Week 3 - Muscle is Heavier Than Fat

It's a little frustrating. I have only lost 7 pounds but from what I hear- that is normal when you are weight training. I'm doing Nautilus weight training every other day and also 30 minutes of cardio (treadmill and exercise bike) 3 times per week. Not only that but my diet has been pretty much the following:

+ Breakfast: coffee only

+Lunch: big salad with lettuce, carrots, celery, green pepper, swiss cheese, (sometimes onion), and 1 tin of tuna.

+Supper: small portion of whatever Darlene makes and soy protein shake

I am not doing any gimmicks like you see on TV. No prepacked meals, no Chuck Norris exercise machines, no hypnotherapy, no lipo, no gastric bypass, no grapefruit.

One thing I have noticed is that I have to pay close attention to my insulin because I have gone low a lot lately. Also- I am not as hungry at night like I used to be. Before, I had to snack after 7pm- but those hunger pains have started to go away. The first two weeks were bad- I still wanted to eat at night but forced myself not to.

One more thing- I don't buy all this New Age crap about "don't starve yourself" and "don't deny what your body is saying" - yada yada yada. The first couple weeks are a hell. No getting around it. If your food intake was like mine- then it will SUCK not eating. I am starving myself in that I refuse to eat when I'm hungry. I AM punishing my body. It does NOT feel good.

The guy who owns the gym where I go- said I should rest my muscles every other day and not even do cardio on the odd days. I disagree with him. I am going to continue to do cardio on the odd days just like everything I have read tells me to.

Even with all that- I have only lost 7 pounds and .8 percent body fat. And looking at the pictures below- it doesn't look like much has changed.

But....I SHALL NOT GIVE UP!!!!!!!!

Fred to Mitt 2008

Weight Loss- Day 1

OK- here I go.

Today is January 12, 2008.

I am fat. I weigh 314 pounds and have over 38% body fat. I am an insulin dependent diabetic in the express lane to the grave. Starting on January 9, 2008 after returning from a Dallas business meeting I have had enough. I joined the local Nautilus Fitness center and am once again vowing to loose 100 pounds in one year. I have made many promises like this before - all broken. I guess posting pictures of myself here is a way of making myself accountable for my progress.

Life or death- here goes.