6 10 2012 The 5 Bite Diet Day 27

Top of the day. My Spirits are great. My Energy levels are good.

Yet another short post. Things are fine. I am feeling good about all that has happened. I have to keep thinking about the prize. Yes, the prize at the end of all of this. There is so much other work that I need to do about my health I am not happy with my over all "state of being". I have a few improvements to tend to sooner or later. I just need to knock them down one at a time. That works for me. When I try too many things at once it gets bogged up and I dont finish what I start, well at least for the most part.




Results thus far:

(Please let me know if I mess up on my math below, I might add or subtract incorrectly)

Day 01 = (0.0) = 00.0 lbs loss current weight: 190.0 lbs (just starting)
Day 02 = (2.0) = 02.0 lbs loss current weight: 188.0 lbs (nice)
Day 03 = (1.6) = 03.6 lbs loss current weight: 186.4 lbs (this is how we do it)
Day 04 = (1.8) = 05.4 lbs loss current weight: 184.6 lbs (lovely)
Day 05 = (1.2) = 06.6 lbs loss current weight: 183.4 lbs (interesting)
Day 06 = (1.8) = 08.4 lbs loss current weight: 181.6 lbs (oh, yeah)
Day 07 = (1.2) = 09.6 lbs loss current weight: 180.4 lbs (keep it coming)
Day 08 = (0.4) =  10.0 lbs loss current weight: 180.0 lbs (Battle On!!!)
Day 09 = (0.8) =  10.8 lbs loss current weight: 179.2 lbs (Yo!)
Day 10 = (0.8) =  11.6 lbs loss current weight: 178.4 lbs (OK?)
Day 11 = (1.0) =  12.6 lbs loss current weight: 177.4 lbs (OK part 2)
Day 12 = (1.2) =  13.8 lbs loss current weight: 176.2 lbs (OK part 3)
Day 13 = (0.8) =  14.6 lbs loss current weight: 175.4 lbs (Jeez)
Day 14 =(+4.0) = 10.6 lbs loss current weight: 179.4 lbs (Just Shoot Me)
Day 15 =(+0.4) = 10.2 lbs loss current weight: 179.8 lbs (Hold the Line!!!)
Day 16 =  (1.0) = 11.2 lbs loss current weight: 178.8 lbs (Fighting Back)
Day 17 = (1.4) =  12.6 lbs loss current weight: 177.4 lbs (brig it on!)
Day 18 = (1.2) =  13.8 lbs loss current weight: 176.2 lbs (this is how we do it)
Day 19 = (1.0) =  14.8 lbs loss current weight: 175.2 lbs (talk to me)
Day 20 = (0.8) =  15.6 lbs loss current weight: 174.4 lbs (Oh my, my)
Day 21 = (1.0) =  16.6 lbs loss current weight: 173.4 lbs (all time LOW!)
Day 22 = (0.8) =  17.4 lbs loss current weight: 172.6 lbs (how low can you go?)
Day 23 = (1.0) =  18.4 lbs loss current weight: 171.6 lbs (My eyes have seen the glory)
Day 24 = (1.2) =  19.6 lbs loss current weight: 170.4 lbs (down, down, do your thing)
Day 25 = (0.8) =  20.4 lbs loss current weight: 169.6 lbs (Keep the Faith!!!)
Day 26 = (0.6) =  21.0 lbs loss current weight: 169.0 lbs (Keep On Keeping On!!!)
Day 27 = (1.0) =  22.0 lbs loss current weight: 168.0 lbs (No Surrender, No Retreat!!!)

Three more days yall. Three more days. I almost sound like I am getting out of prison. HA! No it has not been that bad..........well........... OK no, it has not been that bad. HA!!!

Have a Healthy Day my Friends and Family. Battle On!!!


Todays Menu: Black coffee, H20, Seltzer Water, Beef Patty and Smoked Chicken.

Breakthrough

Cheers,

Dave

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Day 27 of my hCG diet protocol

Weigh in today 231 pounds feeing good this may be my base line this time around. I will try to hold this wight going into a standard work out and diet regiment.

Breakfast: Protein barry smoothie,

Lunch: Chicken veggie bowl, fruit salad.

Dinner: 8 oz steak, roasted asparagus.

12 cups of water and 3 cups of coffee.    

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8 27 2012 Supplemental A Call to Arms

Good day all, my Spirits and Energy levels are great.

So here we are or should I say ........... Anyhow, I had a heck of a weekend try to salvage a BBQ pit. Yes in Texas the BBQ pit plays a major role in our daily lives. HA!!! Back in 2008 I had the brilliant idea to buy a gas grill. I never owned one before that. I have always cooked on a gook old fashioned coal/wood grill. Let me tell you good folks: coal/wood is the way to go. There is no comparison to the flavor of the meat. I have to use a smoke box just to get close to it.

So that being said I decided this weekend to refurbish it instead of throwing it away. I took it apart and realized that I should have thrown it away. The bottom was rusted out with a few holes in it. I was up to my elbows in grease, rust and jeez who knows. If I had not ordered some replacement parts that are still in transit, I would toss it. Right now new grills are going about half price............ Well to tell you the truth this will be my last gas grill. I plan on making my own coal/wood BBQ/Smoker in the not too distant future. We can grill almost year round in these parts. I just got my "cast iron burner" that will last a lifetime to replace the cheap stamped steel burner that does not hold up in the humidity and just rusts and falls apart.



OK, so much for that. What is on the horizon? What indeed!!! I am currently working on a "Secret Program" that I will introduce shortly............not!!! Right, actually I am working on something, something interesting to me, something that will help put together my future endeavors concerning my overall health and well-being. I will include that information on the new blog. It is no big new way of doing things. It is just how I am going to organize the way I plan to live the rest of my life........ hey that is big!!! At least to me it is.

Food, food, food and more food. Why all the fuss? Is there more to life than just food? Yes, of course there is, yet it plays a major role. How so you may ask. How so indeed!!! IMO I feel that food can shape a lot of things such as our health, the way we think, our mood and............ well how can I put this? It can tell us a lot about the person who eats it.

WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT DAVE!!!!! Did you dive into a box of doughnuts this morning and are in total shock????

No and no. What I mean is ........... OK I will be blunt: food choices can tell us about the person in a way that we can see.......can see .... can see.............. Come on guys and gals  someone out there help me. OK, I am lost in thought...............

On to something else, but that will have to wait until next time. Hey I am trying my best at this time to keep on posting while engulfed with things that would make most "hang it up". No worries my Friends and Family I am here to stay and I will try to continue push forward with exploration and experimentation on things that I deem will help me achieve good if not great health. I will continue to share and enjoy feedback from those who wish to provide it.

Have a Healthy Day my Friends and Family. Keep striving for the Best, put your worries behind you, think positive and make it happen. The choice is yours. It always has been and always will. Battle On!!!



No Surrender, No Retreat

Cheers,

Dave

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5 27 2012 The 5 Bite Diet Day 13

Hey there, Hi there, Ho there! My Spirits and Energy levels are great.

So what do ya know Joe? Joe? Who in the heck is Joe anyway? OK was that an ice breaker or what? HA! Jeez I am showing my age........... Is that a bad thing? I say nay! Bold baby, bold! Right, comedy hour over and out.

Sorry Ladies and Gents, but I am in a rather good mood this morning. Chipper indeed! Today we celebrate my Mums 75th birthday. I am so excited. Why. Well it is a surprise party. So what are you making Dave? Inquiring minds want to know. Wow what a group! Well let me tell ya why dont I? I am going to make an Irish Coleslaw. It will go perfectly with the Fish Fry. I got what is supposed to be an authentic recipe. How authentic? Well who really knows.



OK if any of you folks out there comes from that part of the world or has knowledge of the recipe let me know. This is the list of the ingredients:


For the dressing:
1 tblsp rapeseed oil
1 tsp cider vinegar plus a bit extra for tossing on the apples
0.5 tsp mustard or more to taste
0.5 tsp honey or to taste
coarse salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper to taste

For the slaw:
approx. 125g carrot (about 1 med. sized carrot)
approx. 125g bramley apple (about ½ a large apple)
approx. 125g savoy cabbage (about ¼ of a small head of cabbage – any dark, tough, outer leaves removed)
2 spring onions, finely sliced
2-3 tblsp chopped flat leaf parsley
squeeze of lemon juice (optional)

OK, at least it should be interesting. Way different than the usual suspects around here in Texas. At least what I have been exposed too.

So here is the challenge to ME. By the time we get to the party at 1 pm, I would have had my Bulletproof Coffee already. So I will not have to eat at all until we get home. Unless that is we stay late. I dont see that happening but you never know. So there will be Dave surrounded by all kinds of yummy food. Have I ever mentioned that I just love deep fried foods? Well now you know. Deep Fried Fish, Shrimp, Hush Puppies, Fries and whatever. Of course there will be tons of other sides and sweets.

So what is this all about anyway. OK, my point is that we are going to be exposed form time to time to food being thrown at your face, but you have to stand your ground. You have to be strong. On the 5 Bite Diet you could easily mess up and go right back on the Diet the next day. Right? Well for me that would be WRONG! Why? Because I know myself all too well. That one day may turn into two or three or maybe even the "Deal Breaker". The lesson for today. If you know your limits why push it? Just my little two cents. I will do whats right for ME.


Results thus far:

(Please let me know if I mess up on my math below, I might add or subtract incorrectly)


Day 01 = (0.0) = 00.0 lbs loss current weight: 190.0 lbs (just starting)
Day 02 = (2.0) = 02.0 lbs loss current weight: 188.0 lbs (nice)
Day 03 = (1.6) = 03.6 lbs loss current weight: 186.4 lbs (this is how we do it)
Day 04 = (1.8) = 05.4 lbs loss current weight: 184.6 lbs (lovely)
Day 05 = (1.2) = 06.6 lbs loss current weight: 183.4 lbs (interesting)
Day 06 = (1.8) = 08.4 lbs loss current weight: 181.6 lbs (oh, yeah)
Day 07 = (1.2) = 09.6 lbs loss current weight: 180.4 lbs (keep it coming)
Day 08 = (0.4) =  10.0 lbs loss current weight: 180.0 lbs (Battle On!!!)
Day 09 = (0.8) =  10.8 lbs loss current weight: 179.2 lbs (Yo!)
Day 10 = (0.8) =  11.6 lbs loss current weight: 178.4 lbs (OK?)
Day 11 = (1.0) =  12.6 lbs loss current weight: 177.4 lbs (OK part 2)
Day 12 = (1.2) =  13.8 lbs loss current weight: 176.2 lbs (OK part 3)
Day 13 = (0.8) =  14.6 lbs loss current weight: 175.4 lbs (Jeez)

Stellar results so far? No complaints here. I will keep trucking along and see. OK I will fess up and say that I had more than 5 Bites of the Grilled T-bone yesterday. To make things worse I must have gnawed on the bone for at least 10 minuets (bow wow). Was I hungry? No. Could I have stopped at 5 Bites......... Yes! Please dont ask why. There is no excuse. I dont believe in them. Only explanations. No worries here.

Have a Healthy Day my Friends and Family. Get Straight, Go Forward, Move Ahead.

Todays Menu: Black coffee, H20, Seltzer Water, Bulletproof Coffee and Fried Fish, Shrimp and (?) maybe.


Now Whip It

Cheers,

Dave

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