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fruitloop
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Posted: 22 December 2006 12:59 pm |
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All peanuts and peanut products potentially contain aflatoxins caused by mould. Aflatoxins cause liver cancer. In the U.S. and Australia, peanuts are tested for aflatoxin contamination, and I imagine in the UK as well. Some level of contamination is considered unavoidable.
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Nir
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Posted: 22 December 2006 01:31 pm |
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When I was doing my sprouting research last week, I read that you can sprout peanuts but you need to take care with washing them or risk mold.
Thursday
The remainder of Wednesday's Houmous (150 calories) and Protein Bar (225 calories) dominated the beginning of Thursday. Also made use of the heads of broccoli I scored on Wednesday.
Decided it was too cold to cycle to the gym. Mum said she was doing a tour of discount food shops by car so decided to come along. First stop was mum's house [dad's favourites: a lemon-flavour wafer and a ginger biscuit, total 90 calories], at the shop I sampled a chocolate truffle (70 calories) and a broken-off bit of a chocolate santa (25 calories). I was going to buy a banana but mum said she'd give me a free one when we got back to her place (75 calories).
I got some butternut squash, mushrooms, crate of clementines, red lentils, dried apricot, cashew nuts, salsa dip.
I used the food processor to turn the dried Apricots into a sticky slush (makes it easier to dish out a portion of the desired size - but the texture is a bit wierd).
Cashew Nuts were processed into cashew nut powder (one step away from being cashew nut butter, I guess).
'baked' apple and pear, separtely featured throughout the day. 'baked' in the microwave. comes out really nice. got the idea from one of those eDiets emails I seem to be getting practically every 2 days.
By around 5pm had 75% of my calories, so I stopped. Started eating my last meal at 8.45pm. Felt uncharacteristically posessive of my calories for that time of night so focused on vegetables (cucumber, pak choi, cauliflower, mushroom, potato) instead of indulging in the many high-calorie-density items I have available at present. The potatos were from mum's allotment [which meant 1) I had to wash them several times to get all the dirt off them 2) they were very funky shapes - not your traditional 'round/oval' potatos - mum asked me earlier in the day how I was getting on with her potatos and I had to admit I was too lazy to touch them so I bought some pre-washed potatos at the supermarket. At least I'll be able to report eating 1/3 of a kilo of her potatos]
Finished the day with a portion of Rye Cracker. Noticed there was only one portion left. [I had this large bag with prepacked portions of wheatbix, rye crackers, brazil nuts, pumpkin seeds, bombay mix - back when I was working I used to have "emergency dry food" stash with me. I am now practically finished with it]. I still have nuts (peanuts, cashew nuts, dessicated coconut) and seeds (sesame, flax) but they are all tiny and so not suitable for the mini-bag ration format.
Thursday was the day I actually caught up with the CPH forums, after they've ran away from me for a little while. Other projects included configuring a wireless router [got it working but decided to take it out of my system as I'm experiencing ocassional faults and trying to see if they're caused by the router or the ISP/modem]. Anyhow my place is very small so not being able to travel with the laptop isn't exactly a problem. A final project was to install eMule (pear2pear software) and play around with other music download options. Big wash day for linen and towels too. [anything to actually avoid doing my homework  ]
Friday
Breakfast at 4am but back to bed by 5.30am. Nash is only working half a d|ay today so the plan is to go and do the Harvester early-bird deal with him (the same restaurant I did 2 weeks ago with the girl from Aerobics). The idea is to make good choices from the salad bar. I've decided it is again too cold to cycle to the gym, but hopefully I can drag myself off to the OA meeting in the evening. So far this morning lots of vegetables and some fruit.
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fruitloop
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Posted: 23 December 2006 02:37 am |
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I used to have a jar for sprouting things. It was a wide-mouthed jar with a mesh lid. You put your beans (or whatever) in the jar, and rinsed them every morning and evening. The mesh lid made it easy to rinse them, and air could get in, so they didn't go moldy.
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Nir
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Posted: 23 December 2006 02:29 pm |
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I'm going to look into sprouting equipment today, but I expect it'll be too expensive for me to bother.
Friday continued
Second meal started 8.50am; by end of two meals I had consumed 575 calories and 36.1g protein.
I was plotting, scheming and looking forward to my lunch - and Nash seemed to be in no hurry. Eventually he came over and there was some more time wasted not knowing where the Harvester restaurant was, and taking our time to order the food etc. The actual eating was between 1.30pm to 3pm.
This made it a shorter meal than 2 weeks ago but it felt rushed because Nash seemed to keep looking at his watch and asking "are you having more salad?" which translates to "surely you're not going to have more?". Why would anyone want to go to a buffet setup and then try to get out of there asap? I had my scale out. I didn't measure everything but I did check out a few things. Here are some estimates:
chicken breast, 171g: 250 calories, 55g protein
piri sauce (tomato based), 50 calories
rice, 125 calories (that was 1/3 to 1/4 of the total amount of rice on my plate)
2 fries (from Nash's plate), 25 calories
pineapple chunks, 300 calories
2 bread rolls (they were brown. maybe wholewheat, maybe not), 92 grams, say 225 calories
some actual salad, 150 calories
pasta, 100 calories
raisins, 100 calories
kidney beans, 100 calories
non-fat vinigarete, 25 calories
other dressings, 50 calories (how dare they swap the Honey Mustard and Non-Fat Vinigarate so they are next to the wrong labels? That is criminal!)
Eating 1500 calories in 1.5 hours cannot be good. The main ways in which I could have improved: omit the 2 bread rolls. Omit most of the (refined flour) pasta, (refined) rice and raisins. Maybe go a little easier on the pineapple chunks. Skip the calorie-dense dressings. Oh, and actually stop eating when my tummy is full.
That's 55g from the chicken breast alone, I'm sure there was protein in the other foods too. Our body cannot process so much protein at once, so it is a bit of a waste. Excess protein is converted (I've seen conflicting information: sometimes it is converted 'to fat' other times it is converted to glucose which is converted to fat - so I am a bit baffled). Or maybe it is excreted in urine (as per my health scare back in March?). That is one set of contradictions.
Nash has an ancient phone (Nokia 1600) and we were walking from shop to shop in the shopping centre (=Mall) and outdoor market to see if they sell a hands-free headset for it. No-one did (later on I Googled for it with much better results - £4.99 including delivery). At 5pm I stopped by McDonald's and indulged in an ice-cream cone (175 calories, 4.4g protein).
I was thinking of another ice-cream cone just half an hour later but managed to resist. I could have really done with that OA meeting, but it was too cold so I went home instead. 9.35pm had some high-protein cheese (50 calories, 9.6g protein). At 11.50pm had that cheese again but also got snacky and had some dried apricot, ground peanuts and ground cashew nuts (100 calories for everything). I had evil thoughts in my head like "why don't I just get a spoon and eat as much of the ground cashew nuts as I want?"
This really brings to the foreground the question: WHY do I have dried fruit and two types of ground nuts in my home? (and the other nuts and seeds). These are danger foods for me!
So: breakfasts were 575 calories, lunch was 1500 calories, post-lunch food was 325 calories. Total is 2400. Target is 1800. Maintenance is probably 2100 so 300 calories over. But having 1500 calories in one go is one sure way to store fat!
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Nir
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Posted: 24 December 2006 12:02 pm |
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Forgotten to mention, but one highlight of Friday was coming across this website: /boredlaura.diaryland.com/ I think the wit of this Scottish girl puts me to shame. I've been in some forum that she was also on for a few years but until directed to her blog didn't realise what she is like.
Saturday
Tried to sweeten some yogurt with my dried apriocot puree but I didn't use enough or it just isn't sweet enough.
Nash put my back up by describing how he ran away from a blind date. Was I ticked off because looks are so important to him or because he reacted badly to finding out she was mildly disabled. Not sure.
Was due to hang out with Nash at the shopping centre but it turned out we each had a long list of things we wanted to achieve so we were there together but separetely. There were no vegetables of interest, I looked at the price of popcorn, there were some 'new' bicycles to look at but I steered clear of them as they all had problems with them (in fact saw someone returning a bike whose gears didn't work), the health shop was out of sprouting equipment and the camping shop didn't look like it would do them. On the plus side, I did pick up a new toy ("George Foreman" for £9.99) and a square of Muslin cloth (for a possible future sprouting project, £1.30). I also looked at ice-cream/sorbet machines. They start at £30 in the department store. They follow the mix-and-freeze method (i.e. create a mixture and aerate it whilst cooling it). The cheaper method by far would be to freeze first and then use a blender/food processor to mix it all up (whilst retaining the frozen-ness). I need to do more research before I'm ready for sorbets.
Unpacked, cleaned and prepped the George Foreman but so far the only thing I grilled with it is some cabage-based salad.
I started reading a free e-Book called 'Merchants Of Deception' which is about someone who used to be in Amway. It is quite a detailed account and a good read so far.
My brother arrived (from Paris) at my parents last night and showed up around 7pm. We chatted and watched some TV clips on the computer.
Around 9pm we co-ordinated to go drinking in town with Rob. I wish I had taken some reading materials. I just wasn't in the mood to stay out. I wasn't drinking (not even water - due to medical condition). I was #%@&! off at my brother because I don't like lending people money and he practically twisted my arm to lend him some. We were also stationed in a pub that was too far for me to walk home from in that cold weather. So I killed a few unpleasant hours, unhappy with conversation, unhappy with time-wasting. At 11pm I ordered a 'chocolate bomb' (chocolate ice-cream encased in a 2mm chocolate casing). {I made my brother pay} I estimate it at 400 calories. It did not cheer me up and of course I was mad at myself for wasting the calories on such 0-nutrient food. Later my brother tried to appease me: 'shall I buy some crisps?' I said I wouldn't eat any. He went and bought some Pork Scratchings anyway (that's fried pork rind). I think he thought I would eat those because 1.5 years ago I introduced him to Golden Pork Crunch [the difference is: Golden Pork Crunch is a protein food, 60% of calories from protein. Pork Scratchings are usually 20% of calories from protein, the rest from fat. Big difference]. I didn't touch it - I let them eat it. I was finally put out of my misery at 1am when the place shut. I got a lift back home. Mum gave me the money that my brother owed me (he can compensate her later) and I need to be a bit more selfish. This was not quality time for me.
Had 112 calories in animal protein (low fat mature cheddar and roasted chicken), 100 calories ground cashews, 100 calories ground peanuts and 13 calories TVP (to boost protein to where it should be). Again had those lets-eat-cashew-powder-with-a-spoon thoughts and again fought them.
I don't know what it was about the night which I did not enjoy. Lending money puts my back up. Not having the freedom to get up and leave when I want is another problem. I think I was left out of conversations. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood to go out. Maybe I just don't do well in these kinds of social situations. I guess I need to think about that a bit more. Resorting to food to 'cheer me up' - what a classic (and stupid) response. Okay, that day is over. Moving on.
Sunday
It is Christmas Eve which means that potentially there are food bargains to be had in the supermarkets, so that should be one of my projects today.
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Nir
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Posted: 25 December 2006 11:08 am |
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Sunday - Christmas Eve
A day of boredom. I was so bored that I actually spent some time tidying up my place (you can now see more of the carpet).
According to a friendly member of staff at Sainsbury's, they had orders from headquarters not to reduce anything to less than half its original price. I got that info at 1pm and sure enough mum was there at 3.55pm to witness no movement in price.
1.30pm: I had two pieces of Quality Street from the large tin placed on the customer service desk at Waitrose, a sample of stilton cheese with fruity bits and a cookie sample at Millie's. Total junk 125 calories.
Incidentally two of the Baskin Robins in this town are coupled with Millies. In the USA I gather that Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robins are the same company. [My working theory is that in the UK 'gourmet' cookies sell better than donuts so the franchise deal is to either run a Millie Cookies, a Baskin Robins, or a combo.]
Just for fun I was vegan till 5pm, protein up till then was from cauliflower, peas, tofu. However I had a 'fruit attack' (mango and melon) and decided it would be more efficient to bring protein back in line with low-fat-mature-cheddar. On the phone Nash was reading the label of his 'Tesco Healthy Living cheddar'. My cheese is 188 calories per 100g. His is 260 calories. Mine has 75% of calories from protein - his only has 47%. Not all low-fat cheeses are the same.
I was trying to drum into him the micronutrient/macronutrient concept and throw some nutrient density numbers his way. He really is a long-term project. His eating is a combination of all the mistakes you could possibly make: he eats primarily for pleasure. He lives with mum and she doesn't seem to have a concept of healthy eating. There is a lot of junk food lying around (mum gets the blame for buying cookies etc.) He doesn't plan ahead so doesn't pack a lunch and then picks a bad choice at the cafeteria on workdays. I find it difficult to hear his double-standards. He is expecting any future partner to be slim. Hello? What about himself?
Got another TTS (text to speech) application. This one is even less legible but you can listen to more than 1000 characters at a time so it is less fiddly.
It felt like I was running out of calories too early in the day. In reality I had 100 calories spare at 10pm (which I spent on 'cashew nut butter': i.e. ground cashew nuts with a couple teaspoons of water, heated up in microwave). Whatever happened to good old popcorn?
Monday - Christmas - part 1
I'm not feeling confident. I'm feeling scared. Christmas meal at mum's house today [late afternoon?] with entire family (minus one sister, who isn't coming to this meal but will be hosting her own 'Christmas' dinner for us on Sunday!). I do not want to overeat today. I always ask for seconds of everything. I asked mum if she would provide SOMETHING healthy amongst the food (e.g. salad) but I don't know if she will. I am going to bring my scales along but I expect a major backlash if I use them so I don't know if I would.
It would be nice if this social ocassion wasn't all about the food, but I bet it would be. Could it be about non-food conversation? I guess that is a challenge. I'll see what I can do. (I am expecting food to be roast lamb, roast potatos, 'cheese bites', apple Streudel - but I'm prepared to be surprised.)
And knowing my luck, any convesation will revolve around why I should care about what I eat, given that I am so slim, or somebody will try to prove that there is no such thing as 'compulsive over-eating'.
I started the day with salad, butternut squash, broccoli, cauliflower and spring greens [eating and cooking], 6-7am mini-breakfast total: 112 calories, 9g protein (it was a mini breakfast as measured by calories - physically there was plenty of food). The plan is to keep protein at 32% and eat something like 750 calories / 60g protein before the late Christmas lunch event.
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Nir
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Posted: 25 December 2006 07:39 pm |
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Monday - Christmas - part 2
By 2pm I had 440 calories and 35g protein. Mostly vegetables, a couple of fruit and a bit of tofu.
Christmas lunch was 2.30pm till 4pm. I did weigh things and there was only a minimal amount of fuss about it. I think they figured they might as well let me do it as I was going to anyhow. I had the scale on the chair next to me, which was vacant. I may put a detailed account later on but for now just the total: 1750 calories for the meal, with about 850 calories coming from the desserts (that is some lesson - without the dessert, I could have still recovered the day. shame). Protein was over 50g. I had 'seconds' on the salad, roasted medeterenian vegetables, Morocon-style lamb/chick peas/butternut squash/apricots thing, honey-roast peanuts and the Ferrero Rocher chocolates.
To put this in context, my normal daily allowance is 1800. Needless to say, today is an above-maintenance day and until the end of the day I shall only be eating if I'm actually hungry, and periodically to ensure I have some protein in my bloodstream.
I'm not actually supposed to do cph - I'm mainly here to fix mum's virus checker
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Nir
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Posted: 26 December 2006 02:49 am |
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Christmas Dinner in full
cheese bite with camember inside (23.2g) ...73 calories
cheese bite with motzorella inside (21.7g) ...62 calories
grated beetroot mixed with horseraddish sauce (31.9g) ...32 calories
orange juice (250ml) ...93 calories
salad - tomato, cucumber, lettuce, spring onion, red pepper (69.7g, 88.5g) ...32 calories
couscous (32.6g) ...46 calories
lamb, chick peas, butternut squash, dried apricots, Morocon spices (65.8g, 100g) ...249 calories
roasted medeterenian vegetables with black olives and fetta cheese (72.1g, 52.9g) ...188 calories
roasted lamb (35g) ...70 calories
roasted potatos (30.6g) ...61 calories
Tiramisu (102.2g) ...261 calories
Ferrero Rocher (13g, 12.7g, 12.7g, 12.7g) ...257 calories
honey-roasted peanuts (6g, 5.7g) ...59 calories
Halva with Pistachios (49.4g) ...267 calories
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Nir
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Posted: 26 December 2006 04:30 pm |
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Tuesday
A new day and sanity is restored. I was walking past McDonald but Nash (who I was chatting to on the phone) talked me out of that ice-cream cone, so he is not all bad. I came home and had some broccoli, cauliflower, butternut squash, mango and a clementine.
I am currently 57kg. I have two BIA scales. One gives my body fat as 14.5% and the other 18.6%. (The calipers can't decide whether I am 13.7% or 15.7%)
Assuming I lose just fat and no LBM, what weight will I be at...
10% -> 51.55kg (18.7) .. 54.15kg (19.7)
7% -> 49.89kg (18.1) .. 52.40kg (19.0)
Well, the numbers in the (brackets) are what my BMI will be. I see that at 10% I'll be brushing quite close to 'underweight', even worse at my goal of 7%.
A thought that occurs is that when I _thought_ I was 8% (a few months back) I probably was not! I only have the 'word' of that Tanita device (that I no longer have access to).
How low will I go before the low weight and BMI will scare me off? (at this rate this will happen long before I achieve the single-digit body fat that was supposedly the 'healthier' goal to aim for)
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Nir
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Posted: 27 December 2006 05:23 am |
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Tuesday continued
{woohoo, 20000 visits to my diary not long ago it was around 5000}
Breakfast: didn't feel like anything 'heavy' so went for animals (very low fat yoghurt).
Noon: went the other way with cauliflower, broccoli, butternut squash, mango, pear, clementines
Afternoon: even heavier, a total of 700g of celery. Also used the George Foreman for a toasted cheese sandwich: two slices of nimble whole-wheat bread (just 80 calories - slices are small and thin) and Weight-Watchers' low-fat mature cheddar, 50 calories. Altogether 130 calories and 14.4g protein. It turned out quite nice.
Couldn't resist sending a link to the book I'm reading ( snipurl.com/amway ) to my friend's former upline. I wonder if I'll get a reply
By 7pm I've had 4 mini-meals; totals were 1125 calories, 69.4g protein. It was then that I came out to the pub, with my brother, one of my sisters and a couple of friends. It was the same pub where I was miserable on Saturday, but I had a much more interesting time (largely thanks to my sister and the group dynamics she inspired in others). We stayed there till 11pm. There is some food and drink to account for:
I started off by pocketing a biscotti (25 calories) whilst my sister was buying a Mocha.
I then decided to have my own Mocha (say 100 calories, er, hi OWF I'm in your territory today ) whilst my sister was trying out the Hot Chocolate. I got a biscotti with my drink, but also helped myself to yet another one (50 calories)
For his second pint, my brother decided to go for the burger-and-fries-and-pint deal. I went halves on the food (he was more interested in the fries and I was more interested in the burger). I was hoping for a chicken-burger but the only one they had was the veggie-burger. I had: a couple of fries (25 calories), 65g breaded-veggie-burger (say 125 calories), about 1/3 of the bun (50 calories)
Two hours on it was time for another mocha (100 calories) and biscotti (25 calories)
Finally we split a dessert. The same chocolate bomb, but instead of having 80-90% of it, it was split between the 5 of us. I paid for an additional scoop of vanilla ice cream to go with it and had most of that to myself. Ice cream (125 calories) chocolate covering (50 calories).
675 calories in about 3 hours. Questionable nutrition!
Came home, did my totals and realised I had a hit my 1800 calorie target but was 25g of protein short. Decided to go over calories to catch up on protein. Ate a 130g tin of tuna (130 calories, 30.6g protein) so I'm a bit over today, but never mind.
No regrets, actually.
Friday lunchtime is probably a Pizza Hut buffet!
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Shawntel
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Posted: 27 December 2006 08:16 am |
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O.K. Nir, I have a question that you have probably answered somewhere in your 21 pages of postings. However, I don't have the time to look through to find it, so I figured I would just ask. Why are you watching your calories or types of food you eat.. You weight like 120 some odd lbs. That is like every average girls dream weight.
I read through some of your post and it sounds like you are trying to avoid eating so many carbs and stuff, but you never have said why. What is your motivation? Why are you doing it?
you talk about body fat % and how you want to lose body fat. Healthy body fat % for men is between 10-20%.. from articles I've read. You are in that range. So why are you trying to lose body fat. Why not just do more weights to bulk up and gain a few pounds of muscle. (It is really hard for your body to gain muscle when you are dieting.) Enjoy that you have such a high metabolism and a active job (being a dance instructor, lucky you.).. Add in Weight training for muscle bulk and enjoy all those carbs that you can eat and burn and not gain a pound from... for the rest of us..., who if we look at carbs we gain weight.
I hope I don't offend. I'm just curious.
Shawntel
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Nir
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Posted: 27 December 2006 12:50 pm |
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Hi Shawntel, no offense taken. (I'm 127lb this morning but one day last week I was indeed 122lb)
I'm not quite an aerobics or dance instructor yet. At the moment I'm just learning how to be one. It is more of a hobby really - something to do while I'm unemployed from my usual profession (IT developer) which is partly due to a medical condition.
I watch how much I eat because that is the only way I can avoid over-eating. I think I have COE (compulsive over-eating disorder). Most recently I was out of control for countless days (a few weeks in all) during September and October. Just maintaining my weight, instead of going up and down, is an achievement for me. I "know it all" as far as theory goes - it is whether I care enough about me to follow it through.
I watch what I eat because eating the right foods makes it easy to keep calories low AND because, having read books like Eat To Live, I know that some foods promote disease or just leach nutrients from my body, and I want to maximise my health too. It isn't carbs that I want to avoid (carbs tend to be 60%+ of my calories), but refined carbs like sugar and white flour - and refined oils and saturated+trans fats.
It has been a few months since I was at my leanest, and now I am not even sure if I really was as lean as I thought I was (I have some printouts that say I was 8% but I think that machine was somewhat biased). I would like to experience 10%.
I am a bit ectomorph (put muscle on is hard work). My workout programme is mostly weight training (a 4 day split with 12-rep sets) though I'm not neglecting cardio completely. My big decision will be at what point I'm happy enough with my body fat % to start increasing my calories to maintenance level and beyond. I'm sure that day will come soon enough. In October I was annoyed about gaining 7-8 pounds of fat, which meant that suddenly the goal was fat loss and not muscle building - but over the last 2 months I have become more patient, so I'm prepared to wait a little longer.
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Nir
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Posted: 28 December 2006 11:07 am |
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Wednesday
Might have been those Mocha drinks, or the book about AMWAY which I'm reading but I couldn't sleep till 5am and then woke up anyway at 8.30am.
Healthy start: protein from assorted legumes (mung beans, yellow split peas, marrowfat peas, green lentils), bulk from celery and extra calories from mango, pear, clementine and potatos.
After an entire week of cold-weather-inspired laziness I cycled just under an hour to visit Nash at his home. We cleared out his living room furniture and praticed my Aerobics workout (which again stretched to an hour and a half even though it should be shorter than that). He also had a 21kg barbell and a couple of 4kg dumbells - so I made-up a total-body-workout (one exerise per muscle group) given the available equipment. I will admit it was a slight ego boost to find myself stronger (generally this won't be the case when pitted around someone at the gym).
Foodwise, I allowed myself to be a little kid, sampling the various foods that were on offer. My 6-hour extended visit saw me eating 1050 calories, many of them from calorie-dense nutrient-free foods. Most things (but not all) were just small tastes - and it quickly adds up.
hob-nob biscuit, carrot cake (from packet), croissant, home-made cake with nuts/raisins, AfterEight chocolate-covered mints, cappucino-with-chocolate-syrup
Shreddies wholewheat breafast cereal, wholewheat chapati bread, bombay mix, peanuts
Morocan sweets - these are tiny but quite heavy so quite calorie-dense. one half of 4 small pieces = [215 calories!]
lasagne [175 calories, 10.8g protein]
dried date, banana, grapes, pear, apple [175 calories]
low-fat mature cheddar, roast chicken, chicken liver - I correctly anticipated protein would be in short supply so brought my own top-ups [140 calories, 24g protein]
I did some remote-control shopping - mum called from ASDA and Sainsbury's to tell about some good bargains on vegetables and fruit. There is also a new loaf of wholewheat bread and some houmous.
I got home at 9pm and still had 187 calories (using 112 of them immediately to catch up on my protein - leaving just 75).
Mum delivered the shopping, together with a couple of home-made desserts. These are my favourites - basically they are medium-sized Profita Rolls, with a mixture of cream and Angel's Delight for a sweet vanilla-flavour filling and molten chocolate on top (which hardens). Together they weighed 84g and I did the classic over-eating thing, demolishing them in a minute [250 calories]. This took me over my 1800 calorie target.
Add a teaspoon of Houmous (25 calories) and some cooked brussel sprouts (40 calories) and I was at 2040 calories. Well, at least she was kind enough to ONLY supply two of those delicous desserts!
So I wasn't having the best of days, but Nash has been making the most positive noises so far about wishing to lose some pounds.
Thursday
Again, didn't sleep too well, in bed by midnight and up at 4am.
First thing I did at 4am was to help myself to 50 calories of Houmous (about 16g).
The second thing I did, perhaps around 4.10am (given that this tub contains about 900 additional delicious calories) was to wrap it up nicely in a carrier bag, and toss it out of the window, so I can have a normal day.
Some things I may do today include: visiting the gym for the first time in a week (it was too cold to cycle to the gym last week, and then the gym was closed for 4 days over Christmas), meeting up with Nash at ASDA and hopefully showing him some foods that are not calorie-dense, lunchtime pub outing with Matthew and perhaps an out-of-town salsa night out.
Oh, if I don't get around to cooking the red lentils I started soaking yesterday then I guess I'll have sprouts again.
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Nir
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Posted: 29 December 2006 02:19 pm |
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Thursday - continued
One thing I did early on (having woken at 4am) was to tidy a freezer drawer, discovering that I'm almost out of cooked chicken breast portions but conversely have a half-bag of uncooked fillets whose date is almost up. Despite having a George Foreman decided it would be simpler to stick to my tried-and-tested microwave-and-wash method (microwave all fillets in a large Pyrex dish without cover, periodically take out of microwave to assess whether it is cooked and to wash-and-rinse the visible fat which is normally white and fluffy and mostly Saturated, given that it wants to be solid at room temperature). My general fish/meat policy is to not buy any more unless the price is particularly advantageous. I already have so much chicken and fish in the freezer and in tins that there is a risk they'll go out of date before I get to them. I'm already eating a lot less of them than I used to so the stock is taking ages to clear. I'll consider vegeterianism, but only once the stock is finished with. Most likely I'll end up being an opportunist-carnivore, the same way that I don't keep chocolate in the house but I certainly manage to get my fill.
Made the gym (which was relatively busy because others had the same idea of hitting the gym when it reopened after 4 days of closure) to do my bicep/legs/abs workout. Went to supermarket to check out calories on a pack of Red Lentils because the one I started soaking yesterday didn't have any numbers.
Sampled a chocolate-rice-crispy treat at Sainsbury's (50 calories) and only ate half of the cookie sample at IKEA (50 calories). Sampled some Brie cheese at ASDA (25 calories).
Met up with Nash and his mother at ASDA so I could perhaps help out with some healthy choices. I was dismayed. I am an opportunist. Evidently ASDA had over-bought some Christmas-dinner-type vegetables which they were eager to sell. Parsnips, Carrots, Broccoli were 10p per kilo. Cherry Tomatos were 6p for 250g. Brussel Sprouts were 10p for 500g. I passed on the parsnips and the carrots, but my £2.91 consisted of one full-price item (cottage cheese 23p) and everything else was vegetables.
So, what do Nash & his mum do? Buy one head of Broccoli and 4 punnets of Cherry Tomatos. Well, it is very hard to keep half your plate covered in vegetables if you refuse to buy them (even if they are practically given away for nothing).
The typical Western diet might well have more protein than one needs, but somehow Nash has escaped this phenomenan. The lamb mince (say 40% of calories from protein) in some of his mum's currys is as good as it gets. He consumes so little protein that the milk on his breakfast cereal is a significant contributor. I persuaded him to get some chicken breast fillets and a tub of cottage cheese [which he has tried and already decided he doesn't like]
There was no way I could shift all my heavy shopping home with the bicycle but luckily Nash drove me home so I could drop the bags - and then took me back so I could cycle home [no shopping, still takes 45 minutes though]
During that time friend Matthew did arrive but was whisked away before I got the chance to meet. I cooked all 14 heads of Broccoli and put most of the shopping away and that was enough to keep me exhausted until it was time to go to Salsa (out of town - all our local venues are closed this week). It was enjoyable and worth the £7. The promoters of this night are both quite slim, so they obviously don't over-eat their sweets. This venue (Salsa Machine, Harpenden) stands out as the only one I know of that has enormous sweet bowls on every table. Looking back at my behaviour last year, I would stuff both pockets with sweets and then consume them serially ("chain-eating" if you like) WHILST the salsa class was going on, and keep restocking between songs in the freestyle. I promised myself I would only have one sweet and I did stick to my promise (25 calories). However, unexpectedly they also had a tin of Celebrations later on in the evening. At different times in the evening I had 3 chocolates (one mini-Truffle and two mini-Snickers) for a total of 150 calories from chocolate.
The post-salsa snacking conaiarws of fruit (mango, pear, apple) with protein being propped up with cottage cheese and tofu. I also managed to stay awake long enough to cook those Red Lentils (which had been soaking for 27 hours by the time I got around to cooking them) before falling asleep at 2am.
Friday
PIZZA HUT meal today! about an hour from now?
My 8am 'defensive breakfast' included red lentils, broccoli and cherry tomatos. The wind is making a lot of noise so I decided to skip the gym. Hopefully weather will come down and allow me to attend OA. If I go today (er, is the meeting on?)
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Peter
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Posted: 30 December 2006 08:06 pm |
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Nir wrote: Oh, if I don't get around to cooking the red lentils I started soaking yesterday then I guess I'll have sprouts again.
Always enjoy your humor!
Peter
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Nir
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Posted: 31 December 2006 02:21 am |
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| I haven't got time to update on Friday and Saturday right now (have to pack for my trip to Wolverhampton!), and I'm probably going to also have eventful Sunday and Monday, so HAPPY NEW YEAR and with any luck I'll be back on Monday or Tuesday.
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Nir
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Posted: 31 December 2006 11:50 am |
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I'm packed and ready to go and have a bit of spare time, so let's get going:
Friday
Despite my efforts to organise a group it was ultimately just me and Nash at Pizza Hut. I guess that means others are not that fussed about food. Not a surprise really. Buffet opens at 11am but Nash had a late start to his day so we got there at 12.25pm. Other people also had a similiar idea so there was a queue for a table. We got seated by 12.42pm (Nash was a bit impatient and kept suggesting we walked over to the OTHER Pizza Hut. I didn't want to go there beause, being the less-busy restaurant, they don't cook as many pizzas.)
We left shortly before 5pm. So what did we do there for 4 hours? Mostly we were eating, of course. I lost count of the number of platefuls I had. The majority of food, by volume, was of course salad. Throughout the afternoon I also picked numerous slices of pizza. I allowed myself free rein as far as pizza toppings were concerned (be they innocent vegetables or pieces of meat and peperoni). I weighed portions of melted cheese every now and again [overall had 290 calories and 18g protein from melted cheese]. I stayed completely away from the pizza bases. Overall we used 3 plates to create mountains of 'wasted pizza slices' which had their bases and in many cases their cheese intact, but were missing, for example, their ham-and-pineapple pieces. Nash had somewhere between 4 and 6 complete slices of pizza before seeing the 'wisdom' of my ways. At one point I had a breadstick - I weighed 25 calories worth - it was remarkably more value than those disarded pizza bases!
A piece of pasta in sauce is about 5 calories, give or take. There were two pasta types in the cold salad and two hot ones. I typically added two pasta shapes from each 4 types to most of my plates, so let's say I had 150+ calories from pasta. 6 salad croutons make 25 calories, so perhaps 75 calories? I allowed myself free reign on the apple segments (150 calories?).
I had some bacon bits too. On his first trip to the salad bar, Nash loaded his plate with those. I was dismayed - they covered 1/4 or 1/3 of his plate! I decided to interfere by telling him they were bacon bits (he's a muslim) and this had the desired effect - he tipped them off into the garbage, even throwing some surrounding 'contaminated' salad, just to be on the safe side :-).
We both had a lot of salad. I avoided all the dressings except for the fat-free-vinegarete. I used the sprinkle-on chillies. I even used the sprinkle-on parmesan dispenser (after proving myself that it was a lot of effort to even sprinkle 5 calories' worth of it. I did have some sweetcorn and beetroot in the salad, but not much. Avoided the calslaw-in-mayo completely. Had 2 small potato-in-mayo pieces. [and of course A LOT of innocent salad like cherry tomatos, cucumber, undressed-calslaw, lettuce leaves]
I knew there wouldn't be much protein on offer so I had my 11.1g protein / 50 calories of chicken breast portion, during the meal.
The 'Ice Cream Factory' is just next to the salad bar. People can be clumsy and spill the toppings (milk chocolate buttons, mini liquirish-like sweets, multi-coloured M&Ms) on the table. I kept scavanging those odd topings on my way [despite not paying the extra £1.50 for the ice-cream factory]. On my very last plate (after 4 hours there) I put some of the Ice-Cream-Factory chocolate sauce on my apples. Then, after paying the bill and on our way out, I grabbed a handfull of M&Ms.
OA meeting was OK. It placed me near a pub where my friend Matthew was drinking (he has been in town since the day before but somehow I didn't get to see him until that point). He announced he would be buying me dinner (they were all about to order). In a bout of madness I opted for the Mixed Grill (erm, it was the most expensive thing on the menu - could that have influenced my choice?). The food arrived. It was all fatty and the portions were generous. I felt embarassed to leave any food behind as I wasn't the one paying. Here is what I ate (haven't worked out calories - it would really depress me)
40g onion rings
123.5g gammon steak
87.5g chicken breast
101.5g rump steak
72g pork sausage
15.6g potato fries (one fry - at least left the rest on my plate)
peas, tomatoes, mushrooms, lettuce-with-sweet-dressing
There were also Nachos purchased, "for the table". I weighed 74.8g of nachos-with-melted-cheese but also had some unweighed, so probably at least 100g altogether (that'll be 500 calories from those Nachos alone - and they weren't even covered by the purchased-for-me excuse.
Felt bloated. Had to cycle quickly for 40 minutes immediately afterwards, which naturally made me feel worse.
Went to nightclub. Had one drink (50 calories) and tried to exercise it off. Enjoyed club to begin with but as night went on dance floor got TOO crowded and music got worse. I go to this club roughly once a year, to remind myself how bad it is so I don't have to go for another year :-)
OK there is more but my lift to the trainstation is here. Happy New Year.
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Nir
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Posted: 2 January 2007 04:16 pm |
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Saturday
Forced myself to go to the gym. Restrited opening hours were 9am-2pm. Got there around midday (shoulders/abs workout and an extended shower). Matthew was organising a pub outing, starting at a town centre pub (convenient for me - once I cycled back from the gym into town). Almost ordered food on a Two-meals-for-£5.99 deal with Nash but he decided to order a different deal (drink-and-burger-for-£3.99) so I had a hot chocolate. I was on hot chocolates all night so I hope my estimate of 100 calories (they're about 200ml) is not too wrong.
Had some of Nash's chips. The manager at Lloyds came over and told me I wasn't allowed to eat my own food (I was eating Broccoli from a plastic container). Soon after we drove to another pub (not in the centre) where we stationed ourselves near 3 snooker tables. No-one could see me so I was able to eat vegetables without a problem. Also had 4 more hot chocolates (over a long period of time 2.40pm - 11.30pm. The price of these drinks seems to vary without adequate explanation: £0.79 in one place, £1.75 in another (for the same thing).
Most of the invited people eventually turned up, my brother, Rupert, Kevin and Robert. I'm not exactly a keen snooker/pool player (and I'm not good) but I was roped in early on in the evening as there were not many of us - and later on I joined in as were being silly (playing against each other in groups of 3).
Nutritionally I was using chicken, brussel sprouts, broccoli etc to provide protein to balance the hot chocolates and samples of potato/maize chips. Ended the day on targets (and popped some popcorn for the first time in a while). Got stressed about packing for my Wolverhampton trip (staying up till 2am to get ready before allowing myself to go to bed)
Sunday - NYE
Trip to wolverhampton. Nice rail journey. Long tour of my sister's house (she now has a very large victorian house with many rooms - everyone was impressed). A delay of 5.5 hours before 'Christmas lunch' was eventually served at 4.50pm. Food up to that point was defensive (high-protein vegetables, lean proteins, some chocolates)
Total before meal: 750 calories, 55g protein
Total after meal: 2750 calories, 88g protein
Meal was a selection of roast vegetables (lots of different ones - but 400 calories from the roast potatos), 90g roast turkey breast, 3 alcoholic drinks, yorkshire pudding, dessert was minced pie with clotted cream and Roses chocolates
I stopped counting after that. Party saw me drinking a large amount of alcohol (but I didn't have a hangover, wasn't sick and no-one was telling me I was too drunk). Mostly coctails. Ate ridiculous amounts of junk foods: 3 types Halva, chocolates, chocolate fountain (gave a hand setting it up, reading instructions, chopping up chocolate + mixing in vegetable oil), cookies, home-made-brownies etc. Salty: balti mix, potato/maize chips, peanuts etc.
About 15-20 people altogether for the new year's eve party - already met most of them previously. Welcomed new year by dancing salsa to old kylie minogue records with a couple of girls (one was my sister, one a girl I had not previously met).
In bed by 3am after helping to get extra bedding (some people did not originally intend on staying but their car was bloked by late arrivals who have already gone to bed). When I retired there were only 3 still awake (and playing snooker in the room allocated to the snooker table)
easily 5000+ calories
Monday - NYD
Decided to have a good day. My sister started cooking 'english breakfasts' around 9.30am - sausage, bacon, fried egg, grilled tomato, baked beans etc. I had cottage cheese, cherry tomatos and a pear instead.
Later in the day I had a chocolate mint (50), a couple of small chocolates (100), a random alcoholic drink (50), a cracker with peanut butter (125) and (at the pub near the railstation, 7pm) nachos (75) and a hot chocolate (100)
food otherwise was good throughout the day: more cottage cheese, brussel sprouts, broccoli, iceberg, popcorn, apple, tomatos, jalepenos
I got back home at 10pm. My last meal was an orange, green lentils, red lentils and marrowfat peas. Totals were 1788 calories and 119g protein.
I have noticed a pattern:
Friday - too many calories, over-eating, not counting. excuses: pizza hut buffet and Matthew buying me a pub dinner
Saturday - guilt, repenting mood, doing well despite difficult circumstances [i.e. spending almost entire day in a pub]
Sunday - too many calories, over-eating, not counting. excuses: large roast 'christmas' dinner and party with lots of junk food and drinks
Monday - guilt, repenting mood, doing well despite difficult circumstances [i.e. spending most of the day at my sister's, only getting home at 10pm]
I wouldn't be surprised if I had put on ~1.5 pounds over these 2 days when the dust has finally settled.
There should be no further 'events' that I 'cannot' control. Not for a while anyhow. Let's make the most of this!
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Nir
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Posted: 3 January 2007 02:10 pm |
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Tuesday
Perhaps I was still tired from my Wolverhampton trip. Woke up at 11am. I don't have a weight reading for Monday morning (as I was in Wolverhampton) but curiously Sunday morning and Tuesday morning (and even Wednesday morning) agree on 58.5kg (= 129lb). The forum is full of 'new year resolutions'. What was I on January 2006, when I joined the forums? 60kg. It has been a roller-coaster ride which proves that, for me, it isn't just plain sailing "when I reach my goal". It is just the beginning of the journey (or the continuation of one).
I stayed home and took multiple naps. Did some catching up with CPH. Chatted with Nash but he was trying to annoy me. One of his lines that I do recall was "I've not had much protein today but it is too late now as I've had all my calories. [pause] I'm hungry, I think I'll have a Pear, do they have protein?". I think I've spent enough time with him explaining what does and doesn't have protein. I just wasn't in the mood.
With my stops, breaks and naps my last munching extended to 4.45am. Totals right on target (1800 calories, 104.6g protein). At one point tried assigning nutrient densities to foods I was eating and remembered I still don't know how to deal with dried Apricots. Fresh fruit are 45. Dried fruit presumably has the same fibre and minerals per 100 calories as fresh, but less vitamins - so a lower score. But it isn't any more 'refined' so it isn't comparable with sugar (score 0). Is a score of 20 (like nuts/seeds) appropriate?
What about cocoa powder? it is high in saturated fat - but so is coconut (which presumably is a nut and thus scores 20). Or is cocoa powder processed and thus scoring a lower figure? I know it is high in Iron. Does that help?
Broccoli, Brussel Sprout, Tomato, Orange, Pear, Mango, Dried Apricot,
Potato, Popcorn, Cashew, Cocoa Powder, Dried Skimmed Milk,
Chicken Breast Fillet, Weight-Watchers Low-Fat Cheddar Cheese
I dished myself some freshly-popped popcorn at 1.30am - altogether 300 calories, but it was taking so long to finish that when I woke up around 4.40am I 'undished' the last 100 calories of popcorn and replaced it with 100 calories of Cashew Nut powder (which takes just a few seconds to 'inhale'). If you have plenty of time and patience and relatively few calories, popcorn can be a winner - but if you're falling asleep while eating, this is getting ridiculous.
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trimB
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Posted: 3 January 2007 07:19 pm |
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Nir wrote: It has been a roller-coaster ride which proves that, for me, it isn't just plain sailing "when I reach my goal". It is just the beginning of the journey (or the continuation of one).
I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't seem to be able to get a handle on the "intuitive" eating program. Maybe it's a certain aspect of our personalities?? But I'm slowly coming to admit to myself that I might always have to count (or at least pay attention to) calories in order to keep my eating under control.
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fruitloop
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Posted: 3 January 2007 09:20 pm |
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Hi Nir, where do you get your nutrient densities from?
Cocoa is high in most minerals, BTW.
Last edited on 3 January 2007 09:21 pm by fruitloop
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Nir
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Posted: 3 January 2007 09:25 pm |
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'The nutrient-density line' is a sub-section of Chapter 6 ('Nutritional Wisdom Makes You Thin') in Dr Joel Fuhrman's book Eat To Live gives scores from 0..100. It is a simplified system that groups food items together.
/drfuhrman.com/library/article17.aspx gives specific numbers (e.g. different fruits have different scores). The scores are from 0..1000. They are not directly comparable with the scores used in the book but are interesting nonetheless.
Last edited on 3 January 2007 09:40 pm by Nir
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Nir
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Posted: 4 January 2007 08:52 pm |
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Wednesday
another stay-at-home day. Sensible eating. Nutrition low: soup-in-a-mug (92 calories - including that lovely Hydrogenated Coconut Oil). I spent much of the day in bed. Caught up with CPH. Listened to the end of that book about Amway. Not even felt like leaving home to do bargain shopping (much less to make the gym or the free-of-charge salsa dancing).
This takes me back to around Christmas Day. Back then I had to shut myself in, because nothing was open (no gym, no shops etc.). Now everything is open, but I am ignoring it. I cannot do this indefinitely (my course re-starts in a couple of days) but I have the luxuary of having this ultra-long weekend. Is this a sign of depression? laziness? At least it is not reflecting itself with insane food choices. On Tuesday night abruptly stopped speaking with Nash - but picked up again Wednesday. So add 'irritable' to the list.
Not sure what brought this on. I was quite social on Sun/Mon in Wolverhampton, and suddenly Tue/Wed (and Thursday) I'm shutting myself at home.
Thursday
Slept for 10 hours.
More of the same. My home is supposed to be 'safe' for foods, yet mum dropped off some mail, which included some free food samples I had forgotten I had written off for. I had to use the calculator to come up with estimates. They were both chocolate-based drinks. Totalled 188 calories for both. My daily total before drinking them were 32.6% protein for the day. After drinking it was 20.6% protein for the day. I had to back-pedal with lean-protein from animal sources (chicken liver, Weight Watchers low-fat mature cheddar) to bring it back to 30%.
It's only 6pm but I already know this is prinicipally another stay-at-home day. Maybe shopping later on - maybe not. I have to stop procrastinating and do my homework though!
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ObsessedwithFitness
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Posted: 5 January 2007 06:31 am |
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007 NIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just stopped by to say hello....and also GO DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!!!!! No more procrastinating!!! LOL  Just kidding. But not really. Get your butt in gear, you will feel better when you do that homework!!!!!
I hear ya on the shutting yourself in from the world though. Lately I find myself with the "winter blues" if they even exist.
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Peter
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Posted: 6 January 2007 09:39 am |
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I remember when I was telling a friend I ate when depressed and I was so surprised to hear that he slept or at least stayed in bed. I gather both are common ways to "escape."
Well, thanks for keeping up with the forums. At least in a way it's keeping you from being isolated!
Peter
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Nir
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Posted: 6 January 2007 10:06 am |
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Thanks to you both.
Friday
unplugged my internet before turning the computer on to force myself to do finish my homework (this had to work - and did). It then turned out college was shut so I would have to go to mum's house to print my homework.
Finally emerged out: did some photocopying at the library; popped over to the pharmacy (but my prescription drugs have not arrived yet - try again Monday); cycled to mum's to do my printing; continued over to the OA meeting (small turnout means more share time); cycled back via Sainsbury's to exchange coupons for a couple of free SlimFast products (tried a peanut butter chocolate bar 'snack' - at 380 kcal per 100g it is hardly any more 'diet' than regular chocolate bars! the mushroom/chicken soup was a little better, 20g protein for 219 calories). Mum said she had some 'fish' from her freezer she was getting rid off - upon closer examination it turned out to be  pork tenderloin (pork generally not known for their aquatic habitat ).
The food theme was 'clear the decks': I had the last of the cashew nuts, the last of the peanuts, the last of the dried apricots, the last of the dessicated coconut. The only nuts/seeds I have left now are sesame and flax and I'm not sufficiently into either of them to cause problems. The last couple of choices were more suspect: a 'multigrain' roll from the freezer (it is partly wholemeal but partly not) and some 4-minute chow-main noodles (not wholemeal at all). After eating the noodles I wished I had made oat cookies instead, but reaching my calorie limit meant something to me [well I wasn't eating because I was hungry to begin with - just because of numbers].
Saturday
Early start and my aerobics instructing course is restarting today. If I have energy afterwards I shall be visiting the gym too.
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Peter
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Posted: 6 January 2007 08:23 pm |
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Congrats on being so active!
Peter
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Nir
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Posted: 7 January 2007 12:15 am |
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Saturday
I haven't decided yet, but I may try the 1600/2000 zig-zag scheme again.
The aerobics course was almost 3 hours of non-stop practice. I got to do warm up, aerobic curve and post-stretch, which is more than some people did - just got lucky (handy, because my practical assesment is next Saturday morning!). There is no home-work this week - just practice (i.e. rehersals). It turns out that there will be 3 of us examined next week, so I get to participate in workout 1, rest and prepare myself during workout 2, and then teach workout 3 (and the girl teaching workout 1 should hopefully have recovered and participate in my workout. er is that a good thing? I keep making eye contact with her and ignoring the rest of the group. oops). Same girl is also providing some volunteers for my assesment (in case my volunteers don't show up - I've never been particularly confident about my volunteers).
Not everyone is equally ready. One girl was asked to show a developmental hamstring post-stretch, a quad post-stretch and a trapezius post-stretch. These requests were met with a blank face. Later on she left the room and apparently had a cry. I wonder if I will also be hit by nerves on the day.
Had a meal with some animal protein and some fruit (in the changing rooms) and then finally hit the gym (for the first time since last Saturday). Chest/Triceps/Abs. Then browsed ASDA for a while (sampled some Korma sauce - 25 calories - ignored the piece of white bread rollthat was supplied with it). Tried to research the price of pickled Herring (they don't do it).
At IKEA I failed to find any free samples. I helped myself to some immoral percolated coffee and diet cola. Looked at the price of Herring in their food market - I'll definitely be saving money by creating a herring-rich salad at the restaurant instead. At the restaurant I constructed a salad bowl by lining it with Gravalax (=smoked salmon), covering it with lots of pickled herring and finally topping it with some actual salad. I paid £0.95.
Trick #1: upon sitting at a table, I immediately emptied my bowl onto a 9" plate. If I were to have laid out the very same salad on a plate, it would have cost more (£1.85 I think) yet I don't think you can pile the plate much higher without getting into an argument with the staff.
Trick #2: it is a bowl, so they can only see the top of the bowl. The Gravalax are £0.95 a piece, I think I had 4 of them (and as they can't see it, they didn't charge me).
The next 'win' was looking it up in my calorie-counting book and realising that apart from being expensive, the smoked salmon is also a more protein-rich food (71.5% of calories from protein, vs the herring which is 41%)
Now, rather than weigh what I was going to eat and later recoil at the horror of the calories/protein, I acted as I would at home, starting from the "let's have 50 calories of smoked salmon, see what it feels like, add it to my paper-based diary and see what the numbers look like". So I remained in control.
There was a misely 73g of actual salad covering the bowl. I called it '25 calories' instead of breaking it down into the various components, which would have been tedious.
I had a paper cup with a lid (from the coffee/cola downstairs) so I had a 'doggy bag' for my exccess herring and salmon. I'll be having some herring tomorrow. [all of this fun for less than the cheapest jar of herring or rollmops that can be had around these parts - it even counts as a small dining out experience].
After the 300-calorie meal at IKEA I was thinking about being naughty and buying an ice-cream cone  , but luckily that decision was made for me (both ice-cream machines were broken down).
Am planning a short nightclub outing.
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Nir
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Posted: 7 January 2007 01:55 pm |
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Saturday continued
I haven't decided yet, but I may try the 1600/2000 zig-zag scheme again.
Well, that did not happen - though I'm glad I planned for it earlier in the day as it left some room to manouvre. I had a double-vodka before setting off for the nightclub. About half an hour into the evening I got a complimentary glass of 'champagne' (when they opened the upstairs portion of the venue). Nash was complaining he didn't like his - so I finished his (about half) as well. Altogether I estimate 250 calories from alcohol.
When setting off for the club (9.30pm) I bumped into a neighbour who offered me some food he bought but decided he didn't want. "Roasted butternut suash and beetroot with goat's cheese" [Herbed Brown Rice (51%), Beetroot Dressing (27%), Roasted Buternut Squash (14%), Full Fat Goat's Cheese (6%), Spinach, Pumpkin Seed]. Sounds great and it even has brown rice which I haven't tried before. He gave me two unopened packets (original retail value £7 - he paid £0.40)
At 1am I cooked them. Only trouble was, yes I did throw some in the bin but not enough. Total calories would have been 900 for the pair so I don't know how much I had.
And then I felt munchy and had 100 calories of herring I was supposed to keep for Sunday. So I don't actually have totals, but it was more than maintenance for sure.
Sunday
So how does my body reward me for my slip? That's right, scales say I'm 1 kilo down this morning compared with yesterday. I chose to interpret this as dehydration, a common side-effect of drinking alcohol! Never mind, maybe I can start on the zig-zag today
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Nir
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Posted: 8 January 2007 03:34 am |
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Sunday - continued
Mum phoned from LIDL to ask if I wanted 250-300g of xmas-theme milk chocolate for just £0.29 (that's about 10p per 100g - never seen chocolate this cheap). I said yes. Decided to get full from healthy stuff first so fired up the George Foreman. Did some leaks, brussel sprouts (they're nicer than when microwaved - but the trick is to soften them for a few minutes in the microwave and then grill them in the Foreman), carrots and finally some butternut squash (also pre-softened). Somewhere along the line decided I was too busy to do the gym today. Mum arrived at 1pm with the chocolate (128g of hollow santa-clause and the rest in shaped tree decorations) as well as two cookies from her poor choice (she got a 600g bag of cookies for herself). Went shopping just before 4pm but there was nothing interesting (apart from a cheese sample).
By 6pm I was on the animal protein and chocolate protocol. On the assumption that I'm doing a low zig-zag day today (1600 calories), my 103.5g protein target represents 25.9% of calories from protein. Step #1 eat some lean protein from the freezer Step #2 Eat however much chocolate will bring back the calories-per-protein back down to 25.9%. Step #3 pause, so I don't run out of calories before the end of the day [neither animal protein nor chocolate are very filling, what with having hardly any micronutrients - not even fibre]. It would have been so easy to have had all my calories at 6pm. Actually went for a 2-hour nap around 8pm to avoid running out of calories too early. Midnight feeding brought me right on target: 1600 calories, 103.6g protein.
Notable food today:
lemon flavour vegeterian sugar-free jelly, 50 calories
cookie (thanks mum), 50 calories
brie cheese sample, 25 calories
banana flavour whey protein shake, 25 calories
xmas-theme chocolate, 50+100+50+100+150+140=590 calories
 You could diet on cheesecake and lose weight! But beware the pitfalls
Tomorrow, must remember to follow a healthy protocol for a while before attaching the chocolate stash again!
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Nir
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Posted: 8 January 2007 03:38 am |
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 I said elsewhere that I don't count fat and it just takes care of itself. Needless to say, this assumes a normal day, when I don't eat 40%+ of my calories from junk
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Nir
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Posted: 9 January 2007 07:48 pm |
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Monday
Chocolate was the both the first and the last thing I had (7am, 10.30pm). Not the best sign. Played with the George Foreman again (tomatos, cicory, cleery, salmon)
Arranged to meet mum at IKEA for the free drinks before 10am. Persuaded her to stay so she could look at the salad options (available after 11am). She ended up having a salad and buying me one too. This is the 3rd time I'm having IKEA salad - but only the first time that hard-boiled eggs were available. Herring was only available in mustard sauce (which is presumably mayo-based). Spent some energy washing my salad, all of which got contaminated by the sauce. Also had 100g of smoked salmon at the bottom of that salad. Mum enjoyed her salad but made a sharp exit as soon as I got my scale out. I ate the 100g of salmon and decided to save the eggs and herring for a later feeding.
Visited all the Bletchely stores: got sugar-free squash at ASDA, peanuts at Tesco, reduced-price Martzipan (xmas goodies) at LIDL (where I once more bumped into mum) and BeGoodToYourself (i.e. low fat high protein) soft-cheeese at Sainsbury's. Then made the gym (back, wrist, abs). I was online from college and then spent almost an hour eating at the cafeteria (800g of vegetables, followed by some poorer choices such as Martzipan). Finished eating at 5pm and headed back.
At 6pm the phramecy still didn't have my medicine (which I would need to take on Tuesday morning!). Went with Phil to see a preview of soon-to-be-released film 'Smoking Aces' at the cinema. Then got some reduced-price Mushrooms and Greens before getting home.
I was feeling quite 'hungry' despite eating a lot of veg - I guess it is a reaction to taking too many calories from sugar. Invented a new way of eating Wheat Bran: poor sugar-free squash on it and mix to create a 'dough' - eat when no dry bits remain (but all liquid has absorbed - we're not drinking bran soup here). Also had some legumes to combat hunger.
My third attempt at peanut butter, like my 2nd, also involved the food processor - but I let it run for longer and sure enough instead of getting a mildly-sticky 'peanut powder' I now have proper creamy peanut butter (with no 'bits'). If I had not created it myself I would be none the wiser.
My next project was sesame seeds. I'm a fan of 'Halva', so with the peanut success behind me, decided to mash some sesame seeds. I did my best but it isn't quite Halva (but it tastes pretty close when I mix it with powdered artificial sweetner - haven't tried the wet time yet)
So, a second successful low-zig-zag day (1600 calories, 104.4g protein) but I bet sensations of hunger are closely associated with the large amount of junk (primarily Chocolate and Martzipan) that I consumed. Went to bed immediately after I was done with my calories to prevent overeating. [I would be glad to see the back of those chocolates - why did I add 125g of Martzipan to my stash today, though?]
Tuesday
Yes, pharmecy had my medication, so I didn't have to miss a day. Got 3 pineapples for £1 from the market. Got some red grapes for 34p. At Sainsbury's got some sugar-free carbonated drinks (a lemonade and a pineapple - inspired by Nash's recent purchases). Came home to unload shopping before heading to gym (for biceps/legs/abs workout).
Next I hopefully get to revise my Aerobics workout with Nash and if I'm not too tired, perhaps some Salsa.
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Nir
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Posted: 10 January 2007 04:43 pm |
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Tuesday continued
Breakfast included the last of the Herring from Monday's IKEA meal.
At 11am mum came over with a chick pea 'thing' from her freezer. She's slowly trying to clear her freezer [er, shouldn't I be working on this project too? there is never any room!]. Earlier this week this got me some pork tenderloin. Now I have some diced chicken thighs and this cooked-then-frozen dish made primarily of chick peas (with 'trace' amounts of other vegetables). It was evidently frozen in a tupperware box which she retrieved. I managed to chop that 'block' into quarters, freezing 3 and eating one. Delicious. I have to use the figures for chick peas though.
Scavenged some M&Ms at the college cafeteria - but rather than much them all, just had 25 calories (that's 5 of them) and stored the rest for later. Got to Nash's at 5.20pm with the intention of practicing aerobics. (totals at that point: roughly half calories and half protein for the day). The first hour was spent in the kitchen - where again (who egged whom on?) we sampled what the two of us were referring to as cr<rude word>. There are certainly plenty of things to sample and I said Yes to all of them with the exception of two types of hard cookies. My rule was: only eat 25 calories from each food. Towards the end of the list you find some actually-nutritionally-ok food choices. I had to ask for those.
a 'cake' (but really just two hard cookies stuck together with some cream?); chocolatine (a small squarish chocolate-sauce-filled croissant-like pastry); bombay mix; white-chocolate-chip-cookie; nut-brittle (various nuts stuck together with sugar, including pistachio nuts); snickers-flavour-flapjack; cadbury-chocolate-coated-wafer; pringles; Apple Pie; Malteezers; M&Ms; peanuts; wholemeal bread; yogurt-sweetened-with-sugar; Date; banana, white grapes, apple, satsuma, tuna (=60 calories)
We then worked out in his living room. He then gave me a 250 calorie slice of pizza. I took about 75 calories' worth, which included all the toppings, most of the cheese and a little bit of the crust - leaving most of the crust and a bit of cheese behind (seriously, why would you want to waste calories on crust?). I also had some of my own food whilst there. To top up on protein I had 50 calories low-fat mature-cheddar and 50 calories pork tenderloin (that's 18.2g protein) and to top on bulk I had 25 calories cucumber (that's 250g). I did stay slightly longer than planned (4 hours).
Cycled 40 minutes back into town. Got to salsa (still in workout clothes though). It was a poor turnout - I had 3 dances. Still glad I made the last-minute decision to stop at Salsa rather than head straight home. Had 100 calories left and the job was topping up protein.
Final totals were 1600 calories and 104.9g protein. Because of that feast-of-tiny-portions at Nash's, I had no calories to waste on chocolate and martzipan. Less hunger experienced today. Wednesday is zig-zag high day - hooray!
Wednesday
First meal 5-7am. Decided to slow myself down by chopping up a couple of my pineapples into small pieces and dividing into portions. Then fell asleep again. It is coming up to 2pm now so day is slipping away from me. Later on I have my fitness knowledge course and then Salsa, I have to fit in packing, cycling, a gym workout, a meal and maybe an online session if there's time.
Foodwise, I've been dividing things (chick peas, grapes, pineapples, orange, pear) into 25-calorie portions for more "is it worth it" comparisons against that dreaded chocolate. Surprisingly, chick peas are not getting a high 'worth it' score - but then, neither is chocolate. We all know the answer is that I shouldn't have bought it, or that it should be best consumed over a period of a few weeks, just 25-50 calories per day, but that's not very likely, is it!
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Nir
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Posted: 11 January 2007 09:53 am |
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Wednesday continued
Mum showed up (again!) with a gift of broccoli and cauliflower (one head each). Finally headed into college at 2.15pm. Got my workout (shoulders,abs) out of the way, got online for a bit and then had to rush my meal just before 6pm. The course was basically revision. It is funny to attend a revision session when I potentially already passed that paper but I guess it is about keeping the knowledge current in my head (more useful than just a piece of paper). Got the teacher to sign a PARQ (he's one of my volunteers for the assesment on Saturday). Salsa was an order of magnitude better than Tuesday. Late night shopping at Tesco yielded a 190g cheese&tomato pizza for £0.12, total calories 474. I divided it into 8 portions and froze 7.
It was my zig-zag high day (2000) and I had plenty of left-over calories for that last meal. Finished eating at 1am. 560 calories from chocolate and martzipan in that last hour! The good news is that I'm finally all done with that 300g-odd pack of chocolates, and there's only 40g of martzipan left to taunt me. It is back to low (1600) calorie days now.
I think I ate reasonably healthy with my other calories. What helped was that until I got home at around 11.30pm I was separated from my chocolate/martzipan stash for the majority of the day.
Thursday
It is almost 7am which means I'm already 1 hour behind on my plan to hit the gym really early. I've been up since 4.30am so there isn't really an excuse. I guess that (again) I haven't had much sleep.
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Nir
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Posted: 12 January 2007 02:17 am |
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Thursday continued
The treck to the gym and back: I've done the pouring rain, I've done the freezing temperatures. Today it wasn't freezing, and there was only some light rain, but it was very windy. 35 miles per hour easterly side winds (my outwards journey is south, my journey back is north). I was so unstable and all over the place I had to cycle on the path instead of the road!
Workout was chest,triceps,abs. There were a couple of people in the gym taking their assesment for becoming gym instrutors (groups of 3: the person being assessed, their 'client' volunteer and an asessor), it was interesting to observe.
Stopped by IKEA for free teas and coffees (as I was on time). I was sipping low-calorie drinks for an hour and even had some cauliflower there from a tupperware box. Things then took a dive, very quickly. I scavanged some pork sausage and a hash-brown (both seem fried; both restricted to 25 calories each). Then went downstairs for free samples. 25 calories each from a vanilla cookie and sour-cream-flavour potato chips. So far so OK. There were two types of teacakes. One was chocolate covered, the other was called a 'snowball' (having dessicated coconut on the outside). They weighed 28.3g and 30.4g respectively. I don't know why, but my "25 calories only" policy went out of the window. I then visited ASDA to gather some nutritional info for 'teacakes' (arond 420-470 per 100g) so I'm estimating those 2 teacakes at 250 calories for the pair. Naturally I'm disappointed at myself. Yes, these teacakes are difficult to break up but still! I was feeling much more 'in control' before that. It was around 11am and I had already had 44% of my calories. Calories from protein were a pathetic 16%.
Came home and balanced my protein up (don't bother grilling cheddar on your George Foreman - it tends to stick. You're much better off doing a toasted-cheese-sandwhich)
A welcome break from eating came in the form of a shopping trip with mum. Got low-fat Mozzarella cheese (it has 47% of calories from protein - about the same as my yogurt. Mind you it is a lot more calorie dense. It tastes really nice when melted in the mirowave). It is only £0.28 at the moment.
Got prawns (USA = shrimp). No nutritional info on packet. My book has figures ranging from 107 to 61 calories (CPH has 81.9 calories) per 100g. I cooked a portion on the Geroge Foreman and they were great. They're a bit pricey even though they're currently on sale (£1.99 for 500g).
Got dry roasted peanuts - my existing peanut stock has the consistency of peanut butter. My current theory is that it takes longer to eat the peanuts than the butter so got more peanuts for more experiments (and snacking).
Had a nap and then went over to mum's to practice aerobics. Her coordination is not much better than my friend Nash's and she also has easy-to-aggrevate medical limitations. But she was a good sport. We then went shopping but hit a snag (the smoked salmon we were after is actually not due to 'expire' for two days). We both got some exotic Quiona-based dish though (250 calories, but reasonably worth-it).
Twisted my friend's arm to listen to the mp3 about ETL [ /snipurl.com/ETLmp3] by being on the phone to them whilst they were listening to it. That meant I listened to the same program twice within 24 hours. Next step is to get them reading the book.
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Peter
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Posted: 13 January 2007 10:32 am |
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The copy of ETL I own is autographed by the author. It was given to me by forum member wm who got me interested.
When the author signed it, he told wm not to bother giving it to anyone. That if the person didn't want it on their own, it wouldn't do much good.
I believe that was true in my experience. A very obese friend was recently diagnosed with diabetes, and I wanted him to know there was a way to beat it... likely without medications (after losing weight).
It hasn't done him any good, and he probably hasn't read it. But I feel better knowing that he knows about it should he ever be interested. He has the copy I gave him.
It's sad to hear him discuss his progress with the disease with friends. The discussion is always about medications... as he continues to gain weight.
Peter
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Nir
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Posted: 15 January 2007 06:19 pm |
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Peter, you may have a point there.
Right, looks like I'm ever so slightly behind with diary updates. Oh, the shame
Friday
Feeding times: 5.20am-6.30am, 9.30am, 10.30am, 1.55pm-2.20pm, 15.25pm-4.20pm, 9.05pm-10.30pm
VEG: spring greens, iceberg, prepackaged salad, cucumber, tomato, butternut squash
FRUIT: grape, pineapple, pear, apple, orange, galia melon, olive
LEGUME: chick pea, yellow split-pea, TVP
ANIMAL: low-fat mozzarela, weight watchers low-fat mature-cheddar, chicken thighs, salmon steak, prawns
NUTS/SEEDS: dry roasted peanuts
RUBBISH:
soup-in-a-cup (mostly refined grain and hydrogenated oil),
martzipan (mostly sugar)
Woke up early and had an elaborate breakfast, lots of fruit and veg, balanced with some animal protein (grilled my prawns (=shrimp) in the George Foreman).
At 6.30am decided I could go for a light nap before going for an early gym session. Periodically awaken by daylight and nature calls but ultimately allowing myself to catch up on much-needed sleep. Got active again around 8.30am but too late to fit gym in and still come back in time for next appointment, so rescheduled gym for afternoon.
Ate some more. The 'best before' mentality, which necessarily must apply to the Mozzerela chese I bought on Thursday, got to me as I ended up thinking about those packet soups with fast-approaching best-before-dates. I had another one. (It is funny that some people consider them to be good 'diet foods' - I see just empty calories, no vitamins/minerals/fibre. basically like a slice of white bread, only worse on account of those hydrogenated vegetable oils. But I paid for the soup and I don't want to let it go to waste. Silly thinking - soups are probably £0.06 - £0.09 each!)
Online for a bit and then dashed to see counsellor (first time in a month on account of Christmas break - conversation jumping from topic to topic and time up before I knew it). The overall picture was that I was taking a 'chill day', having practiced my aerobics on Tuesday and Thursday and being aware of the stress of the upcoming all-important assessment (exam) on Saturday morning. Used college computers for a couple of hours and then had my own food at the college cafeteria.
At around 2.30pm was due to head from one college campus into the other (to fit a gym workout before OA meeting). The wind was doing (again) doing its thing so I decided to 'chill' by picking the relatively shorter cycle ride back home. I did work out on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday so a rest-day is not a disaster. If I'm going to cycle again today, it should be to OA. Got home and had ANOTHER soup. Called sister on tip that she's into soups. She'll only eat vegeterian ones so collected those together (about half the quantity). Dropped those off at mum's house (a brief stop en route to OA meeting)
Enjoyed the OA meeting. Good turnout this week and even new people. Sharings are timed and I hit the time limit (I think I was mostly talking about the zig-zagging and the chocolate/martzipan "challenge" I created for myself this week, and how I've been coming for a while but am STILL not doing any 'steps').
On way home bargained some prepackaged salads from Sainsbury's.
Last 100 calories were all Martzipan. I didn't want anything 'heavy'. I could have had something healthier but as I don't appear to be throwing that Martzipan away, I had better fit it in when calories allow.
Early night at 10.30pm as it is the Big Day on Saturday!
Saturday
Feeding times: 4am, 7.15am, 1.40pm, 4.40pm, 5.20-8pm, 8.45pm, 0am
VEG: tomatos, prepackaged salad, *onion, *green-pepper, garden peas, *iceberg, *carrot, *red-pepper, *beetroot, baked potato, butternut squash, *sweetcorn
FRUIT: galia melon, orange, *pineapple, *raisins
LEGUME: red lentils, marrowfat peas, yellow split-peas, mung beans, *red-kidney-beans
ANIMAL: low-fat mozzarela, weight-wathers low-fat mature heddar, chicken thigh, chicken breast
GRAIN: *wholemeal-roll (I hope so anyway. It was brown)
RUBBISH:
doughnut sample? (it was from a 'pretzel' place but sure tasted like a doughnut!),
flavoured butter (sweet chilli and parsley - I asked for it on the side instead of melted on my chicken breast),
*onion-bits (deep fried),
*croutons,
*pasta (white)
I forced myself to have an early night but by 4am I was wide awake. My breakfast was legume-focused. Partly in order to get protein AND feel full, partly because I wanted to 'dehydrate' myself during the first part of the day, as I'd be nervous enough with my upcoming exam without needing to run to the toilet all the time. I then stayed up and re-read my entire session plan (nir.org.uk/etm) paying particular attention to the Teaching Points.
Had a quick nap and then set off. I was told to arrive early at 9am. Took no chances and left early (after some snaking at 7.15am), arriving at 8.30am. Conditions were windy but not as bad as the previous two days. I spent the next hour sorting out paperwork, signatures, PARQs (physical activity readiness questionaires), chasing up my volunteers [eventually 2 of my 4 turned up: my tutor Ian and my friend Nash. Dean and Saffron were no shows]. It was then Vicky's turn to shine. She did very well. The examiner then left the room and we helped her fill in the 'participants feedback' form. She then worked on her own self-assesment form outside. Laura's assesment then started in the studio - I was asked to leave (so I could rest for an hour and be ready for my assesment). After a while the examiner finshed filling in their own forms and Vicky went upstairs for her interview (I stayed outside the studio, doing last-minute practising). Half an hour later Vicky came down and announced she had passed. Shortly afterwards the examiner took my portfolio away from me. Laura finished her thing in the studio and it was then my turn to start my workout.
I was nervous because I was being assessed and that meant that although I delivered my rehearsed workout, there were a number of slips here and there. I was asked to show a hipflexer for my first pre-stretch and I ended up doing a gastronemus post-stretch (oops). A couple of times I went overboard with the teaching points and forgotten to allow enough time to cue in the next more! A whole bunch of little things like that here and there. The participants were very helpful when it came to the feedback [you have to write down all your mistakes - it is 'good' if you are aware of them]. I was the last one being assessed so most people dispersed. The examiner was ready for me before I finished filling in my form. We went up and had the formal interview. About half-way through she was able to announce that I had passed. I was happy, of course - but I didn't immediatley jump up and down, I had been bracing myself for the possibility I might not pass, of course (not everybody passes). My beaming smiles came a bit later, when I was on my own.
I am not qualified YET. I still have to pass my Theory test, and take and pass a First Aid one-day course. When those components are done then I will be ETM (exercise to music) qualified. But the practical assesment was the hardest component. Laura was not so lucky. She was informed that she failed whilst I was in the studio teaching my class - so only 2 out of 3 passed on Saturday. My prediction for next Saturday is that Mandi will pass and Catherine will fail. I'll tell you either way. I don't think I've ever done an exam in my life where there was such a risk I might not pass.
Caught up with Nash and a couple of the girls still hanging around and told them that I passed. Asked Nash if he wanted to dine at Harvester but he was due to meet a friend in town later on and decided against it. He wondered if I could get him into my gym (which is in the same complex). I asked the staff and they said he'd have to pay (£3) so he opted to go home, I stayed to do a workout (after calling and texting some people to say I passed). Workout was Back,Wrist,Abs. Had some protein at 1.40pm (before the workout).
Cycled homewards - stopped just shy of home and caught up with Nash and his friend (the other guy I helped to get out of 'amway'). We briefly wondered around the shopping centre (=mall). There's a new 'Pretzel place' and they were giving away some samples. It tasted of donut though, whatever it was (at 4.40pm). Talk turned to food and Nash was hungry. I raised the Harvester option again and this time he was more receptive. At that point in the day I had still only had 500-odd calories! We rushed to the car with the aim of beating the 5pm deadline for the 'Early Bird' offer - and we did. On some level I clearly planned this outing much earlier in the day because I had a couple of empty tupperware containers with me, my plan was to use them as doggy bags as I wasn't intending to eat all I was being served right there and then.
I noticed a 3rd 'chicken breast' meal option on the menu. It was there before but I didn't spot it. This was a chicken breast with melted flavoured butter, a baked potato and garden peas. I asked for the flavoured butter on the side. Naturally there were also unlimited trips to the salad cart (the reason to select this restaurant) and my meal came up to £5.17. I was eating from 5.20pm to 8pm. This was the first time I had been to any restaurant and weighed _everything_. No exceptions for salad, for instance. It slowed me down a little but I didn't mind. I only ate 22% of my chicken breast in the restaurant - the rest came home with me in a box. I sampled pretty much everything in the salad bar (except for: white bread roll, colslaw-with-mayo, potato-salad-in-mayo, the various dressings). I was using my 25-calorie-portion system - i.e. dishing myself 25 calories of this and that (I used two plates - one to retrieve things from the salad bar, then used a plastic pot with my scales, then a 2nd plate on which to put the things I was actually eating). If you look at the food list above, all items marked with '*' were from the 'salad' bar (including the wholemeal roll, the pasta, croutons, onion bits etc.). When we were ready to go I tipped some salad (pineapple chunks) onto the plastic box too. I ate about 900 calories in the restaurant. Nash's friend was a bit #%@&! off as he wasn't expecting a restaurant visit to be 3 hours.
Again - the only time I've ever dined in a restaurant and still knew my calories at the end of the day. A result.
Had to retrieve my bike from where I left it and then got home and had to have more chicken breast to catch up on my protein (8.45pm). Called my brother in Paris to wish him a happy birthday and chatted a bit about his plans for the year. Then got ready for a night out at the nightclub. I wanted to make my own way there but Nash wanted to drive me. I wasn't feeling comfortable about relying on him for transport. My solution was to insist on a key-swap. We'll both carry each other's keys. That way he can't leave without me and vice-versa (he can't drive away / I have no keys to get back home). The club was good for a bout a split-second and then it wasn't. Dance floor was too crowded and music was poor (and I was tired). I did go clubbing partly because I almost ran out of calories by 9pm and it was a way of distracting me. By 11.30pm I wanted to go home. Nash stretched the outing by a bit. I finally insisted on leaving. Hopefully he'll remember our incompatibility and won't suggest using the same transport next time, giving us more flexibility.
Earlier in the day mum spotted a deal on Mangos. my share was 5 nice large (but not over-ripe) mangos for £0.40. My final meal included revisiting my restaurant leftovers (e.g. making potato wedges from my baked potato) and brought me right on target for my protein and calories for a zig-zag low day. In bed by 0.30am.
Sunday
a zig-zag 'high' day.
Feedings: 9am-10am, 12.50pm, 2.45pm-3.30pm, 5.30pm-6.40pm, 8.30pm-10.40pm
VEG: chineese vegetable(bamboo?), red pepper, prepackaged salad, cherry tomatos, butternut squash, potato
FRUIT: galia melon, orange, apple, pear, pineapple, mango
LEGUME: TVP
ANIMAL: chicken breast(Harvester leftovers, ASDA bargains), weight-watchers mature cheddar, salmon steak, oak-smoked-ham, egg-whites
RUBBISH:
chewing gum
sugar-free jelly(jello)
diet-fizzy-orange-juice
soup- Chicken-and-Broccoli
pineapple-sauce(ASDA - probably with sugar and cornstarch)
stuffing(ASDA)
martzipan
Late start. First meal at 9am: finished all my Harvester leftovers and the rest of the Martzipan (from earlier in the week). Also some sugar-free jelly. Left home at 10am and got to the gym around 11am. Took my time at the gym, lots of breaks (Biceps,Legs,Abs).
Had some protein (cheese and salmon) at 12.50pm then headed off. Made contact with Nash and out of curiousity decided to tag along with him as he does his weekly shop with his mum at a large out-of-town Tesco. Overall it was a poor choice (we live and learn).
I was actually wondering around anoter Tesco when these arrangements were made. He made his usual poor choices. Hardly any produce in their shopping trolly. My only purchase was a 2-litre bottle of an orange-flavour diet fizzy drink (60 calories - more than some) and snacked on cherry tomatos and prepackaged salad - which is all I had left in my bag. We then rushed over to ASDA so he could buy some Halal chicken breast fillets (he is Muslim) and I we got lucky as that was the point ASDA decided to reduce things to 10p. I had 6 packs of free-range eggs (6 eggs per pack), some oak-smoked-ham, some chicken breast with stuffing, and a ready-meal called 'pineapple chicken'. Total bill was 90p. I would have got more eggs but I couldn't see how I could carry them home! I was then driven back to the original Tesco and started my cycle ride home.
So that was a 3 hour diversion but on the positive side I got some bargains. All of them were animal-protein in theme though. For a change I rode the bike without music. I find that music makes time fly but I didn't want that effect on this ocassion.
Got home and separated the ready-meal into three components: the chicken-breast-pieces (portioned and frozen), the vegetables and the pineapple-sauce. separated the chicken-with-stuffing into chicken and stuffing. Ended up having all the stuffing (about 75 calories) soon afterwards. I love stuffing and it is easy to over-eat so I'm glad I didn't have more. Chicken was portioned and frozen. Same fate for the oak-smoked-ham too. With all my protein samples and under-eating throughout the day (and this being a zig-zag high day) had plenty of calories for a splash on fruit, before taking a nap.
Got going again at 8.30pm. Had another of those soups I know aren't exactly best for me. I guess that's 4 "diet" foods I've had today (the chewing gum, diet fizzy drink, diet sugar-free jelly (=jello) and diet soup) that I know I should be critical of. Finally got around to eating some of my eggs (egg white omlettes in the microwave). My 2000-calorie feast was over by 10.40pm and I was in bed within an hour after a brief online visit.
Monday
Can it really be almost 3.30pm already? Allowed myself to sleep in till 11am. First feeding included another one of those soups and sugar-free jelly (as well as protein from egg whites, salad and an entire mango).
Plan for the afternoon: visit to gym and either a salsa outing or an online session (or possibly both). It feels like a chill day.
Okay, at least I'm up to date with my diary now, and you people can start congratulating me on passing  my exam
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incheck4real
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Posted: 15 January 2007 06:38 pm |
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Last edited on 9 February 2007 04:20 pm by incheck4real
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ObsessedwithFitness
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Posted: 15 January 2007 07:08 pm |
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 CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Nir, you have worked and studied SO HARD (believe me, I know how grueling it can be!!) and now your rewards are here!!!! You passed the exam!!!!!!! YIPPPEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT JOB!!!!! I am happy for you!
I just caught up with your diary, whew!! 3 HOURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG! I must say I agree with Nash's friend, if you were a dining guest in my section for 3 hours, I would be SO ANNOYED (unless you left a $50 bill on the table afterwards to make up for the lost tips!) Was the server hovering over you with an angry face ? LOL. Well, I understand cause you guys were celebrating your success of passing!!!! So, I guess that makes sense!
Last edited on 15 January 2007 07:18 pm by ObsessedwithFitness
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Chocoholic
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Posted: 15 January 2007 09:56 pm |
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Congratulations!!!!!!!
Yay!!! You have worked so hard preparing for that test and we are all glad it finally paid off! Also, just in general, I understand that the eating problem is psychological (believe me, I do!!!) but you are SO active (I put off reading your diary sometimes because it makes me feel so lazy) that the occasional slip in eating doesn't cause too much weight gain, and overall you eat MUCH more healthily than probably anyone else on the forum. So... Congratulations again!!!
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Nir
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Posted: 16 January 2007 09:02 am |
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Thanks for the extra colour, people!
The section still had some empty tables so I don't think my server lost any tips due to our long stay. Early on (when discussing having the butter "on the side") she guessed we were 'on a diet' and this would be her food choices as well. (ps sorry OWF, I don't tip at buffet restaurants. I'm the main server.)
Chocoholic, 'psychological' - you can say that again. And yep, when I'm not being silly (like that 250g chocolate assortment last week) my food generally stays on the healthy side. Staying active is a constant battle. I know that I enjoy myself when I do, but sometimes I forget this until I actually get going. I'm only just recovering from a recent week or two of inactivity either side of New Year's day!
Monday continued
3.30pm egg whites, pineapple, orange
Cycle to gym. Was wearing heart rate monitor for first time in ages. Machine was playing silly, ranging from 30 to 42 throughout. I think it was showing me a quarter of my rate e.g. when it was 37, that was really 148 etc. Workout was shoulders,abs. Told one member of staff about passing my exam on Saturday and by the time I came downstairs the news has rippled through and I got some applause. (This is a sparse gym for members so my relationship is mainly with the staff).
6.17pm chicken breast. Setting off on long treck back home. Stopped at LIDL to buy a whole-wheat breakfast cereal (own-brand version of Shreaddies, 500g for 79p) and sampled 50 calories. 7.27pm IKEA samples: potato chips (32 calories) 3 small 'dime' chocolate bars (65 calories) 7.44pm ASDA: chocolate football (18 calories). (Also gone past Tesco and Sainsbury's in the hope of bargains - ultimately none found). Overall 5 stops on the way. Took about 2 hours. Max heart rate registered was 155 (machine has started to work a bit).
8.43pm-9.30pm: egg whites omlette, preparckaged salad, iceberg lettuce, cherry tomatos, galia melon, shreddies
Salsa on this ocassion was actually worth the £3 charge. Got slightly more than an hour of non-stop dancing. Met someone from my Fitness Knwoledge course (the thing she has in common with me is that we're both 'loud characters' within that particular course). In the Salsa context though she is a beginner and I'm an advanced dancer with some years' experience - it is nice to encounter people at different contexts. (She was the person who also told her workmates about me weighing my food in such a way that it got me recognised "do you do a course at Bletchley college?", based on a verbal description, when I weighed an apple in a pub some time ago)
11.23pm-0.38am: egg white omlette, potato wedges, popcorn, shreddies, dry-roasted peanuts, peanut butter
RUBBISH: sugar-free jelly, broccoli-and-chicken soup, potato chips, mini Dime chocolate bars, mini chocolate football. Total rubbish 192 calories.
I'm getting very quickly through my 36 eggs. Got them on Sunday afternoon and already there's just 14 left. Soon it'll be back to the "no eggs" status quo. In the shop it was a choice between Shreddies-type cereal and some Rye crispbread. So far I'd say the cereal was a good move. (I've been analyzing cereal boxes with a view to buy since Thursday so this was day 5 of that project.) This is the 2nd day that I am actually counting _calories_ instead of using an abstratction (I previously used a "25 calorie unit" abstraction). I guess I don't want to be a victim of rounding errors. We'll see how this goes.
Tuesday morning: my weight is 56.5kg at the moment, that's around 125lb (BMI around 20.5, body fat% devices reading from 14.0% to 18.3%). I feel zig-zagging is going well at the moment. To be honest though I can't wait till I'm allowed 2000 calories (the 'high-day' figure) every day - it is fun and quite liberating.
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Nir
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Posted: 17 January 2007 05:05 pm |
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Tuesday
6am-6.50am: mango, egg-whites, shreddies, sugar-free jelly, soup-from-powder
Ddecided it is too early and gone back to bed.
10.20am: olives, shreddies, peanut-butter, cocoa powder drink, salmon-steak, smoked-ham
Got going, cycled to campus with heart rate monitor, Chest/Triceps/Abs at the gym. Finished with just minutes to spare (gym is off-limits at 1pm). Did some CPH at the library and then had my meal at the college cafeteria:
4.35pm: iceberg, cherry tomatos, orange, apple, chicken breast
At this point already dark. Cycled home on the path.
6.11pm-7.20pm: galia melon, pear, wheat-bran, egg-whites
Then decided to go for a nap. Woke up and didn't feel like Salsa. Had a very quick snack...
9.15pm: peanut-butter, weight-watchers cheddar
...went online for a while. Stopped my online session when Nash phoned and started talking to him and eating simultaneously. Decided to make my calories go further by focusing on vegetables [er, no fruit or veg at the 10.20am feeding at all - what's my excuse?]
11.15pm-0.50am: red-cabbage, cucumber, clementine, apple, spicy-potato-wedges, carrot, swede, shreddies, dry-roasted peanuts, egg-whites
I've got tons of lemon-flavour sugar-free jelly (=jello) which should have been eaten by December, so expect it to be a staple on the menus for a while. There's about 16 soups left. There are now hardly any eggs left (from those 36 I got on Sunday afternoon). I've got a bunch of cabbages I've just turned my attention to. Eating overall is not too bad. There are non-ideal amounts of animal protein in there - if I was stricter there would be more high-protein veg, legumes and TVP. Instead I'm using plenty of animal protein to 'subsidise' my interest in fruit and grain and still keep protein up at 26%. I'm glad I opted to skip IKEA as it wouldn't have helped.
I've been invited to a coctails party in about 4 weeks' time. It most likely includes two sleepovers (travel on Saturday and return on Monday). I will get drunk - that's the point of the party. Food around that day will probably be suspect. If I pack really carefully I may be able to salvage the next day - but it will certainly be a challenge, as I will be away from home. I'll give it more thought nearer the time.
Wednesday
It is already 2pm. Plan is to go to the gym, have a snack, go to the fitness knowledge course and then go to salsa.
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zenobia
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Posted: 17 January 2007 05:13 pm |
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I was just reading over your diary, and i noticed that i never congratulated you on passing your exam
so CONGRATS!!!!!! and thank you for being such of a splendid inspiration to many people- myself included, of course!!!!!
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Nir
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Posted: 18 January 2007 01:50 pm |
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Thanks zenobia.
Wednesday
I reached my protein and calorie targets, but a lot of it was an afterthought! The day started with a reasonable breakfast, but I guess I got quite busy in the afternoon: I cycled to the gym and did a workout (Back,Wrist,Abs) and then had some computer things to do. Managed to eat a little just before my course at 6pm.
Some people already knew their Theory Exam results as they had phoned the college earlier in the day. The instructor was peeved so he left - coming back a few minutes later with exam results for all. I got the highest possible mark, and the best mark amongst the assembled group (60 out of 60, 100%). If you want to know what the exam is like, there is a 'mock' of it here ( w ww.lifetimehf.co.uk/courses/mock/exam ). Most of the people who passed the exam left the room - the only people remaining were the 5 who failed, and 3 who passed (myself amongst them). The tutor covered what he perceived to be problem spots, such as concentric/eccentric phases, pulmenary vein/artery, ATP. I tried to be supportive but got slightly into trouble by trying to come up with an easier-to-understand way of telling apart concentric/eccentric. The tutor thinks I will benefit from doing the Gym Instructor course as well. I'm undecided at present. He might just want to boost numbers (he teaches that course). I'm wondering if there is more theory to learn for that course or if it is a purely practical ("how to give someone an induction") course.
So yes, you read correctly - on Saturday I passed the practical assesment, and on Wednesday I discovered that I also aced the Theory exam. Now all that's left is taking the First Aid course in February and I'll officially be a qualified Aerobics instructor (without a gig). Unfortunately, two of my fellow students from the Aerobics course have failed their Theory and must retake the exam in 2 weeks. (Including the girl who passed her practical the day I passed mine.)
After the course and the chat with the teacher, I rushed over to Salsa and had an hour of dancing. I'm obviously beginning to be a familiar face as two ladies were brave enough to 'grab' me for a dance [around here usually the guys have to ask].
This is what calorie distribution throughout the day looked like. Certainly not ideal. Mr Venuto is not going to be happy with my distribution, and Dr Fuhrman won't be happy with my snacking :-)
9.12am-10.15am: 361 22.6%
11.55am-12.40am: 177 11.1%
2.17pm: 50 3.1%
5.55pm: 118 7.4%
7.37pm: 64 4%
9.05pm: 50 3.1%
10.36pm: 35 2.2%
11.45pm-1.10am: 744 46.5%
Food notes:
Made some popcorn in the morning. The idea was to contrast popcorn and Shreddies. They're both whole-grain but I wanted to 're-program' myself (to remind myself that popcorn wins on volume, as the superior snack).
There's another 'worth-it' battle to assess: spicy potato wedges (chop potatos into small wedges, sprinkle a spice mix, mix well, microwave for 10+ minutes until they're a bit shrivelled) vs fruit. So I was making some more of those.
Only had my 'staple' rubbish foods (packet soup and sugar-free jelly)
Thursday
Looks like after 5 straight days of gym workouts I'm going to have a rest-day:
Wednesday 17 January WEATHER WARNING Severe gales will batter the UK tonight and on Thursday. Damaging gusts are expected across much of the UK. Disruption to transport is likely. Snow in Scotland and heavy rain widely across the UK will be added hazards
It is also my high (2000 calories) day today.
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Nir
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Posted: 18 January 2007 05:49 pm |
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There isn't much variety in the fridge at the moment:
Veg: White Cabbage, Celery, Onion, Garlic, Potato, Carrot
Fruit: Orange, Clementine, Apple
Condiments: lemon juice, mint sauce, mustard, humberger relish, soy sauce
So I decided to catalogue the freezer contents. Here is what I found:
COMMERCIAL VEG (stuff from the supermarkets)
2 kg spinach
3 kg broccoli
3 kg cauliflower
2 kg brussel sprouts
1 kg garden peas
2 kg mixed veg
750g country mix
BOX VEG (home cooked in tupperware boxes)
11 boxes stirfry
7 boxes stringless beans
3 boxes white cabbage
1 box red cabbage
BAG VEG (home cooked, in bags)
6 bags courgettes
4 mini-bags chili peppers
(lots) portions swede
FRUIT
19 portions pear
10 portions orange
5 portions grapes
10 portions pineapple
LEGUMES (home cooked)
13 portions red lentils
3 portions marrowfat peas
11 portions mung beans
GRAIN
800g wholemeal bread
ANIMAL (home cooked, except prawns)
16 portions weight-watchers cheese
12 portions salmon
4 portions chicken thigh
1 portion smoked ham
2 portion chicken breast (-stuffing)
150g prawns
Looks like I have some vegetable stocks I could tuck into. Also looks like I'll be done with current stocks of animal protein in a rather short while. By the way my freezer is not this organised - it is easier to organise a text file then to reorganise a freezer
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Nir
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Posted: 19 January 2007 01:17 pm |
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Thursday
It was very windy indeed. Phil and I drove to college to enroll on some free courses. I'm going to do a math refresher course (just for fun). Afterwards I wondered over to H&B and got some multivitamins, as I only had a couple of months' left and they are currently on sale. At Sainsbury's I had about 10 samples (olives, cheeses, cracker, salmon pate, salami, cookie) about 190 calories in all, but there was nothing worth buying.
My tour of the freezer saw me eating some frozen pear, some leeks and some spinach. Had a slice of frozen pizza (from last week) and thew away the rest (as the absorbant kitchen paper I used to wrap them got stuck to the cheese). Found some 'grain+white' rolls that were actually 2:1 white:wholemeal - so they went in the bin. I also had lots of oranges throughout the afternoon. I found a cookie that mum gave me a couple of weeks ago so ate some of that too.
Otherwise an uneventful day. Stayed up late for no particular reason.
Friday
I have counselling and OA. Hopefully will squeeze the gym in between if it isn't too windy. Good breakfast - straight into those vegetables (starting with spinach and broccoli from the freezer)
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Nir
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Posted: 21 January 2007 04:13 am |
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Friday
Rushed off to see my counsellor and then cycled onwards to the Bletchley campus (where the gym is located). I had just 24 minutes before the gym was block-booked with students so I squeezed in a Biceps workout. One guy was doing bicep curls by 'leaning over' a bench and sure enough it was a hard way of doing it (had to drop my weight dumbells fom 10kg to 8kg to do them that way). I was ejected out of the gym at 1pm.
Had a mini-meal. Mostly good stuff but did scavange a 12.3g bit of chocolate-covered-flapjack (say 56 calories). A quick online session and then back to the gym after 3pm to complete the workout (Legs,Abs), head back home for a quick meal and then over to OA.
Had decided to symbolically and practically 'commit' to the OA steps program by purchasing the book '12 steps and 12 tranditions of Overeaters Anonymous' (£10.50). Another relatively large turnout for this meeting (11) afterwards there was a 'group consciousness' (a meeting about a meeting. two issues: the leader of the meeting wants 'a break'. someone else is willing to replace them but rules out leader has to have one year's abstinence so this can't actually happen for another month. controversially length of shares must now be limited to 5 minutes each - what about people who like to talk, like me? :-) )
On way back stopped over at mum's. Added bonus is that my sister is staying over for a few days so chatted to her (she was mainly describing her favourite author). Mum supplied some interesting home cooking. A vegeterian lasagne with spinach replacing the minced-meat (and cottage cheese replacing the cheese). A lentil soup with lots of veggies including green beans. An apricot. She's getting used to me weighing stuff and isn't kicking up too much of a fuss. The concept of forthcoming over-eating in the mid-Feb party over at sister was once more brought to the fore when she described a 'kebab' she might prepare as a treat (this was by way of explaining what the chilli sauce bottle she bought was for - the items that stood out in her recipe were the chopped-up-burger used for meat, and the Mayonaise!)
Went home via Sainsbury's. There was nothing to buy but at least I looked up the cooking instructions for Haricot beans. 1 to 1.5 hours of simmering after the boiling - what have I let myself in for? Also chatted on phone to a friend. Could this be the end of an era? (It looks like she might be leaving the Ymca)
Did side-by-side Oats vs Shreddies comparison. Shreddies win. Also was feeling generous with the peanut butter - and finished off those prawns.
Earlier in the day got my protein primarily from vegetables - one of the best wins (and helps me clear out the freezer, too).
Saturday
Another good start with high-protein veg from freezer (spinach, broccoli).
Cycled over to Bletchley to participate in aerobics practical assesment of two girls in my class. One was hopeless (she is not musical) the other one is top 3 in our class but she failed on a technicality (about not observing that the class was not doing some exercises in a uniform fashion). I think there's a good chance she'll turn it around in the retakes though. There is no question that the 2nd girl is instrutor material - I really enjoyed her class as a participant and even broke a sweat. (Nash was true to his word and also turned up for the free workout).
Current state of play is that 5 people have had their assesment. Vicky and myself are the only ones who have passed thus far!
He then split while I helped another girl whose test is next week with music issues [explain how music for aerobics has identifyable 8-beats-per-bar, 32-beats-per-phrase - and how her non-aerobics music which has a more complicated structure might be letting her down]. This was basic stuff but she wasn't in on the week it was explained.
Had lunch, returned to an empty gym to do my shoulders/abs workout and cycled back into town to meet Nash. I was talking about books (in general) and he remembered that he should be buying/reading Eat To Live (without prompting from me - yay) so we visited 4 large bookshops and the story was the same in every one of them: "Yes we normally have one copy, it has been sold, we have another one on order, it'll probably be 2 weeks, you can place an order with us right now, it'll be 2 days if you order it - oh wait our supplier doesn't have it in stock so it will be 2 weeks or more". One person even logged onto Amazon for us and showed us that even they can't source it any quicker that "3 to 5 weeks". This is pathetic. I thought ETL was a bestseller!
3.50pm sugar-covered-nut (sample, 13 calories).
Shopping at the market: got some pears (£1) and sweet potatos (£1) and went halves with Nash on a box of 12 mangos (so 6 mangos - 50p. Before you get excited, they're for his mum.)
Nash was also shopping for some 'lunch' (it was 4pm at this point) so I turned him away from sandwhiches and pointed him towards salad/protein options. We found something suitable but it was a bit pricey so we kept on looking. We found some cheaper options at Sainsbury's but he wasn't impressed. Finally in an attempt to prevent him from making a nutritional mistake I promoted the idea I'll feed him at my home. He wasn't going to have my veg though (he didn't want anything cooked and my salad options are currently restricted) so we stopped over at McDonalds to order the healthiest thing they have there [a salad]. Typical - they were out of salad. However this worked in our favour as we got a free upgrade to a much large salad. It also had cheese (Nash doesn't like cheese so he saved it for me - it's in my fridge).
We shared a tin of chicken-breast-curry I had in the cupboard (1/2 a tin was 205 calories and 25g protein).
Popped over to the supermarket just before closing time but all the bargains have already been had. Had a piece of chocolate (45 calories). At home had another nibble from the cookie (10 calories) and had some of the McDonalds cheese (35 calories).
Mum supplied more potatos from the allotment. These come with a hefty amount of dirt - it took ages to wash them. I like the home-grown potatos because some of them are really tiny. I have this disgusting 'Fajita' spice-mix but it actually seems to work with the potatos in my microwave 'spicy-potato-wedges' recipe. Also did sweet potatos in 'microwave-wedges' format. They need less time in the microwave to wilt (found this the hard way - had to discard some burnt remains).
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Nir
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Posted: 21 January 2007 01:41 pm |
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On Saturday, reached 1620 calories (and 103.8g protein). The extra 20 calories were due to a handwriting error ('52' that looked like '32' at the time - oops). I compiled some stats about where those calories came from:
vegetables (spinach, broccoli, cabbage): 209 calories = 12.9%
legumes (red lentils, mung beans, TVP): 125 calories = 7.7%
fruit (mango, orange, pear, apple): 585 calories = 36.1%
starchy vegetables: (carrot, sweet potato, potato): 209 calories = 12.9%
wholegrain: 0 calories = 0%
animal products (including chicken curry from tin 214 calories, salmon, chicken, weight-watchers cheese): 364 calories = 22.5%
rubbish (chocolate, cookie, jello, sugar-covered nut, full-fat cheddar): 128 calories = 7.9%Last edited on 21 January 2007 01:54 pm by Nir
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Nir
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Posted: 22 January 2007 02:03 am |
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Sunday
Food today:
*spinach, *mung beans, sweet potato, orange, cocoa powder, mango, *courgettes, cabbage, sample: pork from sausage roll(18), sample: duck pate(8), sample: full-fat cracker(13), sample: black olives(10), pig kidney(47), pear, carrot, *cauliflower, celery, *garden peas, *grapes, *red lentils, TVP, *chili peppers, peanut butter, end of mum-provided cookie(7), end of McDonald-sourced full-fat cheddar(35), shreddies.
Spent most of the day at home online (2nd rest day in last 7 days). At 2.30pm cycled to Sainsbury's, had samples, got some Pig's Kidneys (reduced to 19p, 63.8% of calories from protein) - at home cooked and portioned. Ate one portion and froze the rest.
animals 18+8+47+35 = 108 calories, rubbish 13+7 = 20 calories. * = 8 different things from the freezer. Animals and rubbish together are just 128 calories (8%) (supplying 11.4g, or 11.1%, of my protein). Most protein today therefore from Vegan sources. That's my 3rd day at 1600 (protein = 102.5g) so tomorrow will be a 'high' day.
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clarinetgurl
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Posted: 22 January 2007 02:08 am |
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Wow, a triple post. Nice 
clar
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