OK, as I mentioned earlier this week I have set a goal to lose at least 76lbs. to get me down to 200lbs. Below is a list of everything I am going to do to be successful on this journey.
- The 17 Day Diet downloadable PDF
- Lose It!
- Exercise with Andrea and Clinton
- Post results weekly here and on youtube
My buddy Kip, who is a truck driver, introduced me to the17 Day Diet. He has been doing the 17 Day Diet for a while now and has lost over 100lbs. WOW! That is great! Keep up the good work Kip. I know you will reach your goal.
On the 17 Day Diet you can eat as much as you want of certain foods and there are two different cycles that you can be on. The reason it is called the 17 Day Diet is because each cycle lasts 17 Days.
Now I am sure you read that on the 17 Day Diet you can eat all you want of certain foods and that is correct; however, I want to get the best results and to do it as quickly as I can. Therefore, I have incorporated the Lose It! website to help track my progress and limit my calorie intake to keep me on pace to lose two pounds a week without working out. That way when I work out I will hopefully lose more that two pounds a week. We will see what happens!
I am planning on working out with my wife Andrea and my friend Clinton. This week I did not work out at all but I have plans to begin working out on Monday. More than likely we will start out walking and increase from there.
And finally I will post my progress both here, on the blog, and on youtube. I should have my youtube post up either tonight or sometime on Sunday. Once it is posted I will also post the video at the bottom of this blog.
I am also providing a free copy of the 17 Day Diet, here on my blog, for anyone who would like to do it with me and I have also provided links throughout this blog to connect to Lose It! to track your calories.
OK enough about what I am doing to track and hold myself accountable on my weight lose journey. Let me tell you what happened this week and report my progress.
I weighed in on Tuesday 9/4/12 at 276lbs. I have cut out all fast food and Coke this week. Lose It! said that I should only eat 2182 calorie a day. Let me tell you, when you are eating salads, chicken, turkey, egg whites, Kefir, and a few things that are not on the diet like my peanut butter crackers, it is very hard to reach that 2182 caloric goal. Below is a daily list of the calories I consumed.
- Tuesday 1306
- Wednesday 1525
- Thursday 1006
- Friday 2283
Let me tell you a quick story about Friday-it was the only day I was over my calorie limit for the day. Andrea called me on the way home and asked me to pick up fried chicken for dinner. I reminded her that was not on our diet but since we both had been having an issue getting all of our calories for a day we decided to have the fried chicken.
The fried chicken was very good but when it was time for me to log my chicken on Lose It! I was shocked how many calories I had just consumed. I ate two chicken breasts, skin and all. My total calorie intake for the chicken only was a whopping 1279 calorie. That was more calorie than I had eaten all day! Just my protein for dinner! Needless to say, I will not be eating any fried chicken any time soon. I would rather spend those calories eating more food that will keep me feeling full rather than to eat the fried chicken.
When I stepped on the scale this morning I was not really sure what it would read, especially after Friday night’s dinner. But I weighed in at 169lbs. WOW!! I could not believe it. I know most of the weight lose is due to not eating fast food or drinking soda but I am heading in the right direction.
I also wanted to mention that I am tracking all of my calories on Lose It! through my smartphone app. I am on the Solavei network. You can get unlimited talk, text and data on a 4G network for only $49 a month or LESS! That is right, I said LESS. Solavei will pay you monthly $20 for every three active members you bring over. So if you get 9 people signed up for cell service through Solavei your phone service will be free! Now that is a great deal!
Please follow me here and on youtube. Join my weight loss challenge and post your commitment and progress both here and on youtube. Keep an eye out for next weeks post.
I am also thinking about posting some of the meals we are making and the amount of calories each of meals are.
Check back regularly!
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