My name is Camille, and I'm a sugar-holic

I don't have any problem passing on the sweets because I finally accepted the fact that I'm a sugar-holic who can't have just one...so I can never have even one.

One scoop tastes great. I want to continue to enjoy that great feeling, but to do that requires continually eating more scoops. Sugar-holic.

The solution is my great imagination. I can remember that taste! I've practiced, and I really can bring to mind anything I've eaten. I figure there's nothing that I haven't already tasted, so I don't have to have anything any more; I only need to remember the taste.

Food is now only something I ingest to avoid that uncomfortable feeling of hungar. Sound boring? Too bad. Look what I've accomplished in the last 90 days!!

Lost 25#

Weighed in at 195#, so my friend Bob gave me $100 today. He's going to give me $100 for every 10 pounds I lose.

I just keep pluggin' away, modifying the percentages, lowering protein--then I get hungry...moving carbs to lunch.

Added 300 calories to my day giving mef 1500 which still doesn't account for all the calories I'm working off in exercise, but I don't trust those calorie counters. Anyway, I'm doing ok. As my trainer says, "It's the journey." I'm focussed on August, 2016.

Exercise, exercise, exercise

Oops! Protein aint it

 Letter to author of ketogenic-diet-resource.com:

 

After spending hours playing with the numbers, I decided it's close enough for horseshoes! 

I got into this conundrum because I lost 20 pounds the first two months and zero (well, up/down 2#) the third!! And my body loves ketosis! Anyway, since I track compulsively (loseit and myfitnesspal), I couldn't figure it out. And then I found your site and the plateau section. Which is why I was trying to determine if I was getting too much protein. Unfortunately, since I've decided it's close enough for horseshoes, that only leaves the one I feared: not eating enough. (Eating can get very boring without carbs!) 

Sure enough, when I thought about it, I remembered that I had deliberately DOUBLED my exercise time in this third month (trying to increase my fitness level), but I didn't change my calorie intake. Clearly, I have to try to manage this during the fourth month, but it's scairy. I HATE having to suddenly come up with 400-500 more calories including boring PROTEIN at the end of the day plus there's so much guess work involved in calculating calories burned. However, I think I will plan on making your shakes (I LOVE shakes!). Wish me luck, and I'll let you know how it goes.

By the way, before I found your site I had experimented with increasing carbs. Oh, disaster. Immediately got depressed and grouchy again. It's so sad that people in my generation (I'm 73) spent our LIVES avoiding fat. It was Dr. David Perlmutter'sGrain Brain that introduced me to ketosis and the benefits of fat. 

Finally, I don't remember if I read it on your site or elsewhere, but I was THRILLED to learn that I can do this forever, that there's no downside.

Refining Purlmutter: the Ketogenic Diet

Purlmutter worked great, but then it didn't. Researching, I discovered http://www.ketogenic-diet-resource.com/ which is fantastic.

 My experience with Purlmutter--which is essentially a ketogenic diet--was that my body loved it. I was never hungry, never depressed. But what to do when it stops working? This new web site has given me ideas. I picked up two facts immediately: 1) a 'cheating' day can result in the body needing another two weeks to get back into ketogenesis, and 2) protein quantity is FIXED as a ratio of LBM (lean body mass) and should never be determined as a percentage of daily intake--which is what I have been doing.

Sooooo, over the next few months I'll be monitoring my LBM and adjusting protein requirements weekly. Today I weigh 200.2 which is 37.9% fat, 31.2% water, 26.3% muscle, with a bone density score of 3.4. This tells me my LBM is 52.6 so my daily protein intake should be 1 or 1.5 x 52.6 or max (let's call it) 80g.

End of Month One

Reviewed a bit more of the book and realized that I had erred last  time in not recording so I got carried away on the fats. Heck, one of his recipes--crunchy cereal--is like 700 calories! So this time I'll record. AND I changed the proportions to10% carb, 60% fat, 30% protein which is shocking by itself.  Well,we'll see.

I also spent  fortune on probiotics and cod liver oil.  

Starting Over A*G*A*I*N

For some reason I decided to go for the gusto again.  Weighing in at 220#.