July 2, 2011: Day 34, Post 182 - Measurement Day

 Goal Weight: 188 pounds 

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Today's Weight:        204.8 lbs
Yesterday's Weight:    206.0 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         - 1.2 lbs

This is my daily weight chart since beginning the Natural Hormonal Enhancement Diet.

            Last week     This week     Gain/Loss
  Weight:     199.2  lbs    204.8  lbs    + 5.6  lbs
  Chest:       40.00 "       40.25 "      + 0.25 "
  Waist:       37.00 "       38.00 "      + 1.00 "
  Hips:        37.00 "       38.00 "      + 1.00 "
  Total in:   114.00 "      115.25 "      + 0.50 "
  % Body Fat:  17.8  %       17.8  %      - 0.0  %

This is a chart of my weekly weight loss since beginning the Natural Hormonal Enhancement Diet.

This is a chart of inches lost (sum of chest, waist, hips) since beginning the Natural Hormonal Enhancement Diet.

There is no conclusion I can draw other than that the NHE plan is not working for me. All my losses came in the induction start, and since I have been on the regular rotation, I have only gained. Three weeks of moving in the opposite direction of what I desire is all I can tolerate. This weekend is going to be a respite from diets. It is also probably going to be measurement-free. Although not blog-free, I will still track what I eat.


What I eat between now and Monday dinner (which I will be making from home) will be protein and non-starchy vegetables. I will have one meal, maybe two, where I will definitely be having dessert. And wine.


We'll see how that works out.


Then, I am going to reset, and do the plan I spoke about yesterday, The 6-week Cure for the Middle-Aged Middle. This is not a lifestyle eating plan. It is temporary. The first 4 weeks are radical, and not designed to be sustainable. The first two weeks consist of protein shakes and one high protein, high fat low carb meal per day. The second two weeks are almost all-meat - very low carb.  The last two are more in line with the plan put forward in The Protein Power Lifeplan, but are only done if the preceding 4 weeks have gotten you to goal. Otherwise, you repeat 1 week from the first two-week plan, then 1 week from the second, and repeat that 2-week cycle until you have reached your goal.

And then, of course, we'll see how that works out. 


Also, I'll begin exercising. Probably tomorrow.


The good news is that I am free of last week's digestive problems, and not having to take any medicine. Talk about relief!

Food Log

Breakfast

None. Skipped it.
    Carb count:  0 g.

Lunch

Cobb salad.

    Carb count: 3 g.

Dinner 

At 'Summer Shack; Appetizers (not shown): Monkfish wrapped in bacon, gazpacho. Wild salmon with horseradish sauce, tomato salad, grilled vegetables. Dessert (not shown): One shot Jameson's.

    Carb count: 20 g.


Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  48 oz,   Water: 110+ oz. 

Day total carbs:  

    ~25 g. Net carbs. 
Net carbs = total carbs - fiber 

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