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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:10 pm
by Malcolm
If you're running an Ironman out on the Sahara or something, your mileage may vary. But lots of what you sweat out ain't water, so trying to replace it with water isn't the best substitution.
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:13 am
by unkbill
GORDON wrote:unkbill wrote:You guys ever heard this one about how much water you should drink in a day. Take your body weight divide it in half. That is the number of ounces of water a day to stay hydrated. For me that is 148 oz. Over 2 gallons. Seems like an awful lot. And I'm sure I don't.
I've been on hikes in the Marines where we sweat so much the salt crystals were visible on our camis, but I still don't think we drank 2 gallons of water that day. 1, easily, but not 2.
Hell most of my work hats are like that.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:00 am
by TheCatt
TheCatt wrote:Well, my body's been equivalating food with staying awake, mostly carbs and crap with the baby (and baby's reflux, and having a 3week cold).... so I've been eating like shit.
But I just made a $100 bet with a co-worker to lose 15% by June 1st, so now there's money on the line.
Today: 213.5 lbs goal: 181.5
OK, I'm getting serious about this now.
Current weight (yesterday): 215.
Target: 181.5
I'm trying the 4-hour body version of low-carb diet.
Though, I have to learn how to make beans.
Breakfast: 3 eggs, 6 pieces of bacon, 1 cup low sugar OJ and 1/4 of a banana. (~75 calories from sugar). Needs to be lower, but I dont have the beans/greens yet.
Lunch will hopefully be ham, spinach, and beans.
Posted: Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:41 am
by GORDON
I fell off the wagon a bit.
Was down to 201.something last week, but 1) I usually cheat for a night or two on weekends, and 2) circumstances arose a couple other nights recently where I gave in to temptation.
Currently 206. Still down 11 pounds overall, but 5 up from my low. Getting tired of dieting... may have to just gird my loins and hit my 190 goal in the next couple weeks.
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:28 pm
by TheCatt
Yesterday:
Breakfast: 3 eggs, 6 pieces of bacon, 1 cup low sugar OJ and 1/4 of a banana.
Lunch: 1/2 lb of ham, bowl of raw spinach, 1 can of pinto beans, refried.
Dinner: 600 calories beef/broccoli. Got hungry, so ate 2 tbsp of peanut butter.
Still felt like I was missing "something" in each meal... prolly cuz I normally eat a fair amt of carbs, and some ice cream/candy each day.
Today:
Breakfast: 3 eggs; 1/2 package of bacon; 1 cup low sugar OJ, 1/2 banana.
Still feeling full. Have not been hungry enough to get lunch. Less of that "should be eating something" feeling that I had yesterday, so far.
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:41 pm
by GORDON
At 204.0, right f'ing now. Should be 202ish in the morning.
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 1:54 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:At 204.0, right f'ing now. Should be 202ish in the morning.
214. Goal is 2 lbs / week.
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2011 7:06 pm
by GORDON
Weird side effect of this diet: I have cut waaaay down on sugar, like a 95% cut. It makes me tired earlier. I am actually sleeping normal hours. I used to think I was a night owl, not falling asleep before 2, getting 5 or 6 hours, and suffering through the day sucking down more sugar and caffeine to stay awake. Now, on days I don't cheat on the diet, I can hardly make it to 11:30, I am getting the 7 hours of sleep I need, and I don't need sugar all day.
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:35 am
by thibodeaux
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:39 am
by GORDON
Funny you should post that, I was second guessing my own statement last night.
Instead of sugar I am using Truvia. Zero calorie sweetener. Last night at about 7:30 I made some tea, Earl Gray, hot, to sip while I watched Eureka.
I couldn't get to sleep until after midnight.
So I think caffeine may be a factor, too. I used to drink almost half a gallon of iced sweet tea at dinner at 6pm, maybe the caffeine was keeping me up half the night.
I have also cut way down on the soft drinks, so less sugar and caffeine there.
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:49 am
by TheCatt
Yeah, the yanss article on caffeine really rang a bell with a lot of people I know. they wake up nearly dead, then get a super-tall-hyper-espresso-starbucks, and are human again. rinse repeat.
I'm down to 3 diet cokes a day from a peak of 5. enough caffeine that it feels good in the morning, but not so much that i feel dead every morning. I'd like to get back down to 2.
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:28 am
by thibodeaux
Last January, I stopped drinking sodas. That lasted until the summer, when I started playing music again. I'd have a Saturday night gig, get home at 3am or so. My body would naturally wake up at around 8am (durn kids). But I was wiped out by noon and would just lay on the couch.
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:47 am
by TheCatt
TheCatt wrote:GORDON wrote:At 204.0, right f'ing now. Should be 202ish in the morning.
214. Goal is 2 lbs / week.
212 today.
When I did the Atkins diet in the past, I had horrible energy, bad mood, and headaches.
The beans REALLY seem to be helping with that. I haven't felt crappy, nor have I felt hungry, and I'm already getting past that "sweet fix" I used to need a lot.
The real test will be weekends. But after this weekend, I'm going to try the 1x/week cheat day like the book does.
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:53 am
by GORDON
Weekends are what kill me. I'll lose 5 pounds during the week then gain 4 back when I pig out on pizza on Saturday night.
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:59 am
by Cakedaddy
Ok, I'm finally getting started. Lacrosse started and I'm working out again. I don't have a special diet. I just try to eat less and somewhat better. Still at 210, target, 195, maybe 190. Below 190, I'm too skinny. (except for my gut. Can never get rid of my gut.)
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:01 pm
by GORDON
203.4 this morning. Wife made cookies last night and hey... raw cookie dough.
She isn't helping me diet.
Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 11:13 am
by GORDON
Back to 201.2... where I was before I went to Cleveland for 2 days and ate too much. I think the night I ate ribs and bbq chicken and washed it down with 4 beers was probably the main culprit.
If tonight wasn't pizza night I would drop under 200 this weekend... but alas.
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 9:41 am
by TheCatt
211 today, so 4 pounds in the first week, no doubt some of that is water, so we'll see how things go from here out.
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:57 am
by GORDON
Down to 200.0 this morning.... if I can manage to stay on-diet today, tomorrow morning will be a milestone.
Had a black bean burrito (burrito con frijoles negro) for brunch. Those damned tortillas are 210 calories, but I kept it light on the beans.
Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:11 pm
by Malcolm
You could always go shovel snow for a couple hours to be sure.
