I finally had the courage to get on the scale Monday morning and found I gained 12 lbs since IMAZ. Yuck. The good news is that I've already dropped 3. The good eating days are definitely over until next December.
I started my diet today. Doing the Paleo Diet 6 of 7 days. Also started some strength training. Need to drop weight and add strength and core, here we go!
Was tracking calories and exercise last week and ran up some big deficits...then hit a strange weekend and went off the reseveration a bit. Still down about 2lbs though. I was 2' faster this week up my Tues repeat hill than last week, more cuz of the watts than the weight.
Been doing really well with the cleanse stuff, paleo-esque and eating "clean" gluten-free. Not the processed gluten-free stuff like crackers, chips, etc. Which I feel is the new "fat free" fad for folks who are not celiac. Still mostly processed which is not "clean" eating. But that's a whole other conversation.
Did my binge last Saturday night via CoachP's binge group using Beluga App. Korean BBQ, pot stickers, yogurt with gummy bears, cheesecake toping, etc. Was awesome! But Dan Nimel beat everyone with his Louisiana biscuits and gravy. Looked yummy.
Did my binge for this weekend tonight at our Cub Scout Pinewood Derby. Ate 5 pieces of pizza, cheesecake, a cup cake and some potato chips. Yummy.
I am eating well all other days and I am down 5 pounds in the last 10 days. Mostly water to start but I am dropping steadily at a healthy rate.
I think I do a really good job with eating. Realizing I was gluten intolerant and cutting out any remaining bread in my diet has not been hard. What I mostly miss are the flour tortilla wraps that I used for so many things. That said, my GI issues have improved dramatically, actually resolved. I have started adding back things that I thought were a problem, and it turns out they weren't. It's just that I was always eating them with something that had gluten.
SO- I am back on my whey protein shakes and so happy that my gut is not in revolt. What I am noticing is that I am still having portion distortion. With IM, I was eating large amounts of healthy foods/ fuel. I am still working on reigning in the volume. That will help my weight challenge.
Watched both football games today and stayed on me healthy eating plan. No snacking on junk food not even one beer. No cheat days for me until Feb. 6 Superbowl Sunday. Then maybe a little cheating.
David, you're lucky. I did my bike workout Saturday, ate and drank too much Saturday night (my January "cheat" day) and didn't do squat on Sunday except sit around and watch football. I tried to eat as best as I could, but I guess it didn't work. Back up 3lbs. :-(
@Michele - glad you're able to add things back in now you know the cause of the issues! That's actually what the object of my post-cleanse will be. To add foods back in one at a time to see how my body reacts. In theory, I will have spent the prior 3 weeks cleaning out my system of all toxicity and refrained from eating any of the notorious allergy/problem causers (including acidic foods, mucus causing foods, and of course, processed foods). Although I don't think I really had any aversions to wheat /grains or dairy, etc... it will be interesting to add them back and see how they make me feel. I definitely miss pasta, bananas, and tomatoes! Those are coming back and I hope they'll agree with me!
I'm about halfway through my cleanse now and so far so good. The smoothies for breakfast have been fine, but I've been having a liquid breakfast (using almond milk as a base) since this summer - so that was not a tough change. I did have to substitute the whey protein powder I'd been using for a vegan brown rice protein powder (whey is a dairy, which is off limits for the cleanse). I'm also adding a fiber supplement, Garden of Earth Super Seed which has all sorts of great stuff in there (including chia and flax). The solid meal lunchs, of clean-approved proteins (fish, chicken, turkey, lamb) and beggies or grain (i.e., brown rice, quinoa) have been really tasty. Lots of recipes I will keep! Dinner is also a liquid, which has been an adjustment, but not as tough as I thought - in part because the soup portions are HUGE. Seriously I can't finish them there's so much (and I've even cut down on the water base). I'm also allowed to have snacks (raw nuts, whole fruit, herbal tea, hummus, quacamole), which is nice. But nothing in the 12 hours between dinner and breakfast.
Since I started the elimination phase (1/9) I'm down about 6 or 7 lbs. Which is cool. I'm sort of surprised it's not lower considering what I think is a calorie deficit, but I'm not complaining. I'm at my IMFL weight now (granted, that's not where I wanted to be)... and I've been able to do my scheduled workouts without problems - I think the protein powder has helped. I do wonder if my tastes will change and how I'll react to "normal" food when this is done. But, to be honest, except for going out to eat, eating clean has not been hard at all. I may never buy milk or gluten-based products for my home pantry again.
@ Scott, it's probably water weight you can take that back off in no time. On Jan. 3rd I was at 192 gained 16 lbs over the holiday. Today I weighed in at 184.5 1.5 lbs ahead of schedule. If I can get to 180 by the Superbowl I am going to let loose, eat and drink all the junk food and beer I can find. Maybe I'll ride and extra hour in the morning to help burn off the extra calories so the damage won't be too bad.
Last week of the cleanse... still caffeine, alcohol, sugar, gluten, dairy free and feeling A-OK about it! I did skip one workout this week (the run) bc my legs were just fried. Possibly from the cleanse, not sure. But other than that, zippo withdrawal symptoms (never really had them) and no problems at all - except I'm getting darn sick of drinking lemon water (looking forward to re-introducting red wine next Thursday night at dinner)! Falling asleep much easier and getting up with the alarm (not hitting snooze a zillion times) - which are both huge improvements. Weight is down from when I started but not where I hoped it would be - or expected it to be doing 2 liquid meals a day, but that's okay. The clothes fit and that's huge (even if I am a few lbs higher than my previous "normal" weight). I hope to keep up with most of these habits post-cleanse. Potentially keeping many of the "no" foods (gluten, dairy) off the list essentially all the time. But I definitely have my list of re-introduction items that I'm looking forward to (wine, bananas, strawberries, tomatoes, dark chocolate, decaf coffee, sweet potatoes). I think I'll keep up with this, which is more a paleo for athletes-type model, rather than primal - because I like having the non-gluten grains (brown rice, quinoa), especially while training...
Yesterday was my last day of the January diet cleanse of produce and protein only. Four solid weeks (with only two 'cheat' meals) and dropped only 7lbs, which is what I lost in the first 10 days. A little disappointed in that.
I'll stick with cleanse-like eating going forward, because I know it's better for me and I've gotten used to it now, but, I'll add back in one 'cheat' lunch and dinner per week. Oh, and add back in some yummy stuff with dinners, like sweet potatoes.
nice work, Scott. I've got 2 more days of my 21 day Cleanse (Wed will be my last day). So far, still only about 6 lbs down - and like you, most of that came very early on (actually in the pre-cleanse "elimination diet" period). I've been sort of yo-yoing around my current weight now. Like you , I'm also a bit frustrated... but the principles of this diet are actually quite easy and I do expect to keep it up - I think it's more sustainable than the primal diet bc I'm allowed to have non-gluten grains (quinoa, brown rice, buckwheat) not to mention legumes (except peanuts). I will definitely be adding back a handful of things - bananas, tomatoes, strawberries, sweet potatoes (when training only) come to mind over time... oh, and wine and coffee - but on a far less regular basis than they used to be. I'll post my official last day stats on Thurs - after I've weighed in and compared my notes over the course of the cleanse.
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I started my diet today. Doing the Paleo Diet 6 of 7 days. Also started some strength training. Need to drop weight and add strength and core, here we go!
Was tracking calories and exercise last week and ran up some big deficits...then hit a strange weekend and went off the reseveration a bit. Still down about 2lbs though. I was 2' faster this week up my Tues repeat hill than last week, more cuz of the watts than the weight.
Checking in.
Been doing really well with the cleanse stuff, paleo-esque and eating "clean" gluten-free. Not the processed gluten-free stuff like crackers, chips, etc. Which I feel is the new "fat free" fad for folks who are not celiac. Still mostly processed which is not "clean" eating. But that's a whole other conversation.
Did my binge last Saturday night via CoachP's binge group using Beluga App. Korean BBQ, pot stickers, yogurt with gummy bears, cheesecake toping, etc. Was awesome! But Dan Nimel beat everyone with his Louisiana biscuits and gravy. Looked yummy.
Did my binge for this weekend tonight at our Cub Scout Pinewood Derby. Ate 5 pieces of pizza, cheesecake, a cup cake and some potato chips. Yummy.
I am eating well all other days and I am down 5 pounds in the last 10 days. Mostly water to start but I am dropping steadily at a healthy rate.
Back on the wagon tomorrow.
I think I do a really good job with eating. Realizing I was gluten intolerant and cutting out any remaining bread in my diet has not been hard. What I mostly miss are the flour tortilla wraps that I used for so many things. That said, my GI issues have improved dramatically, actually resolved. I have started adding back things that I thought were a problem, and it turns out they weren't. It's just that I was always eating them with something that had gluten.
SO- I am back on my whey protein shakes and so happy that my gut is not in revolt. What I am noticing is that I am still having portion distortion. With IM, I was eating large amounts of healthy foods/ fuel. I am still working on reigning in the volume. That will help my weight challenge.
Watched both football games today and stayed on me healthy eating plan. No snacking on junk food not even one beer. No cheat days for me until Feb. 6 Superbowl Sunday. Then maybe a little cheating.
@Michele - glad you're able to add things back in now you know the cause of the issues! That's actually what the object of my post-cleanse will be. To add foods back in one at a time to see how my body reacts. In theory, I will have spent the prior 3 weeks cleaning out my system of all toxicity and refrained from eating any of the notorious allergy/problem causers (including acidic foods, mucus causing foods, and of course, processed foods). Although I don't think I really had any aversions to wheat /grains or dairy, etc... it will be interesting to add them back and see how they make me feel. I definitely miss pasta, bananas, and tomatoes! Those are coming back and I hope they'll agree with me!
I'm about halfway through my cleanse now and so far so good. The smoothies for breakfast have been fine, but I've been having a liquid breakfast (using almond milk as a base) since this summer - so that was not a tough change. I did have to substitute the whey protein powder I'd been using for a vegan brown rice protein powder (whey is a dairy, which is off limits for the cleanse). I'm also adding a fiber supplement, Garden of Earth Super Seed which has all sorts of great stuff in there (including chia and flax). The solid meal lunchs, of clean-approved proteins (fish, chicken, turkey, lamb) and beggies or grain (i.e., brown rice, quinoa) have been really tasty. Lots of recipes I will keep! Dinner is also a liquid, which has been an adjustment, but not as tough as I thought - in part because the soup portions are HUGE. Seriously I can't finish them there's so much (and I've even cut down on the water base). I'm also allowed to have snacks (raw nuts, whole fruit, herbal tea, hummus, quacamole), which is nice. But nothing in the 12 hours between dinner and breakfast.
Since I started the elimination phase (1/9) I'm down about 6 or 7 lbs. Which is cool. I'm sort of surprised it's not lower considering what I think is a calorie deficit, but I'm not complaining. I'm at my IMFL weight now (granted, that's not where I wanted to be)... and I've been able to do my scheduled workouts without problems - I think the protein powder has helped. I do wonder if my tastes will change and how I'll react to "normal" food when this is done. But, to be honest, except for going out to eat, eating clean has not been hard at all. I may never buy milk or gluten-based products for my home pantry again.
@ Scott, it's probably water weight you can take that back off in no time. On Jan. 3rd I was at 192 gained 16 lbs over the holiday. Today I weighed in at 184.5 1.5 lbs ahead of schedule. If I can get to 180 by the Superbowl I am going to let loose, eat and drink all the junk food and beer I can find. Maybe I'll ride and extra hour in the morning to help burn off the extra calories so the damage won't be too bad.
Weight is down from when I started but not where I hoped it would be - or expected it to be doing 2 liquid meals a day, but that's okay. The clothes fit and that's huge (even if I am a few lbs higher than my previous "normal" weight).
I hope to keep up with most of these habits post-cleanse. Potentially keeping many of the "no" foods (gluten, dairy) off the list essentially all the time. But I definitely have my list of re-introduction items that I'm looking forward to (wine, bananas, strawberries, tomatoes, dark chocolate, decaf coffee, sweet potatoes). I think I'll keep up with this, which is more a paleo for athletes-type model, rather than primal - because I like having the non-gluten grains (brown rice, quinoa), especially while training...
Hope everyone else is doing well!
Four solid weeks (with only two 'cheat' meals) and dropped only 7lbs, which is what I lost in the first 10 days. A little disappointed in that.
I'll stick with cleanse-like eating going forward, because I know it's better for me and I've gotten used to it now, but, I'll add back in one 'cheat' lunch and dinner per week. Oh, and add back in some yummy stuff with dinners, like sweet potatoes.
How did everyone else do?
I've got 2 more days of my 21 day Cleanse (Wed will be my last day). So far, still only about 6 lbs down - and like you, most of that came very early on (actually in the pre-cleanse "elimination diet" period). I've been sort of yo-yoing around my current weight now. Like you , I'm also a bit frustrated... but the principles of this diet are actually quite easy and I do expect to keep it up - I think it's more sustainable than the primal diet bc I'm allowed to have non-gluten grains (quinoa, brown rice, buckwheat) not to mention legumes (except peanuts). I will definitely be adding back a handful of things - bananas, tomatoes, strawberries, sweet potatoes (when training only) come to mind over time... oh, and wine and coffee - but on a far less regular basis than they used to be. I'll post my official last day stats on Thurs - after I've weighed in and compared my notes over the course of the cleanse.