Dan Nied's 100 Days is the chronicle of one man's quest to improve his health in 100 days. Feel free to email him at nieddan@yahoo.com with any questions or comments you might have
What I ate today:
Breakfast (8:30 a.m.)
2 servings of oatmeal
Calories: 200
Fat: 4 grams
Lunch (12 p.m.)
4 slices of bread
4 slices of turkey
2 servings of fat-free mayo
1 serving of cottage cheese
1 Special K cereal bar
Calories: 520
Fat: 7 grams
Snack (4 p.m.)
Several servings of red grapes
Calories: 124 (according to calorie-count.org)
Fat: .6 grams
Dinner (7 p.m.)
4 slices of bread
4 slices of turkey
2 servings of fat-free mayo
1 serving of cottage cheese
1 Special K cereal bar
Calories: 520
Fat: 7 grams
Total Calories: 1,364
Total fat: 18.6 grams
Exercise: None. I have this shoot for the stars, land on the moon sort of thing going with working out. I try to do it every day. However, there are at least two days every week when I just talk myself out of it. But if that happens, then I am at least working out three or four times per week. For the record, I worked out Sunday.
The new official weight, taken Sunday after two somewhat tough days of eating (Friday was a fuck-up day), is just under 298. So what does that mean? Well, for one I lost all the weight I gained during my trip to Colorado Springs (about three pounds) and then two more. That was over the course of a week. So way to go, me!
Right now, I am having urges almost constantly; nothing particularly strong, but constant. I almost stopped into the coffee shop today to get a bagel, but I got smart at the last second. I think success is going to my head. Since last week wasn’t great as far as eating goes (see Friday’s fuck-up and the fact that I went hog wild Tuesday), and I still lost five pounds (or at least some weight once you take out all the variables), I am getting cocky about what I can eat.
But my smart money is on getting down to 270 and then loosening up a bit. I don’t want to work my way down to 270; I want to sprint there. However, once I get to 270, I just want to ease it down to 240 eventually. That’s been the plan all along and I see no reason to stray right now. Still, the thought of taking one day a week to eat whatever I want has crossed my mind. It would make sense now that the 100 days is over, but I still want to lose 28 pounds by June 8, so how smart would that be?
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1 - chantal stone
as long as you write about it, Dan, we're going to read about it. Keep up the great work!