Bob Lamb - OMAD 9/6/2015
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I'm glad you are on the mend and it's darn awesome you met your running goal despite not feeling 100%! Bob, I've said it before, but I'm so thankful you and others post about your maintenance because your stories inspire others. You're right, a one pound gain is nothing, and especially considering you were sick.
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For being sick and on antibiotics I'd say you did pretty darn good!!! 0 -
Great job on the 5k!!0
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Actually down to 205 this morning so was no gain for the month. Thanks for all the support!2
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YYAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY nice Bob! Glad you're on the mend!0
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Good job on maintaining and the 5K through some difficult circumstances.0
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I do take the 2 tb of acv before my omad meal and nothing happens...
would fasting a bit more in this state that you are in help actually heal you better/faster? seeing that fasting is a healing tool? have you considered it or else you are ripping the benefits of your fasting window?
How do you know nothing is happening? I don't know what is best for getting better fasting or not. I do know I'm on antibiotics and I need to take them with food so I'm not totally fasting right now. Yesterday, I ate a little bit of sunflower seeds to take my antibiotics but only the pickle juice after.
@blambo61 I have been taking acv for years on an empty stomach and I am alive and pretty healthy except my weight. Never sick. So I am assuming nothing "bad" happens when you take it dilluted in water. that´s what I meant how do I know? empiric experience!0 -
Yay! for 5k times, and being on the mend!0
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I do take the 2 tb of acv before my omad meal and nothing happens...
would fasting a bit more in this state that you are in help actually heal you better/faster? seeing that fasting is a healing tool? have you considered it or else you are ripping the benefits of your fasting window?
How do you know nothing is happening? I don't know what is best for getting better fasting or not. I do know I'm on antibiotics and I need to take them with food so I'm not totally fasting right now. Yesterday, I ate a little bit of sunflower seeds to take my antibiotics but only the pickle juice after.
@blambo61 I have been taking acv for years on an empty stomach and I am alive and pretty healthy except my weight. Never sick. So I am assuming nothing "bad" happens when you take it dilluted in water. that´s what I meant how do I know? empiric experience!
That is one data point which is encouraging. Each person is different though and also I'm sure it matters how much you take.0 -
Well I'm still a little sick and hacking up green stuff from the lungs still. Got some new antibiotics today to see if it will help. I'm missing a hike with the scouts tomorrow that we had planned all year. Mt. Timpanogos in the Wasatch Mts in Utah, US. The summit is 11,752 ft high (3582m). The hike is about 14-miles (22.5km) round-trip with an elevation gain of 4,390ft (1338m). Starting elevation is 7360ft (2243m). I'm super bummed about that but can't do anything about it. I will just need to get better and will get other opportunities in the future. Have a good one all.
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Omg, those veggies look superb! You definitely have a green thumb, Bob!0
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Those hills will wait for you I am sure!!! next time!!!
Yummie veggies they look pretty vibrant!!
Hope you get better real soon!0 -
I have wanted to do a garden for a while now...gotta get on it0
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How are you feeling? Sorry to hear you missed the hike.0
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Doing ok. Walked 37-min at brisk pace this morning but felt tired and sluggish and still have some congestion. Didn't make me worse though so will try a little longer on Wed!1
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tlblanksfit wrote: »I have wanted to do a garden for a while now...gotta get on it
You can still plant a fall garden (where I live). Do some peas, cabbage, cauliflower, brocholli, and about all greens! I was going to plant some of those today and forgot. I need to remember cause really should have done that a week ago.0 -
Nice job, Bob! I'm sure you lost, too. Being sick always makes me retain water like crazy. Once you're well, you will probably see a drop!
On another note, gimme those veg!!!0 -
Decided to make a change. I've been doing 16:8s about 5xweek and 21:3 about 2xweek. What drove a lot of the 16:8s were working out in the morning and then not trying to kill myself by fasting tell dinner after. I've maintained well doing this but would like to lose faster so I'm planning on getting back to 6x21:3 for the week with one splurge day. To do that, I will move my workouts tell the end of the day after the fast. To keep from bonking during the afternoon workouts (I went to mornings so I wouldn't bonk), I plan on using either coconut oil or UCAN superstarch about 30-min before I go exercise. I've used both and they don't bother my stomach when running hard and I have enough energy to not bonk. I prefer the superstarch cause I worry some about eating a lot of coconut oil. Also the starch is very slow release so it doesn't spike blood sugar or insulin so the body can keep metabolizing fat which is what I want to do instead of burning exogenous (coconut oil) fat (that starch stuff is magic!). I haven't done 6x21:3 in a week for a long time so it may take some getting used to again. I will deal with the heat of afternoon workouts. Wish me luck!2
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Was able to walk for 3.25-miles today and jog for .75 miles (3x1/4-mile increments). Felt ok. Still trying to get lungs all cleared out completely. Am making progress. Did this after the fast.2
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Sounds like a good plan... And awesome on your workout after being sick - it's always so hard to get back into - especially when the lungs have been affected.0
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I haven't walked since last Friday and I need to get back to it because I really do feel better when I exercise even if it's just walking Good luck this week 0
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Love your plan, Bob! And good for you with getting back into it even while sick. I am a complete baby when I'm sick!0
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Bob what starch is that and for what purpose?... Could it be that your cold is a detox symptom?... maybe you come out of it strengthened?... good on you for those walking miles and for setting up a new eating routine may it bring you the goals you are looking for! 0
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Bob what starch is that and for what purpose?... Could it be that your cold is a detox symptom?... maybe you come out of it strengthened?... good on you for those walking miles and for setting up a new eating routine may it bring you the goals you are looking for!
The starch is UCAN suprstarch. It was invented to treat kids with glycogen storage disorder. It allows people with that disorder to sleep through the night without having to get up and eat and not go hypoglycemic and die. Sports people use it also. It allows folks to get some carbs and at the same time not shut off fat metablism like eating a lot of glucose gel would. I read that 17 of the 2016 US Olympic marathon trialers used it. I think there are diet applications also as I described. Stuff works like magic for me (only 80-cals of the stuff will allow me to run and burn more than 700 cals without bonking at the end of a fast where I would probably bonk after running enough to burn 300 cals without it. I think bonking must be triggered by blood glucose rates as well as levels and maybe that is why you can keep going on it even though it isn't providing enough cals to make up for what it allows.
I'm pretty sure my cold has to do with me getting run down not sleeping much for a week and putting in 11-miles a day while doing it. Then being exposed to continued bad air that we are having right now. There is a lot of dust in the air. I always do better in the winter. Thanks0 -
So Bob... the starch is a substitute to eating more carbs in your diet?...or a way to eat more carbs without spiking glucose in order to keep burning fat? you take it in your window?0
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You're a champ, Bob, for going at it when you aren't all the way recovered from being sick, and your plan is awesome! I'm like @brittdee88... total baby when sick. lol0
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So Bob... the starch is a substitute to eating more carbs in your diet?...or a way to eat more carbs without spiking glucose in order to keep burning fat? you take it in your window?
I take it to:
1. Keep me from bonking while working out after a fast
2. It doesn't upset my stomach if I eat it right before working out
3. It doesn't stop fat metabolism so I can keep burning my body fat
4. It doesn't make me hungry like about anything else would
Coconut oil does all these too except I will be burning that fat instead of my body fat and I worry a little about eating that a lot since it is saturated fat.
I'm not using it to get more carbs, just to accomplish the objectives I mentioned. It is too expensive to use just to get more carbs.
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I'm feeling pretty good and not coughing up much now and ran 1.5-miles today (3x400m, and 6x200m and also walked 3-miles). I am out of shape compared to 3-weeks ago but that should come back if I can keep working out.
Was 1-lb lower today than yesterday (I have an analog scale so about the smallest number I can read is 1-lb) so that was good. I was 204 this morning which is an all-time low for me since starting this diet. That was a 2-lb loss for the week. I've done a 21:3 fast Tues - Today and it is paying off. SW 252, CW 204. Hope to get below 200 this month!1
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