Thursday - 245

Wednesday Menu:

7:30 - protein shake - 4c

9:30 - 3 fried eggs, 2 sausage patties, 7 pieces bacon - 2c

1:30 - 1/2 lb cheeseburger, 1/4 lb cheeseburger, 2 tb ranch - 4c

3:30 - 1/4 lb cheeseburger - 1c

6:15 - 1/2 lb cheeseburger, 2 tb ranch - 3c

1 stick sf gum - 2c

total carbs = 16

2 quarts water
2 diet rite sodas
1 cup coffee

60,000 iu vitamin d

Feeling a little better today (Thursday). Hopefully the cold will be history by Saturday. As you can see I ate quite a few cheeseburgers yesterday. The scale said 245 this morning. So I ate 1 1/2 lbs of ground beef, 4 oz of cheese plus the bacon and eggs and dropped a pound. Nice!

On a side note, I've been tearing up the world of Scrabble on my Nintendo DS lately and had the weirdest win last night. Here's what happened. I went first and had a shitty set of letters so I passed, then my opponent passed. WTF? Hell with it, I passed again. So did he. Then the game was over and I won with a score of -10 to -11. I never knew that was possible. I had been playing this computer opponent a few times in a "national tournament" and had come close to winning but hadn't yet. It's not quite as sweet as beating him outright but I'll take the win anyway. The dumb fucker shouldn't have passed.

Back to Menu Posting...

Tuesday. Weight 246

9:45 - 3 fried eggs, 1 sausage patty, 5 slices bacon = 2 carbs

12:15 - 1/3 lb brat patty, 1/4 lb cheeseburger = 3 carbs

1:30 - 5 slices bacon = 0 carbs

6:00 - 1/2 lb cheeseburger, 2 tb ranch dressing = 3 carbs

6:30 - 1/4 lb cheeseburger, 1 tb ranch dressing = 2 carbs

1 piece sugar free gum = 1 carb

Total carbs = 11

2 1/2 quarts water, 2 diet-rite sodas, 1 cup coffee, 50,000 iu vitamin d

I came down with a nasty cold Monday night. I had stopped my Vitamin D because I've been getting plenty of sun. That'll teach me. Anyway, to knock the cold out quickly I've started taking massive doses of vitamin d until it's gone. I also take Umcka Coldcare which works to shorten a cold. Hopefully I'll be back to my cheerful self soon.

Sweet Summer Time

It's almost here. There's been two summer like days this week and I am loving it!

On the diet front. I had two slip ups recently, actually one was a full on orgy of donuts. But I have been back on track for 7 days and feel good going into the long weekend. I will resume posting daily menus next week. Stay tuned...

Meanwhile, see how Loki has grown. Here he is at 5 months old

Tuesday Eats

8:15 - 4 fried eggs, 4 sausage links

11:30 - Wendy's Triple (no bun, ketchup, onions), side salad with ranch dressing

5:00 - ground beef, steamed broccoli and cauliflower

2 quarts water

Thursday Menu

8:45 - ground beef, 4 fried eggs

12:00 - Hardee's Low Carb Monster Thickburger (one of my favorite meals)

3:15 - ground beef, mashed cauliflower

7:00 - flat iron steak

8:30 - summer sausage, 3oz cheddar cheese

Tuesday Menu

8:30 - 3 fried eggs, leftover ground beef

1:00 - chicken breast, salad with ranch dressing and shredded cheese

3:30 - leftover pork chop, ranch dressing

5:30 - grilled cheeseburger, mashed cauliflower, 1/2 cup cottage cheese

7:30 - homemade protein bar

More Menus

Tuesday:

9:00 - 6 sausage links, 3 slices bacon, 3 fried eggs

1:00 - 6 sausage links, 3 fried eggs

5:30 - 4oz grilled cheeseburger, 4oz grilled hamburger, dill pickles

8:00 - 4 small slim jims, 2 string cheese

2 quarts water
1 stick sugar free gum

Wednesday:

9:30 - 2 sausage links, 3 fried eggs

2:15 - 3 4oz grilled hamburgers

7:15 - 2 4oz grilled cheeseburgers, 3 Tb natural peanut butter, 4 small slim jims

2 quarts water
1 stick sugar free gum

Went to the dentist today. Three fillings and one temporary crown. Oh joy... I'm hungry as hell right now but my mouth is still mostly numb.

Another Week Begins

Monday.

9:00 - 6 sausage links, 3 fried eggs

12:00 - 6 sausage links, 3 fried eggs

3:30 - 1oz macadamia nuts, 4 small slim jims

5:00 - 8oz cheeseburger, 1oz macadamia nuts

8:30 - summer sausage, 2 string cheese

2 quarts water, 2 cups coffee, 2 diet sodas

This Friday, which is the first day of May, I'm giving up my morning coffee and all diet soda. I've toyed with the ideas before, in fact, back in 2000 when I started Atkins I stopped drinking coffee and felt good doing it. I replaced it with a quart of water in the morning, which I still have. But at some point I made the decision to add coffee back into my diet. Since coffee has been shown to raise insulin levels and keeping insulin levels stable is the basis for a low carb diet, well, it just makes sense to cut it out. In fact Atkins says to nix the caffeine.

I've been drinking 2-3 bottles of Diet Rite soda every day too and while it doesn't contain caffeine, I'm sure it keeps the sweet tooth alive. It's got to go. I'm going to clean up my diet a bit too. Less processed meat. Fewer nuts. More water.

Sunday Eats

11:00 - 6 sausage links, 4 scrambled eggs

5:00 - Hardees Low Carb Monster Thickburger

8:00 - 6 small Slim Jims, 2 string cheese, 2 oz macademia nuts

It rained all weekend. The final tally was over 7 inches. We needed rain but jeez, that's a bit much. We laid some sod in our yard friday and it was loving the rainy weekend. Me. Not so much. I've got a perfectly good Harley sitting in the garage waiting patiently.

Thursday Menu

9:00 - 2 sausage patties, 4 fried eggs

12:00 - Hardees Low Carb Monster Thickburger

7:00 - 2 sausage patties, 4 fried eggs

2 quarts water

Wednesday Menu

9:00 - 2 sausage patties, 3 fried eggs

11:30 - ground hamburger with cheese and ranch

3:00 - 2 sausage patties, 3 fried eggs

7:00 - 1oz macadamia nuts, 8oz cheeseburger with ranch

8:00 - 1/2 cup Carbsmart ice cream

Monday Menu

10 oz flat iron steak
1 oz mixed nuts

2TB natural peanut butter

2 oz mixed nuts
4 small slim jims

Not too hungry. The scale dropped 3 lbs.

Mess With The Bull...

You get the horn!

So it seems that Mr. Fuckstick, the 19 year old jerk off and my 16 year old step-daughter have been sneaking around behind our backs for the better part of three weeks. It came to a head Saturday night when they decided it was time to consummate their relationship. That's right, dear daughter is so desperate for attention that she gave up her virginity to an adult male scumbag (literally) after knowing him for less than a month and never really going on a date. All the while lying through her teeth. I lost any respect I had for her. She can never get that back. Never.

Anyway, I found all this out yesterday afternoon when she woke up. I promptly took her cell phone and was flipping through her text messages, you know the ones, guys reminding her to ditch the condom wrapper and such. So I flip shut the phone and it rings. Guess who. That's right, said scumbag is making a follow up call. He's such a sweet guy. So I tell him he can't see her and he says we have to talk and I should drive to where he is and we'll talk. You betcha. I'm there.

So I show up. I tell him he can't see my daughter. Period. Then he gets a bright idea. He decides he is going to teach dad a lesson and he swings and hits me in the jaw. Bam. It's on. Long story short. I whipped his ass. In fact he later posted on his online profile that "he got his shit rocked". There was blood (his) and everything. Of course the cops showed up and since he obviously got the worse end of the deal they decided they would charge me with some sort of assault. The officer was decent and understanding of my situation and didn't arrest me but he said he will file a charge based on his injuries later this week or so.

So now it's up to the lawyers and courts. But I still say, he can't date my daughter! Of course she is so totally grounded for so long that she'll be in Depends by the time they can get together again. And based on his M.O. he likes them young. Problem solved.

Anyway, back to menus soon.

Food for Thought

Wednesday & Thursday

Wednesday:

8:15 - 4 fried eggs, 3 sausage patties, coc oil
10:00 - post-workout protein shake
10:45 - 8oz cheeseburger, low carb cole slaw, coc oil
4:00 - egg salad
6:00 - 2 chicken brats, mashed cauliflower, coc oil

3 quarts water
1 stick sugar free gun

Workout: chest-tricep

Thursday:

8;15 - 4 fried eggs, ground sausage, coc oil
1:45 - 8oz cheeseburger, low carb cole slaw, coc oil
4:00 - 2oz sharp cheddar cheese
6:30 - dinner at Old Chicago Restaurant - guacamole burger (no bun), side salad. This was a free meal off a limited menu because the restaurant is just opening and they are training the staff. My niece is working there so she invited us to come. It's a nice restaurant. Once I was there and looking at the menu, I remembered we ate at one last summer when we were vacationing in Duluth, which is a great vacation spot by the way. I wish I wasn't low carbing last night. I would have had a calzone. That's what I had last summer and they are fucking great! Anyway, I was still pretty hungry when I left there and had to eat once I returned home.

7:45 - 3 fried eggs, ground sausage

3 quarts water
1 stick sugar free gum

Feels Pretty Good!

That's right. After one A.R.T. treatment my plantar fasciitis infested foot feels much, much better. I don't know why the mainstream medical establishment doesn't know about this stuff. It flat out works. Works wonders in fact.

The Doc told me to stop using the foot brace. She said it would work against what she just did to my foot. So last night, for the first time in quite a while, I slept without it. Guess what. I woke up this morning and my foot felt almost good as new. It boggles my mind.

I have another appointment early next week and they gave me some stretches to do. The stretches are active isolated stretches. Instead of holding a stretch for 15-30 seconds like most people recommend, you hold it for 2 seconds, release and hold again for 2 seconds and on and on like that until you reach the prescribed amount. I've heard about this before and once you read the literature it makes sense.

It amazes me just how "stuck in the dark ages" most of the mainstream is. No matter if it's nutrition, injury rehab or just how and when to stretch, the mainstream is usually just flat out wrong. It makes you wonder...

Three Posts in One Day

Hey, that's something new.

So I'm sitting here watching Blind Date (I love that show) and the UPS guy drops off a Fedex letter. That's right. UPS delivered a Fedex letter. Did I miss news of the merger?

Active Release Technique

Sounds dirty doesn't it? It's not. It's a soft tissue manipulation somewhat like a deep massage. You can check out the details here. Let me just say, I had amazing results with it a few years ago with a terrible shoulder mobility issue I was having. At night my arms would go numb and it was super uncomfortable when I did bench presses. It sucked! Really sucked!! So I went to a chiropractor who was ART certified and no shit, after 1 visit my symptoms were 80% better. I was amazed. One more visit was all it took to get me back to normal.

Now I get to see what ART can do for plantar fasciitis. I've been bothered by it in my left foot for a few months now and it's not much fun. I dealt with a similar issue in my other foot a few years back and it took a year and a half before it went away. I didn't seek treatment then or wear a splint at night and I kept aggravating it while I was kickboxing, but a year and a half... Come on! So this time I'm taking measures to combat it. I've been wearing a foot splint at night for a month or so and it lessens the pain when I get up in the morning. But it still hurts like hell after I walk the dog or stand on it for an extended length of time. So now it's time to see if ART can do for me now what it did for me then. My appointment is Thursday.

One Little Fuck Up...

No I'm not talking about one of my kids. I'm talking about the one Reese's Peanut Butter Cup I devoured after dinner last night. Trust me, it could have been worse. 18 carbs in one little candy. To help blunt the surge of insulin that was sure to come, I ate a home made protein bar with it. These protein bars have 2 TB natural peanut butter and 2-4 TB heavy cream in them (along with protein powder) so they are loaded with fat and that should lessen the damage a little. None the less, I can't do that again. There will be plenty of time to indulge in crap like that once I'm at a lower body fat.

In fact, my plan of attack is this (I've changed it a bit from the original plan): Do a basic Atkins induction until my body fat gets lower. Then switch to more of a cyclical ketogenic diet, which means eating low carb 5-6 days and eating carbs one day (or just one meal, we'll see how it goes). But for now I've got to stick to the plan. Very low carb, few veggies, mostly meat, eggs and a little cheese along with a post-workout protein shake. Simple and it works.

Tuesday's Menu:

- 4 fried eggs, 3 sausage patties, 1 tb coc oil
- Hardees low carb Monster thickburger, 1 tb coc oil
- crackslaw, low carb coleslaw, 1 tb coc oil
- protein bar, Reeses PB egg, 2 hard boiled eggs

3 quarts water
1 stick gum

Nice Way to Start the Week

Monday:

8:30 - 4 fried eggs, 4 sausage links, 1TB coconut oil, 2 cups coffee
10:00 - protein shake
2:00 - crackslaw, 2 oz cheese, 1TB coconut oil
5:30 - scrambled hamburger with shredded cheddar and ranch dressing, 1 hot dog, 1TB coconut oil

2 1/2 quarts water
1 stick sugar free gum

Had a great lifting session today. Worked back and biceps.