Diet Log October 27, October 28

I didn't exactly stay on-diet on the 27th but I had stomach trouble and thus limited my caloric intake. Upon returning home, Ms. D. treated me to veggies and rice, two poached eggs with tow pieces of toast. I ate very little that day so I went ahead and ate those items even though they were off-diet.
Next day (28th) I weighed 222 lb. Something to be said for caloric restriction, I suppose.

October 28: I went to work three hours early. This threw off my efforts to stay on-diet. I ate nothing but 1.5 chocolate chip cookies and 1 oz. pretzels until 6 PM when I ate two pulled pork sandwiches with a splash of spiracha mayonnaise with two helpings of green bean casserole. This is what happens when one allows oneself to get hungry instead of consuming small amounts throughout the day...Later sampled half a brownie.

Food Log: Off-Diet From October 22 to October 26/MY NEW ADDICTION

Multitude of problems: chronic indigestion, planned excursion to car race where I packed sandwiches and snacks into coat (could not easily stay on diet that day--October 24.) Also wanted to test a dish someone prepared for me on October 26 (KO pork chops, red bliss mashed potatoes.)

MY NEW ADDICTION:

Ginger candy. Dried ginger with sugar and ginger taffy. Both have medicinal properties and can relieve an upset stomach. Unfortunately, both are fattening. I tend to eat every piece that is available until they are all gone. Stomach feels better and I can eat real food again after consuming a bag of ginger candy.

Food Log: More Stomach Trouble

Not sure why these foods would cause me to belch and feel nauseous but if they are purported to be good for you, they generally make me feel bad.

Another common denominator is the absence of high levels of salt:

Black coffee

Honeycrisp apple

10 oz. turkey, some celery.

That's what caused hours of misery. Took a few antacids, no relief. Eventually bought some crystallized ginger and ate that. Felt better so I ate 1.5 breaded pork chops and two large helpings of mashed potatoes. Once again, I felt a deep craving for purported unhealthy food to make me feel better. It made me feel better instantly.

Further reflections on the digestive merits of salt. Usually after lunch I eat a couple of ounces of whole sunflower seeds. They are super salty. I was out of sunflower seeds today (as well as pretzels) and the absence of regularly-consumed NaCl seems to have an adverse effect on my well being.

I ate a serving of Chicken Obrie with angel hair and an ounce of gin before bedtime.

October 20. Off Diet

Work dictated that I go off diet. Oh well...

Chx breast

Burger King (Sure felt good after I ate)

Drank coffee with cream

Mexican lasagna

Popcorn

More To Come

All Good

Concluded evening with 8 oz. ham with mustard and two glasses of Boone's Farm wine

Food Log: October 19, 2015

Black coffee

Honeycrisp apple

1 lb. shrimp with cocktail sauce.

Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

Black coffee

Small serving Chx. Obrie with angel hair

Apple

Small serving Chx. Obrie, 1 oz. gin.

Food Log: October 18, 2015

Black coffee

Apple

I suffered indigestion for some reason. An apple and black coffee should not cause problems. The only thing I could think of are the jalapenos from the previous evening. I felt lightheaded a couple of times. Felt like I needed to eat but the indigestion made that a bad idea.

Grocery shopping was on the agenda and I hate to shop when I am hungry but I managed to resist impulse buying. I wanted to buy ginger but produce had none. I looked at the contents of a couple of ginger ales and none of them contained real ginger.

Ultimately I ate a half bag of potato chips and a half a bag of pretzels. 1200-1500 calories. One of the reasons I like salty foods is that salt relieves indigestion. Someday there will be a salt backlash and we will celebrate its wonders.

At 6:27 PM I feel a lot better due to pretzels and chips.

Around 11 PM I ate more pretzels and chips. Isn't it amazing that the foods with the least healthful reputations are often the foods that make us feel better (or at least do no harm.)

Weight Log

Day 0, October 3, 2015...228 lb.
Day 1, October 4, 2015...228 lb.
Day 2, October 5, 2015...228 lb.
Day 3, October 6, 2015...228 lb.
Day 4, October 7, 2015...228 lb. (Off diet)
Day 5, October 8, 2015...228 lb. (Off diet)
Day 6, October 9, 2015...228 lb. (Off diet)
Day 7, October 10, 2015..228 lb. (Off diet)
Day 8, October 11, 2015..226 lb. On diet! Yea!
Day 9, October 12, 2015..226 lb.
Day 10, October 13, 2015..225 lb.
Day 11, October 14, 2015..225 lb.
Day 12, October 15, 2015..225 lb.
Day 13, October 16, 2015..224 lb.
Day 14, October 17, 2015..222 lb.
Day 15, October 18, 2015..220.5 lb.
Day 16, October 19, 2015..220.5 lb.
Day 17, October 20, 2015..Did not weigh or forgot or was too hurried.
Day 18, October 21, 2015...225 lb. Doh!
Day 19, October 22, 2015...225 lb.
Day 20, October 23, 2015...225 lb.
Day 21, October 24, 2015...224 lb.
Day 22, October 25, 2015...225 lb.
Day 23, October 26, 2015...228 lb.
Day 24, October 27, 2015...224 lb.
Day 25, October 28, 2015...222 lb.
Day 26, October 29, 2015...224 lb.
Day 27, October 30, 2015...224 lb.
Day 28, October 31, 2015...224 lb.
Day 29, November 1, 2015...224 lb.
Day 30, November 2, 2015...222 lb.
Day 31, November 3, 2015...225 lb.
Day 32, November 4, 2015...226 lb.
Day 33, November 5, 2015...228 lb.
Day 34, November 6, 2015...230 lb. Time to start dieting.

Note: As of this writing (11/7/15) I have not recorded the days I was off-diet on the Weight Log. I have recorded them in my food log, if only to say I had not been dieting. Until this table can be edited it looks like I was off-diet 4 of 34 days. 4 of 34 would actually be closer to the number of days that I restricted fat and calories.