October 12, 2012

October 12, 2012 (Friday)
(Post 626, Day 286 of 2012, 651 days since 1st post)

Daily Comment

I usually eat out twice a week, the rest of the time, I'm cooking for myself.

I have lunch every week with my friend Al, who works close by. We eat at a Chinese buffet where I can get food consistent with my eating plan (see today for instance). I always get the same thing, so I've stopped taking pictures, and I use the one I already have.

The other day I eat out is cheat day, because, for the most part, I don't want to bring cheat foods home.

Among the principles that I have carried forward from my initial weight loss diet, the Slow Carb Diet described in Tim Ferris' 'The 4-Hour Body' is that a great variety of food in your diet is to be avoided (except on cheat day, another carry-over).

So my lunch meal is always the same, and my at-home meals tend to also be repititious.

I couldn't be more surprised that I find this very agreeable.

The only problems, and not much, as problems go, is that I have tons of kitchenware (from my days of cooking for family and fun), and my cooking isn't very challenging/interesting (some of my best and favorite recipes are not eating-plan-friendly, or practical for just one person), so not as much fun.

But, then again, the joy of cooking is over-rated; or, at least, it can be easily compensated for.

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Food and Diet Section

Today's Weight:        204.2 lbs 
Yesterday's Weight:    202.0 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain:     + 2.2 lbs

Year 2012 daily weight from December 31, 2011

Diet Comment

A (very) big dinner after a nineteen-hour fast, and a kilo of weight comes back on. Given the way I ended up eating today, I don't think that is a trend we'll see reversing until my fast on Sunday.

Food Log

Breakfast
Cocoa-kale protein shake (almond milk, whey protein (36g protein), kale, chia seeds, a large egg, cocoa, cinnamon, stevia-erithrytol blend).

Lunch
At Ling-Ling Chinese Buffet:

From the "Mongolian Grill", chicken, pork, bean sprouts, cabbage, onions, peppers, broccoli, mushrooms in garlic and hot pepper sauce. Kim-chee.

Dinner

Wild-caught salmon burgers with guacamole. Not shown: Baby carrots with home-made mayonnaise, Spring Mix with balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack
Pre-cheat day cheat: Ezekiel Golden Flax sprouted grain cereal with almond milk, blueberries and stevia-erythritol blend.

Late Night Snack
Pepperoni and cheese.

Liquid Intake
    Coffee:  30 oz,  Water: 68+ oz. 

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