Day 5

Good. That is how i would describe my fifth day with this new lifestyle. I have been now doing this for five days and i feel completely fine with it. I'm not having any real cravings and am not attracted to the old things as much. I would say one of the biggest things that is different is the night eating. Besides the fact that I'm not eating any sugar or anything bad for me. Late night eating was always there. i would come home from the bars/party and stuff my face until i passed out. Even when i didn't go out, i always had a meal at like 1am. Not doing that anymore will def. take sometime getting used to. but i have already seen i can do it.

Breakfast: 1 pouched egg on whole wheat, apple, and some peanuts, with water.

Once again after breakfast i went on the road to run a few things, and since i knew i was going to be out, i packed a baggy of peanuts and an apple for a "lunch" snack.

Dinner: 1 Turkey Burger, apple, and water.

All in all, it was a good day. i did have a few snacks here and there. always healthy, nothing bad for me. either apple, banana, or peanuts and always water. Tomorrow is Halloween, so i know I'm going to have a drink or two, but i know that Sunday i will be back on it and work it off.

THEN TO SLEEP....TOMORROW STARTS ANOTHER DAY

Day 4

OK, so day four was a good one. i feel like it was a start to a newer straighter path for health and fitness. After all the info that both Noah and Mike provided me with the day prior. i feel like i put some of those pieces into my day today. I ate four times today, all small, but healthy portions. It def was a good day.

Breakfast: 1 pouched egg, apple, 100% cranberry juice, handful of peanuts.

Lunch: Turkey with cheddar(half sandwich) on whole wheat, apple, peanuts and water.

I ended up skipping dinner but ate two small snacks. did not have time for dinner was running around so i had 2 apples and peanuts, and water, and juice. I know thats not alot, but it was something to keep me going. For the next few weeks, I'm going to try and stay away from most sugars. which means no juices, etc. This will be a test indeed. Ill keep you all posted. For now I'm going to do some light weights and then drink some tea and relax.

THEN TO SLEEP.....TOMORROW STARTS ANOTHER DAY

Day 3

Starting day three was good. I woke up early and got started on my day early which was nice. I knew that waking up early on a day that i did not have work and was rainy out would lead me to feel tired and sleepy, so i tried my best to stay away. Although i did take a 20Min's cat nap in the afternoon.

Breakfast: Honey Nut Cheerios and Banana

After breakfast, and good friends stopped by, Noah. We sat down and talked health and fitness for roughly 1 hours which was nice, and it was good to hear all the info that he had to give to me. After he had left, he wrote me down a email with an outline of what foods are good and what are not. Also saying that i should eat every 2.5-3 hours small portion meals. This will be helpful. For example, no more honey nut cheerios...to much sugar. So i had a banana as a snack for the in between meal.

Dinner: Turkey on Whole Wheat with Cheddar(half) and Water.

Here is the part i hate to write. When i got home my mother had made dinner for me, because i had not let her know that i had eaten already. If anyone has been there before, if you come home after you mom worked all day and then made dinner for you....YOU EAT IT. But knowing that i had eaten like almost 2 hours before i figured i would eat a small portion, which it definitely was. (one scoop of chicken and cream, and one scoop of rice). But it made her happy, that it until i told her i can't eat what she cooks anymore haha. Huge argument ensued and oh well. So tonight i shall watch the Yankee game, perhaps some light workout.

Tomorrows goal: Wake up eat breakfast, go for a walk,eat lunch,perhaps golf, Dinner.

THEN TO BED....TOMORROW STARTS ANOTHER DAY.

Day 2

Well day two started off just perfect. Woke up relatively early, and in good spirits. I would have to say that it was not early enough for me to eat breakfast, so i just waited about 1 hour and made myself some lunch. but since i wanted breakfast, i make breakfast for lunch.

Lunch: 1 slice of french toast and a banana and bottle of water. Calories:254

After lunch i actually felt good, i think it was the first time in a long time that i didn't eat 3 or 4 slices of french toast. I feel like i can get used to this small portion eating and lower calories. Some people say to eat like a small snack in between meals, i guess i can try that. So for dinner it was a fast one, i did not feel like cooking, and i was not in a good mood. so i took the left overs from last night.

Dinner: 2 little pieces of pork, and a count of 13 tortilla chips and water. Calories: Approx 600

Total Calorie Count for the Day: Approx 854

All in all, it was a good day. again i did not do any work out yet, with the day being rainy, and cold it was not suitable to go out. I'm going to attempt some arm,shoulder and back tonight with my bowflex dumbbells just to get the blood pumping.

On this post i have included a photo taken tonight of myself. I will take one photo a week.

THEN TO BED....TOMORROW STARTS ANOTHER DAY

Day 1

Well today was a day of high spirits and a sense of a new start. I had a problem going to sleep last night, so when i finally got to sleep at 5am, i kinda slept in this morning. I ended up getting started at about 11am. Going to try for a earlier start tomorrow. As far as food goes. Well i woke up to late for breakfast so i had lunch as my first meal.

Lunch: Honey Nut Cheerios w/Banana.

And then after lunch i went out for a bit. Well that bit ended up turning til about 8:45pm. so i had ended up having a late dinner. I hear from a lot of people that a person isn't supposed to eat after 8pm. But i felt that if i didn't eat then my body would sense it was hungry and i know bad things can happen then.

Dinner: 3 little cuts of pork, and Lettuce.

Not a big dinner, but it was something that will fill my stomach and at least hold me off till tomorrow morning. I did not do any workout's today or tonight, mainly because my foot is still hurting from the gout attack. should be close to 100% tomorrow, and hope to at least go for a nice long walk or perhaps a light jog. I'm not going to go hard, I'm going to pace myself. i felt like in the past when i pushed myself to hard to soon, i got burnt out and fell off the wagon.

Well I'm pretty happy about my day. minus the waking up late. but hope an early start tomorrow and a good day will ensue.

The Mission

Starting Monday October 26, 2009. I will embark on a journey that i have taken many times before, but this time i hope to go the full distance and then some. For those who know me, I'm a big guy and even in high school when i wasn't that big i was still considered "big". Starting Monday, i plan on going down the road of diet and exercise, and getting stronger both mentally and physically. This is not going to be easy and i know that, like i said "i have been down this road before", but i feel with the help of family and friends. i truly believe i can make this happen, and i know that either way I'm going to take something good out of this.

Right now my weight is 360. My goal right now is to get to 280lbs, and i think that is a fair goal. As far as i can remember in 12Th grade i was 230lbs, and I'm a little taller and older now so adding 50lbs to that is reasonable. If and when i reach that goal, who knows i may want to go further and most likely will. This is not going to be a short term thing, this will be a life changing journey for me, one that I'm glad to bring in much needed support and advice from my friends and family. I will be updating my blog very often with day-to-day journal entries and photo blog updates. I'm going to fully open up my life to all of you and trust in you. Through this process we will be able to track my progress and see change as it happens. I will be leaving to live in Annapolis, Maryland for the month of November, i will be on my own and with full access to a gym and slightly warmer weather i will be able to get a healthy start.

I want to thank all of you before i get started. And for those in the past that have helped(you know who you are) thank you. Lets begin.