I stopped working out for the holidays, but still kept the same eating habbits of low-cal foods, so I think thats why I only gained-back 10 of the 30 lbs. I lost back:(

Now I’m rampin-up phase 2 with the same intensity, and more if time permits, but the daily “progress list” of lbs. lost will comence tomorrow morning:)

yay.

Now that it’s spring/summer again, I have the windows open, and for some reason Summertime makes me feel awesome….er.

Wish me luck……. again….

Later.

rage

The problem is, thier nutrition facts are nowhere to be found on thier website.

Why is this? Well, for starters, they are owned by the McDonalds corporation.
(Insert your own media-spun propaganda here)

Whether that is good or bad, or just darn funny, is typical of what makes this country great.

Now, I’m not saying I don’t like Mcdonalds! I loved them as much as the next guy who loved quick food at a super-cheap price. I just choose not to eat there anymore because thier food is not in my scope of what I deem as healthy food.

The average healthy person in the US as defined by www.fitness.gov is one who does a minimum of 4+ hours of excersize a week.
(Thats 40+ minutes a day sustained excersize for 6 days straight)
And, eats an average daily total of around 2000 calories, or 14,000 calories per week.

The average beginner athlete, or those on a specific or personal strength training and cardio program (like me) is someone who does moderate strength training for a minimum 20+ minutes a day and sustained medium-high intensity cardio for at least 30-40 minutes day, 6 days a week.
And eats a daily total of around 620-900 calories of SPECIFIC healthy foods and around a 60/40/40 split of Protien, good carbs, and good fats for a weekly total of around 5440 calories.
(Those on a hardcore weight training regiment eat around 1500-2000 calories a day.)

I am in the second category, and I’ve been tracking my results in my blog here: Izzy Fat Loss.

One would think that the second category of folks would gain TONS of fat, but in reality, the motabolic rate at which this group burns through calories of the proper type is FAR greater than the first group of people, obviously.

It is correct in that 3500 calories make up one pound of body weight.

Using these facts, and the famous Chipotle Calorie Counter, here are the numbers straight up as to why folks who are part of the daily drive-thru culture are generaly more obese, and only getting worse:

Take my buddy for example, he eats at chipotle 4 times a week, and Subway, LeeAnn Chin’s, BK or “Micky D’s” the rest of the week.
Sadly, this is VERY common world-wide, as I used to do this myself every day for 15 years! :)
My favorite days were when Subway did thier 2 footlongs for 8 bucks, as I’d put both a footlong Meatball and a footlong Seafood away in one sitting!
Just the Subway alone is a whopping 2157 calories!

…anyway, the first “average” american I spoke of above, when sticking to thier routine, will only burn an average of around 80-120 calories per workout, and around 180-240 calories a day total for a weekly total of around: 1540 calories.

The second category of people (like me) burn an average of 120-230 calories per workout, and around 300-420 calories a day for a weekly total of 2870+ calories burned.

With these numbers in mind, lets do the math for someone who eats like the “typical” drive-thru fan, like my buddy:

Eating at Chipotle only 3 times a week, one basic stripped-down chicken burrito, and a basic Subway 6″ Turkey etc. the rest of the week will total an average of 7066 calories.
And this is JUST lunch, only ONE meal a day, and the average american eats 3 meals a day like this.
So, even if this person ate a SMALL meal for breakfast and dinner accounting for about 150-300 calories each per meal, the grand total brings us to a weekly calorie intake of about: 9866 calories.

Using the max calories burned per day from the above averages:

People in Category #1:
Consume around 9866 calories a week, and only burn off 1470 of those calories totaling to an average weight GAIN of 8396 calories, or 2.4 pounds per week!

People in Category #2:
Consume around 5440 calories a week, and burn off 2870 of those calories totaling to an average weight GAIN of 2570 calories, or a little under 1/4 of a pound per week, which is most often converted to lean muscle instead of fat, thus increasing metabolic rate, thus…. well, you get the idea:)

The folks in Category #2 have another advantage in that the foods we eat are designed and prepared for maximum energy, protien absorbtion, and good carbs and fats resulting in food that is WAY easier to burn off than foods full of trans fats, saturated fat and excess empty calories.

…and NO, it is NOT that hard to eat healthier, and workout like this every day.
Trust me, I used to be known by my friends as the one who ate for the apacolypse!
“…Izzy’s gettin his apacolypse meal again. Said my friend Todd.”

At first, I thought it would be so hard I would probably die of a heart attack due to the stress my body has not seen in over 15 years, but after doing it for 2 months straight so far, it only gets easier, and actually gets to be fun.

My point to this whole rant is to show the impact one can have by making simple changes to one’s daily routine and lifestyle, and how this sort of culture can spiral out of control quickly.

I had to make some MAJOR life changes to get in the grove that I’m in now, and without setting concrete goals, and sticking to them with proper motivation, I’d still be depressed and morbidly obese.

The funny thing is, those folks who say “Well, I gotta buy all this gym equipment for thousands of dollars to do that!” WRONG! I went to Wal-Mart online and got a whole GOLDS GYM setup for only 107 bucks after shipping! Then I bought 2 weight sets for 20 bucks each, and I’m totaly set till I start my advanced weight training in Jan.

Good luck to anyone attempting to change thier life, as it is not an easy thing to do.

For more on my personal progress, check the navigation on the upper-right of this page for my ongoing story of fat loss:)

…Izzy

Catherine Margaret Long
Born August 13th at 10:13pm Eastern Time
7lbs 9oz 191/4″ long
Parents: My Bro, Josh and his wife Nora.

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I started my “7 months of Pain” on July 1st,
and weighed 202 lbs.

Since then my totals are:
I’ve lost: 26.2 lbs. And now I weigh 175.8lbs.

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I started my “7 months of Pain” on July 1st, the day that Kabobi opened.

I’ve eaten there EVERY single day (including weekends) since they opened because of the serious amount of protein one gets from one of the Kabobi chicken sandwiches. (with Xtra meat for me of course! hehe..)

I work out about 2 hours every day, once in the Am, then once around 6-6:30 PM, and my lunchtime high-protein meal includes a Kabobi Chicken sandwich.

I’ve officialy lost 11 lbs. at the time of this writing, and now I’m going there to get some dinner:)

The two main bosses, and the head chef know my face every day I come in, and even most of the staff know what I order every time:)

Can’t beat the perfect lunch for less than 10 bucks!

Looks like I’m not the first to talk about Kabobi in EP:
http://prairieofeden.blogspot.com/2005/07/eat-kabobi-eden-prairie.html