A friend pointed me to
HealthyWage.com the other day.
I knew I had finally found my calling for losing weight.....GAMBLING!
At 6'1" 236.5lbs (more on that in a minute) I qualified for two different challenges on the HealthyWage site.
1. Pay $100 and lose 10% of your body weight in 6 months. If successful they will pay you $200.
2. Pay $300 and go from Obese to a Healthy BMI in a year. If successful they will pay you $1,000.
I decided on the $300 for a $1000 and set out on a plan.
First I had to go to a doctors office or local health club that participates to weigh in. I strategically waited until just after lunch in order to weigh in.
I am now started full blast on a totally new diet.
1. I cut out all pop (soda for some of you, and Coke for the Southern hicks). I used to drink at least two 32oz fountain pops a day, plus maybe some with dinner. I figure this is easily 800 calories a day (or almost two pounds of weight loss a week by itself). I already have massive headaches and want to kill somebody but I am sure it will pass in a couple days.
2. I started eating breakfast. One packet of instant oatmeal, one banana, one low calorie protein bar, 8oz of skim milk, 8oz of orange juice.
3. Lunch is between a 1/4 and a 1/3 of a up of raw almonds. Spinach salad with carrots, cabbage, broccoli, no dressing (this is borderline terrible to eat).
4. Afternoon snack usually a few raw almonds (maybe 5 to 10) and carrots or celery.
5. Dinner is still a bit of a crap shoot as I have to eat with my wife. Trying to prepare less red meat dishes and more pork/chicken dishes. Then just trying to be smart, like not putting cheese on my tacos the other night.
6. No eating after 8PM (usually in bed at 11:30).
7. I have a 32oz cup at work that I now fill with water. My goal is to drink three of those a day. Plus water at lunch and dinner should get me to a gallon a day.
I have started to add in an evening walk (from no exercise before).
Next week I will be adding in morning stationery bike rides for 20-30 minutes.
Hopefully once the weather breaks I can replace stationery bike a couple times a week with runs around the small ponds that we live around.
I picked my diet and path to success totally on everything I have read on these forums over the years. If I am missing something or doing something wrong I would be welcome to advice.
Weigh-ins will come weekly in this thread, most likely on Sunday's.