Day 28/118 Measurement Day, Monthly Goal Day, Free Day

GOALS

• Goal date:                    May 28, 2011
• Weight goal:                196.7 pounds
• Total Inches goal:        115.5

 Today's Weight:        204.8 

 Yesterday's Weight:    205.6 

 Gain/Loss:             - 0.8 

Here are the numbers for this week's official weigh-in and measure-up:

            Last Week      Today       Difference

Weight        205.6         204.8       -0.8 lbs

Chest          40.0         40.0        -0.0"

Waist          39.0         39.0        -0.0"   

Hips           38.0         38.0        -0.0"   

Total "       117.0        117.0        -0.0"

            Last Month     Today       Difference

Weight        211.0         204.8       -5.2 lbs

Chest          40.25        40.0        -0.25"

Waist          39.0         39.0        -0.0"   

Hips           38.0         38.0        -0.0"   

Total "       117.25       117.0        -0.25"

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Is it OK for me to be a little frustrated. Not that losing more than 5 pounds in a month is awful, but it represents only 1.2 pounds more than the weight I put on in the last week at the end of the last quarter-year period. I was at 206 on March 26. 35 days later, I'm at 204.8. Nothing to get excited about.

The 1/4" I lost in that time, was off my chest, where I don't want to lose it at all. Nothing off my waist or hips in 35 days.

What to do? Well, I'm going to try supplementing with a protein drink within a 1/2 hour of waking up. See what effect that has on my weight loss. My breakfast will consist of the aforementioned protein drink (Prograde Protein, if you have to know), spinach, beans and an egg. That is what I expect to have for breakfast every day for the next 4 weeks.

I will also be looking at getting more exercise.

As of today, I am just under 20 pounds away from my goal weight of 185 pounds on July 2. That is 9 weeks away. I will have to lose over 2 pounds per week to make that happen. We'll see.

Given the gross force-feeding I managed to inflict on myself today, I have doubts.

Here are the new charts:

Here is this months daily weight chart, from the beginning. Notice the fail beginning on 4/17.

Here is the plot of measurement day results. Note that I am above trend and the trend is above goal.

Here we are with a daily plot of my weight from the beginning of my experiment with the Slow-Carb Diet.

Free Day Food

Breakfast

Pork tenderloin sauteed in coconut oil, red lentils and spinach with salsa, 3 whole eggs, scrambled, cooked in coconut oil.

Lunch

14 oz of Simply Grafruit Juice.

Falafel wrap from Nature's Own, plus corn and chia chips.

Delicious, gluten-free fruit-nut bar for dessert.

2nd dessert: 1 oz of this delicious raw chocolate-fruit-spice concoction.

Lunch was preceded by making coleslaw, and then eating a lot of it. 

Dinner     Before dinner, I finished off the home-made coleslaw. I can't have this stuff around except on Free food day - it is a domino/trigger food for me. I will, have, and did eat it until there was nothing left. 

The lighting wasn't good, but what we have here is a Limp Lizard Big  'Nasty' plate, consisting of smoked sausage and beef brisket topped with sauteed onions, peppers and melted cheddar-jack cheeses on a hoagie roll, with hot chili and mac and cheese sides. And a glass of sauvignon blanc (I ordered the cabernet sauvignon - I don't really like white wine, but this wasn't too bad).

Dessert. Yes, everything in the box (but not the box itself). Plus the other ounce of Mayan Heat chocolate.

Today's Liquid

     About 50 oz of coffee and 120+ oz of water.

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Day 27/117

GOALS

• Goal date:                      April 30, 2011
• Weight goal:                  203.8 pounds
• Total Inches goal:         115.75 inches

  Today's Weight:        205.8 

  Yesterday's Weight:    205.0 

  +Gain/-Loss:           + 0.8 

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Ugh! After feeling so good about hitting a new low yesterday, and really working at having a good amount of protein at every meal, and drinking a good amount of water, I wake up, look in the mirror, and know that the tone I saw yesterday is... less. I am seeing a weight gain. Damn!

Well, what are you going to do? Weight is a blunt tool that doesn't tell the whole story about what's going on with regard to fat loss. But still, I want to see progress tomorrow. I want a big weight loss!

                                                                          

Weight Chart from the beginning of the Slow-Carb Diet

Aww, Hell, no! the little trend arrow is pointing up. 

Daily Weight vs Goal Chart

I needed to be under the trend line, not on it. Tomorrow, under!



Today's Food

Breakfast

This is the food part of breakfast today: Spinach and red bean curry. Not shown, but eaten: A vanilla protein powder mix that contained 60g of protein! Unfortunately, it was sweetened with artifical sweeteners, so cannot become a regular part of the diet.

Lunch
     At Denny's (somewhere in Maryland near the PA border, right off US81):

Bacon and scrambled eggs with Dal Tadka (dal curry), to add protein to the grilled chicken salad with the Dal Tadka as a dressing.

Dinner

     Home at last!

Garlic and pepper rotisserie children on top of French-style green beans with more of that Dan Dal Tadka I've grown so fond of. Not shown, but eaten: 1 hard-boiled egg and celery for an appetizer.

Cottage cheese sitting in a pool of vanilla extract, topped with cinnamon. Strangely, not as good as I was hoping it would be. It may be that without a sweetener, the vanilla extract doesn't work.

Today's Liquid

     44 oz of coffee and 150+ oz of water.

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Day 26/116

GOALS

• Goal date:                      April 30, 2011
• Weight goal:                  203.8 pounds
• Total Inches goal:         115.75 inches

  Today's Weight:        205.0 

  Yesterday's Weight:    206.0 

  +Gain/-Loss:           - 1.0 

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One pound closer, 1-1/2 pounds to go, 2 days to get there. Can do!.

I'm beginning to see - visibly - the results in the mirror. I am at my lowest weight in years today. Very gratifying after a month of diet stall/plateau. Eating more calories seems to have done the job. Who'd have thunk it?

                                                                          

Weight Chart from the beginning of the Slow-Carb Diet

Daily Weight vs Goal Chart



Today's Food

Breakfast

This is the food part of breakfast today: Spinach and red bean curry. Not shown, but eaten: A terrible tasting drink made from "Greens and Whey" chocolate-flavored protein powder. It tasted exactly as good as it sounded.

Lunch
     At Casa Gonzalez (Martinsburg, WV):

OK, when I took it I didn't realize this looked like a plate of shit with some salad. What it actually is was delicious:  Barbacoa (Mexican slow-cooked beef, like stew without the soup and veggies, but all the flavor), refried beans, salad and guacamole.



Dinner

     At The Crazy Horse Steakhouse and Saloon (Hagerstown, MD):

The picture didn't come out, but I had a salad with curried lentils for dressing, mixed vegetables, and ground buffalo meat.

Today's Liquid

     About 32 oz of coffee and 170+ oz of water.

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Day 25/115

GOALS

• Goal date:                      April 30, 2011
• Weight goal:                  203.8 pounds
• Total Inches goal:         115.75 inches

  Today's Weight:        206.0 

  Yesterday's Weight:    206.6 

  +Gain/-Loss:           - 0.6 

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OK, nice loss... need another 2-1/2 pounds over the next 3 days. Not off to a great start today - I did not get my quota of protein for breakfast, did not get enough vegetables with lunch. I had a huge dinner, though, and drink a silly amount of water today.

To avoid the breakfast problem I had today (see below), I ended up buying whey protein powder mix - 2 envelopes, sweetened with stevia (which I like, not being among those who have the genetic carrier that finds it bitter,  or with a bitter aftertaste). It is a total of 200 calories, with 40g of protein, and only 2 net grams of carbohydrates. So, I hope this once, it will be ok. If it seems like it is, I might do it again Friday.

Weight Chart from the beginning of the Slow-Carb Diet

Trend has resumed downward slope: A good thing!

Daily Weight vs Goal Chart

And, under the trend line, moving near to goal weight, again!



Today's Food

Breakfast

     A big breakfast fail. Eggs were not delivered by room service, so I ended up without the protein component of the meal (besides what there was in the beans, about 12 g of protein, but not the 30 minimum required. Did have curried red beans and spinach, though.

Curried red beans and spinach.

Lunch
     At Casa Gonzalez (Martinsburg, WV):

Shredded grilled chicken, refried beans, lettuce, tomato, fresh salsa. Eaten but not shown: Guacamole.



Dinner

     At Ruby Tuesday (Martinsburg, WV):

Salad (Spring Mix lettuce, chick peas, peas, baby lima beans, celery, dal curry for dressing).

Salad (Spinach, chick peas, peas, baby lima beans, broccoli, cucumber, celery, dal curry for dressing).

Spaghetti squash, mashed cauliflower, Mahi Mahi with pesto.

Today's Liquid

     About 45 oz of coffee and 170+ oz of water.

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Day 24/114

GOALS

• Goal date:                      April 30, 2011
• Weight goal:                  203.8 pounds
• Total Inches goal:         115.75 inches

  Today's Weight:        206.6 

  Yesterday's Weight:    208.6 

  +Gain/-Loss:           - 2.0 

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Well, here we are again. I think this is the third time I've been at this weight the last 2 weeks, and the 4th this past month! Most recently, the day before yesterday!

I read an article today that says the key to breaking through your plateau is to eat more! Interesting. It certainly seemed to work yesterday (2 pounds down!). I did that again today, so we'll see what tomorrow brings, won't we.

Weight Chart from the beginning of the Slow-Carb Diet

Daily Chart

Well, at least it is less than yesterday!



Today's Food

Breakfast

Dal curry with organic baby spinach, 2 scrambled eggs, w scrambled egg whites.

Lunch
     At Chipotle Mexican Grill:

Burrito bowl, chicken, pinto beans, black beans, veggies, guacamole, tomatoes, salsa, lettuce, chiptotle Tabasco sauce. 



Dinner

     At La Tranca (Martinsburg, WV):

Deluxe grille: Chicken, steak, chorizo sausage, with a side of refried beans and a salad (lettuce, green and yellow peppers, carrots (mostly not eaten), onions,and tomatoes) with lime juice, salt and pepper for the dressing.

Today's Liquid

     About 30 oz of coffee and 160+ oz of water.

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