Mon, Jan-11-21, 13:19
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Say NO to Diabetes!
Posts: 8,671
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Plan: My own - < 30 net carbs
Stats: 440/228/210
BF:Energy Unleashed
Progress: 92%
Location: Central Virginia - USA
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Goals for January 2 through March 31
Hello all. I've been AWOL from this forum lately. Life has been busy, but mostly I just needed a break from spinning my wheels "dieting." I've taken that break. In the last 6 months I've not been posting here or on FB LC groups, I've rarely weighed myself, and I have not been logging my daily food. I have been eating low carb/keto everyday. That remains a given. I still never cheat. But what I can do with relative ease is overeat low carb/high fat food. I knew that I would pay a price for inattention to my diet. I have. So I'm back here to start working on it again.
For the first 4 years after reaching goal in 2016 I slowly regained 35 (or so) of the pounds that I'd lost. In the past 6 months I've put on 20 more. 6 months ago I started regular weight lifting at the Y with my daughter. I also started having whey protein powder daily to assist in the recovery. During those 6 months I put on lots of muscle and strength. I'm nearly as strong as I was in my college days. But during that time I've also had a terrible problem with snacking between meals and eating well into the evening. In December I saw a video on the insulinogenic effects of whey protein and figured that may be the source of my rapid energy storage problem. I dropped the whey protein from my diet.
Since the beginning of this year I've set several goals
1) Stop eating whey protein
2) Avoid all snacking between meals & after dinner
3) Get most of my fat from food (limit the added fats)
4) Basically return to the < 30 net carb, high fiber diet I was doing in 2016.
The "habit" of snacking is a tough thing to break. It has taken some willpower, but I've done a good job hitting all of these marks since the 2nd of January. I do think that the whey protein was problematic. I do appear to be finding better satiety. Continuing to get these targets accomplished for the rest of the 90 days is my goal. After the first 30 days I may add more objectives pertaining to portion control, but for now this should be enough to curb my uphill slide on the scale.
I likely won't post here everyday, but I'll do my best to me more active. I do want to see some progress for a change.
Last edited by khrussva : Tue, Jan-12-21 at 09:43.
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