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 you might have.
What I ate today
Breakfast (10 a.m.)
1 can of tuna
2 slices of whole-grain bread
2 servings of fat-free mayonnaise
Calories: 270
Fat: 2.5 grams
Lunch (1 p.m.)
1 Subway grilled chicken breast sub with a lot of things except for mayonnaise, cheese and jalapenos
Calories: 660
Fat: 10 grams
Snack (3:15 p.m)
1 serving of baby carrots
Calories: 35
Fat 0 grams
Snack (5:15 p.m.)
1 plain bagel
Way too much cream cheese
Calories: 300-500?
Fat: ???
Dinner: 8 p.m.
1 package of Healthy Choice smoked Sausage
Calories: 560
Fat: 17.5 grams
Drinks
44 ounces Diet Coke
40 ounces of black coffee (20 decaf)
1 liter of water
Approximate total calories: 1,925
Total fat: More than 30 grams
Exercise: None.
Don’t worry. I am not off the diet. After yesterday’s rant of pure frustration, I decided it would be best to loosen the strings a little bit today. Oddly enough, I actually ate like a semi-normal person. But more importantly, I got a chance to take a step back and examine this whole thing.
I think there were a few questions I needed to address. I started with one big one: Do I really want to continue this? The answer was an emphatic yes.
So that led to the next question: Can I really do this right if I don’t take it 100 percent seriously? The answer was no.
So, as these things tend to do, that led to another question: 3) Where can I improve?
That one took up most of my thoughts for today. Obviously, my belief is that I am half-assing the exercise. That has to change. I hate giving out plans because I am not reliable enough to guarantee their success, but my hope is that Friday, I will do at least 30-40 minutes on the elliptical machine. I want to break that up with a 15-minute warm-up and warm-down and then a 10-minute pseudo elliptical run in between lifting. My ultimate goal is to work up to 60 minutes three times per week. Since I have burned almost exactly 170 calories per 10 minutes on the elliptical machine so far, I have figured out a chart of how many calories I can burn over elongated periods of time:
Article comments
1 - zingzing
you need to switch up what you eat. eating the same things (your lunch habits are better than your breakfast habits) day in day out will make your body lazy. your body is going to get used to your workout habits as well. switch up the time of day when you go for your workout. go in the morning somedays, afternoon others, night others. your metabolism needs to be fucked with. keep your body guessing. also, i think it's a good idea to concentrate on either the cardio or the lifting at your workouts. i would suggest (but i'm no expert--at all) upping your exercise to four times a week, and doing two cardios and two lifts each week. monday-cardio, tuesday-lift, thursday-cardio, friday-lift.
take everything i say with a grain of salt, but not too much salt, because that makes you retain water or something.