06 Aug 2011 - day 3

I woke up this morning somewhat dragging.Now that I'm at work my right inguinal lymph nodes are *throbbing* and sending diffuse pain down my leg. I'm not liking this at all.

Today is my first day taking phentermine. I read up on the stuff on PubMed and I dunno.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000605/
Frankly, I don't think I need to take an anorectic unless I have zero fat in my diet (which, based on all the fat-free cheese and soup and food they are pushing, Swedish seems to be anti-fat). I'm not really all that hungry as long as I have a bolus of fat in the morning and a slow stream of fat over the day. I rarely eat sweets or bread. I *hate* potatoes and pasta. My weaknesses are beer and rice. Now if they could hook me up with some drug that makes me puke at the sight of beer or rice, then we'd be in business.

What totally cracks me up is one of the brand names for this puppy is "Kraftobese". With all the trouble I had trying to get into pharmaceutical marketing... to see the stupid names (and direct-to-consumer ads) some of their marketing minions come up with I am amazed they still have jobs, and I didn't get one in their big pharma suit lair.

wow. halfway through the day the legal speed is kicking in. I have cotton-mouth, palpitations, and presyncope.

05 Aug 2011

Ok it's day 2. BTW tables *fucking suck* in Blogger. I struggled with this and finally uploaded it as a picture. I can't believe they don't have any pre-fab charts in there so I don't have to do all of that <td> </td> garbage after every freakin' line of text. And when I copy-pasted from Excel, it purged all my formatting this time. And when I tried to use the table from yesterday, it wouldn't let me enter text. Fine. I'll edit the HTML - or not. Frankly, if Blogger is so crappy with tables, I'm just going to burden their server by uploading a picture of my table for every fracking day.

04 Aug 2011 - I'm not sure about this

It's only the first day and I'm not so sure about this hi protein lo fat dealio. The fat was what was keeping me satiated and without that, I'm still hungry after I eat and that is a little annoying. But it's worth a try and any amount of suffering and inconvenience I really should accept if it leads to my looking a little better. Frankly, I don't give a crap about if it makes me healthier or stronger or if it makes me live longer. It's all about looking good because that is all that matters in our society and for me to matter, I need to look good.

Time	calories	g Protein
7:00 AM	150-250	25-30
10:00 AM	60-160	10
1:00 PM	150-250	25
4:00 PM	60-160	10
7:00 PM	300-400	35
9:30 PM	60-160	10
12:00 AM	60-160	10

Time	food	g Protein	Calories	g Carb
8:30 am	1 egg almond flour 1 tsp butter total:	6 6  0 12g	71 145 33 249	0.4 1.0 0 1.4g
11:45 am	4 oz salmon 8 blueberries total:	28 0  28g	200 6 206	0 1.3 1.3g
2 pm	4.5oz turkey deli slices	20g	125	3g
4 pm	4.5 oz turkey deli slices	20g	125	3g
6-7 pm	8 almonds 1 cup radish sprouts 4 oz salmon 1 shot tequila	.2g 1g 28g 0g	48 16 200 97	0.1g 1g 0g 14g*
11:00 pm	1 really nasty gelatin drink 3 small jalapenos	15g 0g	60 0	2g 0g
Total		124.2g	1157	25.8

*note: I'm counting alcohol grams as carbs

03 Aug 2011 - ok let's try this again

Over the past couple weeks the combination of being really demoralized from gaining half the weight back I lost over 50 days back again in only 10 and that I have 5 separate groups of friends all of which are suddenly wanting to socialize with me over food and much drink now that I am going to be leaving for New York -- I have not been one for continuing with documenting my food intake. Why bother? I'm a fat fuck who is going to stay a fat fuck for life evidently. My body's against me, my social circles are against me, my crazy crazy hectic life is against me.

But now I have some renewed inspiration. I scheduled an appointment for the third at Swedish Weightloss Center with Dr. Lindquist. He came recommended by Dr. Eades, which is a five-star seal of approval in my books. I went to the appointment feeling drunk on hypoglycemia because I literally had *no time* to eat once I had forgotten to eat breakfast and I have no snacks in the house because I haven't had time for grocery shopping -- started my homework at 4:30AM, worked on it until 8:30, drove to class, worked on my homework in class, turned in my homework after class, drove like a bat out of hell up to Swedish and there ya go. By the time I had a second to eat, it was 3:00PM -- and it was a low carb kibble sample in the office. - oh - and a lemony calcium citrate chewy snak - waaaaaaay to sweeet :-&

Anyhoo, the skinny of what I learned from the visit is:

(a) I am fat fat super fat uber fat teh water rat - but like I didn't know that;
(b) I've lost an inch in height over the past 2 years (??);
(c) My target calories are too high;
(d) I need to eat a lot less more often; and
(e) I'm not eating enough protein

So I'm changing the diet parameters listed in the header. I know this is the 'going away' time for me and I'm going to have to fend off saboteurs, one of them being my own penchant for IPAs and sushi - but I will allow two formally sanctioned days for cheating between now and when I leave on the 25th.

So here's what I ate on the 3rd:
(AM) - orange creme flavored water (0g, 0cal)
(3PM) - salty lo carb kibbles n' bits (thank goodness I was super hungry because they wouldve been even more terrible if I weren't) (cal, carb unk)
       - sweet chewy lemony Ca-citrate snax (see note above)
(6PM) - Ninkasi Total Domination IPA (18g, 280cal)
(9PM) - 1 small zucchini (2g, 10cal)
 -3 oz pork (0g, 300cal)
orange creme flavored water
(12PM) - 1 small zucchini (2g, 10cal)
-3 oz pork (0g, 300cal)
orange creme flavored water

total: 900cal + kibble calories
22g carb + kibble carbs

29 July 2011

Breakfast:
1 egg (0.4g, 80cal)
1/4c almond flour (1g, 145cal)
1 tbsp coconut oil/butter (0g, 120cal)
2cups hibiscus tea w/sweet n low (.5g, 4cal)

28 July 2011

It was bad when I weighed myself after New York but I got the courage to weigh myself again.
I'm 7.2 pounds down - so my 10 days or so of regular carb =almost 4 pounds gained. Unbelievable. I'm looking into whether the HCG diet can be added into what I am doing - it sounds like that is a much lower calorie diet but if it works, it works. I would just be bummed about not having booze for 42 days.

Breakfast
1 egg (0.4g, 80cal)
1/4c almond flour (1g, 145cal)
tea with cream (0g, 50cal)
1 tsp coconut oil (0g, 40cal)

Lunch
3oz pork roast (0g, 300cal)
tea with half and half (2g, 40cal)

Snack
2 tbsp almond butter (2g, 200cal)

Snack
1 Mr. Goodbar mini (3g, 42cal)
1 Reese's mini peanut butter cup (5g, 42cal)

Dinner
4 small zucchinis (4g, 42cal)
1 egg (0.4g, 80cal)
1/4c almond flour (1g, 145cal)
1 tbsp coconut oil/butter (0g, 120cal)

1 shot tequila (0g, 120cal)

1446 cal
18.8g carb

27 July 2011 - let's try this again.

Breakfast
Tea with cream (1g, 50cal)
1 egg (0.4g, 80cal)
1/4c almond flour (1g, 145cal)

Snack
mondo slim jim (3g, 300cal)
orange diet rockstar (2g, 20cal)
small green pepper (2.5g, 13cal)

Lunch
small green pepper (2.5g, 13cal)
3oz pork rib (0g, 300cal)

Dinner
1 egg (0.4g, 80cal)
1/4c almond flour (1g, 145cal)
1tsp butter (0g, 33cal)

1 shot whiskey

13.8g carb
1299cal

26 July 2011 - Failed Re-Start

Breakfast
17 potato chips. wow we're off to a good start here...

Lunch
Tea with cream (2g, 40cal)
mondo Slim Jim (3g, 300cal)

Gave blood - synchronicity is abounding. The woman at the snack table was doing kumihimo -- one of my backburner projects -- I braided for a bit while I was there and this may be proper inspiration for me to take that along as a drive-across-the-country project
1 can V-8

Dinner
5oz pork steak (0g, 500cal)
1/4c cashews

Got invited out for drinks...
1 Guinness
1 Alaskan Brewing Co. Double Black IPA
3 shots whiskey
sigh. really not good considering I gave blood today. double sigh. I can hardly wait until the sparkle of leaving wears off so people are not inclined to buy me drinks because I can't say no to a good microbrew... or a good whiskey.

Snack
1/4c almond flour
1 egg

Stepping Back on the Wagon - Day1

I got the job!!! by the way, airports SUCK for low carb. That was where my slippery slide to carb hell started. So after taking the last 10 days off it's time for me to step back on the wagon. I've managed to gain roughly half the weight I lost over 40 days back in 10 days and it's really frustrating. It's not like I was being a total pig either. I will write down what I kept track of but I'm just writing off the last 10 days and starting over.

Here's a summary of what I ate - well, what I can remember, based on my scrawling figures down in my little notebook.
(enter text here)

General Diet Commentary

I'm noticing some general patterns with this diet. First, as my life has gotten more hectic and ridiculous (i.e. full-time job, interviewing for another job, submitting materials for yet another job, 5 credit accelerated programming class, trying to have a semblance of a social life) I've gotten a bit lax on the diet. Specifically, too high a consumption of alcohol, nuts, and cheese. Additionally, I've been adding small amounts of chocolate which is unusual because I'm not really a chocolate person and because I don't normally crave sweets. All of this is not ideal because alcohol, nuts, and cheese are inflammatory and the alcohol is sapping my energy and the alcohol and chocolate are most likely slowing weight loss. I will continue to 'dial-it-in' on the low carb most likely until Tuesday, however, because tomorrow I drive up to Vancouver to see Doug Stanhope (one of the best comedians *evar*) and Monday I fly to New York for an interview (!!).

15 July 2011 - Day 54

AM Metabosol

Breakfast
1/4c almond flour (1g, 145cal)
1 egg (0.4g, 75cal)
1/4tsp vanilla (0g, 0cal)
4 drops stevia (0g, 0cal)

Snack
24oz lemonade Rockstar (3g, 30cal)
Tabasco Slim Jim (2g, 50cal)

Lunch
24oz lemonade Rockstar (3g, 30cal)
4 oz salami (1g, 400cal)
milk chocolate Lindor truffle (5g, 73.3cal)

Dinner
1/2c almond flour (2g, 290cal)
2 eggs (0.8g, 150cal)
1/2tsp vanilla (0g, 0g)
8 drops stevia (0g, 0cal)
1 shot scotch (0g, 120cal)

17.2g carb
1363.3 cal

14 July 2011 - Day 53

crapp I'm falling behind on this!

side note: I'm getting tendonitis now in *both* wrists so it's hurting to type. I just ordered a new mouse because the pain/tingling/numbness are getting really bad. It's from doing waaay too much content analysis with a failing mouse where both buttons are *really* hard to click. I googled it and found out this is a symptom of the springs wearing out. I swapped my mouse out with the new one from the student desk (budget cuts = no student worker over the summer) and that mouse is a whisper lite clicking extravaganza! The bad thing is that my wrists are still on fire and I need to baby them. Anyhow. Enough excuses. Here's my food log from yesterday.

AM Metabosol

Breakfast:
1/4c almond flour (1g, 145cal)
1 egg (0.4g, 75cal)
4 drops stevia (0g, 0cal)
1/4tsp vanilla (0g, 0cal)
tea with cardamom & half and half (2g, 40cal)

AM Supplements

Lunch
4oz pork ribs (0g, 400cal)
1 pickle (2g, 16cal)
1 cup radish sprouts (1.4g, 16cal)

Snack
Justin's classic almond butter, 32g (2g, 200cal)

Dinner
Italian wedding soup
-4c chicken broth (4g, 20cal)
-1c frozen spinach (2g, 30cal)
-4oz pork sausage (0g, 300cal)
 
3 shots whiskey (0g, 360cal)
2 michelob ultras (5.2g, 190cal)
I realized I'm self-medicating because the whiskey is dulling the pain from my wrists. Maybe I need to take the healthier (and less tasty) route of ibuprofen.

1792cal
19g carb

13 July 2011 - Day 52

Happy Birthday Jenny! :-)


I'm a little behind on posting calorie counts because of my job search - I'll add them in as I can
 Not to mention it, I'm out of usable lunch foods in the house so I need to take care of that asap. Being hungry at work where there is a whole host of crappy food is the fast track to my cheating on this diet

AM Metabosol 7:45AM

1 tbsp peanut butter (2g, 100cal)

AM Supplements (8:40AM)

1 Tabasco Slim Jim (2g, 150cal)
1 Monster Lo-Carb (2g, 20cal)

salami (1g, 400cal)
1 Monster Lo-Carb (2g, 20cal)
1 pickle

8 oz salmon (0g, 400cal)
1/4c almond flour (1g, 145cal)
1 egg (0.4g, 75cal)

3 michelob ultras (7.8g, 285cal)

1595 cal
18.2g carb

12 July 2011 - Day 51

Breakfast
4 oz salmon (0g, 200cal)
1 egg (0.4g, 75cal)
1/4c almond flour (1g, 145cal)
2 tbsp peanut butter (4g, 200cal)

Lunch
6 oz pork rescue (2.2g, 208cal)
1 oz guacamole (2g, 80cal)
2 cups sprouts (2.8g, 32cal)

Dinner
1 egg (0.4g, 75cal)
1/4c almond flour (0.4g, 75cal)
2 tbsp peanut butter (4g, 200cal)
2 shots whiskey (0g, 240cal)

1 shot whiskey (0g, 120cal)

17.2g carb
1650 cal

11 July 2011 - Day 50

AM Metabosol

2 cups jasmine tea (0g, 0cal)

AM supplements

6 oz slightly dodgy salmon (0g, 300cal)

Snack
12oz breve with 2 shots (15g, 400cal)
Justin's classic almond butter, 32g (2g, 200cal)

Dinner
pork with scallions (2.2g, 208cal)
2 shots whiskey (0g, 240cal)

1348cal
19.2g carb

10 July 2011 - Day 49 [cheat day]

AM Metabosol

2 cups jasmine tea (0g, 0cal)

AM Supplements

omelet
-3eggs? (1.2g, 225cal)
-2oz cheese? (2g, 200cal)
-2oz random meaty bits? (2g, 200cal)
veggies
-2 slices tomato (2g, 10cal)
-broccoli (2,5g, 21cal)
whiskey and diet coke (0g, 120cal)
whiskey and water (0g, 120cal)
total domination (18g, 280cal)

Lunch:
Korean BBQ
-beef brisket (0g, 500cal)
-shrimp (1.5g, 200cal)
-kimchee (5g, 30cal)
-bean sprouts (1g, 11cal)
-~1oz seitan (2.5g, 40cal)
-bean paste (9g, 40cal)
-oil with salt (0g, 100cal)

"Dinner" , well sorta
5 sugarfree turtles (5g, 400cal)
1 fig "cookie", the cookie part mostly removed, 'cuz it was gross - the fig part was good tho'
2 tbsp peanut butter (4g, 200cal)
1 cup radish sprouts (1.4g, 16cal)

2713cal (wow!)
57.1g carb (still waiting on cookie stats)

09 July 2011 - Day 48

Yay! I'm offiially in the two-digit range! I'm down 10 pounds - not bad for a month and a half. I checked and I'm seemingly out of ketosis.

AM Metabosol

Breakfast
6oz hamburger (0g, 350cal)
2oz gorgonzola (0.8g, 200cal)
4 cloves garlic (3.6g, 16cal)

16oz Bojenmi tea (0g, 0cal)
tea with half and half (2g, 40cal)

Lunch:
4oz hamburger (0g, 250cal)
1oz gorgonzola (0.4g, 100cal)
2 tbsp peanut butter (4g, 200cal)
1L flavored water (0g, 0cal)

Dinner:
1 egg (.61, 84cal)
1/4c almond flour (1g, 145cal)
2 tbsp peanut butter (4g, 200cal)
tea with half and half (2g, 40cal)

Snack:
tea with half and half (2g, 40cal)
1 tbsp peanut butter (2g, 100cal)

a little heavy on nuts
21.4g carb
1765 cal

08 July 2011 - Day 47

AM Supplements

Breakfast:
6 oz pork rescue project
-pork roast (0g, 200cal)
-scallions (2.2g, 8cal)
tea with half and half (2g, 40cal)

AM Metabosol

Snack

2 diet rockstars (6g, 60cal)
Tabasco slim jim (2g, 150cal)

Lunch
5oz steak (0g, 301cal)
tea with half and half (2g, 40cal)

AM Metabosol

Dinner
2oz gorgonzola (0.8g, 200cal)
4 oz salmon (0g, 250cal)

snack
1 tbsp brewer's yeast (3g, 60cal)
1qt Bonjenmi tea (0g, 0cal)
4 cloves raw garlic (3.6g, 16cal)

2 shots whiskey (0g, 240cal)

21.6g
1565 cal

07 July 2011 - Day 46

AM Metabosol

Breakfast:
6oz pork rescue project
-pork roast (0g, 200cal)
-scallions (2.2g, 8cal)
orange creme flavored water (0g, 0cal)

AM supplements

Snack
4 deviled eggs (1.2g, 104cal)
1/2c radish sprouts (0.7g, 8cal)

Lunch
4 oz steak (0g, 250cal)
Justin's classic almond butter, 32g (2g, 200cal)

Dinner

6 oz salmon (0g, 375cal)
2 oz gorgonzola (0.8g, 200cal)
1 qt Bojenmi tea (0g, 0cal)

2 shots whiskey (0g, 240cal)

6.9g (!)

1585cal

06 July 2011 - Day 45

Breakfast:
1/4c. almond flour (1g, 145cal)
1 egg (1g, 75cal)
1 tsp butter (0g, 33cal)
black tea with cardamom & half and half (2g, 40cal)

Lunch:
5 deviled eggs (1.5g, 255cal)
1/2cup radish sprouts (0.7g, 8cal)
1 oz salmon (0g, 57cal)
16oz water
black tea with cream (2g, 40cal)

45 min walk on campus

1 slice smoked cheddar with peppercorns (0.5g, 80cal)
1 oz gorgonzola (0.5g, 100cal)
8 oz salmon (0g, 454cal)
1 tsp coconut oil (0g, 40cal)
orange creme flavored water (0g, 0cal)
2 shots scotch (0g, 240cal)

9.2g carb
1567cal (a little better than yesterday...)

05 July 2011 - Day 44

Woke up with some tightness in my lungs, right ankle a little swollen
AM Metabosol (7:30AM)

Breakfast (8:00AM)
3 slices smoked cheddar with peppercorns (1.5g, 240cal; I said I wouldn't buy this again but I did. Maybe I can exercise more control this time around with the cheesy tasty goodness...)

AM Supplements

On the way to class (8:30AM)
16oz tea with half and half (2g, 40cal)

Today was the first day of Introduction to Programming in Visual Basic. The class time really sucks because it's 9:15AM to 10:50AM. That means I get to work at 11:15ish and have to take an hour of leave each day *and* work until 7:15 to make up the time difference. Sigh.

Lunch
4 oz steak (0g, 241cal)
1/4c guacamole (1.16g, 91cal)
1 low carb brownie (4g, 350cal)

982cal
8.66g carb

Dinner
3 slices smoked white cheddar with peppercorns (1.5g, 240cal)
4oz steak (0g, 241cal)
3 tsp Brewer's yeast (3g, 60cal)
2 shots scotch (0g, 240cal)
1 qt Bojenmi tea (0g, 0cal)

right ankle *really* swollen by bedtime

1763cal
13.16g carb
a little high on the calories but the carb count is good. way to inch back onto the wagon!

04 July 2011 - Day 43

Breakfast
4 slices bacon (1g, 180cal)
16oz water (0g, 0cal)

Snack
1 low carb brownie (4g, 350cal)
1 flavored water

At the 4th of July party
1 Guinness, 12 oz bottle (9.8g, 125cal)
pork rib (0g, 337cal)
5 Michelob Ultras (13g, 475cal)
1 sausage (3.4g, 286cal)
1/4 cup trail mix (dried cherries, dried cranberries, almonds, cashews; 13.6g, 233cal)
4 deviled eggs (1.2g, 204cal)
diet coke with lime (0g, 0cal)
32 oz water (0g, 0cal)

46.0g carb
2540 cal... whoaaaa. put the cookie down now and step *away* from the food trough. I'm hoping this is not me falling off the wagon and is more a symptom of it being a holiday.

03 July 2011 - Day 42 (Cheat day)

(9:30AM)
Metabosol Mix

(10:00AM)
2 strips bacon (0g, 90cal)

(12:00PM) Koibito
large glass water (0g, 0cal)
1/3(?)c. squid salad (8g, 42cal)
1c. miso soup (4g, 36cal)
1/2 Pacific Avenue roll (31.5g, 311cal; california roll 30g 215cal+ 1 tempura shrimp 1.5g, 26cal + fishie on top 0g, 70cal)
6 pc. salmon sashimi (0g, 280cal)
2 pc. amaebi (17g, 280cal)

(2:00PM)
2 orange diet rockstars (4g, 40cal)

(6:00PM)
2 shots whiskey (0g, 240cal)
1 Guinness (17g, 210cal)
2 mozzarella sticks (14g, 210cal)

(9:30PM)
1 shot whiskey (0g, 120cal)
1 qt Bojenmi tea (0g, 0cal)
2 tsp brewer's yeast (2g, 60cal)


1919cal
97.5g carb

02 July 2011 - Day 41

AM Supplements - didn't feel like going through the horse pill swallowing fiasco for the Super Fat Burner pills

(10:00AM)
KFC - 1 Original Recipe breast (11g, 360cal)
32oz s/f lemonade (10g, 30cal)

(12:30PM)
KFC - 1 Original Recipe breast (11g, 360cal)
2cups radish sprouts (2.8g, 32cal)
3tsp Brewer's yeast (3g, 90cal)

(4:00PM)
KFC - 1 wing (3g, 120cal)
KFC - 1 thigh (7g, 250cal)
32oz s/f lemonade (10g, 30cal)
2 tsp Brewer's yeast (2g, 60cal)

(5:00PM)
2 shots whiskey (0g, 240cal)

(7:00PM)
4 slices bacon, limp (1g, 180cal)
2 deviled eggs (0.6g, 102cal)
4 cups Bojenmi tea (0g, 0cal)

1854 - a bit high for a non-cheat day
61.4 - waay high for a non-cheat day

I'm thinking the carb count for the s/f lemonade is a bit high but it's OK because it was to use up the lemon juice in my fridge and it's all gone now.

01 July 2011 - Day 40

I'm starting to re-think how I title these things. I'm not really doing 'induction' because my diet strategy is to do two-ish weeks of low carb (in the 20g range) with calorie restriction, and then one day of binge where I don't limit the carb and calories as much. I think what I will end up doing from this point on is just saying what day I am on in the dieting journey, because that is more meaningful.

I have now shed 8.6 pounds, I am 3.4 pounds to my initial goal and 32.6 pounds to my final goal. In light of my shenanigans yesterday, I didn't take a ketones measurement.

AM Metabosol (12th day o' Metabosol) - 7:00AM - dang these pills *suck*. I can hardly wait until Dr. Eades stocks some more Metabosol so I can try the real stuff in powder form 'cuz it's gotta be better than these nasty horse pills!

(7:30AM)
3 oz pork roast (0g, 142cal)
12 oz diet coke with lime (0g, 0cal)

(12:00PM)
4 oz steak (0g, 241cal)
1 can baby corn (4.5g, 53cal) - this is my *last* can of baby corn! I think I can do without my carby crutch now.

(1:30PM)
Justin's classic almond butter, 32g (2g, 200cal)
Sesame snaps, 2 (6g, 150cal)
6 corn chips (6g, 70cal)

(6:30PM)
KFC - 2 Original Recipe drumsticks (6g, 240cal)
KFC - 1 wing (3g, 120cal)
KFC - 1 thigh (7g, 160cal)
16 oz s/f lemonade (2g, 10cal)

1389cal, 38g

30 June 2011

I'm feeling a little better about the strange weight gain thing from last week - like it wasn't somehow my fault or a curse of the gods (or perhaps as Oprah would possibly say, "I was thinking heavy thoughts and that translated to my physical being") I'm now back down to 8 pounds shed, which makes me happy. Four pounds to my initial goal, 33.2 to my final goal.

[Day11 Metabosol]
AM Metabosol Mix (6:30AM)

+ 16 oz water. Not only are the Super Fat Burner pills getting stuck in my throat, the Ca-aspartate gets stuck too. It's really gross and uncomfortable.

(7:00AM)
4 slices bacon, limp (1g, 180cal)
16 oz water
12 oz diet coke with lime

AM Supplements

(10:15AM)
orange Diet Rockstar (2g, 20cal)
Tabasco Slim Jim (2g, 150cal)

(12:30PM)

4 oz (actually, more like 3, but who's counting?) steak (0g, 241cal)
1 can baby corn (4.5g, 53cal)
8oz snow peas (11.45g, 91.6cal)
grape Diet Rockstar (2g, 20cal)

(calorie and carb count before the fall:
22.95g carb
755.6 calories)

I'm a little worried because I just found out that there's an excursion to the Fish for our other student's graduation and send-off. There are *no* low carb options there, with the exception of water...

...and indeed reason to worry.
2 imperial pints of Hodgson's IPA (38.1g, 583cal - I guessed this based on figures for some other IPAs with similar alcohol content, though those were 6.5%min, and this was 5.5%)
2 coconut prawns (8.9g, 217.6cal)

by the way, my tolerance for alcohol - specifically beer - has plummeted. While I can normally have 2 shots of whiskey and I'm buzzed, I had the equivalent of 2.5 beers and I was *smashed*. I waited a bit and drowned my drunkenness in sushi.

1 cup miso soup (4g, 36cal)
1 Hawaiian poki roll (12.7g, 188cal)
1 spicy scallop hand roll (17g, 117cal)
6-pc salmon nigiri (0g, 246cal)

went home and went soundly asleep - didn't take my evening supplements or PM Metabosol Mix

2143.2cal (414.8g less than the last cheat day)
103.65g carb (21.1g less than the last cheat day)

29 June 2011 - Day 10 Metabosol, Day 9 Induction

I'm now down 7lb. I'm starting to think that the 1-2 shots of whiskey I'm having just before bedtime aren't all that bad -- though I probably should not be mixing that with my 'Metabosol mix'.

The pills are killing me, especially the Super Fat Burner ones - I don't know why they make supplements as big ol' freakin' horse pills because it takes a lot of water to get those puppies to not get stuck in my espohagus. I'm debating whether to pulverize them or not because I wonder if there's also an issue with absorption because they are monster horse pills.

AM Metabosol Mix (6:45AM)

Breakfast (7:30AM)
1 can water chestnuts (8g, 40cal)
4 slice bacon, limp (1g, 180cal)
1 tbsp coconut oil (0g, 130cal)

AM Supplements (8:00 AM)

Snack (10:30AM)
Justin's classic almond butter, 32g (2g, 200cal)
diet Mountain Dew (0g, 0cal) OMG I can hardly wait until the caf re-stocks some better sodas!!!

crap. we're having a going-away pizza party for our student who just graduated. I foresee food-pushing in my near future...

...whew! I made it! There was a pizza and salad but no pushing - yay! :-)

Lunch (12:30PM)
the topping from 1/2 slice pizza (2g, 100cal - I'm just pulling that out of thin air)
2 cups salad with balsamic vinegar dressing (6g, 140cal - I'm pulling that out of somewhat thicker air)

Snack (3:00PM)
2 cups radish sprouts (2.8g, 32cal)
1 diet coke with lime (0g, 0cal)

Dinner (6:30PM)
2 oz kippered salmon (1g, 90cal)
4oz steak (0g, 241cal)
2 tbsp brewer's yeast (2g, 60cal)

PM Supplements (6:30PM)

(8:30PM)
1 shot whiskey (0g, 120cal)

PM Metabosol Mix (11:30PM)

22.8g
133cal

28 June 2011 - Day 9 Metabosol, Day 8 Induction

OK I'm starting to lose weight again. I am down a net of 6.4 pounds.

Breakfast:
2 cups Italian wedding soup
-1/2 cup spinach, cooked (1g, 15cal)
-2 cups chicken broth (2g, 10cal)
- 3 oz pork sausage (0g, 225cal)
-1/2 egg (0g, 45cal)
2 oz brie (0g, 200cal)

1 orange diet rockstar on the way to work (2g, 20cal)

Lunch
orange diet rockstar (2g, 20cal)
1 dill pickle (2g, 16cal)
4oz steak (0g, 241cal)
2 cups radish sprouts (2.8g, 32cal)

Dinner:
2 oz smoked salmon (2g,90cal)
2 cans water chestnuts (16g, 80cal)
2 oz brie (0g,200cal)

1242 cal
28.8g

27 June 2011 - Day 7 Induction

So... at what point of reduced calories, 20-30g of carbs per day, 6-10glasses of water per day and exercise am I going to stop gaining weight!!!? I'm officially 2.5 pounds heavier than I was a week ago - it's not like I have a hormonal excuse or anything. Can't my body defy physics in the other direction!!?

[Day 8 of Metabosol]
AM Metabosol 6:45AM

7:15AM
3oz cheese (3g, 330cal)
2oz smoked salmon (1g, 90cal)
1 cup tea (0g, 0cal)
500ml water (0g, 0cal)

10:30AM
1 can baby corn (4.5g, 53cal)
4oz steak (0g, 241cal)

12:30PM
hazelnut Lindor truffle (5g, 73.3cal)
Justin's classic almond butter, 32g (2g, 200cal)
Diet Dr. Pepper (0g, 0cal)

1oz dubliner(1g, 110cal)
1 oz brie (0g, 100cal)
2oz smoked salmon (1g, 90cal)
3g brewer's yeast (3g, 90cal)
2 shots whiskey (0g, 240cal)

20.5g, 1617.3cal

26 June 2011 - Day 6 Induction

[Day 7 Metabosol]
AM Metabosol

Breakfast:
Mutant Italian wedding soup
-negligible amounts of broth, egg, spinach (1g, 50cal)
- 3 oz pork sausage (0g, 225cal)
1 can water chestnuts (8g, 40cal)
tea with half and half (2g, 40cal)
2 tbsp brewer's yeast (2g, 60cal)
AM supplements (no more guarana or lysine)

8-mile walk

Lunch:
3 diet rockstars (6g, 60cal)
3 oz Dubliner cheese (3g, 330cal)
BBQ pork slices with chinese mustard & sesame seeds (3g, 300cal)

PM supplements

1 shot Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban (0g, 120cal)

25g carb
1225 cal

25 June 2011 - Day 5 Induction

[Day 6 Metabosol]
AM Metabosol Mix

Breakfast:
4 pc bacon, limp (0.5g, 180cal)
3oz coconut milk (2.17g, 169cal)
3oz red wine vinegar (1g, 16cal)

Snack:
1cup peanuts (3g, 305cal)
tea with half-and-half (2g, 40cal)

AM Supplements - the usual

Lunch
Italian wedding soup
-1/2 cup spinach, cooked (1g, 15cal)
-2 cups chicken broth (2g, 10cal)
- 3 oz pork sausage (0g, 225cal)
-1/2 egg (0g, 45cal)

Dinner:
2/3c headless shing shangs (2g, 240 cal)
12 oz diet coke with lime (0g, 0cal)

Snack:
2/3c headless shing shangs (2g, 240 cal)

1440cal
15.67g carb

24 June 2011 - Day 4 Induction

[Day 5 Metabosol]
AM Metabosol

Breakfast:
4pc. bacon (0.5g, 180cal)
16oz water (0g, 0cal)
diet coke with lime (0g, 0cal)

AM Supplements

Lunch:
6oz steak (0g, 362cal)
1cup peanuts (3g, 305cal)

Snack:
Nutiva Hempseed Original Bar (10g, 210cal)
Justin's classic almond butter, 32g (2g, 200cal)
Diet Dr. Pepper (0g, 0cal)

Drinks:
3 shots whiskey (0g, 310cal)
2 (shudder) Michelob Ultras (5.3g, 190cal)

Dinner:
1 cup peanuts (3g, 305cal)
nori (0g, 60cal)

2122cal
23.8g carb

23 June 2011 - Day 3 Induction

OK I'm getting pretty pissed because I am 0.8 pounds heavier than this time last week. But whatever. My body is a piece of crap and I'm fucking sick of it.

6:15AM
[Day 4 Metabosol]
AM Metabosol mix
500ml water

7:00AM
2 eggs (0.8g, 150cal)
2 tbsp whole flax seeds (0.35g, 117cal)

7:15AM
AM Supplements
500ml water

9:30AM
3 oz steak (0g, 181cal)
diet coke with lime (0g, 0cal)

11:30AM
3 oz steak (0g, 181cal)
diet coke with lime (0g, 0cal)
1 can water chestnuts (8g, 40cal)
500ml water (0g, 0cal)

1:30
Justin's classic almond butter, 32g (2g, 200cal)
500ml water (0g, 0cal)

3:30
1/16 chocolate bar (1.44g, 16.25cal)

4:30
tea with half and half (2g, 40cal)

Dinner:
Korean Barbecue! 842cal, 10.2g
~1/2c kimchee (5g , 30cal)
1/6c. bean sprouts (0.7g, 6cal)
6 mondo shrimp (about 4 oz? 1.5g 120cal)
pork- 8 oz (0g, 622cal)
salted oil dip (0g, 50cal)
spicy bean paste, 1tsp (3g, 14cal)
large glass water (0g, 0cal)

Snack:
seaweed (0g, 60cal)

1827.25calp
24.79g carb

22 June 2011 - Day 2 Induction

[Day 3 Metabosol]

6:15AM
Metabosol Mix

6:40AM
4 pc bacon, limp (0.5g, 180cal)
tea with half-and-half (2g, 40cal)
32 oz Arizona iced tea (2g, 4cal)

7:00AM
AM Supplements

10:00AM
Justin's classic almond butter, 32g (2g, 200cal)
20 oz cherry diet pepsi (0g, 0cal)

1:30PM
4oz steak (0g, 241cal)
1 dill pickle (2g, 16cal)
12oz diet coke with lime (0g, 0cal)
500ml water (0g, 0cal)

7:30PM
4 pc bacon, limp (0.5g, 180cal)
3oz coconut milk (2.17g, 169cal)
2 tbsp brewer's yeast (2g, 60cal)
tea with half-and-half (2g, 40cal)

8:00PM
3oz red wine vinegar (1g, 16cal)

PM Supplements

11:30PM
Metabosol mix

1146calp, 15.67g
side note: feeling nauseated and have swelling in my right ankle

Let's Talk Supplements - Part Deux

Here are the supplements I am taking. As I said, it's *a lot*.

I'm going to phase out the lysine and the guarana by the end of the week so it will be a little less, but I might be a little more susceptible to the bugs in the germ farm I work in and a bit more tired. We shall see.

The AM and PM supplements I take with food, the Metabosol mix I take on an empty stomach.

21 June 2011 - Day 1 of Induction

[Day 2 Metabosol]
6:00AM
Metabosol mix
16 oz water

6:40AM
1 egg (0.4g, 75cal)
2 tbsp whole flax seeds (0.35g, 117cal)
1 tbsp coconut oil (0g, 130cal)

11:30AM - the other half of my pork-rescue project from yesterday
1 can baby corn (4.5g, 53cal)
3 oz pork (0g, 142cal)
8 straw mushrooms - about 1/2 can (1.3g, 20cal)
green onions - about 1 (0.6g, 8cal)

2:30PM
Justin's classic almond butter, 32g (2g, 200cal)
1 dill pickle (2g, 16cal)
20 oz cherry diet pepsi (0g, 0cal)

4:45PM
AM Supplements (whoops! forgot them until late afternoon)
The usual
16 oz water

8:30PM
3oz coconut milk (2.17g, 169cal)
4oz steak (0g, 241cal)
1 tbsp coconut oil (0g, 130cal)
Arizona ice tea, 32oz (2g, 8cal) - just hazarding a guess because they say <1g/serving

9:00PM
PM Supplements

11:00PM
Metabosol mix

15.32g carb, 1305calp

20 June 2011 - Cheat Day

Today is the first day I'm trying out my Metabosol concoction. Damn I'm taking a lot of pills! Pictures to follow

5:45AM
Metabosol mix
16 oz water

7:00AM
1 egg (0.4g, 75cal - I am becoming very aware of how these numbers vary wildly, even on the same site)
2 tbsp whole flax seeds (0.35g, 117cal - somehow I doubt this is all absorbed...)
1 tbsp coconut oil (0g, 130cal)
tea with half&half (2g, 80cal)

AM Supplements:
The usual
16 oz water

11:30AM
1 can baby corn (4.5g, 53cal)
3 oz pork (0g, 142cal)
8 straw mushrooms - about 1/2 can? (1.3g, 20cal)
green onions - about 1? (0.6g, 8cal)

3:30PM
Justin's classic almond butter, 32g (2g, 200cal)

5:30PM - the Voyeur
Met a friend for drinks at the voyeur. They have one of those 'around the world in 80 beers' kinda dealios and I tried three of them:

Sinebrychoff Porter (a Finnish porter - given the Finn-o-phile I am, I had to try it) - not too bad! I'm not normally a porter kinda gal but this was pretty good. (19.3g carb, 218cal)

Bateman's Combined Harvest(an English multi-grain beer) - a bit too soft for my taste. It had good flavor, just no hoppy bite that I'm so accustomed to. (can't find nutrition info - I'll just guess - 19.3g, 218cal)

Orkney Skullsplitter (not a skull-splitter) -a barleywine. an acceptable but castrated beer with nothing particularly interesting about it except for its alcohol content.(can't find nutrition info - I'll just guess - 20g, 300cal)

Greek Salad - *no* idea what kind of calories were contained in this puppy. I'll guess 20g carb, 500cal? dunno.


Guinness (17g, 217cal)
Total Domination (18g carb, 280cal)

So I must give an editorial on The Voyeur. It is everything I dislike about Olympia distilled into one hipster hovel. The "waiters" were actively ignoring our table. Think about it people. Young student-type=poor, Old people=possible disposable income. Maybe you should think about devoting a little time at the table that may fetch you a decent tip. The food was fair to middling. The decor was juvenile at best, puerile if you're feeling less generous. The state of cleanliness perhaps was intended to build patrons' immune systems. And the bathroom. It was nasty enough that I felt like I was catching an STD just by looking at it. "Set your meat hole here." was scrawled on the toilet seat. The grafitti on the walls was not even cool. There was no stack of toilet liners high enough to protect me from the creepy. Thank god my quads have the strength for a quality hover.

forgot my evening supplements and my evening Metabosol

825cal + 1733cal (cheat portion of the day) =2558 cal-p [160cal fewer than last cheat day]
11.15g carb + 113.6 (cheat portion of the day) =124.75g carb [68g fewer than last cheat day]

19 June 2011 - Day 14 of Induction

Today was supposed to be my cheat day but it didn't happen. It wasn't because of guilt from yesterday (though I have plenty of that). I woke up initially at 10:30 and was so tired I felt like I hadn't slept at all. I managed to text enough to cancel Scrabble/breakfast and to eat, but I promptly fell asleep on the couch while watching the Simpsons only to wake up at 3:30. Sigh.

The calories and carb counts are probably changing a bit because I'm using a different website for most of my numbers. This is mainly because NutritionData doesn't auto-calculate for amounts and that has gotten to be a bit of a pain.

Breakfast:
1 avocado (3.1g, 289cal)
40z steak (0g, 252cal)
1 Tab (0g, 0cal)

Lunch:
1 avocado (3.1g, 289cal)
3oz pork (0g, 142cal)
1 green onion (0.5g, 5cal)
soy + Worcestershire sauce (.5g, 10cal)
1 diet coke with lime (0g, 0cal)

Dinner:
4tbsp half & half with tea (2g, 80cal)
1 can water chestnuts (8g, 40cal)
2 tsp brewer's yeast (4g,40cal)

Snack:
3oz pork (0g, 142cal)
1 green onion (0.5g, 5cal)
soy + Worcestershire sauce (.5g, 10cal)

1304cal
20.7 g - p

18 June 2011 - A Bad Bad Day

Today was supposed to be a 'controlled' bad day but it didn't quite work out that way, thanks to the kimchee and my Guinness math error.

Breakfast:

1 cup kimchee (4g, 60cal)

1 avocado (3.1g, 289cal)

2 tbsp sour cream (2g, 70cal)

french onion soup (1.5g, 9cal)

1 imperial pint Guinness (17g, 210cal)

1 shot Jameson (0g, 69cal)

4c. raw spinach (1.37g, 22cal)

parmesan (0.5g, 50cal)

1 egg (.61, 84cal)

2 slices bacon (0g, 80cal)

1 tbsp mystery dressing (4g?, 100cal?)

Dinner:

6oz steak (0g, 378cal)

4 tbsp sour cream (4g, 140cal)

french onion dip (6g, 36cal)

4c kimchee (15.86g, 238cal)

1835cal

59.94g - p
I'm blaming the Guinness and the kimchee as the culprits. Without these two it would have been 1400some calories and 27g carbs - well within acceptable.

The kimchee problem is because the kimchee from #1 Korean Barbecue is sooooo amazingly good and I was feeling crappy and there were extenuating circumstances which needn't be mentioned in a public forum - best for me not to keep it in the house. I also had no idea just how many calories and grams are in a Guinness because all of the nutrition data are based on 12oz servings, except Guinness is served by the imperial pint.

17 June 2011 - Day 12 of Induction

I'm wondering if I'm feeling crappy from the tetanus booster. It looks like a big spider bite on my arm and it's hot, sore, and achy and I am sooo-o-o-o-o tired. I looked at the pamphlet that I got at the doctor's office and it looks like those are all fairly common "side effects" (if it's in 25% of recipients, how is it a side effect and not just an effect!?)


Breakfast:
1 cup kimchee (4g, 59cal)
2 oz cheddar cheese (2g, 226cal)
1 cup tea with cream (0g, 50cal)


Snack:
12 oz breve w/shot of s/f hazelnut (stepping off the coffee wagon...;11.4, 318cal, $5.08)
2 tbsp almond butter (2g, 180cal, $1.10)


Lunch:
1 can baby corn (4.5g, 53cal)
3oz pork steak (hella lean and not very good; 0g, 250cal)


Snack:
1 cup kimchee (4g, 59cal)
1 tbsp coconut oil (0g, 130cal)
2 tbsp flax seeds, whole (0.46g, 110cal)
2 eggs (0.8g, 149cal)


Dinner:
1 medium avocado (3.77g, 330cal, $1.25)
1 tsp sea salt (0g, 0cal)
2 tbsp sour cream (1g, 60cal)


1974cal
33.13g
whoa I overdid it today. And I have to be *really* vigilant tomorrow because it is lunch at a bar with a saboteur. I'm going to see what a little bit of whiskey does to my diet. I'm thinking one or two shots.

16 June 2011 - Day 11 of Induction

woke up feeling exhausted and hung over. yuk.
15mg/dl ketones
-8.2


Breakfast:
2 eggs (1g, 144cal)
1 oz cheddar (0g, 110cal)
1 tsp bacon fat (0g, 33cal)
tea with cream (0g, 50cal)


Snack:
Tabasco Slim Jim (2g, 150cal)
2 diet rockstars (2g, 20cal)


Lunch:
1 can baby corn (4.5g, 53cal)
6 deviled eggs - they are really tasting gross now. glad they're all done (1.8g, 306cal)


Snack:
1 strawberry (1.42g, 8cal)
2 blueberries (0.43g, 1cal)
3 blackberries (0.8g, 3cal)
3 small slices honeydew melon (5g, 21cal)
1 cherry (0.9g, 4cal)


Dinner:
2c kimchee (8g, 119cal) [caloriegallery.com - I must remember this website]
2 oz cheese (2g, 226cal)


Snack:
2 cups tea with cream (1g, 100cal)


1368cal, 30.85g carb

15 June 2011 - Day 10 of Induction

40mg/dl

-8.8

Breakfast: (8:15AM)

2 eggs (1g, 154cal)

2 oz cheddar (2g, 226cal)

AM Supplements:

the usual.

Lunch: (11:30AM)

6 deviled eggs (1.8g, 306cal)

1 dill pickle (2g, 16cal)

Dinner

1/2c. kimchee (5g, 30cal)

6 jumbo shrimp (1.5g, 120cal)

6 oz pork (0g, 455cal)

1/6 cup bean sprouts (0.7g, 6cal)

1 tbsp oil (0g, 100cal)

bean paste (9g, 40cal)

4 pieces zucchini (1g, 15cal)

2 cloves garlic (2g, 8cal)

jalapeno slices

1 slice onion (1.25, 8cal)

1 large water

1 cup tea with cream (0g, 50cal)

1526 cal

27.25g carb

14 June 2011 - Day 9 of Induction

15mg/dl; -6.8

Breakfast:

2oz pork steak (0g, 146cal)

2 eggs (1g, 142cal)

1 oz cheese (1g, 113cal)

1 cup tea with cream (0g, 50cal)

diet mountain dew (0g, 0cal)

AM supplements:

the usual

Snack:

2 tbsp almond butter (2g, 180cal)

40 min walk on campus

Lunch:

4oz pork steak (0g, 360cal)

1/4c sunflower seeds (4g, 205cal)

30min level 7, hill program on stationary bike

Dinner:

3oz pork roast (0g, 275cal)

1tsp habanero jam (4g, 16cal)

1 cup tea with cream (1g, 50cal)

1 tbsp coconut oil (0g, 130cal)

1667cal

13g

13 June 2011 - Day 8 of Induction

minimal ketosis - strip registered zero but did eventually turn pink

-6.8lb

Breakfast:

8oz [raw wt.] chuck stew meat, lean (0g, 544cal)

onion (4.5g, 24cal)

1 tbsp garlic (5g, 27cal)

AM Supplements:

the usual.

Got my tetanus booster. Felt sort of silly 'splainin to the doc why

Snack:

2tbsp coconut oil (0g, 260cal)

12 oz mountain dew (0g, 0cal)

Lunch:

1 can baby corn (4.5g, 53cal)

4 oz pork steak (0g, 300cal)

Dinner:

4c broth (4g, 20cal)

1 can water chestnuts (8g, 40cal)

3 tbsp brewer's yeast (3g, 90cal)

1/2c spinach (1.5g, 34cal)

3 diet mountain dew (0g,0cal)

1392 cal

29.5g carbs

really really difficult day on the diet. not sure why.

12 June 2011 - Day 7 of Induction

15mg/dl ketones

-7.8lbs

Snack (to temper meds):

1 deviled egg (0.3g, 51cal)

1 cup tea with cream (1g, 40cal)

spent a good amount of time  chasing Ivanka around the apartment to get her back in her cage. In the process I stepped on the water bottle holder and it punctured my foot in two spots. I had to lance it open to make it bleed. I think I need a tetanus booster.

AM Supplements:

same as yesterday

Breakfast:

3 egg omelet with meaty goodness n cheese

-eggs (1.5g, 231 cal)

-3oz meat (0g, 250cal)

-1oz cheese (1g, 113cal)

-broccoli, 4 tufts (4g, 12cal)

-carrots, 6 small baby carrots (3g, 15cal)

-2x tea with half and half (2g, 80cal)

Lunch:

2 deviled eggs (0.6g, 102cal)

1 cornichon (0g, 0cal)

2 garlic stuffed olives (0g, 14cal)

diet mountain dew

4.8mi walk (1.2mi. down Judd and back, 3.6 miles to Ross and back)

Dinner:

8oz chuck stew meat, lean (0g, 544cal)

onion (4.5g, 24cal)

1 tbsp garlic (5g, 27cal)

1503cal

22.9g carb

11 June 2011 - Day 6 of Induction

15mg/dl ketones

-7.8lbs (3.2 to initial goal point, 43.4lb to final goal)

Made deviled eggs last night. They need something. I'm thinking fish sauce or soy sauce.

Here's the recipe

14 hard-boiled eggs (9g, 1078cal)

to the yolks blended:

3tbsp sour cream (6g, 210 cal)

1tbsp mayonnaise (0g, 90cal)

1 tsp garlic (2g, 9cal)

1/2 tsp paprika (0g, 3cal)

1/2 tsp chipotle pepper powder (0g, 3cal)

1/2 tsp habanero powder (0g, 3cal)

2 tsp dry mustard (0g, 10cal) - I'm just hazarding a guess

0.6g carbs, 51 calories per deviled egg half

Breakfast:

5 deviled eggs (3g, 255cal)

2 tbsp coconut oil (0g, 260cal)

diet mountain dew (0g, 0cal)

AM Supplements:

320mg fenugreek
500mg lysine
Vitamin A/D (20,000IU, 800IU, respectively)
Multivite (Equate Women's multivite/multimin with Ca, Fe, Zn)
Olive leaf extract, 500mg

Lunch:

4 oz pork chop (0g, 350cal)

diet mountain dew (0g, 0cal)

Dinner:

4 oz beef and chicken taco meat (2g, 200cal)

1/3c. iceberg lettuce, shredded (0g, 0cal)

1 oz cheese (1g, 130cal)

2 tbsp sour cream (4g, 140cal)

2 tbsp refried beans (3g, 25cal)

16oz water (0g, 0cal)

Snack:

1 can baby corn (4.5g, 53cal)

diet mountain dew (0g, 0cal)

1413cal

17.5g carb