30 Days of Only Ground Beef
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http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/FIT_Goat/view/day-5-30-ground-beef-817672
I went back and got another 15 pounds of beef today. Can't turn down the sale price.
Tomorrow, I go to Disney. Bringing at least a pound of burger with me. Still only getting about 2100 calories a day.0 -
Went to the store and grabbed some burger tonight. They only had 45 pounds out. So, I am 10 pounds short. But, this will last a while. On a bright note, the meat was labeled $11.29 for each chub, but it rung up $9.99 a chub. That's $2/lb. The total was $89.91 for the 45 pounds.
There's a lot of hate for this on the bottom of the original blog post. Apparently, I have attracted the attention of the non-low-carb people. If it gets worse, I might limit my blog to friends only. I don't want to do that, but we will see.
Edit: I deleted some of the low-content posts. That should stir the hornet's nest.
Gotta love the people who clearly don't know you and clearly missed the part where you've said that this is already basically how you eat, you're just doing it in ground beef form, as opposed to ground and steak. 0 -
Yay for Disney! I didn't know you could bring your own food there.
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Ringbearer2 wrote: »Yay for Disney! I didn't know you could bring your own food there.
Yep you just can't bring a rolling cooler.
Or probably steak knives. Good thing this isn't a chuck steak challenge.0 -
glossbones wrote: »Ringbearer2 wrote: »Yay for Disney! I didn't know you could bring your own food there.
Yep you just can't bring a rolling cooler.
Or probably steak knives. Good thing this isn't a chuck steak challenge.
did not know that Disney was so sensible with outside food. Just wish other places would do as well. Golf clubs, movies, sporting events. It is tough with a diabetic adult. I cannot imagine dealing with a diabetic (or any) child! And the search of bags! Safety I understand but allowing no outside water??? So their safety checks are bs.
I am watching this challenge with interest and thinking about a shorter time on bacon or beef. I like both.0 -
I think Disney recognizes that the price of admission at the gates is a limiting factor, and if they forced you to buy their food, they'd cull their crowd population too much. They also understand different diets, and their international crowd, and that some people bring food to save money that they then spend on souvenirs. It's good business. And you're right, other businesses should figure that out, too.
They do search bags, but not for food contraband. A couple of the security guards teased when I had no snacks in my purse, and said they were hungry!
Disney will also give you free cups of filtered water (from their soda fountains) if you ask. No need to spend the $4 on a smart water, and I can avoid their Nestle/Dasani water (the magnesium sulfate added to them gives me canker sores).
So this is my.. day.. four-ish? I brought 14 ounces of ground beef to work, pre-seared. Without a scale here I'll have to eat all or none to know how much to track, but I'm pretty hungry now (with three hours to lunch) so that shouldn't be a problem.
I have 6.5 lbs of ground beef in the fridge at home. I will probably prep half of it (one package) tonight for my lunches, and continue to cook a portion each night for dinner, to avoid the microwave as much as I can.
Down another .8 lbs this morning, putting the ground beef weight loss total at 3.6 lbs since Friday morning. Some of it could possibly be dehydration, as I always have less water than normal (and far more coffee than usual) on the weekends.
Still can visibly see a little lower-belly bump, but it's nothing compared to what it was before I started.
If I'm on the same pace as @FIT_Goat then I'm just about due to slow my scale losses. So far we have seem to be experiencing roughly the same results in terms of appetite, hunger, and losses.0 -
Apologies if this has been asked but what sort of beef are you eating, do you care about added hormones, grass fed, organic etc?0
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I have a picture of the beef I am eating, but the short answer is that none of those things are important enough to worry about.0
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In a perfect world our cattle would all be organic, untreated, pastured, and grain finished (for fat). This ain't a perfect world. But I'm way healthier eating my American food lot cattle than I am eating my American food lot cattle, grains, AND the chemical soup that is the world of packaged 'food product.'0
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PaleoInScotland wrote: »dasher602014 wrote: »PaleoInScotland wrote: »I posted this on my profile, but I'm sharing here too.
So after just one day, I think I'm ready to throw in the towel already on my 30-day pork belly experiment. I'm having the type of heartburn that genuinely leaves you questioning whether this time it's actually a heart attack, which in turn gave me the worst panic attack I've had in 5 years. Thank god for my emergency bottle of 5 year old Valium. I literally wrote a note for my husband to give the paramedics, if it came to that. Apparently my handful of carbs do a good job of helping my stomach process the fat. My regular heartburn pills have done nothing. So, after this hellish evening of chest pains, I can at least say that my blood sugar is doing better than it has in two weeks. And with that in mind, I'm going to work really hard to stay under 5-10 carbs each day and as close to zero as I can get, but no more single fat/protein source days.
Oh my! You must have been in pain. Glad you are on the other side now. Interesting result in blood sugar though. I'll have to think about that one.
I've been under 20 grams for a few months now and have had massive improvements in my blood sugar and huge reductions in medication use, but I've found considerable benefits remained in dropping my carbs even further. I kind of thought 20 carbs is practically nothing, how could a few mushrooms, a handful of spinach, lettuce, some cheese, cream, and seasonings (garlic, ginger, peppers, lemongrass) really make that much of a difference on my blood sugar, but they do. I sure as heck don't want to live without those things forever, but if that's what I have to do now to lose the weight, I'm ok with it. Im at 4 g carbs so far today. 3.6 of them are from pickles. The vinegar makes my tummy feel better and I needed the sodium. I'll probably end the day at 5g as I'm having some sauerkraut with dinner.
It's the 80/20 thing, I think. I've seen a lot of indication that there's as much of a difference going from even 20g of carbs to 0 as there is going to 20-50g from just about any other level. Going to 20g as the floor is the "80" part, where most people will see great results and might not see much profound difference for the effort going all the way down to 0, but for some, that extra "20" is huge.
If you check out the zero carb forums and stuff, you'll likely find a lot of people who have noticed similar profound changes in health markers that they didn't even see with a handful of extra carbs. It really is astounding how such a relatively small change can make such a huge impact.0 -
I tried this for 7 pounds worth of 88/12 from costco.You are going to be sick0
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I tried this for 7 pounds worth of 88/12 from costco.You are going to be sick
You mean physically ill, and by the end of the month? Or just tired of the flavor, pretty much immediately?
Both @FIT_Goat and I have already passed through (at least one) phase of not finding the ground beef appetizing. Sounds like we both came through it just fine.
So far I have consumed just under four pounds. I think Fitty will be a lot closer to hitting the 7# mark.
And as for the meat you said you got, that's far too lean for my liking!0 -
Sounds like your doing great at this. I always say I could never get sick of burgers but I'm a little afraid to try.0 -
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/FIT_Goat/view/day-6-30-ground-beef-818011
Day 6 is done. I finally managed my 2,800 calorie goal. I was also very busy today. That probably helped. My one week graphs won't be tomorrow, they'll be up on day 8. Because I started on a Wednesday, and each weekly summary will be a Wednesday. But, the numbers at the bottom are running totals for the whole experiment.0 -
I seem to be losing as much poundage as I'm consuming in ground beef. I'm down 4.4 lbs since I began. I'll take myotape measurements on Saturday morning (one week from the last set of measurements).
Last night I wished I'd cooked my 12 oz burger a little longer, I think more for texture than aversion to the raw inside. Tonight I may skillet-cook some smaller patties to alternate the texture of browned meat with the tasty red insides.
I also seared four patties to bring to work, two 12 oz and two 8 oz, which should cover me for the rest of the week. Assuming the fridge thief doesn't steal my meat again. Anyway, after I reheat them (too raw and rainy this week to want to eat cold meat) they'll be more cooked through.
Yesterday I drank a little more water than I had been over the weekend, and a little less coffee. Actually let a coffee get poured out with the last quarter unfinished. Normally that'd have broken my heart. Could it be I'm finally detaching my emotions from my food?0 -
Very cool. @glossbones- how did you determine how many ounces of meat per day?0
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Thanks!ChoiceNotChance wrote: »Very cool.
I weigh it on a scale before cooking and eat everything, including the drippings. When I grill, I only sear the outside a tiny bit so I don't lose much.ChoiceNotChance wrote: »how did you determine how many ounces of meat per day?0 -
glossbones wrote: »Yesterday I drank a little more water than I had been over the weekend, and a little less coffee. Actually let a coffee get poured out with the last quarter unfinished. Normally that'd have broken my heart. Could it be I'm finally detaching my emotions from my food??
Ya, for the All Animal April I'm contemplating, in theory it should mean no coffee as well. but I don't know if I want to "go there" yet.
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glossbones wrote: »Yesterday I drank a little more water than I had been over the weekend, and a little less coffee. Actually let a coffee get poured out with the last quarter unfinished. Normally that'd have broken my heart. Could it be I'm finally detaching my emotions from my food??
Ya, for the All Animal April I'm contemplating, in theory it should mean no coffee as well. but I don't know if I want to "go there" yet.
I'm blaming @FIT_Goat for the coffee. You know, if we're doing a male/female comparison, I should try to match his efforts as much as possible. Yup, that's it. It's for science. What a sacrifice!
I did skip coffee last Friday at lunch and by the evening I was SO OVER the meat and water concept that I added the coffee back. But if I'd pushed through I'd probably have been fine.
However, this was about eliminating problem foods for me, and clearly coffee is not a problem food, so I'm not that concerned, and I am more comfortable comparing my experience to Fitty's if I am more similar in my behavior (though so far I've avoided all but a pinch of salt).0 -
TBH, caffeine withdrawal is a real thing and certainly not something you want to add on top of everything else.
Great job so far!0 -
Had to eat out twice today, but not to worry, I didn't break the rules. A pound of patties from Wendy's and an 8 ounce burger from a steakhouse (cheeseless and plain). My wife called it the saddest dinner I've ever had when we ate out. Lol.0
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Lol well at least she's still sitting at the same table as you.0
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It certainly doesn't feel good to pay for a dinner at a restaurant when they charge five times the cost of the meat, and don't even save the grease for you!0
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http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/FIT_Goat/view/week-1-summary-819337
The week 1 summary is up (I also put a daily summary up for yesterday, but it's short and just says where my numbers were yesterday).
I end up paying for food I don't eat all the time, when we eat out. I have some tricks that help me out. I often get the loaded baked potato with the toppings on the side. Then I can put the potato toppings (usually butter, cream cheese, and cheese) on top of my steak. I offer my sides to people. Some places will let you order things a la carte (Denny's will let you order their steak all by itself for a decent discount off the meal price).0 -
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glossbones wrote: »
Yes! We loved doing a rodizio for special occasions when we lived in the US, it helped me stay avoid the "but it's my birthday" carbs. There's no better meat experience in the world! It's a carnivore's paradise @FIT_Goat0 -
I've been to them. They are awesome. They are a bit on the higher end of our eating out budget, so we only do them once in a while. I think we spent like $125 last time (after tax and tip) for just me and my wife. That wasn't even one of the most expensive ones around.0
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I've been to them. They are awesome. They are a bit on the higher end of our eating out budget, so we only do them once in a while. I think we spent like $125 last time (after tax and tip) for just me and my wife. That wasn't even one of the most expensive ones around.
Wow! I went to one where you have the option of rodizio or pay-by-weight. I paid for a full filet mignon and it was only $7-something. My entire meal (just me) including espresso and soda water AND tip was $15!0
