Sunday - JUDDD - Medium Day (Goal 1000cals)
Weight - 238.4
Mood - 8
Pain - 5
Exercise - House Cleaning
Well folks what an amazing journey the last three days provided. I ate mostly potatoes, apple cider vinegar, kosher salt and potassium salt for the last three days - pretty much ad libatum (as desired) and to satiety. Very interesting results. I say mostly because I had a 2am cheat on the second day of jack cheese, hard salami and pork loin and I added a tiny bit of jack cheese, pork loin and tomato to last night's dinner (about 1/2 oz of cheese and pork and 1 small slice tomato).
I felt fine most of the time, more hunger that's for certain, but not gut wrenching. I wish I had the satiety and freedom from food thoughts others describe, but I suspect I am just not hardwired for that. I had higher post prandial blood sugars than I prefer to see. But until this morning my fasting bgs were looking in line with what they have been running. This morning's bg was 123. Yuk.
I ate an enormous amount of potatoes yesterday! About 43.9oz of potatoes or almost 3lbs of potatoes. Faith and begora Paddy! Thems a lotta tatties. That's a shore. So to see 123 on an fbg isn't unexpected. But I had horrible leg cramps yesterday. I've been fighting leg cramps for the last few months (3-4). My oncologist says it may be due in large part to the anti-hormone drug I'm on and suggested I start eating 1/4tsp of NoSALT a day (about 650mg of Potassium Salt or KCl). I exceeded that amount yesterday along with kosher salt and sea salt and also had a Cal/Mag supplement. Hooooo boy! Bad news.
So...I think I'm concluding this adventure in potato hack dieting due to the increase in this morning's fasting blood glucose. In total, I've lost 9.0lbs since the day I started 3 days ago. That's awesome news!!!
Now I'm set to restart JUDDD today using my old method of Atkins OWL style eating and maybe experiment a little more with NK. It's gonna be a running experiment to see which one makes me feel better and which one makes me lose more weight. I truly don't know. Here's how I differentiate the two.
Atkins OWL - means I would eat higher carbs (40-60g of net carbs) per day with lower fat 40-60% fat per day, and between 60-80g protein from all sources. The up side to this is I know I lose with this style of eating and it also allows me the greatest freedom of choice in food sources. My body seems to prefer a slightly lower fat level. I also know my A1c is about 5.9 with that style of eating.
Nutritional Ketosis - means I would eat lower carbs/Induction Level types of carbs (20g total carbs) per day with higher fat 65-85% fat per day. I would have somewhere around 60g of protein daily. Just recently I gained eating this way (see my experiment of the previous 10 days before the potato hack). But, I realize in retrospect, I wasn't really doing NK. I was doing Atkins Induction. NK would be much more stringent. I would need to cut down on my protein a tiny bit, and cut back on the carbs quite a lot. So maybe that's the big difference in the AI and NK?
I dunno. It's confusing. I believe the science and what it's showing about how nourishing a high fat diet is and how bad carbs are for us. But I'm not sure my body loses well with high fat over 65%. I think it's possible that for me personally, I have to have some fat deficit in addition to the carb and calorie deficit in order to lose. But I could be full of bull and just haven't been doing things correctly all these years. I admit the possibility of being a mere mortal and being wrong. There I said it.
So this will be an on the fly of what goes in my gob. At any point in time, I will reserve the right to change things and follow new trails down rabbit holes. Heck, I will probably try the potato hack again in a few weeks. I'd like to claim that my eating will be Paleo/Primal in nature. It will in that the food groups will be observed and largely followed for those styles of eating. But it won't be because I just flat don't have the budget to eat that way. I can't afford grassfed. And I do good to afford organic in the Big 12 Dirty Dozen only. Wish it was different but not at this time.
My goal of course is to lose weight, lessen inflammation, increase activity and functionality, increase stamina, keep cancer at bay as I date NED (No Evidence of Disease). And of course, I want this to feel like a natural and sustainable way of eating without having to sweat it if I have a day where my fat is higher or my calories are higher or carbs are higher.
I will still be trying to take photos of meals. I would like to illustrate that calorie dense, calorie restriction and intermittent fasting isn't a deal breaker, ball busting style of eating. On the contrary, I honestly don't know how someone can sit down and eat 2100 cals (my up day calorie balance) while keeping protein at 60g and keeping carbs at the 40-60g net carb level. That only adds up to about 1200-1400 cals. I think it would be very hard to add that much extra fat and if I do, I guarantee I will gain at that level, cuz I gained at the 1200-1400 level with fats at the 70% area.
JUDDD - Day 1 - Sunday December 9, 2012 (Medium Day = 1000 cals)
Breakfast - (87Cals; 5.1g F (51% F); 3.7g C; 1.0g Fib; 8.1g P; 2.7g NetCarbs)
Note - This is a small breakfast snack eaten late at 11am. I will try to keep the Circadian Rhythm Reset eating window of 11am - 6pm. I'm having 2 big meals today and I would not be hungry if I'd consumed a larger breakfast.
Lunch - (370Cals; 27g F (66% F); 15.5g C; 6.2g Fib; 16.9g P; 9.3g Net Carbs)
Taco Salad
Dinner - (426Cals; 23.4g F (49%F); 29.5g C; 7.7g Fib; 29.7g P; 21.8g Net Carbs)
Grilled Lamb Steak
Roasted Acorn Squash
Brussel Sprouts with Lemon and Thyme
Weight - 238.4
Mood - 8
Pain - 5
Exercise - House Cleaning
Well folks what an amazing journey the last three days provided. I ate mostly potatoes, apple cider vinegar, kosher salt and potassium salt for the last three days - pretty much ad libatum (as desired) and to satiety. Very interesting results. I say mostly because I had a 2am cheat on the second day of jack cheese, hard salami and pork loin and I added a tiny bit of jack cheese, pork loin and tomato to last night's dinner (about 1/2 oz of cheese and pork and 1 small slice tomato).
I ate an enormous amount of potatoes yesterday! About 43.9oz of potatoes or almost 3lbs of potatoes. Faith and begora Paddy! Thems a lotta tatties. That's a shore. So to see 123 on an fbg isn't unexpected. But I had horrible leg cramps yesterday. I've been fighting leg cramps for the last few months (3-4). My oncologist says it may be due in large part to the anti-hormone drug I'm on and suggested I start eating 1/4tsp of NoSALT a day (about 650mg of Potassium Salt or KCl). I exceeded that amount yesterday along with kosher salt and sea salt and also had a Cal/Mag supplement. Hooooo boy! Bad news.
So...I think I'm concluding this adventure in potato hack dieting due to the increase in this morning's fasting blood glucose. In total, I've lost 9.0lbs since the day I started 3 days ago. That's awesome news!!!
Atkins OWL - means I would eat higher carbs (40-60g of net carbs) per day with lower fat 40-60% fat per day, and between 60-80g protein from all sources. The up side to this is I know I lose with this style of eating and it also allows me the greatest freedom of choice in food sources. My body seems to prefer a slightly lower fat level. I also know my A1c is about 5.9 with that style of eating.
Nutritional Ketosis - means I would eat lower carbs/Induction Level types of carbs (20g total carbs) per day with higher fat 65-85% fat per day. I would have somewhere around 60g of protein daily. Just recently I gained eating this way (see my experiment of the previous 10 days before the potato hack). But, I realize in retrospect, I wasn't really doing NK. I was doing Atkins Induction. NK would be much more stringent. I would need to cut down on my protein a tiny bit, and cut back on the carbs quite a lot. So maybe that's the big difference in the AI and NK?
I dunno. It's confusing. I believe the science and what it's showing about how nourishing a high fat diet is and how bad carbs are for us. But I'm not sure my body loses well with high fat over 65%. I think it's possible that for me personally, I have to have some fat deficit in addition to the carb and calorie deficit in order to lose. But I could be full of bull and just haven't been doing things correctly all these years. I admit the possibility of being a mere mortal and being wrong. There I said it.
So this will be an on the fly of what goes in my gob. At any point in time, I will reserve the right to change things and follow new trails down rabbit holes. Heck, I will probably try the potato hack again in a few weeks. I'd like to claim that my eating will be Paleo/Primal in nature. It will in that the food groups will be observed and largely followed for those styles of eating. But it won't be because I just flat don't have the budget to eat that way. I can't afford grassfed. And I do good to afford organic in the Big 12 Dirty Dozen only. Wish it was different but not at this time.
My goal of course is to lose weight, lessen inflammation, increase activity and functionality, increase stamina, keep cancer at bay as I date NED (No Evidence of Disease). And of course, I want this to feel like a natural and sustainable way of eating without having to sweat it if I have a day where my fat is higher or my calories are higher or carbs are higher.
I will still be trying to take photos of meals. I would like to illustrate that calorie dense, calorie restriction and intermittent fasting isn't a deal breaker, ball busting style of eating. On the contrary, I honestly don't know how someone can sit down and eat 2100 cals (my up day calorie balance) while keeping protein at 60g and keeping carbs at the 40-60g net carb level. That only adds up to about 1200-1400 cals. I think it would be very hard to add that much extra fat and if I do, I guarantee I will gain at that level, cuz I gained at the 1200-1400 level with fats at the 70% area.
JUDDD - Day 1 - Sunday December 9, 2012 (Medium Day = 1000 cals)
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| Breakfast Snack - Hard Boiled Egg, Campari Tomatoes, Decaff Coffee, black, unsweetened |
- 1 large Hard Boiled Egg
- 3 oz Campari Tomatoes
- 36oz Decaff Coffee, black, unsweetened
Lunch - (370Cals; 27g F (66% F); 15.5g C; 6.2g Fib; 16.9g P; 9.3g Net Carbs)
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| Taco Salad with Easy Taco Meat |
- 3c Romaine
- 4 Grape Tomatoes
- 1/8c Red Onion
- 1/8c Radish
- 1/8 Avocado
- 3/8c Easy Taco Meat
- 1/2oz Pepper Jack Cheese
- 3 Tbsp WF Balsamic Dressing
Dinner - (426Cals; 23.4g F (49%F); 29.5g C; 7.7g Fib; 29.7g P; 21.8g Net Carbs)
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| Marinated Grilled Lamb Leg Steak with Roasted Acorn Squash and Brussels Sprouts |
- 4oz Leg of Lamb Steak, raw measure
- 1tsp Olive Oil
- 1tsp Dijon Mustard
- 1/2 Tbsp Worcestershire
- 1/2 clove Garlic, pressed
- 1 tsp Lemon Zest
- 1/2tsp Fresh Rosemary
- 1/2tsp Fresh Thyme
- 1/4tsp Black Pepper
- 1/4tsp Kosher Salt
Roasted Acorn Squash
- 1/4 Acorn squash
- 1tsp Olive Oil
- S/P/Granulated Garlic
Brussel Sprouts with Lemon and Thyme
- 5oz Brussel Sprouts
- 2tsp Olive Oil
- 1 clove Garlic
- 1/4tsp Fresh Thyme
- 1/2tsp Lemon Juice
Those food pictures look soooo good, want to just grab them out of here and eat them! Thank you so much for sharing. I have read about NK, but glad I am not the only one confused about it. I gave up. Just watch the carbs and calories. Was gone somewhere every day last week in the evening. Fun stuff, but sure don't want to repeat that often. So I would get home and too tired to fix and eat dinner. I did lose some weight. Funny side effect, don't need to get to the grocery store very often, that's okay. Praying for that pain level to go down (or up?) to zero (or 10?, not sure of your scale). And was shocked and sad that you have to have another surgery. Praying for you, my dear!! Gentle hugs.
ReplyDeleteWow on being too tired to eat! But I can so relate to being too tired to cook. Was this close to cheating with Chuy's Mexican last night. My pain scale is that a 10 is the most pain you can have. My pre-surgery baseline is a 3 or 4. Right now I'm at a 6. MUAH!
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