Viraj's Weight Loss Journal

Breakfast - plain oatmeal with flax seed and crushed almonds.
Snack - half a granolla bar
Lunch - Grilled Chicken Ceaser Salad
Snack - other half of granolla bar

Gym - weight: 245 lbs
Stairmaster - 48 minutes, 201 floors, 682 calories.

Dinner - cauliflower and chicken.

Breakfast - Plain oatmeal, flax seed, ground almonds.

Gym - weight : 243
Stairmaster- 48 minutes, 197 stories, 661 calories

Snack - quarter of a granola bar
Lunch - Some kielbasa, bratwurst
Dinner - grilled chicken breast

Here I am, 3 weeks after I started the diet. I can't say I have been true to it all the way through. And I can't say I visited the gym every day. But I never went for more than 2 days without going to the gym. And it was never more than once a week that I missed. I think I can say I have been averageing 6 times a week. Not bad in my opinion. So where has this all left me? Same place I was about a week ago :) Ahh well. At least there seems to be a downward trend.
I think the diet helps me lose weight, and the gym helps me keep it off. So when I sometimes break from the diet, its not catastrophic.


Breakfast : plain oatmeal, flax seed meal, crushed almonds. (all mixed together)

Gym : weight - 244 lbs
stairmaster: 48 minutes, 200 stories, 681? calories.

Snack: quarter of a granolla bar

Lunch: ham and turkey wrap

Snack: quarter of a granolla bar

Dinner: 1 spring roll, chicken currey.(no potatos, but a couple spoons of rice)

Breakfast - Plain oatmeal with some flax seed meal. (My mom swears by this flax seed meal. Says it helped her lose 40 pounds, and keep it off.)

Went for a small hike this morning with some friends and their dogs. (about 4 to 5 miles)
Snack - some power bar someone brought.

Gym - weight : 246 lbs.
stairmaster : 48 minutes, 200 stories, 681 calories.

Late Lunch - chinese: tofu, chicken and broccli.

Snack - smaller portion of same lunch.

Later snack - handfull of cashews.

I feel like I have come to a plateau, and I may need to do something to jump start this program. Today's morning weight was 248.5. This means my evening weight, which is when I usually weigh myself will be at least 3 or 4 pounds more.

Breakfast - plain oatmeal.

Gym - weight: 248.5
Stairmaster : 200 stories, 48 minutes, 685 calories.

Lunch - Grilled Chicken Ceaser Salad.
Dinner - Beef, cheese, bean burrito.

Breakfast - plain oatmeal
Lunch - cheese steak, no bread
snack - half a granolla bar
Dinner - Panang curry (chicken) and brown rice


Gym - weight 249 lbs
stairmaster - 35 minutes, 500 calories

Breakfast - plain oatmeal
snack - half a granolla bar
lunch - cheese steak, no bread
snack - half a granolla bar
dinner - chicken and broccli


gym - weight : 250 lbs. Over the weekend, I was down to 244, but that is my morning weight. I usually weigh about 5 pounds more in the evening. Also weekends are not good for the diet. Hopefully, this week will get me back on track.
stairmaster - 48 minutes, 197 floors, 680 calories.

Breakfast - plain oatmeal
Dinner - cheese steak, no bread


Gym : weight - 244 lbs
Stairmaster - 48 minutes, 197 floors.

Gym: weight - 247
Stairmaster : 48 minutes, 197 floors.

Breakfast : plain oatmeal
Lunch : Chicken Cheese Steak (no bread)
Dinner : Steak, small portion of mashed potatos, ceaser salad

Gym : weight 250.5 lbs
Stairmaster : 48 minutes, 197 stories, 683 calories.

Breakfast : bowl of plain oatmeal
Lunch : bacon mushroom cheddar burger (no bun)
Snack : sugar free popsicle
Dinner : Chicken, broccli, grean beans


Gym : weight 251 lbs
stairmaster : 48 minutes, 713 calories, 206 floors

Breakfast - plain oatmeal
Snack - Half a granolla bar
Lunch - Cheese steak, no bread.
Snack - Other half of Granolla bar
Dinner - Chicken Quesadilla, 1 beer (I know, I know) 60 minute IPA


Gym:
Weight - 251
Stairmaster - 450 calories (short workout), 35 minutes

Breakfast - plain oatmeal
Snack - half a granola bar
Lunch - Chicken Cheese Steak on lettuce, no bread
Snack - Other half of granolla bar
Dinner - Chicken Ceaser Salad


Gym - weight 252 lbs
stairmaster - 48 minutes, 197 floors, 685 calories

Breakfast (8am) : plain oatmeal

Lunch : 2/3 lbs chicken salad

snack : 1/3 lbs chicken salad

Dinner : Salmon


Gym : weight 256 lbs (I gained 2.5 pounds over the weekend!)
stairmaster: 48 minutes, level 7, 697 caloris, 297 floors

Breakfast : plain oatmeal
Lunch : some sort of energy bar (given to us by the orienteering people)
Dinner : ceasar salad, chicken strips

No gym saturday or sunday, but I did spend all day hiking through the woods on this orienteering scavengar hunt.

Breakfast: Instant Oatmeal. I didn't have a plain one at my desk, so I had one fo the flavored ones. I didn't want all that sugar though, so I washed the oatmeal 3 times before cooking it. Definately not as sweet as it usually is, but still a little flavor.

Lunch : (12pm) Grilled Chicken Ceasar Salad (Panera) didn't eat the bread, but I did eat the crutons.

Dinner: Salmon filets.


Gym (3 pm)
weight : 253.5 lbs
Stairmaster, level 7, 35 minutes, 520 calories.
I tried doing the whole thing, but was too tired after 35 minutes to continue. I'm not sure why this is happening. I went for two months with no problems, and now this week, I feel like it is just too hard to finish the whole thing.

Breakfast (7:45 am) : Instant Oatmeal (plain)
Snack (10 am) : 1 granola bar from the two pack. (5 grams of sugar. It tasted so sweet, that I decided I am getting used to the no sugar thing. I think I will stop eating these, and get some atkins bars for snacks.)
Lunch (11:30 am) 1/3 lbs tuna salad. I'm saving the last little bit for a snack later on.
Went for a brisk 30 minute walk during lunch with my coworker.
Snack (2:00pm) 1/6 lbs tuna salad. Finally done that container of tuna salad.
Dinner (8:00pm) 1 Chicken breast. 1 popsicle.



Gym (6:00 pm) Weight 254 lbs
Stairmaster : 48 minutes, level 7, 691 cal, 197 floors.
The number of calories I burn are definately going down as my weight changes. I guess I'll have to add another minute or two to get back up to 700 calories.

Breakfast (6:30 am) : 2 eggs, sunny side up.
Lunch (11:30 am) : 1/2 lbs Tuna salad.
Dinner (8:00 pm) : 1.5 sauteyed chicken breasts.
Snack : 3 sugar free low carb popsicles. (i know, i was bad, but one after the gym, one after cutting the lawn, and one after dinner.)

Gym (5:00 pm)
weight : 256.5 lbs
stairmaster : 48 minutes, level 7, 698 calories, 197 stories.

Breakfast (8:00 am) : 1 packet of quaker instant oatmeal regular flavor.
100 calories
2 g fat
19 g Carbs

hmm, this has more carbs than I expected.


Midmorning Snack (9:55 am) : 1 granola bar
90 calories
3 g fat
15 g carbs


Lunch (12:15 pm) : Subway Turkey and Bacon Melt wrap
440 calories
28 g fat
11 g carbs

Dinner (8:00 pm) : Sauteyed Chicken breast and zuchini
1 sugar free low carb popcicle


Gym (5:30 pm)
Weight : 258 lbs
Stairmaster : 48 minutes, 702 calories, 198 stories, level 7. Made it to the end today, but I seriously considered stopping.

Quick recap: For the past 2 months, I have started going to the gym on a regular basis. I go every day (I just took 4 days off while on vacation) and do the stairmaster. I am up to 48 minutes, and climbing close to 200 stories. The workout is just over 700 calories. After that I will do some weights and some ab crunches. We'll see if I can still do the same ammount today after my vacation.
2 months ago, I was 267 lbs. Last Wednesday, I was down to 258. Again, this afternoon, We'll see if I gained any of that back from my weekend of eating.

Breakfast (6:30 am) : 2 eggs scrambled
150 calories
10.02 g fat
1.22 g carbs

Morning Snack (9:30 am) : one Nature Valley granola bar
90 calories
3 g fat
15 g carbs

Lunch (12:00 pm) : 2/3 lbs Chicken Salad
Not really sure on the nutritional info.
I ordered 1 pund of the stuff, and decided to save the rest for a little snack later on.

Afternoon Snack (2:00 pm) : 1/3 lbs Chicken Salad

Dinner (7:00 pm) : Salmon with Lobster Stuffing and yellow squash

Snack (9:00 pm) : Sugar free Low Carb popsicle


Gym (4:00 pm) : I weighed myself at the gym. I am 260 lbs (This number always includes shoes, shorts, t-shirt. I attempted to do the same workout I was doing last week, but was unable to. I managed to stay on the stairmaster for 37 minutes at a level 7. I also did a 5 minute warmup on the eliptical machine. We'll see if I can build that up again quickly.