jakesnake771
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**WARNING: BIG DETAILED WALL OF TEXT INCOMING. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. SKIP TO THE END IF YOU WAN'T TO SEE/ANSWER MY MAIN QUESTIONS.**
Hello everyone!
So here's the deal. I'm 6 foot, maybe 6 foot 1 on a good day, 345 pounds. I am going to be a senior in college and am currently working full time (8:30am-5:30PM) at an IT position. I sit at a desk and test software for a major corporation. This position is only for the summer, 10 weeks I believe.
I hate the taste of plain water, the lack of flavor makes me gag after a few sips. Until recently, my liquid diet consisted of skim milk and fruit juices. Obviously the fruit juices, which made up a decent portion of my caloric intake (maybe 400-600 calories a day), are not good and I have begun to curtail my consumption.
I have recently (since Monday the 24th) begun drinking 64 ounces of Propel a day. I bought a Nalgene water bottle and I fill it up two times a day, once in the morning when I get to work and once right after lunch. I dump in 2 of those powder packets, in each 32 oz bottle and get my water in that way. I know, it isn't the best, yes it has sugar (very little 8 g for the 64 oz's), yes it has calories (40 total) and yes it has carbs (12 grams total). The way I see it is that it is a BIG improvement over the calories and sugars and what not that was in the juice I was consuming and there are some vitamins in the propel.
Anyways, I know it may not be the best, but it is what I'm sticking with and for now, will not be convinced otherwise. My eating consists of a bagel or perhaps a turkey sausage and egg sandwich that I find in the freezer section (pretty reasonable at I believe 300 or less calories). I eat this either right before I leave or as I'm driving, between 7:30 and 8:00am.
I pack some carrots in my lunch that I usually bust out between 10 and 11. For lunch I eat a turkey/roast beef sandwich (conscious portion size) on whole grain bread with lettuce and a little bit of fat free, olive oil mayo. I also eat a proper portion of reduced fat Pringles and usually some grapes.
My other snacks throughout the day are a snack bag of oatmeal squares cereal (whole grain, I believe), a thing of string cheese and some sort of 100 calorie pack thing, though I usually don't eat it.
Like I said I get off work at 5:30pm and then drive over to the gym (YMCA) on my way home. I make sure I do it before I get home because, knowing me, once I get home and settle a bit, the computer/TV will call to me and I will lose motivation to go. So I go to the gym and for example, yesterday I did about 30 minutes of moderate to occasional intense basketball (shooting, sprinting, etc). I like to keep moving when I shoot around so I will simulate that I am in the paint trying to juke a defender to pop a shot (I know, lame). Also I will occasionally pretend I stole a ball and sprint to the other side (if no one's there).
I intend on maybe doing basketball twice a week and weights three times a week, alternating. For example, Monday - weights, Tuesday - basketball, Wednesday - weights, etc. I figure this gives me a good mix of weight training as well as cardio.
When I get home, I hit the shower and usually come down to a meal prepared. Typically my family eats decently healthy. Good portioned main entree, served always with a vegetable and sometimes with a starch or something to accompany it (sweet/baked potato, rice, sliced bread, etc). This might be the first time in the day when I have a glass of something other than propel, probably milk.
After dinner I usually watch some TV, or play computer games or hang with friends. In the past, hanging with friends might have included a fast food run, but I've told myself that I am cutting out fast food. I'm probably going to keep a stash of fruit & nut granola bars or something in the car, should I get a craving.
**MAIN QUESTIONS**
1. Do you have any ideas on different snacks I could bring?
2. Do you see any serious flaws with my eating/exercising?
3. Do you think I'm headed in the right track?
4. Do you have any general tips, tricks, ideas or suggestions?
If you made it to the end and read the whole thing, I commend you and appreciate your willingness to hear me out. I'm tired of being the "big guy". I want to change. I won't lie and say that some of it is motivated by others (friends, roomies, girls, family, etc), but I really want to do this for me; because in the end, it's me who's going to feel the results and deal with the consequences of my actions.
Hello everyone!
So here's the deal. I'm 6 foot, maybe 6 foot 1 on a good day, 345 pounds. I am going to be a senior in college and am currently working full time (8:30am-5:30PM) at an IT position. I sit at a desk and test software for a major corporation. This position is only for the summer, 10 weeks I believe.
I hate the taste of plain water, the lack of flavor makes me gag after a few sips. Until recently, my liquid diet consisted of skim milk and fruit juices. Obviously the fruit juices, which made up a decent portion of my caloric intake (maybe 400-600 calories a day), are not good and I have begun to curtail my consumption.
I have recently (since Monday the 24th) begun drinking 64 ounces of Propel a day. I bought a Nalgene water bottle and I fill it up two times a day, once in the morning when I get to work and once right after lunch. I dump in 2 of those powder packets, in each 32 oz bottle and get my water in that way. I know, it isn't the best, yes it has sugar (very little 8 g for the 64 oz's), yes it has calories (40 total) and yes it has carbs (12 grams total). The way I see it is that it is a BIG improvement over the calories and sugars and what not that was in the juice I was consuming and there are some vitamins in the propel.
Anyways, I know it may not be the best, but it is what I'm sticking with and for now, will not be convinced otherwise. My eating consists of a bagel or perhaps a turkey sausage and egg sandwich that I find in the freezer section (pretty reasonable at I believe 300 or less calories). I eat this either right before I leave or as I'm driving, between 7:30 and 8:00am.
I pack some carrots in my lunch that I usually bust out between 10 and 11. For lunch I eat a turkey/roast beef sandwich (conscious portion size) on whole grain bread with lettuce and a little bit of fat free, olive oil mayo. I also eat a proper portion of reduced fat Pringles and usually some grapes.
My other snacks throughout the day are a snack bag of oatmeal squares cereal (whole grain, I believe), a thing of string cheese and some sort of 100 calorie pack thing, though I usually don't eat it.
Like I said I get off work at 5:30pm and then drive over to the gym (YMCA) on my way home. I make sure I do it before I get home because, knowing me, once I get home and settle a bit, the computer/TV will call to me and I will lose motivation to go. So I go to the gym and for example, yesterday I did about 30 minutes of moderate to occasional intense basketball (shooting, sprinting, etc). I like to keep moving when I shoot around so I will simulate that I am in the paint trying to juke a defender to pop a shot (I know, lame). Also I will occasionally pretend I stole a ball and sprint to the other side (if no one's there).
I intend on maybe doing basketball twice a week and weights three times a week, alternating. For example, Monday - weights, Tuesday - basketball, Wednesday - weights, etc. I figure this gives me a good mix of weight training as well as cardio.
When I get home, I hit the shower and usually come down to a meal prepared. Typically my family eats decently healthy. Good portioned main entree, served always with a vegetable and sometimes with a starch or something to accompany it (sweet/baked potato, rice, sliced bread, etc). This might be the first time in the day when I have a glass of something other than propel, probably milk.
After dinner I usually watch some TV, or play computer games or hang with friends. In the past, hanging with friends might have included a fast food run, but I've told myself that I am cutting out fast food. I'm probably going to keep a stash of fruit & nut granola bars or something in the car, should I get a craving.
**MAIN QUESTIONS**
1. Do you have any ideas on different snacks I could bring?
2. Do you see any serious flaws with my eating/exercising?
3. Do you think I'm headed in the right track?
4. Do you have any general tips, tricks, ideas or suggestions?
If you made it to the end and read the whole thing, I commend you and appreciate your willingness to hear me out. I'm tired of being the "big guy". I want to change. I won't lie and say that some of it is motivated by others (friends, roomies, girls, family, etc), but I really want to do this for me; because in the end, it's me who's going to feel the results and deal with the consequences of my actions.