Username: craigo3154
Weigh in week: Week 3
Weigh in day: Wednesday
Previous Week's Weight: (65.8kg) 145.1
Todays Weight: (66.1kg) 145.7

Been a hectic work week this week. Glad to still be on track with maintenance.

If this number seems a little high, remember I am a medium athletic build 5"10' 49yo male. This puts my BMI at 22.2 (middle of healthy range). I am at < 11% body fat, (and yes, at that % body fat, I do have a visible abs).

I had been as high as 66.6kg during the week. This made almost no sense as my diet had been well under on calories most of the week (almost too far for my liking). My macros have been good (enough protein).

It is often a struggle for me to eat enough to maintain weight due to the habits I have now formed (largely gluten free {very little wheat, barley, rye, oat based products} - high protein - no between meal snacks - drink pretty much only water and black, unsweetened tea).

Just a note on gluten free (for those who read this far ). Gluten is primarily found in grass based grains (wheat, barley, rye). As far as I am aware, I am not celiac, gluten sensitive or wheat intolerant. Foods that tend to come from gluten sources (bread, cake, cookies, beer, etc..) are high in calories and low on satiety for me. Fostering a preference for low gluten/gluten free food curbed any tendency I had to over-eat.

The problem with gluten based foods in our culture and society is that they are also associated with a lot of "comfort foods". There are psychologically cravings for these comforts.

Also, wheat being heavily subsidised makes it cheap. Combine that with a long shelf life and it's an inexpensive way to feed the masses.

Eating largely gluten free, I found that I FEEL better, and the excess weight just fell off.

I can have traditional "comfort" foods if I feel like it. However, the longer term effects of the low gluten style diet, I found I felt the need for them far less often. My "comfort" foods are now more ice-cream and pavlova (meringue based desert). I can, and do, have these almost daily. They are high in fat and sugars (diabetic's nightmare), but effectively gluten free and I have not noticed an adverse effect on my weight (or health) from them.