Day 12 - 29 June 2013

Today was the second Saturday of my training,  which means it was six miles today.

I thought I was going to get an extra workout in by helping a friend move today too,  but that didn't work out.

That's okay,  I still got my 6 miles in and I did it in just under an hour. I also walked for just under a mile to warm up and cool down.

Danica suggested I post some before photos,  so don't read on unless you want to see pictures of my corpulent self. This is me at 215 lbs. 

The last picture is a delicious black bean burger with a spinach salad.

Day 11 - 28 June 2013 - Cheat Day!

You know what I hate?
Looking at fitness blogs on their cheat day and seeing that they ate like one peanut butter cup and that was it.
That's not cheating. That's bragging.
Well today was my cheat day.

I started off cheat day with my good friend Shaun T and some plyometric cardio.

Breakfast went pretty well, just some muscle milk powder in water and an apple. No cheating there.
Well for lunch I went to Firehouse Subs. Yeah Baby! I had me an Engineer sandwich. So delicious. I also had a bag of baked lays BBQ chips.

For dinner I had 2 slices of Greek Pizza, a Garlic Knot, and a Hot Wing.

I also had air popped pop-corn with butter for dessert. 

Okay, okay - hate if you want. I did over my recommended caloric intake for the day, but I've done a lot of research and I've found that the worst thing you can do is cause your body to go full starvation mode. You'll lose weight, but it will be all that muscle you've been trying to put on. 

Anyway, I was under my calories for the whole week, so I don't feel too bad. Plus, it was delicious.

June 28, 2013

FOODS	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Cholest	Sodium	Sugars	Fiber
Breakfast
Cytosport - Muscle Milk Chocolate Powder, 2 scoop	300	18g	12g	32g	20mg	160mg	4g	4g
Generic - Fuji Apple, Small, Organic, Juiced, 1 small apple	55	15g	0g	0g	0mg	0mg	11g	0g
Lunch
Firehouse Sub - Engineer Fully Loaded, 1 Med. sub	680	62g	35g	39g	65mg	2,000mg	13g	6g
Lay's - Baked Bbq Potato Chips, 1 package	140	24g	4g	2g	0mg	220mg	4g	2g
Coca-Cola - Coke Zero 710ml (24 oz), 24 FL OZ	0	0g	0g	0g	0mg	80mg	0g	0g
Dinner
Z Pizza - Greek Pizza, 2 slice	300	34g	12g	16g	20mg	820mg	0g	2g
Generic - Garlic Knot, 1 knots	61	10g	1g	2g	13mg	149mg	0g	0g
Wings - Chicken Wings, 1 wings	48	2g	3g	4g	16mg	143mg	0g	0g
Dressing - Ranch Dressing - Hidden Valley Ranch the Original (24 Fl oz), 6 Tbsp	420	6g	42g	3g	30mg	780mg	3g	0g
Snacks
Snacks - Popcorn, air-popped, white popcorn, 5 cup	153	31g	2g	5g	0mg	2mg	0g	6g
Butter - Salted, 3 tbsp	305	0g	35g	0g	92mg	245mg	0g	0g
TOTAL:	2,462	202g	146g	103g	256mg	4,599mg	35g	20g

EXERCISES	Calories	Minutes	Sets	Reps	Weight
Cardiovascular
Calisthenics (pushups, sit-ups), vigorous effort	599	45
TOTALS:	599	45	0	0	0

10 Days Done!!

Day 10 - 27 June 2013

10 days done! I feel great!

Today was weigh-in day. Last Thursday, I weighed in at 225 lbs.

One week later, what do you all think I weighed?

Drum roll........ 215 lbs! I lost 10 lbs in one week! It CAN be done! Have I used enough exclamation marks?!?!

I am stunned. I feel great. I am eating healthy and working out, drinking plenty of water, and the weight is dropping off. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I am excited for Insanity tomorrow. 

I also won the Biggest Loser competition at work for this week. 

Hello $14 Amazon.com gift card! - 

I don't know if the others were really taking this competition seriously, but now they know that I am in this for the WIN!

In case you were wondering, there is a $14 Amazon.com gift card up for grabs each week. Whoever loses the largest percentage of weight for that week wins the gift card. 

After 12 weeks, the person with the highest total percentage of weight lost is the winner. Each of the other 6 participants has to wear a shirt with the winner's face on it to work. 

I can't wait to my face all over work!

Okay, moving on to the next week, and the next 10 lbs. --

Today's workout was a 3.8 mile run this morning and almost 2 hours of basketball tonight. For food, I overdid the sodium quite a bit, but tomorrow is cheat day, so bring on the brownies!! - just kidding... but seriously...

June 27, 2013

FOODS	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Cholest	Sodium	Sugars	Fiber
Breakfast
Muscle Milk - Cookies & Cream Shake (14 oz.), 14 fl. oz.	220	9g	9g	25g	10mg	360mg	3g	1g
Dole - Banana (Net Carbs) From Dole Website, 1 banana	110	29g	0g	1g	0mg	0mg	15g	3g
Generic - Fuji Apple, Small, Organic, Juiced, 1 small apple	55	15g	0g	0g	0mg	0mg	11g	0g
Lunch
Subway - 2x Chicken Teriyaki Chopped Salad (Lett, Spinach, Ch, Cuc, Olives, Tom, Jal, Pick, Sw Onion), 1 salad	380	37g	9g	40g	115mg	1,210mg	25g	6g
Kraft - Free Italian Fat Free Dressing, 3 oz	50	10g	0g	0g	0mg	1,080mg	6g	0g
Cola - Cola; Coke Zero, 16.9 oz Bottle, 16.9 fl oz	0	0g	0g	0g	0mg	60mg	0g	0g
Dinner
Big K - Root Beer Barbecue Sauce, 4 Tbsp	120	28g	0g	0g	0mg	90mg	26g	0g
Fresh Express - Tri Color Cole Slaw Mix, 1 1/2 cups (85g)	20	5g	0g	1g	0mg	20mg	3g	2g
Kirkland - Smoked Pulled Pork, 2 oz	150	0g	11g	14g	40mg	310mg	0g	0g
Spinach - Raw, 2 cup	14	2g	0g	2g	0mg	47mg	0g	1g
Pepsi - Diet Pepsi (32 oz Big Gulp), 32 fl oz	0	0g	0g	0g	0mg	100mg	0g	0g
TOTAL:	1,119	135g	29g	83g	165mg	3,277mg	89g	13g

EXERCISES	Calories	Minutes	Sets	Reps	Weight
Cardiovascular
Running (jogging), 9 mph (6.5 min mile)	923	37
Basketball, game	1,331	100
TOTALS:	2,254	137	0	0	0