I hit a new low! 364 lbs even, and this is after the 52.5-hour fast and then a re-feed. It is also after eating my normal OMAD meal this morning of pizza casserole and salad. This WOE is far too easy. Surprisingly it is not too good to be true; it is simply too good. I'm loving this. I can do this.
Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 364 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs
I have been struggling with whether I should say my starting weight is 425 lbs, 415 lbs, 401 lbs, or 386 lbs. My initial starting weight before Shangri-La was 415 lbs. My highest weight ever recorded was when I was about 26 years old, and I was 425 lbs. I had gotten down to 374 lbs in November of 2017, and then I re-gained back up to 401 lbs by March of 2018. I started to lose again at that point. I brought that down to 386 lbs using Shangri-La concepts, and then I discovered Keto and Intermittent Fasting. So if I am to be absolutely fair and accurate, what is my starting weight?
I chose 401 lbs because that is when I began turning things back around, but it throws my graphs way off because I wasn't 401 lbs When I started to blog again; I was 386 lbs.
For the blog posts, I think I'll keep the Starting Weight at 401 lbs, but for the graph, I'll keep the starting point at 386 lbs. I think that makes the most sense and accurately shows what I have accomplished over the period of time that I have been blogging my progress.
I also tweaked the pizza casserole a bit. At first, it was a base of ground beef with italian sausage seasonings, and then a layer of mushrooms, a layer of tomato sauce, a layer of mozzarella cheese, and a layer of pepperoni. It was good, but it didn't hold together too well. That was my husband's only gripe.
This time I added a mixture of eggs and sour cream on top of the beef before layering all the rest on. I made a quiche of sorts. It held together much better, and we both really enjoyed it.
In adding these two ingredients, I also had to cut the serving size. Instead of it making four servings for me (or 2 for him), it now makes 6 servings for me (3 for him).
In one serving:
842 calories
11g total carbs (9g net; 2g fiber)
56g fat
47g protein
That's not too bad! To that I add 5 cups of salad greens with about two teaspoons of lemon juice. Then I make some BPC (bullet proof coffee). In the BPC, there is 10 oz of coffee from a Keurig pod, two tabelspoons of heavy whipping cream, one tablespoon of Kerrygold salted pure Irish butter, and one tablespoon of coconut oil. I blend up the coffee in my Ninja to make it all frothy and creamy. This is amazing stuff.
This meal gives me 1166 calories, 19g of total carbs, 87g of fat, and 52g of protein. My macros are almost perfectly aligned! I'm doing really well.
I think I have decided to do an extended fast of at least 48 hours once a week. It was quite easy to do the first one, and I really loved the results! Plus, this may really reduce our grocery bills, too. That's never a bad thing.
I was thinking of maybe pushing it to 72 hours so I can make the number of re-feed days even at four total. That way, I can get just two bags of salad and make just two casserole
s from which I can get two servings for myself each and then leave the rest for my husband and our houseguest. I guess I am just trying to keep things simple. I'll have to keep thinking on this decision.
To fast or not to fast (or is it "too fast?") graph:
Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 364 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs
I have been struggling with whether I should say my starting weight is 425 lbs, 415 lbs, 401 lbs, or 386 lbs. My initial starting weight before Shangri-La was 415 lbs. My highest weight ever recorded was when I was about 26 years old, and I was 425 lbs. I had gotten down to 374 lbs in November of 2017, and then I re-gained back up to 401 lbs by March of 2018. I started to lose again at that point. I brought that down to 386 lbs using Shangri-La concepts, and then I discovered Keto and Intermittent Fasting. So if I am to be absolutely fair and accurate, what is my starting weight?
I chose 401 lbs because that is when I began turning things back around, but it throws my graphs way off because I wasn't 401 lbs When I started to blog again; I was 386 lbs.
For the blog posts, I think I'll keep the Starting Weight at 401 lbs, but for the graph, I'll keep the starting point at 386 lbs. I think that makes the most sense and accurately shows what I have accomplished over the period of time that I have been blogging my progress.
I also tweaked the pizza casserole a bit. At first, it was a base of ground beef with italian sausage seasonings, and then a layer of mushrooms, a layer of tomato sauce, a layer of mozzarella cheese, and a layer of pepperoni. It was good, but it didn't hold together too well. That was my husband's only gripe.
This time I added a mixture of eggs and sour cream on top of the beef before layering all the rest on. I made a quiche of sorts. It held together much better, and we both really enjoyed it.
In adding these two ingredients, I also had to cut the serving size. Instead of it making four servings for me (or 2 for him), it now makes 6 servings for me (3 for him).
In one serving:842 calories
11g total carbs (9g net; 2g fiber)
56g fat
47g protein
That's not too bad! To that I add 5 cups of salad greens with about two teaspoons of lemon juice. Then I make some BPC (bullet proof coffee). In the BPC, there is 10 oz of coffee from a Keurig pod, two tabelspoons of heavy whipping cream, one tablespoon of Kerrygold salted pure Irish butter, and one tablespoon of coconut oil. I blend up the coffee in my Ninja to make it all frothy and creamy. This is amazing stuff.
This meal gives me 1166 calories, 19g of total carbs, 87g of fat, and 52g of protein. My macros are almost perfectly aligned! I'm doing really well.
I think I have decided to do an extended fast of at least 48 hours once a week. It was quite easy to do the first one, and I really loved the results! Plus, this may really reduce our grocery bills, too. That's never a bad thing.
I was thinking of maybe pushing it to 72 hours so I can make the number of re-feed days even at four total. That way, I can get just two bags of salad and make just two casserole
s from which I can get two servings for myself each and then leave the rest for my husband and our houseguest. I guess I am just trying to keep things simple. I'll have to keep thinking on this decision.
To fast or not to fast (or is it "too fast?") graph:
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