Penlan's Journal, 19 January 2016

The scales moved YAY!

And they went UP - YAY again!!

Seriously, that is a plus.
Why?

Because I need to find what works and what doesn't work for me. I appreciate that this teeeny self-experiment isn't in any way absolutely conclusive, but if it helps to point me in a direction further to carry on I am happy to take it.

When I added a couple of hundred kcals for two days and added a bit more on the third, all from carbohydrate, I rapidly gained a kilo on the scales. I know I know, easy come easy go, and it was all back to status quo in a reasonably short time.

The net gain from the start of the increased fat derived kcals to today's weight is 100g. That's the weight gain I am talking about, not the FS one which measures the gain from my nosedive low, taken (interestingly) while I was still eating MORE by way of kcals.

What did I do this time?

I added significantly MORE kcals in the form of fat and further reduced carbohydrate, my weight took a nosedive, before finally bobbing up to today's gain.

I am talking significant increase in kcals from fat, going up to 500 kcals increase, and I did this over a much longer period of 6 not 3 days. In the end I had to give up as I just can't keep eating that much. But it's only today, the scales may BOOM up by tomorrow. I somehow don't think they will, but there is only one way to find out. Wait and see :)

I am SO happy. :D

Why? I find a level of food intake which I can't sustain because it's too much, which correlates with the level of food which starts me to gain weight, albeit so far, slowly. I worked hard to gain 100g, from the start date of the increased kcals. That is a tenth of what I gained, oh so easily, by eating around 50g more carbohydrate over three days.....

It shows me that the kcals DO count. That my body tells me when enough is enough. That weight loss, for me, is about watching the macro nutrients in preference to the kcals and that it's ok to stop eating even if the kcals are low, or it's ok to eat more of the right foods for me even if the kcals are high.

I am a lot less aware of other factors governing the day to day energy requirements of my body. Sure, I know what activity my levels have been like, in a broad sense. I don't log it, it's so variable and with other environmental and emotional factors, it's impossible to account for. I know that I have been cold or warm and that I have been mentally more active or not, but I don't really have too good a handle on all that side of things. My body obviously does, and I trust it. I can now listen to my body as I am starting to learn to read the signs rather than follow some dogma which may or may not work for someone else.

I LOVE IT!!!

I love my body, I love my life, I love, love, love eating my food.

154.1 lb Lost so far: 5.5 lb.    Still to go: 10.8 lb.    Diet followed N/A.

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1504 kcal

Fat: 118.74g | Prot: 67.78g | Carb: 54.35g.   Breakfast: Infinity Foods Organic Coconut Chips, Tangerine, Co-Op British Red Leicester Cheese, Semi-Skimmed Milk, Sainsbury's So Organic Organic Chestnut Mushrooms, Infinity Foods Organic Walnut Halves, Avocados, Egg, Yeo Valley Butter, Co-Op Celery, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Tesco Finest Sweet Pointed Ramiro Peppers, Sainsbury's Dolcelatte Cheese. Lunch: Sardines in Water, Cheshire Cheese, Co-Op Cucumber, Cos or Romaine Lettuce, Sainsbury's So Organic Organic Chestnut Mushrooms. Dinner: Italian Black Olived in Brine, Chinese Cabbage, Ginger, Garlic, Cauliflower, Cauldron Original Tofu, Brussels Sprouts, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Yeo Valley Butter, Roasted Potato, Yeo Valley Natural Yogurt, Infinity Foods Organic Coconut Chips, Lemon Juice. Snacks/Other: Sainsbury's Cocoa. more...