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[Gord0n]

BEWARE. LONG POST.

I have finished the second week of my diet. The first week I lost a lot of water weight, and was expecting it to go fast, but the second week, I am still loosing about 1 lb a day. According to my calculations I should be loosing about 3lb a week.
I am now 262lb
30 years old
6ft1inch tall
How many calories should I be eating in a day, I have a sitdown job, and am not very active (accept the 3days I spend 30min cardio and 30min heavy weights)

Below I have a complete listing of everything I have eaten, with the date in bold, and the final daily calorie total in bold. There is also a breakdown in my individual servings and what I am eating.

Why am i loosing this fast, and is this too fast to be healthy??




Amount Calories
2/8/2008
11:51 AM Breakfast My Food, Safeway Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (1can) 1 serving 168
My Food, 60% whole wheat bread (2 slices) 1 serving 170
Fish, salmon, pink, canned, drained solids with bone 120 g 163
Total
Date Time Items
501
12:35 PM Snack Snacks, popcorn, unpopped kernels ¼ cup 222
My Food, Parkay Margarine
1 serving 60
282
12:49 PM Snack My Food, Yoplait Source Little Yogurt 1 serving 35
Total
Total
35
1:33 PM Lunch Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw 2 cups 66
My Food, Kraft Creamy Caesar Dressing 2 servings 100
Total
166
7:41 PM Dinner Potatoes, white, flesh and skin, raw 3 cups 490
Onions, raw
1 cup 95
Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, drained solids 120 g 139
Soy sauce, made from hydrolyzed vegetable protein 5 g 2
Soy sauce, made from soy and wheat (shoyu) 5 g 3
Soy sauce, made from soy and wheat (shoyu) 5 g 3
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VidaOne Diet & Fitness - Gordon All Meals - This month
2/21/2008
Date Time Items
Amount Calories
Total
732
Daily Total
1716



2/9/2008
11:41 AM Lunch My Food, Mr Noodles
673
12:13 PM Other... Coffee, brewed from grounds, prepared with tap water 1½ cups 4
Milk, reduced fat, fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin A 1 oz 14
Total
1 serving 380
My Food, No Name Small Peas Frozen ½ cup 64
Fish, tuna, light, canned in water, drained solids 120 g 139
My Food, Crackers Saltines Premium Plus 1 serving 90
Total
18
1:06 PM Breakfast My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 serving 260
260
7:16 PM Snack My Food, Puriton Irish Stew Canned (1/2 can) 1 serving 345
Fish, salmon, pink, canned, without salt, solids with bone and liquid 180 g 250
Mustard, prepared, yellow
Total
785
9:26 PM Snack My Food, Yoplait Source Little Yogurt 1 serving 35
2 tbp 20
My Food, 60% whole wheat bread (2 slices) 1 serving 170
Total
Apples, raw, with skin
1 cup 123
Total
158
Daily Total
1894



2/10/2008
8:12 AM Breakfast My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 cup 260
260
8:23 AM Lunch My Food, Yoplait Source Little Yogurt 1 serving 35
Apples, raw, with skin
Total
1 cup 123
Egg, white, raw, fresh
4 servings 69
Total
227
4:12 PM Snack My Food, Thinsations
1 serving 100
100
6:28 PM Dinner Chicken, roasting, dark meat, meat only, cooked, roasted 1 cup 421
My Food, Bean Sprout
Total
1 serving 134
Potatoes, white, flesh and skin, raw 1 cup 163
Onions, raw
1 cup 95
My Food, soya sauce china lily
3 servings 30
843
7:31 PM Snack Gelatin desserts, KRAFT, JELL-O Brand Sugar Free Low Calorie Gelatin Snacks Strawberry, with aspartame and acesulfame potassium sweetener, ready-to-eat 1 cup 19
Total
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VidaOne Diet & Fitness - Gordon All Meals - This month
2/21/2008
Date Time Items
Amount Calories
19
9:14 PM Snack Snacks, popcorn, unpopped kernels ¼ cup 222
Margarine, regular, tub, composite, 80% fat, with salt 2 tsp 72
Total
Total
294
Daily Total
1743



2/11/2008
6:15 AM Breakfast My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 serving 260
Total
260
6:16 AM Lunch Egg, white, raw, fresh
2 servings 34
Celery, raw
1 cup 38
Cucumber, with peel, raw
1 cup 35
My Food, Low Fat Ceasear
1 serving 30
Total
137
12:03 PM Snack Apples, raw, with skin
158
2:28 PM Snack My Food, Puriton Irish Stew Canned (1/2 can) 1 serving 345
Total
1 cup 123
My Food, Yoplait Source Little Yogurt 1 serving 35
Total
345
7:24 PM Snack
Ice creams, vanilla
140 g 281
281
7:28 PM Snack Eggplant, cooked, boiled, drained, with salt 125 g 44
Cheese, cheddar
Total
1 oz 114
158
7:30 PM Snack Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw 2 cups 66
Cucumber, with peel, raw
Total
½ cup 18
Onions, raw
¼ cup 24
Celery, raw
½ cup 19
2 tbp 60
Chicken, stewing, dark meat, meat only, raw ½ cup 186
Garlic, raw
My Food, Low Fat Ceasear
30 g 45
Total
418
Daily Total
1757



2/12/2008
12:32 PM Breakfast My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 serving 260
Total
260
12:36 PM Lunch MORI-NU, Tofu, silken, firm
150 g 93
My Food, soya sauce china lily
3 tbp 30
½ serving 67
Soup, beef broth or bouillon canned, ready-to-serve 2½ cups 41
Carrots, raw
My Food, Bean Sprout
½ cup 49
Onions, raw
½ cup 47
Celery, raw
½ cup 19
Sauce, worcestershire
1 tbp 10
Total
356
6:19 PM Snack My Food, popcorn disk
6 servings 120
Celery, raw
1 cup 38
Total
158
6:47 PM Snack Eggplant, raw
3 cups 170
Margarine, regular, stick, composite, 80% fat, with salt 2 tsp 71
Fish, monkfish, raw
160 g 122
Celery, raw
1 cup 38
Cucumber, with peel, raw
1 cup 35
3 tbp 90
Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw 2 cups 66
Onions, raw
My Food, Low Fat Ceasear
½ cup 47
My Food, Shrimp ring
1 serving 70
Total
709
9:48 PM Snack Celery, raw
2 cups 76
Total
76
Daily Total
1559



2/13/2008
8:53 AM Breakfast My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 serving 260
260
8:53 AM Lunch Tea, brewed, prepared with tap water 1 cup 2
Total
Total
2
8:58 AM Lunch Cucumber, with peel, raw
1 cup 35
½ serving 67
My Food, Catalina Kraft Dressing 1 serving 40
Veggie burgers, unprepared
My Food, Bean Sprout
2 servings 248
Bread, whole-wheat, commercially prepared 3 servings 207
Pickles, cucumber, dill or kosher dill 1 cup 28
My Food, PC whipped dressing mayo 2 servings 60
Total
685
5:23 PM Snack Apples, raw, with skin
¾ cup 92
My Food, Yoplait Source Little Yogurt ¾ cup 62
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Celery, raw
1½ cups 57
Total
211
5:24 PM Dinner My Food, Bean Sprout
1 serving 134
Soup, chicken broth, canned, less/reduced sodium 3 cups 50
Celery, raw
1 cup 38
Carrots, raw
1 cup 97
Mushrooms, white, raw
1 cup 52
Onions, raw
1 cup 95
466
9:18 PM Snack Tomatoes, red, ripe, canned, stewed 3 cups 185
Total
Total
185
Daily Total
1809



2/14/2008
12:42 PM Breakfast My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 serving 260
260
12:43 PM Lunch Tomatoes, red, ripe, canned, stewed 796 g 207
Mushrooms, canned, drained solids 1 cup 59
Spices, poultry seasoning
Total
1 tbp 46
Egg, white, raw, fresh
4 servings 69
My Food, 60% whole wheat bread (2 slices) 1 serving 170
Cucumber, peeled, raw
½ cup 14
My Food, PC whipped dressing mayo 1 tbp 30
Apples, raw, with skin
753
7:04 PM Dinner Soybeans, mature seeds, sprouted, raw 4 servings 171
Fish, monkfish, raw
1 cup 123
My Food, Yoplait Source Little Yogurt 1 serving 35
Total
160 g 122
Eggplant, raw
1 cup 57
1 cup 38
My Food, Gord Salad Cucumber Celery 1 serving 137
My Food, Parkay Margarine
Celery, raw
1 tbp 90
Total
615
Daily Total
1628



2/15/2008
11:09 AM Lunch Egg, white, raw, fresh
1½ cups 185
Peppers, sweet, green, raw
½ cup 24
1 cup 95
Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, raw 1½ cups 390
Total
Onions, raw
694
12:19 PM Breakfast My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 serving 260
Total
260
1:06 PM Snack Celery, raw
2 cups 76
Cucumber, peeled, raw
1 cup 28
Total
104
7:25 PM Snack Cucumber, with peel, raw
2 cups 71
Cucumber, with peel, raw
2 cups 71
My Food, Low Fat Ceasear
3 tbp 90
Mushrooms, white, raw
½ cup 26
Total
258
10:09 PM Snack My Food, popcorn disk
12 servings 240
Total
240
Daily Total
1556



2/16/2008
11:34 AM Breakfast My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 serving 260
Total
260
11:34 AM Snack Cucumber, with peel, raw
1½ cups 53
My Food, Yoplait Source Little Yogurt 1 serving 35
Apples, raw, with skin
¾ cup 92
Total
180
11:38 AM Lunch Veggie burgers, unprepared
2 servings 248
Bread, whole-wheat, commercially prepared 3 servings 207
Pickles, cucumber, dill or kosher dill 1 cup 28
My Food, PC whipped dressing mayo 2 servings 60
Egg, white, raw, fresh
4 servings 69
Total
612
11:39 AM Snack Carrots, raw
½ cup 49
Celery, raw
1 cup 38
Cucumber, with peel, raw
1 cup 35
122
7:18 PM Snack Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw 2 cups 76
Onions, raw
Total
2 cups 189
Mushrooms, white, raw
2 cups 104
1 serving 134
Soup, chicken broth, low sodium, canned 1 cup 38
Total
My Food, Bean Sprout
541
Daily Total
1715



2/17/2008
7:47 PM Snack My Food, popcorn disk
12 servings 240
Total
240
8:03 PM Snack My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 serving 260
260
8:04 PM Lunch My Food, Gord Salad Cucumber Celery 2 servings 274
Total
Total
274
8:06 PM Dinner Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, raw ½ cup 130
Squash, winter, butternut, cooked, baked, without salt 2 cups 189
Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw 2 cups 66
Tomatoes, red, ripe, raw, year round average 1 cup 43
Onions, raw
½ cup 47
My Food, Catalina Kraft Dressing 2 tbp 80
Total
555
Daily Total
1329



2/18/2008
11:17 AM Breakfast My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 serving 260
Total
260
11:17 AM Lunch Egg, white, raw, fresh
4 servings 69
bOnions, raw
½ cup 47
½ cup 28
Tomatoes, red, ripe, canned, stewed 786 g 204
Total
Eggplant, raw
348
1:59 PM Snack My Food, Yoplait Source Little Yogurt 2 servings 70
Total
70
2:00 PM Snack Celery, raw
1 cup 38
Cucumber, with peel, raw
2 cups 71
Carrots, baby, raw
1 cup 83
Total
192
6:51 PM Dinner Fish, monkfish, raw
160 g 122
Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw 1 cup 38
My Food, Bean Sprout
1 serving 134
1 cup 38
Soup, beef broth or bouillon canned, ready-to-serve 1 cup 17
Broccoli, flower clusters, raw
Celery, raw
1 cup 66
1 cup 52
Pickles, cucumber, dill or kosher dill ¾ cup 21
Olives, pickled, canned or bottled, green 1 serving 145
Mushrooms, white, raw
Total
633
8:34 PM Snack My Food, popcorn disk
6 servings 120
Total
120
Daily Total
1623



2/19/2008
10:28 AM Snack My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 serving 260
260
11:53 AM Lunch My Food, 60% whole wheat bread (2 slices) 1 serving 170
My Food, 60% whole wheat bread (2 slices) 1 serving 170
Egg, white, raw, fresh
Total
4 servings 69
Pickles, cucumber, dill or kosher dill 1 cup 28
Cucumber, with peel, raw
1 cup 35
My Food, PC whipped dressing mayo 2 servings 60
Total
532
10:44 PM Supplements Veggie burgers, unprepared
1 serving 124
Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched ½ serving 228
Salad dressing, caesar dressing, regular 4 tbp 317
Pickle relish, sweet
1 tbp 20
Lettuce, cos or romaine, raw
2 cups 80
Potatoes, french fried, steak fries, salt added in processing, frozen, oven-heated 100 g 152
Total
921
Daily Total
1713



2/20/2008
10:51 AM Snack My Food, Slimfast Optima
1 serving 260
Apple juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, without added ascorbic acid 1 cup 111
Total
371
6:57 PM Lunch My Food, Bean Sprout
1 serving 134
Celery, raw
1½ cups 57
Broccoli, flower clusters, raw
1 cup 66
Bread, pita, white, unenriched
1 serving 165
Cheese, cheddar
0.1 cup 95
¼ serving 4
Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw 2 cups 66
Total
Onions, raw
587
7:00 PM Dinner Cucumber, with peel, raw
2½ cups 89
Mushrooms, white, raw
3 cups 156
Eggplant, raw
1½ cups 85
1 cup 95
Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw 1 cup 38
Onions, raw
Sauce, KRAFT Barbecue Sauce Original 3 tbp 52
Total
515
Daily Total
1473



2/21/2008
10:58 AM Snack My Food, Yoplait Source Little Yogurt 1 serving 35
Bananas, raw
Daily Total
1 cup 211
Total
246
10:59 AM Lunch My Food, Bean Sprout
1 serving 134
My Food, soya sauce china lily
2 tbp 20
Broccoli, flower clusters, raw
1 tbp 4
Broccoli, flower clusters, raw
1 cup 66
Eggplant, raw
1 cup 57
Mushrooms, white, raw
1 cup 52
1 cup 35
Squash, summer, zucchini, includes skin, raw 1 cup 38
Carrots, baby, raw
Cucumber, with peel, raw
1 cup 83
Total
489
2:19 PM Snack Oranges, raw, Florida
1 cup 109
Total
109
7:00 PM Dinner
Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, raw 1 cup 260
Lettuce, iceberg (includes crisphead types), raw 5 cups 166
My Food, Low Fat Ceasear
4 tbp 120
My Food, Cheese marble
1 serving 130
Total
676
Popcorn disks 150
Daily Total
1670

[Steve]

You're average caloric intake here is 1656. Call it 1650.

You weigh 262 lbs.

Let's suppose your maintenance is something like 3100 calories at your size and activity factor.

That's a daily deficit of 1450 calories.

There are 3500 calories in a pound of fat. So you're losing almost a half a pound of fat per day.

This coupled with water/glycogen/waste flux and you're seeing what you're seeing. Are you weighing at the same time each day?

[William Wallace]

I agree Steve. I have seen people lose a lot of water weight when they first started their new eating plans. Give yourself a few weeks and likely the weight loss pace will slow down.

[Gord0n]

Sounds good, yes I am weighing myself the same time each time.
And I was at 260 today. (that last weighin was the day before i posted) so this is 2 more pounds in two more days.

Every time i weigh myself, its after my morning slimfast, I drive a short part of my shift (im a driver) get in my shorts, use the facilities and weigh in before workout.

Great, im going to up my calorie intake by 200 calories/day anyway. And when the loss slows down, I will drop it again. Im not wanting to lose fast, I want this to take enough time for me to be set fully in my new eating habbits, before I hit my goal.

[MikeB]

I would up that 200 calories a day with protein that's another 50g which will help your body maintain your LBM. I'm also curious as to what your exercise routine is.

[Gord0n]

The routine is pretty lax actually.

30mins of cardio which alternates between
jogging (5kmph)
Walking at a 12% incline at apx 3.2kmph
Stair machine on a interval preset.
I do one cardio for teh whole half hour, but alternate on different workouts

The freeweights/universal are just low rep higher weights, and alternate between muscle groups
arms/shoulders
Back/waist
legs/butt

Im really just trying to maintain LBM, for my loosing phase. And burn some more calories to help my intake/burn ratio.

[Obesity Discussion]

Originally Posted by Gord0n

The routine is pretty lax actually.

30mins of cardio which alternates between
jogging (5kmph)
Walking at a 12% incline at apx 3.2kmph
Stair machine on a interval preset.
I do one cardio for teh whole half hour, but alternate on different workouts

The freeweights/universal are just low rep higher weights, and alternate between muscle groups
arms/shoulders
Back/waist
legs/butt

Im really just trying to maintain LBM, for my loosing phase. And burn some more calories to help my intake/burn ratio.

You're going about things the right way. Keep it up!

[dj191]

I don't know what is wrong with you, but I hope it's catching by reading your blog.