Week 23, Day 7: The Wagon & Homestead

So...it's been some time! I messed up the title and said it was week 27 when it was only week 23 now the link to this post is going to be all funny!

We bought a new house and in all the confusion we fell off the wagon!

I had my first weigh in in about 2 months yesterday and I gained back 16lbs. Now this made me only a little sad considering that I had lost about 50lbs before falling off the wagon. As of this post I have been back on the plan for just over 2 weeks and lost at least 3lbs already!

The new house has stairs that our apartment didn't have so that's some extra exercise I'm getting while trying real hard to get home renovations done. Turns out I'm not a plumber!

All in all I'm back in a good place after getting the fast food and chocolate cravings/binges out of the way for the last 2 months. Eating out also does a real number on your budget!

I have decided to make the plan as easy as I can even though I know this may cause a plateau by eating the same meals everyday. All my meals are as balanced (1/3 carbs, 1/3 protein, 1/3 healthy fats) as I can make to help prevent cravings. Each snack is about 300 calories and each meal is only about 400-500 calories for about 1,800 to 2,000 calories per day. With my BMR at about 2950 right now 2,000 calories should allow me to lose about a pound each day! Also, I'm taking the vitamins supplied by the program...everyone should at least take a multi-vitamin everyday. My new basic menu is as follows:

Breakfast 6:30am:
Protein Shake - 1-3 scoops protein powder, 1 teaspoon flax oil, 1/2 cup soy or almond milk, 4-8 ice cubes & 1/3 cup frozen berries or 1 tablespoon coco powder NOTE: You will not need as many ice cubes if you're using berries!

Morning Snack 9:30am:
1 medium apple, 2 ounces of cheese, 10 almonds

Lunch 12noon:
6-8 ounces of protein normally skinless chicken breast, 1-2 cups frozen mixed veggies

Afternoon Snack 3pm:
1 medium apple, 2 ounces of cheese, 10 almond

Supper 6pm:
6-10 ounces of protein normally chicken, pork chops or steak, 1-2 cups fozen mixed veggies, 1-2 cups some other fresh veggies

Late Night Snack 8pm:
Protein Shake - 1-3 scoops protein powder, 1 teaspoon flax oil, 1/2 cup WATER, 4-8 ice cubes & 1-2 tablespoons coco powder. No soy or almond milk to reduce the carbs but still helps my chocolate cravings.

I will adjust my basic diet as need be to stimulate weight loss...this may even mean having a cheat day every few weeks to help reset my body.

And AND I will also try to hit my goal of 10,000 steps each day but I think this will be easy if I'm still doing renovations around the house!

-Ian

Week 12 Day 1: 100 Pound Detox

Since we have had trouble staying of program for the last few weeks we have been put on a special one week detox!

There is a new girl at the weight loss clinic that the company ships around to train staff. She also specializes in rapid weight loss! I'm very excited about this because she herself has lost 100 lbs!! It's nice to be getting info and advice from someone that has lost a lot of weight because you feel they understand you. If I have 150 lbs to lose and someone that has only lost 20 or 30 lbs is advising me I get in a mood...”Who are you to give me advice small fry!?!”

The excitement of being on the program has come back!

She has predicted about a 15 lbs loss for me and about 8 lbs loss for my wife in one week!

So what's the deal?

Well, first we had to spend MORE money to get extra supplements we don't have. Some to give us energy some to stimulate the thyroid and some to help clean the bowels.

Second, she cut our calories per day and gave us special meal plans. The meals are easy and good for on the go like chicken salad or smoothies. Our snacks are gone but we can still eat all the freedom food we want. Peppers, broccoli, asparagus, cucumbers, spinach and the other veggies low in natural sugars. If we are still hungry we're allowed to add a protein smoothie as a snack but I think we're trying to avoid that.

Third, she has recommended at least a 20 minute walk each day. We should lose a lot of weight without it but the loss should be very impressive with the walk each day.

Today was a first full day on detox and I'm already excited for our Wednesday appointment to see how much we lose!