Mister Weight Loss: July 2020

Friday, July 24, 2020

Day 43 Weight Log

Day 0....June 11, 2020...224 lb.
Day 1...J.une 12, 2020...224 lb. Ketosis - @ 1 PM.
Day 2....June 13, 2020...221 lb...
Note Severe upper GI problems late June 12 until about 1 AM June 13. Vomiting. Roast beef did not agree with me. Symptoms quelled by house brand antacid.
Ketosis - @ 11 AM.
Ketosis + @ 8:25 PM
Day 3....June 14, 2020...222 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:30 AM.
Day 4....June 15, 2020...219 lb. Ketosis + @ 7:30 AM.
Day 5....June 16, 2020...218 lb. Ketosis + @ 10:45 AM
Day 6....June 17, 2020...218 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:15 AM. Ketosis + @ 11:45 PM
Day 7....June 18, 2020...219 lb. Ketosis + @ 8:45 AM

Day 8....June 19, 2020...219 lb. Ketosis + @ 12:30 PM
Day 9....June 20, 2020...219 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:30 AM
Day 10..June 21, 2020...216 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM
Day 11...June 22, 2020...218 lb. Ketosis + @ 8:30 AM
Day 12...June 23, 2020...219 lb. Ketosis + @ 8:30 AM
Day 13...June 24, 2020...219 lb. Ketosis + @ 8:45 AM
Day 14...June 25, 2020...216 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:18 AM

Day 15...June 26, 2020...215.5 lb. Ketosis + @ 11 AM. Clearly in ketosis but not as much as the past two weeks ( the ketone strip markers are color-coded, not numerical, so I can't be all that precise. The small amount of rice last night might have thrown me off slightly, but not enough to take me out of ketosis.)
Day 16...June 27, 2020...218 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:05 AM
Day 17...June 28, 2020...218 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:20 AM.
Day 18...June 29, 2020...216 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM.
Day 19...June 30, 2020...215.5 lb. Ketosis + @ 8:20 AM.
Day 20....July 1, 2020.....215 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:30 AM
Day 21....July 2, 2020.....215 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM.
Day 22....July 3, 2020.....215 lb. Ketosis + @ 10:15 AM.
Day 23....July 4, 2020.....215 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM
Day 24....July 5, 2020.....215 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM
Day 25....July 6, 2020.....215 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM.
Day 26....July 7, 2020.....214 lb. Ketosis + @ 8:30 AM
Day 27....July 8, 2020.....214 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM
Day 28....July 9, 2020.....212 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM.
Day 29....July 10, 2020...211 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM.
Day 30....July 11, 2020...211 lb. Ketosis + @ 8:30 AM
Day 31....July 12, 2020...211 lb. Ketosis + @ 8:30 AM
Day 32....July 13, 2020...211 lb. I forgot to record the ketosis. presumed positive. + @ 11 PM.
Day 33....July 14, 2020...210 lb. Ketosis + @ 8:30 AM
Day 34....July 15, 2020...209 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM
Day 35....July 16, 2020...210 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:15 AM
Day 36....July 17, 2020...210 lb. Ketosis + @ 11:00AM.
Day 37....July 18, 2020...212 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM.
Note: the method of measuring ketosis is imprecise. It is using color-coded strips. Even though I am still ketosis, it has not registered the darkest color recently. The minimal carbs might have compromised or slowed down my ketosis.

Second Note: I am discouraged and puzzled by the sudden two-pound weight gain.
Day 38....July 19, 2020...212 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM but probably not as highly ketonic as before.
Day 39....July 20, 2020...210 lb. Ketosis + @ 10:30 AM..
Day 40....July 21, 2020...210 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:00 AM.
Day 41....July 22, 2020...210 lb. Ketosis + @ 9:30 AM
Day 42....July 23, 2020...210 lb. Ketosis presumed negative.
Day 43....July 24, 2020...211 lb. Ketosis presumed negative.

Day 42 Weight Log

Day 42 Food Log

Black coffee and seltzer throughout the day.

Around 9:30 PM: Roughly 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine mix prior to workout.

Around 11 PM: A large serving of slow-cooked potatoes, potato chips with dip, pepperoni, summer sausage, cheese and crackers, about two glasses of red wine, a "Thin" Reese Cup made with dark chocolate.

Around 7:20 PM: Approximately 5 oz. of Rainier cherries (including pits that I spat onto the lawn) and one large peach. Rainier cherries approximately amounts to 90 calories., zero fat.The peach also equals about 90 calories withe less than a gram of fat.

Suspending Diet on Day 41

I am hoping this will be a brief interlude measured in days, not weeks. My motive is more economical than anything else. My wife does not follow my diet and thus, we have a lot of leftovers: Potatoes, Bing cherries, roasted vegetables as well as things like pecans and walnuts that have a long but not indefinite shelf life.

Usual disclaimer: When you go off a keto diet, it takes about 72 hours to restart ketosis.

I might not be logging my off-diet foods in quite as much detail.

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I skipped the arginine on Day 41. It caused some digestive issues (coupled with four bowls of turkey soup) the night before.
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When I finally ate on Day 41, I did not pig out. Roughly 1 oz. of corn chips. roughly 1 oz. of pretzel sticks with dip. Roughly 2 oz.of a strange snack food called Pop Corners that is sort of a cross between popcorn and Pringles, 14 oz. of roasted veggies consisting of squash, carrots, and potatoes. I also ate a 3 oz. of summer sausage and finally a cup of flavored yogurt.

I did not feel the need to pig out on anything but I did feel the need to taste a wide variety of foods.

Day 41 Weight Log

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Day 40 Food Log

Black coffee and seltzer throughout the day.

Around 9:00 PM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine mix.

Around 10:00 PM: 4 large bowls of homemade turkey soup, 10 pretzel sticks, 3 oz. gin with a splash of lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of shredded, unsweetened coconut.

Day 39 Food Log

Black coffee and seltzer water throughout the day.

Around 9:00 PM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine mix, four pretzel sticks.

Around 11:00 PM: Estimated 1 lb. chicken salad. 3 oz. gin with splash of lemon juice. 2 tablespoons of shredded, unsweetened coconut.

Day 40 Weight Log.

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Day 38 Food Log

Black coffee and seltzer throughout the day.

7:20 PM: 6 oz. summer sausage.

Around midnight (Into July 20, 2020) A mixture of the remainder of the turkey soup with ground turkey.

Sometimes the woman throws stuff together and it is art. Tonight was not one of those times. She has a little bit of soup remaining so she added a pound of ground turkey to it.

For the record, I ate one bowl, 10 oz. of lean meat with a suggestion of soup. It wasn't awful but it left an aftertaste that was hard to extinguish. I ate five pretzel sticks, a tablespoon of cocoa, a tablespoon of cinnamon, two tablespoons of shredded, unsweetened coconut, three oz. of gin with a splash of lemon juice. Sad to say, the aftertaste is still not entirely defeated. Finally, I ate about a tablespoon of grass-fed unsalted butter. It helped.

I can't blame the woman. Ground turkey, or most low-fat meats for that matter, just don't taste right or set right. Fat is good.

Day 38 Weight Log

Saturday, July 18, 2020

Day 37 Food Log

Black coffee and seltzer water throughout the day.

2:45 PM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine mix, four pretzel sticks (8 grams of carbohydrate estimate.)

Around 6:30 PM: a bowl of turkey soup leftover from last night. Turkey, escarole, mushrooms, celery, two small potatoes. Approximately 7 oz. of meat loaf, a small beef patty (3 oz. estimate) with a slice of cheese.

The only way I can comfortably do the one meal a day program is to eat late at night. No matter what I eat or how much I consume, I will be hungry four or five hours later. So, around midnight, I had a tablespoon of cocoa and a tablespoon of cinnamon to quell the hunger alarms.

Day 37 Weight Log

Friday, July 17, 2020

Day 36 Food Log

Tried a little butter in my coffee today. In my view that is not a significant amount of food to be OMAD non-compliant.

Black coffee and seltzer water throughout the day.

3:25 PM: 2 tablespoons of shredded, unsweetened coconut.

3:45 PM: 7 egg cheese omelet fried in coconut oil.

Around 9 PM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine prior to workout.

Around 11 PM: Two large bowls of homemade turkey soup, escarole, celery, mushrooms. I picked out the potatoes. I added a little bit of olive oil. 3 oz. of gin with a splash of lemon juice. I teaspoon of shredded, unsweetened coconut, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon.

Day 35 Food Log

Black coffee and seltzer throughout the day.

Around 9:00 PM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine mix.

Around 11:00 PM: 15 oz. Ball Park beef franks (hidden inflation. What used to be a pound is now 15 oz.) roughly 1 oz. creamy horseradish and mustard, approximately 4 oz. sauerkraut, 57 pistachio nuts, 3 oz. gin with a splash of gin.

Day 36 Weight Log

Day 35 Weight Log

Day 33 Weight Log

Day 34 Weight Log

Monday, July 13, 2020

Day 32 Weight Log

Day 32 Workout Log

Weights

Day 32 Food Log

Around 10:45 AM a teaspoon of coconut.

Black coffee and seltzer throughout the day.

11 PM: Two pieces of baked chicken covered in olive oil, approximately two oz. pork rinds, a small serving of avocado. 3 oz. of gin with a splash of lemon juice. Two tablespoons of coconut.

The small serving of avocado was small because it was overripe. I threw the remainder in the garbage disposal. The baked chicken was not great either. It had been previously frozen and is more like survival food than a fine dining feature.

3 tablespoons of antacid to complete the evening.

Sunday, July 12, 2020

Day 31 Food Log

Black coffee and seltzer throughout the day.

Around midnight (into July 13, 2020) 1 bowl of salad left from last night (spring mix, celery, cheese, green olives, walnuts, onions, avocado, three hard-boiled eggs, olive oil, and vinegar.) approximately 4 oz. baked chicken breast with a generous portion of olive oil, approximately 1.5 oz. pork rinds. 3.5 oz. gin with a splash of lemon juice.

I lost my appetite mid-dinner which is unusual because I was really hungry most of the evening. Also, I rarely put more on my plate than I can eat. Tonight, I suddenly felt full and suddenly had upper GI problems.

I took two tablespoons of liquid antacid. So far, so good.

Due to the previously mentioned indigestion, I will probably skip the proprietary arginine mix.

Day 31 Weight Log

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Day 30 Weight Log

Day 30 Food Log

Seltzer water throught\out the day.

A teaspoon of coconut oil around 10:30 AM.

I drank the first cup of coffee black and drank butter coffee for the rest of the day.

5:30 PM: 1 bing cherry. It was good.

7:30 PM: One-half lb. of sliced turkey and ham with creamy horseradish, spice mustard, and sriracha mayonnaise. 3 oz. Utz Hot and Spicy Chicarrones (pork rinds.)

I did have some indigestion afterward that caused me to skip on chicken later tonight. I took liquid antacid and felt better about an hour later.

10:00 PM: Two large bowls of spring mix, celery, cheese, green olives, walnuts,onions, avocado, three hard-boiled eggs, olive oil and vinegar.

Skipped on the gin.

Hope to get arginine in before bedtime..

Friday, July 10, 2020

Day 29 Food Log

Black coffee and seltzer throughout the day.

Around 7:30 PM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine mix.(I skipped on the pretzel sticks.)

Workout: worked muscles to exhaustion.

Around 9:00 PM: Approximately 3 oz. of chicken breast with olive oil and basil, 7 maple sausage links, a serving of broccoli with olive oil and basil, a serving of cooked cabbage with olive oil and basil. 3 oz. of gin with a splash of lemon juice.

Ketosis + @ 11:15 PM

Day 29 Weigth Log

Day 28 Weight Log

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Day 28 Food Log

Black coffee and seltzer water throughout the day.

Around 9:30 PM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine supplement. 4 pretzel sticks,

Instead of going to the gym, I decided to go for a walk outside. Unfortunately, it was hot and humid and I only walked about 2.3 miles.

11 PM: Approximately 2/3 lb. chicken breast. It was originally teriyaki chicken that was frozen. Served with olive oil. Approximately 1 cup broccoli with butter and basil. 1 maple sausage link.

3 tablespoons of unsweetened, shredded coconut.

Ketosis + @ 12:45 AM 7/10/2020

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Day 27 Workout Log

Machine weights. I am making progress in just about every exercise. I am also standardizing chair positions on several stations.

Day 27 Weight Log:

Day 26 Weight Log

Day 27 Food log

Black coffee and seltzer water throughout the day

Around 9:30 PM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine mix, 4 pretzel sticks.

Around 11 PM: 1 lb. unshelled shrimp with butter, 1 large serving of broccoli with pasta and butter, 3 tablespoons of unsweetened, shredded coconut, 3 oz. gin with a splash of lemon juice.

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Day 26 Food Log

Black coffee and seltzer water throughout the day.

9:00 PM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine.

10:00 PM: One chicken thigh. Large lettuce and kale salad with green olives, walnuts, Monterey Jack cheese, hard-boiled egg, a small amount of unsweetened, shredded coconut, coppa (2 oz. estimate) olive oil and vinegar. 3 oz. gin with a splash of lime juice.

Monday, July 6, 2020

Day 25 Workout Log

Weight machine. One set per station. 5 reps. If I can do 5 reps, I increase the weight.

I am satisfied with my ongoing progress.

Day 25 Food Log

Starting off feeling subpar. I had muscle cramps that interrupted my sleep. I take potassium and magnesium supplements routinely but with this diet, eating usually just once a day and eating a narrow selection of food, I try to make sure I don't have any nutritional deficiencies.

I also had a problem with my C-PAP mask that interfered with my sleep. Mondays are rough on me anyway because I work late Sunday night and it's a short window until I return to work thirteen hours later. Because my sleep was interrupted by muscle cramps and an ill-fitting C-PAP mask, I did not do my normal AM routine consisting of Wim Hof breathing exercises and a 4 minute, 24-second shower. I also delayed my chiropractor visit until later in the week.

As the day progressed, I felt better. Around 9:30 I consumed 4 tablespoons of a proprietary arginine mix prior to workout. Why 4 tablespoon instead of my customary 6, prior to a workout? Absentmindedness.

Around 10:45 PM: a chicken thing that was cooked last night that I had suspected was bad. This thigh was perfect. I ate a large lettuce salad with spring mix, pea sprouts, walnuts, American cheese, hard-boiled egg and green olives. All smothered in Ranch dressing.This was followed by 6 oz. of fried ground pork with two slices of American cheese. I also ate 5 pretzel sticks (10 grams of carbohydrate estimate.) This feast was accompanied by 3 oz. gin with a splash of lime juice. Man, I wish I could have another three ounces of gin.

I feel good.

Day 25 Weight Log

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Day 24 Food Log

Black coffee with butter.I bought some expensive butter that came from grass-fed, better lineage cows. Tried a little of that in my coffee. 2-3 oz. estimate. Seltzer and coffee throughout the day.

Skipped the arginine today. Bad planning.

Around midnight (into June 6, 2020) I ate 1.5 chicken thighs and some boiled cabbage that was flavored with malt vinegar and olive oil. I was really hungry but I stopped eating the chicken halfway through the second piece. It tasted suspiciously "off." Not necessarily spoiled but it was generating warning signs. My wife had frozen the thighs so who knows if in the thawing.... I don't like to speculate.

2 oz. of gin with a splash of lemon juice to kills the noxious aftertaste. 8 pretzel sticks and a spoonful of good butter for the same reason.

Wish me good health.

1:41 AM. 3 tablespoons of shredded, unsweetened coconut, 1 oz. of gin. the aftertaste just does not want to go away.

Saturday, July 4, 2020

Day 23 Workout Log (Saturday)

Still struggling with consistency. I underperformed on some machines and did better on some others. Seat placement can make a big difference. I am trying to be more conscious and consistent of seat height at each station.

Day 23 Food Log

Black Coffee and seltzer throughout the day.

Around 6:30 PM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine mix prior to workout.

Around 9:30 PM: Approximately 1 lb. ground shaped into patties (a hamburger minus the bun) topped with cheese ( a cheeseburger) and condimented (like the use of the noun as a verb? Clever) with sriracha (Spelled that newfangled word without spell check. Speaking of topping, top that) mayonnaise. I did not have time to prepare a crunchy salad but I had a bowl of spring mix with a few olives topped with ranch dressing.

Day 23 Weight Log

Friday, July 3, 2020

Day 22 Food Log

Black coffee and seltzer water throughout the day.

2:20 PM 5 scrambled eggs fried in coconut oil with a splash of tabasco sauce. 4 oz. raw pecans.

This violates the OMAD protocol but I think the next day weight lifting fatigue called for a little extra food. The 4 oz. of pecans provides about 16 grams of carbohydrate, dangerously close to the 20 grams that could take me out of ketosis.

This meal is a case of listening to my body versus adhering to a rigid regimen.

Around 11 PM: a bowl of lettuce with green olives and covered with ranch dressing. 11 oz. fried pork with onions, 4slices of melted American cheese,

I skipped on the gin. Maybe because I did not work at my stressful job today, I did not have a taste for the relaxant.

Week 3 Summary

10 lb. in 21 days. Not bad.

1 lb. this week with 100% Ketosis and OMAD compliance. Disappointing.

Significantly, I have started exercising once more. Weight training necessitates rest. I feel great, better than I have felt in years. But man, I do get tired. And man, do I require sleep.

Day 22 Weight Log

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Day 21 Food Log

Around 9 PM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine mix.

Workout:

11:30 PM 1.5 lb. boiled shrimp, 8 oz. boiled asparagus, 4 oz. butter, 3 oz. gin with a splash of lemon juice, 2 tablespoons unsweetened, shredded coconut.

The combination of good food, good news, good health makes this a perfect evening. I cannot remember when I felt this great.

Day 20 (Wednesday) Food Log

I had planned on an evening workout on the treadmill but I ended up working till 10 until my usual 8 PM,

Around 10:45: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine mix.

11:30 PM: 12 oz. of tuna salad (canned tuna, hard boiled egg, lettuce mayonnaise) 5 breaded fried chicken wings. 4 oz. gin with a splash of lemon juice.

My wife ordered fried chicken wings and she often orders more than she can eat. I hope the breading on the chicken does not take me out of ketosis.[It did not.]

4 oz. of gin is probably too much. At that level it slightly interferes with my sleep 4 to 5 hours after onset. Then again, 10 hours at a stressful job mandates some enhanced relaxztion.

2 tablespoons of unsweetened, shredded cocomut.

Day 19 Food Log (Tuesday)

9 PM: 6 tablespoons proprietary arginine mix.

Workout.

11 PM: 8 oz. beef roast with creamy horseradish. Two large bowls of lettuce salad with olives, walnuts, hardboiled eggs, American cheese, vinegar and olive oil.

3 oz. of gin with a splash of lemon juice.

3 tablespoons of unsweetened, shredded coconut.

Day 18 Food Log (Monday)

The plan was to go to the gym and spend some time on the treadmill but I did not go. I mention this because I put off taking the arginine until right before working out so I consumed my arginine later in the day.

Around 9 PM: 6 tablespoons proprietary arginine mix. 4 pretzel sticks to kill aftertaste (8 grams carbohydrate estimate.)

Around 10 PM: Approximately 14 oz. beef roast with a small serving of the vegetables cooked with the meat. Approximately 3 oz. creamy horseradish (3 grams of carbohydrate estimate.) 2 table spons of shredded, unsweetened coconut. 2 oz. gin with a splash of lemon juice.

Day 18 Workout Log (Tuesday)

Weights. I made progress at every exercise attempted. To repeat my self, at this stage of returning to exercise it is more about scraping off rust than building muscle.

This was an evening workout. I exercise per machine. Gym was not empty but I ddin't have to wait my turn on any exercise.

Day 21 Weight Log

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Day 17 (Sunday) Food Log

Around 11:30 AM: 6 tablespoons of proprietary arginine before workout. 4 pretzel sticks to kill aftertaste (8 grams estimate.)

Around midnight ( June 28 to June 29) 18 oz. roasted pork with 3 oz. creamy horseradish. 4 tablespoons shredded, unsweetened, 1 tablespoon cinnamon, 3 oz. gin with a splash of lemon juice.