A Wrong Weekend to Start

So had I been a wise man, I would have made my new kick restart start on Sunday because I had forgotten about the fact I was going to spend Saturday running a volleyball tournament.  Now you may say what’s the big deal you meet some coaches and sit behind a scoreboard for 12 hours, but that is the big deal.  I was trapped in a gym from about 7:00 to 7:00 where I did not have my kitchen full of healthy food options.  Instead, I had a concessions stand.  What’s on the menu there you ask?  Giant muffins, candy, chili cheese dogs, chili cheese nachos, pretzels and popcorn -- none of which are solid options on a 1200 calorie diet. 

Well, despite being surrounded my favorites, I survived the day with only 1200 calories.  Instead of a giant chocolate chip muffin, I had a Special K Protein Bar.  And instead of dumping my chili on a hot dog or nachos, I just ate 2 cups of chili.  So although my team lost early in the day, and my finger is sore from pushing score board buttons all day long, I feel I won the day.  Here’s a look at my 1200 Calorie diet for the day.

Breakfast – Special K Protein Bar (170 Calories)

Mid Morning Snack – None

Lunch – 2 cups Chili – (528 Calories)

Afternoon Snack – None

Dinner – Birds Eye Frozen Vegetables Asian Medley 3.5 cups and a hotdog no bun (355 Calories)

Evening Snack – Diced Apples and Pears fruit Cup, and ½ cup low fat cottage cheese (160 Calories)

Total Calorie Count for the day 1213.

You may question the hotdog, not a great food to eat, but I have a fridge of leftovers from the games.  We also have leftover muffins, and leftover pizza.  So I’m sure tomorrow will be a challenge as well.  We also have a bag of leftover apples from the event, and I heard one a day can keep the doctor away and you can’t beat that. 

So tomorrow I will try to hop on the scale, 2 days of 1200 calories has probably done something.  I was in at 304 about a month ago, before I grew too scared to step on the scales.  So I am not expecting the best news, but having just the occasional snack a couple times a day will have its affect.  Until Tomorrow…

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Power 90 day 120/90

 

 

Welcome back to Tim Loses it.  For starters, let me apologize for the recent silence coming from this blog.  As many of you know I started this blog as I started the Beach Body workout routine to show how much weight I lost in 90 days.  Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans…  Instead I dropped 15 pounds in the first couple weeks, and then hit a plateau where I have been stuck at 300 pounds for the last 90 days. 

In the end depression snuck in, and although I never quit working out altogether and I never all together quit eating well, I did drift from where I started.  My calories drifted up to about 2500 a day and my workouts drifted down to just a couple times a week.  Now I find myself a month away from our big Disney vacation still with 50 pounds to lose. 

Well, let’s be real.  I can’t lose 50 pounds in a month, but if I could break the plateau, I could lose 10 or more.  So the next month is my new goal.  Today is Friday October 28^th, and I am giving myself 4 weeks, until Friday October 26^th to try to break through this plateau and lose some weight.  However to do exactly what I have been doing would be crazy as it hasn’t been doing the trick up to this point. 

So with 4 weeks to go, I am going to mix it up a little -- try to shock my body into losing some weight.  Week one I am going to go Low Calorie.  1200 a day (well between 1200 and 1250 and it can be tough to stop on a dime.)  Also starting Monday I will be back to workouts.  I will probably stick with weight loss Yoga and Power 90 Sculpt 3-4 as my energy level is already down after only 1 day at 1200 calories.  I’m not sure how I will be by Friday, but hopefully still on my feet. 

Well here we go, Here is my menu for the day:

Breakfast – Special K Protein Bar – (170 Calories)

Mid Morning Snack – None

Lunch – McDonalds Southwest Salad with Grilled Chicken, Fruit and Yogurt Parfait (440 Calories)

Afternoon Snack – ½ cup low fat cottage cheese (100 Calories)

Dinner – 3 scrambled eggs, ¼ cup cheddar cheese, 1 tbsp low fat margarine (360 Calories)

Evening Snack – Del Monte Diced Apples and Pears in light syrup with Caramel flavor, ¼ cup low fat cottage cheese (110 Calories)

Total Calorie Count for the Day 1180, its true it’s under 1200, but it will cover things if my measurements were off on the cheese. 

Well if you’re still interested in following me, I will try to do a better job this time around.  And I hope you are still going strong on your healthy lifestyle changes… Till Later…