High Protein Food Log

January 26: Meal 1 in mid-afternoon. Approximately 1.3 lb. cod with spices and butter.
                    Meal 2 late at night. Cup of chicken soup, four eggs, approximately 4 oz. sausage.




January 27: Meal 1 Breakfast. Approximately 4 oz. sausage, approximately 2 oz. sunflower seeds.
                   Meal 2 Lunch. 8 oz. sausage, approximately 8 oz. radishes
                   Meal 3 5 oz. tuna (Star Kist Jalapeno. Good!) with hot peppers


January 28: Meal 1 Cornish Hen. Small amount of hominy.
                    Snack: Approximately 3 oz. sunflower seeds
                     Meal 2: 2 small pieces of chicken breast. It had honey bar-b-q and was breaded so I only ate a small amount. A thimble of brown rice, broccoli.
                    Meal 3: Large serving of chicken salad.


January 29: Meal 1 1.31 lb. ground beef with soy noodles, small amount of hominy and hot peppers.
                    Snack: Approximately 2 oz. sunflower seeds.
                    Meal 2: Thimble of pasta primavera, very small salad
                    Snack: Small serving of Kettle corn (getting dangerously close to carb limit.)
January 30: Meal 1: 3 chicken thighs marinated in Mrs. Dash and lime juice.
                    Snack: Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.
                    Meal 2: Beef roast with small amount of mashed potatoes, small amount of green beans with Craisins (Probably went over 20 gram carb limit. Just barely, but still...) Some coffee with Half-N-Half
                   Meal 3: 5 oz. tuna (Star Kist Jalapeno) with hot peppers


January 31: Coffee with Half-N-Half. (Try to drink coffee black but I slipped recently.) Meal 1: 4   thin pork chops marinated in lime juice and soy sauce.
                    Snack: Approximately 2 oz. Whole sunflower seeds.
                    Coffee with Half-N-Half
                     Meal 2: 5 oz. tuna (Star Kist Jalapeno) with hot peppers

Food Journal Week 1 (Part II)

January 2, 2014

Apple


 8 oz. Bumble Bee Spicy Thai tuna, spinach, pea sprouts, tomato
(8 oz. is over the limit but I am easing back into the diet.)

Orange


 4 oz. Bumble Bee Spicy Thai tuna

Small--extremely small serving--of strawberry shortcake and sweetened whipped cream. It was so good I then had a regular-sized serving.

Apple

Salad--baby spinach, onion, tomato, celery sans dressing, approximately 1.5 cups of plain low fat yogurt (they were out of no-fat yogurt when I went shopping) with approximately 3 oz. blueberries. Again, this is not exactly keeping with the diet but I am easing back into it.

January 3, 2014

Orange

5.2 oz. lemon pepper tuna (Two Starkist pouches) celery

Approximately 3.5 oz. whole sunflower seeds (Off diet but I ate them anyway)

Apple

Approximately 5 oz. shrimp, 1 lb. radishes.

Salad--baby spinach, onion, tomato, celery sans dressing, approximately 1.5 cups of plain low fat yogurt (they were out of no-fat yogurt when I went shopping) with approximately 3 oz. blueberries. Again, this is not exactly keeping with the diet but I am easing back into it. (Same as last night.)

January 4, 2014

Orange

Approximately 5 oz. chicken breast marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash. Salad--baby spinach, onion, tomato, celery sans dressing.

Apple

Orange

Teaspoon of Nutella (never had it before) 5 oz. shrimp, celery. I tried this calorie free peanut spread. Walden Farms Whipped Peanut Spread (More about that later)

Apple

Approximately 1.5 cup plain no fat yogurt with 6 oz. blackberries.

5 oz. shrimp shortly before bedtime.

Note: I exceeded diet guidelines by about 400 calories. Still, I was focused on food all day. When I am hungry I talk about food incessantly and visit recipe sites (Let's skip over the Freudian parallels for now.) I craved fat, salty foods all day. I even with food shopping even though our cupboard was not even close to bare. Given my recent success (9 lb. in 5 days) I might try to increase my caloric intake by about 50%. I will also try to increase my intake of H2O, something I did diligently when I started this diet on November 29. Excess water will reduce some hunger pangs.

January 5, 2014

Orange

Approximately 5 oz. chicken breast marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash. Celery. Almost a whole lb. radishes, a few roasted Brussels sprouts.

Apple

1 quart of Stonyfield Farm Rich and Creamy yogurt and 12 oz. blackberries. So much for will power. But as of this writing (about an hour after eating) I am NOT hungry...Actually I consumed the yogurt and berries in two installments about an hour apart.

Banana

Orange

Approximately 5 oz. chicken breast marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash.  The remaining few radishes left over from earlier, one tomato.

January 6, 2014

Orange


Approximately 8 oz. chicken breast marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash. Approximately 8 oz. spiced potatoes I found in refrigerator. Comment: Something had to give. I was not going to be hungry and constantly food-obsessed for another day. I would take a cheat day. The potatoes were good! I would later ease my hunger with hoodia.


HOODIA!
Apple


Approximately 5 oz. shrimp, roughly 1/2 lb. radishes.


HOODIA
Apple
Approximately 3 oz.  chicken breast marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash. Tomato. Approximately 1.5 cup plain, low fat yogurt with 6 oz. blackberries.


January 7, 2014

Apple


Approximately 8 oz. chicken breast marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash. Tomato
HOODIA
Banana


1 lb. radishes


Apple
HOODIA
Approximately 5 oz. chicken breast marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash.

Cup of whole milk (I don't like to waste food, ever. We had some milk in the back of fridge. 180 calories)
Banana
Approximately 5 oz. shrimp.

January 8, 2014

Cup of whole milk, banana.

Orange.

Approximately 5 oz. shrimp. 1 cup of whole milk. Approximately 1 cup of plain nonfat yogurt. (See note about milk and not wasting food. I had to go to the auto mechanic early and by lunchtime I was hungry. Not exactly a splurge but still more calories than recommended for diet.)

HOODIA immediately after lunch.


More HOODIA
2 servings of flounder stuffed with crab, spinach with feta cheese, rice. (Vile temptress! I could have stayed on diet but stuffed flounder...and it was GREAT!)

Food Journal Week 3

Sunday December 15

Orange

Turkey drumstick, small serving of stuffing and small serving of cabbage.

Apple

Orange

(BTW, major snow storm last night. I had to shovel and I have felt cold and sluggish all day.  As previously mentioned I am usually energetic and resistant to cold. Fat loss and calorie restriction does have its downside.)

Was not hungry until late at night.

One cup of plain, non-fat yogurt, orange before bed


Monday December 16

Orange

Approximately 8 oz. dark meat of previously mentioned turkey, 1 lb. radishes.

Apple

5 slices of cheese pizza (way off diet. At least one thousand calories. But man, this was good pizza. Dina's of Salem, MA. My sense of taste is off due to caloric restriction and everything tastes GREAT. Someone bought me a pizza even though I am on a diet. I ate a slice. Then another. Then another. then another.)

Approximately 8 oz. of the aforementioned turkey and one more slice of that pizza.....Maybe because it's so darn cold outside!

Tuesday December 17

Orange

Approximately 6 oz. chicken marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash, about 1/2 lb. (pre-cooked) spinach,

Apple

Approximately 5 oz. chicken marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash, 1/2 lb. radishes

Approximately 1 oz. plain, non-fat yogurt, apple.

Wednesday December 18

Apple

Some kind of Italian soup, ham sandwich (It was free. I had to do CPR training and the employer fed us.)

A serving of pork, potatoes, carrots, onions (since I was already off diet and it was offered...)

Thursday December 19

Apple

Approximately 5 oz. chicken marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash, cooked cabbage

Apple

A taste--maybe two ounces--of barbecue beef.

Approximately 5 oz. shrimp

One biscotti

Approximately 5 oz. chicken marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash, cooked spinach (about half of what was one pound uncooked) topped with radish and alfalfa sprouts.

Approximately one cup plain, non-fat yogurt, apple right before bed (Man, I was hungry.)

Friday December 20

Apple

Sometime in the AM, I starting feeling like I was getting sick. No appetite at all. I bought a couple of real ginger ales (with real ginger) and a bag of pretzels. I have heard people say to eat crackers when you have an upset stomach. Crackers don't work for me but pretzels do.

Nothing but pretzels and ginger ale all day. Then the fever seemed to break and I was real hungry so I ate three cookies and a couple of pieces of chocolate (Mini Reese's Cup, solid chocolate.) I hope I am over this illness.

Saturday December 21

Whatever seemed to be afflicting me went away after ten hours of sleep. I really needed that. Took X factor in AM and then DC'd X. I am discontinuing X for the holidays. Officially, I am offf-diet for one week.

Orange

Approximately 5 oz. chicken breast marinated in soy sauce, lime juice, Mrs. Dash and cabbage.

Orange

All day long I snacked on pretzels, the most underrated food in the history of the human race. They are high in calories. The half bag I ate had over 800 calories.

Late at night I had two glasses of white zinfadel, approximately 5 oz, shrimp and about 5 oz. of chicken Denise brought home from work (mixed dark and white meat.)

Someday I will shout to the heavens about the goodness of pretzels.

Food Journal: Week 2

Sunday December 8

Orange

6 to 7 oz. Chicken breast marinated in lime juice, Mrs. Dash, soy sauce

Apple

Approximately 5 oz. shrimp, small amount of cabbage, small tomato

8 oz, ground bison, 4 oz. spinach, tomato, asparagus

Orange

Monday December 9

Orange

Approximately 5 oz. chicken, asparagus, spinach, tomato

Apple

Orange

Approximately 8 oz. ham (fatty. OFF-diet but who cares?) smidgen green beans, teaspoon sweet potatoes

Orange

Approximately 5 oz. shrimp, 1 lb. radishes

Approximately 1 cup plain, nonfat yogurt

Apple

Tuesday December 10

Orange

5.2 oz. tuna, cabbage

Orange

Small lettuce salad with tomato, pepper, oil

Approximately 1 cup plain, nonfat yogurt

Wednesday December 11

Orange

Approximately 10 oz. chicken breast marinated in lime juice and Mrs. Dash

Apple

Orange

Small lettuce salad with tomato and black olives

Approximately 5 oz. shrimp

Thursday December 12

Orange

Approximately 5 oz. chicken breast marinated in lime juice and Mrs. Dash

Orange

Approximately 5 oz. shrimp

4 oz. Bumble Bee Spicy Thai tuna, spinach with malt vinegar, celery

Friday December 13

Orange

Approximately 5 oz. shrimp, 1 lb. radishes.

Orange

More radishes

8 oz. Bumble Bee Spicy Thai tuna

.5 oz. bag of popcorn (Off-diet. Damn! It was good. 80 calories.)

Saturday December 14

I went off diet today. Someone gave me a thawed turkey a few days ago and I could not let it go to waste. I brined it for three days with salt and brown sugar. I used to stuff my turkeys with homemade stuffing but I have been told that the risk of salmonella is significant. So I improvised and stuffed it with cabbage. It came out great. I also added some bacon fat to the cabbage.

I also made a homemade stuffing and cooked it separately. High fat dish to which I added the innards.
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Orange

I ate about 6 oz of turkey breast but I did not throw the skin away. I ate a small amount of stuffing (off-diet) and ate about a third oz a gizzard. I had some cabbage that was smothered in turkey fat and bacon fat.

Apple

Second meal: Turkey drumstick and stuffing. At least 10 oz. of dark, fatty, brined turkey meat.  Small serving of stuffing.

Orange

Almost Two Years Later

I weigh 262 lb.

Same old story. High protein works for me until 240-245. At that point I can stabilize by continuing on high protein but if I try anything else, I put on weight. So once more, I want to shrink back to the lower 240's. Then I hope to take another course.

I weighed 264 on Sunday January 13. I lost four lb. and suddenly gained two back. I have been high protein for 10 days now. I started a food log last Wednesday.

Food Log Wednesday January 16:
Coffee and cream upon awakening. 12:30 PM 2 lb. lamb with small amount of Heinz 57 Sauce. Approximately 3 oz. whole sunflower seeds. Approximately 3 grams DL Phenylalanine Cinnamon and diet cola throughout the day. Approximately 24 grams proprietary Arginine mix at 10:30 PM 1 AM 1 lb. lamb Thursday

 January 17: (Happy Birthday Ben Franklin) Coffee and cream upon awakening. Approximately 1.35 lb ground beef with cheese Approximately 3 oz. whole sunflower seeds. Approximately 3 grams DL Phenylalanine Cinnamon and diet cola throughout the day. Approximately 24 grams proprietary Arginine mix at 10:30 PM 3 pork chops marinated in soy sauce and five spices at about 2:30 AM

Friday January 18: Coffee and cream upon awakening. Approximately 1.2 lb. ground beef with cheese, small serving of green beans, mushrooms, pecans in mid afternoon. Approximately 3 grams DL Phenylalanine. Approximately 16 oz. tuna salad, (tuna, mayo, egg and spring mix) around 11 PM Approximately 24 oz. proprietary arginine mix. Forget what time I ingested it. Whole ginger as antacid.

Saturday January 19: Coffee and Cream upon awakening. 8 egg cheese omelet and approximately 4.2 oz. of link sausage. Approximately 3 grams DL Phenylalanine. Approximately 24 oz. proprietary arginine mix. Forget what time I ingested it. Approximately 12 oz. . tuna salad, (tuna, mayo, egg and spring mix) around 11 PM

Sunday January 20: Coffee and Cream upon awakening. Two chicken thighs with small amount of green beans, pecans, pistachios and mushrooms. Approximately 24 oz. proprietary arginine mix consumed late in the evening. Approximately 2.8 oz. link sausage, approximately 8 oz. tuna salad (tuna, mayo, egg and spring mix) at 3:30 AM.

 Monday January 21: Coffee and Cream upon awakening. Approximately 1.3 lb ground beef with cheese, mayo and mustard. Approximately 3 oz. whole sunflower seeds. Approximately 3 grams DL Phenylalanine. Pork chop, approximately .25 lb ground beef, small serving of green bean, pecan, pistachio nuts and mushrooms at 1 AM.

Tuesday January 22: 2 Lb shrimp with a stick of melted butter, coffee and cream at 1 PM. Approximately 3 oz. whole sunflower seeds. Approximately 3 grams DL Phenylalanine.
Chicken salad (approximately 5 oz. plus lettuce, shredded cheese, ranch dressing) at 6:15 PM. Big coffee and cream @ 4-7 PM.