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2017 SEP 1 -- Day 13

I splurged a bit on high-set-point food this weekend. I have regrets. I also have a rather large up-blip as a result.

I ate pizza with my favorite toppings which is a very familiar flavor making it a more fattening food according to Seth's theory. Flavor recognition makes food more fattening, basically, because there are very strong flavor-calorie associations. Foods with very familiar flavors are called "ditto" foods, and ditto foods must be avoided. It's possible to change the flavor of the food so it is not a ditto food, but I didn't do that.

The result:

Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 410.4 lbs  
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 399 lbs


This seems like a huge setback, but I'm going to ignore it for now and just keep truckin'. I'm sure I can drop it again in a few days as I did before. The graph of my numbers since starting is very reassuring. I now know how to regain control. I simply have to remember to use more will-power in social situations in the future. I can eat a ditto food, but I have to stop after a small amount of it even when it raises my set-point and makes me feel hungrier.

Even though I was following the oil regimen, I think a combination of dropping below my set-point and wanting to enjoy some pizza caused me to overdo it.

Once I had eaten the first piece of pizza, my mind could not get off of the pizza. My tummy felt hungry, too. I ate the whole thing over the course of the night. Sure, it was the lower-cal thin-crust pizza and not the double-meat, double-cheese, deep-dish monstrosity my husband had, but it was a very familiar ditto food. It was probably a 10 on the set-point value scale.

So I have to drop my set-point again. As difficult as it is, I know that taking the oil and then eating nothing drops it fairly quickly. I can do small fasting periods or limit my caloric intake aggressively. I will feel hunger, but the oil will help curb it.

The hunger should gradually abate as my set point drops making it easier to ignore until it disappears completely once my set-point drops below my weight. The only trouble is in making sure my weight doesn't drop at a faster rate than my set point. If that happens, the hunger will never abate.

Here's what my graph looks like today:


This looks worse than it is. I still haven't had much of a bowel movement, and when I get rid of all of this pizza, it will probably drop quit a bit. We shall see.

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