My Weight Loss

I am starting to track my food consumption on this web page
http://www.thedailyplate.com/

It is an interesting site with its own blog and community.  It does like nice and in a way I wish I started there.  But not to worry I will not abandon this blog till its done (June 2010).

I have to come up with a new workout schedule.  Here is what I was thinking

Monday – Walk 2 laps, Aerobic Exercise
Tuesday – Run 2 laps, Gym Workout
Wednesday – 4 mile treadmill or street + 2 mile walk.
Thursday – Semi Rest Day, Run 1 walk 1
Friday – Run 2 Miles and Gym (or Aerobics)
Saturday – 4+
Sunday – 4+ or 2 lap plus weights at home.

Weight: 251.6

Went running in the dark tonight and stepped on something that tweaked my foot.   Guess with all the running in the dark I was bound to step on one of those pine cones and hurt myself.

It had the potential to really hurt me.  Also the swelling may appear tomorrow morning so I am not out of the woods yet.

Weight: 252.0

Had a decent, long workout in the gym today.  Tomorrow will be a big day, it is Thanksgiving.  I do want to enjoy myself, but I need to keep it real.

This is a late post, but will change stamp to match yesterday.

Weight: 252.6

This week is full of big meals.  This is probably a bigger week than the Christmas to New Years Week.

I will enjoy, but keep in mind my intake.

Today I tried to run but my back is tweaked and I have a hard time breathing.  Tonight I will put some tiger balm to see if I can work it out.

Weight: 252.4

I went to see a dietician today.  It was a real pleasure.  I learned quite a bit.

Here is Some Information I collected

My Cholestrol Info

April 09
Weight: 305
Cholestrol: 251
Triglicerides: 130
HDL: 59
LDL: 166

October 09
Weight: 257
Cholestrol: 213
Triglicerides: 85
HDL: 62
LDL: 134

From this information, she has determined that I have had good progress.   Of all the numbers only the LDL is of real concern.  It would be good if we can get it down to under 130, and even better if I can get it down to 100.

She said I should try to get my Fat grams down to 60 g. a day.  She also mentioned I could go to a site called Calorie King, to get nutritional information on what I eat.  I will begin tracking my weight next week.

I should get to a BMI of 19.5 to 25 and a fat percentage of 20 to 25.   The taping method should work best for my situation in calculating fat.

Finally she recommended F.I.T.T to break through my wall

F – Frequency, I work out 7 days a week with 2 of those days are double workouts.  In a way, I should reduce my workout to get rest.

I – Intensity, this is how hard I work out, she recommended hills and wind sprints.

T – Time, how long I work out.  I guess I could work out longer.

T – Type, moving from running to video workouts does change the type of workout.

Anyway, it was a good day.

I tried the Julian Michaels video again.  It does kick my butt.

Weight: 253.2

I ran a Two Lap today plus added a lap walk.  Thing is I forgot to start my stopwatch before the run.  I felt like I was having a great run too.  I did time my second run and got 11:45, that is incredible.  If you double that it comes to 23:30 which easily beats my 25:01 record.  Oh well.

On another sad not, my weigh in is back above 250, so I have injured the 250 monster but not killed it.  It was a late weigh in and I did eat earlier today, still its an official weigh in.

My mom and step dad is visiting us and boy is she surprised.  Even my sister who has not seen me for a couple of weeks said she sees an improvment.  So I am happy with that.

Weight: 251.0