Ibrahim Husain

The first week is over.  I took pictures yesterday morning, but I’m at work, so I’ll have to post them a bit later.  Not much change in looks, but my nutrition is much better.  I counted calories the entire week, staying between 1750 and 1950.  This should be a healthy way to decrease weight while still allowing for muscle growth. 

Nutrition and Diet

Here is my dietary breakdown for the first week.  Stats are an average for the week.

Fat - 25% of calories

Carbs - 52% of calories

Protein - 23% of calories

I need to increase my protein intake and get fat down to about 20% of my calories or less. I will continue tweaking my diet until things are perfect.  Overall things aren’t too bad.  I’m not getting cravings for any of the unhealthy food I usually love hot wings, burgers, etc).  But I do stay hungry pretty much all of the time.  I eat 5-6 mini-meals per day, so my appetite never really goes away.  I’m also going to have to get used to the time it takes to prepare these healthier meals.

Fitness

I worked out 7 times this week; I swam 2 times, hit the weights 4 times, and played basketball for about 2 hours saturday.  I was terribly sore for a few days.  I sat in the hot tub after my swim thursday for about 15 minutes and most of the soreness subsided.  Sunday I started my weights routine over (I had finished the routine earlier in the week) and today I am not very sore at all.  I think my body just needed to get adjusted to the amount of work required for lifting weights, but I think I’m all good now.

Mentality

I am really enjoying the lifestyle changes required for this drastic goal I have set.  I think I am doing a pretty good job so far.  I lost 3 lbs this week, from 217lbs to 214.  Not bad at all for a first week.  I still have a long way to go though.

Week 1was a great success. Let’s hope week 2 is even better!