Day 2/92

GOALS

• Goal date:                      April 30, 2011
• Weight goal:                  206.2 pounds
• Total Inches goal:         116.5 inches

  Today's Weight:        211.8 

  Yesterday's Weight:    211.8 

  +Gain/-Loss:           - 0.0 

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I was unpleasantly surprised not to have lost any weight yesterday. I thought for sure I would. This made me go back and think over what I had learned so far. It also made me go back to the "Slow-Carb Diet" chapters of Tim Ferris' "The 4-Hour Body."

What I've learned: If I eat late, and don't get at least 6 hours of sleep, I don't lose weight. I didn't eat late yesterday, but I didn't get anywhere near 6 hours sleep.

When I went back to the book, I was surprised again. Surprised by what I'd forgotten, and surprised to find some parts I seem never to have read (I did, but don't remember).

Things I had forgotten: eating avocados and taking calcium and magnesium supplements (these are to make up for the electrolyte/mineral loss due to all the peeing that accompanies all the water I drink). Avocados are now bought, and a cacium/magnesium supplement has been ordered.

There was one suggestion I routinely ignored: Eating breakfast within an hour of waking (preferably a half-hour). I will start doing that tomorrow as well.

I also forgot the recommendations to eat breakfast within an hour of waking.

Finally, there were some things about the free day I don't even remember reading: Your first meal on "go crazy" day should be a high-protein, high-fiber meal, in other words, just like the other 6 days of the week. I totally missed that.

Also, I mis-read or misunderstood about when to have some grapefruit (between first and second meals of the day).

So, after suffering last week's reverse, I thought it would be a good idea to make some corrections. We'll see how that works out.
I hope today's chart is the last one with a trendline that goes up:

... and today's food:

 Breakfast  

Lotsa lentils, spinach, eggs (2 whites, 1 whole) all fried up with macadamia nut oil and topped with chunky salsa. Tomorrow: 2 whole eggs + 3 whites for my breakfast.

Lunch

Ham off the bone, lentils, balsamic vinegar and Spring Mix greens.

Dinner

Kind of proud of this one: sauteed onion, rotisserie chicken (leftover from yesterday) , lentils and black beans, with some of this and that spices (including Celtic sea salt, fresh cracked pepper, vege-base and chili powder) over mixed veggies (carrots, cauliflower, broccoli). Not shown (but eaten with and after): about a 1/2 cup of guacamole.

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