Thursday, January 28, 2010

Day 6

191.5
Breakfast; oatmeal, juice
Lunch; collards & beans
Dinner; turkey cheese wrap
single piece of chocolate, scotch
Exercise 0

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Day 5

191.5
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Green Smoothie
Dinner: Backsliding with CASS
Exercise: 0

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Day 4 - A Sad Day

191.0
Breakfast; Oatmeal w.walnuts & raisins
Lunch; 'Purple' smoothie, whole wheat bread with soy butter
Dinner; Major backside of emotional eating with CASS
Exercise; 15' Gazelle
We had to take one of our kitties to the rainbow bridge, today. We'll miss you TJ.

Monday, January 25, 2010

Day 3

191.0
Breakfast: oatmeal w/walnuts & raisins, juice
Lunch: banana, soy butter, wholeweat bread, soy milk
Dinner: Collards & pinto beans
Snack: orange
Exercise - zip

Sunday, January 24, 2010

Day 2

191.0
Breakfast: Oatmeal w/walnuts & raisins
Snack: Orange
Lunch: Vegatable soup & pear
Dinner: Spinach salad, french bread & olive oil, & lentils & rice
Exercise: 30' Gazelle
Backslide - 3 digestive biscuits!

Saturday, January 23, 2010

A New Decade and a New Start!

A month ago I joined a 10% weight loss challenge with my online kilted buds at XMarkstheScot.com. A month later I am where I started! This week, one of members posted on his having a heart attack which has given me a wake up call. The year 2009 was a wrecking year for health. I have once again hit my historical upper weight of being over 190 pounds.

An ideal healthy weight for me according to Dr. Fuhrman is 160. Others say a range of which would have an upper limit of 172. That is my goal for the XMarkstheScot.com challenge. Dr. Oz concentrates on the waist and I need to have mine at no more than 36. 34 would be ideal but even at my most active period in my adult life I never got below 36.

The year 2007 was my introduction to Dr. Fuhrman’s Eat to Live lifestyle way of eating. In my first 6 weeks I lost 21 pounds! My total loss was 25 in ten weeks. In was holding on for the rest of year and a gradual increase in 2008 and a total loss in 2009.

A new decade and a new start. Here are my starting stats:
Weigh-191.0; Chest-42, Waist-42, Hips-41, Fat % 26.5, Lbs. Muscle-140, Lbs. Fat-51, Waist/Height Ratio-.59

Not pretty. I’ve skipped my annual check ups the last two years knowing my Cholesterol and Triglycerides levels would be off the charts.

I know what works; Dr. Fuhrman’s Eat to Live dietary lifestyle and exercise. Using this blog on a daily basis was helpful in 2007 and may it be again!

Breakfast
Saturday’s I get my weekly 2 eggs. I had one piece of plain whole grain toast with the eggs. Usually I would have two with a spread. I also eliminated my usual preserves and had fresh strawberries and black berries.

Lunch:
Green Smoothie; banana, strawberries, kiwi, orange, almonds, kale & soy milk -um,um good!

Exercise:
45' Walk

Backslide!
Two bottles of beer, small bag of leftover nachos and pistachios.

Dinner:
Lentils & rice

Saturday, November 7, 2009

SAD SHAPE THAT I AM IN

It’s been four months since, I posted. No need I guess my lifestyle behavior has not improved. Addicted to CASS and not exercising. M stats reflect this. Yeah, I know. I’m a wreck which needs to get with the program!

STATS: 188.5 42-42-41 Fat 25.5% BMI 26.4 Wait/Height Ration .59

Sunday, June 28, 2009

EOM JUNE 2009

Yesterday was the end of month weigh in. I haven’t posted an entry for the month. There is little change in my total from end of month, May, only ½ pound. But there is a three pound loss in fat! I have been walking consistently the last three weeks for a total of 5 hours per week. I’ve been off CASS for a whole week. I feel much better with more energy. My goal in the next three weeks is to lose 6 pounds of fat. I did manage to wear my St. Columba kilt on June 9th.

STATS: 178.0 41-40-40 Fat 23.0% BMI 24.8

Saturday, May 30, 2009

EOM MAY

I did manage to lose 5 pounds this month. That's good. I didn't follow my successful week before due to a cold. I am eating better. Hope to feel better to resume working out.
Weight 178.5 BMI 24.9 Fat 25% Measurements: 42-40-39

Saturday, May 23, 2009

NEW NINE WEEK PROGRAM

Why nine weeks? I head for Scotland for The Gathering. So, I need to be at my kilt weight for my Malcolm kilt. A lot of starts since finding success with the Eat to Live/Eat for Health diet of Joel Fuhrman, but I think I have the motivation to win this one.

Last week I weighed in at 182. I lost 5 pounds this week doing a modified E2L and three hours of walking. 172 is my optimal weight and 165 is my ideal. Late evening snacking with CASS is my downfall. I stayed away from her this week and was successful.

With this weigh in I got out of the overweight BMI category. Let’s see how the next 8 weeks go!