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It has been 38 days since my last official weigh-in. After my fiasco on Thanksgiving (eating a slice of pie), I had gained 12 lbs back of my initial 20 lb loss. Now I am back down to 233, having lost 4 of those 12 lbs again. I am very discouraged all around with the results of this diet - the weight is coming off very very slowly, if at all and my BGLs have not dropped like a lot of diabetics do on this diet. And what really sucks is that since Thanksgiving I have been very strict and kept my carb intake under 15 grams per day and it isn't really doing any good it seems. Oh well. Staying the course regardless because my body feels better eating this way.
Diet Calendar Entry for 30 December 2015:
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1000 kcal
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Fat: 84.23g | Prot: 40.74g | Carb: 23.90g.
Lunch: Avocados, Kroger Eggs (Large), Great Value Green Olives with Pimento. Dinner: Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Kroger Heavy Whipping Cream, Spinach (Chopped or Leaf, Frozen), Kroger Eggs (Large), Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter. more...
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Make sure you're getting the right amount of fat and proteins as well. If you get too much protein relative to your fat intake that can slow down progress. Also keep hydrated, drinking water helps your metabolism which can get you through those slow bumps!
30 Dec 15 by member: tiffanyware
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It looks like you were doing quite well until you stopped logging. The other thing is that you appear to be really heavy on Breakfast...zero lunch, and some Dinner. Two things. While calorie counting is loosely followed, why are you "feeding the fat". Your calorie count at around 1600 is really high for someone with a lot of body fat. Fat doesn't need to be fed, if you estimate your body fat %, subtract that from your total weight, that will give you your Lean Body Mass, estimate your calories for that weight, don't include the fat. The other thing is your calorie counts at breakfast are way too many, specifically protein. 58% of protein is converted to glucose in the liver. So while you are a net low carb, your high protein intake makes up for this. Once you spike insulin first thing in the morning (most sensitive time), your levels stay high most of the day, leaving you in fat storing, not fat burning mode. Eat a smaller breakfast, or skip it all together, eat a moderate lunch, and a larger dinner. Use the fats that are eaten at dinner to carry you through the morning so that you're not overly hungry.
30 Dec 15 by member: mahjohn
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@tiffanyware - thanks. I was eating a lot of protein, but have cut way back recently. That may have helped some of the 4 lbs weight loss.
30 Dec 15 by member: Ravyne Hawke
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@mahjohn - thanks for the information... I was consuming so many calories because I was doing the BPCs and that was adding on the fat calories, but I have recently stopped drinking those. And usually when I log breakfast, it is midday, but it is my "breaking the fast" time, which is why I log it there and not at lunch. I guess I should be logging it at lunchtime instead. I've also cut way back on my protein of late. Cutting out the BPCs and back on the protein could be what has helped with the 4lb loss, I am thinking. I do plan to do better at logging now. Thanks for your help!
30 Dec 15 by member: Ravyne Hawke
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