Monday, November 26, 2012
14 day commit almost here
Nervous and excited. This Friday will inaugurate my second juice fast. I'll be back here documenting heavily my experience of the second go. I'm curious to see if this can become routine and how my body will react the second time around. Will day four be the big clense day again? Weigh in on Thursday morning, Thursday evening will be the big shop at Walmart and harris teeter. I've lost some of my flasks and need to locate all of these resources before this begins.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Birthday slip
Weight: 214
been bouncing around 212, but shot up to 214 after my birthday celebrations. cake, snacks, etc. Back onto the discipline now. Juice this morning. juice after lunch, minimal lunch, minimal dinner, juice at 8 etc.. goal is 1650 cal per day.. :*(
been bouncing around 212, but shot up to 214 after my birthday celebrations. cake, snacks, etc. Back onto the discipline now. Juice this morning. juice after lunch, minimal lunch, minimal dinner, juice at 8 etc.. goal is 1650 cal per day.. :*(
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Pounds up
weight: 214
I did over eat a bit last week, but as this is about a five pound gain in a very short period of time, I have to conclude water weight. I am however counting again and will be back on a once a day juicing until my next fast, which is in December. I'm thinking I will do the 14 day this time, as the 7lbs guy has updated his app to include this regime.
I did over eat a bit last week, but as this is about a five pound gain in a very short period of time, I have to conclude water weight. I am however counting again and will be back on a once a day juicing until my next fast, which is in December. I'm thinking I will do the 14 day this time, as the 7lbs guy has updated his app to include this regime.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
checking in
weight: 209.6
total loss in 5 weeks 13.5 pounds. average 2.5 pounds per week.
Yes, finally seeing movement again on the scale. I've been wrestling for weeks with water weight. I think that the 5 to 7 pounds you lose in the first couple of days on the juice diet is just water and waste, and that I've been slowly really losing that weight over the past month, it's just not shown too much on the scale. I should say I'm real happy that I didn't regain those 5 to 7 pounds.
Successful efforts in my grind
Hiked 3 miles on Tuesday at Eno park, and have been counting calories like a mad man. Every evening I wrestle with the snack man, AND WIN! Juice 1x per day for energy, low fats, no bread (only gluten free), no pasta, no cream sauces, fruits and vegetables, meats, minimal sweets (such as a 90 cal fat free pudding here or there) , almost no soda, almost no fast food. I cook most of the time. Eat on a schedule. Graze or eat up to five times per day. 8am 11am 2pm 6pm 9pm for a total of 1650 calories (using calculator from previous post)
Benefits of a Juice Fast.
total loss in 5 weeks 13.5 pounds. average 2.5 pounds per week.
Yes, finally seeing movement again on the scale. I've been wrestling for weeks with water weight. I think that the 5 to 7 pounds you lose in the first couple of days on the juice diet is just water and waste, and that I've been slowly really losing that weight over the past month, it's just not shown too much on the scale. I should say I'm real happy that I didn't regain those 5 to 7 pounds.
Successful efforts in my grind
Hiked 3 miles on Tuesday at Eno park, and have been counting calories like a mad man. Every evening I wrestle with the snack man, AND WIN! Juice 1x per day for energy, low fats, no bread (only gluten free), no pasta, no cream sauces, fruits and vegetables, meats, minimal sweets (such as a 90 cal fat free pudding here or there) , almost no soda, almost no fast food. I cook most of the time. Eat on a schedule. Graze or eat up to five times per day. 8am 11am 2pm 6pm 9pm for a total of 1650 calories (using calculator from previous post)
Benefits of a Juice Fast.
- teaches you a disciplined mind set
- an extremely healthy way to kick off a diet.
- detoxification
- a reprogramming of the taste buds
- a highly encouraging starting point ( I lost 9 pounds in 7 days)
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Good Habits
weight: 210.4
Grinding it out, but I'm in a flow now. It took about three weeks of disciplined effort to effect a moderate lifestyle change to loose weight. I live with the hunger pang on various occassions throughout the day, and to get past it I think about how good it feels to tighten the belt tighter and not feel so heavy an unhealthy.. These are not "staving" moments, just a moderate ache. Last night was a perfect day, with exercise (250 cal off) and food (1850 cal on).
Grinding it out, but I'm in a flow now. It took about three weeks of disciplined effort to effect a moderate lifestyle change to loose weight. I live with the hunger pang on various occassions throughout the day, and to get past it I think about how good it feels to tighten the belt tighter and not feel so heavy an unhealthy.. These are not "staving" moments, just a moderate ache. Last night was a perfect day, with exercise (250 cal off) and food (1850 cal on).
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Saturday Review
weight: 211.8
The evidence is in, ate a plate full of delicious appetizers on Saturday night last week at Tripps. This appetizer included 6 chicken wings, 6 chicken fingers, 6 fried cheezy beef enchilada wraps, a side of 3 sauces and 1/2 cup of blue cheese. FANTASTICO! I love this kind of food, in fact I WILL eat like this again just not for another several weeks or a month. The result of this..escapade, was a 6 pound increase on the scale between Saturday and Sunday. Granted, probably just the food sitting in there like a sunken battleship and allot of water retention, but it's demoralizing and one thing I don't need right now is to be demoralized. I assumed that within a day or two I'd be seeing the 211 again on my scale, NOT SO padawan! It took all week before I finally saw the number 211 on my scale again and I've been counting and going to the gym and working like a slave to be on target with my calorie count. So the moral? Don't eat crap unless you plan to work your ass off (literally) to recover from it.
This week will be a renewal to the calorie count of 1,551 plus exercise. I've found that during the week, my hardest times are still a result of staying up too late. This week I must plan to be asleep by 9:30 at least twice, this is the commitment. So to summarize this weeks commitments:
The evidence is in, ate a plate full of delicious appetizers on Saturday night last week at Tripps. This appetizer included 6 chicken wings, 6 chicken fingers, 6 fried cheezy beef enchilada wraps, a side of 3 sauces and 1/2 cup of blue cheese. FANTASTICO! I love this kind of food, in fact I WILL eat like this again just not for another several weeks or a month. The result of this..escapade, was a 6 pound increase on the scale between Saturday and Sunday. Granted, probably just the food sitting in there like a sunken battleship and allot of water retention, but it's demoralizing and one thing I don't need right now is to be demoralized. I assumed that within a day or two I'd be seeing the 211 again on my scale, NOT SO padawan! It took all week before I finally saw the number 211 on my scale again and I've been counting and going to the gym and working like a slave to be on target with my calorie count. So the moral? Don't eat crap unless you plan to work your ass off (literally) to recover from it.
This week will be a renewal to the calorie count of 1,551 plus exercise. I've found that during the week, my hardest times are still a result of staying up too late. This week I must plan to be asleep by 9:30 at least twice, this is the commitment. So to summarize this weeks commitments:
- Asleep by 9:30 at least twice this week
- 3 x in the gym doing cardio
- plan meals Saturday
- shop and cook on Sunday
Thursday, September 27, 2012
End of Week
Gym today, cycle for 20 minutes, sweat like a pig, may have to reconsider lunchtime cardio sesssions.
Weigh in day is on Saturday. Feeling highly motivated to see success. Lots of salt in the diet on Sunday threw my numbers way up for the week and have been trying to get the weight down ever since. One thing to realize if you indulge one day, your body wants to hold onto it like some kind of life raft. I'm not going to commit to some type of monastic lifestyle, but, I respect that if I do the crime, gotta do the time (in the gym).
Today's menu
breakfast:
Weigh in day is on Saturday. Feeling highly motivated to see success. Lots of salt in the diet on Sunday threw my numbers way up for the week and have been trying to get the weight down ever since. One thing to realize if you indulge one day, your body wants to hold onto it like some kind of life raft. I'm not going to commit to some type of monastic lifestyle, but, I respect that if I do the crime, gotta do the time (in the gym).
Today's menu
breakfast:
- waffle
- syrup
- strawberries
- Salad with feta cheese
- dried cranberries
- 1/4 avacado
- dressing
- all else = zero cal
- super juice
- stir fry with vegetables
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