I still don't know my actual weight, so I'm going to say again, current weight is roughly 415 lbs. I hope my scale gets here soon so I can get an accurate measurement. The suspense is killing me! What I sincerely hope is that I'm not more than 415 lbs. That would be the worst! Ugh. I don't even want to imagine it.
Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 415 lbs
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 399 lbs
I did both doses successfully yesterday. Yay! I did one successfully before work today, too! Yay!
I almost died! OMG!
Okay, maybe I'm being a little dramatic. It wasn't so bad, I guess. There are any number of worse things I can think of having to endure.
Here's the deal. There is no taste, and it's oil, so when it goes down, it sorta coats my throat and makes me want to gag a bit. I have tried putting the oil in a glass of water -- on top of the water -- and sipping. The issue there is that the oil ends up accumulating at the bottom of the glass and then I'm hit with a big, waterless sip of ELOO. Ugh!
The one thing I noticed is diarrhea -- as unpleasant as that is to talk about. To be fair, I changed up the staple dinner menu the same day I started this Shangri-La Diet, and that may be to blame. This diarrhea consists of very loose, watery stools, by the way. I know you were just dying to know this detail.
My typical meal is a lean protein -- like pork, chicken, or turkey -- with broccoli and a side -- mashed potatoes, macaroni & cheese, or rice. Last night, I made a "chili-mac" out of egg noodles, have a jar of spaghetti sauce, and a can of beanless chili -- Wolf brand. This may explain the unexpected bathroom craziness.
I haven't really experienced too much appetite suppression, but my appetite hasn't ever really been my biggest issue. Lately, I have been feeling over-hungry at certain times of the day, and I haven't felt those hunger-pangs for the past two days. I do get a lighter hunger, though. Maybe it will shrink away to no hunger at all, and then I can stop thinking about eating and forget some meals here and there.
I usually have the one meal after I get home from work, and at work, I have packed lunch. Lately, for the past few months, I have packed a chicken-salad sandwich, some popcorn (typically butter flavored already-popped pop corn, but this week I'm treating myself to kettle corn), a Monster Energy Zero Ultra, and some fruit snacks. My lunch is roughly 725-750 calories give or take. My dinner/breakfast is about the same. Total calories per day are usually around 1500, but then I sometimes have a bit of ice cream or some cookies or something, let's say it's between 1500 to 2000 daily. Pretty normal, really.
The Turkey meal, for example, consists of:
Butterball Boneless White and Dark Meat Turkey Roast -- This is a 48 oz roast. One serving is 130 Calories, and it's 4 Oz. I eat a quarter of it for one meal, so about 12 oz. That's 3 servings. This equates to about 390 calories.
Frozen broccoli florets -- I consume 1/4 of a 16 oz package per meal. The serving size according to the nutrition label is about 3/4 C, and there are about 5 servings per package. Doing the math, one serving is worth about 30 calories. My consumption is about 112.5 calories.
Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Ready Rice -- I consume about a 1/2 a package per meal. The serving size is 1 C and there are 2 C per package -- 2 servings in a package. Calories: 190.
That whole meal is about 692.5 calories.
I don't need appetite suppression. I don't need calorie restriction. I have been trying to restrict calories since I was 10. I have never been really gluttonous with my eating. I am not a binge-eater. This is not about how much I consume at all. My body is my enemy. What I need is what this diet promises to do -- I need to somehow trick my body and reset my set-point lower than it currently is.
I have hope!
Me when I describe my dinners:
So many progress! So many!
Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 415 lbs
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 399 lbs
I did both doses successfully yesterday. Yay! I did one successfully before work today, too! Yay!
I almost died! OMG!
Okay, maybe I'm being a little dramatic. It wasn't so bad, I guess. There are any number of worse things I can think of having to endure.
Here's the deal. There is no taste, and it's oil, so when it goes down, it sorta coats my throat and makes me want to gag a bit. I have tried putting the oil in a glass of water -- on top of the water -- and sipping. The issue there is that the oil ends up accumulating at the bottom of the glass and then I'm hit with a big, waterless sip of ELOO. Ugh!
The one thing I noticed is diarrhea -- as unpleasant as that is to talk about. To be fair, I changed up the staple dinner menu the same day I started this Shangri-La Diet, and that may be to blame. This diarrhea consists of very loose, watery stools, by the way. I know you were just dying to know this detail.
My typical meal is a lean protein -- like pork, chicken, or turkey -- with broccoli and a side -- mashed potatoes, macaroni & cheese, or rice. Last night, I made a "chili-mac" out of egg noodles, have a jar of spaghetti sauce, and a can of beanless chili -- Wolf brand. This may explain the unexpected bathroom craziness.
I haven't really experienced too much appetite suppression, but my appetite hasn't ever really been my biggest issue. Lately, I have been feeling over-hungry at certain times of the day, and I haven't felt those hunger-pangs for the past two days. I do get a lighter hunger, though. Maybe it will shrink away to no hunger at all, and then I can stop thinking about eating and forget some meals here and there.
I usually have the one meal after I get home from work, and at work, I have packed lunch. Lately, for the past few months, I have packed a chicken-salad sandwich, some popcorn (typically butter flavored already-popped pop corn, but this week I'm treating myself to kettle corn), a Monster Energy Zero Ultra, and some fruit snacks. My lunch is roughly 725-750 calories give or take. My dinner/breakfast is about the same. Total calories per day are usually around 1500, but then I sometimes have a bit of ice cream or some cookies or something, let's say it's between 1500 to 2000 daily. Pretty normal, really.
The Turkey meal, for example, consists of:
Butterball Boneless White and Dark Meat Turkey Roast -- This is a 48 oz roast. One serving is 130 Calories, and it's 4 Oz. I eat a quarter of it for one meal, so about 12 oz. That's 3 servings. This equates to about 390 calories.
Frozen broccoli florets -- I consume 1/4 of a 16 oz package per meal. The serving size according to the nutrition label is about 3/4 C, and there are about 5 servings per package. Doing the math, one serving is worth about 30 calories. My consumption is about 112.5 calories.
Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Ready Rice -- I consume about a 1/2 a package per meal. The serving size is 1 C and there are 2 C per package -- 2 servings in a package. Calories: 190.
That whole meal is about 692.5 calories.
I don't need appetite suppression. I don't need calorie restriction. I have been trying to restrict calories since I was 10. I have never been really gluttonous with my eating. I am not a binge-eater. This is not about how much I consume at all. My body is my enemy. What I need is what this diet promises to do -- I need to somehow trick my body and reset my set-point lower than it currently is.
I have hope!
Me when I describe my dinners:
And today's graph, as best as I can graph it, looks like so:
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