Day 3

Ug. So I'm totally sick today. Got the flu. This morning I had to go to the cardiologist, and as soon as I walked into the office I had to run to the bathroom, and its been like that ever since. I had to complete my appointment, so I grabbed a mountain dew from the vending machine because it calmed my stomach down, which was entirely worth it. But obviously, that is not part of my diet or my overall plan, so definatly a one time thing. I still kept with it today, and I think I did pretty well. Since I was throwing up everywhere, I got REALLY hungry and decided I had to eat something. I was feeling much better this evening and I had a huge craving for steak n' shake, so I made it over there and ordered with restraint, and I got in a two mile run today. So, definatly a good day considering the circumstances, especially since my doctor checked me off: good news, I dont have heart disease.


Two miles of running, roughly 350-400 calories. Not a bad day at the office.



Lunch: Mountain Dew, because I felt like shit and nothing else would have stayed.

calories: 290
carbs: 77g (fuck.)
fat: 0g
sat. fat: 0g


Dinner: Double steakburger no cheese, cup of chili

calories: 739
carbs: 43g
fat: 41.5g
sat. fat: 16g

Totals:

calories: 1029
carbs: 120g
fat: 41.5g
sat. fat: 16g


So with the running, somewhere in the network of 700 calories total consumed today. Not quite where I want to be, but I'm also sick and I think I'm making stride. Much better on the fat and saturated fat today, which I'm very happy about, but not so great on the carbs. So tomorrow I'll try to focus more on avoiding the carbs because I'm going to be sitting in class all day. Such a long day tomorrow, but we have next tuesday off which means I don't have to go to class until next tursday, a full 7 day weekend. Woohoo! so, thats it for tonight. See ya.

Ok, before I go. I had a revelation just now. Looking at what I've been eating these past few days, I started putting numbers into my head, and I came up with some extraordinary thoughts.

For every 3500 calories burned, one pure pound of fat is lost. Yes, pure fat, nothing else... the water weight is just an additional loss that sometimes can be calculated in, but it dosen't really matter.

I don't know why I thought of this number, but think about 36 days. 36 days of being on a shit diet that has you surviving on the bare minimum. Let's just for the sake of argument I'm able to keep myself at 1000 calories a day, for 36 days. Yeah, that is going to fucking suck, it will be horrible, but its only 36 days. What is 36 days, seriously? It's a blink of the eye, and it could change your life. I have a new goal. I'm going to go 36 days and do everything in my power to stay as close to 1000 calories a day. My body burns 2300 calories a day just to survive, that is my basal metabolic rate. In other words, if I were to just lay in bed the entire day and do nothing at all, I would burn 2300 calories. That is the bare minimum, and in all reality with my running and daily activities, I'm probably burning more like 3000 calories a day at this point. But for the sake of this argument, lets just say I ONLY burn the 2300 that my body needs daily. In 36 days, if I burn 2300 a day, that is a whopping 82,800 calories. In other words, 23.65 POUNDS. Holy shit, right? Now hold on, lets assume I eat 1000 calories every single day, which would mean that I consume a total of 36,000 calories in 36 days. 82,800 minus 36,000 is 46,800 calories burned in total over the course of 36 days on 1000 calories a day. That is STILL 13.3 POUNDS of body fat. In 36 days. Now lets factor in my running, and my daily activities. I've figured it out at a reasonable 3000 calories burned total, each day. in 36 days, burning a total of 3000 calories every day respectivly, that is 108,000 calories in total. Divide that number by 3500, the number of calories in a pound of fat, and I've burned off 72,000 calories in 36 days. Do the math yourself, that is 20.5 pounds of fat burned in 36 days. I'll tell you what, if I can lose anywhere even close to 20 pounds in 36 days on my current path, then I'm going to do it. Once I get past 36 days, I can literally double my calorie intake to 2000, and I will still continue to lose 2-3 pounds every single week, until I reach my goal. Once I reach my goal, I could consume as much a 2700-3000 calories a day and easily maintain my weight, and be well within the normal standards of eating. So yeah, for 36 days I have to kick ass and really stick to something no doctor or health professional would reccomend, but it will show me results fast, and my motivation to continue will be high. In as little as 60 days or so, I can be exactly where I want to be, and be eating like a ocmpletely normal person. That is a sacrifice I'm willing to make if it keeps me from ebing obese or developing weight related diseases for the rest of my life. What do you think? I think I will. I know I will.