Woah, I think you said that already somewhere and I forgot until you mentioned it again. Congrats!!

Morning Weight (unofficial): 232 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 28.7%

Meals

Breakfast
Omelette with Toast (630 calories)
Tea (25 calories)

Lunch
PBJ Sandwich (550 calories)
Granola Bar (100 calories)

Snacks
Granola Bar (100 calories)
Carrot Zucchini Cake (200 calories)
V8 (30 calories)

Dinner
Rice (100 calories)
Cucumber (8 calories)
Mango (20 calories)
Chicken (450 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2213 calories

Exercise
20 minutes shooting hoops
30 minutes on elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
I'm really liking the elliptical. I don't really feel winded, but my legs just kill after. I definately notice when I shoot hoops (I shoot for 10 min before as a warm-up to break a sweat and 10 min after to cool down). I have no legs during my second shootaround and I notice alot of my shots (the ones I miss at least) bounce off the front rim. I kinda felt like I did when the coaches ran us to death and then made us scrimmage to simulate a late game situation when fatigue sets in. I'm glad I found a cardio machine I like because I felt that was one of my obstacles.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 231.5 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 26.5%

Meals

Breakfast
Honey Nut Cheerios (330 calories)
Tea (25 calories)

Lunch
Chicken (450 calories)
French Bread (100 calories)
Water

Snacks
Carrot Zucchini Cake (200 calories)
Ice Cream (500 calories)
V8 (30 calories)

Dinner
Mango (20 calories)
Rice (100 calories)
Chicken (300 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2055 calories

Exercise
Off-Day

Thoughts and Impressions
Got my Honey Nut Cheerios!! No more unhealthy breakfasts. Still need to up my calorie count. Will be seeing the nutritionist tomorrow, and will be shopping this weekend. So hopefully my diet will improve. Need more veggies outside of the V8 serving.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 233 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 28.8%

Meals

Breakfast
Honey Nut Cheerios (330 calories)
Water

Lunch
Ham and Cheese Sandwich with Mustard (590 calories)
Granola Bar (100 calories)

Snacks
Two Granola Bars (200 calories)
Sushi (200 calories)
Carrot Zucchini Cake (100 calories)
Strawberries (50 calories)

Dinner
Chow Mein (250 calories)
Chinese Chicken (600 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2420 calories

Exercise
10 minutes shooting hoops
30 minutes elliptical
Strength training

Thoughts and Impressions
Saw the nutritionist and went over my breakfasts and snacks, so those should start to improve. Ate way too much today, but exercise went well.

Pounds lost: 2 (from 235-233)

Interesting week. Good to have started and stayed on task with my exercising. Need to improve the diet though. I am happy with my progress this far, and really do hope to continue to develop good habits, and once that is done I really don't need to worry about the #'s.

Speaking about the #'s, I need to stop getting caught up in them. It's second nature for me (especially coming from a finance background), to model with Excel. So I have a few Excel sheets with all my #'s and dissecting them in different ways to show different things. I needa get away from that and to stop obsessing over #'s.

Another weekly goal is to eat more healthy.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 231.5 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 28.3%

Meals

Breakfast
Honey Nut Cheerios (330 calories)
Tea (25 calories)

Lunch
Leftover Chinese (850 calories)
Water

Snacks
Strawberries (50 calories)
Strawberry-Banana Protein Smoothie (275 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)

Dinner
Rice (100 calories)
Cucumber (8 calories)
Salmon (400 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2113 calories

Exercise
Off Day

Thoughts and Impressions
Went to the store today, so my breakfasts and snacks should start to improve.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 232 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 24.3%

Meals

Breakfast
Omelette with Toast (550 calories)
Tea (25 calories)

Lunch
Italian Mother's Day Lunch (1000-1500 calories)- Big lunch. Lots of calories. Can't tell for sure, but it might even be more . One time thing though.

Snacks
Strawberry-Banana Protein Smoothie (220 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Ice Cream (600 calories)

Dinner
Rice (100 calories)
Chicken (300 calories)
Cucumber (8 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2828-3328 calories

Exercise
20 minutes shooting hoops
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
Weight hasn't changed since Wednesday (well it has, but it is in a symmetrical pattern). Not really thinking too much into it, as I just started. Also, I can't really pay too much attention to the Body Fat %, the scale did some weird things today. What's good is that the five-day moving average normalizes it.

Huge eating day, especially with Mother's Day. This should be a one time thing. Also, as you can tell, I have a sweet tooth for ice cream.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 231 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 27.5%

Meals

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean Cereal (420 calories)
Strawberries (50 calories)
Water

Lunch
Salmon Sandwich (390 calories)
Chili (150 calories)

Snacks
Half a muffin (350 calories)
Orange (50 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Pita Bread and Hummus (100 calories)

Dinner
Subway (1835 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 3370 calories

Exercise
Off-Day

Thoughts and Impressions
Interesting the way things work. I lose weight even after my big eating day yesterday.

Tried Kashi Go Lean. Did not really like it at all. Seemed kind of bland, even after I added the strawberries. I think I'll need to eat less of it and add more fruits and sides.

Lots of dumb unreasonable calories today. Muffin shouldn't have happened, and Subway should only be a 6" from now on. I like that I write this stuff down now. It lays everything out for me and allows me to make changes on the fly. Being at home has a large variety of food, stuff that I never get at college (such as the muffin), and alot of times its within easy reach. I got to make sure I'm not tempted.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 231.5 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 27.7%

Meals

Breakfast
Organic Raisin Bran (600 calories)
Water

Lunch
Ham and Cheese Sandwich with Mustard (590 calories)
Water

Snacks
Strawberry-Banana Protein Smoothie (275 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Half a muffin (300 calories)

Dinner
Chicken Wrap (400 calories)
Sushi (200 calories)
Cucumber (16 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2406 calories

Exercise
10 minutes shooting hoops
Strength Training
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
Gained half a pound today, which was expected after my eating the past few days. However, what's good is that my Five-Day Moving Average keeps slowly creeping down, meaning I'm losing weight even when daily fluctuations are normalized.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 231.5 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 26.0%

Meals

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean (140 calories)
Fage Yogurt (60 calories)
Six almonds (50 calories)
Orange (50 calories)
Water

Lunch
Carrots (25 calories)
Chicken (400 calories)
Mashed potatoes (250 calories)

Snacks
Orange (50 calories)
Strawberry-Banana Protein Smoothie (275 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Ice Cream (550 calories)

Dinner
Rice (150 calories)
Chicken (500 calories)
Cucumber (8 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2533 calories

Exercise
20 minutes shooting hoops
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
For breakfast I had one of the combos the nutritionist recommended. It was really filling, and made the Kashi Go Lean much more bearable.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 231 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 26.6%

Meals

Breakfast
Organic Raisin Bran (600 calories)
Water

Lunch
Salmon/Turkey Sandwich (590 calories)

Snacks
Two Mozzarella Cheese Sticks (120 calories)
Orange (50 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Ice Cream (550 calories)

Dinner
Rice (100 calories)
Chicken (350 calories)
Cucumber (8 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2393 calories

Exercise
Off-day

Thoughts and Impressions
Nothing too special going on today.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 230 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 25.4%

Meals

Breakfast
Honey Nut Cheerios (250 calories)
Water

Lunch
Carrots (25 calories)
Two Flour Tortillas with Tomato Sauce and Cheese (390 calories)

Snacks
Strawberry-Banana Protein Shake with Peanut Butter (330 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Ice Cream (550 calories)

Dinner
Four Trader Joe's Seafood Crab Cakes (120 calories)
Pasta (400 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2090 calories

Exercise
10 minutes shooting hoops
Strength Training
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
Well, I definately understand the whole scale watchers mentality thing now. The first time I stepped on I was at 229/24.6%, and I was thinking "no way I lost two pounds", especially after being consistently in the 231-232 range for the week. Then I stepped on it again and got 230/25.4%, and stepped on it a few more times and kept getting 230. Oh well, it was good seeing something under 230 on the scale for the first time in six months, even if it wasn't real . Shouldn't be too long until I'm there officially.

What's really motivating are the five-day moving averages. Weight, Body Fat, and Fat Lbs are all on a downward trend, and Lean Mass is staying the same, which is what I want.

Added peanut butter to the shake because the nutritionist said I should add some to add fat to make it a well-rounded drink. However, she also said I could add almonds on the side, which I think I will do from now on, since it affected the taste too much.

Pounds lost: 3 (from 233-230)

I feel the pounds lost is deceptive. The 233 from last week is should have been lower (231.5 is what is was the day before and after). That's why I like to weigh myself everyday. The five-day moving average decreased by 1.5 lbs this week.

I think the exercise has been going well. This week I have increased the intensity, and for some reason I have been running faster after it. I feel like I really exerted myself after the elliptical now. It really shows on days when I shoot hoops before and after. I feel my shooting percentage drops drastically, and I can feel that in my second shooting session I feel like I'm using all arms on the shot.

Diet has been improving. The first part of the week through me off. My breakfasts have improved, so have the snacks except for the muffins and ice cream. Good progress.

Goal for the week is to improve diet even further and to keep between 2000-2500 calories.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 230 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 26.9%

Meals

Breakfast
Honey Nut Cheerios (350 calories)
Water

Lunch
Chili (640 calories)
Water

Snacks
Mango-Banana Smoothie (150 calories)
Granola Bar (100 calories)

Dinner
Chicken Burger (500 calories)
Pizza (1500 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 3240 calories

Exercise
Off-day

Thoughts and Impressions
Went to a baseball game in a suite. Friends offered me food and I didn't turn it down, so the big dinner. Big exception (like the Mother's Day).

Morning Weight (unofficial): 231 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 26.8%

Meals

Breakfast
Honey Nut Cheerios (350 calories)
Water

Lunch
Cheese/Tomato Sauce on Wrap (200 calories)
Strawberries (50 calories)

Snacks
Strawberry-Banana Protein Shake with Yogurt (400 calories)
Ice Cream (600 calories)

Dinner
Pot Stickers (350 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 1950 calories

Exercise
5 minutes shooting hoops
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
Good news and bad news from exercising...

Bad news: The courts were being used for middle school leagues, so I could only shoot for a few minutes.

Good news: Went faster and harder than ever on the elliptical. Maybe because I had energy from not shooting hoops.