The maddening logic of metabolism struck again this week. I ate according to my low carb diet all week -- no splurges, no wild indulgences, no day out of the norm. For the week, I averaged 1,727 calories, 139g fat, 26g net carbs, and 91g protein per day. That average daily calorie total was significantly lower than for past five weeks, and the macro-nutrient percentages were about the same. All in all, a great week of sensible low-carb eating, and yet I gained a bit of weight, tipping … [Read more...]
My low-carb week in review: April 5 – April 11, 2015
In dieting, as in most areas of life, averages can be deceptive. Take my daily averages of calories and net carbs consumed for last week -- 1, 831 and 39 grams respectively. And 72% of calories from fat. Not bad, not bad at all. Those averages imply a low-cal, low-carb consistency over the seven days, a steely resolve to eat the right way every day. Like I said, averages can be deceptive. On Thursday, I ate a single meal at Applebee's that ballooned my day's calories to almost 2, 600. My net … [Read more...]
My low-carb week in review: March 29 – April 4, 2015
As I predicted, my weight loss hit a plateau this week. I dropped a whopping two-tenths of a pound, going from 224.8 pounds a week ago to 224.6 pounds today. Oh well. I attribute my stall to the X-factor. I don't know what the X-factor is, which is why I call it the X-factor. According to my data, I ate significantly fewer calories per day for this last period than the one before. Percentage of calories from fat was about the same. I have no reason to think my record-keeping was any less … [Read more...]
My low-carb week in review: March 22-28, 2015
I lost 3.6 pounds this week. (Correction! I only lost 2.4 pounds for the week, going from 227.2 to 224.8. I had the wrong number in mind for the previous week. I apparently was looking back two weeks. JA, 4-26-15.) I'm happy about the drop, of course, but wary. Was that all fat, or was some of it water? Based on my past experience, I mistrust any weight loss greater than two pounds per week. It's likely to be followed by a week of little or no weight loss. But, then, 3.6 pounds lost this week, … [Read more...]
My low-carb week in review: March 15-21, 2015
It was a good week. I kept my daily averages to 34 net carbs and just under 2,000 calories, with 73% of my calories coming from fat, all identical to the week before. (If nothing else, I'm consistent!) As a result, I lost almost two pounds. My weight dropped from 229 to 227.2 pounds. For my low-carb reboot, now entering its third week, I'm down 4.8 pounds. There were a couple challenges. On Thursday, we ate out at our favorite Chinese restaurant in the area, which had been closed a year … [Read more...]
My low-carb week in review: March 8-14, 2015
The table here shows my average daily intake of fat, carbs, and protein for the week of March 8 to March 14, 2015. This was the first full week of my low-carb reboot. Not that I ever stopped eating a reduced carbohydrate diet in general, but I 'd gotten a bit lax and allowed some "carb creep." I was probably eating excessive protein, too. As a result, my weight loss that began in 2011 had stopped and then reversed itself. I'd gone from a low of 207 pounds in early 2012 back up to 232 pounds. … [Read more...]
Progress Report for 2-4-2012
Let me say up front that I am not dead. Nor have I fallen off the wagon and gained 40 pounds. In fact, I am continuing to lose weight -- if slowly and without thinking about it much. This morning, eleven months into my low-carb way of eating, I tipped the scales at a new low of 207.6 pounds. That makes a total weight loss of more than 52 pounds. To celebrate, I mashed up half an avocado to mix into my scrambled eggs. OK, it wasn't really to celebrate. I'd eaten the other half yesterday, … [Read more...]
Progress Report 9-5-11: Six months on a low-carb diet
After half-a-year eating the low-carb way, I have good news to report on my weight and other health factors. Last Friday I had my annual physical exam. The doctor's scale confirmed that I was 44 pounds lighter than at my physical a year ago, and 47 pounds lighter than my all-time highest recorded weight. My doctor characterized my blood lipid numbers as "the best ever." "I'd prescribe a lot fewer meds if my patients just lost weight like this," he said. He noted that my Body-Mass Index a … [Read more...]
Progress Report 8-6-11
On May 7, already a couple months into my low-carb way of eating, I set a weight goal of 215 pounds by Labor Day 2011. At that time, I weighed 241 pounds. Today, I weighed in at 219.8 pounds. Five weeks ago, on July 3 when I gave my last progress report, I weighed 227.6 pounds. Thus, I lost a touch under eight pounds in those five weeks, an average of 1.6 pounds per week. My weekly weight-loss average since May 7 is 1.63 pounds. Before setting my goal, I had already lost about 20 … [Read more...]
Progress report 7-3-11
On May 7, I set a weight goal of 215 pounds by Labor Day 2011. At that time, I weighed around 241 pounds. Yesterday, I weighed in at 227.6 pounds. So in the past two months I have lost 13.4 pounds on my low-carb way of eating. The pace has slowed. In the first two months of low-carb eating, I lost about 19 pounds. Nevertheless, I am on schedule to meet my Labor Day weight goal, perhaps with time/ pounds to spare. Frankly, weight loss is a secondary issue for me. More important is … [Read more...]