Weight Log

Day 0:  264 lb. (March 7, 2015)
Day 1:  264 lb.
Day 2:  262 lb.
Day 3:  260 lb.
Day 4:  258 lb.
Day 5:  256 lb.
Day 6:  255 lb.
Day 7:  256 lb. (March 14, 2015)
Day 8:  254 lb.
Day 9:  254 lb.
Day 10: 254 lb. (March 17, 2015)
Day 11: 254 lb.
Day 12: 252 lb.
Day 13: 251 lb. (March 20, 2015)
Day 14: 252 lb.
Day 15: 252 lb. (March 22, 2015)
Day 16: 251 lb.
Day 17: 251 lb.
Day 18: 251 lb.
Day 19: 251 lb. (March 26, 2015)
Day 20: 251 lb.
Day 21: 251 lb.
Day 22: 254 lb. (March 29, 2015)
Day 23: 255 lb.
Day 24: 255 lb.

Weight Log

Day 0:  264 lb. (March 7, 2015)
Day 1:  264 lb.
Day 2:  262 lb.
Day 3:  260 lb.
Day 4:  258 lb.
Day 5:  256 lb.
Day 6:  255 lb.
Day 7:  256 lb. (March 14, 2015)
Day 8:  254 lb.
Day 9:  254 lb.
Day 10: 254 lb. (March 17, 2015)
Day 11: 254 lb.
Day 12: 252 lb.
Day 13: 251 lb. (March 20, 2015)
Day 14: 252 lb.
Day 15: 252 lb. (March 22, 2015)
Day 16: 251 lb.
Day 17: 251 lb.
Day 18: 251 lb.
Day 19: 251 lb. (March 26, 2015)
Day 20: 251 lb.
Day 21: 251 lb.
Day 22: 254 lb. (March 29, 2015)
Day 23: 255 lb.

On Healthful Foods

There are two reasons why I eat fattening foods. One, on average fattening foods taste better than non-fattening foods.

Two, fattening foods make me feel better and feel healthier than non-fattening foods. If I want to feel good I will eat a diet of cheeseburgers, fries, pizza, hot dogs and chips. Meat and potatoes always works. Meat and rice works about as well. Pretzels always make me feel better.

I don't have much of a sweet tooth but on those occasions when I have eaten too many sweets, I have felt bad the next day. Almost like a hangover. But I rarely splurge on sweets so it doesn't happen that often.

When I try to eat the officially-sanctioned-proclaimed-from-the heavens-certifiably-good-for-you foods, bad things happen. Years ago I tried to be a vegetarian. I felt awful except when I would break down and eat meat. I had no strength and I had ongoing stomach trouble.

I am not given to discussing bodily functions so I will skip on the details. However, the more fruits and vegetables I consumed, the more gas I produced and the more time I spent on the toilet. Low, energy, stomach pain and...and yes, there were other problems as well.

I am wary of all things that are said to be good for me. Fat and salt make me feel good. Complex carbohydrates, legumes and high fiber foods all come with a steep price. But low brow, standard American foods never seem to let me down.

Food Log: March 30, 2015

Black coffee

7 oz. chicken breast smothered in jalapenos, tomato.

Sausage and rice (not exactly on diet)

Tangerine

1 oz. pretzels

Leftover Buffalo Chx Calzone (I hate to waste food and it was in the fridge...)

Weight Log

Day 0:  264 lb. (March 7, 2015)
Day 1:  264 lb.
Day 2:  262 lb.
Day 3:  260 lb.
Day 4:  258 lb.
Day 5:  256 lb.
Day 6:  255 lb.
Day 7:  256 lb. (March 14, 2015)
Day 8:  254 lb.
Day 9:  254 lb.
Day 10: 254 lb. (March 17, 2015)
Day 11: 254 lb.
Day 12: 252 lb.
Day 13: 251 lb. (March 20, 2015)
Day 14: 252 lb.
Day 15: 252 lb. (March 22, 2015)
Day 16: 251 lb.
Day 17: 251 lb.
Day 18: 251 lb.
Day 19: 251 lb. (March 26, 2015)
Day 20: 251 lb.
Day 21: 251 lb.
Day 22: 254 lb. (March 29, 2015)

Off-Diet March 25 Through March 30

It happened like this. I knew I would go off-diet to meet with a client on Thursday, the 26th. And I slipped and ate Chicken Parm on Tuesday the 24th. So I rationalized and said, "why not?' on Wednesday the 25th.

I had every intention of restarting diet on Friday the 27th. My friend Terri treated me to her homemade tres leche cake (and it was good.) My friend Cynthia bought me a gift of pecan tarts (also good.)

Saturday the 28th was also marked with good intentions but bad results. On Sunday I decided to slow cook the two corned beefs that I bought on sale right after St. Patrick's Day (Remember when corned beef was cheap?)

I have at least another day of corned beef before I resume my diet. Then comes Easter.

Food Log: March 23, 24

March 23, 2015

Black Coffee
Apple or orange (I forget

10 oz. Chx. breast marinated in lime juice
Serving of radishes
Tomato

1 oz. pretzels

10 oz. tuna (Mix of Bumblebee Thai and chunk light tuna)
1 oz. pretzels

1 oz. pretzels

1+ cup plain non-fat yogurt with 6 oz. blackberries
3 shots pecan-flavored whiskey.

March 24, 2015

Black coffee
Orange

1 oz. pretzels

A serving of Chx Parm with spaghetti, small salad sans dressing (yet another lapse in will power)

1+ cup plain non-fat yogurt with 6 oz. blackberries

Weight Log

Day 0:  264 lb. (March 7, 2015)
Day 1:  264 lb.
Day 2:  262 lb.
Day 3:  260 lb.
Day 4:  258 lb.
Day 5:  256 lb.
Day 6:  255 lb.
Day 7:  256 lb. (March 14, 2015)
Day 8:  254 lb.
Day 9:  254 lb.
Day 10: 254 lb. (March 17, 2015)
Day 11: 254 lb.
Day 12: 252 lb.
Day 13: 251 lb. (March 20, 2015)
Day 14: 252 lb.
Day 15: 252 lb. (March 22, 2015)

12 in two weeks. not bad.

Incidentally, I feel better this time around. Increased the protein and calorie intake slightly. Probably closer to 2000 calories/day than to 1000. More strength than last attempts of low-cal.

It is also significant that I waited till the end of winter to restart. Hard to diet when it is cold.

Food Log: March 19 Through March 22

March 19,  2015

Went way off diet and it was worth it.

March 20,  2015

Stayed off diet for birthday. It was good!

March 21,  2015

Black coffee
Apple

Approximately 10 oz. unskinned, deboned chx thighs (I don't usually buy these but they were on sale.)
Serving of radishes.

Orange

5 oz (post cooked weigh) 93% lean ground beef smothered in tabasco sauce (Actually house brand version of tabasco)

1 cup plain non-fat yogurt, 6 oz. blackberries

March 22,  2015

Black coffee.
Orange

10 oz. Chx breast marinated in lime juice, smothered in jalapenos, large serving baby kale (I love kale) and one tomato.

1 cup plain non-fat yogurt, 6 oz. blackberries

Food Log: March 17, 2015

March 17, 2015

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Black coffee

DENTAL APPOINTMENT

Approximately 10 oz. Chicken breast marinated in lime juice, smothered in jalapenos.
Serving of spinach

Tangerine

A taste of corn beef and cabbage.
5 oz. Tuna
1 oz. pretzels.

Cup of yogurt with six oz. blackberries

March 18, 2015

Minneola (it's like an orange)

8 oz. chicken breast marinated in lime juice, smothered in jalapenos.

Tangerine

5 oz. tuna
1 oz. pretzels

apple
one oz. pretzels.

Weight Log

Day 0:  264 lb. (March 7, 2015)
Day 1:  264 lb/
Day 2:  262 lb.
Day 3:  260 lb.
Day 4:  258 lb.
Day 5:  256 lb.
Day 6:  255 lb.
Day 7:  256 lb. (March 14, 2015)
Day 8:  254 lb.
Day 9:  254 lb.
Day 10: 254 lb. (March 17, 2015)
Day 11: 254 lb.

Food Log March 16, 2015

March 16, 2015

Black coffee

Apple

Approximately 7 oz. ground beef,  approximately 2 oz. chicken breast (bad recipe.)
Serving of cooked spinach

Tangerine

1 oz. pretzels.


Plate of spaghetti and meat balls (I was feeling lightheaded. Food good.)


Tangerine

Approximately 10 oz. 93% lean ground beef smothered in tabasco sauce
Serving of cooked spinach

Weight Log

Day 0:  264 lb. (March 7, 2015)
Day 1:  264 lb/
Day 2:  262 lb.
Day 3:  260 lb.
Day 4:  258 lb.
Day 5:  256 lb.
Day 6:  255 lb.
Day 7:  256 lb. (March 14, 2015)
Day 8:  254 lb

Food Log: March 14, 15

March 14, 2015

Black coffee, plum

7 oz. Chx breast marinated in lime juice and Mrs. Dash, served with jalapenos
Serving of tomato and asparagus in vinegar

Apple

8-10 oz. (estimate. I forgot to weigh it) Chx breast marinated in lime juice and Mrs. Dash,
Celery

Orange

OUT OF ON-DIET FOOD

March 15, 2015

Black Coffee

OUT OF ON-DIET FOOD (Except for black coffee)...Shopping trip completed. Finally ate around 4:45 PM

Apple, 6 oz. berries (eaten on ride home from store)

7 oz. (post-cooked weight) 93% ground beef
Approximately 2 oz. of Chicken breast (more about that recipe later)
Serving of tomato and asparagus in vinegar

Minnieola

Cup of non-fat plain yogurt, 6 oz. blackberries

Food Log

March 8, 2015:

Orange
Black coffee

10 oz. cooked chicken breast marinated in Mrs. Dash and lime juice, topped with jalapeno peppers.
A serving of tomatoes and asparagus in vinegar

Orange
More black coffee

A taste of chicken Parmesan
Two packets of Sunkist tuna

Orange

Cup of yogurt with 6 oz. blackberries.

March 9, 2015:

Black coffee

6 oz. cooked chicken breast marinated in Mrs. Dash and lime juice, topped with jalapeno peppers.
large serving of raw, organic Tuscan kale (first time I ever had that. Excellent!)
3 oz. (post cooked weight) ground sirloin, 90% lean
3 oz. (post cooked weight) ground beef, 93% lean

6 French Fries
A taste of pulled pork
Small salad sans dressing
5 oz. chuck light tuna from the can

1 oz. pretzels

Cup of yogurt with 6 oz. blackberries.

March 10, 2015:

Black coffee, apple

Approximately 5 oz. cooked chicken breast marinated in Mrs. Dash and lime juice, topped with jalapeno peppers
6 oz. (post cooked weight) ground beef, 93% lean topped with jalapeno peppers
large serving of raw, organic Tuscan kale

2 packets Starkist tuna
2 oz. pretzels.

Cup of yogurt with 6 oz. blackberries.

March 11, 2015:

Black coffee, apple

Approximately 6 oz. (post cooked weight) ground sirloin, 90% lean topped with jalapeno peppers
Approximately 3 oz. (post cooked weight) ground beef, 93% lean topped with jalapeno peppers
Organic Tuscan kale

Tangerine

4 oz. Bumblebee Thai Chili tuna
2 oz. pretzels

1/2 orange (it was drying up so I only ate half of it)

7 oz of chicken breast marinated in lime juice and Mrs. Dash.
Serving of asparagus and tomato in vinegar.

Small amount of gin (oops)

March 12, 2015:

Apple, black coffee

6 oz. cooked chicken breast marinated in Mrs. Dash and lime juice, topped with jalapeno peppers
Organic Tuscan kale

Orange

Approximately 6 oz. of "Chicken Delight" (Chx breast cooked in two "cream of" soups)
Small serving of spinach with Feta
Small serving of brown rice

2 oz. pretzels

3.5 oz Chicken of The Sea Hot Sauce Sardines
Small slice marble pound cake (oops. 160 calories, 80 grams from fat)

March 13, 2015

black coffee, orange

Late first meal. Around 4:30 PM
Trader Joe's Harissa sardines 4.4 oz (Tomato-based sauce)
Season Brand Sardines 3.75 oz. (in olive oil....about 300 calories, 24 grams of fat)

My Weight, So Far

Day 0:  264 lb. (March 7, 2015)
Day 1:  264 lb/
Day 2:  262 lb.
Day 3:  260 lb.
Day 4:  258 lb.
Day 5:  256 lb.
Day 6:  255 lb.

Restarting Diet

When we last saw our hero he suddenly ceased his diet (December 16, 2014) due to the holidays and the inundation of good food. Yours truly wanted to start calorie restriction once more but it was an unusually harsh winter and extreme cold just does not lend itself to dieting. Warm blooded animals use a lot of their calories just to maintain body temperature. I had enough challenges to even consider dieting.

In about a ten week period I uploaded 12 lb. At 264, it becomes hard to button my jeans. My wardrobe is already tattered and worn because I refuse to buy more clothes at this size. I want to drop a size, burn my sartorial bridges and start afresh with a smaller version of myself. It's still cold outside but I cannot put off dieting any longer.

On March 8, I once more started an HCG-assisted, calorie-restricted diet. Wish me well.