Everyday Systems

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 27, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 38.5%, #

Graham

Tues 12st 8 1/4lb 43 1/2"#
Weds 12st 6 3/4lb 43 3/16" #
Thurs 12st 7 1/2lb, 43 1/4" # no exercise yesterday

Graham

12st 7 3/4lb, 43", BMI 27.2, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 37.3%

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 42 11/16", BMI 27, WHtR 63.2%, Body Fat 36.9%, #

Graham

12st 6 1/4lb, 42 5/8", BMI 26.9, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 36.8% #

Graham

12st 7 1/4lb, 43", BMI 27.1, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 37.5%, #

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 27, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 38.2% #

Graham

12st 5 3/4lb, 42 11/16", BMI 26.9, WHtR 63.2%, Body Fat 37.1% #

Graham

12st 6lb, 43" BMI 26.9, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 37.8% Fasting

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 42 7/8", BMI 27, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 37.3%

Graham

12st 5 3/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.9, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 38.2% #

Graham

12st 6 1/2lb, 43 1/16", BMI 27, WHtR 63.8%, Body Fat 37.8% # Fasting

Graham

12st 8 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 27.3, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 37.8% #

@ oolala 53: I don't use bowls to cook, I use pots and pans or my electric grill, and when the food is hot I put it on the plate. Anyway, the basic idea of measure before cooking where that is possible is fine, I get that.

Graham

12st 8 1/4lb, 43", BMI 27.3, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 37.2%

Hi oolala53 - the pre-plating with cold ingredients is a good idea - though a bit messy with stew.

No fast today: driving up north.

Graham

12st 8 3/4lb, 42 3/4", BMI 27.3, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 36.5%

Ill health reduced exercise, which may explain this disappointing figure concluding a week with two fasts in it. (or is it my minced beef stew?)

Graham

12st 7 1/2lb, 42 3/3", BMI 27.1, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 36.8%, # Not what I'd hope for from a fast, unless I assume I would have gained weight yesterday if I hadn't fasted. The stewed minced beef with onion, carrots and tomato, plus my new item - grilled chips, and buttered toast, was over one plate. ...

Graham

12st 7lb*, 42 3/4" BMI 27.1*, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 36.9%* # Fasting

*some days my scale just doesn't mention the fractions - so I believe my weight is less that 12st 8lb, but I'm not convinced it is actually 12st 7lb. BMI and Body Fat percentage are therefore also questionable.

Graham

12st 7 3/4lb, 42 5/16", BMI 27.2, WHtR 62.7%, Body Fat 35.7% #

Graham

Tue 12st 6 3/4lb 42 1/2" BMI 27, WHtR 63%, Body Fat 36.4% #
Wed 12st 6 3/4lb 42 1/4" BMI 27, WHtR 62.6%, Body Fat 35.8% #

Graham

12st 7 3/4lb, 42 7/8", BMI 27.2, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 37% Fasting

Graham

12st 7 3/4lb, 43", BMI 27.2, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 37.3% # Stability of sorts. I tried eating 3 meals as an anti-chocolate strategy, but it was no use. Now back to London, so I'll not fast today. Fasting seems to be the only strategy, dispiriting and depleting though it may be, that checks the balloo...

Graham

12st 7 3/4lb, 43", BMI 27.2, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 37.3% #

Graham

12st 8 3/4lb, 43", BMI 27.3, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 37.1% #

Graham

12st 8lb, 42 3/4", BMI 27.2, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 36.7% #

Bike ride good, chocolates bad.

Graham

12st 7lb, 42 5/8", BMI 27.1, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 37.2% Sunday wasn't great, food-wise, though an improvement on Saturday. I had a chocolate binge - or nearly. I saved the day with salad, followed by grilled chicken and onion. Today I didn't fast, despite the scale's reproof. A sense of the need to ...

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb*, 42 7/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 37.9%

*Southport scale - not sure if my London scale would tell the same story, though both are digital and I've no reason to believe one more than the other.

Graham

12st 6 1/2lbs, 42 5/8" BMI 27, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 36.8%, #

Graham

12st 8lb, 43" BMI 27.2, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 37.3%, #

Graham

12st 8 3/4lb, 42 7/8" #

Graham

12st 8 1/2lb, 42 5/8", BMI 27.3, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 36.3% # Bit shocked by the weight. I actually thought I'd managed choir rather well: I ate a good late lunch which meant, I believe, that I coped with the pub and later fraternising much better. I did have some pizza, but not greedily - and yet, ...

Graham

12st 6 1/2lb, 42 5/8", BMI 27, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 36.8%, # I note weight and waist virtually unchanged in the last month and a half. I can tell myself I'd probably be fatter and heavier if I'd not fasted as frequently as I managed to, but this is hard. The fasting itself is manageable, but my phys...

Graham

12st 7 1/4lb, 42 9/16", BMI 27.1, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 36.4% Fasting

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 42 3/4", BMI 27, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37%

Graham

Weds 12st 5 1/2lbs
Thurs 12st 4 3/4lbs, 42 1/2" BMI 26.7, WHtR 63%, Body Fat 36.9% #

I won't fast tomorrow, I'm helping a friend move furniture.

Graham

12st 5 3/4lb, 42 9/16", BMI 26.9, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 36.8% # A bearable fast, ended by a well thought-out meal: salmon with 5 veg and a piece of toast. It wasn't as enjoyable as my chickpea curry though - must make some more of that.. Anyway, how does it happen that I'm now heavier and fatter than...

Graham

12st 5 1/2lb, 42 7/16", BMI 26.8, WHtR 62.9%, Body Fat 36.6% Fasting I had it in mind to emphasise exercise rather than fasting but today's weight and a brief mention of studies on the benefits of IF tipped the balance today. I have this firmly in mind: to take a 1-hour bike ride while I have the en...

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 42 7/16", BMI 26.6, WHtR 62.9%, Body Fat 36.9%

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb, 42 5/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 37.3% #

Graham

12st 5lb, 42 5/8", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 37.2% #

Thinking I should aim to up exercise rather than fast. Milk in my coffee so not fasting today.

Graham

Wed 12st 5 1/4lb, 42 1/2" BMI 26.8, WHtR 63%, Body Fat 36.8% #
Thurs 12st 5lb 42 1/2" BMI 26.8, WHtR 63%, Body Fat 36.9% #

Graham

12st 5 1/2lb, 42 1/2", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63%, Body Fat 36.7%, # The fast wasn't particularly difficult, but my energy was low and I was pretty unproductive. The fast ending meal once again was chickpea curry with rice, very filling and no sense of needing more afterwards, even hours afterwards. But, ov...

Graham

12st 5 1/2lb, 42 5/8" BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 37% Fasting So - fasting again after just one day's rest. It didn't spoil my S day, but I'm not sure how effective a fast is if it is followed directly by unlimited eating. As I wasn't able to weigh or measure myself on Sunday I can't say conclusi...

Graham

12st 5 1/2lb, 42 1/2", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63%, Body Fat 36.7% # Fasting

Allotment instead of a fast yesterday, so it's rescheduled to today, for the first time. It's still an S day, I'll be out for a meal with fellow choir members this evening.

Graham

12st 6 1/4lb, 42 5/8" BMI 26.9, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 36.8%, #

Dance class, biscuit snacking. Allotment, freshly picked strawberry and raspberry snacking. Great year for slugs and snails...

Graham

12st 5lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.5%, #

Tuesday: choir & biscuit challenge followed by pub and crisps challenge.

Graham

12st 5 1/4lb, 42 5/8", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 37.1% # A relatively easy fast. The meal was successful as a fast-ender, as a No S complier - but woeful as a 5-a-dayer. If I'd gone for my usual chicken/pineapple/onion/sweet potato/broccoli/mushroom combo, possibly with buttered bread, would I ...

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 42 7/8", BMI 27, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 37.3% Fasting Concert on Saturday went quite well, I'm told. Sunday a garden party, today fasting. 1:41am (Tues morn) What have I learned? This fast and the last one, a bit hard, but then got easy, full-strength coffee with sweeteners helped. Then,...

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 42 9/16", BMI 26.7, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 37.1%, #

A relatively easy fast, managed to be productive, then ate without excess or the temptation to snack (Chickpea curry, broccoli, rice) Now day-long rehearsal and this evening the big concert..

Graham

12st 7 3/4.b, 42 3/4", BMI 27.2, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 36.7%, # Fasting Invited late to a birthday meal, went, buffet-style meal, many plates, I declare an S day. I am too fat to enjoy feasting at the moment. I don't want to seem anti-social but feasting isn't right for me just now. Tomorrow will be ...

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 42 5/8", BMI 27, WHtR 63.1%, 36.7%, #

I noticed no particular excess, I had biscuits at dance class, late meal was a two plater: bowl of salad (@ 8oz), then, after cooking, on a large plate, chickpea curry with rice and mango chutney.

Graham

12st 5 1/2lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.3% #

Choir, pub, snacks. Bike riding.

Graham

What happened to yesterday's entry here? ? This from memory: Monday 12st 9lb, 42 1/2" BMI 27.4, WHtR 63%, Body Fat 35.8%, plus reflection on whether the scale could be trusted (old mechanical scale said 12st 3lb) and that I was fasting. today; 12st 6 1/2lb, 43", BMI 27, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 37.7%, #...

Graham

12st 7lb, 42 5/8" BMI 27.1, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 36.6% An unexpected weight gain. Rice? chocolate bar? Otherwise a day of sound eating. Choir rehearsal felt pressured, wondering about my voice, how it gets used - the line between demand that fosters growth, or leads to strain - where is that, and wh...

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb, 42 5/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 37.3% # I didn't snack or eat sweets, but my final meal was 2 plates: I made 2 pieces of cheese on toast, then decided I wanted 2 more. It would not have been easy to do otherwise - my toaster only takes 2 slices at a time. Iit would have been le...

Graham

12st 5lb, 42 3/8" BMI 26.8, WHtR 62.8%, Body Fat 36.8% # I didn't snack, but I did drink most of a can of condensed milk, I think condensed milk and grilled salmon don't go well together, I presume that is why I woke in such discomfort around 3am. Stomach still sore and I've got busy days ahead, so ...

Graham

12st 5lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.5%, # My last meal was a little untidy, I didn't wait till the veg were cooked before I started eating the lamb chops. It was what I planned to eat, and would have fitted on the plate in one go if I'd been less hungry, I could technically fail mys...

Graham

12st 5lb, 43", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.1% #

driving snacking singing snacking pubbing snacking cycling.

Graham

12st 6 1/2lb, 42 3/4", BMI 27, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.1% #

Hard to believe, I actually had a GREEN day! And, again, no chocolates. I tried to give them away - and just couldn't do it. Plans subverted, car stuck at garage so I'm stuck in Southport. Will I make it to choir in Tottenham tonight?

Graham

12st 6lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.9, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 38.4% Strange to see these figures after yesterday's "exemplary" behaviour (well, almost). I had NO CHOCOLATES! Not one!. And today I feel glad of it, to be free of the lingering queasy awareness of those flavoured clumps of fat and sugar. I ate well...

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.6, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.8%,

So - exercise up and moderation arrives for the weekend! Issues of purpose remain unresolved, progress obscure. I seem to be getting fitter though, with isometrics and food supplements the apparent foundation.

Graham

12st 6 1/4lb, 43 1/2" BMI 27, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 38.9% # I've been bingeing on Dad's chocolate stash. Must I eat them all? Amazing how quickly I'm getting fat. I can't seem to stop eating them after my evening meal. I can't imagine how I'll stop, I won't buy more after they're gone, but I may get ...

Graham

12st 4 1/2lbs, 43", BMI 26.7, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.2% #

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 42 1/2", BMI 26.7, WHtR 63%, Body Fat 36.9% # Is this the fasting pay-off delayed by a day? Modest eating but CHOCOLATES were my No S undoing. Arrived late at Southport, having driven 4 hours non-stop no breaks, ate a sandwich (too lazy to cook) then watched tv & hit the chocs. Overall...

Graham

12st 6lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.9, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 37.5% # I had an easy time of it, the fast felt relatively effortless. The meal was one plate, but the rice I ate had arrived late, so I won't give myself a green. But, a meal of similar size to my usual fast-breaker. I did feel tired by the end of t...

Graham

12st 6lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.9, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.2% Fasting

Graham

12st 5 1/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 38.3%

Short bike rides, modest eating, lots of singing. here I am, lighter but fatter.

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 42 3/4", BMI 27, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37% # At the end, not hungry but tired. Cat intervention prevented me sleeping through. Was that for the best? I ate a largish meal, slept fitfully. Was it No S compliant? I think I could've put it all on one embarrassingly highly stacked plate - b...

Graham

12st 7 1/2lb, 43" BMI 27.1, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 37.4% # Fasting Strange ups and downs. Yesterday, finally, a No S success, and look at the numbers! I had no outdoor exercise, though I estimate I spent over 4 hours on singing practice! That kind of work doesn't burn the calories like a bike ride wou...

Graham

12st 5lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.5% # Another strange day. Finally seemed to be able to adhere to No S: good breakfast, an apple for lunch, no biscuits with my tea at dance class - then I became extraordinarily tired. I didn't snack, but wasn't at home, ate a meal I'd not have de...

Graham

12st 6 1/2lbs, 42 5/8", BMI 27, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 36.8% # Tuesday night is: choir, then pub, if you want to socialise. Choir = half-time break with tea and biscuits. Singing can be quite demanding/calorie burning so the biscuits on offer with the tea lure me to No S failure. I suppose I could jus...

Graham

12st 5 1/2lbs, 42 3/8", BMI 26.8 WHtR 62.8%, Body Fat 36.4% # That was a tough fast. Mentally ok, but low physical energy, tired eyes. The post fast meal could have been a No S success, but I didn't put it all on one plate: I ate my large 5-a-day meal and then decided I really did want some toasted ...

Graham

12st 7 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 27.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 37.9% Fasting

Graham

12st 9lb, 42 3/4", BMI 27.4, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 36.4% What a difference a day makes.. Hot weather - did have quite a few biscuits at the allotment after no breakfast and an insubstantial lunch. Carbs were over-represented, choices being limited. I did good things - great choir rehearsal, good work...

Graham

12st 7 1/2lbs, 42 1/2", BMI 27.1, WHtR, 63%, Body Fat 36.2% # Failed again, (salad in a bowl, pork pie on a plate after I'd finished the salad), and I knew, and I felt ok about it. Odd figures: weight steady but waist rapidly diminishing - is it this punitively hot weather? Or all this singing? Hmmm.

Graham

12st 7 1/2lbs, 42 3/4", BMI 27.1, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 36.8% # Suddenly it's very hot. More than I enjoy. Here in London it is hotter and more humid than Southport. In this weather, I wish I was there. Extra choir rehearsals have kept me here this week. I'm failing at No S pretty well all the time a...

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 27, WHtR, 64.1%, Body Fat 38.2%, #

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 27, WHtR, 64.1%, Body Fat 38.2%, #

Graham

12st 7 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 27.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 37.9% #

Nearly acclimatised here and it's time to go again....

Graham

12st 9 3/4lb, 43 1/2" BMI 27.5, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 38% Can't quite believe these figures though the trend is a fact. The tape measure isn't as quirky as my dad's electronic scales might be. Beautiful day, I promised myself I'd be productive today, I am not fasting though I long to return to it, to...

Graham

12st 8 1/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 27.3, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 38.4% Here in dad's place in Southport, it is my undoing. The sweets, the layout, the central heating, the car (though the bike is coming into play increasingly as I learn my way around). And an ageing body, less tolerant of exercise, less tolera...

Graham

12st 7 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 27.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 37.9% #

Graham

12st 6 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.9, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 38.3% #

Graham

12st 8lb, 43 1/4", BMI 27.2, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 37.9% # ~reneew thanks for encouragement. Yesterday was a fail, but I'm glad I had a vanilla ice cream at the Royal Ballet in Covent Garden (La Fille Mal Garde) - I'd never been before, and I preferred that to an alcoholic drink. Let's say this: any ...

Graham

12st 7lb, 43 1/8", BMI 27.1, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 37.8% #

Graham

12st 7lb, 43 1/2", BMI 27.1, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 38.7%

With a lot to do today, I'm doubting I should add the distraction of fasting, though I wish I could. Not in a good place.

Graham

12st 5 3/4lb, 42 5/8", BMI 26.9, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 37%

Graham

12st 5 1/4lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 37.7% # The fast was easy*, I almost felt like not eating at the end, but I did, and once I did, even a 5-a-day on one big plate, with buttered toast, wasn't enough to satisfy me. At the end of the meal the desire for more nagged at me. After a l...

Graham

12st 6 1/4lb*, 43", BMI 26.9, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 37.7% # Fasting Did an hour on my bike, first such ride in over a week. Ate 3 meals, less than I wanted. Meal 3 was soup with buttered toast. It was a No S fail. I was hungry, the bowl was small, I had 2 bowls, intentionally, with grated cheese and ...

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb*, 42 3/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 38.1%, # In Southport again: notable achievement, drove 4 hours non-stop with NO SNACKS! I did drink some milk, and that has calories in it too, but they are permitted, unlike the nuts and raisins or sweets I have used to soothe and amuse myself...

Graham

12st 5 1/2lb, 42 7/8", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 37.6%, #

Graham

12st 7 1/4lb, 42 7/8", BMI 27.1, WHtR 63.5%, Body Fat 37.2%

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.9% #

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb, 43", BMI 26.7, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.2%

Graham

12st 5lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.5%

I don't get how I put the weight back on. I was on a focusing course, not physically active, sugar instead of sweeteners, biggish single-course lunch in a traditional local restaurant.

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.6, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.8% # Eating with SO complicated one plating my fast-breaker as oft before, I'll award myself an amber . It was a meal at one sitting, no dessert, no snacks - but served in two parts - the salad hit the plate first, eaten before the chicken, co...

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.6, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.7% # Fasting

I will be busier today, out and about. I wonder how I'll cope with my fast? I'll learn from it.

Graham

12st 4lb, 43", BMI 26.6, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.3% #

Rower: 10min 1.6K

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 42 3/4", BMI 26.7, WHtR 63.3%, Body Fat 37.5% #

A good fast, no idea what I weighed/measured beforehand so the effect is uncertain, I see I'm heavier than I was on Saturday. It feels like my digestion benefits from the break from eating, the fizzy water with lemon, the ginger tea.

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 42 3/8", BMI 26.6, WHtR 62.8, Body Fat 36.8% # Though life feels complicated and untidy, the simple challenge of a fast is almost a pleasure. The meal at the end is the most enjoyable eating, when my appetite seems a straightforwardly good thing. The difficult point is that the sense o...

Graham

12st 5 1/4 lb, 42 5/8", BMI 26.8, WHtR 63.1%, Body Fat 37.1% Fasting # Vaguely under the weather, but feeling like I really want to fast, not for the weight-loss but to rest my digestion. Let's see how it goes, and how I feel tomorrow morning. I have had to skip regular fasting these last few weeks ...

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