The Time's: They Are A Changin'

I dunno - but I think things have been slowin down for me lately. My wife has noticed it herself and has commented to me on it. She thinks I am stuck in the 330's. I am spending more time here than I have at weights previously, I think. My rate of loss has slowed some. I am still losing. I am on the verge of busting into the 320's, still. Just way more slowly. I noticed I am about down another belt notch lower than the last one, and it is about time to drill more holes or get a smallerish belt. That is one good thing!

The cycling of my weight up and down has continued - retaining water weight and riding up, then dropping down to new lows. But I am dropping less lately than before. On one cycle recently I noticed a .4 lb drop (POINT FOUR) from one new low to the next!!! Still it **IS** in the right direction.

ARGH!! I have been getting disgusted enough that I stopped logging my daily weight (something I probably shouldn't do I suppose) and have mostly been logging my weight online when it hits new lows.

I am probably getting to the point where things I did in the past with impunity - still losing weight - I can no longer get away with. I have been reading online alot and thinking about things. Am I in a stall? Have I just hit a levelling off period? Or do I need to crank things up or cut things back just to get things going again??

I am not eating massive amounts of carbs. My average is still 1.9 lbs loss a week since January, but still lately I am certainly doing somewhat less which is frustrating. I still have plenty of bodyfat tho. So it's not even like I am leveling out at rock bottom!

I have been contemplating all kinds of things. Beginning to work-out or doing something to raise my metabolic rate. Jumping on to some lower calories low carb thing to bust things loose (perhaps do a Kimkins or a M/E kinda thing for a short period)? It's probably just me needing to cut back on the cheese and salad stuff a bit. Get more ON PROGRAM than I have been lately. I probably haven't been counting carbs tightly enough, and that is perhaps the deal. I haven't been going nose-down into carbs, but maybe overdoing it on cheese or the salad bar or the like. I may need to get back on fitday and do some fascist level logging of things and tracking day to day much harder.

The past couple of days I have had the stomach flu bug. Massive intestinal disruption in very socially unacceptable contexts (if you know what I mean). I have had a bad headache and stomach ache. I am hoping that going through this might be enough to propel me into 320-land. We'll see.

Hanging in there. Keeping on Keeping on. Staying the course.

Life, the Universe, and ALOT of stuff

Well, I haven't been keeping up with posting lately, not for lack of having something to say. I've been so busy with work, family, church and other things that I have been getting too little sleep for too long. I was at the point I could hardly keep a train of thought the other day for sheer exhaustion. Not every day has been like that. Last night was the first I got a normal amount of sleep in at least a week, and probably a bit longer than that.

Work has been hectic and it has kept me jumpin', getting up at 3AM, 4AM, 4:30AM and 5AM most mornings, and I've been getting home late as well. Sleep deprivation has left me a little draggin', a little less up & enthusiastic & happy, and a little more cranky lately - though not all the time. Especially as I was winding down.

Through it all I have kept on-track with low carb, and I have finally (barely) broken into 330-land. I weighted this morning at 339.2 lbs, so that is good. Also My bouncing (which is still happening) has flattened out a bit this past week. Dunno if that is due to sheer exhaustion or hitting Starbucks much more regularly for coffee and related (mostly low carb) caffine boosts. Anyhow it is nice not to have 10 lb variances in the weight for a change, but something less. There is no getting around my recent need for caffine in the quantities I was drinking it - it was a medical emergency (smile)!

My wonderful wife bought me the George Foreman Grill I asked for recently and she got the large family sized unit I wanted so we could load it with fish, chicken, burgers or whatever. I tried first thing cooking a ribeye steak in it, and it was a pretty disapointing experience. The ribeye was one of these thin cuts to start with, and it got flattened out and drained of juices and the experience was something like eating something between shoe leather and maybe beef jerky. I believe that these steaks need to be grilled or baked in a pan with a little water and seasoning. Probably won't do that again with a thin cut steak like that.

Next we tried burgers, and that turned out OK. I wasn't so disapointed in those. It did drain alot of fat out of the burgers, but cooked six large Angus burgers pretty fast. It cleaned up pretty easy that time as well - though I understand that the steak was a bigger mess to clean up after (my lovely wife did it). Anyhow, I think this is probably best used for chicken, and burgers and maybe fish or peppers or stuff like that. Will have to play around with it to see.

I know they were designed to appeal to folks on a low fat diet - and I understand that in low carb diets like Atkins animal fats are actually not bad for you, they actually satisfy your hunger and your body uses it. So that isn't my line of thinking here. This is mainly another way to cook fast and easy for our family, and make low carb cooking something that is more manageable and comfortable for our family and my wife (one of the big complaints here, right after how exepensive it is).

So anyhow, I am glad to be in 330-land! I am now comfortably wearing 56 waist size pants with no strains. Started out at size 60's. I am almost in a size 19 neck shirt (it's a little tight but I *COULD* button them) and I started out in size 22 neck shirts. The wardrobe is going to need improvements. I have been sinching up larger pants to the point that they are starting to sag under the belt loops (as there are inches of extra material), and really need to move into smaller sizes. I am fitting in slacks and suits and other clothes that have been put up for several years now. That is a great feeling!!

Thanks for stopping by, and I really appreciate all the positive comments from my low-carb friends out there!!! I love this virtual internet connected community of friends!