Day 1 - Supper

Brown Rice with stir fry vegatables
Black Eyed Peas
1 Cup Green tea sweetened with honey

Vegatables were a frozen mix you can buy at the store. I used Pam (Olive Oil) spray to cook them with.

Black Eyed Peas were cooked from raw (Not the canned type).

I used the salt, pepper, and garlic powder mix for seasoning on both dishes. I am doing low sodium so I am using salt sparingly.

I am drinking water unless I mention something different

Day 1 - Exercise

Exercised for 30 minutes to an exercise video. Working both cardio and strength.

Day 1 - snack

1 Apple
1 Lime

Day 1 - Weight

10:00 am = 216.2

Day 1 - Lunch

Skipped breakfast because I woke up at 10am. Late night last night since it was new years eve.

Braums Quick Eggs (Egg Whites) cooked with bell pepper and onion.
Seasoned lightly with a homemade seasoning which consists of pepper, salt, and garlic powder
1 bananna
1 raw carrot

Day 1

Ok, here we go. This is day number one and my goal is to lose at least 20 pounds by valentines. I am going to blog each day. What I eat, my exercise, my weight, and maybe even a facial photo.

Day 1 - About the Diet

The diet that I am going on is based on the book Eat to Live by Dr. Joel Fuhrman.

http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Live-Revolutionary-Formula-Sustained/dp/0316735507/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232035576&sr=8-1

If you want more info about this you can read the book or visit his website:

http://www.drfuhrman.com/default.aspx

Day 1 - About my Health

I am a 38 year old male. I am 5' 11" tall and I weigh 216.2 pounds as I start this diet.

A couple years ago I lost 49 pounds using this same plan from Dr. Fuhrman. I have found out in the last year that I have thyroid problems and I started taking Synthroid.

When I started taking the medication I began to gain some weight back. I had gotten down to 198 pounds before, and over the last year I have watched my weight go up slowly. My Thyroid doctor was not much help with this problem so I turned back to Dr. Fuhrman's book and eating plan to try and get control of my weight again.

My goal is to get back down to around 195 lbs. This means I have to loose around 20 pounds.

When I was on Dr. Fuhrman's plan before I charted every day. So, I knew by looking back at those charts that I averaged around 1/2 pound per day.

So I set my target date as Valentines 2009. That gives me around 45 days to loose my 20 pounds.

I am blogging this as a way to chart my progress, and maybe help someone else who is having trouble loosing weight. So, Join me over the next 45 days and give me some support along the way. I know I will need it.