3/7/10

I have begun P90X as of March 1, 2010. My starting weight was 245 lbs. It has been a week and I am at 242.2 lbs. I am also doing Weight Watchers were I am allowed 37 pts per day, 35 extra pts and I can gain 6 - 12 pts per day for P90X exercise. I am going to try my best to live on the 37 points a day, but my recovery drink takes 11 points so I might have to dip into my activity points to cover it. I feel the recovery drink is important - Cell Mass 0/Creatine 10 grams 6/ Protein 40 grams 5. My goal is to loose 20% of my weight and be 197 lbs by May 31, 2010.

My typical Diet is:

Work out 6 am - 7 am P90X

7 am

Cell Mass 0

Creatine 6

Protein 5

7 am - 8 am

1/2 Cup Oatmeal 2

8 oz Egg Whites 4

10 am

Cabbage Soup 0

1/2 Cup Oatmeal 2

Noon

Turkey on whole wheat w/ spinach 7

3 pm

Cabbage soup 0

1/2 Cup Oatmeal 2

6 pm

Tuna 3

3 cups broccoli 0

10 pm

1/2 Cup Oatmeal 2

Snacks 4

Total 37 pts

My biggest hurdle is loosing my belly fat. When I look at weight charts for men my height over age 40 I should be 214 lbs according to the US Army's chart. I want to be 197 with a flat stomach but I would be happy to be 214 lbs with a smaller stomach.

Along with my P90X I plan to walk at least a mile a day if I can get the time as the snow melts and the weather warms.

242.2 lbs

11/4/09

My doctor said my blood work numbers look good, keep at the diet.

Found out my scale might be giving me my BMI and not my BF%. I am in the process of scheduling an appointment with a Personal Trainer to do a professional body fat test with calipers to see what it really is.

Working on a way to do chin ups in the living room so I can start P90X.

May go on a Lipo 6 - CLA - Hoodia - Chromium Picolinate stack for weight loss.

235.0 lbs, 29.0 % BF (BMI), 44" waist, 14.5" arms

10/16/09

I read your physique is 10% genetics, 10% training and 80% nutrition.

Aside from the supplements I am on, what MuscleMag says is right for trying to loose fat and build muscle, here is my diet:

8 am 1 cup Quaker Oats oatmeal, 2 eggs, 2 egg whites

10 am Juicer juice - beets, apples, carrots, celery

Noon sliced turkey breast, Miracle Whip, spinach on whole wheat

3 pm Smoothie - 1% milk, fat free yogurt, raspberries, blueberries, strawberries, banana, peanut butter, 1/2 cup oatmeal, 2 tbsp wheat germ, 2 tbsp ground flaxseeds

6 pm 6 oz meat or fish, 1/2 cup brown rice, a sweet potato or 2 cups broccoli or 1 cup green beans

That is it.

How much less can I eat? Dirt and water? :-)

I could cut out the smoothie to save some calories.

I am at a loss why I am not loosing body fat.

236.2 lbs, 29.8% BF, 47" waist, 14.5" arms

10/14/09

Funny (not in a funny way), I am spending more money on supplements than food...

I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner and two snacks and that is it, but I take supplements 7 times a day. 

I might as well save some money and just go on "the juice" ... just kidding :-)

I will give this some time and see if it works, all the supplements are designed to help me loose fat while gaining muscle. My scale w/ body fat meter will tell me pretty quickly if they are working or if I am just wasting my time and money.

240.6 lbs, 30.3% BF, 47" waist, 14.5" arms

10/13/09

Supplements

Here is what I will use to help build muscle and lose fat at the same time, in addition to my diet:

Lipolyze fat burner

Whey Protein Isolate

Creatine

Glutamine

Green Tea Extract (In the Lipolyze)

Arginine

L-Carnitine (In the Lipolyze)

HMB

Forskolin

This is the stack that is recommended by MuscleMag's November 2009 issue's Build Muscle - Lose Fat Superfeature. As the budget allows I am going on this stack. Right now I am on Lipolyze, Whey Isolate, Creatine and Glutamine. I am getting on Arginine on Thursday and HMB and Forskolin next week.

237.6 lbs, 29.8% BF, 47" waist, 14.5" arms

10/12/09

Yesterday Tracy and I went through our old clothes to clean out the closets and give to Goodwill. I found a suit from the late 1990's that is a size 44 regular with probably a 34" waist. I did not bother with the pants but I tried the Jacket on over a tee shirt. It looked like a childs jacket on me. It was so tight and would not even close. I was about 190 lbs when I had this tailored for me, I now were a size 48 jacket and 38" pants at 240 lbs.

But is it all fat I have gained since 1994 when I moved back from Hawaii in the best shape of my life? Probably about 190 lbs and about 10% BF.

I seem to be eating a very sensible diet, but could I reduce the calories more? Yes and no. 

It is hard but until I get on P90X I might have to just keep bulking up on muscle and not worry so much about the fat, then the P90X is so intense on the cardio and the muscle confusion that it will force me to burn fat. 

239.8 lbs, 30.1% BF, 47" waist, 14.5" arms

10/11/09

The end of Week 9

Time goes by slow, but when you look back it went by fast. 

On June 16 th I started the Abs Diet and I was 236 lbs and over 7 weeks I lost 12 lbs and got down to 224 lbs. On August 11 th I started to lift weights and take creatine and whey protein isolate, I was 224.0 lbs and 29.0% BF. Today I am 237.2 lbs and 29.8% BF. I have put on 13.2 lbs of muscle and only .8% BF!

10 weeks until P90X

237.2 lbs, 29.8% BF, 47" waist, 14.5" arms