Experiment 1: Eating Cleaner, IFs, and Workouts?Week 3 | Dan ...

Week 3 of my experiment. Not so good this week?

Monday February 13

How I feel upon waking:Energy at 7.

Foods/Beverages:

Breakfast (8:40): 3 egg omelet cooked in butter ? ham, spinach leaves, mushrooms. Moroccan Mint Tea and Watermelon Water to drink.

Late Lunch (3:10): Big Ass Salad in Olive Oil ? iceberg lettuce, spinach leaves, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, beets, 3 hardboiled eggs, jalapeno peppers, green peppers, bacon bits, and dried cranraisins. 2 medium bananas. Jasmine Green Tea.

Notes:

I did not feel very hungry when I awoke in the morning after all of the wonderful food yesterday. I was hungry enough to go for an omelet and warm up with some hot tea though.

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Tuesday February 14

How I feel upon waking:Energy at 6.

Foods/Beverages:

Lunch (12:08):? 3 egg omelet cooked in bacon grease. Greek salad ? iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, onions, olive, feta cheese.

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Dinner (5:25): 3 plates of Blackened Chicken Breast ? iceberg lettuce with raspberry vinagrette dressing, Chicken Breast, white rice. Big Ass Salad with Olive Oil ? Iceberg lettuce, spinach leaves, tomatoes, carrots, red peppers, olives, onions, artichokes, bacon bits, cranraisins, mushrooms. 2 medium bananas.

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Late Night (10:00): VitaCoco acai & pomegranate. Adirondack Vanilla Ice Cream ?so rich and creamy!

Notes:

I was VERY hungry for dinner, hence the 3 plates of the salad on the left combined with the Big Ass Salad of the right during lunch. Late at night I ate the entire pint of ice cream. Not one of my brighter moments all though I do this often?bad ideas are bad.

Wednesday February 15

How I feel upon waking:Energy at 5.

Foods/Beverages:

Dinner (4:00): Stress + Food Festival = LOTS of food. Top left: Chicken (forgot what type the dish was specifically). Top right: sushi. Center left: Grapes and Watermelon. Center Right: Purple sticky rice topped with pineapple from Thunder Mountain Curry. Bottom left: Pulled pork with a barbeque sauce. Bottom right: Watermelon, kiwi and pineapple. Not picture: Chocolate covered bacon, chocolate covered strawberry, and chocolate covered strawberry wrapped in bacon.

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Late Night Drink (7:20): Naked Smoothies Acai Machine.

Late Night food (9:00): Garden Salad: Cucumbers, cheddar cheese, olives, iceberg lettuce, tomatoes.

Notes:

So much food. While dinner was delicious entirely, it was not good eating all of this (well stomach and health-wise) ? such as the rice, and chocolate covered strawberries, and chocolate covered strawberries wrapped in bacon (although this last one was perhaps the greatest creation of all time ever). I ate the food wanting to try everything, and I did, and I then kept eating. Not good :(. Still ate later in the night (no idea how I did this) even though my stomach did not feel very good at this point.

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Thursday February 16

How I feel upon waking:Energy at 6.

Foods/Beverages:

I was chewing gum throughout the morning and it was disrupting my stomach the entire time. The gum contained soy lecithin and also a starch/flour. I have reason to believe that either one, or both, of these ingredients disagree with me incredibly. I know I cannot handle wheat. A ?serving? of grains and it is several hours of discomfort. It was interesting? and mildly depressing that 3 sticks of gum would disrupt me as much as it did though.

Late Lunch (2:00): Big Ass Salad in Balsamic Vinaigrette ? Spring Mix Lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, spinach leaves, mushrooms, grilled chicken, and cranraisins. 2 bowls of Hot Italian Meatballs (containing wheat?why am I not surprised?) Small salad ? spinach leaves, tomatoes, onions, green peppers, 3 hardboiled eggs in Balsamic Vinaigrette.

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Dinner (6:15): A ?sandwiches? of roast beef and lettuce. Chocolate pudding and whipped cream. Vanilla pudding and whipped cream.

Notes:

Eating wheat is bad. Eating wheat is bad. Eating wheat is bad. Breadcrumbs are bad?Sad face. Sugar is bad. Sugary pudding is bad. WHY DO I DO THIS??

Friday February 17

How I feel upon waking:Energy at 6.

Foods/Beverages:

Breakfast (10:20): Big Ass Salad in Olive Oil ? Green and Purple Lettuce, spinach leaves, cucumbers, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, olives, beets, cranraisins. Chicken Salad on green and purple lettuce, topped with cranraisins and Olive Oil.

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Chewing gum during class?I must be stupid or something ? disrupting my stomach?threw out the fun once I returned to my room, which I SHOULD have done after the first stick messed with me. Siiiiiiiigggh.

Late Lunch (3:30): Turkey and roast beef sandwiched in lettuce. 2 cups of grapes, honeydew, and cantaloupe. Blueberry yogurt mix.

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Dinner (7:15): 6 egg omelet cooked in bacon grease. Delicious :)

Notes:

Eating those two cups of fruits = bad idea. Eating the blueberry mix thing, also a bad idea. Full of bad ideas this week. Need to stop acting on these rash and bad decisions.

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Saturday February 18

How I feel upon waking:Energy at 8.

Foods/Beverages:

Had an Honest Ade Pomegranate Blue to drink in the morning. (no picture).

Lunch (2:00): Big Ass Salad in Olive Oil ? iceberg with some purple lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, feta cheese, and bacon bits (left). Small salad in Olive Oil ? iceberg lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, and more bacon bits (right).

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Dinner (6:00): Big Ass Salad in Olive Oil ? Iceberg lettuce, chicken, spinach leaves, mandarin slices, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, and bacon bits. Very tasty.

Notes:

Feta cheese not the best idea, but I felt fine after an hour or so, so that was not too bad. Overall some good eating today but I could use more protein during my lunches. Dinner had a hearty serving of protein, but I could use some more variety if only the meat here did not almost always contain gluten or soy. Getting back into eating right after dealing with the stress and lack of thinking which plagued my decision-making and eating habits this week.

Sunday February 19

How I feel upon waking:Energy at 8.

Pictures:

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Workout:

Workout from 2-12-12 (Last Week?s)

Exercise	W1	TUL1	R1	W2	TUL2	R2
Leg Press	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Chest Press	90	1:05	7	75	0:34	3
Seated Row	140	1:14	5	140	0:30	1
Pull down	80	0:55	3	80	0:40	3
Rotary Shoulder	50	1:05	7	50	0:27	2

Workout from today ? I intentionally lowered most weights since I am trying to pick weights such that I reach failure in a single set within 7-10 repetitions and between 1:00-1:30 for TUL.

Exercise	W1	TUL1	R1	W2	TUL2	R2
Leg Press	250	1:39	8	250	0:54	3
Chest Press	90	1:25	8	100	0:25	1
Seated Row	120	1:34	7	125	0:25	1
Pull down	60	2:20	9	70	0:50	4
Rotary Shoulder	60	:55	5	50	0:25	2

Overall, I think this is a good starting point for next week. I am planning that if the TUL is over 1:15 (with reps at 7 or higher) or if the repetitions are above 10 then I will increase the weight by 5lbs. I?ll have to make adjustments since some machines only have 10lb increments, such as the Rotary Shoulder machine. The vertical exercises seem to be my major problem at this moment, but I think this workout was a solid gauge for next week?s workout.

Foods/Beverages:

Lunch (12:00): Big Ass Salad in Olive Oil ? green and purple lettuce, 4 hardboiled eggs, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes, olives, and topped with bacon bits. Small salad in Olive Oil ? green and purple lettuce, 3 hardboiled eggs, carrots, olives, and bacon bits.

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Dinner (5:00): Big Ass Salad in Raspberry Vinaigrette (I think?) ? iceberg lettuce, 3 hardboiled eggs, tomatoes, onions, carrots, olives, cucumbers, and dried cranraisins. Beef Stroganoff (containing wheat and soy, sigh?.upset my stomach slightly) and steamed broccoli. Small salad in Balsamic Vinaigrette ? iceberg lettuce, 2 hardboiled eggs, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, and dried cranraisins.

Late Night(8:15): VitaCoco Coconut Water with Tropical Fruit, Adirondack?s Vanilla Ice Cream, and Nut Harvest Lightly Roasted Almonds (containing sunflower and/or peanut oil).

Notes:

The good news ? workout for the week went well! The bad news, I was eating a LOT of food and a lot of my choices were BAD IDEAS.

Unfortunately, I have not been eating as clean as I wanted, although I still typically get in about 16-hour fasts per day or more. I am often too lenient in what I eat and it bites me later ? the rice, the wheat and soy containing meat, the sugary beverages and desserts, the numerous occasions of bananas and apples. While my waistline has not increased (or not to a noticeable effect) since I began the experiment, it has not shrunk either ? which is part of the objective!

Instead of eating only until not hungry, I have been eating until full. I have been eating without paying attention to the food, which means I eat a lot more and don?t enjoy the food as much. My energy levels on days after I eat poorly are not that great, but more than that my overall enthusiasm is lower. I am essentially awake but not conscious or present. It?s weird and I don?t like it.

Part of this is due to food and part of this is due to some stress and things I am dealing with right now. The two are essentially cyclically intertwined at this point so I need to get one under control to start and that will help with the other.

Also, peculiar observation ? after the late night eating on Sunday my stomach ballooned up and was resistant to pressure. I?ve noticed this happen before to me and it dissipates after several hours, but I think it is a response to inflammation and is a signal I should probably not be consuming that crap.

So no more soy/wheat containing meats. No more Nature Harvest nuts (every product here contain peanuts or peanut oil). I also need to stop the unhealthy night decisions. If I am really hungry I should just make eggs in butter. I complicate my life too much and I don?t like the results, yet I continue the path towards destroying my body?I need to kick myself back into gear ? right now this isn?t the life I envisioned for myself. I envisioned so much greater.

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