theome

Start Date: November 5th, 2007
Starting Weight: 215.4 lb
Starting Body Fat: 28.4%

Last Week: 212.3
Last Week: 26.4%
This Week: 213
This Week: 26.4%
Week's Change: +0.7
Week's Change: +0
Total Change: -2.4
Total Change: -2.0%

First Major Goal: 200 lb.

( My personal thoughts on this last week of dieting... )

Start Date: November 5th, 2007
Starting Weight: 215.4 lb
Starting Body Fat: 28.4%

Last Week: 214.0
Last Week: 27.8%
This Week: 212.3
This Week: 26.4%
Week's Change: -1.7
Week's Change: -1.4%
Total Change: -3.1 lb
Total Change: -2.0%

First Major Goal: 200 lb.

( My personal thoughts on this last week of dieting... )

Start Date: November 5th, 2007
Starting Weight: 215.4 lb
Starting Body Fat: 28.4%
Current Goal: 200 lb.

So I started back up on Body For Life yesterday. I had a bumpy start, but it looks like I'll slowly be able to acclimate myself to the methods of the diet and work out plan. Well...that's not entirely true. First thing I need to do is still make it to working out. I've been following the diet pretty well actually, keeping my portion control in check and eatting the right foods, most of which I had already prepared.

Unfortunately, for the work-out aspect of the program, I'm going to have to get myself adjusted to this. Mainly, it's getting myself out of the house during the daytime and afternoon to workout as opposed to at 9-10 PM at night or later. I was supposed to do my first day of anabolic workout yesterday, but I didn't end up making it due to having a very stressful evening along with having to go over to dropkickpuppy's place so that he could practically help dress me for my interview today.

Another issue I'm going to have getting adjusted to with BFL is that on the cardio days, I'm technically supposed to do my cardio soon after I get up before eating. Then not eat another hour after the cardio, and THEN I can have my first meal. The justification with the program is that your metabolism will be at its highest at that point since there will be no extra calories in your system for it to burn up for the day. Most of everything from the previous day will have been processed, and so if you workout before you eat and not eat for the hour after that, you'll burn up more calories than you would if you've had anything to eat before the cardio. Now, I'm a bit skeptical about this idea, mainly because it doesn't seem the healthiest.

Can anyone who has any experience with Body For Life give any advice or input on this? jonnywoof, this includes you. :)

Other than that, I'm kinda proud of myself for yesterday. I'm able to eat out with people and keep myself to the diet. Surprising how well you can eat at Quizno's and still eat healthily. Whole wheat bread, turkey breast, lots of veggies, red wine vinagrette, and seasoning.

See you folks later.

Current Date: 10/31/2007
Intended Date of State: 11/05/2007
Weight: 216.5 lb

Short Term: 200 lb
Next Short Term: 185 lb
Long Term: ????

After starting Body For Life and dropping off it on two different occasions, here I am about to try and start it again once again. I plan to start doing the exercises this week to get myself back in the cycle of doing the exercise practices properly, and get into the habit of the diet. I made my run to the Whole Foods Market to get turkey breast for the George Forman and ground buffalo meat to work into a couple hamburgers. I realize that those aren't the most creative meals, but sadly I'm a gourmond, not a cook.

So far, today I've been kind of good, but I need to get myself into the habit of eatting out properly when I do it. However, I think I'm slowly teaching myself better portion control. The essential for that is making sure I actually eat a breakfast. Instead of my usual get-up-at-a-stupid-late-hour and just eat lunch, I need to make sure I eat some form of breakfast so that I can get a basic regulatory pattern started from an early point.

Fortunately, I love making egg-white omelettes in the morning, so it's all gravy. 3 egg whites + 1 whole egg, with a little bit of sea salt, and a lot of Sriracha hot sauce all in the mixture, make it as an omelette and serve it with 2 slices of whole wheat toast and some delicious raspberry salsa. Good enough for me!

Now why 200 for a goal weight? Well, it's my weight rounded down to the closest hundred's place. Duh.

No, but really, the last time I was anywhere near 200 was when I first moved off to college, when I weighed 195. It's a good starting point for me to reach for, and if I can reach 200 for once, then it proves I have the dedication and it means I should just keep going.

I also intend to monitor my body fat percentage as I go. That why I have an idea if there's any weight gain, whether it is solely do me eatting badly or not exercising enough, or instead the possibly of me gaining any muscle mass.

Here goes nothing. Again. If my friends can do this, so can I.

Oh, and one more thing. If you guys notice me falling off the horse, try and get me back on. As dorky as it sounds, I'm going to need the cheer squad in the back urging me on.

So, my grandma Elaine died this morning. She had severe MS for numerous decades, and she's been in a lot of pain for the last 5 years. The fact that she lived this long was surprising enough. She died this morning.I got the call approximately 11 minutes ago from my mother. I will be driving up to Cleveland tommorow night. My will be getting in late Saturday night. The funeral is on Sunday.

I did not know my Grandma Elaine that well. When my parents became divorced, that part of the family became an estranged group to me. I knew who they were, but I didn't really get to know who they were. My grandma Elaine was always in a wheelchair as long as I could remember. I also didn't like her dog, Tinkerbell. But I liked her a lot. Her has was full of candy. That forbidden delicacy that my mother would never let me have.

When I moved to Ohio, my mom took me to spend time with them. Or more that she would drop me off and pick me up. I would spend time with them after shuul, and then after I became a bar mitzvah (yes, a person can be one, considering the name of the ceremony describes the person), I would go over to my grandma's on Sundays and eat lunch with the family. That stopped once she ended up having to go into an assisted living home.

She had been in the nursing home for the last 5 years. In that time, she's degraded a bit mentally, her health deteriorated. At first, she'd be going about in her wheelchair more often, but in the last few years, that became less and less.

Thankfully, her pain has now ended. In all honesty, I'm not sure if I believe in a Heaven. I have had a difficult time reconciling my ideas of religion and my ideals based on what I know is scientific. The divine is something I do not think about much. But there's one thing I know. If there is a Heaven, my Grandma Elaine is there now, with my Grandfather.

No one knew what kept her going. I certainly didn't. Part of me wants to think that she waited for me to graduate from college. When I would visit her, she would cry. Every time. But she would cry and tell me how proud she was of me.

Rest in Peace, Grandma Elaine. Rest in Peace.

Today via text message...

theome: There's a homeless guy here on campus who's offering to do standing backflips for quarters. XD
machineiv: Can you give him five bucks all or nothing to do twenty without fail?

Good times!

"I only use my muscles for good, not for evil!"

A 8-9 year old girl in a soccer uniform, in response to her mom telling her kids to run to the car.

So, it seems that people have been doing this a lot lately, but I think it would be nice to put down the people that I am thankful for. Now, I'd love to be able to list off my huge friends list and go "I'm thankful for you all, and here are the individual reasons why," but that would be a bit more indepth than I need to be typing. With the large number of people on my friends list, that's a bit much. However, there are some people I'd especially like to thank. ( The list! )

So for those of you who were curious (which seemed to be a number of you from the comments left in my last entry), I have moved over to Hilliard, Ohio. Hilliard, for those who do not know, is a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. I felt it was necessary that after living in Columbus proper for the last three years, I need a nicer, safer change of pace. So instead of living in downtown, I'm in a nice suburb.

Yay white-bread living!