August 18, 2011: Day 81, Post 229
Goal Weight: 188 pounds
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Today's Weight: 199.0 lbs
Yesterday's Weight: 198.8 lbs
Net Loss/Gain: + 0.2 lbs
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| This is my daily weight chart since ending the Slow-Carb diet. |
When you are eating low carb, which I am this week, the amount of net carbs is usually the only thing you have to be paying attention to.
Most of the carbs I eat come from salad vegetables: Spinach, romaine, cabbage. These are high in water and fiber content, and as a result, usually don't count towards your carb total - I have yet to see any eating plan, high-carb or low-carb, that doesn't allow you unlimited amounts of salad vegetables.
The other sources of carbs in my diet (when I'm going low-carb) are cheese (not many carbs in soft cheeses like ricotta and cottage cheese, but they are there, and they are sugars - but none in the hard/grated cheese I sometimes eat); nuts (low net carbs, but still, they are there, and unlike the carbs in my salads, they count); and my protein shake (low, but countable carbs, with no offsetting fiber).
Because I really, really like salads (always have), this 'out' during low-carb eating makes life very easy for me. I can eat without guilt anywhere I can get some unadorned protein (unadorned means not breaded or sweetened) and a salad.
I had a bit of a fail last night. I wasn't satisfied after eating my planned dinner, and found myself adding a lot of cheese - because that was what was both available and sort-of on plan. But cottage cheese has milk sugar in it, and is fairly calorie-dense. Parmesan and Romano cheeses have lower carbs per serving, but are still fairly calorie-dense, and I had a lot of it.
On the plan, low-carb days are also supposed to be reduced calorie days - today was not that. Another negative, the balance of calories were eaten after 8pm. If I had to guess, I would say I doubled the days previously-consumed calories after 8pm today.
Most of the carbs I eat come from salad vegetables: Spinach, romaine, cabbage. These are high in water and fiber content, and as a result, usually don't count towards your carb total - I have yet to see any eating plan, high-carb or low-carb, that doesn't allow you unlimited amounts of salad vegetables.
The other sources of carbs in my diet (when I'm going low-carb) are cheese (not many carbs in soft cheeses like ricotta and cottage cheese, but they are there, and they are sugars - but none in the hard/grated cheese I sometimes eat); nuts (low net carbs, but still, they are there, and unlike the carbs in my salads, they count); and my protein shake (low, but countable carbs, with no offsetting fiber).
Because I really, really like salads (always have), this 'out' during low-carb eating makes life very easy for me. I can eat without guilt anywhere I can get some unadorned protein (unadorned means not breaded or sweetened) and a salad.
I had a bit of a fail last night. I wasn't satisfied after eating my planned dinner, and found myself adding a lot of cheese - because that was what was both available and sort-of on plan. But cottage cheese has milk sugar in it, and is fairly calorie-dense. Parmesan and Romano cheeses have lower carbs per serving, but are still fairly calorie-dense, and I had a lot of it.
On the plan, low-carb days are also supposed to be reduced calorie days - today was not that. Another negative, the balance of calories were eaten after 8pm. If I had to guess, I would say I doubled the days previously-consumed calories after 8pm today.
Food Log
Breakfast
Snack
No snack before lunch.
Lunch
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| Spinach and mozzarella cheese omelet with salsa. |
No snack before lunch.
Lunch
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| Smoked turkey on baby spinach, romaine and cabbage salad with balsamic vinaigrette dressing. |
Snack
2 ounces of almonds, brazil and walnuts, plus baby carrots.
Dinner
Snack
Cottage cheese and celery. Parmesan and Romano cheese shavings.
Snack
2 ounces of almonds, brazil and walnuts, plus baby carrots.
Dinner
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| Chicken sausage with spinach and feta cheese, with broccoli with butter and herbs. Not shown: a mozzarella cheese stick. |
Cottage cheese and celery. Parmesan and Romano cheese shavings.
Snack
Protein Shake: Whey protein powder with 48g of protein.
Liquid Intake
Liquid Intake
posted by Reverend Ken at
7:28 AM
1 Comments:
Thank you for the pics. He is adorable. You are under 200 pounds. Celebrate it!!!
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