July 25, 2011: Day 57, Post 205

 Goal Weight: 188 pounds 

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Today's Weight:        198.8 lbs
Yesterday's Weight:    199.0 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         - 0.2 lbs

This is my daily weight chart since ending the Slow-Carb diet. July 9 was the 1st day of Phase 1, and July 23 the start of Phase 2 of The 6 week Cure for the Middle-Aged Middle.

This is Day 57 post-Slow-Carb, day 3 of 14 of Phase 2 of The 6-week Cure for the Middle-Aged Middle.

I did not get the expected weight bump this morning. A bit of weight gain has typically followed one of these 3 things: a workout, eating late at night, short sleep. I did all three of these, a trifecta of eating errors, on Sunday.

I'm thinking, if I hadn't worked out, eaten late, and I'd gotten a good night's sleep, I would have experienced a good weight loss.

Also: I discovered the source of a recent problem with my food pictures (which have been disappointing of late). It turns out, all the settings I had for the camera feature of my Android phone had been undone. Resolution was low, scene was wrong, auto-white and anti-shake were disabled.

I've been having phone problems ever since Verizon tried to push Android 2.2 onto my phone (not that I didn't want it - but somehow, that software update fried my I'm-very-happy-with-it-thank-you Samsung Fascinate). Verizon was very, very, nice - they sent me a replacement, and that seemed to work fine except for one thing: It discharged my batteries when I plugged it in to upload pictures or recharge it. Verizon sent me a new one today. They offered me a different phone, but the only other phone I want is an iPhone, and that wasn't on the table.

Now, I know to check the settings on the camera, and the pics should be back to... well, better, hopefully.

But, back to food...

I had a bad day today, eating-wise. While I didn't eat anything off-plan, I ate a lot - I mean, a lot, all night long. I also succumbed to my previously documented cole-slaw cravings. It is so weird to me that, although there is not one thing in my coleslaw that should mess up my diet, in large enough portions, and I had 3 large portions last night, it just wrecks me.

I ended up nodding off watching tv early, then, when I woke up, couldn't get to sleep.

This will kill me tomorrow. I'm going to have to be extra good...

Food Log

Breakfast

3 eggs scrambled with spinach, topped with Chipotle hot sauce, and a chicken-feta-spinach sausage on the side.

Lunch

Organic uncured ham on Spring Mix greens and baby spinach with  a tomato and balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner

Local organic, grass-fed beefburgers with Dijon mustard and a side of home-made coleslaw. I had two of these plates (yes, 4 burgers and a mountain of slaw).

Late Snack
Ham and eggs (and the remaining coleslaw).

Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  24 oz,   Water: 108+ oz.