A loyal reader and close friend asked me why my "Day's" were so off on the count for the blog. If you recall I started the "count" as of January 1 of this year. But a little less then half way is where I hit my personal diet wall. And I pretty much stopped blogging and I really was not on a plan.
My thinking was that since I was not really on the wagon that I would just not count those lost days. However you will note that I have put in parentheses above the actual number date. So I guess I will return to the higher number and count my "lost days" as part of the journey.
What I am happy about is that in those lost days which are probably about 120+ days, I really did not gain the weight back. So I have reached a kind of stasis. But of course I need to push to lose the rest of the weight.
Reading the Women Food God gave me an excuse to take a break and secondly taught me all kinds of things about myself. Things I won't share here but I may share in my own memoir or"fict-moir" which would be a blend of personal history of good old fiction.
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Friday, September 24, 2010
Day 176
News Flash.....New lighter protein shake. Ok this Belly Fat Cure--BFC (the acronym sounds like KFC only healthier) has really got me cutting back. I think our government need to reads a book called Budget Fat Cure.
Anyway here is what I have come up with so that I get my "sweet" shake but not all the carbs and sugar.
Bill's Blueberry Chunky (its not a smoothy--the ice makes is clumpy)
1 Scoop of Protien powder
1/8 cup of Blueberrys
12 oz of Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla
1/4 cup of 2% Trader Joe's Greek Yogurt
Handfull of ice
This tastes much better than just a scoop of powder and 12 oz of water. So if you lower your expectations then this will be absolutely awesome.
And only 215 calories. 4 grams of sugar and 1 carb. How perfect is that. And it fills me up. Its not as thick as my orginal (750 calorie) shake which I already cut down to 380 calories but it fits the need once you have the plain powder.
Think of it this way. Cardboad with salt is much better than just plain cardboard. LOL!
Of course once I reach the goal weight I will go back to the 380 calorie version. Or something close. I think I will stay with the 1/8 cup of Blueberrys but add more yogurt.
Anyway here is what I have come up with so that I get my "sweet" shake but not all the carbs and sugar.
Bill's Blueberry Chunky (its not a smoothy--the ice makes is clumpy)
1 Scoop of Protien powder
1/8 cup of Blueberrys
12 oz of Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla
1/4 cup of 2% Trader Joe's Greek Yogurt
Handfull of ice
This tastes much better than just a scoop of powder and 12 oz of water. So if you lower your expectations then this will be absolutely awesome.
And only 215 calories. 4 grams of sugar and 1 carb. How perfect is that. And it fills me up. Its not as thick as my orginal (750 calorie) shake which I already cut down to 380 calories but it fits the need once you have the plain powder.
Think of it this way. Cardboad with salt is much better than just plain cardboard. LOL!
Of course once I reach the goal weight I will go back to the 380 calorie version. Or something close. I think I will stay with the 1/8 cup of Blueberrys but add more yogurt.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Day 175
The starving hunger is going away. Now in Day 4 of the "Belly Fat Cure". It really is all about portion. I like this feeling of actually being hungry. Lean Quisine has actually improved or I am just so hungry the little black plastic tray could be filled with maggots and a cream sauce and I would not care.
What I like about this angle is that you basically measure you daily Sugar and Carb intake. And sugar is hidden all over the place. The ratio is 15 grams of sugar per day and 6 servings of carbs. So carbs are 10-20 grams (that is a single serving) but if you have 21 grams of carbs then you just had two servings.
Frankly, I think this guy is a genius. And boy when you really look at the sugar and carbs on labels your mouth will drop with all the worthless sugars and carbs we eat.
I feel like I am eating the way our bodies had eaten for millions of years and then all of the sudden with the advent of processed food at the turn of the 20th Century, we learned to eat too much all in the name of market expansion. Money, Money Money. Its all a conspiracy. Don't you feel like a calf in a cage where the evil food industry is meeting in dark smoky rooms with the medical industry and the government. The plan feed American's really large portioned unhealthy foods so that we all get diseases that the medical industry has to "cure" us of and then our National Health Care (our taxes) will pay for. Who needs personal responsibility when we have the government to take care of us.
NOT.....Don't get me wrong..I am all for health care for people who really don't have it and really want it. But do we all have to join the program. We have plenty of tax dollars that we could easily be far more efficient with.
What I like about this angle is that you basically measure you daily Sugar and Carb intake. And sugar is hidden all over the place. The ratio is 15 grams of sugar per day and 6 servings of carbs. So carbs are 10-20 grams (that is a single serving) but if you have 21 grams of carbs then you just had two servings.
Frankly, I think this guy is a genius. And boy when you really look at the sugar and carbs on labels your mouth will drop with all the worthless sugars and carbs we eat.
I feel like I am eating the way our bodies had eaten for millions of years and then all of the sudden with the advent of processed food at the turn of the 20th Century, we learned to eat too much all in the name of market expansion. Money, Money Money. Its all a conspiracy. Don't you feel like a calf in a cage where the evil food industry is meeting in dark smoky rooms with the medical industry and the government. The plan feed American's really large portioned unhealthy foods so that we all get diseases that the medical industry has to "cure" us of and then our National Health Care (our taxes) will pay for. Who needs personal responsibility when we have the government to take care of us.
NOT.....Don't get me wrong..I am all for health care for people who really don't have it and really want it. But do we all have to join the program. We have plenty of tax dollars that we could easily be far more efficient with.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Day 174
I will be doing the weigh ins again on Saturdays. So get ready for the excitement. I am sure you will all lie in bed Friday night wondering what my scale will say.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Days 171-173
Hi there. Has it really been since Sept. 3? That's just is not right. Well starting on Sunday I am now following the "Belly Fat Cure" diet from Jorge Cruise. I weighed in at 236.
I really have not moved much over the last couple of months both physically or wieght wise. I think in large because I lost that 20 lbs and then I hit a wall. And I was just not ready to push myself. I read of course the Women Food God book which was well worth it. So while I am following the BFC diet I am also following the Eating Guideline.
This first week has been tough. But it is all about the Sugar and Carb in take and portion control. You know in real estate it is all about location, location, location but in "personal real estate reduction" the catch phrase is portion, portion, portion.
I really have not moved much over the last couple of months both physically or wieght wise. I think in large because I lost that 20 lbs and then I hit a wall. And I was just not ready to push myself. I read of course the Women Food God book which was well worth it. So while I am following the BFC diet I am also following the Eating Guideline.
This first week has been tough. But it is all about the Sugar and Carb in take and portion control. You know in real estate it is all about location, location, location but in "personal real estate reduction" the catch phrase is portion, portion, portion.
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