Food Log, Weight Log: June 22, 2016

AM Weight: 230 lb.

AM: Black coffee.

Off-diet from lunch on. Work-related.

Food Weight Log: June 21, 2016

AM Weight: 227 lb.

AM: Black coffee.

Around 1 PM: 10 oz. turkey breast, one small tomato (Being a bit rushed, I skipped on Hoodia, cocoa and cinnamon. I did take one garcinia cambogia and one Pure Caralluma Fimbriata Extract 1000mg (cut and paste)

Around 2 PM: Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

Seltzers, water, Crystal Lite, large diet soda...felt like I was going to dehydrate.

Around 6:30  PM:  Large serving of stir fried chicken with rice. I think skipping on hoodia, cocoa and cinnamon made me hungry...Day 3 and I am already off diet.

Around 10 PM: Approximately 36 oz. arginine mix.

Food, Weight Log: June 20, 2016

AM Weight: 225 lb. (7 lb. in one day. Good start.)

AM: Black Coffee

Around 1 PM: 10 oz. turkey breast, serving of Kimchi...Tablespoon of cocoa, tablespoon cinnamon, 500 mg. Hoodia, one garcinia cambogia chew (I will look up the dosage later.)

2:15 PM: Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

Around 8 PM: 8 oz. tuna (Bumble Bee Thai chili flavor)

Around 10 PM: Approximately 30 oz. arginine mix (5 tablespoons of mix. Approximately 30 oz. net arginine.)

1:45 AM: A little more than one cup plain, non-fat yogurt, 6 oz. blackberries, 28 Bing cherries, one tablespoon cocoa, one tablespoon cinnamon.

Food Weight Log, June 19, 2016

Day 0: June 18...232 lb.
Day 1: June 19...232 lb.

Food Log: June 19:  Black coffee in AM and throughout day.

Around noon: Unmeasured amount of Bing cherries, two pretzels.

2:23 PM: 10 oz. turkey with mustard, small serving of Kimchi.

Throughout PM: 1 plum, 5 pretzels, one radish.

Around 7 PM: Approximately 20 oz. arginine mix.

Around 9 PM: 1 cup plain, non-fat yogurt, 6 oz. blackberries.

TBC

Restarting Diet

I went off diet May 29 and weighed 215 lb. I put on 14 lb. in 14 days and 17 lb. in 21 days.

Sadly, I think the weight gain took place without much gluttony. I did crave sweets, probably more so than at any time in my life. But I don't think I ate 17 lb. of sweets. Not even close.

Also, I started garcinia cambogia, dc'd it on June 1 because I thought it was causing lower abdominal pain. Then I restarted it about a week later. I was fairly consistent it taking the gc. It's been a struggle for me because you have to take gc a half hour before eating.

That causes two problems. One, I eat at irregular times. Two, it is easy for me to remember take something after I eat. It's like brushing your teeth, the process of eating provides a reminder.

So the garcinia cambogia has not yielded great results. Time for a real diet.

Is Garcinia Cambogia Causing Lower Abdominal Pain?

Being that I am not now on any particular diet and I don't want to regain all the weight I lost, I have been taking garcinia casmbogia supplements. For the past three days I have had pains in my lower abdomen. That is highly unusual for me. I sometimes have upper GI problems but lower GI seems to function better. When I do have lower GI problems, it never seems to involve abdominal pain.
I will d/c the garcinia cambogia until further notice.

May 28: The Diet Sunset

215 lb. That is 43 lb. in one year.

Actually, I might conclude on May 27. That would be exactly one year (and a leap year to boot.) But I like doing the year to year comparison of the same date.

I lost 3 lb. on my last day. I ate an apple in AM and then skipped on all carbs thereafter. No Kimchi at lunch. No whole sunflower seeds. Nada with the canned chicken.

Cutting carbs causes a quick weight loss because carbohydrates can absorb water. Ergo, adding carbs can cause a rapid weight increase. Water absorption and water shedding is not necessarily related to ketosis or the fat loss that can follow prolonged carbohydrate restriction.

43 lb. Not bad.