October 30, 2011: Post 302

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Today's Weight:        203.4 lbs 
Yesterday's Weight:    202.0 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         + 1.4 lbs

Daily weight from October 1, 2011.
Notice: new scale boundaries, same chart.

Daily weight from January 1, 2011.

Not bad, considering the content and volume. I'd say my carb overload worked well. Maybe too well. I had very little appetite today, and ended up eating my first meal (we'll call that breakfast) in the late afternoon, and nothing after. 

Daily Comment

I am getting antsy about my 8-day trip to LA, which starts with my flight out on Friday. There seems so much to do to prepare for it. When I was younger, it would have taken me 1/2 an hour to be ready. Now, it takes longer than that just to get out of the house to go to work in the morning. I can't figure out what's changed...


Just kidding. Passage of time. Age. Yeah.

Food Log

Breakfast

Spinach, pinto beans and scrambled eggs with chipotle sauce and salsa and bacon.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

Skipped.

Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  32 oz,   Water: 104+ oz. 

October 29, 2011: Post 301 - Measurement Day, Cheat Day

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Today's Weight:        202.0 lbs
Yesterday's Weight:    202.4 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         - 0.4 lbs

Daily weight since October 1, 2011

Daily weight since January 1, 2011.

                Last week     This week     Gain/Loss

  Weight:     201.0  lbs    202.0  lbs    + 1.0  lbs
  Chest:       39.00 "       39.00 "      - 0.00 in
  Waist:       37.25 "       37.25 "      - 0.00 "
  Hips:        37.50 "       37.25 "      - 0.00 "
  Total in:   113.75 "      113.50 "      - 0.25 "
  % Body Fat:  16.9  %       16.9  %      - 0.0  %

This is a chart of my weekly weight since 10/1/2011.

This is a weekly chart of inches lost (sum of chest, waist, hips) since 10/1/2011. 

Two not-so-good days, and I am a pound up week-over-week. Today's meals began in the early afternoon and ended at midnight.

Daily Commentary

Beginning the Winter here, I am looking forward to the biggest challenge of the year: On Friday, I am going to LA, and will be unable to follow the diet I have been on. I am looking at my alternatives... Which probably include as much time walking as I can fit in.

Food Log

Breakfast

Multi-grain bagels with flax seed and grilled swiss cheese with Ezekiel Golden Flax sprouted grain cereal with stevia, blueberries, almond milk and cinnamon, and an 'Apple Goodie' (basically, a Dutch apple pie without the pie crust [ingredients: apples, flour, sugar, oats, cinnamon] that I got from an Amish farm stand).

Lunch

Whole wheat farfalle with peas and Wegman's Grandma Sauce (peppers, onions, basil and wine tomato sauce) and a salad with Spring Mix greens, red cabbage and a tomato.

Dinner

A bowl of Ezekiel Golden Flax Sprouted Grains cereal with almond milk and stevia. For dessert, a miniature pumpkin pie from the same Amish farm stand. 


Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  28 oz,   Water:  104+ oz. 

October 28, 2011: Post 300

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Today's Weight:        202.4 lbs 
Yesterday's Weight:    201.8 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         + 0.6 lbs

Daily weight from October 1, 2011.

Daily weight from January 1, 2011.

This is my 300th consecutive, haven't-missed-one-in-2011 post. 64 to go this year (January 1 was day zero). Unfortunately, I celebrated with an unplanned cheat. See the comment below.

Daily Comment

I have mentioned here that one of the biggest hurdles I have to overcome is my chronic sleep deprivation. I never seem to get enough good sleep. Even when there's no wake-up alarm (weekends), I wake up and I am listless, not well-rested, and lie around in bed. For hours, sometimes.

Luckily, it does not typically show in any socially unpleasant ways (grouchiness, hyper-sensitivity), but it does have an effect on weight loss and maintenance, because you need good sleep to keep weight off. However, another way it sabotages you, is that, when you're tired, you are prone to mistakes and I made one today. I was bonking an hour after lunch, and while I was making coffee, I was offered a jelly donut. I didn't think twice, and accepted it, and, back at my desk at work, scarfed it down, not only without thinking, but without even any awareness. Or enjoyment.


Yes, I blame lack of sleep.

Food Log

Breakfast

Scrambled eggs, spinach, pinto beans and chipotle sauce with sausages.

Lunch

Tuna salad, Spring Mix greens, black beans, red cabbage, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack
A jelly donut.


Dinner

Chili (grass-fed ground beef, mushrooms, tomatoes pinto beans, spices) with string beans.

Midnight Snack
Baby carrots, celery, bacon and home-made spicy mayonnaise.

Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  32 oz,   Water: 80+ oz. 

October 27, 2011: Post 299

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Today's Weight:        201.8 lbs 
Yesterday's Weight:    200.8 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         + 1.0 lbs

Daily weight from October 1, 2011.

Daily weight from January 1, 2011.

All was going well for me today until I made a new batch of spicy mayonnaise, then stayed out late. I came home hungry - which shouldn't have happened. My midnight snack will not sit well with me tomorrow.

Daily Comment

I went to see my doctor for a regular checkup, and got the word to reduce the dosage of my high blood pressure medication. Excellent. This is a great step towards the goal I have been working towards. My cholesterol profile was also excellent. I take a statin drug, which I hate, just in principal (and because I'm not sure cholesterol is a health issue best addressed by drugs, or even if it needs fixing).


It is my hope, and the real goal of my dieting, to be able to stop taking both medications.

Food Log

Breakfast

Scrambled eggs, spinach and Shahi Rhajma (red bean curry).

Lunch

Roasted turkey breast, Spring Mix greens, black beans, red cabbage, tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack
Baby carrots and home-made spicy mayonnaise.


Dinner
Chocolate egg cream protein shake: Vanilla whey protein powder (w/48g of whey protein) plus cocoa, an egg, almond milk, an extra 5g of BCAAs, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend.

Midnight Snack
Baby carrots, roast turkey breast, and home-made spicy mayonnaise.

Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  22 oz,   Water: 136+ oz. 

October 26, 2011: Post 298

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Today's Weight:        200.8 lbs 
Yesterday's Weight:    202.0 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         - 1.2 lbs

Daily weight from October 1, 2011.

Daily weight from January 1, 2011.

Yesterday's normal "upside down" day continued the recovery from cheat day, now below the weight I started cheat day at. An unscheduled meal out at a nearby Chinese buffet made for a very big lunch. Since I was very hungry later, I suspect there were some ingredients that were off-diet, probably in some of the sauces.

Daily Comment

This area has passed through Autumn. It is pretty much Winter from here on out.

Food Log

Breakfast

Black beans, spinach, scrambled eggs and salsa.

Lunch

Grilled beef with broccoli, bean sprouts, mushrooms, onions and hot and spicy sauce.

Garlic chicken, pork and broccoli, spinach and cheese and pork and vegetables.

Tossed salad with 2 hard-boiled eggs and ranch dressing.

Dinner

Shahi Rhajma (red bean curry) and peas. Not shown: chocolate egg cream protein shake (vanilla whey protein powder (w/36g of whey protein) plus cocoa, an egg, almond milk, an extra 5g of BCAAs, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend).

Snack
Baby carrots.

Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  22 oz,   Water: 100+ oz. 

October 25, 2011: Post 297

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Today's Weight:        202.0 lbs 
Yesterday's Weight:    203.4 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         - 1.4 lbs

Daily weight from October 1, 2011.

Daily weight from January 1, 2011.

Yesterday was a fairly high-calorie normal day. This is a pretty normal "upside down" day for me: A normal breakfast, a normal lunch, protein-shake dinner.

Daily Comment

Why have I not been active in the #Occupy Wall Street movement? I have thought about it, and I agree with it and hope it accomplishes its goals. The problem? I am cynically hopeless about the People's ability to overturn the powerful, entrenched, moneyed 1% now running the political show in this country, occupying Washington, DC, as it were.

Food Log

Breakfast

Dal Tadka (lentil curry) spinach and scrambled eggs.

Lunch

Wild-caught salmon burger with home-made spicy mayonnaise and a salad of Spring Mix greens, black beans, red cabbage and balsamic vinaigrette

Dinner
Chocolate egg cream protein shake: Vanilla whey protein powder (w/48g of whey protein) plus cocoa, an egg, almond milk, an extra 5g of BCAAs, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend.

Snack
Baby carrots and celery.

Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  32 oz,   Water: 120+ oz. 

October 24, 2011: Post 296

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Today's Weight:        203.4 lbs 
Yesterday's Weight:    201.2 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         + 2.2 lbs

Daily weight from October 1, 2011.

Daily weight from January 1, 2011.

Whew - I have: a) not eating enough calories, b) a very late-night snack, and 3) not enough sleep to thank for a kilo of weight gain. Easy enough to fix... Better day today!

Daily Comment

I am joining the movement to protest big banks - beginning what will be a long process in closing my Bank of America business. I don't want to do business with these bad people and their insanely greedy, customer-gauging practices. I will vote with my wallet.

Food Log

Breakfast
Chocolate egg cream protein shake: Vanilla whey protein powder (w/36g of whey protein) plus cocoa, an egg, almond milk, an extra 5g of BCAAs, cinnamon and stevia-inulin blend.

Lunch

Smoked turkey breast with Spring Mix greens, black beans, tomato and red cabbage and balsamic vinaigrette

Dinner

Chicken-feta cheese-spinach sausages with cauliflower and Shahi Rajma (red bean curry).

Snack
Baby carrots, smoked turkey breast, celery and home-made spicy mayonnaise.

Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  22 oz,   Water: 112+ oz. 

October 23, 2011: Post 295

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Today's Weight:        201.2 lbs 
Yesterday's Weight:    201.0 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         + 0.2 lbs

Daily weight from October 1, 2011.

Daily weight from January 1, 2011.

The scale barely nudged after yesterday's high carb sugar extravaganza. Good for me. But it is a weird day, and I had very little appetite. I ended up eating a big meal in the afternoon, and a snack after midnight. That probably means bad news tomorrow.

Daily Comment

I got nothin'.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

Shahi Rajma (red bean curry), spinach and scrambled eggs with sausage and a Spring Mix greens and red cabbage salad with balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner
Skipped.

Snack
Baby carrots, home-made spicy mayonnaise.

Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  28 oz,   Water: 104+ oz. 

October 22, 2011: Post 294 - Measurement Day, Cheat Day

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Today's Weight:        201.0 lbs
Yesterday's Weight:    201.4 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:         - 0.4 lbs

Daily weight since October 1, 2011

Daily weight since January 1, 2011.

                Last week     This week     Gain/Loss

  Weight:     199.8  lbs    201.0  lbs    + 1.2  lbs
  Chest:       39.00 "       39.00 "      - 0.00 in
  Waist:       37.50 "       37.25 "      - 0.25 "
  Hips:        37.50 "       37.50 "      - 0.00 "
  Total in:   114.00 "      113.75 "      - 0.25 "
  % Body Fat:  16.9  %       16.9  %      - 0.0  %

This is a chart of my weekly weight since 10/1/2011.

This is a weekly chart of inches lost (sum of chest, waist, hips) since 10/1/2011. 

I have gotten to a pretty constant weight-state. I am at the weight I was 3 weeks ago. 

Daily Commentary

Am I allowed unlimited lazy days? Is there a price to pay? I can't say. But I had another one today.

Food Log

Breakfast

Scrambled eggs with onions and peppers and sausage Ezekiel Golden Flax sprouted grain cereal,  Not shown: Organic dark chocolate-covered almonds.

Lunch

Whole wheat farfalle with peas and Wegman's Grandpa Sauce (sausage, peppers and wine tomato sauce).

Snack
Joyva dark chocolate-covered fruit jels.


Dinner

A bowl of Ezekiel Golden Flax Sprouted Grains cereal with almond milk and stevia. Espresso-chip ice cream for dessert. 


Liquid Intake

    Coffee:  24 oz,   Water:  104+ oz. Bonus: 1 shot of Jameson's Special Reserve Old Distillery Irish Whiskey.