adefwebserver's Journal, 06 Sep 19

Day 4 of a planned 4 days of ‘no solid food’ fasting

I would like to drop down to my “BMI Weight” at 164lbs.

Not-gonna-happen... this week at least. Tonight I plan to ‘eat’ Pizza... probably…

When people ask me how I lost weight, I tell them I lost it fast. That is my advice. Lose the weight as quickly as possible. Weight maintenance, after you have reached your goal weight, requires a completely separate strategy (otherwise you would continue to lose weight until you disappeared). So, if you want to lose weight, just lose it. Get that part over as fast as you can. No need to drag it out…

To lose weight I only need to burn fat. My body will burn fat when-it-has-to (otherwise my body is lazy and it will get what it needs by *not* burning fat when it can). One of the things my body must have is adequate glucose. If my body can’t get it in a more convenient way, (for example from my blood stream after the enzymes secreted from my pancreas has broken down the food in my stomach), it will get it by burning fat.

This is why low carb works. If I don’t ‘eat’ enough carbs, my body has to burn fat to get it. People may have a hard time staying low carb for long periods of time, but when I go low carb for several days, I lose-weight-every-time. Also the ‘rate’ that I lose weight will be directly related to my macros *not* the amount of calories (for example I still must limit excess protein because proteins break down into amino acids and they can be used to create glucose through gluconeogenesis).

So, why don’t I keep low carb for the next 3 weeks and drop down to my goal weight?

Because-I-already-did-that.

Last year, I hit my goal weight, took a lot of pictures. People I work with every day would stop me in the hall and remark how skinny I was… blah blah blah.

Then, you wake up the next day, and now what?

So, I have been on ‘maintenance’ for over a year now. I fluctuate between 165lbs and 175lbs. The same thing up and down, up and down. It’s not a bad life. However, when I am around 170lbs I just-can’t-find-the-motivation to ‘low carb it’ to get down to 164lbs.

Maybe next week…

😎 Life is Good! Have a great day everyone!

76.7 kg Lost so far: 17.2 kg.    Still to go: 2.3 kg.    Diet followed: Reasonably Well.

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3679 kcal

Fat: 203.82g | Prot: 138.25g | Carbs: 327.88g.   Breakfast: Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream. Lunch: Great Value Oatmeal Cookies, Carl's Jr. Natural Cut Fries (Small), Carl's Jr. Famous Star with Cheese. Dinner: Thin Crust Cheese Pizza. Snacks/Other: Cheetos Crunchy Cheetos (Package), Kar's Sweet 'N Salty Trail Mix (35g), American Breakfast Frosted Flakes, Slim-Fast Keto Shake, Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream, Slim-Fast Keto Shake, Quest Vanilla Milkshake Protein Powder, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream. more...

1908 kcal

Exercise: Walking (slow) - 3/kph - 30 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...