West Orange, New Jersey, United States
Just a guy working and raising a family trying to get back into shape.
Rik's Profile
West Orange, New Jersey, United States
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Rik's Progress
Goal Met!
- Start weight: 232.0 lbs
- Goal weight: 0.0 lbs
- Weight loss to date: 17.0 lbs
- Days logged last week: 0
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FOOD
BREAKFAST: Oatmeal venti black coffee
AM SNACK: Trail Mix with Raisins, Cranberries,
LUNCH: Organic Peanut butter and honey sandwhich on wheat.
PM SNACK: Trail mix
DINNER: Grilled chicken, salad with garbonzo beans, olives, and white beans. Dressing is honey, vinegar, and EVOO mix.
WEIGHTS MEASURES
219 lbs. Weighed in after waking up
EXERCISE
Down day, well actually intended to be a cardio day but elliptical is not here yet and it is too damn cold to go running.
STATE OF MIND
WORK: Worked from home
HEALTH: Still feeling pretty good overall.
SLEEP: Up at 7:00 AM.
MUSIC: Worked from home, so I put on my Favorites list which is basically a list of my purchased music.
BREAKFAST: Small Cup of Oatmeal with Cinnamon, Fat Free Yogurt, Venti Coffee
AM SNACK: Soy Nut Trail Mix
LUNCH: Chicken Salad wrap with Lettus tomato on Wheat Wrap
PM SNACK: Wallnuts
DINNER: Grilled Cod Salad w/ Beans Tomato Mushrooms
WEIGHTS MEASURES
219 lbs. Weighed in after waking up: Stuck.....
EXERCISE
Chest Workout - 8~12 reps x 3 sets Standing Chest Press, Standing Chest Fly. Seated Incline Press, Decline Press, Chest Press, Leg Lifts. Typical walk to and from modes of commute transportation Stairs at WTC.
STATE OF MIND
WORK: Slow day again, but due to pick up. Low stress.
HEALTH: Overall feeling A bit sore from Saturday but working through it. Affected the workout today on the chest as it depends on the arms. Feeling more stable and not as heavy.
SLEEP: Up at 6:30 AM.
MUSIC: Hip-Hop Playlist to From work.
FOOD
BREAKFAST: Bowl of Smart Start
AM SNACK: Trail Mix with Raisins, Cranberries,
LUNCH: Tuna/Cottage Cheese mix Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Salt Pepper
PM SNACK: Bannana
DINNER: Mushroom, Hearts of Palm Salad (Balsamic), Turkey sausage Stew 1 Corona Light after dinner.
WEIGHTS MEASURES
219 lbs. Weighed in after waking up
EXERCISE
Down Day (Sunday) Working on Routine
STATE OF MIND
WORK: Weekend
HEALTH: Still feeling pretty good overall. Sore from first day of workout on Arms Abs.
SLEEP: Up at 7:30 AM.
MUSIC: Grammy's Baby!
BREAKFAST: 1/4 Glass of Pineapple Smoothie, Oatmeal w cinnamon Honey, Sm Bowl of Smart Start, Coffee
AM SNACK: Banana
LUNCH: Turkey Sandwhich (4 thin slices of Turkey, 1 Slice light American, Light Mayo/Honey Mustard on 15 Grain Wheat Bread), Fat Free Yogurt Multi-Vitamin/Glucosamine
PM SNACK: Nothing
DINNER: chilli's - Boneless Buffalo Chicken Apetizer Mesquite Salad (replaced Ranch with Sesame Dressing)
WEIGHTS MEASURES
Bicep Tricep Workout - 5 Exercises 8~12 reps x 3 sets Light Weight, Abs Knee Raises, Ab Twists, standing Pull-Down Crunces (est 45 Min)
218 lbs. Weighed in after waking up: Stuck.....
EXERCISE
Nordic Track equipment shows up today. Plan to work on program tomorrow.
STATE OF MIND
WORK: Weekend
HEALTH: Overall feeling pretty good. Nice to have the Nordic Track at home. Now maybe the weight will begin to come down as I begin to tone up.
SLEEP: Up at 7:15 AM.
MUSIC: Workout - My Favorites Playlist..
FOOD
BREAKFAST: Cup of Coffee, Banana, Bowl of Smart Start Cereal
AM SNACK: Soy Nut Trail Mix with Raisins, Cranberries, Soy Nuts and Pumpkin Seeds
LUNCH: Turkey Sandwhich (5 thin slices of Turkey, 1 Slice Provolone, Light Mayo on 15 Grain Wheat Bread)
PM SNACK: STrail Mix with dried apricot, Raisins, Cranberries, Soy Nuts and Pumpkin Seeds, Raspberry Tea, Osembe cracker, Cup o coffee
DINNER: Salad w/ Balsamic Dressing, 2 skinless chicken breast strips, 1 shumai, chilli with xtra kidney beans 2 beer.
WEIGHTS MEASURES
219 lbs. Weighed in after waking up: Stuck.....
EXERCISE
Nordic Track equipment shows up today. Plan to work on program tomorrow.
STATE OF MIND
WORK: Working from Home today. Low stress, but staying focused on work a challenge as usual.
HEALTH: Overall feeling pretty good.
SLEEP: Up at 8:15 AM.
MUSIC: No commute = No music today.
FOOD
BREAKFAST: Venti Starbucks Bold Coffee, Low-Fat Blueberry Muffin
AM SNACK: Soy Nut Trail Mix with Raisins, Cranberries, Soy Nuts and Pumpkin Seeds
LUNCH: Cup of Lobster Bisque
PM SNACK: Soy Nut Trail Mix with Raisins, Cranberries, Soy Nuts and Pumpkin Seeds, Raspberry Tea, Small Cup o coffee
DINNER: Salad w/ Balsamic Dressing, 4 skinless chicken breast strips, brown rice with mushrooms and kidney beans, peas.
WEIGHTS MEASURES
219 lbs. Weighed in after waking up: Slight gain this morning but not too concerned. Again, need to focus on the measurements not the weight. Water, muscle other things will increase weight. A challenge to stay motivated since I have always remained focus watching that number of weight go down. Tomorrow is measurement day, we’ll see.
EXERCISE
Typical walks to the Bus Stop, in Newark Station, From PATH Station to Work and back. Man it needs to warm up soon.
STATE OF MIND
WORK: Pretty motivated this morning. 15 days until I move into my next roll, a more exciting one. In the chair today focused on putting together what I need to transition my current work over to other people.
HEALTH: Overall feeling pretty good. Again, I will say that it is very difficult to stop looking at the scale and focusing more on the weekly planned measurements of the waist as an indication of health improvement.
SLEEP: Up at 6:30 AM. To bed at 12:15 AM
MUSIC: Left over from my brief walk from the bus stop last night, I found myself plugging along to my Hip-Hop Playlist this morning. I must say although, I have almost worn out this playlist, it is good at getting me into a mindset that wakes me up and get’s me ready for work.
FOOD
BREAKFAST: Venti Starbucks Bold Coffee, Small Cup ‘o Oatmeal
AM SNACK: Brought a bag of Soy Nut Trail Mix with Raisins, Cranberries, Soy Nuts and Pumpkin Seeds
LUNCH: Split Pea Soup w/ Wheat Roll
PM SNACK: Brought a bag of Soy Nut Trail Mix with Raisins, Cranberries, Soy Nuts and Pumpkin Seeds, Raspberry Tea, Small Cup o coffee
DINNER: Chili on Asiago French Bread (3 small pieces), Salad with Balsamic Dressing, Tomato slices in Balsamic Dressing (2), Asparagus Spears (2) 1 Corona Light after dinner.
WEIGHTS MEASURES
218 lbs. Weighed in after waking up
EXERCISE
Typical walks to the Bus Stop, in Newark Station, From PATH Station to Work and back.
STATE OF MIND
WORK: Struggling to stay motivated at work. Tired since I was up late last night with one of the little ones until 3 a.m. Have to stay focused on what goes in my mouth.
HEALTH: Overall feeling pretty good. Not really seeing any change since I have begun the healthy lifestyle based on my readings in “YOU: On A Diet†Somehow, I do feel different. Less blobby and a bit more tight. Might just be the chemicals and hormones in my body getting their ducks back in a row before I see any significant results. I will say that it will be difficult to stop looking at the scale and focusing more on the weekly planned measurements of the waist as an indication of health improvement.
SLEEP: Up at 6:30 AM. Fell asleep around 8:30PM, up at 11:30 for the late feed. Fell asleep again around 12:30
MUSIC: Since I commute to music every day, my playlist reflects my general mood. Today started off with the last couple of songs from my “Purchased†music playlist which left me with a choice of what I felt like listening to next. That ended up being my RB playlist, but soon I moved to my Artist playlist and pulled up Outkast. I guess this means I am in the mood for a mix of funky, jazzy, eccentric, but yet not too energetic.