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May, 2012 - CALP Low Carb Diet Journal

LowCarbForLife — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:31:18 +0000

This will be my daily journal for the month of May.

For the most part, I have been wheat and gluten free since October 28, 2011, and I continue to like it. I will continue to make every attempt to balance the food that I eat every single day.

Starting Dates:
CALP - 3.03.08
WATP - 4.14.08
Bowflex - 4.15.08
Callanetics - 11.12.09

Weight Loss Results:
5.01.12 - 141 lbs.

My first weigh in was 64 days after I began CALP!
2008: 5.06-218, 5.27-213.25, 6.27-209, 7.22-205, 8.03-203, 9.03-200, 10.04-196, 11.03-194, 12.02-188

2009: 1.03-187.5, 2.02 & 3.02-183.5, 4.01-185, 5.02-182.5, 6.04-180.25, 7.01-176.5, 8.02-176, 9.02-173, 10.01-173.5, 11.04-175.25, 12.01-170

2010: 1.01-164, 2.07-165, 3.02-162, 4.01-161.5, 5.01-160, 6.01-157, 7.01-158, 8.01-156, 9.10-154, 10.01-154, 11.01-158, 12.01-155

2011: 1.01-150, 2.01-146, 3.01-148, 4.01-146, 5.01-144, 6.01-146, 7.03-139.75, 8.01-139, 9.03-140, 10.01-140, 11.01-139, 11.01-139, 12.01-140, 12.31-139.5

2012: 1.07-140, 2.02-140, 3.01-141, 4.04-143, 5.01-141

Revenge of the Pink Slime

Michael — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:53:23 +0000

Just when you thought it was safe to eat processed meat... (OK, you probably didn't think that...) Check out this freaky chart over on ProPublica:

"Lean finely textured beef," aka "pink slime," sparked an uproar when the USDA bought 7 million pounds of the stuff for school lunches. The agency maintains it's safe and healthy; critics say it's not fit to eat. But the burger filler isn't new, nor is it the only way that meat packers maximize production. Here's how it stacks up against two other mechanical processes.

And You Thought It Was Just ‘Pink’ Slime

Sugar: The Bitter Truth

Michael — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 21:49:01 +0000

Visit Sugar: The Bitter Truth

Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin.

Carbohydrates and Glucose!

Michael — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:41:44 +0000

Hm... what changed after the '50s and '60s?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihOi56J17Hw&feature=player_embedded

Answer: Everyone got fat. (OK, not everyone. But lots of people got fat.)

And, when you're done watching the above video, here's a fascinating (but long) talk about sugar:

Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, explores the damage caused by sugary foods. He argues that fructose (too much) and fiber (not enough) appear to be cornerstones of the obesity epidemic through their effects on insulin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM&ob=av3e

April, 2012 - CALP Low Carb Diet Journal

LowCarbForLife — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 21:33:21 +0000

This will be my daily journal for the month of April.

For the most part, I have been wheat and gluten free since October 28, 2011, and I continue to like it. I will continue to make every attempt to balance the food that I eat every single day.

Starting Dates:
CALP - 3.03.08
WATP - 4.14.08
Bowflex - 4.15.08
Callanetics - 11.12.09

Weight Loss Results:
4.04.12 - 143 lbs.

My first weigh in was 64 days after I began CALP!
2008: 5.06-218, 5.27-213.25, 6.27-209, 7.22-205, 8.03-203, 9.03-200, 10.04-196, 11.03-194, 12.02-188

2009: 1.03-187.5, 2.02 & 3.02-183.5, 4.01-185, 5.02-182.5, 6.04-180.25, 7.01-176.5, 8.02-176, 9.02-173, 10.01-173.5, 11.04-175.25, 12.01-170

2010: 1.01-164, 2.07-165, 3.02-162, 4.01-161.5, 5.01-160, 6.01-157, 7.01-158, 8.01-156, 9.10-154, 10.01-154, 11.01-158, 12.01-155

2011: 1.01-150, 2.01-146, 3.01-148, 4.01-146, 5.01-144, 6.01-146, 7.03-139.75, 8.01-139, 9.03-140, 10.01-140, 11.01-139, 11.01-139, 12.01-140, 12.31-139.5

2012: 1.07-140, 2.02-140, 3.01-141, 4.04-143

Fourth Year on Plan

LowCarbForLife — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:22:46 +0000

A lot has changed since I began my new low carbohydrate way of eating four years ago. I was 48 years old and after fighting my weight my entire adult life, I became so disgusted with myself that I became desperate once again. I needed to find a program I could follow where I did not have to give up anything and I remembered a book I followed several years earlier called The Carbohydrate Addict's LifeSpan Program also referred to as CALP. I knew that once I got started I could follow it because the first time I tried it, I was successful. The only reason I stopped was due to my impatience with the speed of my weight loss efforts. I began following Atkins and did not realize the restrictions I would have to make by giving up CALP and found that I could not continue to follow this particular low carbohydrate weight loss program. Instead of going back to CALP, I resumed my old way of eating and watched my weight creep back up.

I don't know my actual weight when I began four years ago, but I do know that I was close to the highest weight I have ever seen on my scale because I could not fit into my clothes. I am one of those stubborn people that refuses to buy jeans in a size larger than an 18W and the one pair that I owned were too small. My wardrobe consisted of stretch pants and men's XXL t-shirts before I finally figured out what program I could adapt to my life.

Rethinking school

Michael — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 02:30:22 +0000

Here's a cool presentation describing the ways in which schools hurt, rather than help, children. Stay with it, there's an interesting segment about the current ADHD 'epidemic':

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkPvSCq5ZXk

Pink Slime in supermarket ground beef?

Michael — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:24:32 +0000

ABC news reports that the dreaded pink slime may be in your supermarket ground beef.

“Pink slime,” a cheap meat filler, is in 70 percent of the ground beef sold at supermarkets and up to 25 percent of each American hamburger patty, by some estimates.

“It kind of looks like play dough,” said Kit Foshee, who was a corporate quality assurance manager at Beef Products Inc., the company that makes pink slime. “It’s pink and frozen, it’s not what the typical person would consider meat.”

As seen in the movie Food Inc., the low-grade trimmings come from the most contaminated parts of the cow and were once only used in dog food and cooking oil. But because of BPI’s treatment of the trimmings — simmering them in low heat, separating fat and tissue using a centrifuge and spraying them with ammonia gas to kill germs — the United States Department of Agriculture says it’s safe to eat.

3.10.12, Low Carb Diet Journal

LowCarbForLife — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:12:08 +0000

Saturday, 3.10.12

Weight
142-1/2 lbs.

Menu
RM: Salad of romaine w/avocado, bacon, celery, cheddar cheese, cucumber, egg, pine nuts, & homemade miso dressing, tri tip, pad thai w/chicken, shrimp, bean sprouts, rice noodles, & peanuts, brownie, coffee cake, cranberry walnut bread
CM: Pork chop, asparagus w/mayo

Carbs: avocado, brownie, coffee cake, cranberry walnut bread, noodles, nuts
Protein: bacon, cheese, chicken, egg, pork chop, shrimp, tri tip
Veg/Fiber: asparagus, bean sprouts, celery, cucumber, lettuce
Beverages: green tea, water

Exercise
None!

The sun was shining when I awoke. I grabbed my computer to read my emails and to get started on updating my menu from the day before. I drank my two cups of tea while writing about my day and, as soon as my tea was finished, I filled up my first glass of water. Before I knew it, my morning was gone and it was time for lunch.

We still had some pad thai left over from the day before so when my husband suggested frying it up, I said I would have a small amount to go with the tri tip I planned on eating. I made our salads, mine with romaine lettuce and his with iceberg. I added half of an avocado, one slice of chopped bacon, a stalk and a half of chopped celery, a small amount of grated cheddar cheese, one third of a chopped cucumber, half of a hard boiled egg, a few pine nuts, and then I drizzled some of my homemade miso dressing over the top of mine. I began and finished my salad and when the tri tip was ready, my husband put it on a saucer for me. I only wanted a little bit of pad thai because I wanted dessert, so I put a spoonful on the saucer with the tri tip and thoroughly enjoyed both of them.

3.09.12, Low Carb Diet Journal

LowCarbForLife — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:45:08 +0000

Friday, 3.09.12

Weight
142 lbs.

Menu
RM: Salad of romaine w/avocado, bacon, celery, cheddar cheese, cucumber, pine nuts, & homemade miso dressing, pad thai w/chicken, shrimp, bean sprouts, rice noodles, & peanuts, brownie, coffee cake
CM: Tri tip, asparagus w/mayo

Carbs: avocado, brownie, coffee cake, noodles, nuts
Protein: bacon, cheese, chicken, shrimp, tri tip
Veg/Fiber: asparagus, bean sprouts, celery, cucumber, lettuce
Beverages: green tea, water

Exercise
Leslie Sansone Walk at Home
3 Mile Weight Loss Walk...A "Power Walk" at Home!
Mile 1: 15 minutes of non-stop muscle moving steps to get you started
Mile 2: 12 minutes of speed walking
Mile 3: 15 minutes to continue blasting calories as you burn body fat
I completed all 3 miles!

The sun was shining when I awoke. My back always feels better the following day so my morning began like most of them. My husband made me a pot of green tea and while it was steeping, I grabbed my computer to read my emails and to get started on updating my menu from the day before. I drank my two cups of tea while writing about my day and had plenty to write about.

I am still trying to get myself back in the habit of exercising on a daily basis so I grabbed one of my three mile Walk Away the Pounds workouts, both of my two pound weights, and got started. I still enjoy these workouts because I am in charge of how hard I want to work at them, and the forty five minutes that I spend goes by fast.