So this is the end of the second week. I had expected to be around 83kg today. In fact I am at 86.2kg. Not good, apparently.
I had rice for dinner (with tofu) last night. Not allowed, and will account for some extra mass.
It is very disappointing to see the weight figure so far above my expectations after 2 weeks.
My comfort is that the fat percentage is ahead of where I expected it to be: below 15% already!
Is this just major swings as I switch my diet back onto slow-carb? Will things level out (and the weight fall off) as I continue? We will see.
This diet is nothing if not interesting in the effects it has...
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
measure the fat percentage
As I approach the end of the second week, the quirks of this diet are coming back to me.
My weight is not dropping as fast as I hoped. In fact it is yoyoing around a bit, as can be seen on the graph. I had forgotten that this happens.I was not measuring my fat percentage and so this apparently slow progress was starting to be a bit demoralising.
In fact the fat percentage is dropping. Once this is is taken into account, I can see that the diet is causing body composition changes and not just weight loss. This is in fact the goal of the diet: I do not want to be a lightweight; I only want to have less fat.
I need plenty more fat % figures to be sure, but it is so important to monitor. If I do nothing else, the morning weigh-in and evening fat check must be done.
I weigh myself in the morning after a visit to the toilet. This gives me the best consistency in the amount of water/food in me. As a bonus, it is my lightest time of the day!
I do the fat check in the evening. For some reason it is all over the place in the morning. Evening checks last thing before bed (after toilet, once again!) give the best consistency.
current status
I have switched to Google docs, as this makes the whole update process seamless.
The values in the 'figures' page are now just since I have restarted. The old graphs are still there though.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
It is rest/binge day at the end of my first week back.
I had no idea how much I was working towards this. I have gone crazy on cashew nuts and chocolate (not to mention the pancakes we had for breakfast).
The week was not so easy, though I got here with no cheats. Saturday night was the worst.
At the end of the week I am down to 84.4kg. That's a 1.4kg drop, which will do nicely for a start.
Whether or not ketosis started last week is the question I am asking myself. The tell-tale signs were not really there: curious smelling urine, bad breath, suppressed appetite. Because of this, I think that I was still burning fuel in my body from carbs consumed during my holiday.
It is the appetite suppression that worries me the most. If I am hungry, I am thing about food. This is the danger time. Once the suppression kicks in, I do not even think about food at all.
Tomorrow will be the first day of the second week and I am actually looking forward to it. I really want to get back where I was, below 82kg and below 15% lard.
I had no idea how much I was working towards this. I have gone crazy on cashew nuts and chocolate (not to mention the pancakes we had for breakfast).
The week was not so easy, though I got here with no cheats. Saturday night was the worst.
At the end of the week I am down to 84.4kg. That's a 1.4kg drop, which will do nicely for a start.
Whether or not ketosis started last week is the question I am asking myself. The tell-tale signs were not really there: curious smelling urine, bad breath, suppressed appetite. Because of this, I think that I was still burning fuel in my body from carbs consumed during my holiday.
It is the appetite suppression that worries me the most. If I am hungry, I am thing about food. This is the danger time. Once the suppression kicks in, I do not even think about food at all.
Tomorrow will be the first day of the second week and I am actually looking forward to it. I really want to get back where I was, below 82kg and below 15% lard.
Monday, September 17, 2012
another nine months on
It is 18 months since the start of my 4 hour body change of diet (I am not on a diet, I have changed my diet). It was going well until May.
For whatever reason, I lost my way. The key problem was that I stopped weighing myself in the morning. I was relying on visual clues. It is now obvious how easily that I can convince myself that all is still on track when using such indicators...
Anyway, it wasn't so bad until July & August. In July I was away for a week with my friends mountain biking. Whilst this involves a lot of physical effort, it also involves a lot of stodgy food (tartiflette, chips, chocolate); and a lot of beer. Then, in August, my parents were here for a couple of weeks, which meant eating out and social drinking. And finally, at the end of August, a family holiday in the south of France, with the obvious food & drink attractions!
The result is that on return from my hols, my first Monday morning showed a weight of 86.8kg. What more motivation do I need to kick-start my monitoring and get back on track..?
For whatever reason, I lost my way. The key problem was that I stopped weighing myself in the morning. I was relying on visual clues. It is now obvious how easily that I can convince myself that all is still on track when using such indicators...
Anyway, it wasn't so bad until July & August. In July I was away for a week with my friends mountain biking. Whilst this involves a lot of physical effort, it also involves a lot of stodgy food (tartiflette, chips, chocolate); and a lot of beer. Then, in August, my parents were here for a couple of weeks, which meant eating out and social drinking. And finally, at the end of August, a family holiday in the south of France, with the obvious food & drink attractions!
The result is that on return from my hols, my first Monday morning showed a weight of 86.8kg. What more motivation do I need to kick-start my monitoring and get back on track..?
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