Day 84 - Progress and Perils

Last weekend my roommmate and I moved to a different unit in the building, and so we've had unreliable access to the internet in the last week or so. I'm now living the true hipster dream: updating my blog in a starbucks.

One of the truths of my diet is that the stricter you stay on the diet, the easier it is to stay. Conversely, the more loose I play with the restrictions, the harder it is to follow. The reason for that is the ketosis underlying my weight loss: as long as my body thinks it's fasting, I'm not hungry. If my body thinks making my hungry will result in more food, for example by getting more food one day, it will ramp up the hunger.

The disheartening part of this is that it doesn't take much. I bought a brand of jerky that only had 4grams of carbs per ounce, which is relatively low for jerky. As a one ounce treat now and then, it's not a problem. What is a problem is eating an entire pound bag over a three day period. 64 grams of extraneous carbs over three days, when normally I stay under 20 total per day knocked me almost completely out of ketosis. Because of that, I spent two days hungry, while I stayed rigorously on the plan. It's better now, but I spent two days hungry and watched my weight loss slow down dramatically.

I have managed to lose more weight, I'm now unofficially up to 80lbs lost at 353lbs. I'm fitting into cars better, I can buckle my seat belt with ease. I feel in many ways that I've lost enough weight to look appreciably thinner, and while still fat I'm getting close to socially acceptably morbid obesity. One of my current fun goals is to reach as close to 300lbs as possible by a friend's wedding July 31st. Realistically, 310 is the real goal, but getting to see a lot of friends and acquaintances down 100+ pounds is going to make me feel pretty good.