Draglist's Journal, 26 August 2015

Woke at 216.8, had pizza and beer for lunch, and came home at 218.8. Did some heavy duty Googling for extreme water gain. Found some answers on the trusty LeanGains site. My issue may be stress induced Cortisol from long periods of extreme low calorie intake and high burn. Anyway, he recommended non-HIIT steady state cardio, reducing my calorie deficit to 500, and even a glass of wine. So I had three glasses of wine (which increased both the calories and the alcohol) and did 65 minutes of treadmill. Couldn’t resist a little HIIT, but I only sprinted for 30 seconds every five minutes instead of my usual one to two minutes. It didn’t seem that I sweated as much, but to my surprise, I got a 212.2 weigh in afterwards. The experiment continues...

8/26/15 Tanita Numbers (after 65 minutes treadmill, but limited to 30 second HIIT bursts):
Weight - 212.2 (est. goal at 10% BF - 183.0) - 29.2 lbs. to lose
Total body fat % - 15.3 (goal is 10% BF) - +5.3%
Total body fat lbs. - 32.5 (est. goal at 10% BF - 18.3) - +14.2 lbs.
Total body water % - 61.5 (balance is 2.1%) - 1.0% dehydrated
Muscle mass lbs. - 170.9 (est. goal at 10% BF - 156.7) - +14.2 lbs. (water)
Physique rating - 6 (high muscle/avg BF; goal is 9 - high muscle/low BF)
Bone mass lbs. - 8.8 (est. goal at 10% BF - 8.0) - +.8 (water)
RDI 2406 / Visceral fat rating - 9 (goal is 7) / Metabolic age - 20

Today's If It Fits Your Macros numbers (macro numbers in grams, rounded):
Targets: 132 fat, 45 carbs, 115 protein, 38-48 fiber, <1500 sodium, 1830 cals
Ate: 72 fat, 213 carb, 86 prot, 39 fib, 2880 sod, 2389 cals (3574 used, 1185 deficit)
Running avg: 98 fat, 143 carb, 122 prot, 2118 cals (3196 used, 1078 deficit)
212.2 lb Lost so far: 112.8 lb.    Still to go: 7.2 lb.    Diet followed poorly.

Diet Calendar Entries for 26 August 2015:
2389 kcal Fat: 71.67g | Prot: 85.79g | Carb: 213.28g.   Breakfast: EfaGold EfaGold Pure Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. Lunch: Beer, Hormel Original Pepperoni Slices, Bacon, Matchbox, Chinatown, DC Matchbox Cheese Pizza, Zucchini, Monster Beverage Zero Ultra, dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt, Pure Protein Chocolate Deluxe High Protein Bar (Small). Dinner: Riesling Wine, Balsamic Vinegar, Sargento Colby Jack Cheese Sticks, Fresh Express Leafy Green Romaine, Celsius Wild Berry Soda. Snacks/Other: Vitafusion Fiber Well Gummies, Trader Joe's Organic Raw Honey, Healthworks Cacoa Nibs, Margarita, Feel Great 365 Daily Boost Vitamin Shot, Swanson Pygeum, Swanson Celery Seed, Nature's Way Cayenne & Garlic Capsules, Now Magnesium Citrate, Nature Made Fish Oil 1000 mg. more...
3574 kcal Activities & Exercise: FitBit Tracker - 24 hours. more...
gaining 11.6 lb a week

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Interesting experiment .... Besides a little weight-lifting, I've been walking on the treadmill while watching a series on Netflix. It's pretty painless. My eating as been average at best, but no big swings.  
27 Aug 15 by member: glen
Pizza and beer for breakfast - I could go for that!  
27 Aug 15 by member: BuffyBear
I was wondering if limiting low calories and high workouts were putting stress on you. The body uses extra fluid to "protect" you from injuries, etc. Some days when I am fasting, I wonder if it is putting too much stress on me; but, on the other hand, I don't limit my calories. So ... maybe not. Most days I wind up eating between 1200 - 1500 total. Maybe that is too much. No idea. I do the 16:8. (I say this loosely ... some days it is 18:6, some days it is 14:10. .... I obviously don't have a handle on this like you do. Ha Ha Ha! 
27 Aug 15 by member: Mom2Boxers
You got my attention on that one. (The Minnesota Starvation Experiment) I will tell you why. Yesterday, I fasted almost 24 hours. I mean I ate dinner the night before, had coffee with heavy cream during the morning, some water in the afternoon and ate a big meal with ice cream for dinner. (We had a night out). I had fluid retention in my ankles ;ater that evening (and no weight loss this morning, either). I did not drink anything excessively but my body was just holding on to that fluid, even though I wasn't even hungry yesterday. It makes you wonder if we should be doing the Eat, Stop, Eat which is similar to the 5:2 only Brad Pilon wants you to eat healthy all the time, where the 5:2 is a free for all on non-fast days. Saying all of this ... we each have to find our own niche. It's taking me longer to do it, but I am working on it. You, on the other hand, are making a science out of this ... and I have to admire that. I just do it when the mood hits me. LMAO! 
29 Aug 15 by member: Mom2Boxers
PS. Yesterday, I hadn't planned on not eating all day but I just got busy and forgot to eat. How weird is that? I am still going to do the 16:8. It suits me. 
29 Aug 15 by member: Mom2Boxers
I imagine my meal out was high sodium because it tasted so darn good and the first course was soup .. always has tons of salt. 
30 Aug 15 by member: Mom2Boxers

     
 

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