adefwebserver's Journal, 08 February 2019

Day 3 of a planned 3 days of ‘no solid food’ fasting
Blood sugar 103 mg/dL

After my huge analysis yesterday, where I was able to clearly see that when my carbs and protein are high, I gain weight, I ended up cutting out one of my protein shakes. I will try to use half a scoop of protein powder from now on. This will cut my protein intake in half. I am also going to hit the ‘heavy cream’ harder. It causes a huge hit on calories, but, as my analysis showed me yesterday, it’s the carbs (and the high protein that turns into glucose) that has a direct correlation to my weight loss.

However, I think the reason I dropped so much weight yesterday was because I took in a huge amount of caffeine. This caused me to get dehydrated and go to the bathroom a lot as I was in a freezing cold convention hall all day.

I expect to ‘give back’ a pound or two tomorrow.

My focus now is on the three day weekend. My goal is to ‘give back’ as few pounds as possible. One option would be to still start my fast on Monday, but, I hate fasting on the weekends or holidays. I also know I always fail to eat One Meal A Day. So, my plan was to run 7 miles each day and go to the gym 2 out of the three days. Only problem is, we have 🌧 rain expected this weekend… 😒

The reason I want to lose weight is so that I have room to ‘bulk back up’. 🏋🏾 My current squat and deadlift is 200 pounds. I want to move it up to 220 pounds. To do this I must fill my 💪🏾 muscles with glycogen. To do this I must take in sufficient carbs. Carbs will make me gain weight, so I need to give myself at least 10 pounds of ‘cushion’ to work with.

If I just start trying to bulk at my current weight, I could easily hit 180 pounds. That would only be 18 pounds from making me ‘obese’ again (198 pounds). This-is-not-what-I-want…

😎 Life is Good! Have a great day everyone!

168.0 lb Lost so far: 39.0 lb.    Still to go: 4.0 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

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1670 kcal

Fat: 82.18g | Prot: 111.76g | Carb: 110.52g.   Breakfast: Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream. Lunch: Sponge Cake. Dinner: Thin Crust Pizza with Meat, Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream. Snacks/Other: Quest Tortilla Style Protein Chips Nacho Cheese, Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream, Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream. more...

2216 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Running - 6/mph - 30 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...