Day fourteen was yesterday and it was nice to lose weight over the first 7 days. I was a bit worried switching from Atkins on day 7 to Body for Life on day 8 but it worked out. I am down 7.5 pounds total to 222.5 from 230 when I started and lost 1.5 pounds for the 2nd week. Not bad as I know the Atkins Diet acts as a dieuretic so there was a lost of water weight lost as opposed to fat. I have been extremely pleased with the body for life / eating for life plan and that is what I will focus on in the blog / article entry. Don't forget to check out my previous entries on my weight loss blog.
Exercise - Days 8 through 14 I got in all 3 workouts for this week. Worked out on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Total workout time was about 3 hours. Each day I increased my recumbent bike resistance. I am now up to 3 and will keep that for a bit then go up to 4. In my last workout I did a little High Intensity Interval Training into my bike exercise routine. I did 60 seconds at maximum speed then slowed it back down to 60 revolutions per minute which is my normal fat burning workout level. The perfect pushup bars I have continue to rock me. They are extremely hard but I do find it getting easier. So much better then a regular pushup. Their calendar recommends 3 pyramid sets (I do 8,6,4,2 reps) but I am only doing one set as my muscles are so fatigued lifting my big fat butt up!  I exaggerate on that as I am only 222.5 now down from 230.
Diet - Days 8 through 14As I have already mentioned body for life is my weight loss plan and I have been very please. Here are some typical days of eatting. Meals are listed as the 6 meals I had from earliest to latest. They tend to be around 7am, 9:30am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 6:00pm and 8:30pm - Example Day 1: Nutrition Shake & Coffee, 1 Fried Egg & 2 Slices Wheat Toast, Egg Noodles and Duck (Thai Food), Apple and 1 Slice Beef Jerky, Turkey Goulash, and last was Low-Fat String Cheese & NoFat Rasberry Yogurt
Example Day 2: Nutrition Shake & Coffee, 1 Scrambled Egg, Turkey Goulash Leftovers & Yogurt, Apple & Low-Fat String Cheese - Example Day 3: Nutrition Shake, Yoplait No Fat Yogurt, Chipolte Carnitas Salad (lettuce, beans, carnitas pork, double order of salsa and a tiny bit of cheese), 10-12oz Filet Mignon Steak & Baked Potatoe (butter buds for flavor), Yogurt
I had originally planned to write down all of my meals for all seven days but that didn't happen. But you can see from three days I did record everything I ate what a typical eating day was like for me. Looking Forward Days 15 through 21I really am looking forward to week 3 and I need to mention my energy. I feel more energetic. I don't know if its being 7-8 lbs lighter or the fact I am eating healthier or that I am now exercising fairly regular. My hunch is it is a bit of all three and I know each week it will be a little bit harder to lose more weight but I really want to get down to 200 and would love to be in the 190's by July 1st, which just happens to be my birthday and what I consider the start of summer! As always if you enjoy this entry or any other article on this site (there are a lot, please browse the main menus for them) to please social bookmark them in your favorite network(s). Don't forget to check out my previous weight loss blog entries.
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