robtucker430's Journal

Weigh In: 327 (lowest yet!)

The good news is, when I weighed in today, I got a fantastic number for me. I reached a new low, and dropped 2 pounds from my current day. That should help a little bit, if I can keep it up for the next two days until my official weigh-in on Monday.

I'm noticing that counting calories really opens my eyes. I'm starting to get obsessed about it the way I am about writing blogs and working out. It's surprising to me how much I was 'assuming' wrongly when I wasn't doing this.

Today was a hands-on approach on how NOT to eat.

I only ate two meals today. It wasn't a matter of not wanting to, or doing it intentionally, but I ran out of the door to workout this morning around 9:30, and then I was running all day. We stopped in for breakfast, where I had egg whites w/ mushrooms and dry rye toast, so all was clear. I wasn't hungry, and didn't have time to eat until dinner time. I know.. cardinal sin #1 .. skipping meals.

So, went out to dinner tonight with my wife, and went to Sweet Lorraine's. Amazing place. The only problem is, I can't find their menus on any of the 'nutritional guide' sites, so I ate as healthy as possible (ok, I had a few small nibbles of cheesecake, but less than 3 ounces). I come home, and I do a recipe search for Pecan Crusted Chicken. Blew my mind that just the chicken alone was over 800 calories. I'm assuming that number, as I just found a similar recipe on a website for the same meal.. but I did the best I could.

Long story made short - I came in somewhere 'near' 2057 calories for the day. Chances are, it's higher than that, but I did my best to be generous when guessing the calorie content of dinner, so I'm thinking I did pretty well. Either way, if I am off, I can't be over 2500 I can't imagine.. so I did ok, the meal-skipping thing nonwithstanding.

So, another day in the books. Sunday's meals will be better spread out and flat out smarter. This whole calorie counting thing is pretty educational.

Until next time!

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Weigh In: 329

Yesterday started a new era in the whole Fourth and 79 chain. I started counting calories. Now, I'm not sure I can get to the root of why I hate doing this so much, but as I mentioned, I think it's got to do with how I connect it to my past failures.

But I found a great program to help me with this. Calorie-counter.com has a great function, similar to FitDay, but it also has a blog, forum, and a easier setup (at least to me). So, instead of just counting the minutes on the Elyptical, I'll be counting what I shovel down my throat.

In the first two days of doing this, I've noticed a few things. First off, I think I found one of my problems. I'm taking in way too many calories - more than I would have guessed when I was just 'eating right'. Those suckers add up, and they add up quick. Granted, this is something that any calorie counter can tell you in a moment's notice, but as a non-CC, it surprised me.

So, the last two days I've been trying to adjust to this Calorie Counting life. I have to retrain myself to eat enough, yet not too much, and to get those calories in healthy ways.

Yesterday, I consumed 2286 calories. Today, only 1760. That's kind of eye-opening, because now it's the other extreme. I ate plenty today, but because I'm calorie-paranoid now, I need to make sure I get somewhere in the middle of that.

So, a new chapter opens. And it includes counting these little calories. I'm hoping this may be a key to my weight issues I've been having in February. Only time will tell.

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Hey, just thought I'd break the seal on the Calorie-Count journal.

I've been blogging for 93 days (since November 22) and I've learned that the motivation I get from others is key for my success.   If you want to read my story, go to my other blog and catch up.

I'm thinking from now on, I'll post everything I do there, here.  Here's my life story in a nutshell.

Used to be skinny.
Got fat.
Lost 20.
Gained 25.
Lost 30.
Gained 35.
Lost 60.
Gained 75.

It's a struggle.  I'm turning 30 next month, and I've dropped 50 pounds, and sit at 329.  That means that at one point, I was 21 pounds away from 400 pounds.  That's just scary, and eye opening. 

My goal is to get down to 250.  Once I get there, I'll probably re-do a goal, but I'll worry about that later.

My blog is called "Fourth and 100", because I wanted to lose 100.  Once I lose a pound, the number decreases.  As of right now, my blog is Fourth and 80.

So, I'll be posting every day.  I would absolutely *LOVE* comments.. and if/when you do, I'll do my best to do the same for you.

Here's to us all being some slender sons-a-guns.


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