bunny Grahams
1 Cup Rice Milk and 1 scoop protein/low g.i carb mix
4 fish oil omega-3s / 1 CLA pill
1 teaspoon Cod liver oil
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TOTAL CALORIES: 2740

CARB/PROTEIN/FAT RATIO: 59/12/29
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EXERCISE:

1:10 hours basketball
:20 minutes-curls, bench presses, military presses

ESTIMATED CALORIES BURNED: 430
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I hope all these carbs doesn't do more harm than good.

Goodnight.

Just an observation..

...about the weight.

Remember, I weigh in about 1-2 hours after I eat, and when I drink, I drink a lot. So after I ate yesterday, and drank, I was 211. A few hours later I was 207. By bettime around 2am I was 204.8, and when I woke up I was 201.8. It's easier for me to weigh in at night, but the results can really vary so I wonder if I should wake up, weight in and remember the #, and wait till the end of the day to write up my post.

Day 5 - 207 pounds

I ended up buying a new scale, and unlike the old one, this new one measures in increments of .2 instead of .5. After fiddling without and getting repeated error messages, it finally worked! And to my dismay I saw "211.5." Hold up? Why am I gaining weight over the last few days!? Everyfood I've been eating has been recorded at FitDay.com. The calories may be ballpark range, but I don't get why I am gaining weight. I did just have scrambled eggs and 11, 1 gram, fish oils/CLA pills. Here's the lineup of today's meal plan:

Breakfast (2:00pm):

Cliff Protein Bar - Vanilla Almond
Annie's Bunny Grahams - Chocolate Chip
Minute Maid Dried Fruits

Lunch (4:00pm):

Annie's Bunny Grahams - Chocolate Chip
Ensure Drink

Snack (8:30pm):

Odwalla Superfood
Cliff Protein Bar - Vanilla Almond

Dinner (9:50pm):

5 eggs - scrambled
8-Fish Oil pills (2.4g of EPA/DHA)
3-CLA pills

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TOTAL CALORIES: 1805

CARB/PROTEIN/FAT RATIO: 47/20/33
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I think I need to start adding more protein into my diet. I've been consuming way to many carbs and fat.

***I just checked and after taking a major piss, I am down to 207 from 211.5 after a meal. Well I'll be. I did consume over 2L of water within an hour, and thus it's most likely water-weight.

Day 4 - Exercise Day #2 - 210.0 Pounds

Ok, tomorrow, if I can afford it, I will buy a new scale! Hopefully it will be under 20 bucks lol, but that's unlikely. Today went alright, well began alright, until going out to eat. Ok, so I indulged. Major problem was the chips and queso I manage to eat, and I mean eat all of it. This was a big cup too.

Breakfast (2:00pm):

.2 cup oat groats with left over maple syrup
Odwalla Super Protein Vanilla Al'Mondo
10 Late July Peanut Butter Crackers
1 banana
2 cups OJ
4 Fish Oil capsules/3 CLA capsules

Snack (4:30pm):

Healthy Cereal Bar - Apple

Dinner (6:45):

Chips and Queso
Wild Salmon
One bite of steamed veggies
.25 Cup of Mashed Potatos and Gravy

Post-Workout Meal #1 (10pm)

Half scoop Cytomax in water

Post-Workout Meal #2 (11pm)

Odwalla Super Protein Vanilla Al'mondo
Cliff Builder Protein Bar - Cookies and Cream

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Exercise:

An hour+ minutes of basketball/shooting hoops
10 minutes - Squats with weights (I barely have the energy to sit in a chair now)

ESTIMATED CALORIES BURNED FROM EXERCISE (FitDay.com estimation): 400

TOTAL BODILY CALORIES BURNED (Basal/Lifestyle/Activites): 3891.

So I ate 3055, yet I burned off 3891...uh cool? How correct..I just wonder.
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TOTAL CALORIES: 3055

CARB/PROTEIN/FAT RATIO: 41/27/32
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I'M GIVING UP CHIPS AND QUESO FROM NOW ON!!!!

Mark my words.

*****We Have a Problem******

Remember hearing me mention that Cleanse I did about 2 weeks ago? Well that tied in with my scale problem didn't help. See the scale displays my weight in those little line-segments like you may see on a cheap calculator...the ones where a 7 looks like an "L" upside down, ect.

Well, the third digit is missing some blocks. I get confused of whether a 0 is an 8 or a 5 could be a 9...it's too hectic. The cleanse's final result had me at 19(?).5, I assumed it was 199.5, but just earlier today it was "21(?)"

Yikes! I'm past 210!!! Not good folks. And today I ate very poorly. This isn't looking so well today, but I did get in an hour and a half worth of working out! See post above.

Day 3 - Exercise Day #2 Postponed Tomorrow - 209 (?) pounds

The break is beginning to wrap up, and because so means I have to start getting homework finished. Our school semester doesn't end until mid-Jan. Anyways, I've had plenty of carbs today..not sure if that's a good or bad thing, but I think not going over 300g of carbs a day is alright. I'm not sure how my weight is a bit higher than usual, perhaps water-weight.

I wanted to exercise tonight, but things came up that had to be taken care of. I will go out later tonight, but I'm beginning to feel a headache come on. As much as I dislike traditional allopathic medicine, Ibuprofen works damn well for headaches.

I'm becoming unsure if I'm really suppose to have 2000 calories a day. Perhaps I should aim for ~2000 on exercise days, but say ~1800 on non-exercise days.

Here is my food for the day:

Breakfast (2:00pm):

3 capsules PGX fiber with 16oz water 10 minutes before meal
.25 Cup cooked Oat Groats
3 Tablespoons Maple Syrup
Odwalla Super Protein Vanilla Al'mondo
Cereal Bar (healthy kind)
13 indivudal peanut butter sandwich crackers (healthy kind)

Lunch (4:30pm):

13 individual peanut butter sandwich crackers (healthy kind)
Multi Vitamin
Nabisco Devil's Food cookie (only 1!)

Dinner(6 something): Take Out from Restaurant:

Fish Tacos-
1/3 cup avocado
6 strips fish sticks
Assorted Veggies
3 medium sized tortillas
Sour Cream base dip (I think)
13 individual peanut butter sandwich crackers (healthy kind)
1/5 cup rice and 1/5 cup black bean sauce

Snack (9:30pm)

13 individual peanut butter sandwich crackers (healthy kind)
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TOTAL CALORIES: 1986

CARB/PROTEIN/FAT RATIO: 50/13/37
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Day 2 - 208.5 pounds

Today was an alright day, despite having a really off-balance Carb/Protein/Fat ratio. Yesterday I mentioned that my fat ratio was fairly high..well today it's the carbs! I accidentally ate a whole bag of Minute Maid dried fruit. Perhaps it was intentional, but it was quite tasty, and definitely worth it opposed to some other inferior food I could have ingested.

Anyways, today was a no-no for exercise. I am pretty sore in the abs, triceps/biceps, and love handle area. Tomorrow I will resume exercise, but will in no way use weights on my arm. As for my prized True Protein custom mix is coming along, due to the holidays UPS has delayed picking up the box from TP's warehouse until earlier this evening, so it's on it's way. I'll have it by Monday and that will really help with post-workout nutrition.

I'm feeling pretty sad that this break is almost done. School resumes this Monday and I have to work on a 5+ page research/personal opinion paper w/ appendix due sometime early next week. When school does in fact start, I will be waking up around 5:30 (normal time) and get to school by 6:10am-ish to do homework. This means I will have to wait 8 hours and 15-30 minutes to eat my FIRST meal of the day...opposed to waking up around 10pm and waiting almost 4 hours, but I can manage.
I think.

Oh, here is my list of foods for the day. I could have done MUCH better; however, the foods I consumed were also whole in nature and not necessarily processed to an extent.

**Note: I heat everything up without the use of microwave ovens. I find them to alter food negatively***

Breakfast (2:00):

1.5 Cups stove-cooked oatmeal with 3 cups water [added stevia, cinnamon, sea salt]
2.3 Tablespoons of REAL maple syrup

Lunch (4:30):

Finished whatever oatmeal was left in fridge
Ran out of maple syrup, so used fake syrup (sugar free)
2 Nabisco Devil's Food cookies (bad I know, yeah yeah)
A whole package of Minute Maid Dried Fruit (plums, apricots, apples, and pears)

Dinner (9:00):
Dragon Roll Sushi
Spicy California Roll Sushi

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TOTAL CALORIES: 2328

CARB/PROTEIN/FAT RATIO: 67/22/11

Side Note: Yikes, the carbs! I'd be happy with a 45/35/20 ratio, but whew. Oh well. I know I surpassed the 2000 calorie mark, but that's no problem.
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Also, the weight I post on each title is weighed in about 30 minutes to possibly 2 hours after my last meal. I weighed this about an hour and a half after finishing the sushi.

Out.

Day 1 - Exercise Day #1 - 208 pounds

Well today was the first day of many to come. Because there is no school currently due to break, I have the pleasure to sleep in, which results in my days being shorter, so eating late was not a problem. I'm trying to aim for a 40/30/30 ratio of Carbs/Protein/Fat, but with what I ate today, I sort of had a little too much fat [yikes]. Nothing to worry about though.

To track my stats for the day, I use a site called FitDay.com. I write down all the foods I eat and it has neat graphs and more that shows the ratio and nutrition of the foods.

Here is what I ate for

Breakfast (1:45pm):

6 eggs scramble
half an onion
3/4 cherry tomato
2 slices cheese.
4 Fish Oil capsules
3 CLA capsules

Lunch (4:30):

2 capsules PGX fiber with lots of water
Cliff Builder protein bar - peanut butter
Odwalla superfood drink

Pre-workout meal (5:30pm)

1 cup rice milk
1 scoop of Protein Factor special mix of 30% whey ion-exchanged, 30% casein, 30% Rice Oligodextrin (LOW G.I carb), and 10$ egg white powder

Post-workout drink (7:00pm)

1 cup of apple juice (Still waiting for my True Protein custom mix to come)

Dinner (8:00pm):
Smoothie:
-1 cup spinach
-1 cup rice milk with water
-4 Strawberries
-2.5 oz blueberries
-one teaspoon cod liver oil
-one scoop Protein Factory powder custom mix
Not smoothie:
-4 Fish Oil capsules [I mention fish oils and CLA because each pill has 9 calories]
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TOTAL CALORIES: 1913.

CARB/PROTEIN/FAT RATIO: 41/22/36.

Side note: Notice I had too much fat today. I sort of forgot eggs are loaded with it, yikes.
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Exercise:

40 minutes weight lifting with dumbbells - mild intensity - arms/upper body ONLY.

~25 minutes playing basketball/shooting hoops.

ESTIMATED CALORIES BURNED: ~250.
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Food wise, I think I did fairly well. The smoothies I think are fantastic to have after workouts, though I really wish my True Protein order would arrive. It's 10 minutes till 10 and I don't think I will eat anything for the rest of tonight, until 2 pm tomorrow. I'm glad the foods I ate today were mostly basic things and nothing too complex. If I get hungry, I'll drink, well try to finish, my 3L bottle of Ozarka.

If I am sore tomorrow morning, I will hold off on the weights until the soreness is gone. I plan next time I exercise to mildly work on weights, but focus more on my legs and abs. I did a few ab workouts today, nothing major, but my arms need a rest.

All in all, I am trying to aim for the typical 1 pounds a week mark of weight (hopefully fat) loss. I'll keep posting every night!