My Weight loss journey

Technical issues.

2006-08-23T23:15:00.000-07:00

Hey there... i havent forgot about you people again, over the past 2 weeks i have been trying to log on and post, but it seems that blogger is now owned by google, and when i log on, it logs on to my gmail account which doesnt have a blog yet... so after a few head aches i am finaly back. So all is going good... slowly starting to wind down out of summer mode as the weather starts to get colder again. Im just glad i have had as many good times as i have had this summer. Tonight i went down to the beach to practice my tennis. I was there for an hour and a half, it was one of the longer sessions i have spent playing tennis. I thaught i had lost the little i had learned. It seems all it needed was a little refresher. Now im going to bed now... going to get me a full 8 hours tonight ( i hope ;) ) so il post again soon.

Make love not war...

just a little somthing to think about

so i did it again!!

2006-08-09T22:10:00.000-07:00

well well well, what can I say, I have been having an awsome time this summer. I been having bbq's, playing alot of tennis, going campin, and so on and so forth. Just been havin a good time. But with good time's come's bad behavour. My alchole consumption has sky rocketed, which is not a good thing. Been keepin at it at the gym. Actually the last BMI i was afraid i would be dissapointed, but infact it was my best one yet. I was at 50% body fat when i started and now im sitting at 40%. Aswell; I had lost 20 lbs of fat, but gained 12 pounds o muscle and 8 pounds of water. so my general weight stayed the same. All in All though things are getting better. I will be moving in the next couple months, maybe to kits, or even the west end; il see how it goes. Once again i will promis to try and post often.. too all my fans and friends, sorry i have made you guys wait for this so long.

iv been a bad bad boy

2006-07-03T22:38:00.000-07:00

So i know.. its been like a month since i have posted and i feel terrible about it, iv also been caught up in this beautifull weather, and everything that goes with it... im gunna come out and say it... i have been sneaking bad stuff... more than i should have. Ice cream, gelato, burgers (not mcdonalds i would never touch that) and my krytonite, BEER. too much beer... now im gunna kick it back into gear from hear one out... and i will let you all know how it goes.

OMG almost 2 weeks.....

2006-05-11T23:00:00.000-07:00

I dont know whats wrong with me people... i just keep forgetting to post..

So since i last talked to you... lets see.... mmm.

I had another BMI... and last month i lost a total of 14 pounds of body fat and put on 4 pounds of muscle..... Iv been going to the gym on a regular basis... and keeping up the healthy eatin habits.... but now and then something bad slips in here and there.... today i went to the mall to pic up a few new things.. i went into the big and tall store in metrotown.. and i kinda started to feel bumed out... its like.. i see this place and i feel like such a sack of shit.... the fact that i let myself get to this point where i need to be buying at a specialty store.... i felt bad for the other people in there... i wanted to get out of there as fast as i could....

other than that.. i cant remember anything else important..... o i also got a yoga ball for work to sit on... good stuff....

cya later guys.

i feel like i have done this before.

2006-04-23T22:20:00.000-07:00

So i gotta stop doing this sunday night bloggin thing.. i need to do it more often too... so everything is going well i suppose... im at 385lbs now... been keepin away from the junk food... though i will say this weekend was a little extravagent. Friday was Iris's B-day (only the coolest person alive who can dance all kinds of awsome jig's) where i was drinking red wine, and snacking on a few chips... and saterday was MJ's house warming party (amazing place by the way) where i did not have and wine, but i did sample the fine cheese's and other stuff that wasnt great for my health. But even then i didnt over do it. so i should be in the clear. On another note, not with my current weight, and if i can make it, i wanna make it a total of about 50 lbs lost at the end of the month since january. that means i need to reach 377... im hopefull though and i will keep you all posted... peace out my homies.

sunday night yet again...

2006-04-16T19:25:00.000-07:00

im sorry i havent been updating... from now on i promis to do it on sundays and wednesday.. i cant be slacking.

So i had another BMI done on thursday, the good news.... im now 385. but the bad news... i gained fat mass.. we think its because i didnt have enough water... so were gunna do it again in like 3 weeks see how im doing... in general iv also come to realise that im gunna have to cut out even the pizza i love now and then... its just not working for me... Though i have been having protien shakes in the morning that i make my self with that protien powder i baught and im actually liking it... i might cut back on the amount of meat im eating, and just replace it with a protien shake... for example. tonight im not too hungry cuz i had a late lunch with a friend so im going to have a large protien shake (protien) and then a couple glass's of wine (carbs) and then a few nuts to snack on (fat) then i will be all ballanced out... :P thats gunna be my dinner...

I also went to the gym monday-thursday missed friday, but thats ok.

well till later my fan's

peace out brothers

sunday night

2006-04-09T23:50:00.000-07:00

hey there my adoring fans... its time for buffalo vision.... hehehe, kidding...

so just listing to some modest mouse as im typin this ("world at large" if your intrested) and i am feelin good, not just about the music about everything. This new "the zone" nutrition plan, if you wanna call it that, im on is really affecting me in a good way. Combined with the excersize, im feeling wonderfull. I find my self more focused at work, more energy, and just plane happy all the time... its awsome...

I got a call from Jill ( one of the fitness world employee's thats kinda been lookin after me while in on the zone) and she wants to schedual another BMI test, its kinda been like 2-3 weeks... a little soon, but im curious to see what it says, and as usual il let you guys know how it goes.

I also went to the gym monday-thursday last week. skipped out on friday to help a friend out.... im always there for friends.

but i do have a confession to make... i had pizza this weekend while i watched the Canuck's play( by the way im glad to see one of my fav players back, and he made an awsome comeback with the winning goal. thats right ladies and gentalmen, Mr Ed Jovonaski.) It was just a medium plain pizza so it could have been worse, but that no excuse, its time to cut this shit out...

well my friends time for me to go to bed.

yo yo yo

2006-04-05T21:32:00.000-07:00

so im thinkin im not gunna post everyday, maybe 3-4 times a week, and let you know when i eat something bad. Well i did weigh my self yesterday, and i was 391, kinda just hovering around that area, but im gunna keep going at it, ya know, im not giving up. I alos has some pizza and chicken wings for dinner last night, i wasnt too proud of that, but it happens some times. i just cant let it happen to much. so ya.. just a quick post before i go to bed.

cya all later.

back as promised

2006-04-03T22:07:00.000-07:00

So ya.. i know its been a week and i have been a bad bad boy....

so where to start...

ok last week, cant really remember much about it... in general i didnt really eat anything bad. it was just my usual stuff. i did go to the gym only 3 times, thursday i had to go into the gym and meet with the one of the fine young ladies at fitness world about the zone program i had joined up for. If you wandering what the zone is.. its a nutrition plan, where they balance your diet, so that you have the correct portions of carbs, fats, and protiens, today is my first day on it, so il tell you how everything is going in a couple weeks.

Some of you might not know, but this past weekend i was up in Prince George,where there were a few indulgence's, like beer, pizza, and ribs, but everything else was moderated. O and there was alot of coffee.. and when i mean alot i mean a crap load. Is coffee considerd bad for a diet, i dont know, if anyone knows, please leave a comment.

O and on this past monday at the gym i hurt my shoulder while i was doing weights(chest), it really hurt and i was worried about it all last week. That didnt stop me from working out... i just took it easy, but today its feeling alot better and il be doing chest's again tomorow, i hope it will be fine.

o one last thing, you might have noticed that i havent been posting my weight, well the lady at fitness world suggest that i dont weight my self so often. So from now on i will update once a month with my current weight. i didnt weigh myself today so il let you all know tomorow.

Well ladies and gental men its time for me to go to bed...

till later my friends.

All last week......... im a bad bad boy.

2006-04-03T14:32:00.000-07:00

wow... i cant believe it. its been like a week since i updated.... im at work right now so i just wanted to touch base..... i promis i will update tonight with everything. including my trip to prince george.

friday, saterday and sunday

2006-03-26T22:17:00.000-08:00

So it happend again.. and to tell you the truth... i dont think its a big deal... just as long as i update it with everything i did.

People been telling me that they can see the weight loss in my face and they can notice, makes me feel good, keeps me motivated. Last week i also put on a dress shirt i havent worn in 2 years and when i did wear it last it was really tight... now it fits kinda loosly... :P so stoked about that.

So friday was usuall.... breakfast was a cheese scone and a coffee, lunch was a small serving of chicken and a garden salad, and a apple. Dinner was a cussant melt from the Namma (cusant, avacado, tomato, and cheese), and some potato wedges. Later was a peanut butter sandwich and a piece of chicken.

I also went to the gym on friday, usual 15 mins bike, 15 mins elyptical, and 40 mins weights (arms)

Saterday Lunch was 2 slices of flying wedge pizza (yumm) and then dinner was at east side mario's where i had some kinda chicken catchetory (double yum) with some garden salad and some bread.... o i also had 2 glasses of beer with dinner (it was a friends b-day, i couldnt help my self). then into the night i consumed almost an entire bottle of red wine @_@ and had a small piece of birthday cake.

sunday was easy, lunch was bacon and egg sandwich with some avacado on the side. Dinner was a large serving of chicken, some sliced sour dough bread with spinach dip on it, an apple and a small portion of french vannilla frozen yogert.

cya all later.

wednesday, thursday o no... it happend again.

2006-03-23T22:05:00.000-08:00

heheheheh.... it happend again... my bad.

So yesterday was pretty good.. went to gym, 15 mins bike, 15 mins elyptical, 30 mins weights (back)

Breakfast was a chicken salad sandwich, and a coffee, lunch was large serving of chicken, a whole wheat bun, and an apple. Dinner was a small pizza, and some chicken. ( i know the pizza wasnt great for me.... call it a moment of weakness and i didnt feel like cookin)

When i had just finished changing at the gym yesterday i was combing my hair and this guy starts talkin to me, about how my work-outs have been, and he told me about a friend of his that that lost like a 150 pounds in like 2 years, which i found inspiering. He also asked me what my approach was, i proceaded to tell him about how i cut out sugar completely, and just became consious about what i was eating. I was really a pick me up, made me feel really good about what i was doing, not like it wasnt before, it was just that much better this time. I guess its the fack that a stranger is taking intrest in how i was doing. He must have seen me around that gym to tell you the truth.

so now on to today.

Breakfast was a coffee and a turkey sandwich. Lunch was a veggie sandwich, 2 granola bars. I had an apple and yogert in the mid afternoon. Dinner was a chicken pitta sandwich, a piece of chicken cordon swiss, and then later as a snack i had, yogert, and a peanut butter sandwich.

I did go to the gym today, but i didnt get a chance to work out because i was doing an evaluation. So this is the low down. The good news is..... well in my sitation the only good news is that im loosing weight... The bad news was almost all expected, except for the high blood pressure, o by the way, i have high blood pressure. Its not terrible, its inbetween (normal high) and (hypertention low) something to work on. So as of today, i was 389lbs with a 38% hydration(what ever that means, im gunna read the sheet tonight and il let you guys know soon what it means. Im also about 186.8lbs of fat mass, and 202lbs of muscle bone and organs: this means i am 48% fat, a health amount would be 20-25% fat.

Well when i figure this all out i will hopefully give you guys a better discription.

till next time.

sunday, monday, tuesday, omg what happend

2006-03-22T09:06:00.000-08:00

wow... so iv kinda been really busy as of lately, but dont worry, i havent been to busy for the gym. let me get straight to the what matters
i cant recall what i had on sunday, but i do remember that i didnt eat much, and that i didnt feel bad about it so it must not have been bad for me.

monday went to the gym, 20 mins bike, 20 mins elyptical, 30 mins weights (legs) Breakfast was a piece of lemon loaf, and a piece of bannana bread. Lunch was a small serving of chicken, some cucumber, an apple, bannana, and some fruit tofu. Then dinner was some greek food(chicken and lamb slovakie) potato, calamarie, pita bread, and a little bit of rice.

tuesday was gym again 15 mins bike, 15 mins elyptical trainer, 30 mins wieghts (chest)
Breakfast was a 12 oz americano, a sausage and egg wrap,
Lunch was a chicken salad sandwich, a ceaser salad, and an apple.
Dinner was a couple slices of pizza, a piece of chicken and some yogert.

O and some other news, on monday i booked an appointment to get my self tested to see how much muscel percentage and body fat percentage i have.

till later and i will try not to neglect this site for so long again.

saterday

2006-03-19T12:00:00.000-08:00

breakfast was a ham sandwich from the bread garden

lunch was a home made sandwich with montreal smoked brisket

dinner was a couple home made burgers

2 beers

and some pizza later with some friends

no gym though

friday on a saterday

2006-03-18T09:19:00.000-08:00

Hey there sports fans...... So i didnt post lastnight cuz i got home kinda late, but it wasnt the night of over consuming alchole that alot of people had, i was just out late. and when i got home i was tired so i went straight to bed. went to the gym today, 15 mins bike, 15 mins elyptical and then 45 mins of weights (bicepts and tricepts).

Breakfast was a coffee, and a cheese scone, Lunch "Italian style wedding" soup, and a roast beef sandwich. then Earlier in the night i had a chicken salad sandwich to tied me over, then later i had some mushrooms soup "small Bowl" a Piece of chicken cordon swiss, half and avacado, and some yogert.

thursday i think

2006-03-16T22:27:00.001-08:00

So hey there.... the days seem to go by so fast now... and so do the weeks.
Iv fallen into a schedule that breaks up the day quite nicely, and time is just fling by. So today as usual i went to the gym, you know 20 mins bike, 20 mins elyptical, then 40 mins wieghts (shoulders Today). The one thing i have started to notice is that i have actually started to love going to the gym. Its weird i know, but i feel soo good when im there, workin it ,so to speak. And now when i dont go, It just doesnt feel right, and im almost in a bad mood. Iv also noticed the increased amount of energy. The other day when i was driving home from work, i was bouncin all over the place while i listend to music ( and played the air drum, I know its not the best idea while im driving, but i just cant help it some times), And im not as tired as i used to be when i wasnt working out. Its quite amazing to tell you the truth, how an hour and a half a day can really change your way of life. Well onto what i ate today..

So today i had a chicken sandwich on brown bread, and a 500ml box of milk.

Lunch was a Large serving of chicken and a green salad.

Dinner was a cajun chicken wrap, and some french fries(maybe i should have had the salad. I fealt really guilty about the fries.)

well im off to bed now... talk to you all later.

o and its saint patty's tomorow, this is gunna be a test of my will not to drink beer. I might have to indulge in some other fine drinks like vodka tonics, gin and tonic, or vodka soda.

wednesday

2006-03-15T23:44:00.000-08:00

so today i skipped the gym to go to lunch with a friend. Il make it up on saterday

Breakfast was a coffee, and a turkey pesto sandwich.

lunch was a piece of herb chicken, and artachoke, tomatoe, and veggie salad, and a blue berry scone as desert.

Dinner was some calamary.

gym today

2006-03-14T22:22:00.000-08:00

20 mins bike

40 mins weight lifting (chest)

Breakfast was coffee, and a crappy cheese scone

lunch was a chicken salad sandwich, and 2 sausage rolls, and a apple

dinner was 3 slices of pizza and 200ml of yogert.

monday weigh in time.

2006-03-13T22:33:00.000-08:00

So today the weight in was 392, Im happy with it... gotta keep it going though

Gym today

20 mins bike
20 mins elyptical
40 mins weights (legs)

Breakfast was a coffee, 2 small muffins.

Lunch was a small serving of chicken, a Ceaser salad, peach tofu desert, an apple, and a can of club soda (i have this strange love for club soda.

Dinner was not the best thing for me, but it was ok. It was a mushroom burger from white spot, with french fries ( i chocked these down as i watched the catastrophy that was the hockey game)

sunday

2006-03-12T22:34:00.000-08:00

didnt do much today. went and watched my brother's soccer game, drove around for a bit.

so breakfast was a coffee and a ham and swiss sandwich from the bread garden.

lunch was a couple crackers, and an avacado sandwich

dinner was some roasted chicken tortalini, and chicken cordon swiss, and some yogert.

with some vannilla ice milk for desert.

back to the weekly grind tomorow

saterday the run around

2006-03-12T15:23:00.000-08:00

so as the name suggest's there was alot of running around yesterday.
I didnt end up going to the gym, but o well.

I had a banana and a special K bar for breakfast

for lunch was a piece of chicken cordon swiss, and a grilled portabello mushroom, and 50 g of yogert

dinner was a lamb burger (wierd but delicous) and some potato wedges.

Later tonight i will post what i did and ate today.

Ya to fridays

2006-03-11T02:43:00.000-08:00

So today was good... went to the gym and all... my stomach has been acting up to the point where i was starting to get angry, but its fine now.

Went to the gym today

15 mins bike
15 mins elyptical trainer
30 mins weights (shoulders)

Breakfast was 12 oz americano, and a Cheese scone.

Lunch was a large portion of chicken and a ceaser salad, and 500 mls of milk.

Dinner was a chicken breast sandwich, and like 2 french fries ( wasnt very hungry because my stomach was acting wierd.)

well night... tell next time.

thrusday and feelin fine.

2006-03-09T23:21:00.000-08:00

i dont think i need to say much here

gym today

15 mins bike
15 mins elyptical
30 Weight room (back)

breakfast was 2 small muffins an apple, and a bottle of Perrier.

Lunch was a chicken salad sandwich and a ceasar salad.

dinner was wonderfull, i went out to this cuban resturant (havana) on the drive with a couple close friends. I had a ABLT( avacado, bacon, lettuce, tomato) with a side salad and a very small soup (at least i think it was a soup) and a couple french fries.

All Better

2006-03-08T22:43:00.000-08:00

So its wierd... the whole stomach thing only lasted like 1 day, though my stomach still feel's strange after meal's, but im not letting that worry me.

I have mentioned this before but i mean it more now than ever; Jack Osborne , Adrenaline Junkie, is by far the mose inspiring show i have ever seen. I just caught the last show on tv, and i was blown away. He accomplished so much in such a small amount of time. The last objective was to climb this huge rock face called "el capitan" in california that is absolutly amzing, it took them 6 days to climb the damb thing. Absolutly amazing to tell you the truth. What more can i say, im inspired every time i watch that show.

Well since im better today i did end up going to the gym.

15 mins bike
15 mins elyptical trainer
40 mins weight lifting (chest)

For breakfast i had a special K breakfast bar, a sausage and egg wrap, and a 12 oz americano.

lunch was a large serving of chicken, a whole wheat bun, and an apple, O and a Large bottle of Perrier(Carbonated water)

Dinner was a Panninie which had, tomatos, beef, letuce, and portabello mushrooms on it, as well as a small (50g) blue berry yogert.

well there we go for today. Time for me to hit the sack, and il see you guys tomorow.

stomach flu

2006-03-07T20:24:00.000-08:00

So im guessing its a stomach flu, because it feels like my stomach is in a knot, and i can barley eat anything. So because of the circumstance's i didnt end up going to the gym today. I hardly ate anything too.

So no gym today

breakfast was a special K strawberry bar

lunch was thai food (only had half of what i orderd) which was rice, beef, mushrooms, and onions, with some kinda of sauce, and a spring roll.

no dinner.. i dont think i can stomach it.

Weigh in time again

2006-03-06T22:14:00.000-08:00

So as the name suggest's i weighed in time today again..... not much progress, but there will be time like these i suppose. I think the most important thing for me is just to stick to it, and ride out the bad time, and never give up. This whole journey has become a life style for me i have noticed, and to tell you the truth am really happy with it. So i guess your wondering what im at.. well im at 399, ya i know its 2 pounds more than it was last week, but its the big picture that matters. If its more next week, then i know im doing something wrong, and i will need to figure it out.

But onto other stuff... so as usual i went to the gym.

15 mins upright bike
15 mins elyptical trainer
40 mins weights (legs today)

For breakfast i had a coffee, and 2 muffins

lunch was some mixed fruit and a chicken samosa

then dinner was motzarella pizza(Ristorante) and a banana strawberry smoothie, and a strawberry special K bar.

Well thanks for reading again... il post again soon, as in tomorow.

Sunday

2006-03-05T22:48:00.000-08:00

I want to take this time to thank everyone that has been so supportive to what i am doing, and i hope it will inspire people, with what ever there goals may be. I have some wonderfull friends. :D

On a side not, i am soo glad to see that crash won best original screen play, and best picture this year, it was one of my favourites. just thaught i would mention that.

so for lunch i had a small mushroom pizza

then i had 100g of yogert and a granola bar as a snack

dinner was some home made pasta, with italian sausage, mushrooms, and bell pepers

desert was some strawberries, and some vanilla ice milk(kinda like ice cream but less fat and calories)

its sunday night and its time to be getting to bed.

saterday

2006-03-05T13:42:00.000-08:00

so as usual i dont go to the gym on the weekends, so there isnt much here for today.

for lunch I had an italian meats sandwich from the bread garden(very good by the way). with a coffee.
then for dinner i had 2 small home made hamburgers. with some potato wedge fries
i snacked on some yogert and popcorn throughout the day.

then later at night i had a granola bar, peach clearly canadian sarkling water, then a vietnamiess sub.

later

Thank god it's Friday

2006-03-04T17:54:00.000-08:00

So this is the friday post on saterday evening, im getting really bad at this, i need to shape it up. Anyways, So today (actually it was yesterday, but you get the point.) i went to the gym as usual, but because i was doing to sets of muscle groups, i skipped the cardio for today.

i did an hours worth of weight lifting.(bie's and trie's)

breakfast was a cheese scone, and a 12oz double shot americano.
Lunch was 3 slices of pizza
Dinner was breakfast, well what i mean is i had 2 slices of bacon, 2 breakfast sausages, 2 pieces of toast, scrambled egg's with cheese on top and some hash browns.

till tomorow

thursday

2006-03-03T15:25:00.000-08:00

Hey there all, been busy these past few night after work, you know socializing and all so i havent really had much of a chance to get into details about stuff. So im still not gunna do it till the weekend.

So went to the gym yesterday (thursday)

usual stuff...
15 mins bike
15 mins upright bike
30 mins weight room

what i did end up doing was working the leg muscels in the weight room.( i usually never work those).
I decided to try the rowing machine, and all i have to say is good god, that was hard work... like my legs were aching after 5 mins. im pretty sure it was an intense workout because it use's your body weight in the actuall excersice and it just killed me... but it felt good...
:P

for breakfast i had a blueberry muffin and a apple sice muffin anda coffee(milk no sigar)
lunch was a veggie samosa, chicken salada sandwich and a slice cuccumber.
Dinner was 3 glasses of red wine and some tortilla chips.

well back to work for me... il post later tonight for todays stuff.

the wednesday that was yesterday

2006-03-02T11:03:00.000-08:00

So i didnt get to post lastnight because while i was talking to people on msn my internet cut out, and it was late so i just decided that i would do it in the morning.

So yesterday i went to the gym at lunch as usual.

20 mins upright bike
20 mins elyptical trainer.
30 mins weightlifting.

for breakfast i had a chicken sandwich and a grapefruit,
Lunch i had cantalope, avacado, 2 whole wheat dinner rolls, and a small serving of chicken
Dinner was some rice and pork, beef and later chicken wings at the bar with some friends.

I also had 2 Beer's at the bar, aswell as coffee and tea through out the day, Milk no sugar as usual.

tuesday bad tuesday

2006-02-28T23:10:00.000-08:00

So today i went to the gym but only had time to do weightlifting, so il try and make the cardio up this weekend.

for breakfast i ate a blueberry muffin and a medium coffee.

Lunch i had a large chicken sub from quizno's, i also had a broccalie and cheese soup, and those little ity bity juice peppers. Then im not proud, but i had a pop aswell, well i dont know if it was really a pop than a juice. it was a rasberry lemonade. The good thing is i didnt like it, well i was actually repulsed by the sugar. The whole thing tasted like syrup and it was nasty. Not drinking any sugary drinks for almost 3 months reall changes things.... sugar is actually starting to gross me out some times now.

then for dinner i helped a friend move some stuff and then we went out for dinner after. we went to an all you can eat sushi resturant, where i didnt eat all i could eat). I ate mainly the beef and chicken stuff. and then i went to the bar after and had 2 beers, which was later followed by a glass of win. I also had a class of milk before i typed this. :)

Well im off to bed. If i muster up the ability there are some things about insperation i wanna talk about but il save it for tomorow, maybe.

night!

dejavui

2006-02-27T22:23:00.000-08:00

So first off, i dont know if i had mentioned this in earlier post's, but i had set my self a mini goal about a month ago. The goal was to break the 400 pound mark before the end of February. Well not only have i reached that goal, but i passed it. Today i did the weight in and i am down to 397lbs, so that 5lbs in a week, And about 30bls in 56 days, that works out to about half a pound a day. I am unbelievable excited. Its kinda like a new source of insperation.

well enought with that.

today for breakfast - bluberry muffin, Grapefruite, 12oz Coffee.

today for lunch - chicken, 2 whole grain bun's, and mixed fruit.

then for dinner - Beef Pho and a veitnamies spring roll. And some fat free vannilla yogert.

well time for bed.

:D

sunday 26

2006-02-26T22:33:00.000-08:00

what can i say, it was sunday, and the olympic closing ceremonies were on. So there was no gym today, just some around the house hanging out.

for lunch i had a turkey club sandwich. And a large coffee(milk no sugar)

for dinner i had a few frozen chicken nuggets i cooked, and some scrambled egg's (what can i say... i didnt wanna go shopping, and i wasn't gunna order out.) I also had some strawberry's and some vannilla yogert.

Saterday 25

2006-02-26T12:01:00.000-08:00

ya i know its sunday but i really didnt feel like typing it up last night before i went to bed.

So yesterday was uneventfull, just visited my parents and brothers. Then hung out with a friend that night.

for lunch i had a blt sandwich, and a coffee(cream no sugar)

then early dinner was home cooked meal from my mother. It was lamb, with veggies( potato's carrots, and some other veggie i just cant seem to remember right now)

Then later that night while watching the olympics with a friend, we munched on some pizza and i had yogert and strawberry's aswell. Also some Roiboss tea from south africa, it was awsome.

friday 24

2006-02-25T01:08:00.000-08:00

im tired right now so im gunna make this one sweet and short. Today i skipped the gym to have lunch with a friend i havent seen in a while. For breakfast i had a 12oz americana and a cheese scone. lunch was all you can eat japannies, but i hardley had all i could eat. I had some goyza, pork cutlets, chicken teriakie, and beef teriakie. Then for dinner i had a vodka soda, and a shot of taquila, some calamarie, a spicy chicken strip, and a chicken satay kibab.

now its time for me to sleep

thursday 23

2006-02-23T22:04:00.000-08:00

One thing i forgot to mention yesterday was that i also had a strawberry banana smoothie with lunch. But other than that it's just the same old same old.

Today for breakfast i had 2 banana's and an orange.

Lunch was Chicken, sml salad, sml rice, and some pineapple.

for dinner i had half an avacado, and some fat free strawberry yogert.

At the gym it was the same old regiment.
20 min bike
20 min elyptical
40 mins weightlifting

O the Lateral Pull downs, where did i go wrong!

2006-02-22T22:11:00.000-08:00

So today when i was at the gym i was working the Delts. One of the exersize's felt wierd, in my note book it listed the "Lateral pull down". So i started to do what i thaught was the right excersize, but the whole time it didnt feel right. I was right, when i got back to work i looked it up on the internet. All the excersizes i had done were right, except for the "lat pull downs", It turns out i did a tricept excersize. So that was my little mess up for they day. I guess the good thing is i dont think i will ever make that mistake again.

15 mins up right bike.
15 mins elyptical trainer.
30 mins of weight lifting.

Breakfast i had, granola and yogert bar, an Orange, and a Grapefruit. I also had aa Orange Peako Tea(milk no sugar)

Lunch i had, 2 small chicken pies, cherry tomatos, and a cheese bread that had a small piece of pepperoni in it. Tea After lunch aswell (milk no sugar)

Dinner i had, 3 slices of pizza and a glass of milk.

tired now.. must go to bed.

tuesday feb 21

2006-02-21T22:27:00.000-08:00

short post today.

Today i went to the gym. I only ended up doing cardio because i got caught up at work till about 1, i usualy go at about noon, and only had enought time to do the cardio. So i have to make the weightlifting up sometime this week.

For Breakfast i had a bagle with a light spread of herb and garilic cream cheese on one side and a poched egg on the other half, and a strawberry yogart granola bar washed down with a glass of skimed mild. I also had some orange peako tea(milk no sugar).

Then For lunch i had a bali chicken wrap(at least thats what i think it was) from Capers, a couple small whole wheat dinner rolls that i dipped in the left over spinach dip from yesterday. I also had 2 glasses of the low cal cranberry grape juice. and in the late afternoon i had a 12oz American(milk no sugar) and an orange.

Then for dinner i went out for dinner on Comercial Drive with a good friend of mine. I had a Sleeve of light beer to drink and for dinner i had garlic lemon chicken breast with roasted vegitables (carrots, colliflower, broccoli, and roasted potato's) with 2 small slices of garilic toast. It was delicious.

Pho, Vietnam's answer to japan's Udon.

2006-02-20T22:31:00.000-08:00

So today was the same as any other usual day. I went to the gym where i did my usual regiment of exercies

20 min upright bike.
20 min elyptical trainer.
40 mins weight lifting.

To day we focused on the chest.. and i can already tell its going to hurt tomorow :)

But on to some good news. I Weighed in today. Im down to 402, thats 2 pounds in since last wednesday. Im hoping to break the 400's and enter the 300's by the end of this month.

So lets see what i can do.

Now on to what i had to eat today.

For Breakfast i had a blueberry muffin, an apple, and a coffee(milk no sugar)

Then for lunch i had some chicken breast, and two sliced multigrain buns dipped in spinach dip. An 2 small glasses of low cal Cranberry grape juice.

For Dinner i had some Beef Pho(vietnamies noodles) and a veitnamies spring roll.

Then later for desert i had a small bowl of fat free strawberry yogert and granola.

Well i gotta keep going at this if im going to break the 400 makr, but i have faith in myself.

Till tomorow.

Sunday is yet another Day

2006-02-19T22:47:00.000-08:00

So Sunday was pretty uneventfull. After i got up i did a little house cleaning, I didnt go to the gym today, it was kind of a "let the muscles rest" day. I did however end up going to the Super market to pick up a few groceries.

I ended up catching something on tv that i found to be quite motivating. I dont know if you guys have ever heard of that tv show on Much Music called "jack osbourn; Adrenaline junkie". Well the idea is that jack osbourne is trying to do all these different physical activities but he isnt in the best physical shape so he has to train untill he accomplishes what he set out to do.

The episode that i caught, was where jack was in Thailand learning how to Thai Box and all the stuff he goes through to get in shape. He also has to fight an apponent in 6 weeks from when he starts. He ends up working his ass of and i was really impressed. In the end he ended up beating the guy he was fighting in his first public match. I guess what i am trying to say is that it was quite motivating to see this guy working so hard to reach his goal, and stuff like that really inspires me.

But enought of that. So now to what i had to eat today

So For Brunch I had a Grapefruit and a bagle( with a light spreading of natural organic peanut butter on half and nothing on the other)

Then as an afternoon snack i had 2 strawberry yogert granola bars and a glass of milk.

Then for Dinner i made spinach tortellini with cheese stuffing with some sliced chicken, mushrooms and artachoke hearts. I had an average portion size of the pasta. I also had a side garden salad that had alot of greens in it, as well as a sliced Roma tomato and half a small avacado dressed with an olive oil and balsamic viniger dressing. I also had a glass of red whine with dinner.

Later I had a small portion of peach tofo for desert.

Well its pretty late and i need to get my sleep. I will hopefully remember to weight myself tomorow and i will post it tomorow night.

So till tomorow

Something i forgot to mention!

2006-02-19T10:59:00.000-08:00

So just a quick note i forgot to mention, since im weight lifting, how much weight i lose and how much body fat i lose, is going to be completely different. i might be burning calories and losing fat, but i am also building muscles and gaining muscles mass. So this part is trickey i need to find out how to keep track of body fat loss and muscles mass gain, so that i can keep accurate track of how im doing, suggetions in the comments section would be greatly appreciated.

Now on to how i did today.

So today i had a roast beef sandwich for lunch, it was a regular sized portion. I also had a dark roast coffee(milk no sugar) with it.

I had a Grapefruit as a snack with a diet ginger ale.

Then At dinner it was a home cooked meal from my parents house. It was a couple roasted pork chops with a small portion of pasta, and a dinner roll. I really dont think the pork chops were relatively good for me because they were smotherd in a sauce that is probably mostly sugar. but the pasta was good it was just a bit of a white sauce with some veggies.

Then After the gym i had a bit of a food craving and had 2 small slices of pizza (and a couple potato chips) from a place near my friends house.

I also ended up going to the gym in langley today with my younger brother, It was cut a little short though, so i only did 20 mins on the elyptical and then the full weight lifting session. Today was tricepts day so my tricepts are starting to hurt but the biceps from yesterday really hurt. :)

Well.
Till tomorow.

Day 2 getting it out there.

2006-02-17T23:18:00.000-08:00

So as the name implies, i have been getting this webpage out there to friends and co-workers and who ever else cares, or doesnt. So where to start.

What i had to eat and drink today:

For breakfast i had a Blue berry muffin from the IGA and I had a 12 oc Americano (milk and no sugar).

For Lunch i had an order of calamary, as well as a skillet of grilled mushrooms which had a couple slices of toasted bread. I had a 710ml becks beer with lunch. Followed after by another Americano (milk no sugar). And in the late afternoon i had another 355ml sleemans honey brown.

For dinner i had 4 veggie spring rolls and a few bites of calamary. I had 2 Vodka Tonics with dinner.

So thats what i ate today.

I also went to the gym after work. For those who are curious about what i do at the gym, here is a list and how much time i spent on it.

First: I spend 20 mins on the stationary upright bike.

Second: I spend 20 mins on the elyptical trainer

3rd: i spend about 30-40 mins in the weight room lifting weights. today was biceps day so i did 3 differnt excersises with 3 sets each trying to do atleast 10 reps each set.

I finally started it!

2006-02-16T20:35:00.000-08:00

So after thinking and talking about it for a while i have finally got a blog going that will track my progression through my weight loss. So where to start; for the people i don't know or haven't seen/talked to in a long while, il get you up to speed on what i am trying to do.

Since i was a young boy i have been over weight, i have never really known what it is like to be fit or skinny. I have never been motivated enough or had a reason to try and drop the pounds, and now i do, I wont share it with you guys yet but im sure in the near future i will. After 2 years (actually its 22 months) of working at Mainframe i finally decided that it was time to drop the pounds. Now im not saying that i haven't tried before.

It starts with a conversation i had over a year ago with a friend who really put it into perspective, which was one of the first times i had actually really thought about dropping the pounds. After that i started at the gym across the street from my work, and had a few good spurts. I just wasn't thinking about it in the right way. I was going to the gym on monday's,wednesday's and friday's, the problem with that is on tuesday and thursday i would start to get lazy and fall out of it making it harder to go back the next day. I also wasn't eating healthy yet, i assumed that if i just kept going to the gym but eating shit that it wouldn't really matter because im going to the gym. Ya i now know that this is a big no no. So just after the summer of 2005 i got sick and stopped going to the gym and eventually fell out of it completely. Then by Christmas 2005 i had realized that not only did i get back what i had lost, i had actually started to put more weight on, and this is as they say "was the straw that broke the camels back".

So here i am now. Telling you all this, and hoping you guys will share my journey with me. I have been eating healthier and been back at the gym for about a month and a half (i started about jan 3 or 4th). When i did start i was a startling 426 pounds. Now keep in mind that im about 6 feet 4 inches so my ideal weight is about 250 pounds which means my long term goal is to lose about 175 pounds, But right now im making small milestones. The first one being 50 pounds by june. Right now after a month and a half at the gym i am down to 404 pounds when i checked on wednesday.

I will try to update this blog a few times a week keeping you guys up to date on what i am eating, what i am doing to loose the pounds, and even when i falter. I will update my weight weekly, probably on mondays. And as soon as i get my digital camera back i will start taking pictures to give a visual progression aswell.

So till then.