Hi,
I am feeling great right now with the progress so far. I had finally (I hopeJ) broke 190 pound barrier. I weighed in at 189 last night (10-16-07). I hope it is the right weight and I lose more as I move on with my regimen.
I have noticed my fitness levels going up for the last couple of months and my tummy getting little smaller J in the process. I would like to continue on the good work and just keep at it. The problem is I am not really motivated like I was when I first started working out in July. I get real pumped up when I read a story or watch on TV when someone loses a lot of weight thru working out and eating right. Also, when I come across the on intenet about people choosing to run long distance races as a tool to get in shape. I want to race a long distance event like a 10k or half-marathon but still do not have the right motivation and desire to take that big step. I hope I commit to something like that in future. Even though I am doing great on this weight loss mission, I would still need to do a great deal on getting my life on track with my financial situation. I have made lot of bad decisions with my money and I am seeing the affects how it is ruining my life. I am trying really hard to get my life back that I have always hoped. Today is the right day for doing that.

I do not want to discuss here how I made my life a living financial hell, but I do like to set small goals from today on towards achieving a debt free life. I am really disappointed in myself right now, and I do not have anyone but myself to blame for the situation I am in.

So long…
Prasad

comosta?

October 2, 2007
3:00 PM
Hey Guys,
What’s new?? I am happy with the progress I made so far though September was not a barn burner as far as losing weight is concerned. I am still maintaining around 192 lbs, have not lost or gained much. I have not been a gym rat like I was in July and August, just been lazy through out the month so to speak.

I have decided to be more active again in October and this time I want change my food and work out habits and see if I lose more weight. I will try to eat more veggies and fruits in October than in previous months and will try slightly different work out methods. I would like to run a distance race like a 10k or a half marathon. I know its not going to be easy but I can lose more weight and get really fit if I try to train and participate in a race. I have not really committed to that though I might change my mind and go for it. I will decide on it in couple of weeks because I do not want to sign up for a race and not put my 100 percent towards it.

grindin' it out

September 12, 2007
2:30 PM
Last night I went to the fitness center. My body did not wanted me to go but my mind wanted me to. I wanted to just lay down on my bed and watch TV till I go to bed. I have done that almost on all weekdays in the past one year. I was way too lazy to do any physical activity, except on Saturdays when I have a cricket match.
Anyway, I was glad I went to work out. Since I usually go there on Mondays and having missed the routine, I wanted to run a little bit more. So, I have hopped on the treadmill and selected a new cardio workout for 40 minutes. It was very exhausting to say the least but very satisfying in the end. I definitely thought I will not finish the whole work out but somehow I hung on. I could feel my lungs burning and my legs hurting when I was running. It was good that I chose the climbing style work out so I was not just running full steam for 40 minutes.

So, guess what I have set a new personal treadmill record in terms of calories burned! I have spent 42 minutes running 3.34 miles and burning 573 calories. Yes, I could not believe myself. Now I have the confidence to even run for an hour without ever stopping. I do not know when I will do that but certainly would like to sometime in near future ( I will let you know for sure).

Adios,
prasad

Great day today

Hey people,
How is it going?? I am doing great. The day started great for me as India won the 6th ODI cricket match today with England. India chased a mammoth total of 317 runs.

Anywho, coming back to my battle of fat, I am at 193 pounds as of yesterday. I feel good about my body every day I look in the mirror, I can feel my body shrinking and also getting in shape slowly. I am looking forward to the day I break the number 190. I think it will happen in September for sure.

The major fat storage in my body is the mid to lower mid section of my body. I look okay when seen from the front, but I look fat from the side with my belly protruding outside. My thighs and hips are bigger than usual for people of my height. I am only 5’ 8” in height but 193 pounds in weight now. I was wearing 38” waist pants before but may be I am more like 36” now. I am no way in great condition as yet but definitely better than before when I was 207 in July or 213 back in January. Another good sign I have noticed is I have moved my belt further up a hole when I tuck in my shirt.

Before all this I just used to eat anything, anywhere and any time I pleased. Since two months I have been careful of what I am eating. I have, for the most part (almost all weekdays), ate vegetable meals for lunch and dinner. I have not felt hungry at all since I eat a lot of vegetables to go with 3 tortillas. When I still felt hungry I used to have a banana or an apple as a snack and also sugarless chewing gum and water. Cutting back on meat really helped. I cooked chicken and also ate in the restaurants during weekends, but not like before, when I used to eat like a pig. I could never control myself to eat less at a buffet. I don’t do that now. Because when I start to eat more I just think about how many more calories I have to burn to compensate that extra food.

My buddy who is living in my apt for over a month now is leaving in three days, so I will have more freedom to cook food my style. That means I might lose weight faster in September!!!!

Will keep you in the loop,
Prasad :)

progress

Hellooooooooo,

Last night (Thursday) I went to Fitness center because I did not want to be in my apt doing nothing. I have been going there since monday and ran almost 7 miles and burned close to 1100 calories just running on the treadmill. So, I was kinda tired and lazy to workout four days in a row.
This is how much I ran for three days.

August 27th 194/192.5 lbs 2.92!!! miles 500!!! calories 38!!! minutes
August 28th 196/195 lbs 1.0 miles 150 calories 20 minutes
August 29th 196/194.5 lbs 2.82 miles 486 calories 37 minutes

However, I am glad I went in. I did not feel like running again. I thought I would lift weights and do few crunches and go home. But my routine always had been to go check my weight first, and then hop on a treadmill. So, I followed my routine and mounted on a treadmill for light running. But some how I changed my mind once I started running. I never stopped for 30 minutes. I was really going full steam for the first time on a treadmill. I had speed control at 7 and incline at 15 degrees. I n just 30 mintues I have burned 500 calories first time. I was ecstatic.

August 30th 195/192.5 lbs 2.82 miles 504 calories 32!!!! minutes

I have been noticing this lately. I start out really sluggish but end on a good note every time I step on the treadmill. I just don't want to step down without burning my body because it feels good after you are done. You feel that you are improving your stamina with each run. But, one thing I have to mention that I have not been really happy about is my weight remained more or less the same for the last 2 weeks. I am just hovering around 195 lbs which I have achieved around the beginning of August. I guess it is hard to lose more weight after you lose initial 10-15 pounds. And then the body is really stubborn to lose anymore because it does not like it. So, I have been putting more pressure on my body and telling it to lose more fat. This week has been the most I have worked out in my whole entire (two perfect synonyms :)) life and hopefully my body will listen.

As of last night I have weighed 195/192.5 (before/after workouts). Looking forward to losing MAS GRASA!!!!
Hasta Luego,
prasad

Still kicking

Hello,
I have not had time to update on the weight loss progress. I am doing okay but the thing I have noticed lately is I am not losing fat faster than when I started. It's been a struggle to lose couple of pounds now than before. Now, I weight at 194 lbs.
I think I hit the plateau stage. I think my body is most comfortable at this weight for many years which is between 192-197 pounds. So, I think I really have to work harder than before to shrink my weight to 180 pounds. I think its a tall order, but one that I want to achieve.

Let's see....I will try to reach there by November 5th, why, because it is my birthday :)

weight loss journey

Hello world,
Last time I wrote my first ever blog titled "My fight to lose weight". Since I am doing okay losing weight, I have decided to sort of update how i am doing by writing more weight loss blogs.

As I mentioned in the previous blog, I weighed in at 207 lbs on July the 7th. So, its been a month already and I am glad I stuck to my plan of daily exercise and eating less and better. I have worked out almost 5 days weeks and cooked my food all thru the one month period. I think the results are not that bad. I weighed in at 196.5 pounds last night. yes, a weight loss of 10 pounds in a month.

I have been reading a lot of web sites associated with dieting, losing weight. Most of them say losing 1-3 pounds a week is good for the body than loosing a lot by over exercising and eating really small portions of food. But there are times I felt like I should be doing more to lose weight quickly or I get bored doing the same thing over and over again like running between 2.5-3.0 miles and crunches. But I am really satisfied overall with my progress so far and I plan to lose more in the next couple of months.

I got really excited yesterday to see my weight at 196.5 and at 195.5 after working out. The day before I weighed in at 199.5. That means I have lost 3 lbs in one day. I felt really excited but had my own doubts if the scale was working ok. My regimen got more enjoyable since the last couple of days as I started swimming before leaving the fitness center. This helped me relax in the pool and also burn more calories at the same time. I would like to swim 10-15 laps at least but right now I get really tired with just 5 laps.

The target weight for a male 5' 8" tall is 154 and high is 171. Right now, I weigh 196 lbs. I am 25 lbs overweight today even after loosing 11 lbs in a month. I do not think I want to be at 154 because that would be losing 50 lbs which is very tough and very lean for my body type. If I can get to 171 with a good muscle definition that would be a dream, but I would be really happy If I can reach my target weight I set in my mind on New years, which is good round number 180.

I have 16 pounds to burn now.........................................................

Cricket anyone?

What you guys think about the ongoing Test match series between India and England. I guess people in USA do not know what I am talking about but this is for people who know cricket.
I have read a lot of articles recently on the web sites about the decline of our Maestro Sachin Tendulkar (Michael Jordan of Cricket).

It brings a great deal of pain when writers, readers and others mention how Tendulkar is past his prime and do not perform in crunch situations. While all the accusations are somewhat true, it should be noted that he still makes lot of runs and human just like everyboday else.

It needs to be mentioned that Cricket is a team game and one needs to have ample support from the teamamtes to win or draw a match. In Tendulkar's prime, all of 1990's, there was little support from the other players when he made big scores, azhar may be one one exception. Now, in Dravid's case he had support from Laxman, Sehwag, Ganguly and Tendulkar himself. It is unfair to criticize someone who made more international centuries than anyone in Cricket, question his love for the game.

What we should do instead is cherish his final years in Cricket bcos his time is quickly nearing its end, and let him be his own man. Who knows his greatest innings is just around the corners!!!

My fight to lose weight

Whoever is going to read my blurbs, welcome to my blog. My name is Prasad, and this is my first real blog ever. I am excited to finally become a blogger. This is my honest account to talk about various things that are part of my life and also improve my blogging/writing skills in the process. ( I am very bad at articulating my thoughts into words, I don't even know if I said that right:--))

I really started THINKING about reducing my overall body mass specially on the new years day, like every fatso and wanted to do some serious damage to my body fat that has been an unwelcome friend over my entire lifetime.
To tell you a little about myself, I am 5 foot 8 inches tall ( I think or I hope so) and exceeded the dreaded 200 pound number 2 years ago.
So, I made an effort to go to LA fitness club on January 2, 2007, even though I had the membership since Oct 06 ( I guess I was looking for an auspicious occasion). Right off the bat, I walked towards the scale and climbed on it. I was not really disappointed to see my weight at 213 lbs, cos I was kinda expecting it. I started walking/jogging on the treadmill from day one and actually started seeing results right away. I have consistently lost 2 pounds per week for 2 months. This brought my weight to 203 lbs. Eating not so fatty foods and cutting down tasty beverages helped the cause, too. I was feeling really good about myself at this point.

But, As the saying goes "All good things have to end", Right? I made a trip to rocky point over spring break weekend, and I just went bonkers for three days...boozing, eating junk and greasy but definitely tasty Mexican food. When I came back, somehow I felt little lazy to visit fitness center, still hungover from the trip. Days became weeks and I have stayed away from any kind of physical activity for a month. To make things worse (from weight loss stand point), I have embarked on a month long vacation trip to India, to visit my parents, but most importantly to attend my sister's wedding.

For people who do not know about Indian food, it is really high in carbs and fat (most of the regular Indian food, anyway). And, my gluttony continued for the whole month. Imagine how Moms feed you when you go back home, get the idea!!! I came back in May and did not feel like shedding any weight as I was just happy eating what I wanted. Slowly but surely I have noticed all weight coming back to me and then some. I was scared to go to check the weight.

I told myself enough is enough and made a commitment to eat less and eat right, I did that for a week or two and got the courage to get off my ass to go back to LA fitness, I was just paying them money all these days. I have checked my weight and it was 207 lbs. I had mixed feeling, I was happy sine I didn't gain too much but sad at the same time cos only few months ago, I ran my ass off to get to 203 lbs for two months.

I have decided I am not going to gain any more than 207 for the rest of my life!!! I know, it is a very BOLD statement, but I want to do everything in my power to stick to that. I guess that involves a life style change for better body and better health for the rest of my life.

I am just glad to say I am on the right track so far, I weighed 205 lbs as of yesterday (:--

Will be back after burning some,
Prasad