Last Day of Diet

On May 28, 2015, I weighed 258 lb.

On May 27, 2015, I weigh 218 lb.

40 lb. in one year is not bad, especially considering how frequently I fell off the plan.  I would still like  to lose more weight. My stomach is still bigger than I want it to be.

I set the goal of 200 lb. a long time ago with the plan to re-evaluate when that day arrived. 218 is definitely too heavy so at some point I will attempt another weight loss effort. I am unsure how I will go about that. For now, I will eat to my heart's content and try to maintain my current weight.

Wish me well.

Food, Weight Log: May 27, 2016, Last Day of Diet!

Last Day of Diet!

AM Weight: 218 lb.     Ketosis: Not measured.

AM: Black coffee, apple.

1 PM: 9 oz. shrimp with cocktail sauce.

Black coffee in PM.

Around 7 PM: 5 oz. canned chicken breast with malt vinegar.

Around 12:30 AM: 5 oz. canned chicken breast.

Food, Weight Log: May 26, 2016

AM Weight: 219 lb.   Ketosis: Not measured.

Bad headache associated possibly related to low blood sugar.

Black coffee in AM (Probably should have had an apple.)

1 PM: 9 oz. shrimp with cocktail sauce, small serving of Kimchi.

Headache seemed to intensify after I ate. That often seems to be the case with a low blood sugar headache. Took two aspirin followed by two acetaminophen, then two ibuprofen. Also swallowed a teaspoon of cinnamon in hopes of raising my blood sugar....I rationalized and ate 5 pieces of ginger candy (106 calorie estimate.)

2 PM: Approximately two oz. of whole sunflower seeds.

Around 6 PM: Small serving of meat loaf, roasted potatoes, 1 oz. pretzels, ( (Again, this is off-diet so I tried to compensate with small portions.) Diet Cola with caffeine.

9:30: One nectarine


Around 1 AM: Apple, teaspoon cinnamon, teaspoon cocoa.

Food, Weight Log: May 25, 2016

AM Weight: 218 lb.    Ketosis: not measured.

12:30 PM: 14 oz. shrimp with cocktail sauce, serving of Kimchi.

1:30 PM: 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds

2:30 PM: A serving of red grapes.

Black coffee and Crystal Lite with caffeine in PM.

Around 6:30 PM: A small serving of chicken Parmesan with spaghetti. (Again, this is off-diet so I tried to compensate with small portions.)

Around Midnight: Apple,

Around 1 AM: 7 oz. shrimp, small serving of Kimchi, approximately 3 oz. pretzels.

Food, Weight Log: May 24, 2016

AM Weight: 218 lb. Ketosis: Low

AM: black coffee

1 PM: 18 oz. shrimp with cocktail sauce, a serving of Kimchi.

2 PM: Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

Black coffee throughout evening.

Around 6:30 A small serving of roast pork, carrots, potatoes (off-diet so I tried to not overdo it on portions.)

Around 2 AM: 7.5 oz. Bumble Bee Thai Tuna, approximately 3 oz. pretzels.

Food, Weight Log: May 23, 2016

AM Weight: 217 lb. Ketosis: Moderate

AM: Black coffee.

1 PM: 10 oz. turkey breast with mustard, large serving of Kimchi.

2 PM: Approximately 1 oz. whole sunflower seeds

Black coffee in PM

Around 6 PM: A cup of delicious homemade Spanish rice.

Around 9 PM: 5 oz. tuna (Bumble Bee Jalapeno) 2 oz. pretzels.

Around 9:45 PM: Small serving of bread pudding.

TBC

Food, Weight Log: May 22, 2016

AM Weight: 218 lb. (40 lb. weight loss!) Ketosis: Small to moderate.

AM: Black coffee.

4:24 PM: 1 lb. shrimp with cocktail sauce, large serving of Kimchi.

Black coffee and 4 pieces of ginger candy (85 calories estimate) during evening.

11:40 PM: 10 oz. turkey breast with mustard, large serving of Kimchi.

The List

I started this weigh loss effort on May 28, 2015. I have lost 40 pounds and I am generally pleased with my results.

As mentioned previously I believe in sporadic dieting. I believe in taking breaks from diets. It is not just essential to one's enjoyment of life, it also facilitates weight loss.

If you tell yourself you can never again have cheesecake and you like cheesecake, you will probably fail. On the other hand, if you tell yourself you cannot have cheesecake until May 28, 2016, your subconscious will accept your viewpoint and it will cooperate.

If you go off-diet, consider sampling the very worst of foods just to remind yourself that you are alive and you do not live in a bubble and that you like to live dangerously. If you have not eaten Spam in a long time, consider doing so. Sugary cola is possibly the worst foodstuff you can put in your body. Buy the 3 liter bottle. A Twinkie is beneath your sophisticated taste? Then slum it and eat a package or two. I rarely eat at McDonald's but when I do, I make a point of enjoying myself capitally. Let that silly cliche, "it's all good" become your temporary mantra.

I used to be a big fan of Howard Stern but we seem to have drifted apart. Oh well. We do have memories. Howard used to keep a list of women he would call should he receive the call that his loving wife had been killed in an accident. It might not sound like a great premise but the ever-brilliant Howard could work his magic and he has left me with a pleasant composite memory.

Inspired by my guru, I am compiling a list of forbidden foods I will consume after May 28. Being that I already have a corned beef brisket in the fridge, I will slow cook it with cabbage and potatoes and eat most, if not all of it, myself.

Then I will attack the freezer. I have some frozen lasagna and a frozen noodle casserole that were both really good. After I deplete the freezer I am gong to buy a dozen doughnuts and a cheesceake and a few cannolis. I will drink either one beer or one glass of cheap, sweet wine every night to see how my system handles the ETOH.

A local grocer always has great prices on steaks. Pork roast brined and marinated in brown sugar. Swordfish. Ranch dressing with a bit of salad. The list goes on and on.

Food, Weight Log: May 21, 2016

AM Weight: 219 lb.        Ketosis: Not measured

AM: Black coffee

Early PM: 10 oz. turkey breast, 6 oz. unpasteurized sauerkraut.

I ate 4 pieces of ginger candy (85 calorie estimate) because I not trying to induce ketosis. Emphasis is low fat for last week of diet.

Black coffee in PM.

Around 11:30 I measured ketosis and was surprised that it was "Moderate to large."

Midnight: 7.5 oz. tuna (Bumble Bee Thai from pouch) large serving of Kimchi.

Food, Weight Log: May 20, 2016

AM Weight: 219.5 lb. Ketosis: Small

AM: Black coffee.

Around 2:45 PM: 5 oz. canned chicken breast, extra large serving of Kimchi.

Around 7 PM: 4 Pretzel sticks, black coffee.

(No Hoodia)

7:58 PM: A Chilean apple (I think it was a Fuji.) Man of man! I forgot how great certain foods taste.

9:27 PM: 1 Navel orange.

Around 11 PM: 10 oz. turkey breast with mustard, 6 oz. unpasteurized sauerkraut, 3 oz. pretzels.

Around 12:30 AM: One navel orange.

Allergies

I have only had allergies once. That would be April, 2015. Upon the advice of my chiropractor I started eating Kimchi fermented cabbage, I took some bottled probiotics and the allergies were gone in about a day. I dc'd the probiotics but ate Kimchi from time to time.

Time passed and I stopped eating Kimchi. I like it but it is a bit pricey and my allergies were doing OK. This week marks the worst allergy attack I have ever had. I ate a jar of Kimchi and it hasn't helped just yet.

I had symptoms consistent with a slight chest cold on Tuesday. Red, eyes, some sneezing. Things got better on Wednesday and Thursday and then BAM! Today, Friday, the worst attack ever.

I bought some unpasteurized sauerkraut that I plan to eat later. Also bought some apples and oranges because I am craving them. Eating more than one piece of fruit will kill the ketosis but I might lose via fat/calorie restriction.

Also purchased some generic OTC allergy treatment that seems to have slowed my running nose to a leisurely jog.

Wish me well and feel free to send get well cards, gift cards and sympathy cards. Any display of pity will be appreciated.

May 20, Cardiologist Consult

To summarize, my heart appears healthy and per my request, we are tapering the Metropolol over a two week period.

Food, Weight Log: May 19, 2016

AM Weight: 220 lb.    Ketosis: Small

AM: Black coffee.

Around 1 PM: 10 oz. turkey breast with mustard, large serving of Kimchi. a few pretzels (I think it was four sticks.)

2 PM: Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

Black coffee, diet soda in PM.

Around 6 PM: 5 oz. canned chicken breast, vegetable salad sans dressing.

1:15 AM: 5 oz. canned chicken breast, vegetable salad sans dressing.

Note: Every day this week (Monday through Thursday) I took 500 mg. Hoodia after first meal of day.

Food, Weight Log: May 18, 2016

AM Weight: 221 lb. Ketosis: Not quite a trace.

AM: Black coffee.

1 PM: 10 oz. Black Forest Turkey with mustard.

2 PM: Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

Around 7 PM: 10 oz. Black Forest Turkey with mustard.

1 AM: .42 oz. roast beef, 1 cashew

Food, Weight Log: May 17, 2016

AM Weight: 225 lb.   Ketosis: Not measured.

1 PM: 10 oz. sliced turkey breast with mustard, approximately 2 oz. chunk lite tuna, 3 pretzels.

2 PM: Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

Around 8 PM: 10 oz. sliced turkey breast with mustard.

Around 2 AM: Teaspoon of cinnamon and a teaspoon of cocoa before bed.

Food, Weight Log: May 16, 2016

AM Weight 224 lb.:   Ketosis: Not measured.

Black coffee in AM:

1 PM: 1 lb. shrimp with cocktail sauce.

2 PM: Approximately 1 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

10 PM: Approximately 5 oz. Bumble Bee Thai tuna in pouch.

1:30 AM: Approximately 2 oz. chunk lite tuna, 7 pretzels.

Food, Weight Log: May 12 to May 15.

For this I did not measure ketosis and my weight fluctuated between 222 and 225.

For different reasons I fell off the diet(s) each day.

On Thursday May 12, I was a bit careless. Sigh.

On Friday May 13, I had a mental lapse and ate a bag of pork rhinds with 5 oz. Bumble Bee Thai Tuna. The pork rhinds are great for a low-carb diet but not for a low fat diet. This blend of tuna is ok for a low fat diet but not a low-carb diet. so the two canclled each other out.

On Saturday and Sunday I was working hard at writing projects. My belief is that the brain demands glucose when one performs mental labor. I was struggling to concentrate. Sugar, mostly in the form of cola, was consumed (with the added benefit of caffeine, of course.) Pretzels, chips, other snack foods. I did get some work done so it was worth it.

Food, Weight Log: May 11, 2016

AM Weight: 222 lb.   Ketosis: Not measured.

Today was a designated off-diet day. Planned going away lunch with my intern. Holy Ghost Society in Peabody, MA is one of the best kept North Shore lunch secrets. Good Portugese food.

I tried not to overdo the off-diet festivities. Tomorrow is last leg of diet. May 28 will mark one year of attempted weight loss.

Food, Weight Log: May 10, 2016

AM weight: 222 lb.   Ketosis: Not measured.

AM: Black coffee, mixed nuts (unmeasured. A few hands-full. Presumably under 20 grams carbohydrate.)

12:30 PM: 13 oz. roasted lamb.

2 PM: Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

Severe upper GI distress. Ate two scoops of dried ginger and one Equate antacid.

Around 6:30 PM: Roasted chicken with potatoes and carrots (I probably went a little over the 20 gram limit on carbs mostly because I was careless.)

Around 1 AM: 10 oz. Bumble Bee jalapeno tuna in olive oil with mayonnaise and baby spinach.

Food Weight Log: May 9, 2016

AM Weight: 224 lb.   Ketosis: Not measured.


AM: Black coffee, a couple handsful (handfuls) of mixed nuts.

Around noon: 9 oz. lamb.

2 PM: Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

Black coffee in PM.

2 AM: 8 egg cheese omelet.

Food, Weight Log: May 7, 2016

AM Weight: 222 lb.

I will be off diet today and tomorrow due to travel amd Mother's Day celebration.

Food, Weight Log: May 6, 2016

AM Weight: 223 lb.    Ketosis: No reading.

AM: Black coffee.

Around 1 PM: 8 oz. lamb.

Black coffee in evening.

Around midnight: 15 oz. tuna (Bumble Bee jalapeno 10 oz., white tuna, 5 oz.) mayonnaise, spring mix

Food, Weight Log: May 5, 2016

AM Weight: 224 lb.  Ketosis: No reading.

AM: Black coffee.

Early PM: 6 Brazil nuts, 7 oz. lamb, 2 sausage links.

6 PM: One chicken thigh.

1 AM: Unmeasured amount of Brazil nuts, Mixed nuts and pecans, approximately 7 oz. tuna (Bumble Bee jalapeno in olive oil) spring mix and mayonnaise.

Food, Weight Log: May 2, 2016

AM Weight: 220 lb. Ketosis: Small

I am writing this from memory on May 4, 2016.

Details escape me but I ate lamb around 1 PM, 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds around 2 PM, then pork late at night.

I wish I had recorded this when my memory was still fresh.

Food, Weigh Log: May 4, 2016

AM Weight: 220 lb. Ketosis: Ran out of strips. No reading.

For no good reason, I went off diet today.

Food, Weight Log: May 3, 2016

AM Weight: 225 lb. Ketosis: Unknown (Ran out of strips.)

Off-diet. More or less unavoidable.

Food, Weight Log: May 1, 2015

AM Weight: 220 lb.             Ketosis: Small

Coffee with Half-N-Half, two cups.

1:15 PM: 8 oz. lamb, small amount of Heinz 57 sauce.

Mid-afternoon: two teaspoons of Macaroni and cheese.

6:30 PM: 9 oz. roasted pork, 1 oz. noodles (pushing the carb limit.)

1 AM: 4.5 oz. Jimmy Dean sausage links, 5 oz. summer sausage.