waffle
This week I have been going well. My diet has been solid. I did go up in Mounjaro to the 5mg which I havent suffered any side effects of yet. I have yet to touch softdrink or sugary drinks.
My Nurse Practitioner who is in charge of my 12 week program is happy with my loss for the week (not a true reflection when I jump on his scales as I have a had a full day of eating). He mentioned how it is important to still eat foods I enjoy in moderation, but in my eyes, I just dont feel it.
I have been enjoying steak sandwiches on the odd occasion and eating whole foods.
I found Edamame Bean Pasta at Coles. It’s relatively well priced. $5
Pasta is my favourite food, so it’s actually good that I can eat it.
The pasta is like 2gm of carbs per serve, and 16gm of Protein. So unlike your veggie pasta replacements (like zucchini noodles), it actually fills you up.
It’s been really easy keeping under 1000 calories per day.
Today’s lunch was Chilli Con Carne with coleslaw (aoli as the dressing).
Day 1 of a Protein Sparing Modified Fast to quickly drop 4kg. Not entirely happy with how I’m looking so under supervision, I’m trying the PSMF.
Eating 150g of protein a day - it’s difficult to eat that much despite a really low overall calorie intake.
Doing this for 3 weeks, hopefully I get the intended results then will switch to a more sustainable calorie deficit to knock down the final 3kgs I want to drop.
I’ve been doing the 16:8 fasting and calorie counting.
I manage to lose weight fairly easily but I also stack it on even easier as you can tell from the attached graphs.
In the past, I’ve been going well but then fall off the wagon for a day or two and then just give up.
This time I have been viewing it as a weekly thing - so if I have a few bad days then I know I can make up for it with a few stricter days - as long as my weekly totals aren’t too in excess then I know I can turn things around.
I find this App called Happy Scale that produces the charts is a great guide as it uses a smoothing scale rather than point to point day to day. I also use MyNetDiary which I’ve found to be the best calorie tracker.
it’s amazing how quickly I can stack on a kilo or two after a couple of days of eating crap.
Is it really 5 weeks? I dunno. It all blends in. Anyway lets jump in:
Check in with Nurse was good. The fat around my stomach hadnt actually shrunk but my BMI has gone down and my weight had gone down. Feel pretty deflated as I had been excersising 6 days out of the 7 for the week which consisted of 3 days weights at home (including sit ups and skipping) and 3 days 40minute walks.
He mentioned that we dont choose where the weight comes off and sadly the tummy is the hardest and last to shrink.
In other news, he wants me to cut the weetbix and bread from my morning and lunch as that should help and opt for more salad/veggies and protein based diet to help.
Groceries. My god they are expensive.
weekly result
SW: 94.1kg CW: 92.8kg WL: 1.3kg GW: 80kg
Dunno if I will get to our target of 80kg in the next 7weeks.
Cutting out carbs will help. Go greek yoghurt, chia seeds, berries and protein powder for breakfast. Then welcome your lean protein friends the tuna, chicken breast and turkey mince.
If you cut carbs, belly inflammation will disappear. You won’t lose the fat around your stomach quicker, but it will be heaps flatter when your organs arent storing so much excess water.
My partner has followed me with changing to Keto diet, and she cant believe that she’s dropped 3kg all from her belly this week…. Because the organs arent inflamed.
I did under 25gm a month ago and I was struggling after a month. I was desperate for carbs.
I feel like 50 is more sustainable long term, and it gives me a lot more options. For example I can have a low carb salad wrap once a day. And also having things like carrots in my stew….. makes it more enjoyable.
