Losing Weight with Starscream

[Smokin Gator]

Andy... If you don't mind I am going to join you.

I started going to the gym and doing the treadmill in August. I also started eating a salad for lunch everyday. I lost about 20 pounds and was really feeling good. Then the holidays rolled around and my southern food lovin' arse put nearly all of that weight back on.

Started back to the gym yesterday. Yesterday's weight was 232.

Yesterday:

Breakfast - bowl of All Bran
Snack - none
Lunch - Salad with a piece of grilled salmon
Dinner - rib tips, collard greens, black eyed peas (Hey I had small portions and I can't throw that good food away).

Today:

40 minutes on the treadmill

Breakfast - bowl of All Bran
Snack - none
Lunch- will be a salad and one of those tear open packages of salmon
Dinner - I know it is going to be grilled chicken breast, but not sure of the veggies.

Originally Posted by Smokin Gator

Andy... If you don't mind I am going to join you.

I started going to the gym and doing the treadmill in August. I also started eating a salad for lunch everyday. I lost about 20 pounds and was really feeling good. Then the holidays rolled around and my southern food lovin' arse put nearly all of that weight back on.

Started back to the gym yesterday. Yesterday's weight was 232.

Yesterday:

Breakfast - bowl of All Bran
Snack - none
Lunch - Salad with a piece of grilled salmon
Dinner - rib tips, collard greens, black eyed peas (Hey I had small portions and I can't throw that good food away).

Today:

40 minutes on the treadmill

Breakfast - bowl of All Bran
Snack - none
Lunch- will be a salad and one of those tear open packages of salmon
Dinner - I know it is going to be grilled chicken breast, but not sure of the veggies.

If you put a healthy snack between breakfast/lunch and lunch/dinner you will increase your metabolism. Also your body will not hold on to stored fat (Gut).

Last spring I was working 10 hour shifts as a welding apprentice with breaks every 2 hours. I ate small amounts at each break and something more substantial for lunch. Just the active work and snacking throughout the day helped me lose 15 pounds. I didn't really have to watch what I ate, but I did avoid bringing change for the candy and soft drink dispensers.

Also, try eating some healthy protein before bed, it will help keep your metabolism going throughout the night.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by kayaker

I did avoid bringing change for the candy and soft drink dispensers.

Key point. And drink lots of water. I drink mostly water, with a diet soda every now and then. Maybe a cup of tea at night(w/ sugar substitute).

[Smokin Gator]

Originally Posted by Tombstone

If you put a healthy snack between breakfast/lunch and lunch/dinner you will increase your metabolism. Also your body will not hold on to stored fat (Gut).

Should it be veggie sticks etc or more protein like a cheese stick or some nuts?

[quote=Smokin Gator;153158]Should it be veggie sticks etc or more protein like a cheese stick or some nuts?[/QUOTE

It really depends on what you are eating the rest of the day. Almonds, fat free/plain yogurt, cheese sticks are very healthy snack choices.

[Starscream]

Rain managed to hold off long enough for me to walk a mile around the neighborhood. One mile is better than nothing.
Steak stir-fry/wraps tonight for dinner.

Made it to Edmonton safe and sound, although I was almost 2 hours late getting in.

Morning weight = 249.2 lbs.

Had a bowl of Raisn Bran for breakfast. Not sure what the rest of the day will entail. I have to move beds around dressers around so that I have a proper place to sleep.

My brother and his GF are also looking to lose a bit of weight, so we will help each other out and also be sources of temptation.

It's going to take a week or so to get settled away here and into a routine.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by kayaker

Made it to Edmonton safe and sound, although I was almost 2 hours late getting in.

Morning weight = 249.2 lbs.

Had a bowl of Raisn Bran for breakfast. Not sure what the rest of the day will entail. I have to move beds around dressers around so that I have a proper place to sleep.

My brother and his GF are also looking to lose a bit of weight, so we will help each other out and also be sources of temptation.

It's going to take a week or so to get settled away here and into a routine.

Glad you made it safely. Getting settled in and mobing beds around dressers is exercise in itself.

[Starscream]

Moring all!

Day 6:

Breakfast: 2 slices of ham on a light multi-grain english muffin: 3pts
Lunch: Ham sandwich: 3pts
Dinner: Not sure yet Probably chicken of some sort (gotta talk it over w/ the wife)

Got my mile in yesterday. Seeing as it's Friday, I may walk 2 miles today. Smoke a churchill of some sort while walking the extra distance.

[Smokin Gator]

Yesterday:
Dinner - Grilled chicken breast, collard greens, black eyed peas, and steamed broccoli.

Today:

40 minutes on the treadmill

Breakfast- Bowl of All Bran
Snack - Will be a cheese stick
Lunch - Will be tossed salad with a can of tuna
Snack - Will be a handful of mixed nuts
Dinner - A little worried about this one - my son has a soccer game at 5:30 so I can't cook. May do a Subway sub.

[Starscream]

Day 4:
Woke up late so no oatmeal for me.
Breakfast: Turkey sandwich on light bread. 2pts
Lunch: Turkey sandwich on light bread. 2pts
Dinner: Taco Bell (something off of the Fresco menu)

Wednesday night is dinner w/ the parents and then church. Gotta queeze in some walking time today somewhere.







Gator, I love me some collards, but I can't eat them w/o cornbread.

[Smokin Gator]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

Gator, I love me some collards, but I can't eat them w/o cornbread.

You are right brother... they are great that way. I even had the cornbread there!!! I was proud of myself.

[goalie204]

I had 2 eggs and some egg whites for breakfast.

Snack maybe a protein shake with water instead of milk

Lunch not sure, thinking a greek salad with chicken breast, or maybe some turkey breast and some carrots

dinner not sure, maybe same as lunch.

This is hard, and I KNOW i need to start working out again, but i haven't yet, can't will myself to do it yet ;/

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by goalie204

Snack maybe a protein shake with water instead of milk
This is hard, and I KNOW i need to start working out again, but i haven't yet, can't will myself to do it yet ;/

Protein shake w/ water
It is hard to start working out. Start off easy, just go walking for a week. Then up it to jogging or move to the gym. Just getting your heart rate up and sweat some does wonders.
Tae-bo isn't the manliest workout, but it is great for working up both a sweat and your heartrate.

[goalie204]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

Protein shake w/ water
It is hard to start working out. Start off easy, just go walking for a week. Then up it to jogging or move to the gym. Just getting your heart rate up and sweat some does wonders.
Tae-bo isn't the manliest workout, but it is great for working up both a sweat and your heartrate.

The protein shake is chocolate flavored, whey protein, its tasty

I wish i could go for a walk man, i do that in the spring/summer, but its -40c here and too cold. I have a workout room in my condo, weights and treadmills and such. I just have a hard time motivating myself to do it, it's just so much easier to sit on the couch and watch tv after work, or troll the forums.

Tae-bo?

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by andysutherland

Day 4:
Woke up late so no oatmeal for me.
Breakfast: Turkey sandwich on light bread. 2pts
Lunch: Turkey sandwich on light bread. 2pts
Dinner: Taco Bell (something off of the Fresco menu)

Wednesday night is dinner w/ the parents and then church. Gotta queeze in some walking time today somewhere.

Taco Bell: 4 Fresco crunchy tacos. 12pts.

Still have points to go, but don't wanna eat this late at night.

[jquirit]

Today:

Breakfast: Oatmeal, 3 eggs (2 whites, 1 whole)
Lunch: Beef pho (sorry, couldn't resist with the crappy weather)
Snack: 2 scoops whey protein for pre-workout shake with water
Post-workout: Another 2 scoops of whey protein + creatine with water
Dinner: Ham wrap

Workout consisted of 35 minutes on the elliptical, followed by:

4x8 lunges
4x10 dumbbell squats
4x6 standing leg curls
4x10 standing calf raises

Most of this stuff is all improvised since I'm using the work gym that has a limited selection of machines and dumbbells only up to 30 lbs. All in all, I'm pretty happy with the workout. Lunges really did a number on my legs, made it interesting walking up/down the stairs in my house!

One site that I started using a long time ago but rarely update (since it is kinda narrow) is traineo.com. They have a nice tool for you to record body weight, calories spent exercising, recording how you feel you did with your diet (by recording the calories you ate + a sliding scale on if you cheated on your diet or not). Since starting over I'm using it again to record my workouts (helps having a heartrate monitor so I can get a better grasp on calories burnt during exercise) as well as record my weight and performance on my diet.

http://ozymand.traineo.com/