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04 August 2021
I had been bemoaning the fact that for years I haven't regularly experienced the nice level of natural legitimate hunger before my mealtimes that I had been for many years following the No S diet. It seemed I had to go long periods and I just couldn't fill up all the time in between. I hated to admit that one fo the reasons the plan had worked so well for me was my work schedule which helped regulate my eating with lunch after 12:30 pm. I realize now that things started to get a little hard when I worked part time and was often done with the toughest part of the day earlier than that, so my attention started getting drawn to thoughts of eating that I just hadn't had time for before. But I wasn't always starved. I get sick of obsessing over this so will just move on.
I am using a protocol of waiting until my blood glucose (bg) reading reaches a certain low level, adjusting downward as my body adapts, before having a meal. Yesterday the target had dropped so low that I despaired of reaching it even while I felt ravenously hungry in a way I hadn't for awhile. (Sometimes I can get that way when outside circumstances keep me from eating for longer than usual. I don't mind it when the activity is compelling.) I exercised and since that drive bg up, I was allowed a higher trigger, so I got to eat. I felt rather desperate and an normal meal didn't feel like quite enough but I knew it was better not to keep eating. BG had still not dropped to the target level when I was very hungry at lunch time, much earlier than normal since I had had breakfast so late, but I ate anyway. The program allows for one meal which should be the most nutritious (40% protein and the other macros my choice) of the day without logging Bg. I had a higher protein and fat meal than normal, but my BG did not come down again until nearly 9 pm but I was not really hungry until then so I had a late meal of greek yogurt plus flavorings. Even though I ate late, my waking BG was below trigger. I actually wanted it to rise before I ate so my trigger will not go any lower, but I logged the lower number it came out as an hour later.
I bought so many groceries for fear of not having the right stuff to eat (my regular fare is very high carb and I will go back to more carb after the 30 or 45 day BG protocol) when hunger hits that I can't even get it all in the regular fridge. I will have to cook some of the veggies and freeze them. In all my years of doing straight No S, I never remember feeling that desperate. I knew I was going to be able to eat at a certain time. In this, I felt like it could take way longer than I wanted to get to trigger.
I didn't go exercise this morning,, thinking I will save it for later in the day possibly again before a meal that I am not reaching my trigger for. I'm also making turkey in the Instant Pot and that plus eggs, egg whites, tofu, Greek yogurt and pea protein will be staples for two weeks. Tons in the fridge along with veggiesI am not going strict low carb but a lot fewer grains, beans, and fruit for a bit. I may follow this with a 5-day modified fasting regime to help offset any negative consequences from greater amounts of protein and some animal fat. Valter Longo says protein and sugar are the aging chemicals. I have very little sugar these days and had lowered protein for about 18 months, but had some worrying trends, so I am willing to try this protocol for a bit. I don't condone "going on diets" just for weight loss, but they are just what are needed when combatting health conditions, IMHO. I admit I'd like to get rid of some fat, but honestly think that would not be much of an incentive if my body fat had not risen while I was following the low protein routine and maintaining a reasonable weight. (I had one meltdown last year and regained four pounds I had lost from the beginning of 2020 and the lower protein. Those pounds have not left and they are all fat.) I don't think I will be willing to eat this amount of protein most of the time. Maybe a few times a year with the counteracting modified fast.
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04 August 2021
I had been bemoaning the fact that for years I haven't regularly experienced the nice level of natural legitimate hunger before my mealtimes that I had been for many years following the No S diet. It seemed I had to go long periods and I just couldn't fill up all the time in between. I hated to admit that one fo the reasons the plan had worked so well for me was my work schedule which helped regulate my eating with lunch after 12:30 pm. I realize now that things started to get a little hard when I worked part time and was often done with the toughest part of the day earlier than that, so my attention started getting drawn to thoughts of eating that I just hadn't had time for before. But I wasn't always starved. I get sick of obsessing over this so will just move on.
I am using a protocol of waiting until my blood glucose (bg) reading reaches a certain low level, adjusting downward as my body adapts, before having a meal. Yesterday the target had dropped so low that I despaired of reaching it even while I felt ravenously hungry in a way I hadn't for awhile. (Sometimes I can get that way when outside circumstances keep me from eating for longer than usual. I don't mind it when the activity is compelling.) I exercised and since that drive bg up, I was allowed a higher trigger, so I got to eat. I felt rather desperate and an normal meal didn't feel like quite enough but I knew it was better not to keep eating. BG had still not dropped to the target level when I was very hungry at lunch time, much earlier than normal since I had had breakfast so late, but I ate anyway. The program allows for one meal which should be the most nutritious (40% protein and the other macros my choice) of the day without logging Bg. I had a higher protein and fat meal than normal, but my BG did not come down again until nearly 9 pm but I was not really hungry until then so I had a late meal of greek yogurt plus flavorings. Even though I ate late, my waking BG was below trigger. I actually wanted it to rise before I ate so my trigger will not go any lower, but I logged the lower number it came out as an hour later.
I bought so many groceries for fear of not having the right stuff to eat (my regular fare is very high carb and I will go back to more carb after the 30 or 45 day BG protocol) when hunger hits that I can't even get it all in the regular fridge. I will have to cook some of the veggies and freeze them. In all my years of doing straight No S, I never remember feeling that desperate. I knew I was going to be able to eat at a certain time. In this, I felt like it could take way longer than I wanted to get to trigger.
I didn't go exercise this morning,, thinking I will save it for later in the day possibly again before a meal that I am not reaching my trigger for. I'm also making turkey in the Instant Pot and that plus eggs, egg whites, tofu, Greek yogurt and pea protein will be staples for two weeks. Tons in the fridge along with veggiesI am not going strict low carb but a lot fewer grains, beans, and fruit for a bit. I may follow this with a 5-day modified fasting regime to help offset any negative consequences from greater amounts of protein and some animal fat. Valter Longo says protein and sugar are the aging chemicals. I have very little sugar these days and had lowered protein for about 18 months, but had some worrying trends, so I am willing to try this protocol for a bit. I don't condone "going on diets" just for weight loss, but they are just what are needed when combatting health conditions, IMHO. I admit I'd like to get rid of some fat, but honestly think that would not be much of an incentive if my body fat had not risen while I was following the low protein routine and maintaining a reasonable weight. (I had one meltdown last year and regained four pounds I had lost from the beginning of 2020 and the lower protein. Those pounds have not left and they are all fat.) I don't think I will be willing to eat this amount of protein most of the time. Maybe a few times a year with the counteracting modified fast.
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25 July 2021
Today I went on a walk before a weekly online event at 1 pm. I went through a park about 20 minutes from my house that I don't go to that often. From afar, I saw some figures dressed in the kind of outfit I would wear when going to West African dance classes over the past 28 years. I then realized I could hear the drumming and as I got closer, I realized I knew some of the people in the class, especially a class organizer whose events I had gone to for years. It turned out the teacher was one that I had been thinking about getting in touch with to find out when she might offer a class. I decided to join in but planned to leave in time to get to my event online at home even though it would mean missing the last part of the class. Then I found out she teaches only once every few months. I figured it was kismet that I had stumbled on the class and needed to stay. Boy, were my legs throbbing when I left! I got really sweaty for the first time in a long time. I sometimes get a little sweaty when I walk but can usually pace myself so that it doesn't get heavy. It felt good to push a little more. And I still had an okay time arriving late at the online event. I also feel grateful that at age 67 I can still take advantage of pushing my body sometimes.
One of the women who arrived after me is also a dance teacher and the mother of one of the drummers. She let everyone know that I came to her classes even before she had children! (She also commented that I looked good and I was glad I used Covid to get even smarter about my eating.) I remembered on the way home that I had actually gone to her wedding. I sometimes get sad that so many people I know I only interact with at events around the interest that brings us together. I don't have people I know really well to go to the movies with or eat out often with or many other generic social interactions. But today I felt fine about it. I was grateful I ran into everybody and that we had such a beautiful art in common to share in the fresh air after the last 18 months.
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24 July 2021
I went to a get-together last night, and then had some yogurt and cherries later, even though I wasn't hungry. I am not going to try to guess by recording, so my calorie total for today is probably at least 500 calories too low. I ate more than I intended at the event, though it was mostly more salad. Three eggs in total today and cheese and yogurt, animal sources which I had been judicious with up until now. The only real starch there was was pizza. Not ideal, but I din't want to go without something dense that wasn't cheese. DDF has got me afraid of mixing fat with carbs if I don't have a lot of protein at the meal, and they like animal protein, which I am hesitant at this point to eat. They are fans of neither protein powders nor much starch, and to get enough of the protein from plant sources that they think I need means eating a lot more carb than they recommend. Oy vey.
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22 July 2021
It's been hovering in the range from 137 to 139 for the last month. I am in a one month program where I declared my weight as 138, so I'm making it that here, too.
Weigh-in:
138.0 lb
lost so far:
4.0 lb
still to go:
2.0 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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gaining 0.2 lb a week
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