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A Weight Loss Update from Jason (BIGJSTL)

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:37:51 +0000

I’m here to update all of you on my progress of my lifestyle and weight loss journey. As of last Friday September 30, 2011 I weighed in a 257.8. Down from 310 July 1, 2010. For total loss of 52.2lbs.

It’s pretty hard to comprehend losing over 50lbs. It’s hard to conceive that I gained that much in the first place. 13 years ago I weighed just a little over 205lbs. Not to blame it on marriage, but when you get comfortable with anything you can let things slide. Weight was obviously one of things I let slide in my life.

I’m on a steady workout regimen now 2-4 days a week. Mostly 30-60 minute Interval workout sessions on the Elliptical. I can tell my legs are getting stronger which feels so good! Over the last week and ½ I have added machine weights.

I would encourage anybody struggling with weight loss to simply stick with it. I’m still using Weight Watchers Online simply because it keeps me accountable. I try to journal my food and gym activity every day. This is very important!

My next challenge is to start a treasure hunt for new exciting things to eat. Over the last two months I have cut my Carbohydrate intake by half. No more deserts, fast food, fried food, etc. is also part of the regime. Lately I have started to just eat a salad during lunch and if I get hungry eat some almonds at the 10:00 a.m. and 3 p.m. “hungry” times.

My last word of advice: “DRINK WATER”. I’ll say it again: “DRINK WATER”. Water is an amazing thing when losing weight. I try to drink 160oz of water a day and I my body tells me now when I don’t.

I want to thank you all (you know who you are) that have stuck with me so far through this journey and also ones that have provided words of encouragement.

I’m not done yet. My goal is to get back to 205. My next big goal is 230lbs. Let’s Keep Pressing On!

I leave you with a before and after picture. The first picture (before) is from April/2009 and the last picture (after) is from June 2011.

With Love – BIG J

Before April 2009

After (June 2011)

Weight Watchers Online Weight Loss Program

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:55:00 +0000

I’m actually for the first time excited about writing this blog post. For many years I have struggled with weight loss. On July 1, 2010 I joined Weight Watchers online. I have had great success with Weight Watchers in the past. In 2001 I lost over 30 pounds.

The new Weight Watchers online is quite impressive and also comes with a downloadable iPhone application that allows you to track your points and enter food you have ate on the go so you don’t go over your points.

Since July 1, 2010 I’m down 11.4 lbs and I’m averaging 2.3lbs loss per week. My start weight was 310 pounds and my first goal is 294.5 lbs (5%). After this goal has been reached I’m shooting for another 5% for a total of 10%. In prior Weight Watcher meetings I attended that was the first “Traditional” goal to go after.

Food choices have been getting better also. I’ll be posting a review soon on the new Healthy Choice Café Steamers. Some are absolutely tasty and are a great quick lunch for around 5 to 6 points.

Jason

Blog Re-Load – Weight Loss Journey Continues…

admin — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:18:48 +0000

As some of you may or may not know, I used to weigh 205lbs back 1998. 12 years later I weigh 100lbs more than that.

At an age of 34, to me this is ridiculous. As life’s responsibilities have grown, work hours increased, I have always seemed to find ways to eat more and work out less.

Today starts yet again a new journey in trying to lose weight. I still refuse to quit. I’m still using MyFoodDiary.com which has been a great resource for tracking my weight loss and what I eat.

When I first started this blog the weight started coming off because I was dedicated. I want to be dedicated to losing weight! So hopefully with the help of my friends and Twitter Peeps we can all do this together.

Thanks for listening!

Jason

Update on Weight Loss Journey – 5-28-2009

admin — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:24:27 +0000

Blogs, can be quite time consuming, so I haven’t had a chance to post anything lately about my weight loss journey version 3.0.

I signed up about 16 days ago with a service on line call MyFoodDiary.com. It is very easy and helps me journal a lot easier of the daily things I eat.

MyFoodDiary.com carries over 50,000 online items and allows you to input your own items. When inputting your items you simply need to know the “Nutritional Facts” of the item or do a Google search and try to find out what the Nutritional information might be.

Whoever was on the programming team for MyFoodDiary.com was very smart because they have an item called “The Fridge” that allows you to add items to “The Fridge” to select in the future to add to your daily journal.

MyFoodDiary.com provides reports and can also track your daily exercise activities. This past weekend I went Golfing and added 4 hours of Golfing “Cart Path Only” to my exercise activities.

So far since joining I have lost over 4.2lbs.

Other things that amaze me about this site are how it sheds light on the type of foods I eat and what I should be eating. It’s quite a challenge because I strive to get smiley faces every day now instead of frowns.

For example, if you consume too much Trans Fat you would get a frown because you shouldn’t have any Trans Fat.

In conclusion, I’m excited about this new journey and hopefully by the end of the year I’ll be close to my goal weight.

Stay tuned for future updates.

Jason

Week of April 20, 2009 was good

admin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:22:57 +0000

Hi Everyone.

This week was good. I feel that I ate meals that were fairly healthy. I’m toning down breakfast to fiber one bars. Last couple of days I should have been averaging below 2500 calories.

Tonight the wife and I went to Taquila Mexican Restaurant so you know I earned about 1500 plus calories there. This weekend should be fairly simply. Got to go to a wedding tommorrow. I’ll be looking for salads.

Went to the doctor today and everything looked good. My blood pressure was perfect.

Have a great weekend. I’ll try to post some new meals next week.

Later………

Evening Thoughts and Lunch at Maggiano’s

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:58:08 +0000

Well I thought I would post the last three days, but I’m tired. Going to bed early tonight. Staying up till 1:35 a.m. the night before can take a toll really quick.

I need to start getting creative with some of meals so my blog is not so boring. I did have an amazing lunch at Maggiano’s today. Lunch provided by Symantec. I was very proad of myself becuase I forced myself to have very small portions. I would would recommend this restaurant to any corporate business or couple that simply wants to have a romantic evening out. You can follow Maggiano’s on Twitter.com/maggianos.

The food was excellent and fresh. Servers were very polite and my Iced Tea was always full!! Would give Maggiano’s 4 stars. Come hungry!!

Jason

Taking a break this weekend

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:30:47 +0000

I had a great week. Calorie intake was very low this week. I’m taking a break this weekend from my blog. Will start back up on Monday. As always, this blog takes a lot time and I want to make sure that I dedicate the time necessary to it. Everyone enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Jason

My Weight Loss Journey Life Story

admin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:25:28 +0000

As a lot of my friends and family know I have dealt with a weight problem for over 11 years now. Before getting married in June of 1998 I weighed only 205lbs. Not to blame my weight on getting married, but it seemed I cared a lot more about being healthy when I was single. After struggling to simply play a game of golf on April 11, 2009 I have had enough! Today was my last day of eating anything I want without any control.

As of Monday April 13, 2009 I’m starting back up the Fatmanonadiet.com web site with more content, reviews and resources to help people in the same situation as myself.

My plan is still to count calories but also watch the fat content of each food I eat. When I weighed only 205lbs I worked out at the gym a lot more and also supplemented my meals with EAS meal supplement shakes. I found the EAS meal replacements were a nice high protein snack that took care of the 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. snack times.

With Twitter I also have found that there are other people that are dealing with the same situation I am. So I hope that I can get some involvement and learn from others what works for them.

My biggest struggles are eating right and being creative with homemade meals. I know also that I have to get off my butt and go to the gym on a regular basis.

The tools that I’m planning on using are as follows:

Iphone for taking pictures of different meals.
iLoseIt! iPhone application to track calories.
WordPress Blog to journal my meals and activities each day.

I look forward to this new journey and hope that you all can help me with food ideas and encouragement.

Thank you,

Jason

To Keep or Not to Keep

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 19:47:13 +0000

I have been so distracted from this site over the past month with other things. I’m starting backup up on my weight loss program this upcoming Monday so stay tuned. I want to make things more creative and better reviews.

See you soon.

Starting a Spring Training Program

admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:33:15 +0000

My sister is in town this week so I’ll probably end up being a little lazy about food. Starting this weekend I’m going to start a new program to help me eat more smaller meals and putting a workout program together.

I would also like to re-design this site a little bit also.

Stay in touch.

Later….Jason