Friday, July 29, 2011

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)

Thursday, July 28, 2011

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

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

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

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

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.
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Friday, July 15, 2011

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

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

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

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

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

Monday, July 11, 2011

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)

Saturday, July 9, 2011

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

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

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...)

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

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.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

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

Saturday, July 2, 2011

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.

Friday, July 1, 2011

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