Brenda's V2 journal
 

o.k. here it goes, today is day 1, so regular lc. i weighed and did measurements which i will try not to do again until this whole thing is over. here they are:
weight.......135 (up, but did pig out yesterday)
height........64"
l arm..........11 1/2
r arm..........11 1/2
chest..........33 3/4
bust...........35
waist.........29
abdomen...32
hips...........38
l thigh........22 1/2
r thigh.......23
l/r calf........14 1/2 each.
need to figure out what my reasonable goals will be from this project. i know one is to eliminate artificial sweeteners. till later,
brenda

day one
 

regular lc day...

source grams cals %total
Total: 1684
Fat: 111 61%
Carbs: 45 8%
Fiber: 11 0%
Protein: 123 30%


1oz almonds
2 egg omelet w/ 2 oz. havarti made in 1 tbl. butter
1 coffee w/ cream
2 serv. curry chicken
2 cups cauliflower
2 oz london broil
1 cup carbolite frozen yogurt
2 tbl. Karen's chocolate truffle
Totals 1684 111 45 123

ready for stillman..
brenda

11/24
 

Calories Eaten Today
source grams cals %total
Total: 760
Fat: 19 23%
Carbs: 2 1%
Fiber: 0 0%
Protein: 135 76%



Coffee, 8 oz. no cream, w/ stevia
Egg, white only, cooked 2
Chicken, breast,broiled, skin not eaten 7 oz. dry
Finfish, halibut 8 oz
Steak, london broil 2.5 oz.

went to whole foods market looking for dry curd, but no luck. did get some natural, no additives bacon.
what a boring eating day. really craved some cream for my coffee, but didn't do it. not having sweets at night is quite a challenge for me, but i think this might break my habit. no workout, me think not enough calories to sustain a workout. will run today, and weights tomorrow!
till then
brenda

calorie boost day
 

i have a headache and also am a slow starter. here goes:

Week : Week 1
Day : Day 3
Date, Day of Week : Nov 25th, Sunday
Today’s Program : Calorie Boost

Activity (optional): i ran for 20 min. on the treadmill doing short sprint intervals. not too much energy today. abs are sore from strength training on Friday

Thoughts (optional): i could not be doing this with out you guys!! thanks again.
ate:

1 Bacon slice, cooked
3 Egg, white only
1 cup Spinach, cooked, from fresh, fat not added in cooking
4 cupsLettuce, cos or romaine,
2 cups ground beef, extra lean, cookedm w. taco seasoning
2 cups Broccoli, cooked, from fresh,
1 tbls. Olive oil
4 oz. Chicken, breast, without bone, broiled, no skin
Totals 1177 63 35 124

Calories Eaten Today
source grams cals %total
Total: 1177
Fat: 63 51%
Carbs: 35 5%
Fiber: 21 0%
Protein: 124 44%

Hi Lorrie,
 

I'm the latest member of the Tuff Luv Tag-team (see my project journal for some insight)

The easiest way to increase cal count on Cal boost days is with fat intake, so I'm wondering why the egg whites only (no yolk?) and the lean meats? Stillman days = low fat protein but we get to swing to the other end of the spectrum on Cal boost days. After the last group study project, Doreen identified that she was eating lean proteins on Cal Boost days, which is a mistake 'cause you (global you includes all of us) can get bored with lean proteins and no fat.

At a minimum, your cal boost day should be 1330 cals (10x133) and today it was 8.84. The risk in undereating is that your body might go into 'starvation mode' and cal boost at minimum cal intake of 10 x current weight is designed to prevent this. Butter on those veggies will probably do it.

HTH,

11/26 stillman
 

11/26
week 1
day 4
November 26, stillman

who is this stillman guy, and why do i have to eat this cr__!
seriously though, i can not wait till tomorrow when i can eat some veggies! i'm clarifying some butter tonight so i can have that with my green beans, broccoli, and spinach! (see, i'm planning).


Calories Eaten Today
Total: 790
Fat: 16 19%
Carbs: 4 2%
Fiber: 0 0 0%
Protein: 145 78%


3 oz.Chicken, drumstick, without bone, roasted, skin not eaten
8 oz. Chicken, breast, with , roasted, skin not eaten
8 oz. BETTER'N EGGS
6 oz. halibut, cooked, dry heat
and one sf green apple jello (delish)


activities: a full day of costco, school, orthodontist, grocery store, walmart, and starting to decorate for christmas.
did regular strength training workout, will post in exercise forum.

thoughts: i'm dreaming of a DAIRY regular lc day. no need to worry about low caloric intake on stillman days, i'll make up for it. i even bought some nuts!!(ouch) they are staring me in the face, and i am stronger than them!
stillman is tough, but i am getting the hang of it. bf thinks i'm a bit nuts, and in his defence, i am. memory is definitely lagging the past few days.
till tomorrow!
brenda

Stillman aint easy, Brenda, but fat fast is worse. Trust me; you don't wanna go there.



Figured I'd answer here, you're definitely going to see this way.

I'm not sure what would have happened had I continued on the way I was going. I do know that with the new facts and information I'd found that continuing on the way I had wasn't likely; I was doing way too much aerobic work and not enough weight training. A change was inevitable.

As for the pills.... Too damned many! I think I'm up to 13 pills in the a.m. and a few spaced out with meals. Hate taking the niacin the most, I can only find 100g pills and I need 500g and they're not capusles, they're like asprins so they get stuck in your throat. Thought about hiding them in some butter this morning and swallowing that way. Meow.

Nat

butter works delightfully for my ....
 

13y.o. puppy :D

Just don't do it on NO-dairy days :lol:

now i'm stuck
 

the butter thing, i was told that clarified, or ghee, is fine on the no dairy day. if not, i'm stuck because i used it today.
renda

11/27 calorie boost
 

YEA!!! i did it. very successful day altogether. did a little planning last nigh, and it made a world of difference today. starting to have those funky dreams again. i was in the ocean and a jelly fish was trying to get me. i threw my sweater on it and then stairs appeared. i climbed them to enter my GRADE SCHOOL (horror) reunion in process, dripping wet, and SMOKING. i need to hook up with my therapist again. this is killin' me.
anyway...

Calories Eaten Today
Total: 1394
Fat: 84 55%
Carbs: 36 7%
Fiber: 11 0%
Protein: 127 37%

foods eaten:

423.5 grams green beans, sauced in ghee
2 oz. chicken skins
2 cups broccoli
6 oz chicken breast, from roasted bird
2 cups romaine
1 cup extra lean ground beef
1 tbl. mayo
2 oz. tuna
1 sf jello!!

happy happy joy joy.
brenda
i ran 3 miles today and made some self discoveries, detailed in exercise journal.
went to another health food store looking for dry curd cottage cheese but to no avail. i'll have to start calling around.
can't wait for tomorrow. now i'm debating about a.m. coffee, i like not having the hassle.
till tomorrow, happy lcing
brenda

Am I losing my mind or did I see a change in your stats yesterday? 132.28 or something like that? Did you give in to the scale monster and then repent ;)

Freaky dreams are something many report when LCing..... they used to happen to me (had one yesterday in fact) I find now that I sleep the night through much more soundly though. Last nights was the first in a long time.

Nat

P.S. I found the dry crud, er curd, in the same place as the cottage cheese (it's shrink wrapped and it was from a NY deli), if that helps any.

dry curd........
 

All our 'local' dairies make the dry curd and it is in with the other cottage cheese(s) in the dairy case in the regular grocery store... I THINK it might sometimes be called Baker's Cheese...

Hope this helps!

PS: the comment about the butter and the puppy above? That was actually addressed to Nat... and her Cat. :lol:

hi Brenda
 

I found huge list of sources, stores, brand names etc of dry curd cottage cheese in the US, Canada and Internationally .. check it out here .. http://www.scdiet.org/8resources/dcccsources.html.

hth,

Doreen

Sorry to be clogging up yer project journal with a zillion posts ... but ....... dry crud isn't all that exciting, and not worth a major search effort, IMHO. Personally, I can't gag it down plain .. need to hide it in a recipe somehow.

The project guidelines do permit 1/2 cup lowfat ricotta or cottage cheese instead. I'm thinking I might go that route myself next week. More palatable, and easier to find at my usual grocery.

my 2¢

Doreen

Re: dry curd........
 

:D

Brenda should rename her Journal to the Dry Crud V2 Project.

N