Guest guest Posted May 14, 2006 Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 sounds like a great start and a fabulous plan. sounds like you are doing what you can with your schedule and what you know about yourself. Cisco CCIE, wow, very demanding. I used to work for Portland State University and many of my former coworkers went through that training. i hope to hear more about your progress laurie > > Hi Steve, > > Congratulations on achieving your goal. Quite a monumental task I > might add. > > I started my own journey in January. I had gotten up to 277 pounds > and I decided I needed to do something about it. > > So the fist thing on my agenda was to curb my ferocious appetite. > > Well it took me till just this month of May, 2006 to do this and do > it conistently and not regret it. > > I have lost 19 pounds as of today. I did this be simply stopping my > soda and restaurant food intake or at least slowing it down > considerably. I've been living off of tasty frozen dinners that > portion-sized and generally about 400-450 calories per meal (I did > cheat a bit and have a 720 calorie dinner 4-5 times per week as > well). In between, I would have yogurt, fat-free 10 calorie jello, > or about 150 calorie pudding (curbed my sweet-tooth). Naturally I > ate a variety of fruits, favoring bananas and oranges. > > As of this week, I cut the pudding out and only have two of the 720 > meals left. I have opted to buy some meals with only 300-420 > calories and some soups with about 200 calories each as my new fare. > > Tonight I walked 1.5 miles and when I got back to the house while I > was looking up calories per mile, I came upon your story. I read it > and now I am hooked. > > My goal is to start with about 1.5 miles of walking per session at > least once per day. I live in Florida so I'll generally be walking > in the cooler evenings... I am also very fair-skinned. The sun and > I are not close friends. > > As of today, I weighed in at 258 pounds. I'm now going to try and > lose about 6-8 pounds by next Saturday. I figure my walking efforts > may help here as well as my lower calorie intake. > > On Staurday, I get weighed in for the Bigggest Loser Challenge at my > job and I think it officially starts in June, but the preliminaries > and medical screeening etc. starts next weekend. > > I figure if I can maintain a reduced calorie diet with two primary > meals of 300 and 420 calories respectively per day plus a variety of > vegetables and fruits with jello as a snack and about 6-8 onces of > milk (2% fat) per day, I might be able to meet goals. > > I also am of the mind that I will strive to increase my initial > walking sessions from 1 - 1.5 mile session to 3 - per day to > strategically help build my body's metabolism along with the meal > plan I have chosen. > > Ultimately, I would like to increase my walking to up to 4.5 miles > per session and add an addition 3-5 mile session that I can perform > at work. > > Basically getting to the point where I am walking about 20 miles > total per day at least 4-5 days per week and averaging at least 100 > miles per week. > > So tomorrow, I will start my 3 - 1.5 miles per session agenda and try > to maintain it through the week. > > I took careful note of how you dealt with taking care of your feet, > tieing your shoes tighter, and using wool socks. I also use a > similar scenario to avoid chafing around the joints, etc. > > Since I am only walking in my neighborhood, I will not be carrying a > pack or have to carry a water bottle and also the time I walk will > also be in my favor as well. Typcially 6-8am 6-8pm and 11-12pm will > be the optimal times for my own walking sessions. > > I do have a demanding job and it may hinder my efforts at times and > this is the reason my I say 4-5 days per week versus 7 days. > > I also have a very demanding life as a student, I am pursuing the > Cisco CCIE as well in the same timeframe so this will be a factor as > well. However, I was hoping the two goals would be complimentary. > > So this is me and I guess I am going to emulating your plan as I > start my walking from 1.5 miles per day (today) to 3 - 1.5 mile per > day sessions and as I build them up to as many as 4 - 4.5-5 mile > sessions per day over the next few weeks. > > I have approximately 3 weeks till the Biggest Loser starts to get my > physical conditioning by walking on order and this is it. > > My ultimate goal is to get back to my ideal body weight of about 145- > 155 pounds and get my own life.... > > Forgive me, but I'm going to use you as a role-model for doing that. > > Thanks for the inspiration, > > Darby Weaver > Orlando, Florida > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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