Evening Snack

• Small strawberry muffin
• Medium strawberry muffin
• 8 oz 1% milk

Dinner

• 8 oz Baked chicken tenderloin (breaded with cheese)
• Green beans
• 10 oz Diet Pepsi Wild Cherry

Afternoon Snack

• 10 baby carrots
• 2 oz Ranch dressing
• String cheese

Short-Term Goal

Before my son is born, I want to get as close to 270 as possible.  22 lbs in 2 months is probably unrealistic, but I want to try to get as low as I can before he comes out.

People will be taking pictures and the thing that got me on the wagon originally back in 2002 was seeing how disgusting I looked in the pics from my friends’ wedding.  I don’t want there to be more pics like that that will be kept forever…

Lunch

• Romaine Lettuce and Spinach
• 1 oz bacon bits
• 1 oz ham
• 1 oz shredded mexican-blend cheese
• 1 oz provolone cheese
• 2 oz Ranch dressing
• 20 oz Diet Pepsi

Week 0: 292

Morning Snack

• 8 oz Publix Low-Fat Creamy Blends Strawberry Yogurt
• 4 oz Fresh Pineapple

Breakfast

• 1 bowl French Vanilla Frosted Mini-Wheats
• 4 oz 1% milk

Long-Term Goal

My ultimate goal is to lose an average of 5 lbs a month for the next 12 months so that I will get down to around 230.  I think that 230 would qualify me for “not so fat” status and I would be ecstatic to get there.

How realistic is losing 5 lbs a month?  I think it is very realistic, in fact for the first few months I will probably be able to lose more because the more overweight you are, the easier it comes off with smaller changes.

What happens when I get there?  I’ll set a new goal, but it’s important to maintain the weight loss this time.  I can’t lose it then gain it all back again, that cycle is extremely unhealthy both physically and psychologically.

Workout

• 30 min Cross-trainer ( Fat-burn Mode ) – 351 calories burned

Weigh-In: 292

How did I let it get this bad?  This is the most I’ve ever weighed!

The closest I came to this weight in the past was almost four years ago when I maxed out at 290.  The good news is that around that time I started to excercise and eat better and lost about 20 lbs in 3 months.

I then went on to lose 20 more pounds by August of 2005, but it looks like I’ve gained it all back since then.  Goes to show what eating badly and not excercising can do to you…

Medication

• 100 mcg Levoxyl

Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the day that I will wake up by 5:30 and go to the gym.

Tomorrow is the day that I will stop eating crap.

Tomorrow is the day that I will start eating healthy.

Tomorrow is the first day on my quest to become not so fat!