January 4, 2012: Post 4, Day 4 - Fast Day

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Today's Weight:        203.4 lbs 
Yesterday's Weight:    201.4 lbs
Net Loss/Gain:        +  2.0 lbs

Daily weight from January 1, 2011. Note: January 1-5 and November 4-13 weights are estimated.

I thought I'd throw up last year's weight chart. We'll have new charts for 2012 when I make my first measurement this year on Saturday. Also, did you notice that I have changed the name of the blog? I dropped the weight loss part - because it didn't make sense when weight loss is no longer a goal for me - now I'm all about maintaining.


I do this today to emphasize the need to ignore day-to-day weight variations. I ate well yesterday, completely within my 'plan'. The weight gain? I don't know why it happened, and I don't care. I will care on Saturday, if my weight is at or above 202 pounds - 1% over my goal weight. Today? Meaningless.


Today was also a fast day, and, since I didn't finish dinner until around 7:30pm yesterday, that's when dinner was supposed to start today. But I was very hungry after work and ate dinner at 5:30, then had a late snack at 10:30. In general, fasting has become easy, but today there were mitigating factors: First I had some down time after work, idle time. But also, I had a jam beginning at 6:30, so if I didn't eat when I did, I wouldn't eat until after 9. That was unacceptable, or at least, not as acceptable as having a 22-hour fast instead of 24. For the benefits of fasting, anything over 18 hours is beneficial, and there are reduced benefits from longer (>36-hours) fasts.

Daily Comment

Today is my brother Andy's birthday, and it is as good a time (it's always a good time) to say how much I love him, which is a lot. An absolutely amazing person, he has always been one of the smartest people I know, and also one of those people who listens to his inner voices and acts on that. This has given him a difficult life, compounded by his being 'victimized' by his genetics, which gave him a weak heart and physical limitations. 


Having written that last sentence, I am struck by the idea that he has a medically weak heart, while at the same time having one of the strongest, biggest, most powerful hearts of anybody I know.

Food Log

Breakfast

Skipped.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

Chicken sausage with feta cheese and spinach and Dijon mustard with a salad of Spring Mix greens, black beans and red cabbage.

Snack

Smoked turkey and baby carrots. 

Liquid Intake

    Coffee:   60 oz,   Water: 128+ oz.