[Skorpius]

I wanted to post how I am eating and losing the weight that I have. Been lurking too long so I figured I'd contribute something of value to the forum. It may help out a few people in the process.

Here are my stats as of March 2009:
Age: 32
Height: 5'10''
Starting Weight: 365 lbs
Ethnicity: Mexican-American
Body Fat: +40%
A1C: 12.5

I began my diet in early March 2009. Here's what I had my first few days and my workouts:

Wednesday (3/4)
Breakfast 7am - 3 hard boiled eggs, Honey bunches of oats w/whole milk, cup of coffee-lots of sugar

Snack #1 10am - banana

Lunch 12:30pm - 2 Tuna sandwiches on white bread, steamfresh corn, crystal light pack in water, 1 cupcake

Snack #2 4pm - yoplait yogurt

Dinnner 6pm - Refried beans w/graded cheese, Chicken w/red & green peppars, 6 corn torillas, water

Exercise
Legs - Toe raises (4sets, 10-15reps) , Hack squat machine (4sets, 10reps), Seated leg curls (4sets, 10-15reps)
Cardio - Treadmill 23min

Thursday (3/5)
Breakfast 7am - 3 hard boiled eggs, Honey bunches of oats w/whole milk, cup of coffee-lots of sugar

Snack #1 10am - banana

Lunch 12:30pm - Turkey sandwich on whole wheat, 2 hot pockets, kettle popped chips, crystal light

Snack #2 4pm - yoplait yogurt

Dinnner 6pm - Chicken w/red & green peppars, 4 corn torillas, water

Snack #3 10:30pm - protein bar, glass of milk

Exercise
Free - Abs (machine)(4sets, 25reps), Bench Press (4sets,6-15reps), Rear Delts (cables)(4sets, 7-12reps), Standing Rear raise (4sets,17-18reps)
Cardio - Treadmill 23min

Friday (3/6)
Breakfast 7am - 3 hard boiled eggs, Honey bunches of oats w/whole milk, cup of coffee-lots of sugar

Snack #1 10am - yoplait yogurt

Lunch 12:30pm - Chinese take out - Four seasons lunch special (beef, chicken, shrimp, scallops, onions, mushrooms, broccoli, water chestnuts, baby corn dripping in sauce served with white rice) and crystal light

Snack #2 4pm - steamed corn

Dinnner 6pm - 2 pcs of salmon, 2 sandwiches (turkey, bologna, american cheese, sandwich spread on whole wheat) and crystal light

Exercise
Off

Saturday (3/7)
Breakfast 9am - 4 eggs scambled, 4 whole wheat tortillas, cup of coffee-lots of sugar

Snack #1 1pm - banana, yogurt

Lunch - skipped

Snack #2 4pm - protein bar

Dinnner 9pm - Local sports bar - Cheesburger with everything, fries, 1x Smirnoff Ice, 1x coke

Exercise
Off

At the time, I was just starting to change what I ate. I was going from eating 3 huge meals a day to 6 meals a day. It took some time for me to adjust to the new eating habits. Also, I had not known at the time that I had diabetes type 2. So I was still eating foods with loads of sugar. With my dietician, she was not straight up telling me to eat this now and stop eating that. She substituted foods as we progressed thru my diet so as to not cause a relapse if you will.
Also with my workouts, I was only doing 4 days a week and very little cardio. I hated cardio. It was the one exercise I dreaded doing. Even 23 minutes was too much for me. I would be huffing and puffing just by doing 3 minutes with no incline and a speed of 1.

I don't plan on posting everything I have eaten up until now. I will post my diet and workouts from a couple of months apart.