A Weak Day This Weekend To End The First Week

I have been quite sick for the last couple of days. At first this was great news for the diet. I didn't want to eat. I had strep throat. I slept all day and couldn't swallow. Last time I checked I was down 10 pounds in 6 days, but I should have gotten on the scale today because I fear tomorrow will be a gain.

I woke up feeling better. Good thing too as we had an important event to attend and I didn't want to miss it. The kind of event where food would be everywhere. What I didn't realize was that by feeling better I would get my desire to eat back and there was nothing good to be found, not that I spent much time looking. I ate today what I would have had before this project.

On the way to Orillia I had cream in my coffee. We then stopped at a bakery where everything looked good. I bought $19 worth of crap including a loaf of cheese bread fresh from the oven WITH A SIDE OF A POUND OF BUTTER. That was a mistake :) I also purchased a tray of 4 sausage rolls, 2 cheese danish and 3 apple turnovers. I was grateful that my stomach had shrunk but what I couldn't eat on the way I finished an hour ago. At the party I had some great food including beer and a big piece of cake. I enjoyed another coffee with cream on the way home.

Tomorrow morning I will not be hungover but I will surely feel sick when I step on the scale.

Good morning. Really. Good Morning. 2.5 pounds yesterday. I am definitely eating less, but I am not starving myself. Instead of 3 sandwiches I am having 2. And those sandwiches don't have butter and mayo anymore. Simple.

And I have been reading calories. Not counting them but reading them. Did you know Ruffles Sour Cream and Onion chips have 270 calories in only 20 chips? My usual snack is hundreds of chips. Not anymore.

So anyway, I have to make lunches without stealing snacks but before I go...7.5 pounds in 5 days. Yay.

Skipped a Day But Haven't Missed A Beet

Skipped a Day But Haven't Missed A Beet. It sounded funny but the truth is, I will always miss the beets. I hate them.

A quick update. Yesterday I forgot to weigh myself in the morning (see how interested in this project I am?) but I did climb on the scale around 1 after a nice big meal of Red Curry Chicken at the local Thai restaurant. 258. So I guess officially I lost a half pound yesterday and this morning I had lost another. A pound a day will do it. So in 4 days of this effort I am down 6.5 pounds.

I will try to be better today.

I have found this low-fat desert called Cravings or something. It is a chocolaty macaroon thing that I seem to enjoy. It has 90 calories. he only reason I am mentioning it is because I am craving one now.

Does anyone know if Sauerkraut is good for a diet. It seems like a big bowl of cabbage would be good for me but I think I may be tricking myself. Well I guess it is better than a Big Mac either way. Let me know. Thanks.

A Trip To McDonalds

Uh oh. McDonalds? Really? How can I resist the temptation? We were searching some homes tonight and thought a quick trip to McDonalds so the kids could fall asleep in the car might be a good idea. I did steal some fries, but I ordered some Spicy Thai salad or something. It wasn't all bad either. This was one victory today.

Other victories include no cream, no ice cream at the Dairy Store, no donuts, some yogurt. I was really very good today. I had a small serving of cabbage crap for lunch that was pretty good and I will probably eat there again.

The reason today seemed easier? 258.5 on the scale this morning. 2 days in and I am down 5 pounds. 45 to go.

Day 2 Weigh in and Today's Personal Wins

I woke up hungry. In fact, that is how I remembered to walk over to the scale to see if my efforts yesterday would be rewarded. The last time I used a scale 2 days in a row was when I was living in Whistler. When I saw the number I thought it must be a mistake so I reset the scale and stepped onto it again. The number looking back up at me was a respectable 260.5 lbs. 3 pounds in one day. It was a good thing, too. If I had not lost anything today would have been impossible. Even with this positive feedback I still 'cheated' a couple of times.

I swung by a coffee shop and went inside where I order my coffee with milk instead of cream. Then we visited the Pickering Flea Market where Alex convinced me that eating a deep-fried, batter coated apple was actually okay because I need fruits in my diet. So I had two. When we got home I had to make Ethan some lunch so we made "Pigs in a Blanket" which is a hotdog wrapped in a Pillsbury Croissant roll. We made 8. I stole 2. While they were cooking I ate a tbsp of peanut butter from the spoon, had 2 spoons of cottage cheese and I am sure I am forgetting something else.

I had a couple of small victories today though. We finished the first batch of soup and I immediately made another. I enjoyed 2.5 extra large coffees instead of the usual 6 or 7 and they were all made with milk and when making Kraft Dinner for Ethan tonight I stole a mouthful of that delicious pseudo-pasta but as I did not finish the rest of the pot I still consider this a victory. I also consumed 2 litres of water.

I am excited to stand on the scale again in the morning but after realizing that this is only the end of day 2 of 50 I am wondering if I can keep this up for 7 more weeks. Only time will tell.

1st day recap

Today went fairly well. I woke up hungry and craving coffee but only satisfied my desire for caffeine. I made a big pot of basic tomato soup containing only tomatoes, onion and mushrooms. I am going to eat as much of this soup as I want for the first week. It wasn't bad but needed salt. Then the slipping began.

As I mentioned before today is my wife's birthday and good friends were visiting with their children for two meals. The first was barbecue. I cooked up hot dogs, hamburgers and sausages. On a normal day I would have had at least one of each. I did cheat a little and are one sausage but tore off most of the bread on the bun. For dinner we ordered Chinese so I drank another cup of my soup before the food arrived. I think this decision made my Chinese decision easier. I ended up eating 2 chicken balls and 2 chicken wings.

I also had 2 diet Ginger Ales and 3 bottles of water. So all in all it was not a bad day. Normally I would be eating my fourth meal of the day now. I almost always eat 3 sandwiches or a big bowl of cereal before bed. Not tonight. Weigh in in the morning. Good night.

First Official Weigh-in Complete

I would like to begin todays post by wishing my wife a Happy Birthday.

It is May 1st, 2010. I woke up this morning craving food, more specifically, I was craving an extra large double-double from Tim Horton's and then I imagined driving next door to Burger King to order two egg and cheese croissant-wiches. I do this often and for the first time I see how lazy I have become. A drive through is just an extension of the road I am already travelling on. Getting out of my car to get food and coffee has become a foreign idea to me.

Remembering this silly quest I have undertaken after getting fully dressed, I stripped down to reveal my body so I could climb onto the scale. Before doing so I looked in the mirror. I look pretty good. The few people I have mentioned this idea to have all commented that I don't need to lose 50 pounds. I carry my weight well. Maybe I can shrink this experiment to 30 pounds in 30 days, or even 10 pounds in 10 days but that would defeat the purpose. So I look down and the number is revealed to me. 263.5 pounds (119.5 kilos). Wish me luck. I am hungry.

A Little Background About My Large Backside

Tomorrow, May 1st, is my wife's birthday and it is the beginning of my attempt at losing 50 lbs in 50 days. I have no plan, no previous knowledge of weight-loss and no idea what to expect. I haven't exercised in years, I don't own shoes other than flip-flops and dress shoes and I have not considered what is currently in my fridge. I have set myself up perfectly for failure.

When I met my wife 17 years ago I was 6 feet 3 inces tall and weighed 185 lbs. I am still 6'3" but my weight is now 263ish. I will know more precisely when I weigh myself in tomorrow morning.

So wish me luck and let's see how it goes.