Tuesday Weight-in

Weight Lost

I lose three pounds this week. I stuck very well to the diet. This weekend when I wasn't taking the oil, I snacked reasonable well. I added nuts to my diet. I notice my set point is less. I need less food to feel full.

Food Journal

I guess I could stop writing down my food during the day, but I need that discipline to keep track. For me, this is the only thing that works. I have been on diets before but this is the only thing that consistently works for me.

Stress Test

Last week, I went to Boulder to get a Stress Test with my doctor. I think I did okay, My doctor administered the test and he didn't have any strong comments. I have a follow up planned with him next month to talk about all of my results. He did say that if I was to run, try to keep my heart rate at around 130-140 range.

Exercise

I've been real good with exercising. This weekend I worked out twice at the gym and I ran for 30 minutes on the treadmill keeping my heart rate at around 140.

Weight: 269 lbs (home scale)

Tuesday Morning Check in

I lost about 3 lbs last week, even with the birthday party on Saturday for my twins (one year old) and my niece (3 years old). I had some cupcakes, but I don't think I was overboard.

One things I notice by taking the oil daily is that I have less of a craving for breads. I don't feel the need to include it in every meal.

When I run on the treadmill, I set little mini goals to reach: 'Can i reach the 0.50 mark without stopping', 'Can I make it to 8:00 without stopping?'. My ultimate goal is 170lbs, but my mini goals are:

• Lose 12 lbs before our Family reunion in August (6 weeks from now). Goal is 260lbs
• Lower my waist size to less than 40 inches. (This indicates a factor for heart problems).
• Get down to 220 by December 31, 2008/ BMI < 30, so that I would be considered to be overweight instead of obese. (52 lbs in 28 weeks)
  

Tim Russert died last week. I felt akin to him for several reasons, he died of a heart attack and he was from Buffalo. He had a calcium blockage in the left anterior descending coronary artery which I have as well. It adds energy to my wanting to lost weight and get healthy.

My brother who is two years younger than I called last night and we talked a little about our tests. I'm glad I could talk to him.

Tomorrow I have my Stress test at the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine. I'm anxious to talk to my doctor about all of the results.

I had the best Father's day moment on Sunday. My son Jon, is a brute and very physical but after a full day playing and late in the afternoon, he crawled up on me and fell asleep in my arms. That was really nice.

Weight: 272 lbs (home scale)

Weight Check: Initial Success

I now don't think our bathroom scale is broken. I weighted myself in the morning and it said 274.5 lbs. I've lost about 5.5 lbs. I'm going to mark it as 275 lbs for convenient sake.

I was very good yesterday. I had to travel for business and I had to eat out for a few meals. I was very concerned about that, but I made a meal plan in my head:

• At the airport I had a McDonalds Premium salad (Southwest), half a package of dressing, and a small parfait
• For breakfast an Egg McMuffin with Hashbrowns (my only indulgence)
  
• Lunch was catered with a small sandwich from Panera and some side salad;
  
• and finally for dinner I went to a real restaurant at the airport and had salmon with vegetables (without the garlic mashed potatoes and just a little blue cheese dressing for the house salad).
• I also had red wine at dinner and on the plane back.
• For all my salads, I used the 'dip the fork in the dressing first method' to just get a little dressing on the greens.

I didn't know how many calories I did, but I figured it must have been okay for the day.

Weight: 275 lbs (home scale)

Calcium Score Results

My Calcium Score came back from the screening.

Region	Calcium Score (Agatston)	Volume (mm3)
Left Main	0	0
Right Coronary Artery	4	6
Left Anterior Descending	101	107
Circumflex	6	9
Posterior Descending Artery	0	0
Other 1	0	0
Other 2	0	0
Other 3	0	0
Total	111	122

My Total Calcium Score is: 111

What this means is that for a 101-400 scoring range. I have definite, at least moderate atherosclerotic plaque.

My risk of is mild coronary artery disease highly likely with significant narrowing possible.

I need time to digest this result.

Weight Check; scale problems?

I weighted myself this morning on our bathroom scale. I was really shocked to find that I weighted the same as I did at the doctor's office two weeks ago. I've been on my diet for a week now and I haven't been over 2200 calories in a day for over a week. I should have lost at least 2 lbs by now.

My wife says I could have put on muscle weight, but I think the scale is wrong. I'm going to see if there is a scale at the gym that I can test.

Weight: 280 lbs (home scale)