Everything Eaten Yesterday

I want to know how Ogionik's two week thing went.

B: grapefruit, toast, coffee
S: more coffee, muffin (where's that grip?)
L: tuna salad and a bagel.
D: piece of chicken leg and thigh,

300/183.0/-17.1

Grips, Joe, aren't they people who help out on movie sets?

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 Instant Oatmeal packets
Fish Oil Capsule
Graham Crackers, plain, honey, or cinnamon, 2 crackers (2-1/2" square)

Lunch: Sensible Foods Soy Nuts, 1 serving
Dr. McDougall's Vegan Curry, 1 serving

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Jespah's Bean Soup (slow cooker), 2 servings
Rice Cakes, 2 cakes
Guacamole, 1 serving

Snack: Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)
Fruit Salad, 1 1/4 cup
Apples, fresh, 1 medium

CALORIES 1538 CARBS 258 g FAT 31 g PROTEIN 46 g Sodium 1971 mg

The graham crackers were because I donated blood. My pressure is low but not alarming, and my pulse was sleepy (in the 50s).

Monday
B: banana, ff cottage cheese
E: walked 1:40
L: shredded wheat, skim milk, apple
D: brown rice sushi (tuna), raspberries
S: air popped popcorn w/2 tsp evoo & a little sea salt

Tuesday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: leftover bulgur & veggies
S: mini bag of 94%ff popcorn, grapes
E: 30 min treadmill
D: brown rice, broccoli
S: air popped popcorn w/2 tsp evoo & a little sea salt

Wednesday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: tandoori chicken breast, cucumber salad, cauliflower curry, fruit (lunch out at a Thai place)
D: grilled swordfish, veggies, 2 fried plaintain strips, 1 yucca fry, 3 bites of birthday cake (dinner out too - oy - which meant no time for the gym)

Thursday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: leftover bulgur & veggies
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn, carrots & celery
E: 35 min treadmill, 35 min bike, weights
D: chicken cacciatore over ww couscous
(back on track today, it seems)

day 289-292/163.8/-8.8

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 Instant Oatmeal packets
Fish Oil Capsule

Lunch: Sensible Foods Soy Nuts, 1 serving
Dr. McDougall's Vegan Curry, 1 serving

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Jespah's Bean Soup (slow cooker), 1 serving
Tofu, extra firm, 0.2 block
Chicken Breast, no skin, 1 ounce
Peppers, sweet, red, fresh, 1 cup
Guacamole, 1 serving

Snack: Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)
Fruit Salad, 1 1/4 cup
Apples, fresh, 1 medium

CALORIES 1513 CARBS 235 g FAT 35 g PROTEIN 58 g Sodium 1683 mg

This week zoomed by.... .
B: regular
L: chicken salad, diet coke
D: piece of ..... chicken... one beer.

301/180.7/zoomed down!

live by the zoom ... .
b: omelette (spinach, cheese,) bagel AND a muffin, coffee
E: three and half miles
L: chicken sandwich, diet coke
D: (with a friend) 2 Martinis and a more Chicken.

Bahtawk! I had too much chicken lately.
302/182.1/-18.00

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Fish Oil Capsule
sensible foods apple harvest, 1 serving
sensible foods cherry berry, 1 serving

Lunch: Tuna, Canned in Water, 3 oz 99 0 1 22
Fiber One Country White Bread, 2 serving 200 48 2 8
Broccoli, fresh, 1 cup, chopped 25 5 0 3
Parmesan Cheese, hard, 0.5 oz 56 0 4 5

Dinner: Chicken Breast, no skin, 4 ounces
Tofu, extra firm, 0.2 block
Broccoli, fresh, 1 cup
Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Baked Potato, with skin, 1 medium

Snack: Orville Redenacher's Smart Pop Kettle Corn, Mini Bag, 1 serving
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)
1 pear
Fruit Salad, 1 1/4 cup

CALORIES 1637 CARBS 268 g FAT 25 g PROTEIN 111 g Sodium 2037 mg

Fat was low.

Friday

2 coffees and splashes

two scrambled eggs/hot curry powder/chile powder pinches in warm tomato tortilla wrap (I have to cut the tortilla, it's way too big)

apple raisin torta

pellegrino

soup made from leftover swiss chard onion etc. risotto with chicken broth

glass of red

Friday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: turkey, turnip greens, broccoli
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn, grapes
E: 30 min treadmill, 35 min bike
D: rotisserie chicken 1/4, spinach
S: ff cottage cheese

Saturday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana
E: walked 1:15
L: leftover chicken cacciatore & ww couscous
S: apple, ff cottage cheese
D: rotisserie chicken 1/4, broccoli

days 293-294/163.8/-8.8

B: grpfrt,tst,cof
L: Tuna and greens, diet coke, brownie
e:ran a little over six miles
D: hamburger and some chicken broth, some pickles, some red peppers....gatorade and water.
303/180.1/-20 pounds

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Blueberries, fresh, 0.5 cup
Jam, 1 tbsp
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp
Fiber One Country White Bread, 2 servings

Lunch: Feta Cheese, 0.5 oz
Sour Cream, 1 tbsp
Mixed Vegetables, 1 c
Bread, pita, white, 0.5 pita, large (6-1/2" dia)
Vegetables, Mixed Salad Greens, 0.5 serving

Dinner: Broccoli, fresh, 1 cup
Couscous, 1 cup
Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Atlantic Salmon (fish), 4 oz

Snack: Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)
Fruit Salad, 1 1/4 cup

CALORIES 1570 CARBS 256 g FAT 30 g PROTEIN 89 g Sodium 1662 mg

Saturday

two coffees, 1.5 sugar

pastrami and cheddar cheese and pickled jalapeno strips on two slices of ital bread with some garlicky olive oil, foil wrapped and baked

peach nectar, diluted, plus ice

some leftover tuna salad sans bread

two bowls of New strange soup - let's call it freezer delight:

1/2 onion chopped, 1/2 carrot chopped, sauteed in two tablespoons olive oil
two or three cups of previously cooked and frozen cranberry beans
several cups of water
1 small can of Hatch diced tomatoes and jalapenos
the remains of a big can of whole tomatoes and sauce, chopped
a package of red kidney bean curry (rajma masala) - has some ginger in it
chicken broth

two glasses red

I forgot, there was some frozen/thawed beef adobo in that new strange soup. Heh, a peppy soup.

Here's a rajma masala recipe - which interests me because every packaged indian food treasure that I've tried has waaaaay too much salt for me, despite how I love the tasty concoctions. In the case of the New Strange Soup using rajma masala, the salt is diluted with water, but I don't always make soup out of these packages. So -
http://www.syvum.com/cgi/online/serve.cgi/recipes/srcpv19.tdf?0

Hmm, I've some more frozen cooked cranberry beans - and all the rest of the ingredients except enough ginger root. We'll see. Er, no asafoetida, but I don't care..

B:grpfrt, toast, coffee
E: raced four miles, trotted two
B: another one, I know. eggs, waffle, bacon coffee
L: Second breakfast was Lunch
D: roast beef sandwich, two beers, slice of ham while making lunchs.
304/180.6/just where I was 30 days ago.

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Blueberries, fresh, 0.5 cup
Jam, 1 tbsp
Cottage ch and veg omelet, 1 serving
Fiber One Country White Bread, 2 servings

Lunch: Sour Cream, 1 tbsp
Mixed Vegetables, 1 c
Bread, pita, white, 0.5 pita, large (6-1/2" dia)
Baked Potato, with skin, 1 medium
Chicken Breast, no skin, 4 ounces
Monterey Cheese, 1 oz
Broccoli, fresh, 1 cup, chopped

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Artichoke and veg pizza (1/4 pie), 1 serving

Snack: Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)
Fruit Salad, 1 1/4 cup

CALORIES 1739 CARBS 287 g FAT 38 g PROTEIN 123 g Sodium 2056 mg

Original Weight: 346
Current Weight: 199
Change since last week: 0.0
Overall change: down 147 lbs.

Since April 20th, I have been flirting with the same 2.4 pounds. The highest # during that time was 201.4. The lowest was today/last week: 199. This is over the course of 7 weeks (I actually started this 7 week period at 200.8). Hence, over the course of 7 weeks, I have lost a breathtaking 1.8 lbs., AKA about a quarter of a pound per week.

I don't need alli to lose a quarter of a pound per week.

Therefore, I have begun an experiment.

I stopped taking alli yesterday, and will not take it again until July 5th, or 5 weeks from yesterday. I will also do less lifting (although it will be heavier; I'm looking to add more recovery time between sessions), and more intense cardio, and will try to drink more water. I'll continue to track and report on my food, and will continue to eat as if I were on alli, e. g. 19 g of fat/meal or less, making sure to get in 3 main meals/day plus snacks, etc. I will try to tip the proportions more toward protein, and less toward carbs, than they have been. I'll go to the gym 3x/week and try to do faster/more intense/steeper cardio.

And then on July 5th I'll see what's happened. The results actually do not specifically matter in terms of starting up alli again, as I will do it no matter what happens (I've got 4 months' worth of alli in the house, but won't order any more). But let's see what happens on the break. Stay tuned.

I'm tuned! I'm tuned!

And I look forward to seeing what happens.

Very interesting, Jes, and a good primer for when you do stop it long term. Go, Gurl!

Sunday
two coffees, 1 tsp sugar

two small pieces of ital toast, sort of a mini loaf, and marmelade

hefty bowl of New strange soup (lots of beans, olive oil, tomato, onion, some beef, much spice, small amt pasta)

bowl of packaged punjab eggplant (looked up recipe because of the salt, it seems easy). I could do it, I could, I could.

2 glasses/red wine/much ice
lot of pellegrino

Thanks! So far, so good.

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 Instant Oatmeal packets
Fish Oil Capsule

Lunch: Sensible Foods Soy Nuts, 1 serving
Dr. McDougall's Black Bean w/Lime, 1 serving

Dinner: 14 oz mixed greens salad
4 oz skinless fried chicken
Skim Milk, 1 cup
Mixed Vegetables, 1 c
Baked Potato, with skin, 1 small

Snack: Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)
Fruit Salad, 1 1/4 cup
Apples, fresh, 1 medium

CALORIES 1783 CARBS 282 g FAT 36 g PROTEIN 72 g Sodium 2176 mg