Morning Weight (unofficial): 230 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 28.9%

Meals

Breakfast
Honey Nut Cheerios (350 calories)
Water

Lunch
Cheese/Tomato Sauce on Wrap (370 calories)

Snacks
Two Mozzarella Cheese Sticks (120 calories)
Orange (50 calories)

Dinner
Pizza (1500 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2390 calories

Exercise
Off-day

Thoughts and Impressions
Had come home late, and parents had ordered in pizza, so that was all that was for dinner. Don't really feel too bad about it since I barely had any calories up to that point, but they were bad calories.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 229 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 25.6%

Meals

Breakfast
Honey Nut Cheerios (500 calories)

Lunch
Leftover Catered Food (1000 calories)

Snacks
Strawberry-Banana Protein Shake (350 calories)
Six almonds (50 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Strawberries (100 calories)

Dinner
Salmon (350 calories)
Pita Bread (75 calories)
Cucumber (16 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2466 calories

Exercise
10 minutes shooting hoops
Strength training
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
Just a note. Though my recorded weight is 229. I won't make any calls (in terms of goals, or short term goals, or "finally under X" until the five-day moving average shows it, which for the "finally under 230", would occur tomorrow if I am under 230 tomorrow.

For lunch, it was leftover catered food which consisted of chicken, three shrimp, and these beef asparagus things. I honestly didn't know how it was prepared, so I am overestimating my calorie count (which I try to do anyways).

Added yogurt to my shake, so thats why the calorie count is higher.

In terms of exercise, I bumped up a few of the weights, and I felt like I did when I first started, so thats good. It also means I'm not getting weaker. Also, in terms of the elliptical, I still had the same time of session that I had on Sunday, even though I felt worn out. Also, I notice that when I do slow down, I'm still going at a high pace, even higher than the highest I've gotten when I started. I uncover the heart rate, just so I can manage my pace based on that.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 228.5 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 26%

Meals

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean (200 calories)
Six Almonds (50 calories)
Strawberry Greek Yogurt (150 calories)

Lunch
Open Faced Turkey Sandwich (242 calories)

Snacks
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)


Dinner
3 slices of pizza (1500 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2167 calories

Exercise
20 minutes shooting hoops
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
Okay, now I can make the call that I am under 230 lbs . Hopefully, I won't ever see that number on a scale again (well, paired with that body fat%).

I really like logging my calories, as I try to be reactive in terms of what I eat. So, for example, today I know I had a lot of calories to spare, so I could afford to have one more slice of pizza.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 228.5 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 25.7%

Meals

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean (210 calories)
Fage yogurt (60 calories)

Lunch
Chimichanga (350 calories)

Snacks
Strawberry-Banana Protein Shake (350 calories)
Six almonds (50 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Ice Cream (600 calories)

Dinner
Salmon (340 calories)
Crab Cakes (120 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2105 calories

Exercise
Off-Day

Thoughts and Impressions
None today

Morning Weight (unofficial): 229 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 24.7%

Meals

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean (210 calories)
Strawberry Greek Yogurt (170 calories)

Lunch
Chimichanga (350 calories)

Snacks
Strawberry-Banana Protein Shake (350 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)

Dinner
Subway (1160 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2265 calories

Exercise
10 minutes stationary bike
Strength Training
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
Scale was very weird this morning. I kept getting readings of 229.5 or 230.5, and I got 230.5 a few times, and I knew that couldn't be realistic. So, I just waited 15 minutes and did it again, and got readings of 230 or 229, with 229 being more common. I'm feeling extra motivated today because of the high reading. I also do feel like I'm seeing a pattern on the scale, of like 2-3 days big losses, and then 3-4 days of moderate gains or staying the same. The five-day average is slowly creeping down though.

Was in the mood for Mexican, and wanted to make a homemade burrito, but didn't have the supplies, so just made a chimichanga instead.

The courts were full for basketball, so I just did 10 minutes on the stationary bike instead.

Pounds lost: 1 (from 230-229)

However, by the moving average, it is two pounds (from 231-229).

Morning Weight (unofficial): 228.5 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 28.3%

Meals

Breakfast
Fiber One Cereal (180 calories)
Multigrain Cheerios (110 calories)

Lunch
Open-Faced Turkey Sandwich (230 calories)

Snacks
Orange (50 calories)
String Cheese (120 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Ice Cream (600 calories)

Dinner
Chimichanga (350 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 1665 calories

Exercise
Off-Day

Thoughts and Impressions
Tried two of those sample-sized boxes of cereal for breakfast today.

Barely had any calories today. Needed to eat ice cream just to get to some reasonable level.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 228 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 25.4%

Meals

Breakfast
Pancakes (700 calories)

Lunch
Chimichanga (350 calories)

Snacks
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Carrot Bread (200 calories)

Dinner
Chili (550 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 1825 calories

Exercise
20 minutes shooting hoops
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
Tried something new on the elliptical. I calculated my resting heart rate, and noticed it was lower than I thought. Therefore I was getting my heart rate a tad bit higher than I should have been. So, I decided to go with a range of 160-170, and go all out until I got to 170, and then slow down until I got back down to 160, and go all out again. Kind of like interval training. I noticed I didn't exert as much effort, but went further, so I think it was a lot more efficient than what I did earlier. It also makes the elliptical more fun.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 229 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 26.2%

Meals

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean (200 calories)

Lunch
Open-Faced Turkey Sandwich (250 calories)

Snacks
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Strawberry-Banana Protein Shake (275 calories)
Ice Cream (600 calories)

Dinner
Cucumber (16 calories)
Chicken Wrap*2 (650 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2016 calories

Exercise
Off-Day

Thoughts and Impressions
None

Morning Weight (unofficial): 227 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 25.3%

Meals

Breakfast
Raisin Bran (400 calories)

Lunch
Chimichanga (350 calories)

Snacks
Strawberry-Banana Protein Shake (350 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)
Muffin (700 calories)
Dinner
Chicken Salad and Bread (980 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2805 calories

Exercise
10 minutes shooting hoops
Strength Training
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
What's really interesting is that I lost two pounds overnight. I know alot of daily fluctuation is water retention, so I then looked up that a liter of water weighs 1 kg, or 2.2 lbs (which I know we learned back in HS chem, haha), so since I'm drinking 3-4 liters a day in water (along w/ whatever water I get from food), thats putting on about 6.5-9 lbs of water, so I'm sure not all of that clears out of the system. So, I don't know, maybe all the water weight from the last week (in which I was fluctuating between 228-229 lbs), finally dropped to reveal a more true weight.

That's also what I've noticed on my graph over the past few weeks. I've had my losses in about 4 big drops that occur over 2-3 days (or in this case, 1), but I go steady for the other part of the week. It's kind of interesting. This also motivates me to keep doing what I'm doing. Also, I'm right on track of where I wanted to be at this point, so that's motivating as well.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 227.5 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 25.3%

Meals

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean (140 calories)
Fruit (70 calories)
Fage Yogurt (60 calories)

Lunch
Pizza (500 calories)
Turkey Wrap (156 calories)

Snacks
Bread (380 calories)
Two Fish Oil Capsules (25 calories)

Dinner
Chicken (240 calories)
Rice (150 calories)
Crab Cakes (120 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 1841 calories

Exercise
20 minutes shooting hoops
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
None, since entry was posted late

Morning Weight (unofficial): 227.5 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 24.7%

Meals

Breakfast
Raisin Bran (400 calories)

Lunch
Subway (1170 calories)

Snacks
Ice Cream/Cookies (600 calories)

Dinner
Pot Stickers (364 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2534 calories

Exercise
Off-Day

Thoughts and Impressions
Went to old HS and met an old teacher. The class was having a party, and we had ice cream and cookies (a class tradition). I couldn't resist, but limited my portions. I did refuse the soda though.

Subway is causing some problems. I always get a footlong, but what I should do is just eat six inches now and save the rest for later.

I was travelling this weekend (searching for apartments), so no exercise and bad food. However, the damage has been limited (only put on a pound, if that). Monday, I'm back on the wagon, and will be back on track in terms of exercising on Tuesday.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 228 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 23.5%

Meals

Breakfast
Raisin Bran (400 calories)

Lunch
Chimichanga (350 calories)

Snacks
Orange (50 calories)
Pita Bread and Hummus (250 calories)
Ice Cream (650 calories)

Dinner
Bread (200 calories)
Chicken (400 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2300 calories

Exercise
Off-Day

Thoughts and Impressions
Three day "diet/exercise vacation" is over. Not too much damage done, thankfully. I need to make sure I go extra hard and keep my goals in mind. I've made considerable progress so far, and I really want to continue it and make sure it all doesn't go to waste.

Morning Weight (unofficial): 227.5 lbs
Morning Body Fat % (unofficial): 24.1%

Meals

Breakfast
Toast (150 calories)
Fried Eggs (200 calories)

Lunch
Chimichanga (350 calories)

Snacks
Two fish oil capsules (25 calories)
Ice Cream (700 calories)

Dinner
Crab cakes (120 calories)
Chicken wraps (480 calories)

Total Calorie Count- 2025 calories

Exercise
10 minutes shooting hoops
Strength training
30 minutes elliptical

Thoughts and Impressions
Felt good finally exercising again