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**MY FINDINGS FROM EATING JUNK FOOD SO FAR**
I believe I've found my solid macro numbers (%). I'm liking this "HCLF" diet!
Some quick comments on going from ~50g of carbs to now in the 250+ range:
(1) This mix right here is giving me tons of energy without fat gain AT ALL!
(2) I don't feel bloated after eating at all like I'd expected.
(3) The carbs (and creatine) are causing me to increase my daily water intake another 50%... I'm up to almost 2 gallons a day now!
(4) Referencing point #3, every couple days my system does a water-weight "purge" and the weight drops again.
(5) I found the first couple days of eating my "junk food" (processed stuff) for breakfast backfired; I was full for a couple hours, then famished, so I'd starve at work until I got home.
(6) I switched my big "real food" meals to breakfast and now have a big bowl of cereal in milk for dinner with a medium sized carby dessert and it knocks me right out! The great part of a high carb meal right before bed is that it makes the morning weigh in more accurate. The "real food" meals of meat and veggies may not have processed all the way while I slept, but the carbs metabolize quickly, so they're gone by morning after going to sleep nice and full 👍
(7) Lastly, the sugary snacks are a bit too sweet for me, but I'm loving that they aren't filling (see my journal entry about the effects of processed foods). I used to struggle to get in 2200 calories. I'm now eating an extra 300-400 calories of "garbage" without having any issues at all with forcing it. I see how one could easily get out of hand with these if not controlled. I plan my meals a week in advance and just stick to the menu I create, so there's no deviation.
All in all, a very successful diet. I don't have the temptation like most to go overboard on the sweets, but this diet is DEFINITELY NOT for those with a lack of willpower! Fo' sho'!
Once I've burned through this massive pile of "junk food", I'm switching to fruits and veggies as my primary carb source. It's not the sugars that scare me about eating all these processed foods; it's all the other ingredients I can barely pronounce that I take issue with.
Nothing wrong with most other WOEs, but I've just learned to stop being such a Carb Nazi about eating, lightened up a bit, eating more stuff I enjoy, and moving towards my goal.
"I'm ChrisW77 - a former diehard keto nut - and I approve this message."
Diet Calendar Entries for 18 July 2018:
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2784 kcal
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Fat: 90.08g | Prot: 149.65g | Carb: 314.50g.
Breakfast: Coffee, Lime Juice, Pork (Lean and Fat Eaten), Cilantro, Cacique Cotija Cheese, Cooked Pinto, Calico or Red Beans (Fat Not Added in Cooking), Maggi Chicken Flavor Bouillon, Onions, Great Value Diced Canned Tomatoes, Cooked Celery, White Rice, Herdez Salsa Verde, Wal-Mart Lemon Loaf Cake, V8 V-Fusion Pomegranate Blueberry. Lunch: General Mills Lucky Charms Cereal Bar (24g), Snack Pack Banana Cream Pie Pudding, Zoi Greek Yogurt Vanilla Greek Yogurt, Kroger Vitamin D Whole Milk, Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Powder, Little Debbie Caramel Cookie Bars, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Nature's Best Perfect Low Carb Isopure Whey Protein Isolate - Dutch Chocolate. Dinner: Angry Orchard Orchard's Edge (Knotty Pear). more...
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2522 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Resting - 8 hours, Watching TV/Computer - 6 hours and 30 minutes, Cooking - 30 minutes, Sitting - 1 hour, Sleeping - 4 hours and 30 minutes, Housework - 45 minutes, Driving - 45 minutes, Weight Training (Bodybuilding) - 45 minutes, Showering - 30 minutes, Standing - 30 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 15 minutes. more...
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that loaded bake potato will look real good next week! and there are a lot of higher calorie real foods out there. sweet potato is one if you like those, lots of butter and maybe a little brown sugar if you want a little extra. strawberry cheese cake was one of my favorites too. now I will have it keto style!
awesome that you are finding your way.
18 Jul 18 by member: baskington
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I love that you post all the details of your WOE and how you've adjusted to make it work for you. Following your journal helps me into figuring out how I need to make adjustments and change things up to achieve my goals. Thank you.
18 Jul 18 by member: Becc@
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Yes, these are my findings. Energy is awesome(doing 2 a days, running 8 miles on average and lifting at night), carbs at bed make me sleep like a baby and daily treats help mentally. Glad you're liking it!
18 Jul 18 by member: -Diablo
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Switching the way you eat is a fairly mundane part of maintenance.
18 Jul 18 by member: @philrmcknight
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Just an idea- if you ever need a quick 400 cal you can get it from a snickers (250) and a can of coke (140) ;). Snickers are filling for awhile but again don’t hold you long and the pop is completely empty calories 😳. It’s also easy to have on hand in a drawer that doesn’t take as much space as cereal and boxes of snack cakes.
18 Jul 18 by member: peeperjj
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So your not that special or different after all ?
18 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
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18 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
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I know Chris I have been reading, just joking with you about you going back to more whole healthy foods and sticking with the refined stuff at night. You can't help yourself on the eating healthy to keep fulfilled during the day. Good habits are ingrained. And it is no fun to run out steam when the refined stuff leaves the tank empty.
18 Jul 18 by member: baskington
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He's trying to put on muscle not maintain.
18 Jul 18 by member: -Diablo
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18 Jul 18 by member: DEADPOOL12345
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you're making me want to use creatine again. I just never really felt like it was working for me. I think I have some of the cheap mono laying around.
18 Jul 18 by member: -Diablo
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Chris, creating won’t cause muscle “gains” per se, however it will help you get an extra rep or 2 in your lifts usually, which that in and of itself will definitely help with progressive overload, hence increasing muscle mass/strength & in that regard creatine is beneficial and Even more so, helpful when in caloric deficit.
18 Jul 18 by member: DEADPOOL12345
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What he said, maaaaaan. DP does what I was about to do but in a more eloquent way. :D
18 Jul 18 by member: -Diablo
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I do like the sound of DD2.0 diet though, haha!
18 Jul 18 by member: -Diablo
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It does cause intracellular water retention, but there’s nothing wrong with that, making muscles appear “fuller” to an extent, and contributing to hydration of muscles which helps as a small bonus, so when you expel extracellular water retention you’ll still appear a tiny bit “bigger” than usual and the whole “bloaty” effect will be diminished, also depends to a small extent of body fat % holding water also, but that’s fairly insignificant. But don’t be alarmed if you seem to gain an additional 0-5lbs in a months time of taking it, you may experience that only if you’re taking an unnecessarily high dosage, then again you may notice no change in weight or water retention at all as some people don’t respond to the supplement.
18 Jul 18 by member: DEADPOOL12345
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Maybe I'll wait until after my tough mudder. I forgot about them water gainzz
18 Jul 18 by member: -Diablo
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I heard not drinking water so they don’t gain water weight. Is this bad for ones body ?
18 Jul 18 by member: rosio19
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It's going to happen regardless, you always need water, especially me running as much as I am.
18 Jul 18 by member: -Diablo
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Chris, my breakfast all through high school was a honey bun and a mtn dew. After school snack on the ride home was a mtn dew and Reese’s cups then sandwich when I got him and maybe another mtn dew that evening. I had issues gaining weight as a kid and if I cut out snacks for a week or two I’d drop a few pounds. Man I miss having that problem!! A few years back I tried a mtn dew again and got an instant headache and tummy ache. I’ll stick with Coke Zero cherry or iced tea ;). Or propel water is good for a change. As for snickers or Milky Way I’m a sucker. I have a basket of candy and when it gets low I have an anxiety attack and literally eat half of it and rush to fill it again. If I keep it full I have something every few days.
18 Jul 18 by member: peeperjj
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Yeah, best to stay away from drinking your calories, unless it's butter in your coffee! lol, joking.
18 Jul 18 by member: -Diablo
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