From Fat To Skinny In A Year

Day 9: Formulating A Plan

ryanmclelland — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:01:16 +0000

Finally – today – I came up with something to talk about other then the norm…

Basically what I want to do is this…

I’m going to give myself January to get used to this whole no eating meat …

February 1st I’m going to take the Special K challenge. Basically you eat the cereal for breakfast and lunch, a healthy dinner, exercise, and eat Special K snacks…and you lose a pant size! KEWL. Guess we’ll see if it is legit or not.

From February 15th-April 15th I’m going to do two months of Weight Watchers. When I was getting ready to get married back in 1999…my ex and I did Weight Watchers. I was running about 208 then and ended up losing 38 pounds on Weight Watchers in 2 months. I don’t think I’d get that good of a result this time…I was in the Army then and running about 15 miles a week PLUS a gallon of water a day. But reteaching myself portion control is a biggie…and hopefully that will prepare me for…

April 15-May 15: VEGAN FOR A MONTH. Completely vegan. No fish. No eggs. No milk. No cheese. One full month of eating like a vegan and seeing what they go through.

May 15th? Back to fish and stuff! Yay! Just in time for summer. Hopefully the body will be ready just in time for summer as well.

Today? Had salad with chickenless strips for lunch. Din-din I had shrimp pasta! YUMMY!

Day 8: Trader Joe’s

ryanmclelland — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:09:36 +0000

I just have to say that Trader Joe’s is a dieter’s DREAM.

Usually diet crap costs ALOT more then regular food. Why? Because…um…corporate America wants us fat!?!??!?! I dunno…

But at Trader Joe’s they have all kinds of great stuff…alot of healthy stuff…for CHEAP. I can’t believe how GOOD their stuff tastes and how CHEAP it is.

Today I got some great stuff for the next few days: Lobster Ravioli, Eggplant Parm, Chickenless Strips (for my salad), Smushed Bananas, Spankakopita…just some great, great stuff to eat.

So THANK YOU Trader Joe’s…something tells me I’ll be shopping there alot over the next 51 weeks.

Day 7: 1 Week Down

ryanmclelland — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 16:48:42 +0000

I’m not as into the blogging yet as I thought I would be. I know I’m much more mouthy about the subject…but I haven’t been able to put it into words just yet.

I guess adapting is the biggest obstacle. I’ve been able to not eat meat and not drink…but wrapping my head around that has meant that other things have suffered because of it. Like exercising. I only did it twice this week. Wii Fit is here and I haven’t done that either. I just don’t…have the drive yet. I’ve been bored and lethargic at the gym. Haven’t been able to find my chi.

Hopefully next week will bring new beginnings. I plan to start lifting again next week…so hopefully that will start me off.

I am happy that one week is down. 51 weeks to go. 1 week has been a CAKEWALK. Hopefully the next 51 weeks will go just as smoothly.

Yesterday? Pizza for dinner! Yum.

Day 6: The Wii Fit is Calling

ryanmclelland — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:14:02 +0000

The new Wii Fit title came out titled Wii Fit Plus. My Wii mocks me…and I’m not happy about doing it…not at all.

But I got start…so today is the day.

Yesterday…had some Linguini with Shrimp over at Cookie Jen’s….very, very awesome stuff. Went to the gym – knocked out another 2.25 bringing my total to 31 miles out of 100! Yee haw.

Lazy day today though…no gym…haven’t really been able to get back into the exercising yet…hoping next week I can get fully back into it. So – today will be the Wii Fit.

Day 5: Chinese/Japanese

ryanmclelland — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:37:28 +0000

Kinda missed yesterday’s post so I’m typing it up now.

Yesterday was a non-workout day….ended up going to MovieStop to get some flicks, then back home to watch the Die Hard 3 remake 12 Rounds with John Cena.

Then that night out to dinner then to see Avatar in 3-D.

Went to a very nice local joint called Elements of Asia. I ordered Steamed Vegetable Dumplings and two rolls of sushi. ALso had some of Lauren’s crab wontons. Everything was quite delish. With me deciding to have seafood…Chinese is probably the best food to eat.

Also had salad for lunch yesterday…and some french fries….and a protein shake.

Day 4: Holidays Are Over!

ryanmclelland — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:55:20 +0000

Everyone went back to work today…everyone but me. Not having a job BLOWS.

Hit the gym today and got two more miles in. I now stand 28.7 miles out of 100!!! Go me!

A boring day overall. Ate Lean Pockets 4 Cheese, Pasta Salad, and Pierogies for dinner. Going to do some SmartOnes Ice Cream for desert!

Day 3: Sliced Potatoes

ryanmclelland — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:30:24 +0000

It sucks to have football on and not have great things like…BUFFALO WINGS!

Today I made some great snacks. First I had sliced potatoes…slice them semi thin – put the oven on 400 degrees. Put cooking spray on the pan, place potatoes, season with some Goya Adobo, then put some cooking spray on top. Cook for 50-60 minutes and BAM – yummy potato slices. Add some Frank’s Hot Sauce and they are NUMMY. Also had some Boca Chick’n Nuggets which I put some FHS on as well.

Suffice to say they both made some GREAT football food! I’ll need to try and make some vegetarian chili for the Super Bowl…

Tomorrow? Back to the gym! I think I may also tackle my Wii Fit and start working out on that as well.

Eats today? Hmmm…coffee in the morning. Then the sliced potatoes. Snack was some English tea biscuits. Then dinner…Boca Chick’n Nuggets and Rice A Roni. NUMMY!!!

3 days down! Only 362 days to go!

Day 2: Kicking Back

ryanmclelland — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:25:01 +0000

With the holidays gone…and a rare weekend of not having to get up on a Saturday morning to go DJ – Lauren and I spent the entire day having fun with each other. We watched 3 flicks: Gridiron Gang, Ginger Snaps 2, and The Wrestler. We filled in with some cleaning, playing some Uncharted 2 and Katarmai Forever, and some reading.

Thinking about hitting the gym tomorrow for some cardio…we’ll see how the day goes. I think mentally I’m prepped for Monday – so I may just kick back and watch some football with my baby.

2 days down…363 days to go!

Hmmm…what did I eat today? I had cereal for breakfast and some mac & cheese for lunch. I had chips and salsa as a snack followed by some tillapia and potatoes for dinner. Finished it off with a SmartOnes ice cream.

Not too shabby – not too shabby indeed.

Day One: The Start

ryanmclelland — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:05:07 +0000

My plan was to write throughout December prepping for my year-long trek of no meat and no drinking.

Unfortunetly some sudden things came up that made me lose sight which included a trip to North Carolina and the death of my grandmother, having my son for nearly a week, and all the holidays.

Everything came and went with a blur – really moved FAST!!! Today starts that year-long journey and I’m pretty psyched for it. I think most of my friends think I’m nuts…and most of them also think that this is something I actually WON’T be able to accomplish. I’m sure, in the back of their minds, I’ll be eating and drinking within the next two months.

Last night we went to a friend’s house for a New Year’s Party. Jen was nice enough to make me a final meat course of my choosing…I chose Sloppy Joes!!! Throughout the month I had my last buffalo wings, chinese food, and even McDonalds…which I never eat anyway.

So Day One is nearly in the books. Monday starts up my exercise routine again - I’ve been exercising but haven’t been monitoring what I’ve been doing. Monday starts off with writing down what I’m doing and continuing to improve week by week.

Food today? Shrimp fajitas for lunch, Hot & Sour soup for dinner.

I’m excited! Only…364 days to go!!!

Prep Month Interrupted

ryanmclelland — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:04:48 +0000

While I plan to blog every single day during my year long journey, I did want to also blog every day this month. Of course there is alot more to talk about when I’m actually DOING this crazy thing…and this month has been kind of hard to type.

Especially this week. I flew down to North Carolina and my grandmother passed away the night I got down here. So I’m still here with family, waiting for the funeral tomorrow. I’ll be back in Jersey then as well - and back to preperations for January 1st.

I’m really excited because mentally…I’m there. I’m ready to start. I’m actually excited.