So it is now the end of day one and I survived. I even did everything I could to watch my portions, and made sure I wrote everything down. Of course writing it down meant using the online tools they have for men and women. (Yes the tools are separated.) I will definitely will have to do a post on the tools alone, as they are well worth the price of admission per month. That said, out of the allotted 44 points per day I have, I still had 3.5 point left over for today.

I even have 3.5 activity points for the day. I did 17 minutes on our treadmill and did a very high activity exercise on it. (Meaning I was going about 3.0 mph on average, with an incline of 10 and warm up and cool down.)

All in all, not too bad. I need to plan out my meals now, and snacks as well, and I need to make sure I time my times to eat. That way I am not hungry all the time.

It is late and I have a conference to go to for the next two days. Since I will have to eat out those days, we'll see how that goes.

Have a blessed night.
Eric

Okay so I went to gym this past Friday to workout on the treadmill. I didn't do too bad.

My average time was 17:38 per mile.

Now to get my fat butt to the gym today or tomorrow.

I had to weigh in this morning. Had to. I wasn't really surprised to find out I had lost some weight, though losing 2 pounds was a surprise. You see, I caught some stomach bug last night that other members of my family has had and I won't go into gory details, but let's just say that I had nothing left anywhere after my body was finished with the sickness.

Today's dinner was the first real meal I have had in almost 24 hours; that's how bad it was.

I did make it to work today, but that was not fun. I spent more time having bio breaks than it seems I did work, but I made it through the day. I still feel a little queasy, but I will make it.

Now, what's funny is that I went to work on the treadmill and bike yesterday at the gym. I did 1.80 miles on the treadmill, in 30 minutes, and an additional mile on the bike in 5 minutes. I was using the bike to cool off. I still plan on training for a sprint triathlon, and will make that, but it will take me a good while.

So anyway, that is how to lose 2 pounds in 18 hours. Get sick, lose everything you had during the day and then don't eat for 24 hours.

Hope your day was better than mine.

I did go to the gym last night and hit the treadmill for quite a while. Towards the end of my workout, when I was slowing down for my cool down, I snapped a picture of what I had done. I am including it here:

Yes, that is over 2 miles done. I averaged 3.4 mph, and had a vertical distance of between 400 and 500 feet.

All in all I felt really great!

For those who have read this blog, you may have noticed that I have taken the Buff Dads plan off of what I am following. The reason for this is that I do believe it is a good plan that will work, but I do not believe it is a plan for those like me who are morbidly obese.

I do believe it is more for those who have 40 to maybe 50 pounds to lose. I am not giving up completely on this plan, but I am planning on modifying the exercise portion somewhat. I will not be using my full bodyweight when exercising during my weight training days, but instead will use the machines. I still think the supersets are the best way to go, but I need to slow them down to a four count rep with each rep. I also need to make sure I use a weight that will challenge me, but not kill me.

So that's it. I am going to change up the workout routine and go from there. I will be posting it later on this week. For now I will be working on the treadmill, walking for now. I would have gone tonight, but I am very sore.

I learned a valuable lesson tonight.

I started my workouts tonight, following the plan outlined in a previous post. Now, granted, I am morbidly obese, and haven't worked out in a while, but I have been able to push myself in the past, to see how far I could go in a first workout. However, I went too far this time.

I finished what I could of the workout and started to get light headed, so I went out to the car to leave and felt like I was going to pass out. Light headed, dizzy, nauseous, and feeling very tired. I had never experienced this before after a workout. I was to the point that I called my wife to tell her and told her that I would drive home, that she didn't have to come get me. It took me about 30 minutes to finally be at a point where I felt I could drive and I drove home.

Apparently I didn't look that well for the look on my wife's face and I think she's right, in that I should have let her pick me up. I could have picked the car up later. I had no color whatsoever in my face. I was a very white pale color and I was feeling really badly. So I sat down and had a Gatorade and waited. Eventually I laid down.

To make this story short, I am feeling much better, after eating some. I am not sure if what happened is related to what I ate today, or the fact that I went to work out on an empty stomach, or the fact that I am getting older and I am not a 20 or 30 year old anymore. I do know that I will need to rethink my workout and figure out a better approach to this.

My workout summary is as follows:

• First Set
  
  
  
  • Dumbbell Squats ------ 15 Reps at 10 lbs
  
  
  • Stiff-Leg Dead Lifts - 15 Reps at 10 lbs
  
  
  • Lunges --------------- 5 Reps at 10 lbs
  
  
  • Push ups ------------- 12 Reps
  
  
  • Bent Over Rows ------- 15 Reps at 12 lbs
  
  
  • Shoulder Press On Ball 15 Reps at 10 lbs
  
  
  • Bicep Curl on Ball --- 15 Reps at 10 lbs
  
  
  • Dips ----------------- Not Done
  
  
  • Ab Crunches on Ball -- 20 Reps
  
  
  
  
• Second Set
  
  
  
  • Dumbbell Squats ------ 12 Reps at 15 lbs
  
  
  • Stiff-Leg Dead Lifts - 12 Reps at 15 lbs
  
  
  • Lunges --------------- Not Done
  
  
  • Push ups ------------- 10 Reps
  
  
  • Incline Press on Ball 12 Reps at 15 lbs
  
  
  • Bent Over Rows ------- 12 Reps at 20 lbs
  
  
  • Side Lateral Raises -- 12 Reps at 15 lbs
  
  
  • Triceps Extension ---- 12 Reps at 15 lbs
  
  
  • Bicep Curl on Ball --- 15 Reps at 20 lbs
  
  
  • Dips ----------------- Not Done
  
  
  • Ab Crunches on Ball -- 20 Reps
  
  

This may not seem like much, but it did a number on me.

My meals for the day are as follows:

Breakfast at 5:15AM: Oatmeal with one tbls of PB, with one mashed banana.
Snack at 8:30AM: Yogurt
Lunch at 12:40: Plain Baked Potato with Baked Chicken Tenders and apple.
Snack at 3:15: Popcorn
Dinner at 7:00: Whole Wheat Pasta in Sauce, Garlic Toast and Steamed Broccoli.
Snack at 9:00: Yogurt and Granola.

And yes, I know that the last snack was way too late, but tonight was a little different for me because of the workout.