Today I seemed to be hungry more than usual. Probably because I didn’t eat that much yesterday. I had Special K with Skim milk for breakfast. Two chicken salad sandwiches for lunch and right after work I had two fillet-o-fish sandwiches. I went to a gathering after work and had one plain hamburger and about 20 baby carrots. We went fishing and I fished for trout for about an hour. Everyone caught something except for me and my boss.

According to my software program I am still under my daily calorie limit but we shall see what it does tomorrow. Starting today I am going to start measuring inches around my waist. That will be one of the tell, tell signs that I am truly losing weight. I also got my new pedometer and I already love it. Uploading the data to my computer was easy. Setting it up wasn’t as bad as I thought either. I walked a hundred strides twice and it was within 1 or 2 steps each time and I think it will average out. I am happy with it thus far.

As of 8:44 pm tonight I calculated that I have only at 1274 calories today. I went to the gym this evening. The elliptical machines were busy so I jumped on the stationary bike for 15 minutes to burn 100 calories and then on the elliptical machine for another 15 minutes for an additional 100 calories. So if you subtract my eating calories minus my work out puts me at around 1074 calories for the day.

No I know that if you eat to few calories you will not lose but I am hoping this is not the case. I really enjoy keeping track of my calories throughout the day. It’s more entertaining than counting points. For Dinner I had two Arby’s regular roast beef’s at 310 calories a piece. For breakfast I had a bowl of cereal and for lunch I had a chicken salad sandwich.

I got that after workout metabolism going and feel really good! BTW: I am down 2 lbs since yesterday and 4 lbs total this week after starting a calorie restriction diet.

Of course I was hoping for a big loss. I am always hoping for a big loss but I will take the .2 lbs. I’ve been watching my calories pretty close and have stayed right around my 2000-2200 goal for each day. I really enjoy the way that the FitDay software allows me to see different stats. Finally there is a way to see how I am losing by how many calories I consume per day.

I have set my short term goal to be at 262 lbs by the end of the month. But of course you know that I am hoping for more. It’s almost 8 pm and I will try and not eat anything until tomorrow morning. That is a rule that I am trying to follow. No food after 7 pm. I didn’t exercise today but I plan to get on the elliptical machine bright and early in the morning.

Weight: 268.8 lbs

I couldn’t hardly sleep last night. I got up and took a quick shower and put on my gym clothes. I gathered my work clothes and put them in my gym bag and headed out.

I got to the gym at 5 am but they don’t open until 5:15 am so I sat and listened to the radio for a few minutes. When the gym opened it was amazing to see so many people at that time of the morning. I finally found out where all the skinny people go. Me and another person were probably the only 2 over weight. Almost all of the women had beach bodies except for a few that I actually thought were too skinny.

I completed my workout on the elliptical machine in 30 minutes which burned approximately 220 calories. I forgot to mention that I had one and a half bowls of Special K before I left for the gym. That was 330 calories plus 80 calories for the milk for approximately 410 calories. So I was able to work off about half of my morning breakfast.

After work I entered more information into my FitDay software and now I can accurately see when I am heading into trouble and when I am on target. As of right this moment at 8 pm I have eaten 1,764 calories for the day. My goal is to eat 2,276 or less per day to achieve my weight loss. That is based upon me cutting back 1025 calories per day. If you remember that 500 calories more or less per day equals 1 pound per week. Therefore I should lose 2 pounds every week if I stick with this plan.

Weight: 269 lbs