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Life: Mine, Yours, and ways to make it better plus some other random musings. Enjoy!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Weight (5:45am) - 189#

5:20 am - wake, large glass of water
5:45 am - SFH Fortified, (19P), 4g fish oil, cup decaf coffee

Notes:
Little brother is in town and we went out for Mexican food last night. That's why the weight is up this morning.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

5:20 AM - wake
5:40 AM - 1 scoop whey (19P), 2g fish oil
6:00 AM - 1 cup decaf coffee
7:45 AM - 5 HB eggs, 3 cups raw spinach, 1 cup cooked turnip greens, bite of pulled pork
9:15 AM - 1 cup coffee, black

Notes:
Morning Weight, post shake = 187#
Weekend was garbage and yesterday was good for food quality. I'm a little puffy from the weekend shenanigans, so that would explain the overall gain in weight. Should be back down to 180-183 by Friday. Will make notes.

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Saturday, April 9, 2011

7:15 AM - Wake
7:50 AM - 2 scoops SFH Fortified (39P), 4g fish oil, 2g MSM, tall coffee with dash of heavy cream
10:00 AM - 1.5oz. clean beef jerky
Rest of day:
mostly crap

Notes:
This week was a little lax. I will get back after a full clean weeks next week. no "re-feed" day today due to the cheat meals/drinks during the week.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Friday, April 8, 2011

8:00 AM - wake, large glass of water
8:15 AM - 20:00 walk
8:45 AM - 4 eggs scrambled in ghee, 2 cups spinach, 1 airborne tablet
9:15 AM - tall coffee, black
10:15 AM - PWO: SFHPWO 1 scoop, 2g MSM
12:30 PM - 6-7oz. grassfed beef cooked in ghee, turnip greens
Afternoon & dinner:
4 beers, 1 jim beam and diet 7 up (big)
Pulled pork in a molasses reduction with steamed zucchini.
10:00 PM - 7:15 AM - Lights out

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Thursday, April 7, 2011

5:15 AM - wake, large glass of water
5:45 AM - breakfast - 1 tin of sardines in EVOO (275cals, 16F, 25P), 1 cup decaf green tea
8:45 AM - 1 cup detox tea
9:15 AM - ham and egg from a sandwich, 4g fish oil
9:35 AM - iced green tea
12:00 PM - sausage and egg, passion tea
1:30 PM - BBQ, chopped beef, sausage, cole slaw, potato salad
6:45 PM - mexican food - chips and salsa, 3 beers, trout, shrimp, sopapillas in honey

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

8:00 AM - wake, large glass of water
8:30 AM - 3 eggs, and 1/2lb of shrimp
12:00 PM - dark and white meat chicken ~8-9oz. with steamed veggies and juices from chicken in crock.
5:15 PM - PWO, 1 scoop SFHPWO, 5g BCAAs, 1g Glutamine, 2g MSM
6:15PM - 1/2 Chicken breast from whole chicken, steamed veggies, sauce
8:45 PM - 5:15 AM - lights out

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

5:20 AM - wake, large glass of water
5:45 AM - 4oz. chicken tenders, 3 cups raw spinach, sun dried tomatoes
***traveling today so I will do the best I can.
8:30 AM - 1.5oz. macadamia nuts, grande coffee w/ heavy cream*
11:30 AM - ~8oz. grilled chicken, 2 cups raw spinach, black olives, sunflower seeds (~1/4 cup)
2:00 PM - tall decaf coffee with heavy cream*
4:00 PM - light workout
4:30 PM - 5g BCAAs, 2g Glutamine, 2g MSM, 2g fish oil
7:00 PM - chicken and veggies with sun dried tomatoes, couple glasses of wine.
9:45 PM - 8:00 AM - Lights out

Notes:
*Coffee and heavy cream doesn't seem to agree with me. For a short while after both coffees I had some indigestion. Not good.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Monday, April 4, 2011

8:30 AM - wake, large glass of water
9:00 AM - ground venison ~3oz., 2 over easy eggs cooked in coconut oil, 2 small heads of broccoli, steamed.
11:15 AM - small cup decaf coffee
12:00 PM - venison steak (6-7oz.), steamed cauliflower and carrots, couple sun dried tomatoes, 1 pickle
3:00 PM - PreWO - 5g BCAAs, 1g Glutamine - workout
5:00 PM - PWO - venison steak (6-7oz.) steamed veggies, 2g fish oil, 5g BCAAs, 3g glutamine, 2g MSM
8:00 PM - 4oz. chicken tenders, 3 cups raw spinach, sun dried tomatoes, 1 glass of wine
9:30 PM - 5:30 AM - lights out

Notes:
Friday recap: good breakfast and lunch then Rangers game. Lots of beer at game, 2 small packages of pistachios and a small package of sunflower seeds. No dinner...
Saturday recap: Awesome binge day. In order of apperance:
Grande coffee w/ heavy cream, homemade almond joy, 1 small cupcake, Nate's Special at Coppell Deli (2 fried eggs, bacon, sausage patty, cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayo, texas toast), split an order of chili cheese fries, 1 sleeve Do Si Do Girl Scout cookies, 4 Samoa's, 1/2 package of cocoa pumpkin seeds, 1 Kombucha, 1 beer, small glass of champagne, dinner at Kenny's Wood Fire grill: pop over bread, brie fondue, steak crustina, 16 oz. pork chop, mac and cheese, more beer, 2 pieces of bday cake, more beer and then bed.
Sunday recap: Clean eating day. Small meals, overall caloric load was meager.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Challenge Results....

February 28th weight = 189.5
March 31st weight = 179.5

Starting belly measurement = 35"

Ending belly measurement = 32.5
" (2.5" decrease)
Starting hip measurement = 40.5"

Ending hip measurement = 38.5"
(2" decrease)

Pictures: (Before/After)






Recap on 30 days:
No fruit, caffeine, minimal booze in the form of wine, no additives (that I know of), no dairy, no legumes. Can it be done? I think the results speak for themselves. I tweaked this plan as I went along and I will continue to follow it with some differences. Main idea: Eat protein and veggies Sunday through Friday and have a "refeed" day once a week (Saturdays). This is adapted from the Anabolic Diet, Ketogenic Diet, and Tim Ferris. For the month I stayed clean on the refeed days focusing on quality ingredients with lots of fat and sweet potatoes as the carb source. From now on my "cheats" will be on Saturday with a little leway during the week because we all know that it happens. I will allow anything I want to eat on these cheat days. Main focus during the week will still be protein and veggies. I'm going to try another approach this month in terms of food quantity. The amount will stay the same but I will eat more meals that are smaller. I think to trim the last bit of fat off the waistline really minimizing insulin spikes in any form is the key: smaller meals more frequently instead of the 3 large meals I have daily. I'm still going to keep track over the next 30 days to see any difference, it just may not be as detailed. Looking forward to this next month!