chris lee

I can move so much easier since I started the plan.

I’ve lost body fat external & definitely internal.

It is so much easier to move now.

I’m feeling it in everyday movements.

Running is getting easier.

Pullups are getting easier.

I feel better. Less sore & stiff.

Move the goldfish.

I see the goldfish every day.

I want to eat the goldfish every day.

I need to cheat better.

This past Saturday, I ODed on food not in a good way. I’ve got to find some balance with cheat day.

Part of me wants to go hard to scratch the itch so I can last easy all week.

This day I went too hard. I ate too much of the wrong stuff. It wasn’t just about indulging. I actively made myself feel worse.

I ate too many donuts.

And I ate way too much wheat at the party. Too many crackers, too many pita chips. I felt terrible.

Need to do a better job on cheat day.

Ok, kind of made it through the day.

When much of the day is off plan (outside our normal systems), I think that sometimes it might be enough just not to go nutso.

I was at In-N-Out & the guy got my order wrong. I ended up eating it. It was a protein style 3×3. I ordered a hamburger with onions & mustard only. This had cheese. 3 slices. Since the ordering situation was such a fubar, I just took it and ate it.

I was disappointed in myself but in hindsight, probably not that bad. Not too crazy a deviation.

I also ate a Quest bar somewhere along (strawberry cheesecake). Again, not really on-plan but I couldn’t find info expressly forbidding them. Quest bars have very little carbs.

And then we all (14 or so of us) went out to eat to celebrate Sienna, Cam & Aliah’s first reconciliation. We went to a sushi place. Again, I ate a couple things I probably shouldn’t have but I didn’t go nuts.

Stayed with a tataki (salmon) and sashimi (bluefin toro that was amazing btw) and got a cucumber wrap (basically fake crab, tuna & some other stuff wrapped in cucumber). Not too terrible. I did have 2 pieces of agedashi tofu which aren’t on plan. And I had 1 piece of Jenny’s Lite Phoenix roll. It was all seafood but wrapped in rice paper. I also had some edamame which are questionable.

Anyway, the good thing is that I didn’t go off the rails.

Was I perfect? No.

But I think maybe that’s ok as it’s much harder to stay on-plan when you’re out at a restaurant for a celebration where everybody is sharing everything.

Craving sugar… Like before. Like normal…

Having a hard time with it.

I’ve been pretty ok for most of the past 40 or so days but it’s kicking in again.

I”m not sure why. I know I had a double cheat day after Spartan and I was really craving it then.

I’m not needing to go crazy town. I’m actually craving blue Monster & Quest bars, neither of which are a significant source of carbs.

Slow Carb Diet

I’ve been looking at SCD sites seeing if there is a way to make it ok for me to add Quest bars back. And Monster.

I’m not sure if it’s a good idea or not. I’m guessing probably not.

With the SCD, it’s not like I’m in ketosis but I know there are artificial sweeteners that provoke responses similar to sugar, even if they don’t have any calories.

Repercussions

I also wonder if I allow myself these that I will be feeding my sweet tooth and make it harder and harder to resist ongoing.

I did have a blue Monster today.

And I had a Quest bar tonight (it was a double chocolate chunk one without Sucralose which I’ve read can raise blood sugar).

Not sure if I’m leading myself down a bad path. :/