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IN THE BEGINNING.... 
April 2000
These pages contain my online journals. Do not read the first one from April and assume that I still feel the same way about every single thing. As I have continued on my lowcarb journey, my opinions have changed somewhat about certain things... but these are journals, so I will not go back and edit them.
MY NUTRITIONAL GOALS:
FAT GOAL: = At least 65% of total calories, but more works better for me!
CARB GOAL: NET = < 30gm but I don't worry if I go up to 40 net occasionally.
PROTEIN GOAL: 120 gm  (based on my LBM of 142 lbs as well as my activity level)
CALORIES: I keep track but I do not actively restrict them.
** Your goals may need to be different  but these are mine. ATM (at the moment) **

The following entries were posted daily at thinner.com, and about this time I got wise enough to start keeping copies of my posts for my own files. The following entries cover the time span when I created the recipe for No-Cook Heavenly Mousse, which has been since dubbed "Orgasm in a Bowl" at thinner.com and has its own acronym now: OIAB. I created this recipe to aid me in testing a theory which I called "Up the Fat  and Damn the Calories"
April 24, 2000
Today's starting weight: 251 ~ 20 pounds now gone! But nothing has changed for a while.
B: 8AM 1.5 hrs. AFTER I got up  gotta work on that! I do better when I eat within the first hour of rising. 1.5 leftover chicken tenders, coffee with heavy cream, 2 mugs
10AM: 2 slices turkey breast and 1 slice American cheese, Atkins bar
L: 3PM 4 oz. thin Jimmy Dean sausage patties covered with 1 slice melted cheese, Salad w/ Romaine, bell pepper, cheese, tomatoes and HVRanch, 1 piece LC fudge
D: 2 oz. sausage w/ .5 slice cheese (talk about LAZY) 1 LC fudge
Sn: 8PM 1/4 cup whipped heavy cream w/ 1 tsp. cocoa, some chocolate whey protein (and I thought ATKINS shake mix was BAD  it's GREAT compared to the crap I found at Wal-mart!!!) and Splenda (I made twice as much but only ate half  ick.)
EXERCISE: Brisk walked about 2 miles.
SUPPLEMENTS: Enough to choke a buffalo
WATER: 3 liters plus 12 oz. 0-carb AS Sams choice water  less H2O than usual, ooops!
Totals for the day: 2231 calories / 29 g carb (6 fiber) 23 net carbs / Fats 80% / Carb 4% / Protein 16%

4-25-00
Today's starting weight: 251 no change
Ate like a bear today!
Exercise: Only pushing my 600 lb. bike around . And grinning. Since DH came home early and whisked me away into the SUNSHINE for a nice ride, and everything was green and budding and beautiful, and it smelled so great! And I live in such a beautiful place, for which I continue to be grateful and which I do not take for granted all that often.
Supplements: many
Water: 2 or 3 liters plus one 16 oz. diet ice botanical  those things are DELICIOUS - and addicting.
B: 7:30AM  better! Almost within that first hour of rising as I myself recommend. Coffee w/ cream, 2 mugs & Bacon, 4 slices
B#2: 10:00 AM 1 Melissa's crepe w/ egg salad  the crepes were in the produce section and are only 6 gm ea
L: 3PM 2 cheeseburgers, 1 AS fudge
D: 7PM Boneless pork loin with pan browned sauerkraut
Dessert: 2 AS Fudge
Totals: Calories: 2732 / Carbs: 26 (7 fiber) 19 net 3% / Protein 143gm, too much! 25% / Fat: 212 gm OMG! 72%

4/27/00
Today's starting weight: 249  Down a full 2 pounds after that incredibly high fat day. Think I will test that out for a while and deliberately inflate fat and calories. I shall call it "Up the Fat  and Damn the Calories!"
Exercise: 1.5 mile walk in 25 minutes, so I was really steppin' along (for me) Also did those ridiculous looking arm-swings the whole way. And it was my "off day"! but when it was time to go to the Post Office, I found myself walking there. * Shrug *
Supplements: Yes
Water: 3 liters plus 4 oz. Sams Choice 0-carb apple cider burst  which happened to be flat and which tasted better that way  How about that?

B: 7:30 Yippe finally did it at the right time! 5 slices bacon, 2 eggs fried in butter, ½ piece soy crunch LC bread, toasted and buttered
L: Noon 4 Leftover baby back pork ribs, meat dipped in 1 Tb. Zesty Italian dressing
Sn: 1 ½ berri-licious muffins. The name was a success, the muffins sucked (well I was bound to have a dud recipe eventually!) with butter
D: NACHOS: Deep-fried LaTortilla chips, seasoned ground beef , cheddar cheese and ½ cup fresh made salsa  YUMMM - even though I was out of sour cream, 1 Miller Lite * What a treat * Mexican food and beer  felt like the old days but shouldn't carry the same dire consequences!
Totals: 3455 calories / 276 gm fat 75% / 44 gm carb (16 fiber) = 28 net 3% / Protein: 178 gm 22%

4-28-00
Today's starting weight: 247 DOWN another pound after another piggy day
EXERCISE: walked almost 2 miles  no arm swings or any fast stepping today, every step felt like
T O R T U R E and I turned around well shy of my usual Friday mark. Guess my off days should stay off days from now on. *Rueful grin*
B#1: 5:45AM 1 Keto-Bar (yumm), 3 mugs coffee w/ heavy whip cream
B#2: 11AM 6 slices bacon, 2 eggs scrambled in 1 Tb canola oil with sharp cheddar and aged romano cheese melted in, topped with ¼ cup homemade LC salsa, ½ a diet ice botanical
L: 3PM 1/3 lb lean burger broiled on GF grill topped w/ 1 slice Am. Cheese, 1.5 cups Romaine lettuce w/ 1 HB egg, 6 grape tomatoes, cheddar and romano cheese, HV Ranch dressing
D: 6:30 PM 6 chicken tenders (= to 1.5 breasts) daubed w/ Zesty Italian dressing while on GF grill, 1.5 Red Lobster biscuits
Dessert: 8PM 1 cup Peanut Fluff
TOTALS: 3570 calories / 283g fat 73% / 39 g carb (8 fiber) 31 net 4% / Protein 199 g 23%

04-29-00
Today's starting weight: 247 no change after another piggy day
Exercise: No (well, some cleaning)
Supps: Yes
Water: 4 liters
B: 8:30AM 1 Keto-Bar, Coffee w/ whipping cream, 2 cups
Sn: 11am Pump-korn seeds, 1/8 cup, Macadamia nuts ¼ cup, Pepperoni 1 oz., Cheddar Cheese 1 oz.
L: 3PM 2 cheeseburgers, Romaine salad w/ cheddar, grape tomatoes, red pepper & HV Ranch, 1 cup peanut butter, cocoa, cream ,splenda stuff
D: 6:30PM 1 leftover boneless pork loin chop, 5 oz., ¼ cup sauerkraut, 1 Red Lobster biscuit
Totals: 3102 calories / 235 g fat  only 70% OOOPS / Carb 42 g (11 fiber) 31 net 4% / Protein 192 g 26%
Lowered my fat percentage accidentally, although calories and fat grams stayed high.

4-30-00
Exercise: Heck no, it was Sunday. Most strenuous thing I did all day was cook!
Supps: I forgot  ooops. That doesn't help!
Water  less than usual  at least 2 liters though
B: 8:15AM 1 Keto-Bar, Coffee with whipping cream, 3 mugs
B#2: 10AM 4 slices bacon, 2 eggs, scrambled with cream cheese and cheddar cheese
Sn: Noon Peanut Butter Fluff stuff
Sn: 4PM 1 oz. pepperoni, 1 oz. sharp cheddar cheese
D: 6:15PM Rib eye steak, Mockaroni and cheese
Dessert: HOMEMADE STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM OMG GOOD. Only 6 carbs per cup  but I ate 2.5 cups! Oh well, recipe = 80% fat and I was under 70% for the day until I pigged out on the ice cream. Net carbs for the day are still reasonable, considering.
Totals: 3197 calories / 254 g fat 73% / 41g carb (8 fiber) = 33 net, 4% / Protein 175g, 22% /

Notes from 5-1-00
I am down ½ pound after the SB ice cream fiasco.
I had started gaining on my 65-70% fat, 1600 calorie average per day, over the course of a month ~ and I LOST 5 pounds last week in just 3 days after I upped fat to ABOVE 70% and kept calories over 3000 per day. The next 2 days I gained nada, zip, zilch - while I ate like a queen. Yesterday  another half pound down.

I consider this test of "Up the fat and damn the calories' to be officially over. And to have been a rousing success!
I will continue to insure that my fat remains over 70% and I will not count or worry about calories anymore. Now that the weekend is over and I start exercising daily again, I expect to be moving my stats down again real soon. Watch and weep, you misguided calorie counters, you! ;^_)
(Hey, no offense  I am still trying to convince myself, this is hard to swallow  well, not really hard to swallow - hard to believe, I guess! But results convince! And mine are very convincing. It may not work for everyone but it sure works for me  and limiting calories made me gain. It is LOTs more fun to come up with creative ways to up the fat than to limit your calorie intake, trust me!)


Here is a graph showing my fat carb and protein intake and results for the whole month of April:

 
MAY 2000
5-1-00
Exercise: 3 mile walk (see cyberwalk post)
Supplements: All
Water: 3 liters
B: 7AM ½ pkg. 0-carb pressed chicken lunch meat w/ cream cheese, 2 big mugs real coffee w/ heavy cream
L: 11AM   Sugar free paradise bagel w/ thick cream cheese, 1 oz. pepperoni, ½ a diet ice botanical, peanut fluff stuff
Sn: 4PM Other 1/2 pkg. chicken meat w/ cream cheese
D: 6:15PM Italian chicken (browned then baked w/ olive oil, zesty italian dressing, parmesan and mozarella chz.), Big salad with romaine, italian dressing, parmesan, cheddar, red peppers and grape tomatoes, Peanut fluff stuff
Totals: 2098 calories
174gm fat 76% - right where I want it!
Carb 38g (7 fiber) = 31 net 6%
Protein 94gm 18% ~ just enough to protect existing lean body mass, per PP


5-2-00
B: 6:45AM Bacon, 6 slices, Coffee w/ whip. cream
Sn: 10AM -1 Keto-Bar
L: 1/3 of a cheeseburger and 1 Italian chicken breast leftovers, Peanut fluff stuff
Sn: 4 Pm Pepperoni  1/2 oz. AS fudge, 1/3 cup macadamias
D: 6PM Cod baked in butter/lemon juice, Tofu and cheesey cauliflower, Sugar free margarita with tequila, triple sec, Gr. Marnier, fresh lime jiuce, lemon juice, splenda  I went to bed early..zzzzzzzzzz
Totals:
2914 calories / 255g fat 79% / Carb 30g (4 fiber) 26 net 4% / Protein 127g 18%

5-3-00
B: 8AM 1 Keto Bar, 3 mugs Coffee/cream
Sn:10AM 4 slices oven roasted turkey breast rolled around 2 oz. cream cheese
L:3PM Salad w/ romaine, red pepper, grape tomatoes, pepperoni, Ranch, 1 Wasa cracker w/ macadamia butter
D: 530PM Filet mignon pan fried in seasoned garlic butter
Sn: 8PM Strawberry ice cream batter smoothie
CALORIES: 2167
FAT 160Gm 69%
Carb 50gm (11fiber) 39net 8%
PROTEIN 125gm 24%
NOT MY BEST DAY: too many carbs, and not enough fat - blame the sinfully delicious strawberry ice cream base

5-4-00
B: 8AM 1 Keto Bar, 3 mugs Coffee/cream
Sn:11AM 1/3 cup macadamias
L:12PM Leftover italian chicken topped w/ sour cream, 1/3 oz. pepperoni
D: 500PM Meatloaf, Broccoli in butter and parmesan cheese, Peanut fluff stuff
CALORIES: 3099 / FAT 267Gm 78% / Carb 45gm (15fiber) 30net 4% / PROTEIN 142gm 18% / BETTER!!

5-5-00
B: 10AM not feeling real well: Hello TOM you creep, you were just here two weeks ago (had to force myself to eat something) Peanut fluff, 1.5 mugs Coffee/cream
L:1PM Leftover italian chicken shredded in a latortilla w/ sour cream, cheese, Bribing myself to eat with a favorite food
SN: 4PM 1/3 cup macadamias, peanut fluff stuff
D: 500PM  feeling better as far as queasiness goes - Broiled filet mignon, 1 cup Rainbow salad, 6 Grape tomatoes, 1 Miller lite
Sn: 6PM AS fudge
CALORIES: 3056 / FAT 263Gm 80% / Carb 51gm (20fiber) 31net 4% / PROTEIN 121gm 16% BETTER YET!!

5-6-00
B: 815am 3 mugs Coffee/cream, 4 slices bacon, 2 eggs fried in bacon grease, 1 slice toasted Wonder lite wheat, heavily buttered
Sn: 10AM Peanut fluff stuff
L:1PM Egg salad  about 3 HB eggs and 1/3 cup mayo, some mustard, vinegar
SN: 4PM 1/3 cup macadamias
Sn: 5PM ¼ cup sunflower kernels
D: 700PM Broiled ribeye steak, Salad w/ romaine, red pepper, tomatoes, Ranch, cheese, 1 Miller lite, Peanut fluff stuff
CALORIES: 3829 / FAT 329Gm 80% / Carb 46gm (14fiber) 32net 4% / PROTEIN 155gm 16%
This sounds outrageous, but the result was 1/2 pound gone by the next morning!!

5-7-00
B: 10am 3 mugs Coffee/cream Egg salad again, about 3 HB eggs and 1/3 cup mayo, some mustard, vinegar, rolled up in one Melissa's crepe
L:12PM ½ oz. pepperoni, 1.5 Wasa crackers w/ macadamia butter, 1/8 cup sunflower kernels, 1 Miller lite
SN: 4PM Leftover Meatloaf w/ sour cream
D: 5PM Smoked turkey (off the electric smoker, mmmmmmmm), Salad w/ iceberg, tomatoes, red pepper, cheese, zucchini, Ranch
SN: 800PM 1/3 cup cream whipped w/ 1 pkg. diet Swiss Miss cocoa
CALORIES: 3095 / FAT 269Gm 81% / Carb 51gm (15fiber) 36net 5% / PROTEIN 111gm 15%
Another ½ pound gone by the next morning! I like the 80%+ fat day results..I am at 25 pounds lost now, yippee!

5-8-00
B: 845am 6 slices bacon 3 mugs coffee/cream
L:1130AM Salad w/ iceberg, grape tomatoes, red pepper, cheese, fresh cilantro, smoked turkey meat, HB egg, Ranch
SN: 330PM ½ oz. pepperoni 1 oz. cheddar cheese 2 cups coffee/cream (It is rainy and gray and my butt was dragging.) Peanut fluff
D: 9PM  almost skipped it till I looked at #s and realized I didn't eat my minimum daily protein requirement. It is later than it should be but it feels like I am going to be up for a WHILE.insomnia time. Decided to stay up and add all these menus into thinner for the people who are asking how? to up the fat! Leftover meatloaf w/ sour cream, more Peanut fluff
CALORIES: 3193 / FAT 283Gm 80% / Carb 35gm (5fiber) 30net 4% / PROTEIN 132gm 17%
Hoping for another loss tomorrow


5-9-00
B: 800am: 2 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, ½ a Bacon peanut butter sandwich (HEAVEN: 1 toasted piece Wonder light wheat, 1 Tb. peanut butter, 3 slices crisp cooked bacon. I will be having this again!)
L:12PM 1 pkg. Buddig chicken wrapped around 1 oz. cream cheese, 2 slices bacon, ¼ cup macadamia nuts
SN: 200PM ½ cup Peanut butter crm chz fluff
D: 6PM Salad: iceberg lettuce, 5 grape tomatoes, 1 ring red pepper, cheese, pinch fresh cilantro, snippet of fresh garlic chives, 1 slice bacon, HV Ranch (I LOVE IT WHEN I HAVE FRESH HERBS! HURRAY FOR GARDENING SEASON!) 1 Latortilla wrap w/ smoked turkey meat, cheddar, sour cream, and green tobasco sauce, 1 Miller Lite
DAILY: Water water water - all the time. The more I drink, the more I want.
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Caltrate/ 2 Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)
EXERCISE: Mostly moaning, but TOM is on his way out again, so tomorrow for sure. That's an entire week without any, yikes! Baaaaaddddd !
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 2508 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 217Gm, 79% FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 45gm (19fiber) 26 net 4% CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 107gm 17% PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%


5-10-00
B: 9am 3 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, ½ a Bacon peanut butter sandwich
L:1130am 1 latortilla wrap w/ smoked turkey meat, sharp cheddar cheese, sour cream, green tobasco
SN: 2PM ½ pint red raspberries sprinkled w/ 1 tsp. Splenda, ½ cup Peanut butter crm chz fluff, 1/3 cup macadamia nuts
D: None  had a migraine so took 10mg valium and went to bed
DAILY: Water water water - all the time, every day, day after day.
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Caltrate/ 2 Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)
EXERCISE: 3 mile walk (including the "killer hill from hell") plus 10 minutes weenie weights (5 sets of 20 reps of 5 different arm exercises  a start!)
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 1900 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 164Gm, 78% FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 57gm (24fiber) 33 net 5% CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 82gm 17% PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%
Didn't eat my minimum protein requirement of 96gm  oops! But there are lots of days that I way exceed it, so it shouldn't be a big deal to miss it slightly one day. The raspberries cost $4 for that tiny lil cup full, but they were "orgasmic" so well worth it, I guess!
Results: DOWN ANOTHER POUND! Yee-haw.


I SKIPPED RECORDING STUFF FOR A FEW DAYS HERE, BUT I DON'T RECALL WHY.


5-15-00
B: 8am 3 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, 2 pc. bacon
Sn: 12pm 2 Bran-a-crisps smeared w/ ½ oz. cream cheese
L:2pm 2 oz. leftover pork chop, 2 oz. leftover Jimmy Dean sausage
D: 5pm 3 oz. turkey breast deli meat, 2 oz. sharp cheddar, ½ cup macadamias
DAILY: Water water water - all the time, every day, day after day.
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2 Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)
EXERCISE: 2.5 mile walk (including the "killer hill from hell")
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 1456 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 121Gm, 77% FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 17gm (9fiber) 6 net 2% CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 74gm 21% PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%
NOT MUCH FOOD. And no veggies at all. Almost a meat fast - but not on purpose. Oops. I wasn't feeling much like eating and had to force this much down. I'll take the swoosh though  2.5 pounds gone overnight. This may be because I took my supplements for the first time in 3 days! I realized while walking (and cramping up) that I had been skipping them, in addition to not eating enough.

5-16-00
B: 8am 3 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, 2 scrambled eggs with cheese, 1 pc. Lite Wonder bread toasted, with heavy butter
L: 1:40pm 2 bran a crisps smeared w/ ¾ oz. cream cheese, 3 slices deli turkey breast with 1.5 oz sharp cheddar cheese, ¼ cup macadamia nuts
Sn: 4pm ½ a Protein Revolution bar  they finally arrived! (Opinion: PB&J flavor is so-so, about the same chemical aftertaste as an Atkin's bar, no better no worse)
D: 6pm 8 GF chicken fingers dipped in mustard-mayo-vinegar-splenda sauce, 1 cup steamed cauliflower w/ 1/2 cup cheddar-parmesan chz sauce, 2 Miller lites
D:9pm 2/3 cup whipped cream w/ 1 pkt diet swiss miss cocoa, 1 tsp. unsw. Cocoa powder, 2 tb splenda
DAILY: Water water water - all the time, every day, day after day.
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2 Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)/ 1 L-Carnitine
EXERCISE: off day spent that time sun bathing instead
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 2451 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 181Gm, 74% FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 50gm (17fiber) 33 net 6% CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 112gm 20%           PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%
Not my most stellar day  but not a total disaster either. Lots of fiber, so my NET carbs are only slightly over my max.


5-17-00
B: 8am 3 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, 1 Revolution protein bar (Chocolate Hazelnut Toffee Crunch  pretty darn good!)
L: 1:00pm 4 bran a crisps smeared w/ 1 oz. cream cheese, topped w/ 3 slices deli turkey breast, ¼ cup macadamia nuts, 1 CF diet pepsi, 1 stick Wrigley's extra (2 treats I rarely ever indulge in.)
D: 6pm Tops only of 3 pieces of burger, pepperoni & black olive pizza
D:8pm Cheesecake
DAILY: Water water water - all the time, every day, day after day.
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2 Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)/ 1 L-Carnitine
EXERCISE: 4.3 mile stroll in the rain - no killer hill & no power-walking today
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 1780 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 131gm only 71% L FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 50gm (21 fiber) 29 net 7%
CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 92gm 22% PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%


5-18-00 Going to the "big city" to hit Sam's Club
B: 8am 3 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, 1 Revolution protein bar
L: 1:30pm in the car in the mall parking lot - 1 oz. pepperoni, 2 oz. sharp cheddar cheese, ¼ cup macadamia nuts
Sn: In the car driving home 3:30pm ¼ cup macadamias
D: 6pm  out of the crockpot, Pork loin  6 0z? (deck-and-a-half of cards), 1.5 cups sauerkraut
DAILY: Water  took 3.5 liter with me, drank all of it plus more at home
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2 Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)/ 1 L-Carnitine
EXERCISE: lots of walking in the mall and lifting/walking in Sam's club  I bought a pedometer at Target for only $15 though so next time I can know exactly how much walking!! And hand weights, too.
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 1399 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 101gm only 69% L FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 19gm (9 fiber) 10 net 3% J CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 90gm 28% PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%
Well, you would think, given these low calories and carbs, and moderate exercise, that I would show a loss.
NOPE. I am up a half pound. DAMNIT. Percentages were off, not enough fat.
Further proof (to me, anyway) that the fat % is way more important than total calories consumed!


5-19-00
B: 8am 3 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, 3 slices bacon
B#2: 1 Revolution protein bar (chocolate peanut butter  ICK.) 1 diet ice botanical
L: 12:30pm, At a pizza joint: Chef salad Romaine with 1 oz. pepperoni, canadian bacon, Ranch
Sn: 3:30pm 1 cheesecake bar, 2 branacrisps with 1 oz. cream cheese
D: 645pm Filet mignon marinated in Durkee Grill Secrets pepper marinade  THIS STUFF IS AWESOME for 4 carbs/srv. ½ cup boiled mashed turnips with butter, ½ a sliced tomato
DAILY: Water: I average 3 liters per day
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2 Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)/ 1 L-Carnitine
EXERCISE: 1.5 mile power walk with 1 lb. wrist weights  what a difference!
Loaded 700 pounds of rock from ground level (actually pried them out of the mountainside) and lifted up into truck bed
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 2276 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 167gm (50 saturated) only 70% :o( FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 39gm (14 fiber) 25 net 5% :o) CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 134gm 25% PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%


5-20-00
B: 845am 3 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, Breakfast wrap: 1 oz. sliced filet mignon, cream cheese, 2 scrambled eggs. Green tobasco
L/D: 4pm - ya, I know, bad girl but it was picture day and baseball pictures, etc. busy-busy-busy day
2 grilled cheeseburgers, 1 cup creamed cucumbers, 2 Miller lites, 1 AS fudge
DAILY: Water: I average 3 liters per day
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2 Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)/ 1 L-Carnitine
EXERCISE: none
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 2721 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 202gm (67 saturated) 74% FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 38gm (12 fiber) 26 net 4% :o) CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 136gm 22% PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%
Result: Down a full pound next AM


5-21-00
B: 8am 3 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, Breakfast wrap: 1 Latortilla STUFFED with 4 oz. sliced filet mignon, 1 oz. cream cheese, 2 scrambled eggs, Green tobasco, ½ a diet ice botanical
L: 12:30pm Chef salad: Romaine, Spinach, garlic chives, creamed cukes, red pepper, onion, bacon, grilled chicken breast strips, zucchini, Ranch, Other ½ diet ice
Sn: 3:30pm 1.25 cups peanut fluff (!! A serving is ½ cup  oh well), 1 oz. macadamias
D: 645pm None  I am sick, as hard as I have fought to succumb, or to admit it. This is the first time I have been sick with a head cold since I started taking the Microhydrin last July. (Yes, I smoked all winter and never caught any of the myriad things my children brought home  not once.) It appears as if I am a lot less sick than DH and daughter were, but that could just be the "mom can't be sick" factor that keeps me going Though I have not felt the need to see the doctor or go on antibiotics, as they both have done. I just upped my dose of Microhydrin. Cross your fingers for me that I continue to improve without intervention. [I did!!]
DAILY: Water: I average 3 liters per day
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2 Potassium/ 2 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)/ 1 L-Carnitine
EXERCISE: Coughed a lot, does that count??
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 2226 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 202 gm (50 saturated) 82% FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 48 gm (19 fiber) 27 net 5% CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 72gm 13% PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%
RESULT: No loss, no gain


5-22-00
ATE LIKE A HORSE TODAY!! Must be that "Feed a cold" thing .. for some reason, I was just plain hungry all day. Not craving, that's different. Genuinely hungry.
B: 8am 3 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, 4 slices bacon, 2 eggs fried in butter, 1 piece Wonder wheat light, toasted, w/ butter
L: 11:45am Chef salad as bag as my head! Romaine, Spinach, garlic chives, red pepper, onion, tomato, bacon, zucchini, one HB egg, Ranch, 1/3 cup Sycamore Farms chicken salad  available @ Sam's Club  IT'S MAH-VELOUS! Only 2 net carbs per 1/3 cup!, ½ of a 20 ounce Sam's Choice 0-carb sour watermelon burst, Can't stop craving juice  {I used more tomato and red pepper on my salad than usual, as soon as I looked at it my mouth watered  I think I am craving natural sources of Vitamin C. Since I am sick, this seemed like a good idea, so I went for it. I so miss my OJ and tomato soup though .. }
Sn: 3:30pm 1 cup peanut fluff (!! A serving is ½ cup  oh well), 1 oz. macadamias
D: 6pm 2 cheeseburgers on GF grill w/ American cheese, ½ a tomato
DAILY: Water: I average 3 liters per day
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2 Potassium/ 2 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)/ 1 L-Carnitine
EXERCISE: Coughed a lot, does that count??
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 4535 *Collective gasp* CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that. *BUT STILL*
ACTUAL FAT 386 gm (127 saturated) 78% FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 58 gm (16 fiber) 44 net 4% CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 206gm 18% PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%
RESULT: Believe it or not  I am DOWN ½ pound. All Hail the peanut butter fluff stuff!!! (Later named Heavlenly No-Cook Mousse for this Rated G site but more commonly referred to on thinner.com once I shared the recipe as OIAB  Orgasm in a Bowl.) If only I had felt up to taking my Monday morning walk, can you imagine!! Even with all the snot weighing down my head, I lost ½ pound. WHAT A DIET!!!!!!!


5-23-00
B: 930am BAD GIRL: I never lose ANYTHING if I don't eat B-fast within 1 hour of rising 3 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, 1 Atkins Bar
L: Noon Made a salad, but ate only a few bites before it made me feel ill
1:00 PM 1 Keto-Bar (they just arrived and I couldn't resist  felt better afterwards and ate more) ½ of a 20 ounce Sam's Choice 0-carb sour watermelon burst, Can't stop craving juice , 1.5 oz. Maui Onion macadamias OMG! Are these puppies GOOD. , 6 oz. (3 patties) Jimmy Dean sausage with 1 slice Am. Cheese melted over tops
Sn: 5pm 1 oz. Just the Cheese Sour Cream & Onion
D: 6pm Salad: Romaine/spinach, tomato, peppers, zucchini, HB egg, Ranch, feta cheese, Cod and scallops cooked in seasoned olive oil, sour cream, and fresh garlic chives (Creamy Seafood Bake), Steamed broccoli with butter
7pm 1 piece AS chocolate PB fudge
DAILY: Water: I average 3 liters per day
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2ea. 99mg Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)/ 1 L-Carnitine
EXERCISE: Still not up to it, too wheezy - THANK GOD for once I don't have to aggravate things by lighting up a so-painful yet necessary cigarette every few hours!!!
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 2781 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 234 (125 saturated) 77 FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 43m (12fiber) 31net 5% CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 127gm 19% PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%
RESULT: No change either way  Anytime the scale doesn't go UP, and I can eat like this, THEN I WON!
An almost perfect day, by the percentages.. can't wait till I feel up to exercising again!


5-24-00
B: 8am 3 mugs real coffee w/ heavy whipping cream, 1 Keto-Bar
L: 2PM 1 latortilla stuffed with grilled chicken breast strips, some shredded cheddar, sour cream, and green tobasco
Sn: 2:00 PM 1.5 oz. pepperoni (that is a LOT of pepperoni), 2 oz. extra sharp cheddar cheese (NOT a lot of cheese)
Sn: 5pm 1 oz. Just the Cheese Sour Cream & Onion
D: 6pm Salad: Romaine/spinach, tomato, peppers, zucchini, HB egg, Ranch, feta cheese, Grilled marinated New York strip steak
7pm 1 piece AS chocolate PB fudge


DAILY: Water: at least 4 liters or more!
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2ea. 99mg Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)/ 1 L-Carnitine
EXERCISE: Still not up to it, too wheezy
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 2355 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 174 69% FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 41m (12fiber) 29net 5% CARB GOALS: NET = <30gm, <5%
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 148gm 26% PROTEIN GOAL = 100gm, % = 15%-20%
RESULT: No change either way


5-25-00
B: 8am 2 mugs real coffee w/ 1 tb. heavy whipping cream, 1 Keto-Bar
L: 2PM Salad with 1 cup mixed romaine and spinach, 1/10 of a raw sliced zucchini, 1 slice bacon, 3 oz. sliced chicken breast strips, and 4 tb. HV Ranch
Sn: 3:00 PM ½ cup Pnut fluff
D: 5pm 1.5 oz pepperoni, nuked to "chips", 3 oz. extra sharp Vermont wt. cheddar, cubed
A Big night  no time or interest in cooking a "real meal". Oh, well, I'll do better tomorrow.
WATER: average 3 liters
SUPPS: 1 Atkins basic #3/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2ea. 99mg Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant)/ 1 L-Carnitine
EXERCISE: Walked 3 miles  no weights or power walking, but I was tired of taking it easy! and I decided that if I did in fact cough up a lung, I would just have to leave it there on the side of the road! Went well, tho, I am glad I made myself get out of the house.
ACTUAL CALORIE INTAKE: 1720 CALORIE GOAL: N/A! I love that.
ACTUAL FAT 140 gm, 75% FAT GOAL: = 75-80% of total calories
ACTUAL CARBS: 22 gm gross, = 5% (3fiber) 19net CARB GOALS: NET = <5% gross calories, <30gm net
ACTUAL PROTEIN INTAKE: 80 gm 20% PROTEIN GOAL = 100 gm, % = 15%-20%
RESULT: No change either way  still!


AT this point I stopped recording and posting my daily meal plans. And I backed off on my fat percentages and I would bet that my average calories dropped to about 1700, which is where I usually end up unless I am consciously working on "up the fat".
I clearly recall a fiasco on Memorial Day Weekend when I gained four stinking pounds just due to drinking 3 Miller Lites the first day and 4 the next day. Even though net carbs for those days including the beers were under 20! When we left for our vacation on June 10th, I was still up 2 of those pounds. When I returned from vacation, I was up another 7 pounds, for a total of nine. :^(



June 2000


6-18-00
Am up 7 pounds from vacation  even though I did everything "right" according to the book. I know how sensitive I am, though, (just picture a canary in a coal mine) and I am pretty sure I know where I went wrong. A typical day on the road was a Keto-Bar for breakfast with coffee and supps and water, then macadamias mid-morning followed by some pork rinds. Lunch was a salad with romaine, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, feta cheese, and some kind of meat added (but usually processed lunch meat or pre-cooked chicken breast strips  not the best choices for meat) with Sweet Hot Mustard dressing (I took a bunch with me!) Dinner was most often another salad in our room, but maybe four times we went out and I would add a steak or some kind of fresh fish, with their salad  and unknown brands of Ranch dressing. Twice I ate fast food burgers without buns. Went through 5 cases of water!
So I drank all my water, took all my supplements, kept my carbs at induction levels, ate salads every day from my cooler, walked a TON, stayed away from all artificial sweeteners completely the whole time - and gained 7 - YES SEVEN -pounds. No doubt due to the fact that I drank some beer (2 - 4 Miller Lites) every single day, I ate too many nuts, I ate pork rinds again (which I haven't touched in months), I ate far too much "processed" meats, I had a bar every day for breakfast, and I did not bother to time my meals and snacks. Still, seven seems a bit harsh. Bet my calories were way low the entire time. *winces and shakes head*
So for Sunday, June 18, I weighed 249 pounds in the AM. Seems to be water (I hope) as I cannot seem to find my ankle bones and my rings all fit again instead of falling off. Damn!
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B: 7am Coffee with heavy cream and 1 Keto-Bar
L: 3pm  too big a lag in between there! I do best when no more then 4 hours elapses between meals! 2 lean burgers on GF grill with both Pepper-jack and American cheese melted over tops, dipped into Sweet-Hot mustard
D: 7pm 2 GF chicken breasts dipped in Sweet-hot mustard sauce
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DAILY: Water water water - all the time, every day, day after day. I average 4 liters each day.
SUPPS: 2 GNC women's basic multi/ 1 Atkins Essential Oils/ 1 Atkins Dieter's Advantage/ 1 Citrical +D/ 2 Potassium/ 1 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant) 1 L-Carnitine
EXERCISE: Scrubbed 1400 sq. ft. of wood floor vigorously on