Breakfast once again was simple… just a Caramel flavored Fiber One bar. I haven’t had my coffee yet, but I’m on the way to get that now – so that will bring my total so far today to 160. Lunch today is currently planned as “Subway”. Already looking forward to that…

Started the morning off slow. So far, just coffee and a “Fiber One” bar. Grand total – 150 calories for both. I’m actually about to go get a 2nd cup of coffee – so that’ll bring my total for the day so far up to 160 calories. For lunch, I’ll be heading to St. Louis Bread Company. Going to be getting either the Chicken Ceasar Salad or the Chicken Salad Sandwich – haven’t decided yet. Current plans for dinner are chicken and veggies – though I’m not sure how I’ll prepare either one at this point.

Went to BreadCo with the intentions of getting the Chicken Salad Sandwich. I was told that they had recently switched the recipe and it was now an “Almond Chicken Salad Sandwich” – adding in Almonds and Grapes!! Personally, I like my Chicken Salad sans fruit, so I went with the Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad instead. For the side, I got an apple. I just finished my salad, but I’ve got to say I’m still hungry. This is going to be tougher than I thought – though I think my willpower is good! I haven’t eaten the apple as I’d like to save it for my mid-afternoon snack. I went on the website to doublecheck my numbers and it seems the Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad has DROPPED in calories. The whole thing is now just 500 total!! So that brings my total for the day up to 660 calories. Tonight – chicken and veggies!

For dinner – I really did not feel like cooking so I ended up fixing a meal in a bag. In this case, it was a “Voila” – specifically the Garlic Chicken. It was a little higher in calories than I wanted to spend on dinner – but it fit the bill and I’m still under for the entire day. Dinner – 840 calories. That brings my total to right around 1500.

Just a little less than a year ago, I was a man with a plan and a goal. Starting at 323lbs, I wanted to get myself in shape, live healthier, and actually pull my life together. Over the course of 6 months, I succeeded in every aspect, losing 40lbs and getting down to 283lbs!! I was feeling good about my life and the direction I was going. Then the weight loss stopped coming. I hit a serious plateau, and with the holidays approaching, my diet and goals fell quickly by the wayside. Over the 6 months since, I’ve tried to get back on the wagon. Each time, I soon lost the will and the reasoning to keep going.

I had excuses – too busy to concentrate on the diet – I’m too stressed out to diet … I just didn’t care anymore. In recent weeks, I’d hit rock bottom and I knew it. I started eating at levels WELL beyond what I was doing before I even started the diet…. sometimes having what would easily qualify as 2 or 3 meals at a single sitting. In 6 months, I’ve gone from 283lbs ballooning up to my current weight: 302.5. That’s an almost 20lb gain – regaining nearly half the weight I lost the first time!

This lifestyle comes to an end TODAY! I’m officially relaunching the site. I’ll be posting daily updates to what’s going on and how I’m doing on the journey. I’ve also started a Twitter account specifically for the new journey – you can follow me at http://www.twitter.com/FatGuyonaDiet. There you’ll get a more up to date and recent look at the progress I’m making. It’s also where you’ll find me posting and discussing meals as I have them.

So join me, once again, as I begin my journey to lose the weight that’s held be back all these years!!

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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Yes, it’s already day 12 of my 2nd year plan. So far as of this morning, I’ve lost 6lbs since I’ve resumed the diet. Not too shabby, though there was a lot that was regained in my 2 month haitus. 3 more pounds, and I’ll be back to where I left off. This year, I’m going to change the format and formula a bit. Instead of counting calories, this year I’m jumping on with Weight Watchers. I’ll be using the points to count up my daily intake, so that should be an interesting new spin. Also, just to save time and my sanity, I won’t be reviewing every single meal. If I do something interesting, or have something I want to rave about, I’ll write an article about that meal specifically. Instead, I’ll be posting my Weight Watchers journal entries once per day. The one from yesterday should now be visible. These will be posted after the day has been completed, so there probably won’t be updates throughout the day as before. Also, no pictures. Yes, I know. This was the primary way of keeping me in line. However, I just don’t have the time to dedicate to taking photos, uploading them, getting them formatted properly, etc. So, there’s a lot going away from the site, but I’m by NO means giving up. In order to keep it going as well as keeping my sanity, I needed tools to help organize as well as some streamlining to be done to make things much more simplified. If anyone has any comments, feel free to leave them. Your voices will be heard.

So, here I am… day 12 of year 2…. 286.3lbs this morning. I started on the 1st at 293.8lbs.. so progress is definitely being made. 3.3 more pounds to lose before I get back to my lowest weight of 283… or 40lbs total lost.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Well, here we are… right at the cusp of a brand new year. Some of the goals I set for this point weren’t met, mostly due to just not having the time to dedicate to myself. All in all, it’s my own fault for not meeting the goals I set for myself. But alas, it’s a new year, and a new beginning. When I originally set off on this journey, it was going to evolve around my birthday. It’s when I started the journey, so why shouldn’t that be the point to come back to. I’m going to do something a little different now though. I’m going to start year two on January 1, 2009. That will make it much easier to track what day it is as well as getting me a new starting point to begin with. My goals for the coming year is to get fit in 3 areas… mentally, financially, and healthy. This blog will cover the last of those three. I might discuss some of my plans for the other ones or what’s going on in the other points of my life, but overall, the entire thing needs to some major work to be done.

As for fitness, it will be more of the same as before. Eating right.. getting some exercise in… I might even try out some of the “fad diets” and see what kind of progress I can make with those from time to time. I’ve dropped 40 lbs in 6 months time…. that’s no easy feat. It’s great progress no matter which way I look at it. I’ve rebounded a bit, but I’m still very deep in my journey. It’s time to pick up that ball and run with it once again! Over the next few days, I’ll post some updates and discuss some of the recent events. Regular posts will commence on 1/1/2009. I look forward to getting back to the journey and look forward to making 2009 my most financially, physically, and mentally fit year ever!!

This morning was my company’s monthly staff meeting.  One of the nice things that happens is we are provided with bagels and cream cheese from St. Louis Bread Company.  I keep wanting a plain bagel to keep the calories down, but they’re usually gone by the time I get there.  Instead, I went for the Dutch Apple Raisin Bagel instead.  It’s good, and it makes a pretty decent meal.  A little “heavier” on the calories than I would like to spend…

For lunch, we went to Fletcher’s Kitchen as planned. Today’s special was the Avocado Turkey Wrap, which is one of my favorite items on the menu. I’m not a fan of the avocado, so I usually just have them hold it. This time, it was a bit drier than normal, so I’m guessing they didn’t put nearly as much dressing as they usually do. On the side, I also the grilled zucchini once again. It’s really amazing how good the zucchini tastes when it’s grilled. It has a very bold, rich, smokey flavor.

For dinner, I decided to fix myself two grilled chicken breasts with some Valley Fresh Steamers Broccoli, Cauliflower, Carrots and Cheese. As I mentioned previously, the cheesy versions from this particular brand are absolutely awesome! The chicken was grilled on the Forman Grill with a bit of “Kickin’ Chicken” and Mesquite seasoning added. Meal was very tasty overall, and pretty filling. I think this helped me make my daily quota. Now I just have to see how it shows tomorrow morning. Just one more day until my next weigh in and I would like to have “Free Week” completely blown away by then! 40 pounds, here I come!