Weight Log Update

Should I even record my weight when off-diet or just weight and start a new weight log? Despite the rich foods, I am continuing garcinia cambogia so I have not tossed my weight obsession to the winds.(1/26/2016) I am adding Garcinia Cambogia to regimen but everything else will be pretty much the same.

Day 0, January 1, 2016....232 lb. (Doh)
Day 1, January 2, 2016....232 lb.
Day 2, January 3, 2016....229 lb.
Day 3, January 4, 2016....225 lb.
Day 4, January 5, 2016....225 lb.
Day 5, January 6, 2016....225 lb.
Day 6, January 7, 2016....224 lb.
Day 7, January 8, 2016....224 lb.
Day 8, January 9, 2016....224 lb.
Day 9, January 10, 2016..222 lb.
Day 10, January 11, 2016..222lb.
Day 11, January 12, 2016..223 lb.
Day 12, January 13, 2016..223 lb.
Day 13, January 14, 2016..223 lb.
Day 14, January 15, 2016..224 lb.
Day 15, January 16, 2016..223 lb.
Day 16, January 17, 2016..220 lb. WOW!
Interesting, I went off-diet last night and lost three lb. Go figure. Like when you pray and pray and pray something and as soon as you stop praying, your prayers get answered. Something like that.

Day 17, January 18, 2016...220 lb.
Day 18, January 19, 2016...225 lb.
Day 19, January 20, 2016...224 lb.
Day 20, January 21, 2016...221 lb. (went way off diet day before)
Day 21, January 22, 2016...226 lb. (still off diet) Day 22, January 23, 2016...224 lb. (still off diet) Day 23, January 24, 2016...223 lb. (still off diet) Day 24, January 25, 2015...221 lb. (still off diet) Day 25, January 26, 2016...224 lb. (still off diet)
Day 26, January 27, 2016...224 lb. (still off diet)
Day 27, January 28, 2016...228 lb. (still off diet) Hope to get back on diet soon. Turkey and fixings are mostly gone.

Why I Fail On My Diet

1. Lack of planning.

2. Someone puts something tasty in front of me.

3. Work-related dining.

4. I hate to waste food and will sometimes eat something instead of throwing it out.

5. Related to 1, I sometimes wait too long to eat and when I finally face the inevitable, I overeat.

Off-Diet January January 20, 21

And it looks like January 22, 23 too.

I went way off-diet on January 20 due to a hectic worknight. January 21 was also a difficult evening. Had to eat on the run each time.

I could go back on diet for January 22 but I am scheduled to attend a fund raiser January 23 at Sons of Italy. Bocce and great Italian food.

Sunday January 24 I will cook a turkey that is brining in the fridge as this is being typed. Oh the challenges of extreme dieting.

Food Log: January 19, 2016

I awoke with a massive headache. Funny how we can recognize what might have caused headache given to its severity and subjective feel. Lots of practice on my part, I suppose. This one felt like a "not enough protein the day before" headache.

I drank black coffee and ate a navel orange. Shortly thereafter I ate eight oz. roast beef with mayonnaise, a serving of Kimchi.

Around 1 PM I ate 8 oz. shrimp with cocktail sauce, a serving of Kimchi.

2 PM: Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

Dinner: Small serving of roasted chicken with roasted vegetables.

Evening snack: 1 oz. pretzels, pear.

TBC

Food Log: January 16, 17, 18

Saturday January 16

Happy Birthday, A J Foyt

I am writing this two days later. I woke up with a headache possibly due to under-eating the night before. Around noon I ate a pound of shrimp with cocktail sauce, kale with Kimchi.

All day long I nibbled on pecans and pretzels.

I figured the day was shot dietwise, so around 7 PM I ate 3.75 Oz. sardines in Louisiana Hot Sauce (I will look up the brand later.) I also ate 3.75 oz. of Trader Joe's sardines packed in olive oil.

As I said, the day way shot so I snacked on vanilla cream wafers, pretzels, pecans, a  navel orange and even popcorn.

I thought of it as a wash but next day (17th) I would be three lb. lighter than the day before.

I drank black coffee throughout the day.


Sunday January 17...Happy birthday to Howie Carr, Muhammad Ali, Steve Harvey, Jim Carrey, Michelle Obama, James Earl Jones, Dwayne Wade, Betty White, Kid Rock, Steve Earle (I could have sworn his name was spelled Earl) Al Capone, Ben Franklin, Andy Kaufman...Those Capricorns are hard to keep down....also Happy anniversary B&D.

Black coffee, navel orange....2/3 orange a bit later.

Around 1 PM: 8 oz. turkey (out of mustard) kale with Kimchi.

Around 11 PM: small serving of popcorn, pretzels, 2 cups plain, non-fat yogurt with approximately 6 oz. pineapple.

Monday January 18

Birthdays. Maryland politicians score double with Elijah Cummings and Martin O'Malley...Most of the famous ones are deceased. Archibald Leach, David Daniel Kaminsky, Curt Flood, Oliver Hardy and Robert Anton Wilson.

Black coffee, orange in AM

1:30 PM: 8 oz. shrimp with cocktail sauce...(running late so I did not have time to prep Kimchi so I took two probiotic tablets from a jar.) Forget the sunflower seeds (sigh).

4 PM: Pear.

I had a hard time making time for dinner, so I snacked a bit. Black coffee, Crystal Lite with caffeine, 2 oz. pretzels. I ate a couple of peanut butter cookies. Then at about 8 PM I was able to eat two small servings of homemade chicken soup. At this writing (9:25 PM 1/18/16) I am hungry...Ate a few more peanut butter cookies.

I had to shovel snow when I got home. My plow guy will only plow if I call him first and I lost his #...It was on my old phone and now I cannot find the old phone...So I spent a half hour shoveling snow starting around midnight...Due to hunger and feeling a bit discomforted, I ate a roast beef sandwich (small, light on meat) and some popcorn, topped off with four ounces of gin...

Will reboot diet tomorrow.

Weight Log Update

I am adding Garcinia Cambogia to regimen but everything else will be pretty much the same.

Day 0, January 1, 2016....232 lb. (Doh)
Day 1, January 2, 2016....232 lb.
Day 2, January 3, 2016....229 lb.
Day 3, January 4, 2016....225 lb.
Day 4, January 5, 2016....225 lb.
Day 5, January 6, 2016....225 lb.
Day 6, January 7, 2016....224 lb.
Day 7, January 8, 2016....224 lb.
Day 8, January 9, 2016....224 lb.
Day 9, January 10, 2016..222 lb.
Day 10, January 11, 2016..222lb.
Day 11, January 12, 2016..223 lb.
Day 12, January 13, 2016..223 lb.
Day 13, January 14, 2016..223 lb.
Day 14, January 15, 2016..224 lb.
Day 15, January 16, 2016..223 lb.
Day 16, January 17, 2016..220 lb. WOW!
Interesting, I went off-diet last night and lost three lb. Go figure. Like when you pray and pray and pray something and as soon as you stop praying, your prayers get answered. Something like that.

Day 17, January 18, 2016...220 lb.
Day 18, January 19, 2016...225 lb.
Day 19, January 20, 2016...224 lb.
Day 20, January 21, 2016...221 lb. (went way off diet day before)
Day 21, January 22, 2016...226 lb. (still off diet) Day 22, January 23, 2016...224 lb. (still off diet) Day 23, January 24, 2016...223 lb. (still off diet) Day 24, January 25, 2015...221 lb. (still off diet) Day 25, January 26, 2016...224 lb. (still off diet)

Food Log: January 14, 15

January 14

Black coffee, orange

1:15 PM:  8 oz. turkey, raw spinach with Kimchi.

2 PM: Approximately 1 oz. whole sunflower seeds

I think there was a tangerine in mid-afternoon. black coffee.

6:30 PM: Small serving of Chicken Bettencourt (off-diet but irresistible.)

2 oz. pretzels throughout evening.

Around 1 AM: 10 oz. ham with mustard, a few pretzels, 1 oz. gin



January 15

Black coffee. I ate a few pecans because Ms. D. left them out. Estimate...6. A hnadful of pretzels followed by a couple m ore handsful (that is the appropriate if not correct plural, Mr. Autocorrect!)

1 PM: 10 oz turkey (drat. I ran out of mustard.) a serving of raw spinach.

2 PM: Approximately 2 oz. whole sunflower seeds.

Evening: Black coffee, Coke Zero, tangerine, a serving of Chicken Bettencourt followed by another and another (3 total.) 2 oz. pretzels.

2 AM: 1 cup of plain, non-fat yogurt with approximately 4 oz. strawberries, half a glass of white wine (yecch)

Note: As of this writing, 1/16/16 @ 1:09 AM I have a headache that I attribute to the meager portions of protein prior to sleep.