Goals for week 1

2009-02-08T16:18:00.000-08:00

Excersize - 4 days

Food Log - 4 days

Vitamins - 7 days

Water - 5 days

Fruits/Vegetables - 3 days

Weight loss goal - 3 pounds

It starts now!

2009-02-08T14:45:00.000-08:00

After trying to get on the show twice and not succeeding I figured I'd try again. This time though my motivation is different, now i'm just going to focus on making healthier choices and take of the weight one day at a time. The funny / ironic thing is one of the local casting agents told me privately I was "too big" and didn't match their candidate profile. I was a little surprised with his candor but in hindsight I appreciate it. I currently weigh approximately 566 pounds as of my last weigh in at the hospital (only scale which will handle my weight)

I'm done making excuses, I'm currently unemployed and can't afford a gym membership to my club of choice, but there is a smaller gym which is only like $10 a month so i'm going tomorrow to join. I'm also going to start logging my food/water. I've also joined a Biggest Loser challenge http://www.thebiggestloserclub.com/

The challenge is simple enough you get points either doing certain things (or avoiding them). I posted the scoring guidelines from the challenge below

Exercise: Basic: 1 point every 15 minutes--(try to do at least 30 minutes/day and really help your team with points)

Water: Basic: Drink at least 8 glasses (64 oz) of water/day. 1 point total can be earned for the day. Juices and other beverages DON'T count towards your water in-take = 1 point (This is the minimum amount of water you should be drinking. Actually you should add 8 oz of water for every additional 25 lbs you want to lose. Also this water should not be drank all at once. Space it out throughout the day)

Fruits and Vegetables: Basic: Eat at least 5 servings of vegetables and fruit = 1 point total for the day

Take your vitamins: 1 point

Weight loss = 2 points /pound. This is from your starting weight. Everyone fluctuates and so you can't count the same pounds twice! For example if you start at 200 lbs and are down to 197 that is a loss of 3 lbs and = 6 points. You can't get more points until you are 196...and so on.

Fiber: Basic: 25 grams of fiber/day = 1 point total for the day Boot Camp: 30 grams of fiber/day = 1 point. (you will want to work up to this gradually) High fiber foods are beans (pinto, brown, red, black, garbanzo etc.) Apples, kiwi, celery, broccoli, popcorn, whole grains, and most fruits and veggies have at least some fiber.

Eat a Healthy Breakfast: 1 point We aren't talking fruit loops! If you have a question about this post it in your team's forum.

Not eating anything after 8:00 PM: 1 point

Place a post or posts on a message board in the forum area: 1 point/day

At the end of any week, your posts might looks something like this:

Week # Exercise: 53
Water: 7 points
Healthy Breakfast: 7 points
Fruits + Veggies: 7 points
Vitamins: 7 points
Weight loss: 4
Fiber: 7 points
No food after 8:00pm: 7 points
Posting on message board: 7 points
TOTAL: 106 Points

for some added accountability so i'm going to think about my goals and post them below.

BiggestLoserWannaBe

Goals for week 1

It starts now!