Wednesday breakfast and lunch

Both meals from Burger King
Breakfast: Ham Omelette Sandwich and Milk - Cal 390, Fat 12, Sod 1000, Carb 46, Fib 1, Sug 22, Pro 23
Lunch: Grilled Chicken Sandwich w/o Mayo, Side Salad w/Italian, and Water - Cal 580, Fat 21, Sod 1570, Carb 86, Fib 6, Sug 15, Pro 31

Tuesday lunch and supper plan

Sub sandwich for lunch: 620, 12, 2220, 104, 10, 30, 32
Sub sandwich for supper: 640, 10, 2320, 95, 11, 12, 52

Total 1260, 22, 4540, 199, 21, 42, 84

Week Five Weigh In

Weigh in was 254 today. That is a total weight loss of 26lbs in 39 days so far with moderate exercise.

Monday supper and totals

Chicken breasts - 330, 8, 1050, 0, 0, 0, 66

Total
Cal 2350
Fat 94
Sod 6320
Carb 229
Fib 11
Sug 40
Pro 149

Monday breakfast and lunch

Cal - 2020
Fat - 86
Sod - 5270
Carb - 229
Fib - 11
Sug - 40
Pro - 83

Weeks totals

Calories - 13,027 - 1,861
Fat - 432g - 62g
Sodium - 26,188mg - 3,741mg
Carbohydrates - 1,682g - 240g
Fiber - 231g - 33g
Sugar - 412g - 59g
Protein - 713g - 102g

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday totals

Thursday Cal - 1855, Fat - 88, Sod - 4074, Carb - 150, Fib - 14, Sug - 56, Pro - 88
Friday Cal - 870, Fat - 14, Sod - 679, Carb - 154, Fib - 13, Sug - 4, Pro - 42
Saturday Cal - 2541, Fat - 93, Sod - 3141, Carb - 362, Fib - 26, Sug - 164, Pro - 73
Sunday Cal - 2300, Fat - 118, Sod - 4423, Carb - 200, Fib - 21, Sug - 15, Pro - 117

Thursday breakfast

Oatmeal, flax seed, banana, milk
Cal - 406
Fat - 9
Sod - 81
Carb - 38
Fib - 8
Sug - 6
Pro - 13

Wednesday supper and totals

Supper - 2 turkey sandwiches - cal 620, fat 27, sod 3650, carb 54, fib 10, sug 6, pro 52

Day's totals - cal 2451, fat 78.5, sod 6021, carb 271, fib 29, sug 69, pro 177

Week's totals so far - cal 5461, fat 118.5, sod 13871, carb 816, fib 157, sug 173, pro 393

Week Four Weigh In

460. Down 20 lbs since November 20. Very pleased with the results so far.

Wednesday breakfast and lunch

Breakfast was Oatmeal with bananas, flax seed, and milk, and a glass of milk with protein powder
Lunch was a Tendergrill Chicken sandwich and a side salad at Burger King

Cal - 1831
Fat - 51.5
Sod - 2371
Carb - 217
Fib - 19
Sug - 63
Pro - 125

Tuesday totals

Cal - 1550
Fat - 21
Sod - 3830
Carb - 329
Fib - 108
Sug - 62
Pro - 118

Week totals thus far:
Cal - 2910
Fat - 40g
Sod - 7850mg
Carb - 545g
Fib - 128g
Sug - 104g
Pro - 216g

Week 4 food totals

Calories - 13,104 - 1872
Fat - 426g - 61g
Sodium - 33,620mg - 4803
Carbohydrates - 1729g - 247
Fiber - 230g - 33
Sugar - 425g - 61
Protein - 723g - 103

Monday totals

Cal 1360
Fat 19
Sod 4020
Carb 216
Fib 20
Sug 42
Pro 98

Saturday and Sunday totals

Saturday: Cal 2095, Fat 88, Sod 5480, Carb 168, Fib 19, Sug 17, Pro 131
Sunday: Cal 2360, Fat 72, Sod 5725, Carb 291, Fib 16, Sug 135, Pro 146

Friday food

Breakfast - croissant sandwich, banana, coffee
Cal - 597, Fat - 32, Sodium - 989, Carb - 54, Fiber - 5, Sugar - 3, Protein - 17

Lunch - Turkey sandwich, Apple, Yogurt
Cal - 303, Fat - 1.5, Sodium - 731, Carbs - 53, Fiber - 7, Sugar - 17, Protein - 21

Supper - Turkey sandwich, Apple, Yogurt, Carrots
Cal - 318, Fat - 1.5, Sodium - 816, Carbs - 57, Fiber - 9, Sugar - 13, Protein - 22

Friday totals
Calories - 1218
Fat - 35g
Sodium - 2536mg
Carbs - 164g
Fiber - 21g
Sugar - 33g
Protein - 60g

Thursday totals and lifting

Cal - 1343
Fat - 21.5
Sodium - 3541
Carb - 227
Fiber - 26
Sugar - 50
Protein - 73

lifting, did bench press 3x235, 3x255, and 3x275, dumbbell flys with 40lbs 2 sets of 10, bar arm curls with 75lbs 2 sets of 10, and bar tricep extensions with 75lbs 2 sets of 10, also did 25 crunches, then 25 oblique crunches on each side

Wednesday breakfast and lunch

Cal - 963
Fat - 34g
Sodium - 2811mg
Carbs - 113g
Fiber - 8g
Sugar - 29g
Protein - 54g

Tuesday totals

Cal - 1509
Fat - 44
Sodium - 4293
Carb - 206
Fiber - 8
Sugar - 56
Protein - 89

Totals for the week thus far:
Calories - 4162
Fat - 141g
Sodium - 10716mg
Carbohydrates - 653g
Fiber - 132g
Sugar - 132g
Protein - 205g

Week Three Weigh In

465lbs., now down 15 since I started

Week 3 totals

Calories - 16,632 total - 2376 per day
Fat - 600g - 86g
Sodium - 39,012mg - 5,573mg
Carbohydrates - 1,748g - 250g
Fiber - 138g - 20g
Sugar - 503g - 72g
Protein - 1,116g - 159g

Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday totals

Forgot to put down a few days, so here goes:

Friday:
Calories - 1547
Fat - 32g
Sodium - 3608mg
Carbs - 262g
Fiber - 22g
Sugar - 57g
Protein - 77g

Saturday:
Calories - 1425
Fat - 38g
Sodium - 2120mg
Carbs - 229g
Fiber - 18g
Sugar - 102g
Protein - 54g

Sunday:
Calories - 3375
Fat - 151g
Sodium - 6373mg
Carbs - 249g
Fiber - 13g
Sugar - 92g
Protein - 279g

Monday:
Calories - 2653
Fat - 97g
Sodium - 6423mg
Carbs - 447g
Fiber - 124g
Sugar - 76g
Protein - 116g

Friday breakfast

Oatmeal with flax seed, banana, and milk
Calories - 601
Fat - 12g
Sodium - 146mg
Carbs - 102g
Fiber - 16g
Sugar - 13g
Protein - 23g

Thursday totals

Cal - 2379
Fat - 75.5g
Sodium - 3704.5
Carbs - 324.5g
Fiber - 18g
Sugar - 67g
Protein - 140g

Wednesday supper and totals

Wednesday supper was Chicken soup

cal - 200
fat - 4
sod - 960
carb - 26
fib - 2
sug - 4
pro - 14

Wednesday totals
Cal - 3061
Fat - 95.5g
Sodium - 4260.5mg
Carbs - 267.5g
Fiber - 25g
Sugar - 64g
Protein - 290g

Wednesday lunch

Chinese buffet with a client...yowsers!

Calories - 2212
Fat - 82g
Sodium - 3041mg
Carbs - 153g
Fiber - 12g
Sugar - 33g
Protein - 209g

Wednesday breakfast

Cal 649
Fat 9.5
Sodium 259.5
Carb 88.5
Fiber 11
Sugar 27
Protein 67

Tuesday totals

Day's totals, a bad snack choice skewing the rest

Calories - 2597
Fat - 128g
Sodium - 8465.5mg
Carbs - 213g
Fiber - 18g
Sugar - 68g
Protein - 177g

Tuesday lunch

Turkey sandwich, yogurt, carrots, apple

cal 418
fat 10.5
sod 1526
carb 75.5
fib 5
sug 19
pro 24

Two week weigh in

Left my sheet with all my calories from my breakfast at home this morning, so I'll record that later.

I did my Tuesday weigh-in after my second week of this. My weight is down to 469, down 9 lbs from last week, and 11 pounds since I started this!

Monday supper and totals

Chili for supper
Cal 894
Fat 18
Sod 6078
Carb 84
Fib 18
Sug 36
Pro 36

Day's totals
Calories - 2248
Fat - 79.5g
Sodium - 10481
Carb - 202.5
Fiber - 24
Sugar - 52.5
Protein - 99

Monday morning/early afternoon workout/lifting/eating

Calories - 1354
Fat - 61.5g
Sodium - 4403mg
Carbs - 118.5g
Fiber - 6g
Sugar - 16.5g
Protein - 63g

20 minutes biking on recumbent bike

lifting workout:
Bench Press - 3 @ 225lbs, 3 @ 245 lbs, 3 @ 255lbs
Dumbbell Flys - 2x10x40
Bicep Curls - 2x10x45
Bicep Hammers - 2x10x45

Week's totals

Calories - 14,616 - 2,088 per day
Fat - 455.5g - 65g per day
Sodium - 34,671 - 4,953mg per day
Carbohydrates - 1,816g - 259g per day
Fiber - 97g - 14g per day
Sugar - 488g - 70g per day
Protein - 774g - 111g per day

Drastic improvement this week. I'd still like to work at lowering my sodium and sugar intake while increasing fiber.

Sunday totals

Calories - 1850
Fat - 34.5g
Sodium - 3460mg
Carbs - 210g
Fiber - 6g
Sugar - 75g
Protein - 151g

Saturday totals

Calories - 2001
Fat - 89
Sodium - 6275
Carbs - 191
Fiber - 9
Sugar - 39
Protein - 110

Week's tally thus far
Calories - 12,766
Fat - 421
Sodium - 31,211
Carbs - 1,606
Fiber - 91
Sugar - 413
Protein - 623

Saturday supper

Barbeque
Cal - 522
Fat - 26
Sod - 1306
Carb - 44
Fib - 3
Sug - 3
Pro - 32

Saturday breakfast and lunch

Breakfast on the run, had a Sausage, Egg, and Cheese Croissant and Skim Milk. Lunch was 2 Turkey sanwiches, carrots, yogurt, and an apple.

Total for both meals:
Calories - 1479
Fat - 63g
Sodium - 4969mg
Carbs - 147g
Fiber - 6g
Sugar - 36g
Protein - 78g

Friday totals

Breakfast was Oatmeal with banana and milk, Lunch was Chicken Strips and Mozzarella sticks, Supper was a dry hamburger with macaroni salad, and I had a piece of Sour Cream Raisin pie for snack.

Totals:
Calories - 1848
Fat - 80g
Sodium - 1609mg
Carbs - 209g
Fiber - 13g
Sugar - 20g
Protein - 79g

Week's totals:
Calories - 10,765
Fat - 332g
Sodium 24,936mg
Carbs - 1,415g
Fiber - 82g
Sugar - 374g
Protein - 512g

Thursday totals

Calories - 2389
Fat - 50.5g
Sodium - 5932mg
Carbs - 370
Fiber - 14
Sugar - 178
Protein - 113

Week so far
Calories - 8917
Fat - 252g
Sodium 23327mg
Carbs - 1206g
Fiber - 69g
Sugar - 354g
Protein - 433g

Thursday supper

Chicken teriyaki, Rice, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Bread, Water
Calories - 811
Fat - 6g
Sodium - 2731mg
Carbs - 132g
Fiber - 9g
Sugar - 24g
Protein - 48g

Thursday lunch

Turkey sandwich, apple, carrots, yogurt
Cal - 538
Fat - 12.5
Sodium - 1941
Carbs - 76
Fiber - 5
Sugar - 20
Protein - 29

Monday breakfast

Bad breakfast on the run - Doughnuts and Chocolate milk
Cal 1040
Fat 32g
Sodium 1260mg
Carbs 162g
Fiber 0g
Sugar 134g
Protein 36g

Wednesday total

Calories - 2291
Fat - 40g
Sodium - 5776mg
Carbohydrates - 376g
Fiber - 29g
Sugars - 105g
Protein - 109g

Week's totals so far:
Calories - 6528
Fat - 201.5g
Sodium - 17395mg
Carbohydrates - 836g
Fiber - 55g
Sugar - 176g
Protein - 320g

Wednesday supper

Grilled Salmon and wild rice with water to drink
Cal - 640
Fat - 12g
Sodium - 2340mg
Carbs - 88g
Fiber - 4g
Sugars - 4g
Protein - 42g

Wednesday lunch

Subway turkey sandwich and chicken rice soup
Cal 810
fat 18
sod 2720
carb 120
fiber 11
sug 15
pro 42

Wednesday breakfast

Oatmeal, banana, flax seed, milk, juice
Calories - 841
fat - 10g
sodium - 716mg
carbs - 168g
fiber - 14g
sugar - 86g
protein - 25g

Tuesday totals

Calories - 1973
Fat - 52.5g
Sodium - 5376mg
Carbs - 243g
Fiber - 17g
Sugar - 47g
Protein - 108g

Totals for week so far:
Calories - 4237
Fat - 161.5g
Sodium - 11619mg
Carbs - 460g
Fiber - 26g
Sugar - 71g
Protein - 211g

Tuesday supper

Supper - Chicken breasts and rice
Calories 770
Fat 13.5g
Sodium 2880mg
Carbs 86g
Fiber 4g
Sugar 2g
Protein 76g

Week One Weigh In

Weighed in this morning as Friday was a holiday for the agency, so I couldn't access the scale I would usually use. After counting up last week's intake, I wasn't expecting much improvement, but I have dropped 2 pounds to be at 478.

Monday breakfast and packed lunch

Breakfast - oatmeal, banana, milk
Calories 471
Fat 3
Sodium 511
Carbs 71
Fiber 10
Sugar 25
Protein 13

Lunch - soup, yogurt, apple
Calories 732
Fat 36
Sodium 1985
Carbs 86
Fiber 3
Sugar 20
Protein 19

Week's totals

Tough first week, but eye opening to say the least. This week I will start tracking my exercise as well with this blog.

For the week:
Calories - 32,025 - 4,575 per day - 2,075 more calories than dietary recommendations
Fat - 1,419g - 203g per day - 122 more grams of fat than recommended
Sodium - 61,643mg - 8806mg per day - 5806mg more than recommended
Carbohydrates - 3,503g - 500g per day - 125g more than recommended
Fiber - 263g - 38g per day - 7g more than recommended
Sugar - 1,391g - 199g per day - 149g more than recommended
Protein - 1,605g - 229g per day - 179g more than recommended

So week one was a tough start, but it's a start.

Monday totals

A pizza day today for lunch and supper...totals:

Calories 2264
Fat 109g
Sodium 6243mg
Carbs 217g
Fiber 9g
Sugar 24g
Protein 103g

Sunday 3:50pm

Breakfast was a smoothie
Calories 681
Fat 10.5g
Sodium 266mg
Carbs 95g
Fiber 11g
Sugar 65g
Protein 67.5g

Lunch was the leftover Chile Colorado from Mexican on Friday night on wheat toast with a V8 Fusion
Calories 984
Fat 43g
Sodium 1155mg
Carbs 108g
Fiber 2g
Sugar 77g
Protein 40g

Supper packed for work tonight is tuna, an apple, celery, yogurt, and nuts.
Calories 1292
Fat 73g
Sodium 2192mg
Carbs 70g
Fiber 13g
Sugar 38g
Protein 96g

Total:
Calories 2957
Fat 126.5g
Sodium 3613mg
Carbs 273g
Fiber 26g
Sugar 180g
Protein 203.5g

Saturday 8:55pm

Haven't forgotten to keep track, just haven't posted...so here goes:

Wednesday total:
Calories 4880
Fat 255 grams
Sodium 10960mg
Carbs 458g
Fiber 44g
Sugar 110g
Protein 197g

Thursday total:
Calories 4528
Fat 167
Sodium 9610
Carb 483
Fiber 37
Sugar 205
Protein 277

Friday total:
Calories 3841
Fat 176
Sodium 6125
Carb 417
Fiber 21
Sugar 189
Protein 156

Saturday total:
Calories 4584
Fat 250
Sodium 7413
Carbs 411
Fiber 42
Sugar 111
Protein 189

Wednesday 2:15pm

Lunch during a busy work day after my client lunch that I usually have on Wednesdays fell through. Tried the new Subway Chicken Cordon Bleu sandwich in a footlong sandwich. 900 calories, 30 g fat, 3240mg sodium, 104g carbs, 10g fiber, 14g sugar, and 64g protein.

Wednesday 10:15am

Had a rough night last night. At work, all alone, and temptation just got the best of me, and I ordered pizza. Not only that, but I ate the entire pizza, adding 2800 calories, 120g fat, 7600mg sodium, 312g carbs, 16g fiber, 40g sugar, and 128g protein. My entire day until that was 2008 calories, 29g fat, 3705mg sodium, 298g carbs, 33g fiber, 153g sugar, 160.5g protein. Total for the day ended up at 4808 calories, 219g fat, 11305mg sodium, 610g carbs, 49g fiber, 193g sugar, and 288.5g protein. This is actually better than yesterday, but certainly not where I want to be!

This morning, breakfast was a V8 fusion. 300 calories, 0g fat, 240mg sodium, 72g carbs, 72g sugar, 0g protein.

Tuesday 10:05am

Before I forget, I need to report my morning food consumption and exercise. This morning I ended up sleeping in too long to work out. I did as much walking as I could with work today and did some light shopping this morning to pick up some medication. My breakfast this morning was a smoothie. I mix my smoothies with frozen strawberries, bananas, milk, orange juice, flaxseed, and protein powder. The final tally for breakfast: 681 calories, 10.5g fat, 95g carbs, 11g fiber, 65g sugar, 266mg sodium, and 67.5g protein.

Yesterday's final tally on total eating:
Calories - 5687
Fat - 192.5 grams
Carbs - 775 grams
Sodium - 10777 milligrams
Fiber - 41 grams
Sugars - 400 grams
Protein - 260 grams

Obviously WAY too much, so work to do aplenty!

Monday 7:05pm

Pizza at noon got me very off track for the day (and definitely opened some eyes once the calculations were done!), so tonight was a chicken breast, rice, and a smoothie. I also made up lunch and supper for tomorrow as I work at both jobs tomorrow.

Tallies for the three meals:

Supper tonight - 1297 calories, 19.5g fat, 1947mg sodium, 183g carbs, 23g fiber, 93g sugar, 129g protein

Lunch tomorrow - 705 calories, 9g fat, 1769mg sodium, 91g carbs, 7g fiber, 40g sugar, 67g protein

Supper tomorrow - 622 calories, 9.5g fat, 1670mg sodium, 112g carb, 15g fiber, 48g sugar, 26g protein

Monday 4:15pm

Getting ready to head back out to feed some cattle. My lunch today was Pizza Hut buffet, a family "tradition". I had the equivolent of one slice of Pepperoni stuffed crust, three slices of Meat Lover's stuffed crust, three breadsticks, two helpings of pasta, and 2 glasses of Mountain Dew. All together, it was a large meal. The totals were 3690 calories, 7980mg of sodium, 138g of fat, 502g carb, 277g sugar, 18g fiber, and 121g protein. Ouch!!

Monday 12:00pm

On my way to have lunch with my brother after cleaning out a closet all morning. My morning food was a bag of yogurt pretzels - 700 calories, 35g fat, 90g carb, 10g protein, 850mg sodium, 30g sugar. Not the world's best choice certainly, and I ate in my loveseat while watching morning Sportscenter. Also consumed 2 cans of Diet Dew this morning.

Sunday 8:30pm

So started all this today, and lo and behold, I forgot to start supper until late after getting the blog started and then getting caught up doing cleaning. So I will be eating vegetable beef soup tonight for supper @ 8:30ish pm. The soup has, according to nutritional information, 240 calories, 3 grams of fat, 38 grams of carbs, 18 grams of protein, 6 grams of fiber, 960mg of sodium, and 4g of sugar. I'm drinking ice water with the soup.

My "exercise" today was cleaning my kitchen and living room, and also doing some laundry.

An introduction to me

There's always a point. A moment. An incident that makes life crystal clear and overwhelming all at the same time. Your eyes are opened to exactly what is going on, as if the cruise control has suddenly had a brake tapped on it.

I didn't have that. What I had was a mountain that built to such a point that I simply could not deny what was going on any longer. It started in July when I was an adult chaperon for a youth trip for my church. While walking around the French Quarter of New Orleans, I became extremely overheated. I sweat through my shirt (something not unusual for me, but this was more than usual). By the time we stopped for supper, I was shaking. I went to my hotel room and realized that I was not in physical shape to continue on with the night's worship, despite one of my favorite bands playing afterwards. I proceeded to get sick. I took a lukewarm shower, got sick again, and soaked in a cool tub to try to cool my body down. My mother (also a chaperon on the trip) returned approximately 2 hours later, and my body was still very hot to the touch. My eyes were opened.

October, I turned 30. I always set my weight loss goals to be achieved by 30. The age hit without me even working solidly toward that goal. Reality hit.

This week, I climbed two floors of stairs and struggled mightily to regain my breath. I was once in the shape to walk on at a major college university in football. I now am struggling to climb two flights of stairs without nearly wheezing. Shock had been achieved.

Friday, I took my weight. I was flabbergasted to see the number: 480 lbs. I was horrified not that long ago to realize that I had topped 400. Now I was a couple binges from 500 pounds! A baseline had been set.

Over the next two days, I ate as I desired. As I sat down to make supper Sunday evening, I recounted what I had eaten since Saturday morning: a Domino's American Legends Memphis BBQ pizza, a dozen doughnuts, an order of Domino's chicken kickers, a Hot Stuff mini pizza, a bag of ranch Munchies, a V8 Fusion, 3 cans of Diet Mountain Dew, and a total of 4 liters of Mello Yello. It made me sick just to think of the amount of damage I'd done to my body in less than 48 hours, I was sick to my stomach.

Thus came the idea for this blog. I will track my eating and my exercise to have an honest record of what efforts I have made for the bettering of my health. I intend to weigh in weekly to track my progress.

To start this, I am 480 lbs. and have the following measurements: waist - 69", chest - 68", around thighs - 54.5".

A beginning

This is a dual-purpose blog. First, it is a way for me to journal my own eating and workouts to track honestly for myself what I am doing for my body every day. Second, this will hopefully be an eye-opening log for those of you who don't understand why weight loss is so difficult, and also the many layers of emotions that have led me (and many others with significant weight to lose) to gain the weight that I did. I hope that as I work, this will also be encouragement and hope for those who feel like there's no way that they can do it.