Third Week

6.5 down 38.5 to go

Weight lost:  1.5 lbs

I am finally getting the hang of it. Although I could not get any cardio done in the weekend I am still happy with the overall balance. I was able to get through both the FT sessions completely without much of a problem. I may be eating "bad" foods in the weekend but in moderation. I have lost less weight than the previous weeks but that is expected and I happy with that.

The major concern when I started with personal training was the disk dislocation in my lower back. I didn't know how it would hold up to the rigorous exercise routine. I now know that I am in safe hands and I committed myself to 8 more months of personal training. Starting in a week I will be attending 3 training sessions a week. Hopefully I can get used to the routine and kick up a gear in this weight loss journey.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Other Stuff	Exercise
MON	Mixed Cereal (160 Kcal)	Subway Sandwich (500 Kcal)	Panda Express Fried Rice Beef With Broccoli Kung Po Chicken	12 roasted salted almonds (85kcal)	15 min Jog @ 4mph 20 min bike @ 160 heart rate 10 min elliptical @175 heart rate
TUE	Mixed Cereal (160 Kcal)	Subway Sandwich (500 Kcal) Small bag baked chips(110 Kcal)	Ramen noodle soup with  veggies	12 roasted salted almonds (85kcal)	45 min session at FT 15 min bike @ 140 heart rate
WED	Mixed Cereal (160 Kcal)	First Wok Kung Po Chicken White Rice	Turkey Drumstick String Beans	12 roasted salted almonds (85kcal) 1 Slim A Bear ice cream	5 min walk @ 3.2 mph 15 min jog @ 4 mph 15 min bike @ 150 heart rate
THU	Oat meal (150 kcal)	Subway Sandwich (500 Kcal) Roasted Chicken Soup(80 Kcal)	Fried Ramen noodles with veggies and 1 egg	12 roasted salted almonds (85kcal)	45 min session at FT
FRI	Oat meal (150 kcal)	Subway Sandwich (500 Kcal)	Fried Ramen noodles with veggies and 2 eggs	1/2 granola bar (80 kcal) 12 almonds (80 kcal)	none
SAT	Egg White Omelette 2 English Muffins 1 cup mixed fruit	Vegetable Biryani	Rice Lamb Curry 2 boiled eggs	Tomato Soup Mango Lassi	none
SUN	nothing	Lemon Rice 1 boiled egg	Lemon Rice omelette	8 McDonalds Chicken McNuggets 2 cups fruit	none

Second Week

5 down 40 to go

The second week was all about striking the balance between diet and exercise. I was able to complete the second FT session of the week, thanks to a balanced diet and increase in cardio training. I started eating four times a day on the day of workouts. The fourth meal consisted of roasted almonds or cereal bars. I am still figuring out about getting more calories from protein. Even though this week was successful in some ways, I lost the battle of temptation in the end of the week, eating a lot more of biryani than I should. Even though I weighed 210 lbs on Sunday morning, I am sure I weighed a little more by the end of the day. 

I fulfilled the objectives set out in previous week about eating instant oatmeal for breakfast and having a dry snack an hour before workout. I was not able to do cardio on all the days when I am not having a session and I am still getting hammered during dinner time, eating foods that are most likely not helping the cause.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Other Stuff	Exercise
MON	Mixed Cereal (160 Kcal)	Subway Sandwich (500 Kcal) Small bag Baked Potato Chips (110 Kcal)	Panda Express Fried Rice Beef With Broccoli Kung Po Chicken	Mixed Nuts Energy Bar (150 Kcal)	45 min Session at FT
TUE	nothing	Ravioli White Bread Salad	Andoro's Turkey Club Sandwich	Mixed Nuts Energy Bar (150 Kcal)	20 min Jog @ 4mph 20 min bike @ 160 heart rate
WED	Mixed Cereal (160 Kcal)	Subway Sandwich (500 Kcal) Small bag Baked Potato Chips (110 Kcal)	Ramen Noodle Soup With Veggies (200 Kcal)	Mixed Nuts Energy Bar (150 Kcal)	45 min Session at FT
THU	Mixed Cereal (160 Kcal)	Subway Sandwich (500 Kcal) Small bag Baked Potato Chips (110 Kcal)	Panda Express Fried Rice Beef With Broccoli Kung Po Chicken	12 roasted salted almonds (85kcal)	20 min bike @ 160 heart rate 10 min elliptical @175 heart rate
FRI	Mixed Cereal (160 Kcal)	Ruby Tuesday's One baked Fish Fillet 6 Sauteed Shrimp Rice Pilaf Boiled broccoli	Chicken Biryani One Puri One Naan	2 wine coolers 2 cups coffee 12 roasted salted almonds	none
SAT	nothing	Andoro's Turkey Club Sandwich	1/2 Chicken Biryani  1/2 Chapati Daal	Sweet Potato Fries 1 medium Fruit Punch	20 min Jog @ 4mph 10 min bike
SUN	nothing	1/2 Chicken Biryani	1/2 Chicken Biryani	none	none

The First Week

2.5 down 42.5 to go

First things first, I did get an appointment at Fitness Together on Monday. After a brief tour and discussing the rates, I came to a conclusion that the asking price was reasonable and if I strapped myself financially I might be able to afford the place. Moreover a commitment of this magnitude was really needed to make a difference. For January I am taking two sessions a week to see if my body can hold up to the rigorous workout and if I am doing good at the end of the month I will go for three a week. I am supposed to do a cardio workout by myself couple of times a week for 30 minutes, but that was not possible this week because the fitness room in my apartments is shut down till February for repairs. That means I have to stop by FT for my cardio too.

Weight loss wise, this has been an interesting first week. After touching a low of 210.5 lbs in Saturday morning, I settled back to a healthy loss of 2.5 lbs. I realized that I was starving myself by the end of Friday and that was not helping me in my workout. In the Friday FT session I almost passed out 30 minutes into the session and I also had a glass of chocolate milk before the session which really obstructed my breathing. So two important lessons I have learned this week in regards to diet. First is to have a healthy diet and second is to have dry food an hour before the workout. I ordered 12 cans of almonds on Amazon so that I can have a snack of almonds and grapes an hour before every workout.

One of the objectives of last week were to have Soup/Salad for dinner. This was never going to work for me as I get really hungry by dinner time and soup/salad just wouldn't do it. I have to think of something for the dinner time. So here are some new objectives for the next week:

1. Have instant oatmeal for breakfast.
2. Have a dry snack at least an hour before workout.
3. Do a cardio workout on all the other days when I am not having a session at FT.
4. Come up with a healthy food choice for regular dinner.

	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Other Stuff	Exercise
Monday	nothing	Subway Veggie patties 6" sub on wheat	Turkey Club Sandwich from Andoro's	1 cup coffee	none
Tuesday	nothing	Subway Veggie patties 6" sub on wheat One small bag Lay's baked chips	Ramen Noodle soup with veggies	1 cup coffee and chocolate drink	45 minute session at FT
Wednesday	nothing	Steamed White Rice with Thai Yellow Curry with Tofu	1/4 Large thin crust three topping pizza at Imo's	2 cups Coffee	none
Thursday	Ramen Noodle soup with veggies	White Rice Shrimp Curry Potato Curry Yogurt	nothing	1 glass Vanilla Milk Shake without whipped cream 1/2 bottle energy drink Two Chicken Tenders	none
Friday	nothing	Subway Veggie patties 6" sub on wheat One small bag Lay's baked chips	nothing	1 cup coffee 1 small bottle chocolate milk	1 mile walk/run 45 minute session at FT
Saturday	2 dry English muffins 1 tbsp grape jam Tri Athlete Omlette Potato Fries side 2 cups cofee with 2tbsps sugar and half and half One small orange juice	Ramen Noodle soup with veggies	White Rice Okra Masala 2 cubes of Lamb with lamb curry	Small snack of vegetable crisps	none
Sunday	nothing	Meat loaf Creamed Spinach Mashed Potatoes with Gravy	Fried Rice Potato Curry 1/2 cup cranberry juice	One bottle sweetened ice tea One Cup tea with milk and sugar	none