Steeple Media Fit Club

A group of 10 Steeple Media members try to better their lifestyle.

Zach's Progress...

Sandi has asked me numerous times: "I wish you would post more...", "Oh, good stuff! Post that!!"::: to post on the blog and the forums but I keep telling her that I'm too busy exercising to post Stick out tongue. So, I decided with a few minutes on my hand to throw up a forum post about what I've been doing so far.

As of today, I have lost 9 (count em.) 9 lbs! I'm shocked with my progress!! But I can tell you what it is. A combination of my calorie intake and the exercise that I do.

First off, my calorie/nutritional facts...

NUTRIENTS:   GOAL 2/19 2/20 2/21 2/22 2/23 2/24 TODAY
Calories:  2630 - 2980 Add Food 1,176 1,055 1,107 1,137 1,063 465
Fat:  64 - 112 Add Food 37 36 33 41 37 4
Carbohydrates:  324 - 468 Add Food 167 139 165 165 135 85
Protein:  72 - 252 Add Food 49 49 44 36 52 24
Potassium, K:  4500 - 6000 Add Food 1,751 1,505 1,709 725 964 220
Calcium, Ca:  120 - 200 Add Food 155 116 115 77 91 67
Sodium, Na:  0 - 2300 Add Food 1,420 1,944 1,473 2,008 2,196 813
Magnesium, Mg:  105 - 175 Add Food 49 42 39 14 25 4

This chart says because of the amount of exercise I do, I should be getting a minimum of 2600 calories. WOW, I dont eat that much before ft club!! The pluses mean I didnt post that day and today's are really low because thats only breakfast. Today, I ate some cereal and skim milk for breakfast. Oh yeah and a banana.

Now, I'm sure you're curious as to where to make a cool, nifty little chart like that Smile www.SparkPeople.com is an awesome site that gives you a nutritional planner PLUS has a water counter (counts the number of glasses of water you drink a day with your input) and also can track your fitness. I strongly recommend this site!! I'm SMEDIA there. If you go to my "SparkPage" you can see my weight progress and my daily food intake...

For the fitness... I go on the tredmill every day. To some of you thats booooring! Well here's what I do to keep me occupied while on the tredmill. I have a Video iPod and on it the game "Phase". This game is like Guitar Hero but its a fast paced game so that there is no time for me to think about what I'm doing. Kinda like a "do or die" game. So, while walking, I forget that I'm walking and pay more attention to the game. Thats where my attention goes on the tredmill and it is the only reason I've been able to get on it for that long a period of time. So, 9 lbs, 105 to go... I'm just begining on the road for this long and wonderful journey!!!

Posted: Feb 25 2008, 09:36 AM by Zach | with 6 comment(s) |
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Zach said:

Sorry, I wrote this as a forum post but it got really long and I posted it here... thats why it says forum...

# February 25, 2008 8:42 AM

Sandi said:

Yay Zach!!!

That is outstanding! I'm so impressed with how you have embraced exercise - and how creative you are getting with squeezing it into your schedule more frequently.

I look forward to watching your progress over the whole of Fit Club!

# February 25, 2008 9:02 AM

Sandi said:

BTW, Zach - have you a TEAM set up on Sparkpeople? In case anyone else from Fitclub wants to join you in there? If not we can set one up :)

# February 25, 2008 9:05 AM

Zach said:

I'll set one up later today, that would be fun :D

# February 25, 2008 9:37 AM

j_cee said:

Man, that is impressive!!!

I have a spark account but my nutrition stats are not as beautiful as yours...Under 1200 for 7 days!!!

I'm gonna copy your menu, Zach...hehe

# February 25, 2008 11:58 AM

j_cee said:

I have an ipod nano (too small a screen, I know, but I bought it so I can use the Nike+ ipod system). I have an elliptical at home too...I position my mac in front of it so I can watch House episodes while I do my workout but I'm all caught up now to season 4.  I just checked out the "Phase" game and it works in my nano, yay!  I'll try it tonight...wait, maybe tomorrow, I have 2 midterms and a big paper due tomorrow.  Hopefully, I don't get too stressed out and pour my misery onto food.

Thanks for the terrific ideas, Zach!

# February 25, 2008 12:07 PM