Jacob's Health Journal

Well it's another week. First, I must post that I've been a bit busy the last few days (this was supposed to be posted Friday) Never fear, I took photos and stayed with my exercise and food program (although I don't remember what I've eaten. I'll need to try to be a little more diligent in that respect.

Exercise:
Cardio: 40 min Eliptical
Weights: upper body

Well that week went by really fast! Just plugging along. A few of my co-workers have told me this week that they have noticed that I have lost a good amount of weight. That is always very inspiring to hear. I think I might change my weight lifting routine in a week or two, just because I've been doing the same thing the whole time.

Starting Weight: 218 Pounds
Current Weight: 209 Pounds
Exercise today:
Cardio: 40min eliptical
weights: upper body

Food Today:
Water - 68oz

Breakfast - 4:30 am ---> Organic apple
Snack - 9:00 am---> Organic apple & nuts
Snack - Leftover soup & a banana
Lunch - 1:30 pm ---->Annie's Black bean Encheladas (organic, gluten & dairy free)
Dinner - 6:30 pm ----> Pasta (peene rice noodles, organic pasta sauce)

Alright. So I've reach the one week mark! Hazza!! First off I have to say I am really proud of how far I've gone in a week. I can notice a difference when looking at some of the pictures side by side. I definitely feel a big difference.

So for the weigh in, looks like I lost about three pounds, which is astounding to me.

Starting Weight: 218 Pounds
Current Weight: 215 Pounds


So things that have changed through the week....

I am starting to try a diet based more on whole foods, so right now I am trying to remove white flour, processed foods and the like from my diet. I have plans to start the diet outlined in a book I recently read (UltraMetabolism) which is basically a whole food diet, but am kinda easing into it this week (their is talk of a party that includes hotwings with a friend of mine, that I may end up attending). I have been having some headaches as of late and some minor problems with hemorrhoids flaring up, so I have increased my water intake (I think I'll include how much I drink per day in my food listing) and also am taking some psylium husks to increase the amount of fiber I am taking per day. I hope to write a review of the book I just finished reading on here and post a more detailed description of my workout routine this week.


Exercise today:
Cardio: 40 min Recumbent bike
Weights: upper body

Food Today:
Water - 170oz

Breakfast - 4:15 am ---> Amaranth apple walnut hot cereal [Amaranth, Organic apple, organic unsweetened soy milk, organic walnuts]

Snack - 7:00 am---> Bit of leftover chili (less than 1/4 cup)

Snack - 9:00 am ----> Papaya and Nuts [almonds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds (1/4 cup toltal)]

Lunch - 1:00 pm --->Asian Bean salad [organic Tahini, snow peas, organic lemon juice, organic adzuki beans, organic baby spinach, bean sprouts]

Snack - 2:00 pm ----> organic dark chocolate (70%) small piece

Snack - 3:15 pm -----> Half an organic Avocado and organic lemmon juice

Dinner - 7:00pm -----> Pan seared Wild Caught salmon (small fillet ~4oz), Roasted organic Sweet potatoes [Seasonings: organic garlic and organic fresh picked Rosemary], Sauted green beans and bell pepper [Seasonings: Sesame oil, Sesame seeds, ginger, scallion, Soashing wine]

Ok so this is it. Day one!!! Here We go.

Starting Weight: 218 Pounds
Current Weight: 218 Pounds

So... Lets see, I ride my bike basically everywhere I go so I've decided I really don't want to count that as my exercise in any way.

I never explained my workout routine so here is a quick summary. I always do a 5 minute warm up. I follow that with a full body stretch then to cardio (and a short cool down). Then I do another full body stretch and then follow that by weightlifting.

Exercise today:
Warm up - elliptical Machine
Cardio -  40 minutes on elliptical machine  (399 calories 2.75 miles)
Weight Lifting - Upper body

Food Today:
Breakfast - 7:00 am ---> scrounged at work, had half an individual quiche (not really good for me)
Lunch - 1:00 pm ---> piece of leftover pizza (another poor choice)
Dinner - 7:00 pm ---> burrito [ whole wheat tortilla, brown rice, organic beans, organic corn, cheddar cheese, hot salsa, chicken breast ] (that's more like it