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Old Thu, Sep-06-01, 23:07
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Plan: Atkins/PP/BFL
Stats: 400/223/200 Male 5 ft 11
BF:37%/17%/12%
Progress: 89%
Location: Ottawa, ON
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Rachel, I couldn't make it last dinner, but if I did, I'me sure I'd have noticed that you just keep shrinking! Don't forget that in addition to the study, you are working out, which adds muscle.
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Old Thu, Sep-06-01, 23:39
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Plan: LC paleo/ancestral
Stats: 241/188/140 Female 165 cm
BF:
Progress: 52%
Location: Eastern ON, Canada
Smile dont' worry Rachel

I was reading your post and thinking the same as you .. gee, she's doing everything right ... how come?? Then I read about the stress and new job hassles .. and I remember this happened to you last spring too, and this summer. It's just water weight hanging on ... stress and adrenalin and cortisols will make you hold onto water .. your body wants to be ready for the imaginary disaster.

I have no doubt the whoosh will be happening this weekend

Doreen
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Old Fri, Sep-07-01, 10:14
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 162/124/120 Female 5'1"
BF:
Progress: 90%
Location: Vancouver,BC
Default 138 AGAIN this morning....sigh....

Thanks, Wa'il and Doreen, you're probably both right. I think I've got past the point in working out where muscle building happens quickly, though I know I've put on a few pounds of muscle since mid-June, when I started. And I HAVE certainly shrunk, though it's hard to say if any of that shrinkage has happened this last three weeks or so. Despite all my whingeing, though, I'm still four pounds less today than I was a month ago, on August 6. I guess I was just hoping for more dramatic results during the course of the study.

And I think you're right, Doreen, about the stress, and the timing of my short (or not so short) stalls. That's the one thing about starting a new contract every few months, it's always a new job. I like the variety, but it does get stressful. The good news is, I'll settle into it soon. I imagine that whoosh will be coming, maybe not this weekend, but soon enough.

Well, I shall persevere until the end of the study, I certainly have nothing no lose by doing so (pun intended! ), and I'm establishing better eating habits than those I had before we started: fewer nuts and carby treats, more veggies, more mono and omega oils. That's gotta be good for something!
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Old Sat, Sep-08-01, 13:15
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 162/124/120 Female 5'1"
BF:
Progress: 90%
Location: Vancouver,BC
Default Day 1: Regular LC (Atkins)

Day in Cycle: 1
Week: 4
Day: Fri. Sept 7
Today’s Program: Regular LC

Weight this morning: 138

Foods eaten:

3 c. black coffee
1 tbsp lemon in water
6 oz. beef
1/2 c. daikon, 1/2 c. green pepper, sauteed with beef
1/2 c. mushroom pate (shrooms, veg oil, cream cheese, pesto)
1 oz. pork rinds
4 oz. lamb chop
casserole made with eggplant dipped in egg and cream and fried, layered with parmesan cheese, hot peppers, and cilantro - about 2 cups
2 glasses red wine

Calories: 1758
Protein: 111 gm (a bit too high, I think)
% of protein: 26%
Fat: 115
% of fat: 60%
Carbohydrates: 36-10 fibre = 26
% of carbohydrates: 6%
Alcohol 19 gm (8%)

Activities: 30 min. walk

Thoughts: Love the new smilies, Wa'il!!!

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Old Sat, Sep-08-01, 21:08
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 162/124/120 Female 5'1"
BF:
Progress: 90%
Location: Vancouver,BC
Default Day 2: Fat Fast

Day in Cycle: 2
Week: 4
Day: Sat. Sept 8
Today’s Program: Fat Fast

Weight this morning: 138

Foods eaten:

-3 c. black coffee
-omelette made with 2 egg yolks, 1 tbsp cream, filled with 1 tbsp cream cheese (yumacious)
-2 meals and one snack consisting of a total of: 1 avocado (4 oz), 1 c. lettuce, 1 tbsp each olive oil and mayo, 10 olives, 1 tbsp cream cheese
-1.5 oz macadamias

Calories: 1014
Protein: 15 gm
% of protein: 6%
Fat: 103
% of fat: 91%
Carbohydrates: 18-9=9
% of carbohydrates: 3%

Activities: went for a long, leisurely afternoon walk with a friend: 2-3 hours. Didn't make it to the gym (only went twice this week), but I'm feeling too relaxed to worry about it.

Thoughts: Really enjoyed relaxing in the sun with my friend today. We even shopped! (I hate shopping!) Bought new walking shoes (mine wore out during the bus strike) and a pair of lightweight binocs for birdwatching.

Had more energy on this Fat Fast day than I've felt during previous ones.

My friend says I'm looking thinner, but I'd like to see a drop in either the scale or the measuring tape, oh, well! Patience.....

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Old Sun, Sep-09-01, 21:42
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 162/124/120 Female 5'1"
BF:
Progress: 90%
Location: Vancouver,BC
Default Day 3: Calorie Boost

Day in Cycle: 3
Week: 4
Day: Sun. Sept 9
Today’s Program: Calorie Boost (aiming at 1781)

Weight this morning: 137

Foods eaten:

-2 c. black coffee
-2.5 sl. crisp bacon
-1 c. brocolli, dipped in 1 tbsp mayo
-5 oz. lamb chop
-1 1/2 c. zucchini
-2 tbsp mint chutney (mint, vinegar, hot green peppers, spices)
-2 tbsp. canola oil
-1 oz. pork rinds, dipped in 1 tbsp mayo and 1 tsp mustard
-1 oz. beef jerky (homemade, no sugar)
-4 largeish chicken wings, curried in 1 tbsp curry paste, with 1 c. shredded cabbage and 1/2 c. green beans

Calories: 1746
Protein: 104 gm
% of protein: 25%
Fat: 134 gm
% of fat: 71%
Carbohydrates: 26 (including 10 gm fibre)
% of carbohydrates: 4%

Activities: Two 1-hour walks in the SUNSHINE!!!!

Thoughts: I've been trying really hard to think THIN thoughts all day. I'm also trying to decide what to do when this Study is over. I'm not too happy with losing and gaining the same pound over and over again, and I'm not sure it's healthy.

For a while I wanted to continue the rotation diet, or some form of it, beyond the study, now I'm not so sure. At the moment, I'm thinking I'll go back to regular LC, though probably with a lot less dairy, more reliance on olive and nut oils, and trying to keep calories around 1500 per day (current body weight times 11).
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Old Mon, Sep-10-01, 22:11
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 162/124/120 Female 5'1"
BF:
Progress: 90%
Location: Vancouver,BC
Default Day 4: Stillman

Day in Cycle: 4
Week: 4
Day: Mon. Sept 10
Today’s Program: Stillman

Weight this morning: 137

Foods eaten:

-2 c. black coffee
-3 oz. chicken breast
-omelette made with 4 tbsp Break-free, 1 oz. shrimps, 1 oz. extra- lean ham, 1/4 c. dry curd cottage cheese
-1/2 c. shredded lettuce
-snack: 2 oz. extra-lean ham
-1 c. homemade chicken stock with NO fat, 4 oz. chicken breast, 'noodles' made with two egg whites (bland and kinda yucky)
-casserole with 5 oz. halibut, 2 oz. shrimps, 4 tbsp Break-free, 1/4 c. dry curd cottage cheese, 2 tbsps Lyon sauce

Calories: 984
Protein: 178 gm
% of protein: 76%
Fat: 20 gm
% of fat: 20%
Carbohydrates: 10-1=9 gm
% of carbohydrates: 4%

Activities: One 1-hour walk; 1 1/4 hour workout

Thoughts: I am still thinking thin, but it's difficult tonight as I feel STUFFED after my HUGE 350-calorie dinner! I don't think I like eating all this protein and no veg, though oddly enough the low-fat part doesn't bother me (not for a day at a time, anyway). I wonder what a "Stillman+veg" tweak would be like? I can see eating about half the amount of protein with about 20 carbs worth of veggies, though maybe adding veg would make a person hungrier.
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Old Tue, Sep-11-01, 21:52
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 162/124/120 Female 5'1"
BF:
Progress: 90%
Location: Vancouver,BC
Default Day 5: Calorie Boost

Day in Cycle: 5
Week: 4
Day: Tues. Sept 11
Today’s Program: The Calorie Boost that Wasn't

Weight this morning: 137.5

Foods eaten:

-3 c. black coffee
-2 thick sl. bacon
-2 oz. salami wrapped around 1 c. zucchini slices
-2 salmon patties (just fresh ground salmon, egg, garlic, spices)
-2 c. shredded cabbage
-1/2 c. shrooms, sliced
-10 oz. (raw weight, incl. bones) pork ribs, done in 2 tbsp President's Choice low-cal sweet and sour sauce (1 carb/tbsp)

Calories: 1288
Protein: 89 gm
% of protein: 28%
Fat: 92 gm
% of fat: 66%
Carbohydrates: 27-9=18 gm
% of carbohydrates: 6%

Activities: Half-hour walk

Thoughts: At first I didn't feel like caring about what I was/wasn't eating, or even posting today, after hearing all the horrible news. I was working out at the university, and during the afternoon I was overhearing bits and pieces of radio news from the office next door, and it sounded bad enough that I didn't WANT to know - I knew I'd be too upset to work or face my students. Then I came home and checked the online news and it was even worse than I'd thought.

Well, habitual action is soothing, so for better or for worse, here's my entry for today.
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Old Wed, Sep-12-01, 23:23
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 162/124/120 Female 5'1"
BF:
Progress: 90%
Location: Vancouver,BC
Default Day 6 - Regular LC (Atkins)

Day in Cycle: 6
Week: 4
Day: Wed. Sept 12
Today’s Program: Regular LC (Atkins)

Weight this morning: 137.5

Foods eaten:

-4 c. black coffee
-lemon in water
-2 thick sl. bacon
-8 oz. ribs (6 oz. w/o bone)
-2 c. brocolli, 1 c. bok choy, 1/2 c. shrooms
-2 tbsp LC sweet & sour sauce
-salad made with 1 c. steamed brocolli, 3 oz. shrimp, 1 tbsp each mayo and quark
-3 chicken wings, dipped in 2 tbsp Break-free (handy stuff!) and coated with crushed pork rinds and Parmesan
-1 c. wax beans with 1 tsp each butter and omega oil
-1 oz. macadamias
-dessert made with 1 tbsp each cream cheese, quark, cream, cocoa, and some Splenda

Calories: 1810
Protein: 108 gm
% of protein: 24%
Fat: 139 gm
% of fat: 71%
Carbohydrates: 37-14=23 gm
% of carbohydrates: 5%

Activities: 1 1/2 hour workout

Thoughts: Hmmm. Looks like I had my Calorie Boost today instead of yesterday. Amazing the difference a bit of dairy makes. I could have done without the macs, too. Stress/tired eating tonight; not enough sleep. Hope I do better tomorrow. WHAT I ate was OK; just too much of it. I like having lots and lots of veggies, though.
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Old Mon, Sep-17-01, 09:22
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Progress: 90%
Location: Vancouver,BC
Default Still here, folks....

Hi, all. I was away for the weekend, and didn't have time to post my last day's results. Will do when I have time....
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Old Wed, Sep-19-01, 09:46
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 162/124/120 Female 5'1"
BF:
Progress: 90%
Location: Vancouver,BC
Default Day 7 - Regular LC (Atkins)

Day in Cycle: 7
Week: 4
Day: Thur. Sept 13
Today’s Program: Regular LC (Atkins)

Weight this morning: 138

Foods eaten:

-3 c. black coffee
-2 sl. bacon
-1/2 avocado w. 3 sl. salami
-1 c. brocolli with 3 oz. salmon; 1 tbsp. each mayo, quark
-1 oz. pumpkin seeds, 1/2 oz. pork rinds, 17 (exactly!) small olives
-8 oz. pork chop
-veggie casserole with 1 c. broccolli, 1/2 c. each green pepper, shrooms, 2 tbsp each Break-free, cream, 1/2 c. dry curd cottage cheese (using up leftovers!), 2 tbsp Parmesan
-1 oz. Brazils
-dessert with 2 tbsps each quark, cream cheese, cream, and some cocoa and Splenda

Calories: 2141
Protein: 144 gm
% of protein: 27%
Fat: 161 gm
% of fat: 68%
Carbohydrates: 42-15=27 gm
% of carbohydrates: 5%

Activities: 40 min. walk

Thoughts: Stress eating the last few days of the Study (and since, alas; it's now the 19th). No appreciable weight loss after the first 2-pound whoosh.
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Old Wed, Sep-19-01, 10:56
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Plan: Atkins/PP/BFL
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BF:37%/17%/12%
Progress: 89%
Location: Ottawa, ON
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Rachel, how about a measurements report?

Congrats on completing this project, and the inches I'm sure you've lost

Wa'il
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