- coffee, half-and-half
- mexican stir fry: hamburger, onion, pepper, cheese, sour cream
- second helping of mexican stir fry

Exercise:

- hours of cortisol inducing stress

My mother came to see me today, and brought her broken computer. In the process of not fixing it, I actually broke the media center pc. Two desktops down in one day, and she still doesn’t have any way to access the net now. Stress. Stress. Today was stress.

I am trying to fight off the urge to binge, so meh. I am meh today.

- 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of egg whites, 1 slice of cheese, small slice of butter, small onion, 1 fresh sausage
- 3 slices of chuck roast, 1 small onion
- smoked ribs, smoked sausage
- last handful of blueberries
- cauliflower breadsticks

Exercise:

- debilitating headaches

I woke up this morning to find myself down three pounds, all the way to 267. There are 19 pounds left until I am down to my old weight. I hope I can make it by my birthday.

I had cravings today. Sigh.

- 3 cups of coffee, half-and-half
- cup of blueberries
- broccoli and cauliflower, pepper jack, small slice of butter
- creamed spinach, chicken salad
- handful of blueberries, 5 small strawberries
- 3 korean cut ribs

Exercise:

- Errands all day

So I woke up today only to find that the strange pain in my foot was the beginnings of gout. I’ve had it before, so I figure I am predisposed, but it still sucks. I haven’t been eating enough vegetables, and I know that’s why it started. I ate some blueberries to counteract it (they’re nature’s anti-imflammiatory), and I’m reducing the meats for a while. Dairy protein/fat doesn’t affect gout so much, so I will live on cheese, eggs and vegetable for the rest of the week. No biggie and lots of water.

I have to exercise tomorrow. And no more strawberries… they made my stomach hurt. That and they aren’t on plan.

- 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of egg whites, 1 small onion, 1 hot sausage, small slice of butter, crumbled feta
- 1 large cup of coffee, half-and-half
- 5 slices of bacon, 14 breakfast sausages, 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of egg whites, crumbled feta
- 1 large cup of coffee, half-and-half
- 5 slices of bacon, 10 breakfast sausages
- 2 slices of bacon, 6 breakfast sausages

Exercise

- Nada

I don’t think I’ll be buying breakfast sausages again. They always were my weakness. To all reading: this isn’t how Atkins should be done.

Today has been slow. I was tired and lethargic from the start, but then I rubbed Calamine lotion all over my legs because of bug bites. Now I can’t feel them much and I just want to take a nap. Can’t bring self to do… anything. Except maybe nap.

Thank baby Jesús that I have a metabolism that can handle a day like today.

- 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of egg whites, 1 small onion, 1 hot sausage, 1 thin slice of butter, 1 slice of cheese
- 2 large cups of coffee, half-and-half
- 3 korean cut ribs, 1 crown of broccoli, 2 slices of cheese, cooking sherry
- 1 large cup of coffee, half-and-half
- 2 hot sausages (400 kcal)
- 2 hot sausages (400 kcal)

Exercise:

- running and pushups on the trail (45 minutes)

I think I pulled a muslce near my delicate man bits while running today. I don’t know what it is exactly, but it might be an abductor. That’s just great, because my right big toe joint has been sore too. I don’t know what’s causing it all, but I might get a pair of houseshoes. Walking barefoot on hardwood and marble all day is bad for the body.

- 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of egg whites, 1 sausage, 1 small onion, 1 slice of cheese, small slice of butter
- 1 large mug of coffee, 2 tbsp of half and half (40 kcal)
- 1 large zucchini, 2 hot sausages, splash of olive oil
- 2 hot sausages
- 1 large mug of coffee, 2 tbsp of half and half (40 kcal)
- korean cut ribs, 1 crown of broccoli, cooking sherry, 1 slice of pepper jack
- 2 hot sausages
- 2 hot sausages

Exercise

- recumbent exercise bike (38 mins)

I think I need to take it easy on the hot sausages… I got them yesterday, and they seem to be the perfect quick snack, but I feel my esophagus might burn out soon. That and I don’t need more nitrated meats.

I must have really trained my heart for cardio in the past few years, because when I first started using the recumbent bike, I’d get my heart up to 170-180 pretty easily. Now I struggle to keep it above 130.

I feel pretty worn out today, so I think I’ll turn in early.

- 2 eggs, 1/2 cup of egg whites, 2 tbsp of salsa, 1 slice of cheese (320 kcal)
- 2 sausages (400 kcal)
- venti iced coffee, ~2 tbsp half and half (60 kcal)
- 2 sausages (400 kcal)
- 5 slices of cauliflower pizza (?)

Exercise

- recumbent exercise bike (33 mins)

Surprisingly, after a vacation where we ended up eating off plan, I still seem to have lost two pounds. The curse of having a twenty-year-old’s metabolism, I guess.

I overate the cauliflower pizza too, but at least it was pretty much on plan. I won’t make it again for a while. I’m also determined to give up the splenda I normally use in my coffee. Not quite ready to give up half-and-half, though.

I really can’t wait until I get home so I can go to the gym again. I have some free weights here, but they’re not a complete set. Even so, I had better do weights tomorrow.

Life is going well, and I’m still working on the diet. I’ve been reading about negative strength training all night, and I also found a diet I think I might try following. I’ve really missed things like beans, which seem perfectly healthy to me. Maybe slow-carb is the way to go.

Due to an incorrectly entered billing address, the Power 90 system was never sent to me. I don’t feel too bad about that, though. After a week of reflection, I figure I can probably do better on my own. That and I’d feel lame working out in front of the TV for hours every week. I can be way more exciting than that.

Updates as they come.

-sexy bastard

P.S. I’m taking down the donation links. In retrospect, it is too much like panhandling. Bad rhetoric!

I’m considering shaking up my diet by following Michi’s Ladder instead of Atkins for a while. It would be interesting to have fruit and oats, but I don’t know about the low-fat emphasis. In my experience, that kind of dieting is a one way road to becoming skinny-fat. If I do it, I’ll definitely pass over the skim milk in favor of whole and find myself some natural yogurt.

I also bought the Power 90 workout DVDs, which should arrive towards the end of this week. They don’t look crazy-intense, but I hear they are a great primer for the p90x workout (which I am more interested in, but not sure if I can do yet). The Power 90 program is supposed to be better than the rest of those infomercial type plans, because it spends a good deal of time focusing on strength training instead of just cardio. You do six sessions a week, with an even split of strength/cardio. Hopefully I will see some results within 2-3 weeks, about the time I need to surprise the boyfriend with my body that will be eight times awesomer than his.

Oh, and I read about a new supplement called Coleus Forskohlii in Men’s Health. Supposedly it is all kinds of good for jacking up the metabolism and regulating the vital organs, but it is near-impossible to find in the average supplement stores. As soon as I find and try some, I’ll report back.

Ta for now.

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• 2 lbs of lean round beef
• 1 package of cream cheese
• 2 tsp yellow mustard
• 2 tsp horseradish
• salt and pepper to taste
• garlic powder to taste
• dehydrated onions to taste

Divide the beef and put half in a greased round glass baking dish. Push the beef up against the sides to form the ‘crust’ and add the filling to the shell, spreading it out evenly. Use the other half of the ground beef to make the crust and pinch the edges together. Bake for 55 minutes, or until well done

Preheat oven to 325.To make the filling, combine the cream cheese, mustard, horseradish, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and onions in a mixing bowl. It will look thick, not unlike eggs.

The term ‘whooshie’ describes the diuretic effect of the horseradish in the pie. A little known weight-loss fact is that as your cells burn fat, they replace its mass with water. Only after reaching a certain point will they release it all and shrink down to a smaller size, which is something this recipe apparently tries to trigger.