Tuesday, August 14, 2012

August 13, 2012 - Monday - Fluffy Chix Low Carb Menus

Weight - 225.8lbs (+0.4lbs from start)
3 Week Circadian Rhythm Reset Results
Measurements -
Start 7.23.12: Wt 225.4lbs  42 Bust (Foobs with 850ml Water in each side)  -  38 Waist      -  48 Hips
Wk2 7.30.12: Wt 227.0lbs 41 Bust (Foobs with 850ml Water in each side)  -  37.5 Waist  -  47 Hips
Wk3 8.6.12:   Wt 228.2lbs 40.5 Bust (Foobs with 850ml Water each side)   -  37 Waist     -   46.5 Hips
Wk4 8.12.12: Wt 225.8lbs 40 Bust (Foobs with 850ml Water each side)      -  37 Waist     -   46 Hips

Ending Results:  Wt (+.4lbs)  Bust (-2")  Waist (-1")  Hips (-2")

JUDDD - Day 1 - DD (Down Day)
Nutritional Totals - 783cals, 57.2g F, 30g C, 9.4gF, 20.6g Net Carbs, 42.8g P, 0g Alc

Wake - 6:30am

Breakfast - 3c Decaff Coffee, black, unsweetened

Lunch - 1/4oz Crispy Walnuts

Dinner - 1 Low Carb Kitchen Sink Chile Relleno (Oven Baked) with Fajita Meat and Tomatillo Sauce
2 Tbsp Sour Cream
1 Tex-Mex Side Salad with House Vinaigrette

Bed - 11:30pm

Notes -
I don't fully understand what happened during the CR Reset, 3 week period. I didn't lose any weight according to the scale. I actually gained 0.4lbs, or 6.4ounces, so I take that as a "wash". I think it has something to do with eating every day as opposed to doing an UD/DD Rotation Cycle. But clearly, the 5 inches lost over 3 major body areas is significant.

Prior to this reset, I would have considered myself to be in a stall. No weight loss, no inches lost. Whatever happened during the Reset, must have something to do with inflammation. But I would think the measurement changes would also show on the scale. 5 inches of loss with 1 inch in my waste is big. And to lose 2 inches off my chest is very huge. My chest measurement is made up with static 850ml bilateral expanders where I had a double mastectomy. So that 2 inches is coming from back and side fat loss. HUGE!

Today, I started back on my JUDDD plan with alternate day calorie cycling. I'm still going to be maintaining my eating and sleeping windows. The only difference will be that instead of ad-lib eating during the eating window, on alternate days, my calories will be reduced to about 20% of normal caloric intake. So on alternating days I will have 500 cals on my Down Days, and will have up to about 1800 cals on Up Days (shooting for more like 1400 cals). According to the JUDDD calculator, I could have as much as 2043cals on an UD, but that seems like WAY too much food.

I will be keeping things low carb as usual.

My usual rotation will be:
M-W-F= Down Days (500 kcals)
T-Th-Sat = Up Days (1400-2043 kcals)
Sun = Medium Day (1000 kcals)


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November 26, 2012
Resumed Atkins Induction after surgery and recovery.


September 25, 2012

Bilateral Latissimus Dorsi Flap Resection for Stage IIIC Breast Cancer Reconstruction


September 19, 2012

Quit JUDDD and low carb to prepare for surgery.


August 13, 2012 -

Resumed JUDDD schedule while continuing with the Circadian Rhythm Schedule for eating and sleeping windows.


July 23 - August 12 -

I'm starting an n=1 pseudo-experiment today. It's based on experiments with Calorie Restriction and Food Restriction or Food Windows. I'm working with some guidance on this. The idea will be to reset my Circadian Rhythms.New research shows that Circadian Rhythm disruption influences inflammation and obesity as well as insulin sensitivity. These are all areas I'm desperate to address because fixing these areas could allow my body to heal. This could give me a better shot at remaining cancer free.


For the next 3 weeks, I must reset the Circadian Clock inside my body. To reset the CC (Circadian Clock) I need to discontinue JUDDD over the next 3 weeks and simply adhere to a feeding, sleeping and waking schedule. I will be adding a note section at the end of each day in order to evaluate status and moods.

Step 1: Eat a low carb diet without calorie restriction for the next 3 weeks without any type of calorie rotation.

Step 2: Eat all meals within an 8 hour feeding window - 11am - 7pm. Absolutely no eating after 7pm. Non-caloric liquids are allowed on demand.

Step 3: Adhere to a bedtime with total darkness at 11pm and wake time of 6:30am, every day.

Step 4: After 3 weeks I will resume JUDDD Rotations with a 20% Calorie Restriction on Down Days - 500 kcals, Up Days will allow up to 2340 kcals. The JUDDD Rotation will feature low carb nutrition. Continue to follow the FR (Food Restriction eating window, bedtime, and waking time.)

Step 5: After 2 weeks back on JUDDD Rotations, evaluate the ongoing weight loss level I feel comfortable in sustaining for the long term. I can go as high as a 50% restriction and still experience activation of the SIRT1 genes and asthma alleviation. Continue to follow the FR (Food Restriction eating window, bedtime, and waking time.)

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JUDDD Plan -

What in the Sam-hill, cockamamie food plan are you following? That can't be low carb!! Well, you're right it isn't simply low carb. I follow a derivation of the Johnson's Alternate Day Diet. I tweaked the JUDDD diet, as it's called, into a low carb version.

I choose to follow this plan right now, because I am experiencing dramatic improvement on asthma symptoms, blood sugar control and weight loss.

More importantly, I also experienced a greater than 50% response rate in neo-adjuvant chemotherapy towards a high grade prolific ER+/PR+/Her2Neu- breast cancer and lost 45lbs during treatment - when most people in breast cancer treatment gain 10-20lbs. (KI-67 was 22% with 17mitotic bodies).

Sure, I'm a turtle. Weight loss is slow weight loss. But it's weight loss! Hope that helps bring you up to speed!

The JUDDD diet has quite a bit of testing behind it and is founded upon theories that alternate day caloric restriction activates the longevity gene, the SIRT1 gene.

Suggested side effects of the JUDDD Diet are greater blood sugar control, reduction of systemic inflammation, relief or improvement of asthma conditions, reduction in movement disorder brain dysfunction, and possible anti-cancer effects.

But! Key to remember, I'm an n=1, not a doctor, not a nutritionist, nor allied health practitioner and you MUST do your own research. I'm just a girl who had cancer and is dancing with NED at this point in time.