The Morning After

I gained three pounds from Saturday to today!

 

 

That's right. Saturday morning I was at 258 lbs. Today, I was at 261 lbs. You might look at that and think it a set-back. But I don't. Actually, it's perfectly understandable. You see, it's all part of the plan to be able to be disciplined during the diet week and be completely free of that discipline during the one day off.

 

When you gain weight, a certain percentage of that mass is actually just water retention. Have you ever had to take a diuretic pill? Usually when you are first diagnosed as having hypertension, doctor's will first prescribe these pills to see if eliminating the excess water retention will alleviate some of the high blood pressure. The problem is that these pills affect different people in different ways. For me, I began experiencing accelerated heartbeat and just a general feeling of panic. They were quickly removed. But during the week that I was taking them, I slimmed down at least five pounds. I thought I had found a magic pill for weight loss! Of course, had I kept on taking them, the only thing that would have happened would probably have been that I would be retaining less water, but still gaining weight. And, sure enough, when the pill was removed I quickly found the five pounds I had lost...and then some.

 

So my point is that if you are trying or thinking of trying this approach, be prepared to see your weight fluctuate back and forth every week. This is not a sign of any problem other than the fact that when you eat the right foods and refrain from having late dinners and keep active, your body is functioning more efficiently and you retain way less water and waste in your guts. But when you revert to eating all that decadent stuff that we all love and crave, like fried foods and pancakes or any kind of bread and starchy foods (fast food especially), and then you wash that down with sugary drinks for that one day off, you will find that you quickly gain back at least two to three pounds over night. But if you are disciplined enough to faithfully pick up where you left off, I assure you that those two to three pounds that you regained will be the amount of pounds that you will lose beyond what you achieved.

 

In other words, what I am saying is that I am guaranteeing that by next Saturday morning, (April 27, 2013) I will have lost two to three pounds beyond the achieved weight for this past week, which was 258 lbs. So I will be weighing at least 255 lbs. Let's test this theory and see what happens. My offer is still open for anyone who might want to monitor in some way my methods and results.

 

 

Just FYI

 

In case you are curious about what I had to eat on Saturday. I took my boys to Cracker Barrel and had a pancake, two basted, sunny side up eggs, chicken fried steak, two biscuits with butter and jelly, hash brown casserole, a little plate of grits and coffee. I also had a couple of thick French fries from my little boy's plate. This was at around 11 a.m., the first meal. For a very late "lunch" or second meal of the day, I had two large flower tortilla tacos with pulled pork, white Mexican crumbling cheese (I got no idea if it has an actual reference in English), avocado slices and hot sauce. Then I had two small corn tortilla tacos of the same. For late dinner, I was at a get together/"Bar-B-Q". I had about six corn tortilla tacos with lamb chops, avocado, hot sauce and washed it down with about ten bruskies. It was a good night.

 

Today, I had one large flour tortilla with pulled pork and a chicken quarter leg, refried beans, a serving of whole pinto beans, avocado, hot sauce and two 24 oz. servings of diet soda for lunch. I haven't had any dinner. It's late. I'll probably just have an orange and water and call it a night.

 

Hasta luego.

First Week's Results

I would like to begin by saying that the results that I have achieved this week are dramatic and not at all typical. I neither want to, nor do I expect to, achieve the same results every week. Furthermore, I also would like to invite anyone to monitor my progress so that it is not in question whether these results are factual. My only recourse at the moment is to assure you that I do not take pills, don't starve myself, and don't lie.

 

I can't demonstrate that I don't take any diet pills, so all I can say is the truth, that I do not. But as to starving myself, I have been detailing my everyday meals here down to the teaspoon. As a matter of fact, when you starve yourself to try to lose weight dramatically, you actually sabotage your weight-loss efforts. Your metabolism actually shuts down because the body has natural responses to try to preserve itself when in the face of scarce food/starvation; like a survival mode. So your entire bodily processes function differently. You don't burn fat, you conserve fat. It seems contradictory, because we always view eating less with losing weight. While eating more is associated with gaining weight. So by that logic, it would make sense that eating nothing at all would result in dramatic weight loss. Follow this link to an interesting short article on the topic:

 

http://www.livestrong.com/article/84684-starvation-diet/

 

This article discusses recommendations on a healthy eating plan, which includes eating whole grains and such. I would advise eating no grains. But that's a matter of perspective. For me, I eat nothing in the form of bread or tortilla, or cereals (other than oatmeal) during the diet week. But today, ya better believe I'm gonna splurge!

 

It seems that my weight loss per week is going to be much more than 1 pound. So I guess I have to up the ante to a 2 pounds per week commitment. Like I said, the results this week are not typical. But they are the product of discipline and a lot more activity. Since I began this blog a few days ago, I have been looking for any pretext to get my body in motion. Just last night, I was playing Wii Sports with my sons for about an hour. That was such good exercise.

 

 

The results for this week are incredible. I did not expect to have lost 7 pounds from Monday morning to today, Saturday, April 13, 2013. But, hotdamn, I feel good! You better believe I will be celebrating today in true pigging-out mode!



 

 

 

 

 

If you have any questions or comments, don't be shy about sharing on this message board below. Or take the short survey at the top right corner of this page. In the meantime, you got the blueprint. All you gotta do is go for it. Peace...