Day One Food

I have been tired all day today due to returning from California yesterday after sitting in the car for nearly 12 hours with 3 little kids, fun stuff.

I made the cardinal sin and didn't eat breakfast. I had a lunch around 11:30, I chose to eat at Extreme Pita, great food. Chose the club over cheese steak due to lower calories.

I had a large Pita, but definitely would have been satisfied with the normal size. I also had "baked" chips and diet Pepsi.

Extreme Club Pita w/ lettuce, olives, onions, cheese & light ranch. 542 Calories
Chips - 170 calories

Lunch Total - 712 Calories. Way too high, but considering I didn't eat breakfast, I'm ok with that. Next time I will order a small and skip chips, that will save me 290 calories, making it the perfect size meal.

I didn't eat between lunch and dinner. For dinner I had 2 pieces of Roast Beef, no larger than my fist combined, a 1/4 of a baked potato and watermelon. I don't know that Calorie count, but I know it was low. They had fresh baked chocolate chip cookies, my favorite, and I didn't even have one.

I'm proud of my first day, except I didn't get any exercise in, but I didn't go back for 2nds, nor did I have the cookies that looked really good.

The Beginning

My daily goals are quite simple. This isn't a fad diet, I'm not trying anything new, nor am I doing weight loss pills. To the opposite extreme, I'm not trying to eat only "healthy food." The key to this change is strictly better choices and portion control.

I will weigh in every Friday starting on 6/12/09, and will give new measurements every month starting on 7/1/09. All weigh-ins will be first thing in the morning to achieve consistency. I will exercise 6 days a week.

Starting weight: 273.5 lbs
Belly:
Chest (man boobs):
Thighs:
Arms: