Day 24 - May 27, 2013

Weight:             244.2 lbs.
Body Fat %:     33.5%
Composition:    82 lbs fat  / 162 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            47.5%  (116 lbs )


So apparent the burger and fries (and ice cream) diet doesn't work.  It must have been just a stupid anomaly of the scale yesterday.  Today is a federal holiday (Memorial Day), so I might as well finish the experiment today and get back on the grind tomorrow.

The pastrami burgers provided lots of protein, as well as fat and carbs.  One big meal instead of several smaller ones throughout the day probably slowed down my metabolism.   Not getting any real exercise, besides chasing my son around, couldn't have helped either.

Breakfast was another smoothie recipe that I got from the book Abs Diet.  The smoothies seem to make breakfast simpler and faster in the morning.  Lunch was back to Sammy's.  It was delicious, but I won't be back anytime soon, for my sake.  Skipped the ice cream and beer tonight, just fruit, nuts and clear sugar free black cherry soda.

What's the scale gonna say tomorrow?


Breakfast:
2 servings Chocolate Factory Smoothie: chocolate milk, yogurt, peanut butter, whey and flaxseed

Lunch:
1 Sammy's LA Pastrami - Pastrami Burger: 1/2 lb pastrami + 1/4 cheeseburger
1/2 small bag of garlic fries
20 oz. clear sugar-free black cherry soda

Dessert:
2 big slices of watermelon
15 almonds
 20 oz. clear sugar-free black cherry soda

we'll see what the scale says tomorrow ...

Day 22 - May 25, 2013

Weight:             244.2 lbs.
Body Fat %:     34%
Composition:    83 lbs fat  / 161.2 lbs. lean body mass
H20 %:            47.5%  (116 lbs )


The analysis had some good news and some bad new.   Weight was down in general, but up .2 lbs from yesterday.  Fat is up .5% from last week.  I somehow gained a pound of fat and lost 2.8 lbs of lean body mass, including an additional pound of water.  Seems strange, right.

Today I had this week's usual breakfast of sausage, eggs and oatmeal.  Now lunch! Oh lunch!  Lunch was the most calories I've eaten (in one meal) since I started.  There was probably more calories than some whole days.  It was planned to be this week's cheat meal.  I had the pastrami burger at Sammy's LA Pastrami.  I had no idea how big this "sandwich" would be. I also ordered the garlic fries.  My son fell asleep in the  car on the way there, so we ordered from the drive-thru and took it home.  I washed it down with a sugar free lemon lime soda.  I finished this 3/4 lb. behemoth of a sandwich and many of the fries.  Oddly enough, I think I could have continued and the old me would have kept eating, but I stopped.  Such a big meal put me out.  I think I slept for another 4 hours.  I knew I wasn't going to eat another real meal that day after that.

So for "dinner," I suggested ice cream.  My wife went along with it.  We went to Thrifty, which is a brand of ice cream shops (formerly based in the eponymous drug-store) that rarely exists anymore. My wife grew up with the brand, so she was easy to convince.  There "scoops" produce cylindrical ice cream scoops, which looks really funny on a cone.  I suggest ordering in a cup.

I figured I would get things back on track by finishing the day with a healthy snack of fruit and nuts, but I finished the whole day off with a beer, my first since I started.  The beer sucked, which made it less than worth it, but I couldn't stop myself from finishing it. You can't waste beer! Right?

We'll see how this all turned out tomorrow at the scale.


Breakfast:
2 Farmer John's pork breakfast sausages
1 scrabbled egg
1/2 serving of oatmeal with tsp honey and splash of almond milk

Lunch:
1 Pastrami Burger from Sammy's LA Pastrami: 1/4 lb cheese burger w/ Provolone cheese + 1/2 lbs of pastrami
1/2 medium order of garlic fries
Sugar-free lemon/lime soda

Dinner:
2 scoops ice cream from Thrifty: pecan praline and Amaretto cherry

Dessert:
1 banana
15 unsalted almonds

Night cap:
Blue Moon Blackberry Tart Ale

we'll see what the scale says tomorrow ...