245 Lb.

Day 3 of HCG. I am taking the drops without dieting. I will go low cal soon but right now I have too much fatty food in my fridge that I am not throwing out.

HCG does seem to reduce appetite. No urge to snack all day and that is unusual for me.

252 Lb.

In 38 days I put on 18 lb.

I submit that I was not gluttonous, at least by my standards. There was my birthday, a trip to New York and good Italian cuisine and there was Easter and post-Easter and so on. The plan was to go high protein for a while but I kept getting thrown off course by well-meaning people who happen to be good cooks and who happen to patronize good bakers and who purchase precious potent potables.

I purchased HCG drops at Rite-Aid. In previous posts I referred to HCG as substance X because it is still controversial. The Feds sent Kevin Trudeau to jail for advocating its usage, so I was surprised to see it on the shelves of a retail grocery store. The FDA does not usually harass individuals but if they know people are claiming benefit from a supplement, they are more likely to try to ban it. Ironic perhaps. If people like it and report beneficial properties, the Feds are more likely to pull it from the shelves. It's the world we live in.

I still have a lot of fatty foods in the fridge but I started the HCG drops today. Plan to use HCG b.i.d @ noon and midnight. Hope to get on a 500-1000 calorie/day diet this weekend.

235 lb

I have never really kick started the high protein diet since last post. That was the plan.

 It is so easy to get thrown off with high protein. It started when I was coming down with a cold and started woofing down Cold-Eaze. They make sugarless cough drops but I have not seen sugarless Cold-Eaze.

The Cold-Eaze seemed to ease my oncoming cold, BTW.

As mentioned before, high protein diets are different from other diets. You have to stay on the diet for several days if not several weeks in order to lose weight. Get a little bit off-diet and it can take at least two or three days until ketosis starts anew. Every few days there has been a carb interruption. No weight loss.

I am grateful that I could sustain my weight, however. No ballooning this time.

Stay tuned.

Food Log: Week 2 High Protein Diet

Saturday February 1: Off-diet. Went to Foxwoods and ate the buffet. I don't eat like I used to. Seriously. Time was when I would have filled my plates a half dozen or so times, sampled the soup and salad bar and then started on dessert. This time, I hit the bar-b-q bar, the seafood bar and the desserts.
Earlier in the day I sampled a Japanese cheesecake. It was good but I prefer American cheese cake.


Ate everything off-diet in fridge upon return home.


Sunday February 2: At about 4:30 PM I ate 1.72 oz. swordfish with butter and Mrs. Dash. It was on sale @ 5.99/lb. It was good but not as delicious as usual. Not sure why. Ate approximately ten radishes.


Around midnight I ate a generous serving of corned beef with cabbage and a small amount of carrots.


Monday February 3 : Approximately 1.25 lb. hamburger with Monterey Jack cheese. Small amount of spicy ketchup.


Approximately 1/2 lb ham with small amount of broccoli.


Generous serving of corned beef with cabbage and a small amount of carrots.


Tuesday February 4: Approximately 1.25 lb. hamburger with Monterey Jack cheese. small amount of green hot sauce, minute dose of spicy ketchup.


Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.


8 oz. salami and some whole sunflower seeds.

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

Post X Diet: Transition To High Protein, January 27, 2014: I weigh 233 Lb.

Yesterday, January 26, 2014 I started a high protein diet.
Day 1: 233 Lb.
Day 2: (Today January 27, 2014) 233 Lb.
Day 3: 233 lb.
Day 4: 232 lb.
Day 5: 233 lb.
Day 6: 234 lb.

Insomnia

I have experienced intermittent insomnia since starting and restarting X Diet. The night before last (Sunday into Monday) I awoke after about two hours of sleep and tossed and turned for the next few hours I tossed and turned and maybe got another half hour of sleep.


Last night I added 5 HTP (Tryptophan) to my regimen of 6 mg. melatonin and 50 mg. diphenhydramine. I slept much better.