I had two big wins yesterday that I wanted to write about.
First, I finally broke 20 pounds of weight loss. I stepped on the scale and saw 304, which puts me closer to the 300s than I’ve seen in years. Still averaging about 2 pounds a week, which seems to be the general consensus for sustainable weight loss. I’m happy with it, people seem to notice, my clothes fit better (even though the tape measure doesn’t show much change. I don’t know what that’s about.)
So, of course, in response to this victory, I had a bit of a cheat day yesterday. And way I say a bit, I mean I took my macros, blindfolded them, put them up against the wall, and gave them two to the head. My aunt had a milestone birthday, so there was a mountain of steamed crabs (not TOO bad, but not great) and a bunch of steamed corn (pretty high carb, but even so, in moderation I’d have been ok). But there was ice cream after. And I’m not talking about a gallon of Neapolitan. I’m talking four quarts of premium ice cream bought on location from one of the best creameries ever. (For anyone in Maryland, it’s called Broom’s Bloom. It’s also part of the Maryland’s Best Ice Cream Trail, which is a worthy adventure for any American.) All this is to say that moderation made some come hither eyes at me, and I blew the bitch off. I had about 4 ears of corn. I had probably 8-10 jumbo crabs. And then I ate the shit out of some ice cream. Two bowls, loaded up with chocolate, cool whip, peanut butter, wet nuts (snicker), peanut butter sauce and cherries. I ate THE SHIT out of some ice cream.
My second victory, and the one more significant to me, was in relation to my diabetes. I got home about 2 hours after the ice cream orgy and tested my blood glucose. 109. If I was gonna provoke an insulin response, that would have done it. I don’t know how many carbs I ingested through that meal, but it was certainly in the hundreds, and almost all sugar. I think a pint of Ben and Jerry’s cookie dough has about 120g of carbs. I probably had almost a quart of ice cream, and associated toppings to boot. I say again, I ate the shit out of some ice cream.
And my body shrugged it off.
I’m not a nutritionist. I don’t know all the science of why Keto/LCHF works, but it does. I was up a pound on the scale this morning, which isn’t abnormal for me, cheat day or no. I made my Bulletproof Coffee (which I’ve started making as an espresso. I get more of a caffeine reaction with less caffeine, and steaming a little cream to go with it just makes it yummy.) I had a mug of broth around 10 when I got a little hungry, and I’m right back on the wagon. I don’t know why this works. The paleo people argue that this is the way our body is designed to eat. The whole food people say that “they” are poisoning our food for profit. I don’t know why it works, all I know is that I’m eating burgers, steak, and bacon, putting cheese on my sauteed vegetables, and I’ve lost 20 pounds. I don’t argue with results.