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August
- October 2000 Journal
MY
CURRENT 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.
DAILY
SUPPLEMENTS: *2 GNC women's basic multi's *1 Citrical calcium +D *2
99mg Potassium *2 Microhydrin (a super antioxidant) *1 EAS Structured
Essential Fatty Acid Complex including Vitamin A, natural vitamin E,
cold-water fish oils, flaxseed oil, and evening primrose oil
AUGUST 2000
August
1, 2000 Tuesday
BREAKFAST:
700 am Coffee with half and half cream, 1 TLC peanut butter cupcake
LUNCH:
12 pm 3 slices (3 oz) ham wrapped around 2 oz (3 slices) swiss cheese,
1 Darrel Lea chocolate bar over the course of the next couple hours,
one delicious bite at a time until suddenly! It was all gone *oops*
And although they no longer give me diarrhea, my little tiny town in
Colorado qualifies for the name "windy city" much more than
any town in Illinois does, once I have eaten one of these treats!!
Yikes. Don't eat one at or before work, you have hereby been warned.
SNACK:
3pm 2 TLC bran crackers with 2 Laughing cow chz wedges and a CarboLite
chocolate egg protein shake OMG. Can you say chocolate 'instant
breakfast'? These shakes are GOOD. I added some heavy cream and a
little chocolate DaVinchi along with some ice cubes, and it tasted
JUST like a frozen chocolate milkshake. I highly recommend this shake
mix. Besides, it is nice to have something without soy in it - given
all the negative things they have been saying about soy lately, I get
more than enough in my fake baked goods and occasional tofu. AND
these shakes have ZERO carbs. Yup, ZERO.
DINNER:
6 pm Chicken Alfredo over shredded steamed napa cabbage &
cauliflower. OMG. This was one of the fastest and best low
carb meals I have made. And it took a total of just 20 minutes, start
to finish. If it hadn't been so very colorless I would have snapped a
picture, but it was just too white. I was a bit frazzled and neglected
to write down what I did as I went along (duh!) but I will recreate it
again soon, and it is definitely going on the list of entrees for the
book today. Only 4 carbs per serving, I can add some red peppers for
color and still hit the under 5 per serving mark that I strive for.
And the napa cabbage was much better than the bed of green cabbage
that I had under my lemon chicken.
Why
was I frazzled? Because yeast bread attempts #4,5,6,and 7 are all in
my trash can. I wasted a whole day and a bunch of expensive
ingredients trying to improve on a recipe I had already made
satisfactorily! DUH. I wanted to lower the carbs further and got what
I thought was a good idea after reading the ingredients in the
CarboLite bread mix. I should have left well enough alone! Though I
finally got it through my thick head what was happening, and one more
try might just do it. But I am going backwards to bread #3 that I
liked, and making SMALL modifications next time. And if the carbs are
higher than 5, well, it will just have to be recipe that waits for
maintenance to be enjoyed, you know? Some things just can't be lowered
enough without totally sacrificing taste and texture and that I vow
not to do!! I'd rather eat none than eat a poor imitation, and that
goes for ALL foods, not just bread. I do not think I am alone in this
sentiment.
WATER:
4 liters
EXERCISE:
16 minutes on the NordicTrack, then 110 crunches (advanced position)
and a 2.2 mile fast walk. No weights as today should be an off day
(you can't do resistance training every day and get results, your
muscles need a day to heal in between. But aerobics, situps, and
walking, stuff like that, you can do every day.)
CALORIES:
2162
FAT:
164 Gm, 70 % (Sat 80 gm, 34 %)
CARBS:
36 gm (9 fiber) 25 net 5 %
PROTEIN:
134 gm 25 %
Morning
after notes: The first time I got on the scale it read exactly the
same as yesterday. Talk about pissed off! I went back to bed after
announcing to the bedroom walls in general (loudly) that I was NOT
going to exercise today, and I WAS going to eat like a %$&*ing
pig- and why shouldn't I????
After
five minutes though, I went back in the bathroom and got on the scale
again why?? It's not like I had a BM or anything that would have
changed it and yet it was down half a pound., Then I noticed
that the BF reading was at 27 ya, right!! That's my GOAL
so I got on it again, and took care to place my feet straight on the
pads like you're supposed to instead of the pigeon-toed stance that I
naturally assume when not paying attention, and lo and behold! This
time I read a full pound lower than yesterday, only .5 over my all
time low. I think I will start yelling at the walls EVERY morning,
LOL. And TOM made an unexpected afternoon comeback yesterday so I
suppose I could assume that I may drop yet more water today. Maybe
tomorrow I will be back to where I was just in time for a visit
from my brother and his family. We are headed up into the hills
camping and though I will attempt to make a journal by hand of my
food, there will several days when I am missing in action from this
website, starting this weekend don't miss me too much, haaha.
August
2, 2000 Wednesday
BREAKFAST:
700 am Coffee with half and half cream, ½ an omelette made w/sausage
and cheese, 2/3 of one piece toasted LC bread with butter and TLC
jelly
LUNCH:
12 pm leftover chicken alfredo and cauliflower
SNACK:
2pm 3 TLC coconut kiss cookies
DINNER:
6 pm Pan fried pork and sauerkraut
WATER:
4 liters
EXERCISE:
Nope, should have, but skipped it in favor of chores that needed doing
CALORIES:
2493
FAT:
195 Gm, 71 % (Sat 119 gm, 43 %)
CARBS:
43 gm (12 fiber) 31 net 5 %
PROTEIN:
146 gm 24 %
Morning
after notes: Down one more pound. Saw a bear 10 feet outside my door
at 7 am. Yikes!!
August
3, 2000 Thursday
BREAKFAST:
700 am Coffee with half and half cream, 1 atkins bar
LUNCH:
12 pm salad bar salad in parking lot of grocery store, 1 oz. maui
onion macs
SNACK:
2nibbled on some nuts
DINNER:
7 pm 5 oz. Sirloin steak, 1 venison brat with jalapeno mustard and ½
cup rainbow salad. My SIL and I also drank a pint and a half of vodka
with splenda and whip cream and a WHOLE BOTTLE of strawberry Davinchi
syrup between the 2 of us. Dacquiris, mmmmmmm.
WATER:
4 liter
EXERCISE:
None
CALORIES:
3417
FAT:
266 Gm, 81 % (Sat 84 gm, 26 %)
CARBS:
44 gm (9 fiber) 33 net 5 %
PROTEIN:
103 gm 14 %
Morning
after notes: Didn't sleep very well considering all the alcohol I
drank. Up 1.5 pounds so far I say so far because I can tell I am
very dehydrated ATM. Not too hung over though, and I am sure I can
thank the sugar free mixer for that! The cousins are getting on like
gangbusters and if the rest of their visit is anything like Day 1, I
am going to have a ball - and gain a TON.
August
4, 2000 Friday
BREAKFAST:
700 am Coffee with half and half cream, 1 piece chocolate cheesecake
LUNCH:
12 pm My favorite salad: romaine lettuce with grape tomatoes, red
pepper, feta cheese, bacon and S.H. mustard, also ate 1 oz macs and
drank a beer
SNACK:
OIAB
DINNER:
Italian grilled chicken breasts, MockaRoni & Cheese, another small
salad sans the meat this time and made with asst. baby greens instead
of romaine
My
brother invited another CHEF who he worked with in the old days when
he lived here to eat with us! (No pressure there, right?) I also fixed
scalloped cheesey potatoes for everyone else, but all the adults
actually PREFERRED the mockaroni!! Both cooks, as I like to all them
(gentle ribbing) really liked the red relish, too. And couldn't guess
what was in it, either (I was patting myself on the back then, hehe).
My SIL said she would not have even tried the mockaroni had I told her
what was in it first! (you can see she hasn't thoroughly checked out
the recipes on here yet! But she probably will. I fixed all my faves
for her.)
WATER:
at least 5 liters, gotta flush out that alcohol!
EXERCISE:
None
CALORIES:
2480
FAT:
200 Gm, 76 % (Saturated fat 73 gm, 28 %)
CARBS:
45 gm (12 fiber) 32 net 6 %
PROTEIN:
108 gm 18 %
Morning
after notes: No change this time
August
5, 2000 Saturday through August 7, Monday
Truthfully
cannot remember precisely! On Sunday morning we left for camping,
where I typically ate bacon and eggs for breakfast, and salad for
lunch, with steak, venison brats, hamburgers, or hot links for
dinners. I had a couple pieces of cheesecake and a couple servings of
OIAB while there. I boiled up some turnips and sliced them and put
them in foil (potatoes for the kids and bro) with an onion ring and
some butter and salt and pepper. Those were good thrown on the grill
as a side dish, and we had creamed cucumbers and salad and rainbow
salad with us, so I ate well and stayed very low carb. The last night
I toasted one marshmallow and ate it. I had eaten barely any carbs
that day and the pkg. said only 4 each. Not too bad ~ considering. (We
couldn't have a fire up there because it is SO dry, but the kids
toasted marshmallows over the grill or camp stove.) I felt really
strong and good, & I did a 4 mile walk one morning early, at an
average elevation of 9,500 feet, all up and down. Then there's the
constant walk to go pee, downhill and then back up a steep grade. That
has to add up. And then rafting. All in all, I was good, but I was
good on vacation in June too and gained more than a pound a day, so I
was pleasantly surprised to see that I was still the same weight upon
my return. Of course I was up 2 TOM lbs. when I left and those should
have passed, but I'll still take it!
August
8, 2000 Tuesday
BREAKFAST:
83000 am Instant coffee with half and half cream, scrambled eggs with
sausage, bacon and pepper jack cheese, 2 Tb. 505 green chili sauce
over the top, couple more pieces of bacon on the side
LUNCH:
12 pm My favorite salad: romaine lettuce with grape tomatoes, red
pepper, feta cheese, bacon and S.H. mustard, also ate 1 chicken breast
SNACK:
OIAB
DINNER:
Drank 2 miller lites after rafting the Arkansas through Brown's
Canyon. Yee-hah! A class III float even at this time of year. I
snorted a bunch of water in the bottom picture but kept my seat in the
raft and so did my 8 year old son, 10 year old nephew and 12
year old neice, which is more important. Bet they won't forget this.
Who's your favorite aunt NOW, huh? Haha
WATER:
4 liters
EXERCISE:
A TON. Carrying rafts and gear and paddling for almost 3 hours
hard.
CALORIES:
2428
FAT:
182 Gm, 74 % (Saturated fat 43 gm, 18 %)
CARBS:
35 gm (6 fiber) 29 net 5 %
PROTEIN:
113 gm 20 %
Morning
after notes: See below
August
9, 2000 Wednesday
BREAKFAST:
700 am Coffee with half and half cream, 2 oz. bacon
LUNCH:
12 pm salad: romaine lettuce with ½ pkg. buddig chicken meat, 2 oz.
extra sharp cheese, 1 oz. bacon and S.H. mustard, also ate ½ a Darrel
Lea bar
SNACK:
1 oz. maui onion macs, 1 piece TLC jerky, ½ of a TLC choco coconut
bar
DINNER:
¼ lb. burger with Kraft Deluxe cheese and 1 cup TLC coleslaw
Last
day with the family and it went WAY TOO FAST. Bro announced at dinner
that he is "ready to do this thing too" which made me feel
pretty good. My SIL lost weight while she was here, on vacation!! (and
she was not exactly devout, drank Doc Otis lemonades daily!
(unknown carb count but my guess is high) - and a bunch of bloody
marys one day instead - at 9 carbs per cup). Or course our eating was
similar otherwise. It is just further proof to me that I AM NOT NORMAL
as far as metabolism goes. That's okay, at least I am secure in the
knowledge that"it" was NEVER MY FAULTand it is not my style
of LC food that keeps me from losing either. I do keep getting smaller
regardless of how slow the change is on the scale, and for now I must
try to be content with that. Because I am just NOT going to go the
calorie restriction route. I've been there, done that, and WILL NOT GO
BACK there. Remember me saying " as God is my witness, I will
never be hungry again" Well, I am determined that that remain
true. Because deprivation only made me look and feel ill while I lost
just as slowly. Gotta count those blessings instead of dwelling on the
"it's not fair, everyone else loses a ton doing what I do"
blahs
WATER:
4 liters
EXERCISE:
None
CALORIES:
2579
FAT:
225 Gm, 81 % (Saturated fat 51 gm, 18 %)
CARBS:
20 gm (6 fiber) 14 net 2 %
PROTEIN:
106 gm 17 %
Morning
after notes: Up 1.5 pounds. You can guess how I feel about that!! I
thought the above numbers were damn near perfect and expected to lose
at least a pound of the extra I have been carrying around. L My
muscles are SO SORE today, though. Even my thighs, from bracing myself
to stay in the raft I guess. Maybe they are just late retaining water
in order to heal, repair and grow. I can hope, right?
My
bear picture was on the front page of the local weekly paper today
I emailed it to them right after taking it. Apparently there have been
quite a few sightings besides mine. They say it is too dry and they
are hungry. Hmmm. Where have I heard that before.smile.
August
10, 2000 Thursday
BREAKFAST:
700 am Coffee with half and half cream, 1 Atkins bar
LUNCH:
12 pm 3.5 devilled eggs, 1 vanilla CarboLite shake, ½ oz. bacon
SNACK:
nope
DINNER:
1.5 cups Romaine topped with 6 oz. grilled chix, 1 ring red pepper and
ranch
WATER:
4 liters
EXERCISE:
Tried to Nordictrack and made it 59 seconds before I quit. Too SORE
from rafting! Did manage to do 200 crunches
CALORIES:
1778
FAT:
132 Gm, 69 % (Saturated fat 40 gm, 21 %)
CARBS:
16 gm (3 fiber) 13 net 3 %
PROTEIN:
121 gm 8 %
Morning
after notes: Back down the 1.5 pounds. Yay!
August
11, 2000 Friday
BREAKFAST:
700 am Coffee with half and half cream, 2 pc. (½ oz.) bacon, 2
sausage links
LUNCH:
12 pm Leftover chix breast (5 oz) topped with creamy Italian
sauce/dressing that I whipped up gotta add this to the book list
now, it was awesome and my daughter begged me to make more for her
when she tasted it! 2 oz. (½ cup) blueberries
SNACK:
nope
DINNER:
TLC green chili and a LaTortilla quesasilla (the quesadilla wasn't to
good, won't try that again the LaTortillas just don't cook up
right, they get all tough but the chili was fanatastic and only
3 carbs per servings. DH ate 3 servings but one was enough for me.
WATER:
at LEAST 4 liter
EXERCISE:
Nordictrack- 15 hard minutes then could only manage 110 crunches
then 230 separate arm lifts THEN walked to the PO (in the heat,
yet, at noon, only 99 degrees here!) that's 1.5 miles
CALORIES:
1374
FAT:
98 Gm, 66 % (Saturated fat 41 gm, 28 %)
CARBS:
34 gm (14 fiber) 20 net 6 %
PROTEIN:
94 gm 28 %
Morning
after notes: Little low on protein, esp. considering all the exercise.
Fat is low again was sort of worried about that but, even
though I am still retaining a ton of water (due to the heat?) I was
down 2½ pounds to my NEW all-time low weight!!! I am going to have to
change the flasher on my front page!!! Wish you could see me grin J It
seems that right now reduced calories may be the ticket. It didn't
used to work for me at all, but things change, maybe this is the way
to shake things up for a while. Don't know if I can keep my calories
that low regularly, or that I would want to (I do enjoy some cheese!
And I swore I would not go hungry) but I will try for a while to hit
these low numbers 2 or 3 times a week and see what happens
August
12, 2000 Saturday
BREAKFAST:
700 am Coffee with half and half cream, 4 sausage links, 2.5 scrambled
eggs with pepper jack cheese and 1/3 cup TLC green chili over the top
YUMMM
SNACK:
10am after my ass-kicking walk 1 slice Oroweat light wheat,
toasted with butter and almond butter. Found this new Maranatha almond
butter in my store, all natural and it says 2 Tb = 6 carb and 6 fiber.
I input it into Lifeform as 6 and 5 since nothing in life is
really free! And my snack still only had 6 carbs. Yahoo.
LUNCH:
115pm 1 leftover chicken breast shredded in a latrotilla with
1/3 cup shredded cheese and 1 Tb sour cream & some green tobasco
sauce. Later I ate ½ a Darrel Lea bar.
DINNER:
No real dinner but in three separate installments I ended up eating 6
oz. of cream cheese (2 oz. nuked for 10 seconds and stirred into 1 Tb.
french vanilla Davinchi and 1 tsp. splenda, with 1 tsp, almond butter.
I know, bad girl. Should have eaten a real meal. Had no kids around to
cook for though. And cream cheese is the perfect LC dieter's food,
right, Dr. A? (Don't plan to make a habit of this, don't worry.)
WATER:
4 liters
EXERCISE:
1.5 mile power-walk that completely kicked my ass. I should not have
worn the wrist weights, my arms reminded me of my weightlifting from
yesterday before I even got out of my neighborhood. And my sneaks are
worn out (new in April, $90) so my feet start hurting at the ¾ mile
point. Going school shopping on Monday to Grand Junction, so I will
replace them then. Can't wait! (not for the school shopping, for new
Adidas'!)
CALORIES:
2670
FAT:
211 Gm, 73 % (Saturated fat 85 gm, 29 %)
CARBS:
49 gm (18 fiber) 31 net 5 %
PROTEIN:
146 gm 22 %
Morning
after notes: Too much protein, much higher calories, nevertheless I
was holding at my new low weight this morning, (without the bm that
got me there yesterday!) so I'll take it. Percentages look good, at
least. Today I plan to work on a new dessert steamed blueberry
pudding cake. Wish me luck not eating it all if it comes out as well
as I hope!
August
13, 2000 Sunday
BREAKFAST:
700 am Coffee with half and half cream, 4 slices (1 oz.) bacon, 3
scrambled eggs with 1 oz. pepper jack cheese, 1 slice toasted LC soy
crunch bread with butter
LUNCH:
115pm TLC Green chili my 8 year old BEGGED me to make
more, how about that! Then a serving of steamed fruit pudding
like a bread pudding, you know? Topped with fruit syrup and a drizzle
of heavy cream. YUMMM. All the fruit (rhubarb and blueberries this
time, think I'll do strawberry next time!) pretty much covered up that
nasty soy taste completely. It was really good ~ both my kids wanted
seconds.
SNACK:
4 pm 1 oz pepperoni
DINNER:
530pm about 8 oz. of smoked turkey, yummmmmm, if you don't have a
smoker, consider getting one! Cheap at Wal-Mart and well worth it.
Also ate half of the first vine ripened tomato from my garden, I am
totally impressed with myself. No one out here grows tomatoes but me
and mine always do great! My first garden, a few years ago, I got a
plot at the community gardens and out of 30 plots mine were the only
tomatoes to ripen on the vine at all and I had a bushel from
just 4 plants. All Hail Miracle Grow!!
WATER:
only about 3 liters
EXERCISE:
Day off
CALORIES:
2146
FAT:
151 Gm, 66 % (Saturated fat 59 gm, 26 %)
CARBS:
40 gm (10 fiber) 30 net 6 %
PROTEIN:
148gm 29 %
Morning
after notes: Down another full pound! Yippee!!
August
14, 2000 Monday
BREAKFAST:
700 am Coffee with half and half cream, then at 9, 1 Keto-bar while on
the way driving to Grand Junction to spend entirely too much money
school shopping.
LUNCH:
1230pm in the car in the parking lot about 1 cup of Romaine with
2 oz. smoked turkey and 3 Tb. Ranch, also 1 venison pepperoni stick,
carbs unknown, which I counted as ½ oz. pepperoni cuz it has so much
less fat in it
DINNER:
Ate one more Keto-Bar while driving home about 5:30, at 8pm I had two
bites of the turkey salad I had just made, then at 9pm I had 2 oz. of
cream cheese with 1 tsp. Splenda and 1 Tb. french vanilla Davinchi
syrup
WATER:
only about 3 liters
SUPPLEMENTS:
I forgot!
EXERCISE:
Walking all over Sams, the Mall, Wal-Mart, and Target must count for
something
CALORIES:
1713
FAT:
129 Gm, 73 % (Saturated fat 41 gm, 23 %)
CARBS:
23 gm (4 fiber) 19 net 5 %
PROTEIN:
87 gm 22 %
Morning
after notes: Whooooosh! Down another 2.5 pounds!!!!! All (good) things
DO come to those who wait (patiently). I knew (hoped) it was coming ~
because I stepped on the scale when I got home last night and fully
dressed (no shoes) I was only 2 lbs. over my new low weight. That
makes 7.5 pounds in just 5 days, 3.5 pounds of gain-back and 4 pounds
of new fat loss. Hallelujah, I am ecstatic.
August
15, 2000 Tuesday
BREAKFAST:
630am Coffee with heavy cream only got tied up at the computer
forever, it seems.
LUNCH:
after my workout, 11:30am - about 6 oz. filet mignon that I pan-fried
in safflower oil, 2 fried eggs, 1 slice toasted LC soy crunch bread
with butter. Then a little less than half of a Darrel Lea bar. I was
ravenous! Didn't quite make it the whole hour after before I ate, but
close.
SNACK:
about 3pm I got hungry and ate about a cup of the turkey salad I made
with celery and mayo and vinegar and a titch of splenda.
DINNER:
630 beef tenderloin with a few slices of marinated cukes and
tomatoes, then at 8pm the cream cheese concoction I have been eating
at night lately with such good results.(But then I stayed up till
12:30 so I night as well have skipped it!)
WATER:
4 liters
EXERCISE:
Well, after only 2.5 minutes on the NT, I started having heart
palpitations (in between the constant pounding I was already having) a
headache, and felt like I was going to throw up. This made me realize
that I forgot my supplements yesterday! So I went and took today's,
then did 150 crunches, 100 arm lifts, and one more minute on the NT
before I decided to give that up for the day and took a 2 mile walk
instead (sans weights, my arms hurt enough already!) TAKE THOSE
SUPPLEMENTS!
CALORIES:
2303
FAT:
166 Gm, 68% (57 Saturated fat gm, 24 %)
CARBS:
22 gm (2 fiber) 20 net 4%
PROTEIN:
154 gm, 28%
Morning
after notes: Lots of protein, but I do love that beef! And I am
working out hard these days, so it should be okay. Up ½ pound, no big
deal, I consider it a normal fluctuation. Up and down up and down,
just like always It was bound to happen.
August
16, 2000 Wednesday
BREAKFAST:
630am Coffee with half and half cream, 3 eggs scrambled with 3 slices
Am. Cheese and 1 oz. bacon
LUNCH:
1230 Romaine with turkey, feta, cukes, tomatoes and my new Creamy
Italian Parmesan. It is so good I think I can give up my carby ranch
dressing, between it and the Sh Mustard I'll be just fine.
SNACK:
about 3pm 3 oz. cream cheese nuked with Davinchi syrup and cocoa and
splenda
DINNER:
630 Leftover green chili and I made a cheddar cheese crisp to go with
it
WATER:
barely more than 2 liters, don't know why but I just wasn't thirsty
today
EXERCISE:
Managed 175 crunches. When I started I didn't think I'd make 50
I was still sore from yesterday. But I kept at it until I had done
MORE than yesterday. Am going to try to do these every day, and some
cardio and weight lifting every other day (except for weekends,
weekends are for being a slug).
CALORIES:
2090
FAT:
171 Gm, 75% (71 Saturated fat gm, 31 %)
CARBS:
24 gm (6 fiber) 18 net 4%
PROTEIN:
108 gm, 21%
Morning
after notes: Numbers look good nvertheless I am up another half pound,
dang it. Oh well, that's nothing, really, I am still closing in on 40
gone and just a few weeks ago I didn't think I was ever going to break
30. Better be happy, I guess! I may even be retaining water because of
an infection and I am having some trouble exercising, I have had a
sore on my right calf since MEMORIAL DAY weekend. I had my doctor
check it before we left for California in June because it looked
infected and wasn't healing. I then took a whole course of keflex, a
heavy duty antibiotic, then I had him check it again in late June when
I went in for my blood work and pap. It STILL hasn't healed. While
rafting last week it got wet, soft, bumped, and broke open. Either I
re-infected it or the infection has just now finally come to the
surface cuz I am MISERABLE. The top layer peeled off and I now have a
hole in my leg where it has been abcessing under the scab. I soaked it
a bunch yesterday and kept applying neosporin and it HURTS HURTS
HURTS. And although it looks worse than ever, (can you say RAW MEAT) I
think this was all a good thing, at least something is happening now.
I do have a big red patch around it, though, which worries me a lot as
it has started to travel down my leg in a line. I can't help but think
that if I had had a systemic infection for this long I should have
been either cured or dead by now in the middle of the night I lay
there thinking about lovely things like gangrene and flash-eating
bacteria and cancerous tumors. Then I call myself a hypochondriac and
roll over. I will give it till Friday afternoon and keep the hot
compresses going and if it is not significantly better then I will see
the doctor - AGAIN. But I do not think I will be NordicTracking for a
while. I think I can handle a walk though. I guess I will have to
credit all the vitamins and exercise and good nutrition for holding
this infection at bay all these months so far.
Been
looking over my food notes I ate 2 Keto-bars one of the days I
swooshed. I never seem to lose anything when I eat Atkins bars
,though. Tthe Keto Bars say they have 4 carbs and I think they count
ALL of them, unlike the Atkins bars and the uncounted 12 carb of
glycerine. Anyway, I am giving up all the Atkins bars & I am
ordering some more KetoBars. Even though I am eating an Atkins bar
right now! DH doesn't like the Keto bars (am I the ONLY one who
does?), so maybe he won't eat them all in one week. Like he does all
the rest. Grrrr.
August
17, 2000 Thursday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with heavy cream, 1 Atkins bar
LUNCH:
1230 Romaine with half a fresh tomato and 2 oz. cheddar and my new
Creamy Italian Parmesan.
DINNER:
I had something planned but had a cooking catastrophe I was
working on my sweet green relish and I screwed up the seasoning but
good, the first attempt. So I decided since it was already in tiny
tiny pieces, surely I could put it down the disposal without any
problems. DUMMY! I should know better, I stopped using that damn
disposal right after they finished my brand new kitchen you see,
we did all the remodeling ourselves with the help of some friends in
various trades (DH is in construction and so was I for over ten years,
between the two if us we have ALL the trades covered!) ANYWAY, whoever
we got to plumb was not the brightest bulb in the fixture - and we
ended up with about 8 90s in our pipes, which I think is why it CLOGS
UP ALL THE DAMN TIME. Anyway, when I realized that I had clogged it up
again I started pulling all the crap out from underneath so we
could try to snake it out AGAIN and discovered that my top
of the line water filter was leaking like a seive under there. The
board in the base of the cupboard was all rotted out, dipped down, and
holdiong several quarts of slimy stinky water, smelled like some 300
year old basement under a morturary. So now we had to cut out that
piece of cupboard floor and check the subflooring (I have oak hardwood
in the kitchen, a REAL catastrophe if IT gets flooded and warped!!)
Now Dh is planning to re-do the pipes and eliminate three of the 90s
but meanwhile I have dirty dishes all over and no way to clean them
unless I carry them all to my bathroom and do them in the shower. *BIG
SIGH* DAMN IT!
Anyway,
after this happened, I ate some pepperoni chips and cheddar cheese
with the kids instead of the dinner I had planned to cook, and I had a
6 oz. glass of Chardonnay and ¼ cup of pistashios in the shell (I
shelled them and weighed them and they weigh 15 gm. Now I know how
much to enter in Lifeform and I am keeping a ¼ cup size scoop right
there in the jar to help me measure.) I did stop at the one glass of
wine but it gave me the munchies, cuz then I ate an ENTIRE Darrel Lea
bar. THEN I went and nuked 2-3 oz of cream cheese and stirred a Diet
Swiss Miss cocoa packet into it along with Davinchi syrup. Egads! And
it had been a real good day (diet-wise) up till then .
WATER:
only 2 liters, don't know why but I just wasn't thirsty today
AGAIN. What's up with that?
EXERCISE:
Managed 115 crunches. When I started I didn't think I'd make 50
AGAIN - I am sore from doing them every day! Also did about 300
individual arm presses of various types and that's all, no walking
even. (Leg hurts!)
CALORIES:
2124
FAT:
171 Gm, 79% (76 Saturated fat gm, 35 %)
CARBS:
28 gm (5 fiber) 23 net 5%
PROTEIN:
81 gm, 16%
Morning
after notes: Low protein, bad girl! Still I am down half a pound. I
WAS up ANOTHER half pound, which really pissed me off - and so I went
back to bed for an hour to wait for DH to finish with the coffeemaker
and leave for work before I got up (I drink COFFEE, and he drinks
mildly-coffee-flavored water with cream and AS!, so we don't share
coffee). Anyway, by the time I slept some more and then went to the
bathroom again, I was a full pound less than before. Isn't that
weird?! But I'll take it, between my leg and what I did to the kitchen
yesterday, I don't need any additional stress DH is pissed at me, to
say the least, but if I hadn't caused a clog, we might not have
discovered the other catastrophe-in-the-making until it was too late
and we lost a $6K oak floor.. so I am trying to rationalize my
stupidity by telling myself it was all for the best. Meanwhile, I have
no usable kitchen. Guess I will work on typesetting recipes for a few
days more instead of cooking. As long as I can cook all next week
while the kids are in school, this shouldn't affect the book schedule.
(SCHOOL! What a lovely thought.) And I think I will pitch the damn
$300 water filter, start buying water like everybody else in this
town, and put an insta-hot or a soap dispenser in the hole instead.
(We already went through this once - I got replacement parts for the
filter and we thought it was fine it WAS fine, for months.
Gradually I filled up the space down there with cleaning crap again
and forgot to keep checking for new leaks. Duh! Duh! Duh! I will not
stop kicking myself for this one for a looong time.
August
18, 2000 Friday
BREAKFAST:
630am Coffee with half and half cream, ½ cup Nutlette cereal with
watered down heavy cream and a drizzle of vanilla Davinchi syrup.
Mmmmm.
LUNCH:
1230 8 ounces of GF chicken breasts dipped in TLC BBQ sauce
SNACK:
about 130pm 3 oz. cream cheese nuked with Davinchi syrup
DINNER:
630 2 cheeseburgers and 1 cup Romaine with feta and SH mustard
WATER:
3 liters, better
EXERCISE:
Managed 175 crunches again.
CALORIES:
2240
FAT:
165 Gm, 67% (92 Saturated fat gm, 38 %)
CARBS:
31 gm (10 fiber) 21 net 4%
PROTEIN:
161 gm, 29%
Morning
after notes: Protein high, but is always is when I eat burgers. No
change on the scale.
August
19, 2000 Saturday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream, 1 oz. cooked bacon
LUNCH:
1230 3 oz white albacore tuna in 1.5 Tb mayo, wrapped up in a
latortilla, also a chunk (1.5 oz) cheddar cheese and some cream cheese
SNACK:
none I was trying very hard to be good
DINNER:
530 Chauteaubriand (flank steak marinated and boiled whole) and
Twice-Baked Faux-tatoes
WATER:
finally drank the whole 4 liters again today
EXERCISE:
Managed 200 crunches! By then I felt better and also did 350 arm
lifts, then I walked 3.15 miles. It rained hard the night before and
the ditches were almost musical, full as they were of running water.
The clouds were big and puffy and lying low, hugging the mountain tops
like puffy mounds of meringue and the smell in the air was incredible.
There's nothing quite like the sudden burst of green that accompanies
the end of a long dry spell. What a day!
CALORIES:
1951
FAT:
134 Gm, 65% (58 Saturated fat gm, 28 %)
CARBS:
33 gm (13 fiber) 20 net 4%
PROTEIN:
145 gm, 31%
Morning
after notes: Stayed away from AS all day. Managed to drink all my
water. Took all my supplments. Did everything right in fact, these
numbers look damn good, and I exercised my ass off for an hour and a
half straight. SO WHY AM I UP HALF A POUND???? Arrrrgh! Reciting all
the old platitudes about muscles that are worked hard retaining water
for repair but am still not very happy with my "reward" for
being good I can tell you one thing: This Sunday I will be a true
slug. I may do my crunches since I managed to them 6 days in a row so
far BUT THAT's IT! And I think I will make ice cream after dinner too.
I deserve it!
August
20, 2000 Sunday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream, protein shake Mid-morning, I had
a TLC Peanut Nirvana bar
LUNCH:
1230 ½ a LC pizza I was so pissed about gaining yesterday that
I threatened Pizza Hut - but I made a LC version instead. No more weak
crust attempts, from now on I'll put it on a cheese crisp and call it
good.
SNACK:
2 more PN bars
DINNER:
New York steak, Shrimp & Scallop Scampi, ½ cup leftover
Twice-Baked Faux-tatoes & another bar
WATER:
4 liters
EXERCISE:
Managed 200 crunches! Again, even on Sunday.
CALORIES:
3031
FAT:
238 Gm, 71% (105 Saturated fat gm, 31 %)
CARBS:
51 gm (16 fiber) 35 net 5%
PROTEIN:
183 gm, 24%
Morning
after notes: I decided if I was going to gain weight I might as well
have a reason, and enjoy it, So I invented a new dessert that the
family proclaimed "the best ever"and I ate like a pig, and
indeed, I gained 2.5 pounds overnight. Just water probably, as I can't
even budge my rings. Damned if I will get upset, I can lose it again.
Besides, being very good was getting me nowhere fast the last few
days. At least now I have someplace to go and maybe when these water
pounds roll off they'll take some new weight with them
August
21, 2000 Monday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream, then at 10 I fixed 2 fried eggs
with 3 oz. leftover steak and 1 slice toasted LC bread
LUNCH:
130 Made chicken ceasar salads to go and hopped on the motorcycle and
rode up to Vail with my buddy. We spirited our other friend away from
work and all picnicked in Ford Park. My big celebration of school
starting, I rode my bike for the first time in 6 weeks. Summer? What
summer? Oh that summer when I wrote the book and never went outside,
yeah, I remember that summer sort of. Haha. Hopefully it will
all be worth it. Regardless, it will all be over soon.
SNACK:
none
DINNER:
Nuked some pepperoni chips and ate some sharp cheddar and a handful of
pistachios
WATER:
3 liters
EXERCISE:
None at all, didn't even find time for my crunches. I guess after 7
days in a row one off won't kill me!
CALORIES:
2020
FAT:
164 Gm, 74% (70 saturated fat gm, 32 %)
CARBS:
38 gm (9 fiber) 29 net 6%
PROTEIN:
98 gm, 20%
Morning
after notes: Thought I would dump more of the gain-back but I am down
just a half pound. I sure gain easily, I wasn't even that bad AT ALL
when I gained three pounds (35 carbs and 3000 calories) and I will
have to lose them all over again, the hard (slow) way, it seems. Oh
well, I have that doctor's appt. in a couple hours, he may cut 3
pounds of gangrenous flesh out of my calf. I am scared to death about
this whole thing. At least I got a bike ride in yesterday since I may
be laid up for a while now Cross your fingers for me!
August
22, 2000 Tuesday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream and a Pnut Nirvana bar
LUNCH:
130 Keto-Pasta topped with TLC Marinara. I was practically in tears.
The pasta wasn't ALL that good, but it was recognizably pasta, and
with a killer sauce on top, it transported me back, back, to the old
days the only difference was that after I was done eating I did
not feel as though I needed a nap! I will be ordering more of this
stuff!
SNACK:
30g pistachio nuts (about 50) 2 Diet Rite colas this stuff is
GOOD. Funny, I was a Pepsi drinker and this reminds me the most of
real Coke, but I like it better than either, really. Drank 2 so it
could be a test, I was thrilled to pieces to find it in my local
store, finally.
DINNER:
Taco salad, then half a frozen pnut bar. Whoa! They are even better
frozen, like a chewy but still soft ice cream bar of some kind. Mitch
took one to a guy he knows at the jobsite who went on the Atkin diet
and the guy almost cried, he said. He said I should cut them in the
size of an Atkins bar and he'll charge him $3 a piece and take one
every day. Hmmmm. A profitable little sideline that would be! And I
don't think his wife cooks at all, so even if he buys a book maybe I
can still build a pre-made products business.. hmmm, potential
everywhere. Time is the only current enemy.
WATER:
3 liters
EXERCISE:
Not after the doctor dug around in my leg all morning to take a
culture.
CALORIES:
1392
FAT:
102 Gm, 66% (42 saturated fat gm, 27 %)
CARBS:
41 gm (10 fiber) 31 net 9%
PROTEIN:
86 gm, 25%
Morning
after notes: Protein inadequate but I didn't do diddly (physically)
all day, so, so what. (It does matter, but I have other things on my
mind that seem a lot more important right now.) Down 1 pound. Calories
low enough to balance out the 10% carbs, I guess. Considering how low
the calories were, I sort of expected to lose more, but I will always
take a loss, happily. 1.5 pounds of gain-back to go, still.
Considering the infection in my leg (It is an infection! It is an
infection! It is an infection! The culture WILL grow something - cuz I
don't want to have to see the general surgeon for exploratory surgery
and biopsy, and that is the next step, he says). Anyway, I can at
least blame this current weight gain on the stress my body is under
from fighting an infection (true or not, hehe). On the up side, my
pulse was 58 and BP was 110/71 when they checked it, and they couldn't
be any better. I just wish he hadn't asked me quite so many times
about any family history that includes skin cancers or disorders. I
don't have the time to worry about this right now.. not to mention it
puts a crimp in my exercising. And scares small children. And keeps me
from wearing pants. And keeps me from sleeping. This is the first time
in my life I have ever prayed for something TO grow in a culture. But
if it does then we can treat it with antibiotics instead of surgery.
GROW, bacteria, GROW!
August
23, 2000 Wednesday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream and half a peanut butter and bacon
sandwich 1 toasted slice LC bread with 1 tsp. of pnut butter and
4 slices cooked bacon. Ate 2 more slices by themselves
LUNCH:
No real lunch, too much tasting going on ate 2 TLC brownies and
3 deep fried battered cheese stix
SNACK:
1 slice TLC Impossible Breakfast Pie
DINNER:
Stuffed Santa Fe Chicken at 930 PM I ate half a nirvana bar
WATER:
3 liters
EXERCISE:
Did my 200 crunches, anyway
CALORIES:
2228
FAT:
163 Gm, 66% (27 saturated fat gm, 27 %)
CARBS:
46 gm (11 fiber) 35 net 6%
PROTEIN:
152 gm, 27%
Morning
after notes: Up another **** half a pound. THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT THAT
BAD, DIET GODS. Cut me some slack, would ya?! (Apparently not. This
book is getting expensive in more ways than one.)
August
24, 2000 Thursday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream, wasn't hungry and just didn't
force myself for a change
LUNCH:
Tasting! Starting at noon-ish: 1 bag Lean Protein Cool Ranch chips, 1
slice Maple Nut Trifle, 1 square CarboLite dark Chocolate, 1 square
CarboLite white chocolate
DINNER:
530 TLC French Onion Soup and Decadent Crab Puffs. I put my crab
puff mixture from the old days on some imported Italian toasts I found
that have only 5.5 carbs each. OMG. Talk about good. One or two of
those toasts with chicken salad or tuna would be so good for lunch. At
5.5 carbs each, they are do-able for sure. They are called Bellino
Gourmet Italian Toast wheat crackers and I found them near the
crackers and melba toasts.
WATER:
4 liters
SUPPLEMENTS:
Started 1 Twin Lab Dual Sustained Release Tab in place of GNC multi
EXERCISE:
Shot answer NO. Long answer TOM showed up early (right after I started
making the cake and after the UPS man showed up with white and dark LC
chocolate and 0-carb chips! OMG, don't tell me that's not a conspiracy
of some kind, bringing me that stuff when I am most vulnerable and
when I am already making something yummy! But I did really well not
pigging out, I just never did fit in my exercises.)
CALORIES:
1706
FAT:
140 Gm, 73% (63 saturated fat gm, 33 %)
CARBS:
35 gm (5 fiber) 30 net 7%
PROTEIN:
84 gm, 20%
Morning
after notes: Gained a full pound. I'll blame it on TOM cause the
numbers for sure do not merit a full pound gain! Book progress on
schedule this week. Waiting breathlessly for results on the culture
but I have a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach that the answer will
not be what I wish
August
25, 2000 Friday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream, 1.5 slices Impossible Pie
LUNCH:
1 cup romaine with 1 oz. pepperoni, ¼ cup shredded cheddar, 3Tb. TLC
Ranch, 1 leftover Santa Fe Chicken
SNACK:
1.5 Nirvana bars
DINNER:
530 Barbecued beans and Beef Stroganoff, later another Nirvana bar
WATER:
4 liters
SUPPLEMENTS:
yes plus *1 Antibiotic
EXERCISE:
Exercise and TOM do not coincide
CALORIES:
2492
FAT:
201 Gm, 74% (89 saturated fat gm, 33 %)
CARBS:
48 gm (15 fiber) 33 net 5%
PROTEIN:
130 gm, 21%
Morning
after notes: I expected a big gain since I am bloated and on meds for
my leg, which felt tingly and then swelled some last night, but to my
surprise there was no change on the scale. Must have lost a little bit
of fat, to balance out the water gain. Thanks for the small favor,
God. I appreciate it.
August
26, 2000 Saturday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream, 3 slices bacon
LUNCH:
TLC buttermilk biscuit, I ended up eating THREE!! one with TLC sausage
gravy, one with butter and the last one with butter and TLC jelly.
YUM.
SNACK:
1 Nirvana bar, 2 Tb. TLC strawberry jam
DINNER:
6pm Grilled filet mignon with scalloped turnips, Spoonbread
rolls, & some leftover TLC BBQ beans. Then TLC strawberry ice
cream. Ended up eating Mitch's too cuz his was melting while he talked
to the cops. He and a guy he works with worked on our dirt bikes and
got them running yesterday. Someone on our street of
almost-all-dirt-bike-riders-and-owners called the cops to complain
that they were riding up and down the street and "disturbing the
peace" (while tuning them up, you know?) Anyway, the guy working
for him used to live behind us. "She" keeps putting the guy
in jail, it's one of those lovely long stories, anyway we're pretty
sure she must have seen him here and decided to call the cops about
the bikes and see if she could put him in jail again. But now she's
messing with US ..BIG mistake!! Our SIL works for the sheriff's office
and we are gonna find out for sure if it was her or not, and if so, it
is not gonna be a fun neighborhood. She has been running down here
crying on our shoulder about this guy to us for weeks now, how dare
she try to get US in trouble now, just as a small part of her revenge
on him? She knows that he works for Mitchand they are friends and he
is apt to be here, big deal. Why does every couple on the world that
goes through a break up think Mitch and I belong square in the middle
of their dispute, anyway? Seems we are always playing
Johnny-in-the-middle and I am sick sick sick of it!!! I have enough
problems of my own without all the whackos in the world adding to them
speaking of whackos, while I was eating Mitch's melting ice cream his
ex-partner from years ago called on the phone and scared the hell out
of me. First she said she had been drinking and wasn't supposed to be,
but when she started talking crazy I asked her to call sometime when
she was sober and she said she'd only had one drink .. and I actually
believe her. She said she had been in and out of mental hospitals for
years and I definitely believe that! You see she had a substance abuse
problem when she was running the books (she was a partner then) for
Mitch and X's company years ago. X had an affair with her (she was
married at the time, he wasn't) and then when she lost her ability to
run the company any more due to her drug use (and I think after she
embezzled a LOT of money from us to FUND her drug use) they got
together and voted her out of the company. This has been 6 years ago
now! So anyway, she calls and is talking all crazy, first it's
"THEY took everything away from me and my life has been hell ever
since" then it's "X is gonna pay that bastard" and
finally " I love you, Karen, and please give Mitch a hug from
me". Humming the Twilight Zone theme music, Karen says "This
woman is whacked. I hope she didn't hurt herself and even more so I
hope she doesn't come here and hurt one of us!!" A really scary
thing, she seems completely fixated on a past which never happened
not the way she remembers it, anyway. Even though I liked her very
much, I was all for throwing her out of the company when she wouldn't
get help for her cocaine addiction. You can only help an addict just
so much and then it's time to cut the cords so they WILL bottom out
that's the only time they are apt to seek help, after hitting rock
bottom. But this gal is more messed up than ever. SCARY SCARY SCARY.
If I disapppear and the website is never updated again, someone better
forward this entry to the local police, 'kay? Cuz one the
"exes" did it for sure. And I think it was the ex-partner
from Grand Junction Colorado. Just wanted this on record somewhere,
cuz I am a truly paranoid low carb person after the events of this day
and I am only kidding a little bit.
WATER:
4 liters
CALORIES:
2922
FAT:
230 Gm, 72% (114 saturated fat gm, 36 %)
CARBS:
68 gm (17 fiber) 51 net 7%
PROTEIN:
151 gm, 20%
Morning
after notes: I expected a gain of several pounds, but to my surprise
there was NO CHANGE. Surprise, surprise, surprise! said Gomer.
August
27, 2000 Sunday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream, 1 TLC buttermilk biscuit with
butter and TLC strawberry jam
LUNCH:
1245pm 1 piece Impossible Pie and 5/6 of the last leftover Santa Fe
Chicken
SNACK:
2pm 1 Nirvana bars
DINNER:
530 2 slices of bacon yup, that's all, folks. The old man fell
asleep in the chair and I was working at the computer (worked right
through the scheduled chat, oops!). Anyway, I never cooked anything
except bacon and eggs for the kids and since I wasn't too hungry
myself, I nibbled on some bacon and left it at that.
WATER:
3 liters
CALORIES:
1353
FAT:
106 Gm, 71% (48 saturated fat gm, 33 %)
CARBS:
29 gm (8 fiber) 21 net 6%
PROTEIN:
74 gm, 22%
Morning
after notes: Down 2.5 pounds, within one pound of my all-time low and
once again knocking on the door of forty pounds gone, Whoo Hoo! I may
never feed DH again, at this rate.
August
28, 2000 Monday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream, noting else as I wanted to work
out on an empty stomach
BRUNCH:
1230pm ½ cup Nutlette soy cereal with soy milk (ACK!) and a drizzle
of fr. Vanilla davinchi syrup
SNACK:
2pm 1 Nirvana bar, then later ¼ cup pistachios in the shell, 15 gm
unshelled, about 25 nuts
DINNER:
6pm 1 bowl TLC crab bisque and about 6 oz of grilled venison that my
brother brought me from Wisconsin. I don't know what they do to those
deer in WI but MAN! That was the best venison I have ever eaten in my
life, better than elk, even. Thanks Kelly & Lynette! 1 more
Nirvana bar later
WATER:
4 liters
EXERCISE:
250 ab crunches, 13 minutes on the NT, and 20 minutes of arm weights
(upped the barbell weight, and lost count of lifts). This all brought
TOM back for an encore performance but hopefully he is gone now till
next month! Good riddance, too.
CALORIES:
1822
FAT:
135 Gm, 68% (65 saturated fat gm, 33 %)
CARBS:
43 gm (19 fiber) 24 net 5%
PROTEIN:
120 gm, 27%
Morning
after notes: no change, darn it. But that beats an unexplained gain,
anytime, so don't get any ideas Murphy!!
August
29, 2000 Tuesday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream, 2 string cheeses
LUNCH:
1 cup Romaine lettuce with 2 oz. cold venison, 1 oz. pepperoni, 2 Tb.
TLC ranch dressing, 2 oz. cream cheese
SNACK:
2pm 1 piece TLC coconut pie, 1 piece TLC pecan pie, ½ bag Lean
Protein Chips
DINNER:
6pm 1 TLC corn dog, ½ serving TLC meatloaf (ate both of these with
TLC catsup it's killer! Tastes just like Heniz to me, and has
less than 1 carb per Tb) an entire Darrel Lea chocolate bar PLUS 4
squares CarboLite dark chocolate and 2 sq. white (the dark is the BEST
by far!)
WATER:
4 liters
CALORIES:
2309
FAT:
190 Gm, 77 % (61 saturated fat gm, 25 %)
CARBS:
39 gm (13 fiber) 26 net 5%
PROTEIN:
99 gm, 18%
Morning
after notes: down half a pound again! Forty pounds lost club,
here I come!! ^High^ fat works again, Ya-Hoooooooo!
August
30, 2000 Wednesday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream
LUNCH:
Noonish after working out: 1 pkg. Buddig chicken with 1 oz. cream
cheese
SNACK:
2pm My "real" lunch: 1.33 cups TLC crab bisque, ½ a string
cheese
DINNER:
4pm 2 servings TLC chocolate pie filling/pudding. OMG. Only 2 carbs
per serving without crust, I think I am in heaven! ½ bag of Lean
protein chips.
WATER:
4 liters
EXERCISE:
200 crunches, 13 minutes on the NordicTrack, 20 minutes of weights
CALORIES:
965
FAT:
81 Gm, 75 % (42 saturated fat gm, 39 %)
CARBS:
15 gm (4 fiber) 11 net 4%
PROTEIN:
49 gm, 20%
Morning
after notes: Woefully low on protein but it is just ONE day, right?
Now that I see the numbers I am a little shocked, though. Apparently
crab has very little protein in it!! Results: Down another half pound.
I
DID IT! FORTY POUNDS GONE - FOREVER
August
31, 2000 Thursday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream, 2 fried eggs, 2 slices bacon, 1
slice toasted Rainbo Light sourdough LC bread, with 1 tsp. butter and
1 Tb. TLC strawberry jam. Mmmm, my reward (for 40 down).
LUNCH:
11am: 1 Keto-Bar Noon: 1 cup romaine with 50g tomatoes, 2 Tb shredded
cheddar, 1 HB egg, and 3 Tb TLC Ranch, 1 Diet Rite
SNACK:
2pm Tasting! ½ a TLC blueberry muffin (maintenance style, 6 carbs in
just the half!) with butter 1 slice cranberry orange bread
(maintenance style, 10 carbs in one slice!) no butter needed, and one
piece of TLC lemon meringue pie (5 carbs period). That's 21 carbs
eaten in five minutes time. Uh-oh.
DINNER:
6pm 6 oz thinly sliced flank steak flash fried in olive oil
WATER:
only 2.5 liters
EXERCISE:
off day
CALORIES:
1928
FAT:
127 Gm, 64 % (38 saturated fat gm, 19 %)
CARBS:
53 gm (14 fiber) 39 net 9%
PROTEIN:
124 gm, 27%
Morning
after notes: My food must be magic. OK, OK, it's the low glycemic
index, I am sure, but I like the term magic better. I could never eat
40 net carbs of "regular" food without gaining. LOL, not
only was I still down the full 40 this morning, I was down **another**
half pound. I'll be bumping my head on the ceiling all day! A great
way to close out the month!! Wish you could see the ****-eating grin
on my face
SEPTEMBER
2000
MY
NUTRITIONAL GOALS: revised again 9-22-00
FAT
GOAL: = 50% - 65% of total calories, with saturated fat = <40gm
CARBS:
NET = < 40gm
FIBER:
20 gm per day minimum
PROTEIN
= 100 GM daily
CALORIES:
< 1800-2000/day, now that I am restricting fats somewhat due to my
rising LDL cholesterol levels. All others whose main goal is weight
loss should still aim for that 65%+ fat level, in my opinion. I
personally have always had a problem with cholesterol, so my case is
atypical.
SUPPLEMENTS:
AM *1 Twin Lab Dual Sustained Release Tab *2 99mg Potassium *1
Microhydrin antioxidant *1 Essential Fatty Acid Complex
**
Your goals may need to be different but these are mine - FOR NOW
**
September
1, 2000 Friday
BREAKFAST:
7am Coffee with half and half cream, 2 fried eggs, 2 slices bacon, 1
slice toasted Rainbo Light Sourdough LC bread, with 1 tsp. butter and
1 Tb. TLC strawberry jam. Mmmm, my reward (for 40 down).
LUNCH:
12pm 1 Oscar Meyer beef frank dipped in TLC catsup, 2/3 cup rainbow
Salad, 1 oz. cream cheese with fr. vanilla davinchi syrup
SNACK:
2pm Tasting! 3 TLC chocolate drop cookies, 1 TLC mint
DINNER:
6pm TLC tuna casserole, ½ cup TLC cold green bean almondine, and 1.5
cheese pots
WATER:
only 2.5 liters
EXERCISE:
just 175 crunches, and 6 minutes on NordicTrack I forgot my
supps yesterday! I can always tell when I try to exercise.. didn't
even try any weights
CALORIES:
2568
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