The week has been filled with many goings on, most of them have been good too!
Meat week #1 has passed pretty much without incident. We have consumed a truck-load of eggs, knocking off over 70 in a few days between the 3 of us. Lots of sausages, lamb chops, chicken every-which-way, bacon, mince, seafood and more. I likes me meats, so for me it has been a tasty and fun week. Thankfully the markets sell free range eggs by the tray for economical prices. I even stuck close to it when I spent a day in a training session and lunch was delivered. Typically it was sammies, mini-bagels, sausage rolls, pies, koftas, cakes and slices. My lunch that day consisted of koftas and the inside of a sausage roll. Would rather have eaten more, but I didn't need to in the end. Eating nothing but meat & eggs & veg not only keeps me full, but is satisfying too. As my carb input is below 50 grams per day, my insulin use has dropped dramatically too.
The better news is that I can drink coffee again! Not the same amount I was drinking a few weeks ago, just 2 (or sometimes 3) a day. As we're avoiding dairy during the 'meat weeks' it's regular plunger coffee, not flat whites, still wonderful though. I have missed my daytime coffees so it is very pleasing to have them back again.
My energy has been way up this week as well. It was instantly noticeable on Monday when riding to work has has been high all week, despite having a head cold. My normal solution for this sort of thing is regular doses of Nurofen cold & flu. However, I have to abstain from drugs, so couldn't do that. Some research pointed to using large doses of vitamin D instead. We grabbed a couple of bottles and I consumed 100,000 IU over 48 hours and the effects were dramatic. Yes, it was somewhat over the recommended dose but well short of a lethal one. And it worked! It's going to be my winter cure of choice now! I was sick as hell on Thursday, and by Friday lunchtime I was well enough to endure a DropAndGiveMe20 session in the park. On reflection I shouldn't have done it as it was a massive session and my thighs and butt still hurt today.
Yes, Friday's session in the park was a gruelling one. We arrived to see Tracey with her whiteboard looking contemplative. We had been set a challenge (and a half!) and as a team (of 4) for the next 20ish minutes, we did 50 bear crawl up/crab crawl down the hill, 100 burpees, 150 push ups, 200 squats, 150 step ups, over 100 lunges and 50 tricep dips. My heart was still pounding 10 minutes later and it took over an hour to cool down, despite the climate! I'm glad every session isn't like that!
And to further spit in the eye of every dietician I have spoken to, I have been using a bean-counter to monitor my carb, fat and protein inputs and seeing that 60-80% of my calorie intake each day (between 1,600 and 2,400) has come from fats. Here's yesterdays breakdown:
 | Orange: Fats 64.5% Green: Carbohydrates 6.2% Purple: Proteins 29.3% |
Which brings me to my last point. I finally broke the 100KG barrier some days ago. I was dehydrated at the time so took it with a grain of salt. However, I have been under 100 for several days in a row now, and weighed in at 98.1KG this morning! Reduced fat? Nope, I have increased it actually. Low GI grains and cereals? Well, none except those from my veggies. Massive increase in protein? Well, an increase for sure, but not massive. And did I mention I'm feeling stronger and fitter than I have for years, even though I have the dregs of a head cold? This diet works for me. I have another meat week coming up, then I get my dairy back again. My weight has been of little consequence, but I can tell it's body fat I'm losing and it's not making me crazy with food cravings, weak with hunger, or creating funky blood sugars either. My BMI is 25 which is still overweight, however an even larger grain of salt is taken here as I'm not a fatty. Lets look at someone like Richie McCaw for example. He's 1.87m tall and 106KG so his BMI is 30.3 which makes him obese! Hence, BMI is bullshit for healthy/fit people because it's math, not mass. To be fair, I would only need to lose another 400g to drop from overweight to 'normal' weight, but if Tony Woodcock can get away with bordering on morbid obesity, then I can suffer on the fringes of overweightedness.
Roll on the next few weeks! Muscle tone is increasing, fitness increasing, tummy reducing, weight dropping, and all of it is bacon flavoured :)
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