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2019 PUSH UP Challenge!)
Today we have a ‘Date Night’ so today will be a ‘eating day’. This means today I will gain weight.
Looking at November, these are the days I gained:
11/10/2018 3005 calories (221 carbs) +2 pound gain
11/11/2018 3006 calories (269 carbs) +3 pound gain
11/12/2018 2563 calories (120 carbs) +2 pound gain
11/21/2018 3030 calories (240 carbs) +2 pound gain
11/22/2018 3013 calories (267 carbs) +3 pound gain
Basically, the one thing all these days had in common, was that these were the ONLY days I ate solid food.
Let’s look at the days I lost:
11/01/2018 1230 calories (93 carbs) +1 pound loss
11/06/2018 1380 calories (70 carbs) +1 pound loss
11/07/2018 1050 calories (15 carbs) +1 pound loss
11/14/2018 1050 calories (15 carbs) +1 pound loss
11/15/2018 1430 calories (57 carbs) +2 pound loss
11/19/2018 900 calories (22 carbs) +1 pound loss
Basically, the one thing all these days had in common, was that on ALL these days I did NOT eat solid food.
My ‘no solid food fast’ is only a ‘technique’ to get the carbs and the calories down.
After months of these ‘no solid food fasts’ I can tell you that 5 days is my ‘max’. After 5 days I just want to ‘chew’ on something 😊 So, I MUST have ‘eating days’. What I am continuing to experiment with, is not turning an ‘eating day’ into a 3k calorie, 250+ carb ‘blowout’.
Here is what I have tried and what has NOT worked:
🌟 Just ‘cutting back’ - Ha!
🌟 Eating later in the day – Doesn’t matter, once I start I eat until full (and apparently that is 3k calories and 250+ carbs)
🌟 Eating Low carb – A bit disappointing that this one didn’t work. I can see from my food chart that I can eat low carb food earlier in the day, but I always hit a high carb food before bedtime.
🌟 A lot of exercise – Again, disappointing that this doesn’t help. I have lifted weights and run on eating days and still had a weight gain. My weight gain is clearly based on what I eat. The exercise may only be a factor in the rate of loss
So, for now at least, not eating solid food is the one technique that appears to work for me.
Here are some things I still plan to try:
🌟 Eating only meat – This one has the best chance of working. I know from experience I can only-eat-so-much-meat. I will literally push a steak away at a certain point. The only reason this has not worked in the past was that I had an uncontrollable desire for carbs after eating the meat. However, I always had ‘some carbs’ with the meat like vegetables. The test will be to eat ONLY meat, but allow myself as much as I want, all day long.
🌟 Eating solid food only in the morning – As stupid as this seems, it could actually work. However even if it does work, I could rarely use it. Eating at night is a social thing that I enjoy.
🌟 Consuming a protein drink while eating – Just a shot in the dark…
😎 Life is Good! Have a great day everyone!