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My low-carb week in review: April 12 – April 18, 2015

By Jim April 19, 2015 Leave a Comment

  The maddening logic of metabolism struck again this week. I ate according to my low carb diet all week -- no splurges, no wild indulgences, no day out of the norm. For the week, I averaged 1,727 calories, 139g fat, 26g net carbs, and 91g protein per day. That average daily calorie total was significantly lower than for past five weeks, and the macro-nutrient percentages were about the same. All in all, a great week  of sensible low-carb eating, and yet I gained a bit of weight, tipping … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal Reflection Tagged With: diet, fat, low-carb, progress report, water weight, weighing in, weight loss

My low-carb week in review: March 22-28, 2015

By Jim March 29, 2015 Leave a Comment

I lost 3.6 pounds this week. (Correction! I only lost 2.4 pounds for the week, going from 227.2 to 224.8. I had the wrong number in mind for the previous week. I apparently was looking back two weeks. JA, 4-26-15.) I'm happy about the drop, of course, but wary. Was that all fat, or was some of it water? Based on my past experience, I mistrust any weight loss greater than two pounds per week. It's likely to be followed by a week of little or no weight loss. But, then, 3.6 pounds lost this week, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Personal Reflection Tagged With: diet, fat, low-carb, progress report, water weight, weighing in, weight loss

The ups and downs of weighing in

By Jim June 22, 2011 4 Comments

The Grand Canyon

In any endeavor, we want confirmation of our success. It's nice if the confirmation comes with a plaque and some folding money, but at the least it needs to be objective.  We want something we can show people, something to point to, something more substantial than a feeling of satisfaction. This explains why mobile phones have cameras in them.  If you are lucky enough to achieve something -- and let's face it, luck is the major factor -- you can whip out your smart-phone, snap a photo and send … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Low-Carb Basics, Personal Reflection Tagged With: diet, Volek and Phinney, water, water weight, weighing in

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