Don't get confused by the labels. I am trying different things, and, trying to organize myself. I have a new step one, now, which I am sure of, and, which I will keep strict track of for a week before adding anything else to.
I am already doing some strength training exercises twice a week, but, they have not helped me lose weight. In fact, I have gained weight since beginning them as a regular thing. I think I gained about 6 lbs, so far. That's also while taking the magnesium supplements and probiotics, that were to help heal my gut and to lose belly fat.
I did lose a little on my waist, briefly, but, now it is gaining again, and, my belly is almost always hard, inflamed and I am almost always dehydrate and constipated. The heat could explain some, but, not all, of that. As of right now, I am still taking the supplements, but, I have decided on a new Step One, which I had done by accident, before, and found very effective. It is eating on a schedule. I won't bore you with the details, because, you can find your own information and do your own experiments online, if you can't weight for the book; and, I do need something to put in the book, that isn't in this blog, or, why would anyone want to read it?
Anyway ....
Today is the first day of Step One.
Day One:
For breakfast, I had half a bagel. It's not plain, but, I don't know what it is. It's spiced with something. 1 Kroger Brand Beer Braut sausage, lightly sauteed in a little olive oil with 1/2 Roma tomato, some peppers and onions.
For lunch, I am having the same, as I made a bowl up for my son and he hasn't shown up, yet. I am also having an unmeasured amount of cantaloupe and honey dew. I would guess about 1/8 of a medium melon, each. It might be less.
For dinner, I had one chicken drumstick (skin on), one baked potato, a little olive oil, and, some frozen green beans.
I finished eating around 4 p.m. It was hard, for the first couple of hours, not to go find things to nibble on, just to feel the feeling. I wasn't hungry. After a while, I quit noticing. I did take a Chem-Defense tablet and I think that helped, because, it's sublingual and that means a lot of shifting about.
After a few hours, I could really hear things moving around. My stomach felt flatter and less gassy than usual, too.
Day Two:
Woke up this morning, early, but, not hungry. Finally ate breakfast at around 7 a.m. I still wasn't feeling hungry, but, I was feeling that I had better get on with things, before the day wore away and I hadn't time to eat. This is a bad feeling that I must fail to give countenance to, on future days, as I did eat quite a bit, today.
For breakfast, I had oatmeal made with a little honey, a little coconut oil, fresh sauteed papaya and pineapple, and raisins. I measured nothing out, really, but, I'm guessing about 1 cup of oatmeal and maybe 1/2 cup of pineapple and papaya, and, it was a little wee box of raisins, like they give kids for snacks. However, I did not eat all of the fruit, as I made more oatmeal than I ate, so there is about half of it left for tomorrow morning.
For lunch, I had one very small and one medium-small baked potato with a squeeze of lemon, sea salt and ground peppercorns. two small chicken drumsticks (skin on) and the rest of the green beans that were cooked yesterday.
For dinner, I had approximately 1/2 a (scanty) can of tuna with white onion and apple slices and an onion bagel.
I finished eating right around 2 pm.
When I woke up this morning, I still felt a little full from yesterday (or, a little inflamed, anyway), but, I did feel better than if I had eaten later, and, I did .. *ahem* .. use the facilities in a more gratifying manner than usual.
I've still been taking my magnesium supplements. I think I will quit. Regardless of what that H.P. says about magnesium being a cure for constipation, I read evidence to the contrary before visiting her site, and, I experienced the truth of it, for myself, as well.
Maybe she meant magnesium rich foods, but, what I read was "magnesium". Of course, there is Phillip's Milk of Magnesia, which would argue in favor of her way of thinking, I guess. Hmm ... No, it does not. I just looked at the ingredients, and, while there is 1200 mg of magnesium hydroxide, or some such, it also has sodium and is made from sea salt, and, anyone who ever read (or, especially tried) the Master Cleanser Diet plan in regards to cleaning out one's bowels, knows that sea salt is very good for that.
A Japanese study showed that constipation can be linked to eating too little magnesium rich foods and taking in too little water. Didn't show taking magnesium supplements helped, though.
Dr. Oz said that taking magnesium supplements can cause constipation, so, to drink plenty of water. I've had it almost ever since I started taking them. It could be that the one I take has some sneaky calcium. Calcium tends to bind one up.
Whatever the case, I was snubbed by H.P. when I tried to ask her a question, and, I have constipation where none out to exist, according to her, and, so, that's two wrongs against her. I win!
Hahah?
It's around 10:40 p.m, now, and, I have felt no hunger pains or wild urges to chomp down on things. I have had mild urges to make strong, sweetened tea; but, that's mostly because I am headachy and that is probably from not having sugar.
Day Three: Saturday
Today, unless anything weird happens (or, maybe, despite it) I should be going to the gym with my sister. I had a stuffy-headed semi-wakeful night, but, better sleep than I have been having, lately, except for the night of the Valerian Root. Sounds scary, no?
This morning, after I drank some more water and moved around a little bit, I had a bowel movement that wasn't terribly painful or entirely disappointing. I am beginning to think that all the numbness of limbs associated with eating things really is about the pressure of gas and whatever happens with constipation. I have been feeling tired and numb and tingly, in the way I would if I ate cheese, but, without any of the other problems associated with it.
Today, for breakfast, I am eating the rest of the oatmeal, fruit, seeds, coconut oil combo with honey , that I made yesterday.
For lunch, I sauteed the two leftover potatoes, from yesterday, with a little olive oil, chopped leeks, peppers and white onion, and two eggs, along with some garlic, pepper and sea salt. This was split between me and my son. Plus, I had most of a green apple.
For dinner, I had brown rice pasta and black olives, mixed with some pasta I had made before, plus some extra spaghetti sauce (canned, premade stuff). So, there was a little ground beef and a little other vegetation. Oh, and, I chopped up a zucchini to put in it, too. Plus, I had a grapefruit.
What I have realized is that, right now, my stomach/intestines always swell up and get uncomfortable when I eat anything. Booh! Anyway, finished up around 2 pm.
Day Four,Sunday; Five,Monday; Six, Tuesday; 7,Wednesday. ....
I tried to keep track of things, but, I didn't have time to log in and type it all up.What I can tell you is that I did follow it, still, today, on Thursday, aka: Day 8. I did not really follow it on Wednesday, though,as I was feeling a bit queasy and drank a 7-Up outside of the eating window.
I also had some doughnuts on Wednesday. What I learned from all this Wednesday sugar is that eating sugar really does make me feel worse than not eating it. When my son and I went on a walk, today, I was really suffering and slogging, compared to the last walk I went on.
I have not weighed yesterday or today, yet, to see what might have transpired, because, truthfully, I hadn't realized that the week was up, until just now. I have been told by someone, today, that I look like I lost weight, though.
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Okay, today is Friday, June 6, aka Day 9, only I am done counting in that way, since, really, I just wanted to do a mini-experiment for a week, to see what would happen. Now that I've had a fairly decent night's sleep and recovered from my walk in the torturous sun, I shall attempt to recreate the days I so blithely skipped over last night.
Day Four,Sunday;
Busy day. I believe I ate a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, on cut rate bread and including high fructose corn syrup as the main ingredient in the jelly, for breakfast, followed by a hot dog, soda and half a small bag of potato chips for lunch.Circle K was where I was offered food and it was already getting late, vis a vis my time window, so, I pounced.
Then, for dinner, I had half a regular sized Snickers bar and a banana.
Day Five,Monday:
I don't remember breakfast, but, I do remember having lovely pasta for dinner, which was a mix of wheat spaghetti noodles and rice penne noodles.
For lunch it was one tuna sandwich, cut rate bread, with onions and mayo. Very tasty, in fact. I added a touch of dried dillweed and some black pepper and sea salt.
Six, Tuesday;
A description of my breakfast, which I posted on FB:
"I am eating oatmeal that you want to try, though. Mmm ... It's got pumpkin seeds, peanut butter, banana, an egg, oatmeal (of
Still, you want to try it. Don't know that you would need the egg, but, I felt the need for extra
protein that didn't annoy me."
course) all stirred up and cooked together, utilizing the appropriate amount of water. Oh,
and, cocoa powder with a little
honey.
That's as close as I get to a recipe for it, as I almost measured out the oatmeal and water,
but, measured nothing else.
For dinner, I had two smallish baked potatoes with sloppy joe mix (ground beef, canned spaghetti sauce, a little ketchup,some peppers and onion) over them.
Day Seven, Wednesday:
A bad day, indeed. What did I eat on Wednesday? I drank a 7-Up, most of a full 2 litre, full sugar drink and I ate approximately half a package, each, of Hostess powdered sugar and chocolate glazed doughnuts. No vegetables, no fruit, no other carbs, no protein.
Day Eight, Thursday:
A few bites of leftover chocolate-banana oatmeal The rest of the 7-Up, for breakfast.
2 value menu chicken sandwiches and one value menu hamburger, plus value fries and water for lunch / dinner.
Followed by a Propel water,on accident and some Diet Coke with fresh lemon juice, on purpose.
So, there we are.
Now, for the news:
On approximately the 22nd of May, 2014, I weighed at GNC. I had gained weight, again, and was up to almost 264 lbs. Something like 263.7. It did not say that I gained any body fat, though. At any rate, I had not lost weight, and kept it off, for several months of stress and bad eating.
As you can plainly see, above, last week was also some fairly bad eating. I will let you know that it was an extremely hot time with no swamp cooler, followed by a crying jag after I had to ask my dad for help because the person who promised he would fix it simply left the water on to pour off the roof which I cannot access. So, yeah, stress.
This morning,I weighed and measured my waistline(s).
The scale said either 255 lbs or 256 lbs. I cannot be more accurate than that, as my eyesight is poor and the lines are tiny and way down by my feet. Let's round up to 256 lbs and down to 263 lbs as my previous weight, because I know that I hadn't lost weight (before beginning this week long experiment) and I might have gained some. So, even shaving off a little of how much I actually weighed at last official weigh in, and, knocking off one possible pound of weight loss, that's still 7 lbs. lost, in one week, without even trying to eat really healthy or counting calories, or etc. Simply by eating within a set window of time, and, even then, I messed up on some days.
My waistline (right below ribcage) was measured, this morning, as being 44", My waistline (right above hip bones) was measured as 49".That's okay, though, as I can see, when I look in the mirror, that due to weight loss and skin that is looser, there are things that used to be up higher on my back that are now down lower.
Now, I was exercising at the gym this last week and went on a couple of walks, but, I was also doing those things during periods of weight gain ,while eating healthier.
Please be aware, I am not suggesting that you eat Hostess doughnuts and drink soda to lose weight. Nor am I suggesting that what you eat does not matter. I am saying that, especially if you have digestive issues that cause your food to move more slowly through your body, WHEN you eat is also of great importance.I am sure if I had eaten healthier, this last week, I would have lost even more and I would feel better, right now.
Still, I am happy with the results, and, I feel even more ready to do marvelous things for my health.
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