Jon's Journey (not as good as Joe Hells)
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Nothing else, really, to consider. I did make a few rules for myself: I had to pick a time, every hour, to eat. I chose quarter till, every hour. I set the alarm on my phone for that time, for the entire day. I allow a 15 minute window, so if I done eat by “straight up”, then I gotta wait till the next ‘45’. I have packaged food in my truck, in my workshop, in my wife’s car, no excuses. My wife does it too. When I take her out to dinner, it’s McD’s drive-thru for 1 hamburger. (We carry a knife in the car.) I get the half with the pickle. Yum! It’s amazing how good everything tastes when you’re limited.
“Never eat more than you can lift.”
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Nothing else, really, to consider. I did make a few rules for myself: I had to pick a time, every hour, to eat. I chose quarter till, every hour. I set the alarm on my phone for that time, for the entire day. I allow a 15 minute window, so if I done eat by “straight up”, then I gotta wait till the next ‘45’. I have packaged food in my truck, in my workshop, in my wife’s car, no excuses. My wife does it too. When I take her out to dinner, it’s McD’s drive-thru for 1 hamburger. (We carry a knife in the car.) I get the half with the pickle. Yum! It’s amazing how good everything tastes when you’re limited.
Jonesy 8 hours into the 100 calories per hour. Feeling good about it.
Turns out that will work out to about 1300 calories per day. More than enough. and you are correct, 45 to 50 minutes or so is not too long to wait regardless of how I feel. Also drinking a lot of water. This is inspiriting.
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Week one went well. I already felt better just a few days into this and that continues. A big event on Saturday night for Walton’s was a slight setback, I didn’t eat anything I didn’t make as I made the sausage we were giving out as samples BUT there were some drinks involved. Still, all and all a decent week. An odd thing happened too, I am all of the sudden far more sensitive to caffeine. I don’t know what that could have to do with it but it does seem to be true. My pre-workout yesterday basically overloaded my system and I was jumpy and sort of weird all day.
Week 2 weight is 198, so that’s 1.5% of my body weight and 8.3% of my goal. I sort of figured it would drop more than that but I think with all the water I am retaining from drinking a ridiculous amount of liquid yesterday.
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My week went okay as well. I’m down 5.6 pounds to 239.8 Got to say I do feel hungry, mostly in the evening, but I’m dealing with it. Getting tired of vegetables and such, want a big pizza now. Was very tempted at a catering I did Saturday evening. It was one of those over the top events with too much great food and desserts. I resisted!
On the very plus side, my knees do not hurt near as much and looking forward to the other benefits of dropping this weight.
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As I cannot officially start until my blood work returns and meet with my doctor to discuss. I picked up additional exercise and more water intake. I have begun to limit excessive carbs in my cooking and more lien proteins and of course more veggies.
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Chef Awesome job man, 5.6 lb in a week is nothing to sneeze at! lkrfletcher its crazy how just drinking more water helps. My big issue is energy drinks, way too many of them…need to give them up but I think that’s gonna have to wait!
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Chef Awesome job man, 5.6 lb in a week is nothing to sneeze at! lkrfletcher its crazy how just drinking more water helps. My big issue is energy drinks, way too many of them…need to give them up but I think that’s gonna have to wait!
Jonathon I have never had an energy drink, but I hear bad things, like heart arithmia issues. Id say slow them down. If your looking for a kick, try green tea with a little honey.
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I have never been able to do energy drinks thankfully. They give me gut rot! I do however drink way too much coffee. Trying to do half caffeine in the afternoons! Glad I dont work nights anymore. I drank coffee all day when I did that.
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If we all keep this up, Meatgistics members will not only be the most knowledgeable group, but the healthiest group around.
Now all we need to do is get Jonesy to flip to the Blue team. LOL
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Just thought i would bring this up, i haven’t read all posts so not sure who is doing what. However when i was doing the dirty keto diet it was time for my 6 month teeth cleaning and i had excessive plaque build up which i have never had that much before. Come to find out that on the keto diet you strive to have a low carb high protein diet. Well unfortunately plaque loves protein which in turn gives you more plaque that could turn into decay with teeth and gums. It really sucks that you try to get healthy but it affects another part of your body negetivly. A lady friend of mine from California got severe kidney stones and ended up being septic from keto and in the hospital for an extended time. Just about lost her life. Stay safe and do thorough research.
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Just thought i would bring this up, i haven’t read all posts so not sure who is doing what. However when i was doing the dirty keto diet it was time for my 6 month teeth cleaning and i had excessive plaque build up which i have never had that much before. Come to find out that on the keto diet you strive to have a low carb high protein diet. Well unfortunately plaque loves protein which in turn gives you more plaque that could turn into decay with teeth and gums. It really sucks that you try to get healthy but it affects another part of your body negetivly. A lady friend of mine from California got severe kidney stones and ended up being septic from keto and in the hospital for an extended time. Just about lost her life. Stay safe and do thorough research.
twilliams Thanks for the head’s up. Seems that there is on easy sure fire way. Now that you mentioned it, on my last dental checkup, they had to do what they called a deep cleaning because of excessive plaque buildup. Now I understand why… Thanks again
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I was down 6.4 lbs. Monday, from the previous Monday. 258.8.
I’ve tried the keto thing, with no success. I don’t know anyone who has been able to sustain only eating protein.
I joined the orange team because they had fewer members, which seemed to imply that they were more elite. It appeared that the blue team would accept just anybody!“Never eat more than you can lift.”
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I was down 6.4 lbs. Monday, from the previous Monday. 258.8.
I’ve tried the keto thing, with no success. I don’t know anyone who has been able to sustain only eating protein.
I joined the orange team because they had fewer members, which seemed to imply that they were more elite. It appeared that the blue team would accept just anybody!Jonesy It wasn’t me…
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I was down 6.4 lbs. Monday, from the previous Monday. 258.8.
I’ve tried the keto thing, with no success. I don’t know anyone who has been able to sustain only eating protein.
I joined the orange team because they had fewer members, which seemed to imply that they were more elite. It appeared that the blue team would accept just anybody!Jonesy Keto isn’t just protein, it does work if done correctly. I personally wouldn’t do the strict keto, that’s just insane. We have 2 keto cookbooks and a bunch of recipes off the internet that helped us. I went from 202 down to 162 in about 6 months. Then it became summertime and didn’t want to cook to heat up the house as we don’t have central air. As well as we have terrible hours and strenuous daily work so just didn’t feel like cooking anymore. I know, poor excuse. And yes I’m back to my bad habits and beginning weight if not more.
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Chef - great job on the 5.6 lbs. It takes some intestinal fortitude to drop 5 lbs. in a week. Amazing that you can do that while you’re catering. I’m sure I could not handle the temptation.
“Never eat more than you can lift.”
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Chef - great job on the 5.6 lbs. It takes some intestinal fortitude to drop 5 lbs. in a week. Amazing that you can do that while you’re catering. I’m sure I could not handle the temptation.
Jonesy You also did fantastic. Frankly, having this journey with others does make it easier. And it’s not competitive, just people doing life together…
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Chef - great job on the 5.6 lbs. It takes some intestinal fortitude to drop 5 lbs. in a week. Amazing that you can do that while you’re catering. I’m sure I could not handle the temptation.
Jonesy Now, we only have to save you from the dark side… LOL
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Jonesy Keep up the steady progress it is the best way. And you are right about team orange we are the elite and only let in the best members!
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Week 3 checkin:
194 lb! That is somewhat surprising as I struggled to maintain my “only eat food you made” rule, what with the website launch and everything, last week I ate a Pizza one night…but that was the only thing now that I am thinking about it. So, started 201, down 7 lb so 1/4 of the way there!As for how I am feeling I don’t know…I didn’t maintain my almost manic state from last week. I think part of that might just have been the constant go go go from last week. Plus I have now “worked” 3 weekends in a row…okay okay one of those was going to Flint Oaks for a shooting event for Pass it on Outdoor Mentors, not exactly what we would call “work” but I still feel like I have to be “on” at things like that so I am looking forward to the upcoming long weekend!
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