Bob Lamb - OMAD 9/6/2015
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Bob I'm glad you have such balanced views to share with us.1
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Weekly Update:
Weight Gain/Loss:
+1lb, SW 252, 6'1", CW 211, 41lbs-lighter
Weekly Weight Gain/Loss History since back on diet (28 Nov 2016)
+2, -1, -1, 0, -3, -2, +1
Diet:
Sat - Had lunch with my boy before sending him back off to college. Ate at "Asian Buffet" with wife for dinner (ate a lot)
Sun - Fri (about 20- hour fast each day)
Doing the ACV 1st and chasing it with vegetable juice (can't even taste the ACV!). Eating salads and am cutting back on protein shakes. My waking blood glucose has been a little high lately and I'm trying to figure what is going on. Maybe more protein than I can handle and it is going to glucose. By end of fast my bg level is good.
Exercise:
Mon - Bike 5-min, Walk 5-min, very light weights with legs
Tues - Bike 10-min, Walk 10-min, 40-min upper body and core weights
Thurs - Bike 15-min, Walk 15-min
Fri - 50-min upper body and core weights
Hitting weights hard but am not going to do lower body stuff tell knee gets stronger.
Other comments:
Knee was doing good this week and foot and not sick! Starting to workout more and hitting the weights and biking and walking. Went skiing today with my 11-year old daughter! Had a great time, was blue-bird skies. Legs got tired too-soon since haven't done much with them lately. I took it fairly easy.
I gained 6-lbs after my last Saturday splurges! Lost all but one by the end of the week. I think weights is causing some retention also. I'm not so sure no-sugar helped me lose the previous weeks. I think it was more likely due to not having a splurge day those two weeks that I lost a lot. I'm still doing very little sugar and will continue to do so but might allow a "taste" but no more. I did that last Sat with some baklava my wife made last Sunday. I had a 1" square was all. Might have a stall for a couple of weeks cause of weights and also I did have a splurge day today while skiing so will probably be a modest week. Take care!
You inspire me so much. I've fallen off track lately and this motivates me to try harder! You seem to be doing it all and keeping away from all that sugar!1 -
You're doing great Bob. I always gain on splurge days and make it a point to not weight until the following week.1
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SavedByGrace26356 wrote: »You're doing great Bob. I always gain on splurge days and make it a point to not weight until the following week.
I usually gain about 3-lbs on a splurge day. 6 was a lot for me. I knew the Chinese food we ate had a lot of salt in it and I ate a lot of carbs (water sponge) for lunch so I understood what was going on. Did almost lose it all so that was good and showed it was not all fat that I had gained.2 -
Great!!1
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Had a great day today and took my 17 and 11-yr old daughters skiing. Went to Nordic Valley which is a small place close by. It is really a good place when not icy (lower elevation there). My 11-yr old has a free pass they give 5th graders around here and I get a discount too. This place is not crazy expensive like most of them so that makes it possible to got there. Anyways, legs felt great and skied fairly hard on a number of runs. Was a blast!
This is why I want to lose more weight so I can do stuff! I remember two years ago struggling to put on ski boots cause my belly was in the way! Belly isn't in the way and much easier to ski being lighter now!3 -
Wow....gout must be gone. Yeah!! Sounds like a lot of fun and glad the legs are in working order.0
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SavedByGrace26356 wrote: »Wow....gout must be gone. Yeah!! Sounds like a lot of fun and glad the legs are in working order.
Not feeling the gout right now (knock on wood). I need to drink a lot of water since got dehydrated today. I sure hope I can have a good long spell without it. Thanks.3 -
Skiing sounds fun
great leg workout.
Probably the best part of losing weight, is having the energy to do activities with my son. He's a little on the chubby side as well, so being able to get out with him means the world to me.2 -
SavedByGrace26356 wrote: »Wow....gout must be gone. Yeah!! Sounds like a lot of fun and glad the legs are in working order.
Not feeling the gout right now (knock on wood). I need to drink a lot of water since got dehydrated today. I sure hope I can have a good long spell without it. Thanks.
I hope you can Bob...you've suffered enough. Keep hydrated and keep doing whatever you're doing because it's working!!0 -
Weekly Update:
Weight Gain/Loss:
0-lb, SW 252, 6'1", CW 211, 41lbs-lighter
Weekly Weight Gain/Loss History since back on diet (28 Nov 2016)
+2, -1, -1, 0, -3, -2, +1, 0
Diet:
Sat & Mon - Ate all three meals due to going skiing
Sun, Tue to Fri - 20-hr fast, ate ad libitum after except Fri where I ate a low carb meal of 5-eggs and about 10-oz of cheese and about 2-oz of tart cherry juice with acv
Exercise:
Sat - Downhill ski easy (4-hrs) and short walk after
Sun - Rest
Mon - Downhill ski moderate (3-hrs) and 20-min walk after
Tues - Weights 40-min, Bike 10-min, Walk 10-min
Wed - Rest
Thurs - Weights 40-min, Bike 15-min, Walk/Jog 15-min
Fri - Rest
Jogged a little on Thurs. Knee felt weird but didn't hurt next day so that's good.
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Got to jog a little and that was fun. Will continue but hope knee doesn't go bad. That knee has no ACL (past basketball injury) and isn't as good as it should be. My past gout issues with the knee could be due to slight injuries I get there due to degraded knee and then the gout goes there. Hitting weights hard.
Didn't lose weight this week but belt feeling loser and I did hit weights kind of hard twice and had two cheat days so not bad I think. I'm probably going to try a very low carb meal about 3xweek this coming week, both for weight loss and to see if I can get my fasting blood glucose levels down. They have been 110-120 or so in the mornings which is a lot higher than I want.
Tested this morning and bg was 120. Was 91 when went to bed. I think my body can't handle 100g of protein all at once and is converting some to glucose. I may have to cut back on the protein.
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I have that trouble with protein at times. I think that my body may be good at converting it to glucose also.1
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SavedByGrace26356 wrote: »Wow....gout must be gone. Yeah!! Sounds like a lot of fun and glad the legs are in working order.
Not feeling the gout right now (knock on wood). I need to drink a lot of water since got dehydrated today. I sure hope I can have a good long spell without it. Thanks.
I'm happy for you! This week I threw my back out and can't bend over to pick things up and have a hard time getting out of bed. I do feel for those who have problems with backs or knees because it is not easy to do ordinary things. And it takes much longer to do anything.0 -
Good luck with the low(er) carb meals. I like to eat lower carb when I can. It seems to help me to lose inches off my waist and I feel less bloated.0
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Good luck with the low(er) carb meals. I like to eat lower carb when I can. It seems to help me to lose inches off my waist and I feel less bloated.
I think I will try it about 3-times a week. I think I will lose faster but my main motivation is to see what happens to the blood glucose. This morning it was a little high even though last night was low carb (15g) but the protein was high (100g). Thanks,0 -
Did you also eat high fat? I found high protein low fat made me hungry and caused cravings. But when I upped the healthy fats like salmon, avocado, etc., then it helped.0
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I made some killer refrigerator pickles. Just vinegar, dill, salt, cucumbers is needed. I added garlic and red chili pepper to make them spicy. Had some tonight. They were great! They also seem to kill the appetite so I may make more of these.
https://smittenkitchen.com/2014/07/easiest-fridge-dill-pickles/
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Just discovered avocado oil on my salads. Holy smokes is that good! Expensive though.1
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I love avocado dressing. Yum
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I've never had avocado anything0
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I made avocado truffles one time they were actually pretty good. 1
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brendagaudette wrote: »I've never had avocado anything
If you do you'll learn to love those little yellow-green mush balls of heaven!2 -
I've never liked avocados and I've been living in CA since 1981 and a lot of people around me have avocado tress. I wish I liked them because they are very good for you.2
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Weekly Update:
Weight Gain/Loss:
-4lb, SW 252, 6'1", CW 207, 45lbs-lighter
Weekly Weight Gain/Loss History since back on diet (28 Nov 2016)
+2, -1, -1, 0, -3, -2, +1, -4
Diet:
Sat - Fri 20 to 23 hr fast each day. No cheat day.
I ate LC all week with about 50g carbs the most eaten in a day. I don't like eating this way but I did find that even with 100g protein, my morning blood glucose is good while LC. I will try this another week to see if weight loss continues or if it was only water loss this week.
Exercise:
Sat - 50-min upper body and core weights, Bike 15-min
Mon - Walk 1.5-miles, Ran 1.0-miles, Bike-15 min
Tues - 50- min of upper body and core weights
Thurs - Walk 1.67-miles, Ran 1.33-miles, Bike 20-min
Fri - 50-min upper body and core weights
Other comments:
Lost a lot for me this week. I probably averaged 1600-1700 cals/day. I can eat lower cals with LC but I don't like it. Without LC, I'm probably at about 2000 cals/day.
Went skiing today and it was great! Only $30.00 at Nordic Valley.0 -
Phenomenal, Bob!0
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4 pounds? Extraordinary! What is going on differently to get such a nice drop, Bob?0
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4 pounds? Extraordinary! What is going on differently to get such a nice drop, Bob?
Just low carb, but carbs absorb water and I suspect some of the loss was water. Also the week before I had a gain so maybe some was really lost that week and I just saw it this week. I did eat fewer calories. I've never done the one plate rule (probably why I lose slower than most of you) and always eat as I please. I still do but with the low carb the calories have been less, probably 1600 cals instead of 2000. I've exercised a little more too. I will need to try the low carb for a couple more weeks to see if it really is helping or not if I can. I really don't like the low carb thing but it might be worth it to me if I can lose a lot quicker.
I'n my loss record, there was a -3 and -2 week and that was over the holidays when I decided I wasn't going to eat any sugar. I snacked on cheese a lot and that is satiating and I probably was low carb and didn't have that many calories (I didn't log so I don't know).0
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