I have been on Atkin’s diet since the beginning of May. When I work, I consistently eat the same things: McDonalds breakfast = two orders of scrambled eggs and a large diet coke; lunch = a bowl of veggies with Mandarin chicken from Panda Express; Dinner = Some meat I cook at home i.g. hamburger patties or chicken wings. When I go out to eat It is easy to get meat and substitute veggies or a salad for the bad things they always want to add to your meat order. On the weekends I usually go off the diet but try to eat smartly. You can see the little “weekend spikes” in the chart. Below are the results.
I feel good. It is nice going back through old clothes that I haven’t worn in years.
July 10, 2008 at 8:06 pm |
Congratulations, Bill! That is excellent. I think I finally lost my first few pounds since I started working out again 3 1/2 weeks ago. I’m starting to feel better though, so that is nice. I had thought about trying Atkins, but my family has a long history of heart disease and cholesterol issues (both led to my grandfather’s early death), so I’ve always avoided it. My food choices have been somewhat similar though: I have an egg on an english muffin (preferably 100 percent whole wheat) every morning plus a bowl of multi-grain Cheerios and a 20oz. glass of water. For lunch, I eat leftovers from the night before or a PB&J on multigrain bread, a 12oz. can of Cherry Coke Zero (soon to switch to unsweetened, home-brewed iced tea though) and a handful of potato chips. I try to snack on veggies when we get them in our CSA box. For dinner, we make something at home. I hardly ever eat out anymore, and I’ve cut out much of my junk food intake as well. And now I’m riding my bike an average of six miles daily plus hitting the gym to lift weights at least one hour weekly. I hope to get back to 205, what I weighed when I moved to Oregon in March 2000, by the end of the year. And by taking the weight off slowly, I’m hopeful that it will be easier to keep off.
July 11, 2008 at 7:52 am |
Aaron,
That sounds like a great plan.
If you ever want to try Atkin’s, you might be interested in the following article:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2002-11-18-adkins_x.htm
July 14, 2008 at 12:56 pm |
Congratulations!! I’m happy for you. I hope everything else is going well. Andrew and I are going to the Shakespeare festival this weekend, I’m so excited.
August 12, 2008 at 12:10 pm |
Down to 211…diet progressing well.