Today's Consumption:
4 squares Dark Choc
6 squares White Choc
2 slices buttered toast
Quarterpounder+fried egg+chips
2 Fondant Fancies
1 Buttered Crumpet
2 handfuls peanuts
This feels quite a lot in hindsight, most of it "band-dodging" stuff that slips down easily. Nevertheless, I kept to the rules - there are no restrictions to what I eat when, only that I focus on the tummy scale and respond accordingly. Sundays are inevitably going to be "easier-going", but next weigh-in will show if I "got away with it".
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Saturday, 6 April 2013
Day 17 Saturday 6.4.2013
Today's Consumption:
6 squares dark choc
1 Feasters Quarterpound Cheeseburger
1 Cherry Bakewell
2 slices Angel Cake
1 handful peanuts
1 packet crisps
A Feasters Quarterpounder might not be the healthiest food, but eat it properly and it keeps you going all day! The tummy scale did not drop below 6 until afternoon break, and after the burger, it went back up to 6 for another 5 hours or so. Evening munchies arrived very late, and when it did I felt I could "afford" it!
6 squares dark choc
1 Feasters Quarterpound Cheeseburger
1 Cherry Bakewell
2 slices Angel Cake
1 handful peanuts
1 packet crisps
A Feasters Quarterpounder might not be the healthiest food, but eat it properly and it keeps you going all day! The tummy scale did not drop below 6 until afternoon break, and after the burger, it went back up to 6 for another 5 hours or so. Evening munchies arrived very late, and when it did I felt I could "afford" it!
Friday, 5 April 2013
Day 16 Friday 5.4.2013
Today's consumption:
6 squares dark choc
2 slices buttered wholemeal toast
1 Feaster's 1/4 cheeseburger
2 slices Angel Cake
1 handful of peanuts
An interesting and notable change has happened when I get hungry. Previously I used to get very tetchy indeed, but today my mood was considerably laid back. I was feeling it but not overly bothered by it. When I did get the chance to eat, I didn't fancy a sweet follow up, even though I had brought one.
This regime seems to work by eliminating the extremes - I no longer get extremely hungry nor extremely stuffed. Because I'm never starving, the new behaviour is starting to become a habit that hopefully I can permanently keep going.
6 squares dark choc
2 slices buttered wholemeal toast
1 Feaster's 1/4 cheeseburger
2 slices Angel Cake
1 handful of peanuts
An interesting and notable change has happened when I get hungry. Previously I used to get very tetchy indeed, but today my mood was considerably laid back. I was feeling it but not overly bothered by it. When I did get the chance to eat, I didn't fancy a sweet follow up, even though I had brought one.
This regime seems to work by eliminating the extremes - I no longer get extremely hungry nor extremely stuffed. Because I'm never starving, the new behaviour is starting to become a habit that hopefully I can permanently keep going.
Thursday, 4 April 2013
Day 15: Thursday 4.4.2013
Today's consumption:
9 squares dark choc
Garlic mushroom chicken + Dauphinoise Potatoes+ Peas+ 1 hunk buttered bread
1 can condensed tomato soup + 2 hunks bread + 2 scoops ice cream
I was told at the initial session that my stomach would feel the size of a tennis-ball. Resultant experience is that it feels larger than that - more like a litre container, but that's still smaller than the watermelon it felt like before, and aside from this discrepancy, everything else seems to be working. The idea of massive portions piled onto my plate now seems absolutely revolting.
I used to easily consume a canful of Irish Stew or meatballs in one sitting, but now that just feels too big. My one weakness is band-dodging ice-cream, which you can consume considerable quantities of without feeling full. However so long as I eat it after something else and listen closely to my tummy scale, I can probably get away with a scoop or two.
9 squares dark choc
Garlic mushroom chicken + Dauphinoise Potatoes+ Peas+ 1 hunk buttered bread
1 can condensed tomato soup + 2 hunks bread + 2 scoops ice cream
I was told at the initial session that my stomach would feel the size of a tennis-ball. Resultant experience is that it feels larger than that - more like a litre container, but that's still smaller than the watermelon it felt like before, and aside from this discrepancy, everything else seems to be working. The idea of massive portions piled onto my plate now seems absolutely revolting.
I used to easily consume a canful of Irish Stew or meatballs in one sitting, but now that just feels too big. My one weakness is band-dodging ice-cream, which you can consume considerable quantities of without feeling full. However so long as I eat it after something else and listen closely to my tummy scale, I can probably get away with a scoop or two.
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Day 14 Wednesday 3.4.2013 2nd Weigh-In
WEIGH-IN:
15st 2lbs (212lbs) - Down 1
lb - 5lb overall
...Considering this weigh-in was at the end of a week of Easter chocolate bonanza and an excuse or two for comfort eating, this is a good result - I was half-expecting to go backwards!
Today's consumption:
6 Squares Dark Choc
2 slices buttered toast
Single beans on toast + 1 extra untoasted slice of bread
3 slices Angel Cake
1 choc biscuit
1 rack pork ribs
3/4 pint of beer
A reasonable day's consumption although it was marked by absolutely zip exercise. Everybody in the family was at home all day chilling out. However that is unusual to have moved so little, and it makes for a fair test of the method.
...Considering this weigh-in was at the end of a week of Easter chocolate bonanza and an excuse or two for comfort eating, this is a good result - I was half-expecting to go backwards!
Today's consumption:
6 Squares Dark Choc
2 slices buttered toast
Single beans on toast + 1 extra untoasted slice of bread
3 slices Angel Cake
1 choc biscuit
1 rack pork ribs
3/4 pint of beer
A reasonable day's consumption although it was marked by absolutely zip exercise. Everybody in the family was at home all day chilling out. However that is unusual to have moved so little, and it makes for a fair test of the method.
Tuesday, 2 April 2013
Day 13 Tuesday 2.4.2013
6 squares dark choc
2 slices buttered toast
Corned beef hash, 2 slices Angel Cake
4 chocolate biscuits
After an orgy of "band-dodging" chocolate over Easter, things began to settle back down again today. Not only has the milk chocolate run out, but my mind is beginning to recover from an upseting experience the previous week, allowing clearer focus.
After dark choc as usual first thing, and 2 slices toast mid-morning, the tummy scale stayed obstinately at 6-7 right through to the early afternoon. A craving for chocolate biscuits hit me around the later afternoon, which emerged again in the later evening. On both occasions the tummy scale itself was at 5, so this was bending one of the Golden Rules - only eating when the tummy scale hits 4.
We shall be discovering the impact of this unsettled week at the Wednesday Weigh-In!
Let's talk about poo
On this regime, one of two things are required to "get things moving" - either sheer quantity or enough fibre. Baked beans I've found are excellent for this, but toast, even wholemeal toast, isn't on its own.
There were an unusal two toilet visits today - the morning one was a fine reasonable-size log. The evening visit was another matter - basically a batch of hard brown stones that required "assistance".
When you are not eating more than you need, the digestive system goes into max efficiency, and every last drop of nutrition - and water - is extracted. Fibre soaks up and retains more water, effectively bulking up and lubricating your logs.
That said, I'm still happy to let my intuition decide what it wants. The whole point of the experiment is not to be on a diet but to eat in a different way - not "what" but "how" - and to see if that works.
2 slices buttered toast
Corned beef hash, 2 slices Angel Cake
4 chocolate biscuits
After an orgy of "band-dodging" chocolate over Easter, things began to settle back down again today. Not only has the milk chocolate run out, but my mind is beginning to recover from an upseting experience the previous week, allowing clearer focus.
After dark choc as usual first thing, and 2 slices toast mid-morning, the tummy scale stayed obstinately at 6-7 right through to the early afternoon. A craving for chocolate biscuits hit me around the later afternoon, which emerged again in the later evening. On both occasions the tummy scale itself was at 5, so this was bending one of the Golden Rules - only eating when the tummy scale hits 4.
We shall be discovering the impact of this unsettled week at the Wednesday Weigh-In!
Let's talk about poo
On this regime, one of two things are required to "get things moving" - either sheer quantity or enough fibre. Baked beans I've found are excellent for this, but toast, even wholemeal toast, isn't on its own.
There were an unusal two toilet visits today - the morning one was a fine reasonable-size log. The evening visit was another matter - basically a batch of hard brown stones that required "assistance".
When you are not eating more than you need, the digestive system goes into max efficiency, and every last drop of nutrition - and water - is extracted. Fibre soaks up and retains more water, effectively bulking up and lubricating your logs.
That said, I'm still happy to let my intuition decide what it wants. The whole point of the experiment is not to be on a diet but to eat in a different way - not "what" but "how" - and to see if that works.
Monday, 1 April 2013
Day 12 Easter Monday 1.4.2013
6 squares dark choc
2 rashers bacon, baked beans + 2 slices buttered wholemeal bread
I can't remember lunch!
Steak Pie + mash + peas, 1 cherry bakewell
About 400g Easter Egg chocolate
It was another day where what seemed like quite a lot of consumption at the time doesn't look so bad on paper. It was in any case the third/fourth indulgent day of Easter, but throughout I've never felt bloated or exceeded 7 on the tummy scale.
I do expect consumption to be more controlled from this point as the chocolate runs out! There's no guilt though as after all I'm not "dieting", simply eating in a new permanently different way. Easter is after all a festival. In the long term, festivals will have no lasting impact on my weight, it's the ordinary days that will determine success.
2 rashers bacon, baked beans + 2 slices buttered wholemeal bread
I can't remember lunch!
Steak Pie + mash + peas, 1 cherry bakewell
About 400g Easter Egg chocolate
It was another day where what seemed like quite a lot of consumption at the time doesn't look so bad on paper. It was in any case the third/fourth indulgent day of Easter, but throughout I've never felt bloated or exceeded 7 on the tummy scale.
I do expect consumption to be more controlled from this point as the chocolate runs out! There's no guilt though as after all I'm not "dieting", simply eating in a new permanently different way. Easter is after all a festival. In the long term, festivals will have no lasting impact on my weight, it's the ordinary days that will determine success.
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