January 3, 2012
Day 1
Rebooting for the millionth time. 2011 was awful in every respect. Just awful. Despite a major health scare I managed to gain weight and limped through the holiday season in terrible condition. Stress is a contributing factor but really, it's just me. I eat way too much of the wrong stuff.
Thinking back, of all the different approaches I've tried the one that produced the best results, both in terms of weight and in how I feel, was the Protein Power plan. That experience has really framed how I think about 'diet' these days -- I have no interest in a low fat starvation diet.
For now, I am going to see how I do without slavishly following that plan or any other. I simply want to greatly reduce my consumption of wheat, corn, soy and sugar. Don't eat those things. Less processed food. More real meat, lots of fresh vegetables, reasonable quantities of fruits, eggs and some amount of dairy. I would like to find myself in the 1800-2000 calorie per day range but probably won't track that real closely either. I did buy a food scale not too long ago so I will likely make at least a half-assed effort at measuring quantities.
I am also a little underprepared. I did get some stuff at the grocery store so it's not like I have no food, in fact I'm in pretty good shape there. I just haven't tossed everything I need to yet. I tried to make a beef roast over the weekend and overcooked it badly. A rare but annoying screwup.
The hardest part of all this may be giving up soda yet again. I've been drinking a ton of Coca Cola and am determined to stop that immediately. That's priority number one. Lots of water on hand and I have to say coffee tasted unusually good this morning.
Perfection will not be accomplished. But any sort of honest effort will be rewarded -- of that I have no doubt.
Menu:
Breakfast: 4 oz. leftover spiral ham, small glass ~ 4 oz V-8 juice, coffee
Lunch: 6 oz. Dietz & Watson peppered turkey, 2 big slices Kraft sharp cheddar, ~12 dill pickle chips, trace amount chicken bouillon
Snack: 2 oz spanish peanuts
Dinner: Bunless big macs. 4 x 2.0 oz (precooked) burger patties made from 80/20 ground beef, shredded lettuce, pickles, 3 slices american cheese, a little onion and a sauce of mayo + jalapeno mustard + a dash of ketchup for color.
Quite good actually. Would eat again.
Day 1
Rebooting for the millionth time. 2011 was awful in every respect. Just awful. Despite a major health scare I managed to gain weight and limped through the holiday season in terrible condition. Stress is a contributing factor but really, it's just me. I eat way too much of the wrong stuff.
Thinking back, of all the different approaches I've tried the one that produced the best results, both in terms of weight and in how I feel, was the Protein Power plan. That experience has really framed how I think about 'diet' these days -- I have no interest in a low fat starvation diet.
For now, I am going to see how I do without slavishly following that plan or any other. I simply want to greatly reduce my consumption of wheat, corn, soy and sugar. Don't eat those things. Less processed food. More real meat, lots of fresh vegetables, reasonable quantities of fruits, eggs and some amount of dairy. I would like to find myself in the 1800-2000 calorie per day range but probably won't track that real closely either. I did buy a food scale not too long ago so I will likely make at least a half-assed effort at measuring quantities.
I am also a little underprepared. I did get some stuff at the grocery store so it's not like I have no food, in fact I'm in pretty good shape there. I just haven't tossed everything I need to yet. I tried to make a beef roast over the weekend and overcooked it badly. A rare but annoying screwup.
The hardest part of all this may be giving up soda yet again. I've been drinking a ton of Coca Cola and am determined to stop that immediately. That's priority number one. Lots of water on hand and I have to say coffee tasted unusually good this morning.
Perfection will not be accomplished. But any sort of honest effort will be rewarded -- of that I have no doubt.
Menu:
Breakfast: 4 oz. leftover spiral ham, small glass ~ 4 oz V-8 juice, coffee
Lunch: 6 oz. Dietz & Watson peppered turkey, 2 big slices Kraft sharp cheddar, ~12 dill pickle chips, trace amount chicken bouillon
Snack: 2 oz spanish peanuts
Dinner: Bunless big macs. 4 x 2.0 oz (precooked) burger patties made from 80/20 ground beef, shredded lettuce, pickles, 3 slices american cheese, a little onion and a sauce of mayo + jalapeno mustard + a dash of ketchup for color.
Quite good actually. Would eat again.
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