July 1, 2011: Day 33, Post 181

 Goal Weight: 188 pounds  

Today's Weight:        206.0 lbs
Yesterday's Weight:    204.2 lbs

Net Loss/Gain:         + 1.8 lbs

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With the poor scale results this morning, I decided to change things up a bit.

First, I decided to go back to an Inductance-style diet between now and July 3 (my original goal date, the 1/2-year mark, and my sister's birthday - meaning, I may be bad that one day. Very bad).

I am going to look at another plan I am 'glancingly' familiar with, mainly that offered by Dr. Michael Eades (co-author of 'Protein Power' and prolific blogger: The Blog of Michael R. Eades, MD) and his wife Mary Dan, who are long-time advocates of low-carb solutions to overweight and other problems, and he writes clearly, critically, and persuasively on all sorts of nutritional matters. This is the short-term diet in their book, The 6-week Cure for the Middle-Aged Middle.

Second, I skipped breakfast and had a 'diet' lunch. I expect to do a 'repeat' of this exact same schedule tomorrow. I'll be travelling during breakfast/lunch time, and it should be easy. We will see how things go, food-wise, on my little vacation visiting my sister in Massachusetts.


Third, I am cutting out nuts from my diet, as nuts are a proven trigger food for me, one that challenges and defeats whatever willpower or self-control I can muster, causing me to overindulge. Like cole slaw (which I am probably not cutting out, since that particular over-indulgence is not likely to result in any weight gain).

Fourth, I need to get some exercise. I intend to start that up easy this weekend with some intervals. Next week, I am going to take the first of 4 exercise classes to learn how to work out with kettlebells.


Lastly, I am going to work on getting more sleep. In general, this means curtailing some of my evening activities (playing). I don't like this idea a lot, and of the three, it is the hardest to implement, but I need more sleep than I'm getting.

Food Log

Breakfast

None.

    Carb count: 0 g. Net

Lunch

Organic smoked turkey breast with tomatoes, on Spring Mix greens with balsamic vinaigrette.

      Carb count: 1 g. Net

Snack

Steamed broccoli, shrimp and asparagus, and steamed fish.

        Carb count: 3 g. Net

Snack
Almonds, cottage cheese with 2T chia seeds.
        Carb count: 11 g. Net



Dinner 

Baby romaine lettuces with parmesan shavings. Protein shake (w/2 scoops, 1C almond milk, 1C water, 1/4C yogurt). 

   Carb Count:  11 g. Net

Snack

Brazil nuts, parmesan cheese, cottage cheese.

        Carb count: 16 g. Net

Day total carbs:  

    ~45 g. Net carbs. 
Net carbs = total carbs - fiber 

The approximation "~" includes an amount added for calculation error and unknown (therefore, uncounted) carbs.

Liquid Intake
    Coffee:  24 oz,   Water: 144+ oz.

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