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The Cheapest Automotive Diet
By Mechlogs.com
Pennsylvania
Published: Mon, Dec 26, 2005
Week 10 183.2 18.7%
Experimenting Week 14 185.8 17.81% The
End Or is it? Parting thoughts: Good Luck. From my experience, this is a walk in the park.
Over the last two weeks I've been experimenting with the nutritional rehabilitation.
A small part of this was boredom. A big part of it was just getting tired of
my girlfriend bitching about extra dishes, because one extra pan and a measuring
cup is just too much for her to handle. Offering to do the dishes for her did
not help. A reasonable support system is key.
So here's what I've done. I eat the normal first four meals per day. Cereal/Eggs/Oatmeal
alternation then yogurt or cottage cheese, a turkey or roast beef sandwich and
a protein drink w/ milk. Dinner, I eat right about between the middle of what
the recipe calls a serving and what I call a serving with an extra side of vegetables.
The result has been much smaller losses, but an easier domestic life. I've also
finally reached my goal of three miles. My total time, not including two one
minute breaks to drink water, was 31:40. Which is far from where I want to be,
but considering that when I tried to run my first mile, at 6.0 mph, I had to
stop four times to catch my breath, it's a definite improvement. Also, my 1
mile time is down from 12:30 (straight through, no break) to 9:14, I'm reasonably
pleased.
I'm startled by the reaction I've gotten from at least three check-out clerks
and two co-workers who've asked if I've been losing weight. I reply that I'm
trying to lean out, since for me and most people, losing weight is the wrong
mind set. However, if you're reading this, it's likely that is your main goal.
I also try to keep in mind that we've had two football parties and gone out
for dinner twice as often for the last two weeks as the previous weeks.
My advice to anyone who is considering this is to buy a good pair of running
shoes. They don't have to be expensive, I found my Nikes at Finish Line on the
clearance rack for $50. Also, weigh yourself before and after exercising. Don't
worry about what the number on the scale says. I can easily gain five pounds
over the course of a day, and I can lose several while working out, then instantly
gain it back by drinking after my workout, which is gone again when I weigh
myself in the morning. For every pound you lose between pre and post workout
weigh-ins, drink at least 16 oz of water. It will be gone again in the morning.
This will help your body recover from the stress.
At this point, I've reached my goal. I'm in the 17% range. I've lost 19.5lbs of fat. I'm much healthier than I was before. I run 2 miles and while it's still work, I don't have to stop. The first time I ran, I had to stop every lap to take a breather.I plan to continue
eating healthy and watching my portion sizes as well as exercising daily. I
highly recommend keeping tabs on your own progress, I've included a Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet that makes it easy. You can download it
here. If you'd like to see my raw data, it can be downloaded
here. If you do not have Excel, a
viewer is available from Microsoft. While you can not modify the document,
you can print the log sheet, which I used to temporarily store my information,
because it's a lot easier to bring it in the bathroom, where my scale is, than
my computer. You can also use a web fitness tracker, such as the one from 24hourfitness.com It says it's going off line, but I think someone forgot to update that page, it's said that for the last year.(2005)
Coffee is fine as a beverage, but you might want to be a little more cautions
with the sweeteners. 2 teaspoons of sugar in your daily coffee will add up to
almost seven lbs of sugar in a year! Don't kid yourself with the Asparteme (a
common artificial sweetener) either. If you use it, that's your preference,
but artificial sweeteners have been shown to induce
hunger as well as other
ill-effects.
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