March 6, 2009 - Weigh in day - 510 pounds.

Today was the first time I stepped on a scale since Feb 27, last Friday. That day was the heaviest I had ever weighed myself in my life. Today was a lot better though, weighing in at 510 pounds. Although I am not going to go nuts and be happy every time I drop pounds, I have to admit I am feeling good to see the number drop, cause really, that's how I am going to measure my sucess in all this.

Today I also visited with my personal trainer Rob Matthews from the BMI Clinic. I was feeling really sick, I have come down with a cold so I wasn't sure if he was going to want me to work out today. Turns out I didn't. Instead we sat down for 20 minutes and had a great talk about my workouts. He gave me a calendar for the rest of the month, asked me to write down my exercise goals for the rest of the month. So I did. He wanted me to combine swimming, walking, exercise bike and strength training. He asked me to set times to each exercise session that is attainable for me. Then gradually build it up each week, by adding more minutes. I haven't filled it out completely, but I did do a rough sketch. Monday, Wednesday and Friady I will pick 2 of those days to do strength training. Sunday and Tuesday and Thursday I will pick 2 of those days to go swimming and since I have a bike at home, I will try my best to start off with 5 minutes each day, then slowly build it up, week by week. I may not be able to get 5 straight minutes on the bike, but even if i do it in 2 or 3 attempts, I will get 5 minutes in. I will try and incorporate some type of walking routine as well. Even if it's just parking further in the parking lots when I go to work, or go to the grocery store, or wherever.

For today, my meal plan was the following:

7am
2 toast - 200 calories
2 egss - 150 calories
apple - 75 calories
granola bar - 90 calories

10am
protein bar - 300 calories
orange - 75 calories

130 pm
chicken breast - 350 calories
Mixed Greens - 10 calories
Apple - 75 calories
Granola bar - 120 Calories

4pm
can of tuna in olive oil- 180 calories
2 pieces of low calorie bread - 180 calories

7pm
2 whole grain bread wraps - 200 calories
chicken breast - 5 ounces - 250 calories
yogurt- 120 calories
15gr of cheddar - 75 calories

10pm
cereal bar - 90 c
apple - 75 calories