Where to start? Well, I guess the present will do... On March 18, 2010: I am overweight and I want this to change. I'm about 5'7", and my starting weight was 215 lbs (a US size 14/16). I used to be fairly active, although I've struggled with my weight all my life. In the past year, I've gained 30 pounds due to inactivity, poor nutrition, and emotional eating after I quit smoking. On quitting smoking: I quit cold-turkey after reading Allan Carr's book, entitled "The Easy Way to Quit Smoking". I can't recommend this book enough. As far as I'm concerned, this book saved my life. Some hot women that inspire me: http://www.fighterdiet.com/ http://www.stumptuous.com/ Diet advice? I love this article from the forums: http://www.livestrong.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=30481 When I make my goal, I will reward myself with: A surfing vacation! --- For many of us, the journey to our healthy weight may be a year or longer, and it's so easy to lose focus in that amount of time. I think the members of this group who have set up multiple short-term goals on the way to their final goal weight may be doing the right thing to stay motivated.... so as of now, I'm setting my next short term goal: SW: 215 -- CW: 201.2 -- GW: 140 1st Short term goal: 185 And when I get there, I will reward myself with $300 of new clothes. :)
Food, Diet and Fitness Diary
| May 29th, 2012 |
| 2,065 0 0 0 |
| Member cricket416 hasn't tracked anything for May 29th, 2012 yet. |
| April 21st, 2010 |
| 1,547 622 0 622 |
| Food Item | Servings | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Rogers 5 Grain Granola - Raisin | 0.56 | 212 | 6g | 0mg | 0mg | 37g | 6g | 4g | 5g |
| Astro Balkan Style Plain Yogurt | 1.00 | 100 | 7g | 20mg | 60mg | 7g | 3g | 0g | 4g |
| Banana, extra small | 1.00 | 60 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 19g | 10g | 2g | 1g |
| Leanfit Vanilla Whey Protein Shake | 1.00 | 120 | 2g | 70mg | 110mg | 2g | 1g | 0g | 25g |
| Milk 2% | 1.00 | 130 | 3g | 20mg | 120mg | 12g | 12g | 0g | 9g |
| Totals | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein | |
| 622 | 18g | 110mg | 291mg | 77g | 32g | 7g | 44g | ||
| April 20th, 2010 |
| 1,552 1,784 332 1,452 |
| Food Item | Servings | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogers Rogers 5 Grain Granola - Raisin | 0.50 | 190 | 5g | 0mg | 0mg | 33g | 6g | 4g | 5g |
| Astro Original All Natural Balkan Style Yogurt | 1.00 | 100 | 7g | 20mg | 60mg | 7g | 3g | 0g | 0g |
| Banana, extra small | 1.00 | 60 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 19g | 10g | 2g | 1g |
| Coffee | 1.00 | 2 | 0g | 0mg | 5mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g |
| Milk 2% | 0.06 | 8 | 0g | 1mg | 7mg | 1g | 1g | 0g | 1g |
| Leanfit Vanilla Whey Protein Shake | 1.00 | 120 | 2g | 70mg | 110mg | 2g | 1g | 0g | 25g |
| Apple | 1.00 | 65 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 17g | 13g | 3g | 0g |
| Milk 2% | 1.00 | 130 | 3g | 20mg | 120mg | 12g | 12g | 0g | 9g |
| Larabar Key Lime Pie | 1.00 | 200 | 10g | 0mg | 0mg | 31g | 24g | 4g | 4g |
| The Daily Plate Generic Calorie | 500.00 | 500 | 0g | 0mg | 0mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g |
| Turkey Sandwich With Cheese | 1.00 | 410 | 13g | 0mg | 0mg | 30g | 0g | 5g | 13g |
| Fitness | Minutes | Cals Burned | |||||||
| Weight lifting: vigorous (free weights, nautilus, universal) | 20.0 | -241.0 | |||||||
| Rowing - stationary, very vigorous | 5.0 | -91.0 | |||||||
| Totals | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein | |
| 1,452 | 41g | 111mg | 304mg | 152g | 70g | 18g | 58g | ||
| April 19th, 2010 |
| 1,552 1,497 0 1,497 |
| Food Item | Servings | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee | 1.00 | 2 | 0g | 0mg | 5mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g |
| Milk 2% | 0.06 | 8 | 0g | 1mg | 7mg | 1g | 1g | 0g | 1g |
| Banana, extra small | 1.00 | 60 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 19g | 10g | 2g | 1g |
| Rogers Rogers 5 Grain Granola - Raisin | 0.50 | 190 | 5g | 0mg | 0mg | 33g | 6g | 4g | 5g |
| Astro Balkan Style Plain Yogurt | 1.00 | 100 | 7g | 20mg | 60mg | 7g | 3g | 0g | 4g |
| protein smoothie 4 | 1.00 | 271 | 6g | 43mg | 86mg | 42g | 31g | 5g | 19g |
| protein smoothie 4 | 1.00 | 271 | 6g | 43mg | 86mg | 42g | 31g | 5g | 19g |
| Babybel Mini Babybel Light | 2.00 | 100 | 6g | 30mg | 320mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 12g |
| Cucumber | 1.00 | 8 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 2g | 1g | 0g | 0g |
| Baby Carrots, Raw | 1.00 | 35 | 0g | 0mg | 65mg | 8g | 5g | 2g | 1g |
| Grape Tomatoes | 1.00 | 25 | 0g | 0mg | 0mg | 6g | 3g | 1g | 1g |
| Good Seasons Italian Dressing | 0.50 | 65 | 7g | 0mg | 170mg | 1g | 1g | 0g | 0g |
| pork bone soup | 0.10 | 13 | 0g | 3mg | 35mg | 1g | 0g | 0g | 1g |
| Sunsweet Dried Apricots | 1.00 | 100 | 0g | 0mg | 25mg | 23g | 18g | 3g | 1g |
| Leanfit Whey Protein Vanilla | 1.00 | 120 | 2g | 70mg | 110mg | 2g | 1g | 0g | 25g |
| Milk 2% | 1.00 | 130 | 3g | 20mg | 120mg | 12g | 12g | 0g | 9g |
| Totals | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein | |
| 1,497 | 42g | 230mg | 1,091mg | 198g | 122g | 23g | 100g | ||
| April 18th, 2010 |
| 1,560 1,059 0 1,059 |
| Food Item | Servings | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banana, medium | 0.50 | 53 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 14g | 7g | 2g | 1g |
| Oat Bran, Cooked | 1.00 | 88 | 2g | 0mg | 2mg | 25g | 0g | 6g | 7g |
| Pure Canadian Maple Syrup | 1.00 | 50 | 0g | 0mg | 2mg | 14g | 0g | 0g | 0g |
| Plain Steamed White Rice | 1.00 | 184 | 0g | 0mg | 0mg | 21g | 0g | 0g | 2g |
| Oat Bran, Cooked | 1.00 | 88 | 2g | 0mg | 2mg | 25g | 0g | 6g | 7g |
| Pure Canadian Maple Syrup | 1.00 | 50 | 0g | 0mg | 2mg | 14g | 0g | 0g | 0g |
| Banana, extra small | 1.00 | 60 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 19g | 10g | 2g | 1g |
| Fish Congee | 1.00 | 211 | 3g | 22mg | 1,347mg | 32g | 0g | 0g | 14g |
| CP Shrimp Wonton Soup With Noodles | 1.00 | 275 | 5g | 60mg | 1,990mg | 44g | 1g | 3g | 14g |
| Totals | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein | |
| 1,059 | 12g | 82mg | 3,347mg | 209g | 19g | 18g | 46g | ||
| April 17th, 2010 |
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| 1,560 1,323 0 1,323 |
| Food Item | Servings | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danone Silhouette 0+ Strawberry Yogurt | 1.00 | 40 | 0g | 0mg | 50mg | 7g | 5g | 0g | 3g |
| Banana, medium | 1.00 | 105 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 27g | 14g | 3g | 1g |
| Turkey Meatballs | 1.00 | 100 | 4g | 0mg | 0mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 12g |
| Mahatma Jasmine Rice | 0.50 | 75 | 0g | 0mg | 0mg | 18g | 0g | 0g | 2g |
| Canada Dry Ginger Ale | 0.67 | 83 | 0g | 0mg | 17mg | 22g | 21g | 0g | 0g |
| Dole Pineapple Juice | 4.00 | 440 | 0g | 0mg | 0mg | 104g | 88g | 0g | 4g |
| Freybe European Wieners In Natural Lamb Casing | 2.00 | 380 | 32g | 80mg | 1,280mg | 2g | 0g | 0g | 20g |
| Salad | 1.00 | 100 | 0g | 0mg | 0mg | 0g | 0g | 3g | 0g |
| Totals | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein | |
| 1,323 | 36g | 80mg | 1,349mg | 180g | 129g | 6g | 42g | ||
| April 16th, 2010 |
| 1,560 1,698 243 1,455 |
| Food Item | Servings | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astro Balkan Style Plain Yogurt | 1.20 | 120 | 8g | 24mg | 72mg | 8g | 4g | 0g | 5g |
| Kashi Go Lean Crunch! | 1.04 | 198 | 3g | 0mg | 104mg | 38g | 14g | 8g | 10g |
| Banana, extra small | 1.00 | 60 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 19g | 10g | 2g | 1g |
| Leanfit Vanilla Whey Protein Shake | 1.00 | 120 | 2g | 70mg | 110mg | 2g | 1g | 0g | 25g |
| Grape Tomatoes | 1.00 | 25 | 0g | 0mg | 0mg | 6g | 3g | 1g | 1g |
| pork bone soup | 1.00 | 125 | 3g | 28mg | 351mg | 11g | 0g | 3g | 13g |
| Asian Beef Stir Fry | 1.00 | 303 | 4g | 0mg | 0mg | 38g | 0g | 0g | 26g |
| Gay Lea Nordica 2% Cottage Cheese | 1.00 | 100 | 2g | 15mg | 410mg | 6g | 4g | 0g | 14g |
| Lindt Mini Gold Bunny & Easter Multi Pack | 1.00 | 160 | 11g | 5mg | 15mg | 14g | 11g | 0g | 1g |
| Leanfit Vanilla Whey Protein Shake | 1.00 | 120 | 2g | 70mg | 110mg | 2g | 1g | 0g | 25g |
| fish head soup | 1.00 | 232 | 7g | 2mg | 557mg | 30g | 4g | 16g | 23g |
| Baby Carrots, Raw | 1.00 | 35 | 0g | 0mg | 65mg | 8g | 5g | 2g | 1g |
| Sunsweet Dried Apricots | 1.00 | 100 | 0g | 0mg | 25mg | 23g | 18g | 3g | 1g |
| Fitness | Minutes | Cals Burned | |||||||
| Weight lifting: vigorous (free weights, nautilus, universal) | 20.0 | -243.0 | |||||||
| Totals | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein | |
| 1,455 | 43g | 214mg | 1,819mg | 206g | 75g | 36g | 147g | ||
| April 15th, 2010 |
| 1,573 1,478 0 1,478 |
| Food Item | Servings | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kashi Go Lean Crunch! | 1.00 | 190 | 3g | 0mg | 100mg | 37g | 13g | 8g | 10g |
| Astro Balkan Style Plain Yogurt | 1.20 | 120 | 8g | 24mg | 72mg | 8g | 4g | 0g | 5g |
| Banana, medium | 1.00 | 105 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 27g | 14g | 3g | 1g |
| Cucumber | 1.00 | 8 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 2g | 1g | 0g | 0g |
| Grape Tomatoes | 1.00 | 25 | 0g | 0mg | 0mg | 6g | 3g | 1g | 1g |
| Babybel Mini Babybel Light | 2.00 | 100 | 6g | 30mg | 320mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 12g |
| Coffee | 1.00 | 2 | 0g | 0mg | 5mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g |
| Coffee | 1.00 | 2 | 0g | 0mg | 5mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g |
| Milk 2% | 0.06 | 8 | 0g | 1mg | 7mg | 1g | 1g | 0g | 1g |
| Milk 2% | 0.06 | 8 | 0g | 1mg | 7mg | 1g | 1g | 0g | 1g |
| Bigelow Green Tea | 1.00 | 0 | 0g | 0mg | 0mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g |
| Milk 2% | 1.00 | 130 | 3g | 20mg | 120mg | 12g | 12g | 0g | 9g |
| Leanfit Vanilla Whey Protein Shake | 1.00 | 120 | 2g | 70mg | 110mg | 2g | 1g | 0g | 25g |
| Wasa Fibre Rye Crispbread | 1.00 | 100 | 3g | 0mg | 160mg | 22g | 1g | 7g | 4g |
| Cracker Barrel (Kraft) Cracker Barrel Old Cheddar Light | 1.00 | 90 | 6g | 25mg | 210mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 8g |
| Chicken and butternut squash | 1.00 | 300 | 14g | 89mg | 941mg | 20g | 4g | 3g | 25g |
| brown rice | 1.00 | 170 | 2g | 0mg | 0mg | 22g | 0g | 2g | 3g |
| Totals | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein | |
| 1,478 | 48g | 260mg | 2,059mg | 160g | 54g | 24g | 104g | ||
| April 14th, 2010 |
| 1,573 1,661 0 1,661 |
| Food Item | Servings | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| protein smoothie 4 | 1.00 | 271 | 6g | 43mg | 86mg | 42g | 31g | 5g | 19g |
| Au Bon Pain Chicken Caesar Wrap | 1.00 | 590 | 22g | 80mg | 850mg | 67g | 4g | 3g | 31g |
| The Daily Plate Generic Calorie | 800.00 | 800 | 0g | 0mg | 0mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g |
| Totals | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein | |
| 1,661 | 28g | 123mg | 936mg | 109g | 35g | 8g | 50g | ||
| April 13th, 2010 |
| 1,573 2,274 510 1,764 |
| Food Item | Servings | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kashi Go Lean Crunch! | 1.00 | 230 | 3g | 0mg | 110mg | 40g | 15g | 9g | 10g |
| Milk 2% | 0.71 | 92 | 2g | 14mg | 85mg | 9g | 9g | 0g | 6g |
| Coffee | 1.00 | 2 | 0g | 0mg | 5mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 0g |
| Taki Edamame | 1.00 | 90 | 5g | 0mg | 0mg | 3g | 2g | 8g | 9g |
| Ready Pac Baby Spinach | 1.00 | 20 | 0g | 0mg | 65mg | 3g | 0g | 2g | 2g |
| Dole Roma Tomato | 1.33 | 53 | 1g | 0mg | 20mg | 12g | 7g | 3g | 3g |
| Blue Cheese | 0.60 | 60 | 5g | 13mg | 237mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 4g |
| Cucumber | 1.00 | 8 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 2g | 1g | 0g | 0g |
| egg | 0.70 | 49 | 4g | 130mg | 49mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 4g |
| Gay Lea Nordica 2% Cottage Cheese | 1.00 | 100 | 2g | 15mg | 410mg | 6g | 4g | 0g | 14g |
| Homemade Balsamic Vinegarette | 1.00 | 143 | 14g | 0mg | 523mg | 1g | 1g | 0g | 0g |
| protein smoothie 4 | 3.00 | 813 | 17g | 129mg | 258mg | 125g | 93g | 16g | 57g |
| Gardetto's Special Request Roasted Garlic Rye Chips | 1.00 | 160 | 10g | 0mg | 330mg | 16g | 1g | 1g | 2g |
| Leanfit Whey Protein Vanilla | 1.00 | 120 | 2g | 70mg | 110mg | 2g | 1g | 0g | 25g |
| Babybel Mini Babybel Light | 1.00 | 50 | 3g | 15mg | 160mg | 0g | 0g | 0g | 6g |
| Freybe European Wieners In Natural Lamb Casing | 1.00 | 190 | 16g | 40mg | 640mg | 1g | 0g | 0g | 10g |
| Taki Edamame | 0.50 | 45 | 3g | 0mg | 0mg | 2g | 1g | 4g | 5g |
| Baby Spinach | 1.00 | 15 | 0g | 0mg | 50mg | 2g | 0g | 0g | 2g |
| Cucumber | 1.00 | 8 | 0g | 0mg | 1mg | 2g | 1g | 0g | 0g |
| Grape Tomatoes | 1.00 | 25 | 0g | 0mg | 0mg | 6g | 3g | 1g | 1g |
| Fitness | Minutes | Cals Burned | |||||||
| Weight lifting: vigorous (free weights, nautilus, universal) | 30.0 | -367.0 | |||||||
| Rowing, stationary: moderate, 100 watts | 10.0 | -143.0 | |||||||
| Totals | Cals | Fat | Cholest | Sodium | Carbs | Sugars | Fiber | Protein | |
| 1,764 | 86g | 425mg | 3,054mg | 231g | 138g | 44g | 161g | ||