There are plenty of great sites online, I use calorieking.com, but I hear fitday.com is just as good and it’s free. These sites have large food databases where you can track your calorie consumption. This keeps you accountable to yourself and gives you a more realistic notion of what you’re eating.

Remember, weight loss is simple math, expend more calories than you take in and you’ve got the equation down.

From what I understand, fitday.com also allows you to post links to your diet diary so others can view it. I think this has been helpful for some members here because they can post links to their diary and ask members to give them tips on their diet based upon what they have actually eaten over a given timespan.

The surgery sucks. My neck and shoulder have limited my upper body workouts for a few weeks now, I can definitely relate. Keep up the cardio and also look in Bodyspace for articles on HIIT. These may help.

Best of luck to you!

I think you can benefit greatly by including calisthenic type exercises along with your workout. Ideally, you should join a gym or purchase some home equipment, but not everyone has the resources to do these things. However, doing calisthenics is a cheap alternative and will allow you to include the benefits of resistance exercise to improve your health and fitness.

Simply go to google and search calisthenics and I am sure you will find a tremendous amount of information.

Good luck!

I noticed some things after reading this blog entry:

1) You express concern/frustration for a lack of results recently. There are many factors involved and they all should be assessed and addressed as indicated. First, you should not only record what you eat, but how much of the food you eat and the associated macro nutrients (carbohydrates, fat, proteins). Also, this blog entry does not really give a clue about your regular workouts, so maybe you need to bump the intensity up along with increasing variety or changing the methodology completely.

2) You asked about the supplements. As with any stimulant, you should always be careful. You should also monitor your blood pressure and make sure you still get adequate rest. Be sure to consume as much water as necessary, and as always, check with your doctor to make sure your heart is able to handle the increase in cardiac output.

3) You also asked about your weight loss goals. If what you are asking is if losing 40 lbs by July 1, 2008 is doable, then we need to look at the length of time. From today (Sept 17, 2007) there are approximately 40 weeks between today and July 1, 2008. At 1 lbs. per week, I would say that is certainly an attainable goal. Of course, it is very important to continue a "clean" diet and challenge yourself through your workouts weekly. Good luck!

Disclaimer:
I am neither a physician not a dietician. This is just my opinion and should not be considered medical advice. Your physician is the source for questions concerning your health.