what is going on everyone this is the very first weight-loss Wednesday video
from Jax and I hear this should be airing on January 1st because that's
when my official weight-loss starts if you missed my last video about a week
ago James from Warren west of state and Russ from our beer TV we have been
talking about this weight loss challenge that three of us are putting on together
as well as bringing some other people in and I have been slowly incorporating
some changes into my life the past week slowly as far as diet and as far as
exercise and so today there's not really much to share because this is the
official start of it however this would be a great opportunity to share my
exercise routine throughout the week because I'm gonna be working out six
days a week and also what I'm eating and it is time for prep cook I am going to
prep and prepare my own individual meals here in the RV for one week and so I'm
gonna share with you how I'm gonna go about doing that of course it's going to
change week to week I'm gonna learn some tricks I'm gonna you know I'm gonna vary
it up mix it up a little bit but we got to start somewhere so here's where we're
starting from first things first the top on the scale and see where we're at
officially on January 1st alright in this dreaded thing I mean they're gonna
love it or hate it by the end of this I'm gonna love it I'm gonna love it
either way for the future I know I did weigh myself last week when I first
started this but for the future for doing all of these I am going to wear
nothing but shorts gonna take my shoes and socks and watch and everything off
so I don't mess with the results okay now I'm gonna keep my socks and hat on
they don't weigh anything first official weigh-in January 1st - Oh 9.8 whoo
the shirt and the shoes it does actually matter I just want to make sure that I
get the same results and the best most accurate results so now every single
weigh-in I will do exactly the same shorts boxers socks and a hat but that's
it okay cool okay now that we got that part out of the way next we're going to
move in to my exercise routine so I had talked
about these thousand trails resorts were going to have some fitness rooms some
equipment some some stuff that we can that I can use on the road
it's nothing guaranteed and I'm certainly not going to buy a membership
for a gym somewhere when I like to remote camp and be really far away from
those gyms so the only way to really nail this down and take control of my
health and my exercise was to get a sort of mobile small space workout unit and
that's why I'm going with the body boss 2.0 system I'm not endorsing the product
or anything I don't know yet let's wait till April first and I'd tell you how
much I like it but certainly I'm someone who's a little
uncomfortable and uneasy around crowds and gyms I feel really anxious and
uncomfortable a little bit in those types of places that's why I like
working out my routines and I'll be honest with you there's a little booklet
that comes with this body boss there's almost no possible exercise you can't do
right in a small space like an RV like this and I'm really impressed about all
the little attachments that came with the base model and everything and all
the different exercises I can do not only like upper body and then middle
body you know mid core then you work on your legs certain stuff it's all about
adjusting the bands and getting the right tension on those but also there's
lots of YouTube videos from body boss talking about cardio so if I can't find
an elliptical or a rowing machine or an indoor bicycle or I don't want to walk
in the rain or the hot heat or something I can always do my indoor aerobics
through the YouTube video on the body boss and maybe even have some air
conditioning or heat to compensate the climate outside so I'm really really
taking control of my exercise situation on the road so that I have no excuses
okay I live on the road I can take 45 minutes out of every day to work on my
strength building and also my cardio and stuff it's no problem so I will be
sharing more of that and how it's going what changes I make to the exercise
routines I want to cut in real quick though since we're talking about
exercise because I do have a lot of newer viewers to this channel and
noticed in my last video that as soon as I started talking about exercise and
working out and weight loss a lot of new people were like dude your cat's fat put
your cat quit whacking the microphone please put
that kind of my diet and do something Erica killing that cat and it's like oh
my gosh I forget that so many people just don't ever care to catch back up
and see where Jax and I are at and one of the things my longtime followers know
for nine years now I've been sharing Jax's visits I've been filming them and
talking with his veterinarians about all of these different diet plans and yes
he's on a diet he's been on the diet he's gonna check in on January 18th
again to see how he's doing but he is on a very strict high-protein low-calorie
diet and it's very specifically measured exactly what the vet wanted to do the
last time we did it the year before you just cannot leave that microphone alone
you laughter this buzzy microphone I'm gonna move it hang on don't put it over
here a little farther away from mr. kitty cat so don't worry Jax is on a
diet he has maintained 26 pounds for a couple years now and like I said we will
see later in January what he weighs and his progress and we'll see if his diet
once again needs to be written and changed or modified again so don't worry
about Jax guys I got it under control with that we're gonna show food I'm
gonna show you my food preparations from four days ago in case you missed my last
video I'm shooting for 1,500 calories a day gonna keep my carbs under 25 and I'm
cutting all the bad stuff in my mind in my opinion for my diet you know like
breads and starches and high cholesterol stuff candy is sugar soda beer I talked
about the diet also in case you're wondering what it's actually called it's
called body body for life and the artist is Bill Phillips as the author of that
that's where all the information is in there again not endorsing it or anything
but I'm not doing Atkins or keto and I appreciate the hundreds and hundreds of
advices for everybody telling me what I should do or how I'm doing it wrong
right now don't worry guys this is just the first three months this is where I
am the most motivated right now to make a difference to lose weight to drop
weight quickly in a healthy way in a safe way and in a sane way and then
April first there's gonna be a lot of changes it's gonna be a lot of changes
so don't worry about this this is what I want to do for me personally so let's
get right into food prep so first of all I don't claim to be a
professional cook or anything so there's no need to write all your stuff in the
comments just note this is different for me cooking my own meals basically from
scratch here so give me a little bit of credit here and be easy with me okay
I've done this before I've got the frozen boneless skinless chicken breast
here I will make sure they are at 165 before they are all done in the middle
and everything those are some smaller pieces in here I'll be able to divvy it
up and get my portions right I got the oven preheated to 425 gonna bake these
for about 50 55 minutes checking the temperature throughout but this will be
the longest process for the whole meal prep maybe at some point later in the
future I will get better at making sure all three parts of this get done at the
same time maybe it'd be more convenient but for this demonstration it really
doesn't matter because all seven of these meals are gonna be just going into
the fridge for for prep so it doesn't really matter that you know the broccoli
may be done a half hour before the chicken and the corn and everything but
what I'm going to do is fill this up with water and I'm going to boil up the
broccoli and get that going and while we're talking about these
meals let's talk about exactly what I'm going to be eating at least two to three
eggs every single morning mixed in with some spinach so scrambled eggs and
spinach for breakfast every single morning no starch
no bacon unless it's my day off you know for dinner it's going to be the meal
that I'm prepping right now which is going to go into these prep containers
and into the fridge later and for lunch hold that thought
okay for lunch I have considered doing some frozen meals for lunch
not just any frozen meals but actually specific low-carb Atkins
frozen meals let me show you if you're not a believer these are not found
everywhere but here are two examples this is the Atkins low-carb frozen you
can see four grams of net carbs just four grams for this ham and cheese
omelet right there as there's a breakfast idea they're not cheap though
and this is my favorite dinner one that I've tried so far it's the beef Merlot
with beef and broccoli in there and again just six grams of total carbs net
carbs so remember I'm working on this 25 grams of carbs or less per day and 1,500
calorie diet for the next three months so these are well within they might not
be the healthiest choice but I'm only going to be cooking the one meal and per
breakfast in the morning with doing the prep stuff for dinner and I'm gonna be
doing a microwave lunches okay oh wait there's one other Atkins one that I want
to show you a frozen one I think I can't eat pizza on this diet I actually can't
eat a form of pepperoni pizza that is low carbon on the Atkins diet I shaved
the box but stone fired pepperoni pizza Atkins diet only 11 grams of net carbs
that is pushing it a little high but with dinner and breakfast a and low
we're still gonna be under 25 grams total if I choose to eat pizza for lunch
and these are actually really tasty so just letting you know it is delicious
this specific diet that I'm working on is the body for life diet whether you
like it or not it does include a cheat day and I need that cheat day so I
haven't decided which actual day it's gonna be but six days I'm totally on
schedule and then the seventh day I can eat whatever the heck I want that day
including bread chips starch potatoes tater tots pizza whatever I want on this
on the one day out of the seven I can eat whatever I want am I going to every
single time No no no but like things that might my diet
my body for life dies as I can't have that are high carb like bananas and
apples and I love raisins and and other fruits and stuff that's still good for
me but it's not sticking to the body for life specific diet food that it's low
carb just so you know definitely my favorite way to eat celery a little
peanut butter on the end of it does anybody know of any low carb
natural peanut butter that's good for like an Atkins low carb diet let me know
in the comments for a little snack also about 10-15 minutes after I put the
chicken in the oven and it's no longer frozen and can actually stick and keep
on some seasonings I put some onion powder and some garlic salt on it along
with I put some of this seasoning that Papa Texas gamey Papa's e sauce still
use this papa Texas just so you know I really like it I think we're about done
yeah
all right chickens still got about 20 minutes to go I'm gonna set seven of
these little portion containers I got at Walmart these are reusable they are
microwave-safe and I'm gonna fill this compartment with some green veggies
there we go seven portions of broccoli hey how'd you get in there I think we're
getting close here so I am gonna do a quick little temperature check here oh
yeah those are looking good it's going over 150 so we're really close really I
can pull these out at about 160 because they're gonna continue to cook that
extra five degrees on the pan up here with that boiling moisture in there so
we're really really close yeah it's going to 160 now all right there we go
chickens out of the oven 165 good to go I'm gonna let him cool off for about
five minutes before I take them off the pan and cut that one piece up and then
I'll put them into containers my gosh it smells so good though it's good for you
it's good for you there we go seventh fret meals the only thing I could
possibly work on is getting my portions down so that they're the same things out
and same exact amount of meat and veggies each time so that nothing
changes each week but I think this is a good start anything there we go there's
dinner for a week show you what it looks like you're in the fridge six of them
fit perfectly on this shelf and then I've just got the seventh one up there
for now there's my eggs for the Maurine and my celery snacks of course not to
say there won't be lots of changes along the way to kind of quirks and changing
out things you know because I'm kind of a picky eater you know so some people
might look at this and have comments like Eric you're really gonna get bored
of that Eric it's gonna get old just eating the same old thing every night
for dinner you know but but here's the thing I mean I like it okay I eat eggs
every single day and nobody has ever said anything like man how do you eat
eggs every single day well why does it change when I eat chicken and broccoli
every night for dinner and you know week two it could be different like week two
I may bring in some salmon or some healthier fish or something just to
supplement that that's also a low carb so definitely you're gonna play sea fish
for me in the first month swapped out for the chicken the broccoli may be
switched out for Brussels sprouts or asparagus or something like that I'm
gonna change things up don't worry about me
don't worry about me getting bored or irritated and feel like I'm gonna reach
and do something crazy because I'm not that I want this more than anything and
I'm just being honest with you guys also you know throughout the weeks I'm gonna
be talking to some updates about how I'm feeling both mentok mentally and
physically and how I'm reacting to every all these drastic huge changes these are
huge changes okay I'm going from no exercise to a lot of exercise I'm going
from the worst foods to foods that maybe they're not even the healthiest but
foods that are going to affect my body so some things I will share right now
without going into too many details I do believe it's the celery and broccoli
getting to me but some mornings I spend half hour on the toilet other times I'm
just walking around doing my own thing in the kitchen and all of a sudden I
have to race to the toilet so really really irregular bowel movements right
now my stomach is just screaming what the heck is going on Eric sorry
makin some changes I have been working out I've been sweating a lot I bought a
10 pack of sweat bands so that when I workout I can collect that sweat and
I'll tell you what when I finally peel that off at the end of you know 45
minutes and it's just heavy I know that's kind of gross and everything but
it does make me feel better makes me feel like I've what are you doing hello
kitty there's nothing up there for him to get but he's not allowed up there and
he knows I'm filming so I can get away with it so I don't look any different
just those last 4 or 5 days and I've been integrating this new diet and
exercise but holy cow I already feel different like that just feel more
bubbly more bouncing like I feel like I have more energy I already feel like
I've stopped wheezing to bend down and put on my shoes and tie my shoelaces so
you know it's it's these really small battles that I'm gonna be winning that
are really gonna help keep me motivated and on Instagram on the day after
Christmas I was posting to Instagram and patreon actually about going to see Star
Wars at Disney Springs the best theater in the country for AMC that Dolby
shaking moving seats in there and everything and I posted some pictures on
on patreon with that eating my popcorn like I always do but as I've been
telling people popcorn Scott
Oh except for my cheat date like I said once every 7 days I do get a cheat date
and I can eat whatever I want but today I had a breakthrough tonight I joined I
just got back from riding the bike all the way back and I went to see Jumanji
in real 3d and I knew it wasn't a day I could eat pop where I'm not gonna be
eating popcorn and drinking soda at the theater is just a fact unless that's my
day off so I walk in there and it was easy I walked right past it smelled it
and thought about it said something in my mind walked right past a sat down in
the theater and then I went oh my gosh I can't go without popcorn you know what
just this once I'm gonna go eat popcorn get my coat and all my belongings get up
from my seat that 30-second walk from my theater seat to the lobby I felt like
crap inside I felt guilty I felt like a failure I was so embarrassed with myself
and then I start telling myself Erik nobody's gonna know you just had popcorn
one extra day luckily there was a little Lobby chair right there that I said what
are you doing Santa Paws is watching you may have gotten away with it this year
but he's watching for next year anyway long story short i sat there thought
about it for a while and then I realized it's ridiculous I'm cheating myself this
is only me I mean the camera's not gonna be rolling all the time Erik you're
gonna have to come up with excuses later when you haven't dropped any pounds you
work so hard for this and then you buy another you know two gallon thing of
buttered popcorn and a soda when you're working so hard doesn't make sense I got
up off that seat I walked back to the theater and when I sat back down in the
theater seat empty handed and took a picture I feel good I felt like you know
what I am gonna be able to pull this off there's no doubt in my mind this time I
want it I want it that's why it's gonna happen I'm sure there's gonna be lots
more stories like that about this weight loss as we move on Wednesdays are the
only days that I'm going to be talking about this so if you enjoy my normal
Channel and all other explorations that Jack's when I go do don't worry nothing
changes this is always just gonna be an added video if you are alongside us and
also doing the same similar weight loss for 90 days if you're gonna be uploading
videos definitely tag us we're gonna be using the tag weight-loss Wednesdays so
use that tag in your YouTube or Instagram or Facebook posts and those
will help get to the right people so that we can all see and share until
unless you look in the video description below and James and I or somebody has
figured out a way to create a group that we can manage with enough moderators to
keep the trash out you know what I mean okay so this next week is going to be my
biggest challenge my absolute biggest challenge I'm still going to two more
Disney parks not sure if I'm gonna film those but as it's but I got to stick
with my goals I gotta stick with my weight-loss goals
so um anyways from Jax and I we will see you next Wednesday from weight loss
Wednesday bye guys