Joel Mathis

Coupla thoughts: • At my weight, I'm allowed 2,600 calories a day on my plan to lose a pound a week. I feel like I can do closer to 2,000, if I'm smart about how I'm eating. Today: Not as smart. But still under the budget. And progress is being made: There's more fruit and vegetables in my diet than six weeks ago, far less bad stuff. No soda that entire time. I've greatly reduced my lattes. I'm eating a crapton of bananas. The habits aren't changing overnight, but they're changing. • We'll be traveling the next four days. This is when it's hardest to eat the way you want, if you're trying to eat well and aren't practiced at it. I'm gonna try. But, you know: No guarantees. • When I get back: Time to ramp up the exercise. Fer serious.   Daily Report for June 7, 2013 Daily Log Breakfast 452 Sausage, Patty, Original, Vgtrn, Morningstar Farms 2 Each 160 Coffee, Brewed 8 Fluid ounces 2 Veggie Egg And Cheese On Whole Grai

Really need to be more intentional about getting exercise.   Daily Report for June 6, 2013 Daily Log Breakfast 366 Sausage, Patty, Original, Vgtrn, Morningstar Farms 2 Each 160 Egg, Scrambled, Large 2 Each 204 Coffee, Brewed 8 Fluid ounces 2 Lunch 495 Chicken Fajita, Lettuce, Pico, Whoke Wheat Tortilla, Qdoba 1 Serving 495 No nutrient data for: Carbs Dinner 499 Lettuce, Romaine, Shredded 5 Cups 40 Tomatoes, Fresh, Med 1 ½ Each 33 Dressing, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Newman's Own 3 Tablespoons 135 Chicken Breast, Skinless, Cooked 1 ½ Each 213 Peas, Green ⅔ Cup 78 Snacks 1,050 Smoothie, Strawberry Banana 16 Fluid ounces 290 Banana, Medium, 7" - 7 7/8" Long 2 Each 210 Sausage, Patty, Original, Vgtrn, Morningstar Farms 2 Each 160 Greek Yogurt Honey, Fage 1 Serving 190 Cereal, Grape Nuts, Grape-Nuts ½ Cup 200 Exercise 78 Walking 20 min 78 Nutrients Fat 68g 26% Carbohydrates 246g 43% Protein 179g 31% Summary Food Calories 2,410 Exercise Calories

In retrospect, I did something really smart with this, not entirely meaning to. I focused on how and what to eat for weeks before I shifted into thinking about calorie limits. That's made the calorie limits much easier to abide by. I tried Lose It! once before, early this year, without that kind of preparation: Just downloaded the app and started calorie counting: But I didn't change what I was eating. Sodas, cookies, cheesesteaks at lunch were bumping me up against the calorie limit by early afternoon; I became angry and obsessed with the limit. If you're eating one or two salads a day, like I am now, and have cut way back on the pastas, breads, sodas, and certain sweets—well, staying under the cap is easier. And that makes me less frantic about the existence of the cap. So trying (and kind of failing) Vegan Before 6 at least put me on the right road: Some plant food is better than others. I'm bound to have setbacks. But my first taste of success has made me fe

Some good news: I weighed for the first time in nearly a month. 274 pounds. That's still a fat man. But it's five pounds lighter than my last weigh-in at the doctor on May 6. And it's a full seven pounds lighter than the 281 pounds I weighed on May 4 , the day I committed myself to this. Some bad news: I don't think I ate very well today, possibly because of the small sense of victory I had. You can see the log for yourself. As for me: If that "snacks" section in the log has multiple pieces of fruit in it, I'm going to guess I had a good day. If not, probably not. Some good news: I'm still below my daily calorie limit. (And the limit has declined about 100 calories a day, thanks to the weight I've lost. The nice thing about this approach: It's gliding me in for the landing, rather than dropping me out the door. Sustainability, for me, is the key to this whole thing.) And some better news: I had a couple of bad, cheating days during that f

  Daily Report for June 2, 2013 Daily Log Breakfast 607 Sandwich, Sausage, Egg & Cheese, on English Muffin, Starbucks 1 Each 500 Banana, Medium, 7" - 7 7/8" Long 1 Each 105 Coffee, Brewed 8 Fluid ounces 2 Lunch 268 Spinach, Baby, Fresh 2 Cups 14 Tomatoes, Fresh, Med 1 Each 22 Chicken Breast, Skinless, Cooked 1 Each 142 Dressing, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Newman's Own 2 Tablespoons 90 Dinner 816 Pizza, Cheese, 3 Slices 816 Snacks 400 Banana, Medium, 7" - 7 7/8" Long 1 Each 105 Banana, Medium, 7" - 7 7/8" Long 1 Each 105 Greek Yogurt Honey, Fage 1 Serving 190 Exercise 290 Walking 15 min 62 Walking 10 min 41 Walking 15 min 62 Walking 30 min 124 Nutrients Fat 74g 31% Carbohydrates 262g 49% Protein 101g 19% Summary Food Calories 2,091 Exercise Calories 290 Net Calories 1,801 +/- Calories -915 Couple of notes: • I'm going to the doctor tomorrow. There will be a weigh-in, obviously, along with consultatio

  Daily Report for June 1, 2013 Daily Log Breakfast 240 Sausage, Patty, Original, Vgtrn, Morningstar Farms 3 Each 240 Lunch 921 Pasta, Spiral, Cooked 2 Cups 423 Fish, Canned Tuna, In Water 1 Ounce 36 Pickle Relish, Sweet 1 Tablespoon 20 Salad Dressing, Real Mayonnaise 1 Tablespoon 97 Eggs, Deviled 2 Each 224 Cucumber, Sliced 10 Slices 8 Eggs, Deviled 1 Each 112 Dinner 322 Spinach, Baby, Fresh 2 Cups 14 Squash, Zucchini, w/ Skin, Slices, Cooked 1 Cup 27 Peppers, Bell, Yellow, Sweet, Large, 3.7in ¼ Each 13 Chicken Breast, Skinless, Cooked 1 Each 142 Sauce, Pesto ¼ Ounce 37 Dressing, Balsamic Vinaigrette, Newman's Own 2 Tablespoons 90 Snacks 1,075 Iced Coffee, Small, With Milk, Dunkin Donuts 1 Each 30 Banana, Medium, 7" - 7 7/8" Long 1 Each 105 Peach, Medium 1 Each 58 Banana, Medium, 7" - 7 7/8" Long 1 Each 105 Banana, Medium, 7" - 7 7/8" Long 1 Each 105 Pizza, Cheese, 14", Fast Food 1 Slice 272 Popcorn, White, Oil Po

Daily Report for May 31, 2013 Daily Log Breakfast 445 Egg, Scrambled, Large 2 Each 204 Sausage, Patty, Original, Vgtrn, Morningstar Farms 3 Each 240 Coffee, Brewed 5 Fluid ounces 1 Lunch 340 Dressing, Fat-Free Plicate Ranch, Qdoba 1 Each 45 Chicken, Grilled, Taco Salad Add On, Qdoba 1 Each 190 Lettuce, Taco Salad Add On, Qdoba 1 Each 15 Salsa, Corn & Black Bean, Taco Salad Add On, Qdoba 1 Each 80 Salsa, Pico De Gallo, Taco Salad Add On, Qdoba 1 Each 10 Dinner 684 Lettuce, Romaine, Shredded 3 Cups 24 Chicken Breast, Skinless, Cooked 1 Each 142 Cheese, Parmesan, Grated 1 Tablespoon 22 Dressing, Caesar, Newman's Own 3 Tablespoons 225 Pizza, Cheese, 14", Fast Food 1 Slice 272 Snacks 783 Strawberry banana Smoothie, Saxbys 1 Serving 250 No nutrient data for: Protein Pear, Large 1 Each 133 Yuenling Lager 16 Ounces 180 No nutrient data for: Fat, Carbs, Protein Popcorn, White, Oil Popped 4 Cups 220 Exercise 186 Walking 15 min 62 Walking 10 min 41 Walk