First Entry

A little over a month ago, I finally decided to get serious about losing weight. So, I went to see a nutritionist. It was not what I expected. She looked at my overall eating habits and preferred foods, then provided me with some information about what I should be eating and how much. She mostly chose from the foods I had identified as my favorites. She also told me I needed to keep good records. She told me that of people who attempt to lose weight, the ones who keep a daily record of what they eat and what they weigh are far more successful.

Since I'm a bit of a nerd, I decided to create an application to help me keep those daily records, and here it is. Since my wife decided to join me in this endeavor, I set the site up with different users, so that we could each keep our own set of records.

In addition, I have decided to share this tool with anyone that wants to use it. If you would like to use this site to track your progress, or just to play around, please feel free to click to sign in (requires Javascript) and create a free account. I won't share your information with anyone. And I plan to do my best to keep the sight free. With that in mind, I have added an ad space. Currently, I don't have any ads to show, so I'll just put a photo of something I find interesting over there for now.

I started having fun and decided to use this site to learn AngularJS and to polish my skills working with PHP and PostgreSQL . So, you can expect that I will be adding improvements (well, what I think of as improvements) all the time. That said, I am very aware of the SAF (spousal approval factor), so you can expect that I won't be making too many changes at a time.

Another thing my nutritionist told me was that when one let's other people see the record of what they eat and what they weight, it is easier to stick with the plan. So, below is my weight chart for the last four weeks.

You likely noticed there are some gaps in the records. That's okay, because another very important thing that my nutritionist told me is that it's okay to have off days. Don't treat them as failures. Just get back to it the next day. Good nutrition is a journey, not a destination.

Food today

5:30am

• double espresso 
• 1c cottage cheese 
• 12oz V8 
• 1 slice home-made bread: ingredients 
• 1c white flour 
• 1/2c whole wheat flour 
• 1/2c Bob's 7 grain cereal 
• 1T olive oil 
• 1t yeast 

10:30am

• ham+swiss sandwich on 2 slices of bread (ingredients above) 
• dozen baby carrots 
• 6 large broccoli fleurettes 
• 1c blueberries 

3pm

• double espresso 
• 1 thick slice of home-made bread 
• 1-1/2 t vinegar 
• 1/2 t olive oil 
• 1 apple 

6pm

• 1 small cucumber 
• 4 medium tomatoes 
• ~1c cottage cheese 
• 2 slices of home-made bread 

8pm

• 1/2 c Tapioca pudding (no sugar)