W325 D3

I was asked by a friend of mine if you post on Tuesday why is it day 3 - Sunday is Day 1, not Monday.

This.is.day.30. I weigh 307.8 - Memorial Day (28May) I weighed 331.0 - All of this is diet only. I'll get into that in a few minutes.

First, even at almost 308 I feel better than in the 270s. No joint aches, no muscle aches, no migraines, no neck pain, no snoring, lots of other noes in the negative categories that I can't think of. I still have a little fluid build up in my legs. I am not taking the water pills just drinking more water. I do need to get more pills. In any case, lots of good stuff.

Time for some vitals before I get to diet changes. These measurements are listed as current and original one month ago.
neck: 15.5" - 16" = .5"
chest: 41.75" - 43" = 1.2"
waist: 47.25" - 51 = 3.75"
hips: 50.5" - 54.5" = 4"
thighs: 29.5" - 31" = 1.5"

I'll explain the hips one - you all know I've got the jLo. so that is the absolute roundest part of the weeble and the wobble - the apex of the donk on the a and b side coming around to the front. so it's not actually a hip measurement... it's the golden globes measurement. Death Star 1 & 2 circumferencies (not an actual word).

In one month - that's a lot of size. 23 pounds of size (also my arms have a little extra in them too that I never measured).

On to the diet:
I've never really eaten more than once a day since my professional career. It's just kind of the way it's turned out. However, I would snack a few times a day. Since the first two weeks of potatoes, I'm pretty much only hungry once a day. I will have some eggs (or egg white) with a small potato if I'm really really hungry for breakfast. And I'll drink a lot of water. I'm know I'm always a little more dehydrated in the morning. Everyone is.

I don't eat anything that is bread. no taco shells, no burrito flours, burger buns, etc. I have no oils. I don't add anything to my food that's not pepper either. So no salts, sugars, etc. I eat nothing that comes from fast food at all except on Sat night or Sunday since those are my planned times to eat fast food. They're not cheats. As Penn says, I plan to eat crap, that's when I plan to eat crap :) I'm surprised at how little crap I eat.

Mostly, I eat chicken, fish, I buy these bags of shrimp that are 7 bucks and one lasts 2 weeks. I put 4-8 tiny shrimp in with some chicken or fish. I cut up potatoes. I have two med yukon gold with some of these baby reds. I cut them into dice and cook them on the oven and always over pepper them - I need to remember to add less pepper. Then I mix them with some salsa. toss in the chicken, fish, and shrimp. Sometimes I throw in some onions and green peppers with the chicken, fish, and shrimp. and it's not a lot of meat either - it totals less than 3oz total.

Once a week I'll have some steak but I don't add anything to it either. If I have a burger it's on Sunday only. After eating chicken for a month, burgers tasted weird. I can't explain it, but they do.

I don't count anything (calories, sodium, carbs, etc). On Sat night and Sunday I eat or drink whatever I want. The rest of the week I have no desire to eat what I ate on Sat night and Sunday.

Now, could I run very far? or could I lift a bunch of stuff for very long? no. And if you need to, you'd probably have to adjust this a bit. Mentally, am I unfocused? not at all - and all I do is use my brain and type. I'd probably have to add more carbs like corn and beans (green or lentils or something) to my food if I had to stand longer periods of time. But I stood printing t-shirts for 4 hours and didn't have any issues and it was hot so idk.

Right now, having leveled off, I'm losing about a pound a day.

W324 D4

It's been a few days.

Sunday, Father's Day, I ate horribly - and that was my actual 21st day - I got cashew chicken sat night because you never know around here with chinese places - some sunday holidays they're like hell yes we're open and other's they're like "Fu King Hol Day - Closed" I ate half of an ice cream cake - I didn't feel guilty and it was ok... not great... but I didn't think I'd finish it lol. It's not actually a cheat day when it's worked in. it was a planned eat crap day. I had a big roast beef no bun and I can't remember anything else... some chicken I think. Maybe I didn't eat anything else. Idk.

Monday and yesterday I went back to eating mostly meats and veggies and a couple of potatoes.

Today - all potatoes again. I now have three kinds of potatoes. I'm eating some big sunzas, some yukon golds, and some tiny reds. I cut them up cook them in a pan and add some pepper. No meats today. I'll ramp the water back up and probably stick with mainly potatoes for the next two weeks.

My weight is at 313 with the water - without it's about 307-308 so I'm losing about a pound a day. My waist is 47.5-48 which is down from the 51 I started at (granted some is most likely water, but smaller is smaller:)) - my butt is way small. my cargo shorts from Disney would barely fit and now I can turn my fist sideways in the waistband. My pants fit and I can sit down without feeling like I'm being cut in half. I've still got the water retention problem in my lower legs, but I don't take the water pills daily because I literally have to pee 12 ounces every half hour.

I did find out cheese is very bad lol. I ate some string cheese and snored all night Saturday and Sunday... so no more cheese (which is my favorite fruit.

Otherwise, I've been working a lot, not working out still, just working. I'm hauling stuff around and walking a lot to get things done around the house. Hauling tshirts everywhere for orders (since the printer is downstairs I'm hauling heavy boxes of shirts downstairs, printing, then packing, and hauling them back upstairs. So that's kind of a workout.

Otherwise, I feel exceptional - which I have to say even at 313 I feel waaaayyyy better than I ever did even at 270.

Slowly but surely.

W323 D4

I've balanced out at 311-315 for a little bit. I'm hovering for the moment. I'm alright with that for yesterday but not today. If I didn't feel well still I wouldn't be alright with it yesterday.

I have a lot of physical work to do today. I also know that with this past weekends dehydration I'm storing more water still. So, once I've hit a certain point and drop that water my weight will go down. That's not fat. That's not what I want. However, my waist is still getting smaller. So, I'm perfectly alright with my weight maintaining as long as I am getting smaller. My waist is 47.75" so down another 1/4" from the original 51" which is pretty great considering it's been 2 1/2 weeks.

In any case, lots of work today. Hot weather outside. Hot work inside. Potatoes for eating. Lots of water.

W323 D2

Still doing well. I thought I'd fall off the wagon, but I haven't. I attended a BBQ and they had many foods that weren't covered in sauces and stuff I couldn't eat (like smoked chicken but not covered in BBQ sauce. boiled potatoes though those had a lot of cajun spices with the crawdads. whew hot.

In any case, I ate normal (meaning, nothing procesed) the last two days (day 14 and 15). I wasn't supposed to, but whatever. I figured I'd be ok.

As expected, I gained a little weight - like 2 pounds, so no big deal. I'm also still a little dehydrated from the ride... I mean it was forkin hot. I hadn't expected to ride so I didn't hydrate before and during the ride I forgot my cupholder so I had to wait for stops. Normally when I ride I stay a little dehydrated so I don't have to stop often... so I'm extra post-ride dehydrated today.

I expect over the next few days I'll drop the weight (water weight and all).

I feel really good. Still no snoring. So nearly 2 weeks of no snoring. Even my allergies are like sooo much better - my regular meds are working very well as they should have been. I've only sneezed like twice in the last two weeks where I would've normally been sneezing a lot - and that's with what TWC says has been high pollen counts.

My waist is still getting smaller. My chest is still getting smaller. My digestion is doing quite well. Like I've not had to sprint for a bathroom in 2 weeks... and I've eaten cheese... I've had dairy problems for 20+ years.

My food is mostly potatoes now. I am not hungry most of the time. I drink a lot of water. a lot of the day I'm refilling water and drinking 12oz water. it's just something my body is wanting. When I eat most of the time it's one or two medium-sized setups. 2-4 medium potatoes made how I want them with whatever chicken, fish, or shrimp I want (and I don't want much). I add some romaine lettuce and some eggwhites most of the time and that's about it. Usually, I eat one of these about 5-7pm. if I'm hungry before then I'll eat a small or medium potato raw. If I'm hungry after I'll have a small potato.

I need to add a little more in the way of greenery and I've not read up on that yet - but that's the goal this week.

I am weak of course because I'm not working out. I am doing work but not lifting weights or riding my bike, but I am working in the heat and lifting screens walking up and down a lot of stairs, printing shirts. I'm still doing a lot of work, but I'm not working out. So when I say weak, I mean I couldn't do like 20 pushups or lift a heavy box and carry it for too far.

W322 D7

This is Day 14 of the potato diet. I have to confess the last two days I've not eaten entirely potatoes. I did have some shrimp and eggwhites. I'm going to stick with this for a while. I'm going to modify it a little I think. I'm going to stay with how I've been doing it but go more towards a PSMF diet.  Then maybe in a few weeks go back to a full potato diet.

All-in-all, I've been very happy with the results. I've not felt like I was lacking anything. I've not felt like I shouldn't have been doing this. I'm happy keeping potatoes as the root (no pun intended) veggie and adding other veggies in.

W322 D5

From yesterday

I’ve changed up my eating - I didn’t believe people when they say after a week and a half of potatoes you won’t be hungry... you’re not. I wasn’t eating. Wasn’t hungry. And was doing heavy moves though. I was working out by lifting stuff and working on printing and the like so while not actual workout still breaking rules of the no workout so I added some lean meat only to my food. I am in full ketosis as measured - I was surprised. I have some chicken breast and egg white and potatoes - the protein is mostly for added flavor and ketosis filler I guess - I added some pepper and two medium potatoes - and I bought some frozen shrimp a while ago so I threw a few of those in - not really a lot of meat - 2-3 pcs of chicken cubes 2-3 shrimp and 1/4 c of egg whites with 2 medium potatoes that I cooked individually in a skillet

My waist is down another 1/2” and you can see my belly sagging down as the fat is falling off. I’m down about 311 now so that’s 20 since last Monday. I feel really really good. I’ve not had anything processed like no extra sugars salts nothing in this time - my pants fit better even though they were tighter when I was 270 lol. My swelling in my legs has almost stopped which means the fluid in my lungs has stopped. I still don’t have cravings per se though today I could’ve ravaged a plate of freshly heated Brie

Idk what day this is... Monday is 8? So 10? Day 10 and 20 pounds down drinking water though I just found out black coffee unsweetened green or iced or hot tea would’ve been ok - unsweetened tea is of the devil and coffee without anything is for other people lol

I woke up this morning and taped myself.

my neck is 15.5 - so 1/2" smaller than it was
my bellybutton is 48" now down from 51"
my chest is 42.5" down from 43.5"
my butt is  52" down from 54"
my thighs are 30.5" down from 31"

so you can see some fat loss is happening. I'm quite happy with it. 20 pounds in 10 days. Inches off in 10 days. I'm happy with those results. While I didn't maintain a strict potato diet I haven't strayed and I like where this is going.

I'll tell you what I love about all of this, so far. I'm not counting anything. I know what I'm eating. I'm eating a base of as many potatoes as I can handle - which gets fewer and fewer as the days go by - meaning I just don't want to eat much. If I want to add to that then right now I add some egg white and shrimp. I shouldn't but for dessert, I add some string cheese, which I shouldn't. I have some pre-grilled and spiced chicken. That used to be mildly spicy to me... it's now forking spicy. I'm avoiding any meats with added anything. Shrimp they're just cooked, nothing added... shrimp and water. the string cheese... they have salt.. I shouldn't eat dairy so I'm gonna just not. egg whites, all good there. Now, I don't know how long I'll do this potato-keto mix thing for. it's working for me. I'm not sure what I should do at this point. Should I add greens to it? I think so. Maybe add a salad of greens (romaine & kale) and some other vegetables. Idk I've got a few days to figure it out.

W322 D2

I don't mind potatoes. I've been eating them like apples for the last week+. I've had three issues where my stomach has hurt so bad I've eaten some extras like a little chicken breast or some shrimp - nothing more just those. Now - I could stay in this place eating just potatoes and adding some chicken or shrimp for a long long time - really. Maybe adding some cheese once a week or something. I'm actually ok here and never thought I'd say that. I hit a minor plateau overnight. I didn't drop as many pounds as I thought - weird because I worked a lot yesterday and thought there'd be a pound or two but stayed right around yesterday's number. Still though not unhappy with the results. My belly is falling which means I'm dropping fat from somewhere even if my weight isn't going. I haven't even had a sugar craving this entire time. Normally, I'm like all up in the cravings. Right now, I can't wait to get to the phase where I can eat potatoes and chili with some cheese and maybe meat (chicken, fish, maybe hamburger) but mostly beans, potatoes, and spices. I have no idea why.

I read some blogs on the post-14 days. One guy boasts a 2-pound salad daily with his own dressing. It sounds really good right now... however, I'm wondering how much that costs a day. Would it be cheaper to just not eat? Idk.

I did, however, find something interesting in one of the blogs I was reading. I've mentioned here that I've had these cycles that I always found interesting. 3 months of intense pushing then around the 3-month mark my body would rebel and I would sabotage the crap out of it for 3 months then go back into a cycle. One of the blogs mentioned that Ray Cronise says if you try to do a diet more than 12 weeks your brain will rebel because it's not supposed to. It will actively try to sabotage you. I don't know if my experiences back up his theory or not; I believe they do. Now that that is something someone else has said and I don't sound crazy to myself I need to capitalize on that. At the end of 12 weeks, I'm done with this plan. So, my weight loss goal is over and my eating plan will be whatever I've set for it. I am not vegan and I won't be vegan. I will not probably eat much in the way of red meat, but who knows. I might go full Jillette and not ever eat meat again idk. Right now, that doesn't even seem like a possibility. I mean, the shrimp I had last night without any spices at all were the best shrimp I've ever eaten in my life. I had some potatoes sliced not cooked and some cooked shrimp it may have been the best thing I've ever eaten... for the last week for sure. Seriously though, the shrimp tasted amazing - and I checked... ingredients were just shrimp nothing else.

I cooked some potatoes this morning. A lot of potatoes - like 6 medium sliced. I wanted to add some chicken or shrimp or even some hamburger with some cheese. spoon some chili beans over them. Now I'm having cravings lol

I feel really good though. I'm restless - which is a good thing. It means I need to get a little excess out during the day so my body doesn't have it pent up at bedtime. Im not supposed to workout... but I'm thinking a short bike trip would be ok - something lite maybe stationary bike - we'll see

W322 D1

(Day 7) - 17 pounds down... I'm happy with that. I've lost an inch off my chest and 1.5 off my waist. I have eaten other than potatoes... twice I've had hunger so bad because I've forgotten to eat so I've had some chicken breast.

I feel pretty good. I walked without getting winded. I am able to touch my toes again and put on socks. The biggest thing (no pun intended) is that I feel lighter - not much weight, but it is apparently enough to make me feel enough of a difference. Shirts fit a bit better. pants fit just a bit better. like I said movement, walking, breathing. I'm sure open airway helps. I've not snored in several days now so that's huge. I am waking up early - I go to bed at like midnight or fall asleep then and wake up at 6 or 630 then have to fall back asleep til 8... I'm rested when I get up - not like before where I wasn't.

I need to read what I'm supposed to do in a week - I'm ok with this for now - I don't even dislike this at all. I could go eat a taco or big mac and come back and eat a potato and be fine... however, I know that I would break the ketosis I'm in and I don't. That's a difference from other regimens I've worked before... I've always gotten to a point where I've broken and eaten a bunch of crap - sat down like an addict and eaten 64 donut holes and looked like michael bolton in the lonely island captain jack sparrow video. Maybe it's a mentality thing... I can do this... I don't know. The point is I've said "yeah I'd like some nachos bell grande. I'm not going to eat them because skinny me will eat them. current me will wait. current me has enjoyed those things for many years it'll be ok."

I'm excited for tomorrow.

W321 D6

Technically, it's D7, it's the last day of the week... but idc.

Yesterday, I was dying - not literally. I didn't eat and then couldn't take it when my stomach told me I was going to die... and so I ate some shredded chicken... just a bit. Then back to potatoes.

I was out of town so I didn't get a good weigh-in I'll have to wait until tomorrow. I'm in some other world right now mentally. Physically, my body is very weak. I can move a lot, but not do too much. If I do much then my body is like "yeah, this is what normal feels like, you got this." then after it's like "you're a lunatic. what were you thinking ahole? penn said that ray said don't do anything. it's winter. slumber. time to rest." the problem is that I'm a fidgeter. I'll sit for hours and tell people I don't move. In reality, I don't know that I move. During the day though, I can sit still for hours... also not know that I've moved hundreds of times to get something or go pick up something or straighten something, go downstairs to look at something, whatever it is.

I will tell you this though. I walked to the edge of my lawn. That sounds completely fking stupid. but I walked to the edge of my lawn and nearly cried 15 pounds down and wasn't fking out of breath and didn't feel like I wanted to die. only 15 pounds down. that's amazing on its own.

My head is a bit light headed and weird. I don't know why though. lack of fat? I'm not sure. I do get phases where I'm hungry and not. I just eat a few more potatoes and then stop or drink water. I am tired and then not.  it's such a... there's a big word that goes here that means opposites lol... but I can't think of it... uh dichotomy that's it I think.

I don't really crave anything so that's super nice. I do, however, want to smother the potatoes with chicken sometimes... but like the chicken belongs on it, not like a craving, but like I get up to get potatoes and the chicken should be there kind of thing.

Well, off til tomorrow.