Jay's attempt at weight loss

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BSL suggested I set up a journal here to track my progress and hopefully get some sound advice/feedback, so here goes..

A little background information: I'm 6'2'', 300 lbs, and my goal is just weight loss. I'm vegetarian so you're going to see a lot of soy products, hopefully some of you are familiar with them. I did my research back when I made the switch and I take a supplement for Zinc, and eat veggies and "fake" meats for Iron and protein.

8/3 -

2 cups Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal - 380
1.5 cups Skim Milk - 135
1/2 cup blueberries - 40


Went on a 10 mile bike ride, got home and did 25 sit-ups


1/2 cup fat free egg whites - 60
2 slices whole wheat bread - 200
Salad with spinach, lettuce, carrots and cucumbers - not sure how many calories to call this


Had an apple for a snack - 100 calories


Did another 25 sit-ups before I made dinner


3/4 cup brown rice - 510 (jeez... rice is a pain)
2 cups broccoli - 60
6 pieces of MorningStar Farms buffalo chik'n - 240 calories, 80 calories from fat


Only made it to about 1900 calories yesterday, even with the exercise. BSL recommended around 2,000 calories, and to add a little more when I exercise (which for now is every day) Any recommendations for a good filling snack? Also how does this look to everyone? I would really like to get down to a healthy weight by next summer so I'm looking to hit the ground running, so to speak.
 
Fat Free yogurt is a good, healthy snack. I eat Yoplait Light--100 calories for 6 ozs--a very tasty treat!

Looks like you're off to a good start...have you joined a gym? Weight training is a very helpful tool in losing weight, especially when you have a lot to lose. Weight training makes sure that you keep and/or build muscle during a time when you're using cardio to burn fat--it also is an effective calorie burn, too.

YOU CAN DO THIS! I have lost over 65 lbs since last Thanksgiving--if I can do it, anyone can! I'd suggest also that you remove the idea of "attempting" to lose weight; that approach allows for the possibility of failure. You ARE losing weight! Take that perspective, and MAKE it happen!
 
Welcome to the forum, and good on you for making the choice to drop that weight. I'm on a similar journey myself, and one of the benefits so far was discovering some good vegetarian dishes (spicy red beans and potatoes, spicy red lentils) along the way.
 
for 300 you are pretty physical!

you have a nice realistic goal to shape up by next summer.

tell us more of your history and such, athletics, muscle build, body type (pics).

And, out of curioisty what was "your" reason for vegetarian?

Sweat Daily
FF
 
Good luck, Jay! One question, though, why the situps? They are probably hard for you to do and I think they might risk back injury and they don't burn many calories. I think you'd be better off with a fast walk or run or an elliptical or more time on the bike since your main goal is fat loss.
 
What ff said, mostly.

Also, why soy, if you're allowed milk and eggs? Soy is the devil, afaict. And it's disgusting. Aaand, "fake meat"s are super super processed and full of junk - This goes against the Law of Wholeness of Foods.

I would be eating things like casein/whey supplements, cottage cheese, spinach omelettes, extra old cheddar (any full-fat cheese will do, in moderation, say an ounce a day, mmm delicious cheese...), almonds, and flax like a mofo. Also, beans rather than grains, to complete proteins and get lots of fibre. If you stop eating bread you won't even miss it after a little while. It has all the flavor and fullness of styrofoam.

Take it from someone who's been fatter than you, and lost more weight currently than you will by the time you're done - stop doing (just) sit-ups and start weight training, RIGHT MEOW. :)
 
There are only three "killer" mistakes in your goal path you can make.

  • Not Starting.
  • Not staying true to yourself.
  • And, not going all the way. Finishing what you started.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them; life is like a puzzle--keep putting the pieces together young man..........ROCK ON!


:) :)

You have made the the first step and this is believing you do not want to stay where you are; do not sway from yourself, and give it all you have in you, and your body will follow your guidance.


Welcome to the forum, brotha. I wish you the best.



Open your heart! Stay strong!


Best wishes


Chillen
 
Thanks for the replies! All right let's see:

Yogurt - done, I picked up some today

Gym - working on it, I'm a little tight on money so it might have to wait until September. The gyms around here are pretty expensive, I checked out Boston Sports Club and it will end up being like $140 for the first month. I'm a poor college student, haha. I'm thinking of picking up a dumbbell set between now and then, but I'm a little unsure on how heavy of a set I want to get. Is 20 lbs enough if I'm just starting off? Definitely starting the gym in September though, I'll have a little extra money to pick up a few months membership.

Sit-ups - not sure, they just seemed like a good thing to do when I'm at home. Is there something else that would be better that I can do when I'm here?

History - In high school I was around 180 at just under 6 feet and was a lot more active than I am now. I gained all the weight in the last few years, which according to several people means I won't have any issue getting the weight off, so that's awesome. Not sure what "muscle build" means, so I'll just go with "very little aside from my legs".

Vegetarian - I'm not adverse to eating meat, I just don't agree with the practices used in factory farming. If I find myself in a log cabin down the road able to hunt, and in possession of a deep freezer, I would probably do so. I can in theory have a healthier body without meat, so I figure why not?

Off topic, I envy you now, Flyinfree. One of the main reasons I'm losing weight is so that I can go skydiving. I'm too heavy as is.

Focus - The soy use is mostly leftover from attempting to go vegan, but apparently I hate a lot of food because I had a really hard time adjusting. Beans are already on the menu, I found some very inexpensive veggie baked beans at the supermarket yesterday. I rock lentils a lot of the time too.

I think that covers everything, any other questions feel free to ask.


I'm not allowed to post pictures I guess.

Edit - Haha, I tried to pm an admin to see if they could grant my account URL access, and I can't until I get 5 posts
 
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JasonMA said:
Haha, I meant I can't pm an admin until I get 5 posts. Posting URLs takes 15 posts. Argh! Curse you spam bots.
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Calm down, it's okay. Pm me the links and I will post them for you bb.

Then go into the 1-10,000 thread and make fun of Tom for a couple minutes. By the time you get back your pics will be up and you will have all the powers of He-Man. Or, y'know, a toaster.
 
Hey, Jason--Check out the Body Weight Training subforum here, or do some research on it. Basically, the concept is that the weight of your body provides the resistance during the exercises to achieve your results. No gym membership required!
 
You don't need a bunch of a equipment to get a good workout. As mentioned already, bodyweight exercises are an option - bodyweight squats, pushups, mountain climbers, burpees etc are great exercises, especially for conditioning. Or, use jugs filled with water, or a backpack filled with stuff - your body just needs resistance - it's all the same to it what you're using to provide that resistance.
 
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