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14 March 2009
Day 10 of FatSmash Phase 1 and I weighed in (time stamp is wrong.... it is March 15 here). I started Fatsecret on Day 3 of Phase 1 and was 87 kg (1 kg less than 2 days prior). The diet (and joining Fatsecret)was out of frustration as I had started exercising 2 weeks before starting the diet and while I lost a few centimeters off my waist, I didn't lose any weight at all! Now, 10 days later... I am 84.5 kg!!! Is it really possible to lose so much in 1 week? Or is some of this delayed loss from the 2 weeks prior when I lost nothing... Either way I am happy, but worried I will gain it back in Phase 2.
Weigh-in:
186.3 lb
lost so far:
5.5 lb
still to go:
45.2 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
(2 comments)
losing 6.4 lb a week
13 March 2009
Today is day 8 of Phase 1 and the worst so far. I have been to parties thrown by Western friends and declined the alcohol, the birthday cake, the food except for veggies and yogurt dip.... I surprisingly and not having any problems with hunger or temptation, but the local people's custom's are harder... this is a place where you refuse proffered coffee, you deeply offend your host. Better to take and not drink it. Both yesterday and today were impossible. Yesterday was a wedding, and today was a big meeting with a local newspaper magnate who has been helping my partner fix a problem with local business laws. After the meeting, he ordered a local specialty: Masgouf - an Iraqi method of grilling fish on an open fire. It is truly a special favor in Iraq (a country with no large bodies of water and no ocean) when someone offers you fish. I felt compelled to eat at least a small (by local standards) serving.
Thankfully, there are no more such events before I leave for Beirut, so days 9 and 10 should be easy going... Then there is vacation to deal with. But at least phase 2 should be easier.... just difficult to know when there is hidden fat or sugar in foods you are eating. I have no problems passing on the bread, rice and sweets... but the possibility of eating pasta in an Italian restaurant may be a little harder...
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12 March 2009
Darn! I really wasn't having any trouble following the rules of the diet without cheating.... until today. I had to go to a wedding where I was presented with a plate of food. It seemed rude not to touch it, so I started with the only vegetable matter on the plate - a single slice of tomato meant as garnish. Then there was the typical food (chicken kebab, spiced ground lamb kebab and a mound of rice cooked in water generously laced with oil and topped with vermicelli, raisins and nuts. I ate one teaspoon of the rice and decided the meat would be better because at least it has protein (in the past I seem to be more successful at diets higher in protein), but I ate not just one bite, but the whole thing. And I still got dirty looks as it seemed I was handing back the plate untouched. I am worried and thinking about weighing in early (like tomorrow) rather than the planned weigh in on Sunday. Now (after eating the lamb), I feel slightly sick.
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11 March 2009
A friend managed to find a can of oats (packaged for the Middle East in Malaysia) at an out-of-the-way grocery store, but they just don't look like the oatmeal I know. The oat flakes are WHITER than I remember oatmeal looking like (do people bleach oats?). I tried making porridge with them today and it was unsatisying.... It was also less tasty than I remember oats tasting. Will have to find another use of oats in the recipes here.
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10 March 2009
Feel a cold coming on... a bit of a sore throat, stuffed up nose. Possible cause = wet hair in wild wind and dust storm on way home from gym yesterday. Leaning towards not going to gym tonight (yoga at home perhaps?). Hope restricted calories won't harm recovery. I think grandma used to say, "feed a cold, starve a fever." I will be only feeding this one with veggies.
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