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Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.1%, #

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.1%, #

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 1/8" BMI 26.6, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 38.7% #

Graham

Sunday 12st 4 3/4lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 39.6%
Today 12st 3 3/4lb, 43 1/8" BMI 26.6, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 38.7%, Fasting

Today's results follow my new "Roast chicken and ice-cream diet" I'm wary of making it a long-term thing...

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.3% # Stepping back from how upset I could feel about these figures, there is the sheer surprise at what a day off the rails can do to my body! I had rather more starch than usual during the day, (I had gone "red"by early afternoon, into the "w...

Graham

Long ago I learned to stop looking at studies and start looking at evidence. I have tried for days to ignore the puzzlement I feel every time I read the above. If not from studies, where is evidence of quality, worthy of the name "evidence", to come from? Dr. David B. Allison, director of the Nutri...

Graham

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Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 40.3%, #

Green day - but with chips (French fries). SO is away, it was a chance to get the deep fryer out.

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.4%, #

Graham

I found that article encouraging, supporting No S but then, on the same web-site I found this: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131003095450.htm which supports snacking as an anti-obesity strategy and this: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120625125050.htm which supports havi...

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.4%, # It was an odd fast, it felt rather slack. I didn't do much except prepare my evening meal. I cooked the chickpeas in the morning, then started on the curry about 4, all was ready for dining about 6. Perhaps a chickpea curry with quinoa, ...

Graham

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Graham

12st 2 1/2lbs, 43 1/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.3%, # Fasting When I woke, remembering what seemed like modest eating yesterday, I was more disappointed than I can bear to say by what the scale and tape measure told me. I find a fast inconvenient today, as I have a dance class this evening...

Graham

All 4 posts by jigadrey, not just a spammer but apparently a criminal

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Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.3%

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.3%

Graham

12st 1 1/2lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.9%, #

Graham

12st 1 1/4lb, 43", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 39.1%, #

Graham

Hi Graham, You're right -- they are awful. I'll swap them out for amazon ads I can control. I guess I have a mental ad blocker because I've ceased even noticing them. Reinhard Hi Reinhard, I didn't realise you had the power to choose what types of ads would feature, but I think the changes you prop...

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.4%, # I can't blame it all on the strawberries with sugar and cream, or SO's idea of a portion, though they played a part in my regaining all my pre-fast weight and more than my pre-fast girth. That was the only part that felt like excess thou...

Graham

That was extremely helpful Mamie. I have now installed adblock plus which is similar but gets slightly better reviews and it seems the nasty ads have gone! Such a relief. Have a good day,

Graham

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.3%, #

Graham

I'm going slightly off-topic here: has anyone else been getting these strange adverts while they browse this forum that look like they're a bona fide adobe flash player download but it's actually another company trying to install software on your computer? Or banners that look like some sort of down...

Graham

Hello Diligence, thanks for the kind thoughts about Sam. I was not aware of "Millions of Cats". The information about it on Wikipedia is intriguing, I may try to hunt down a copy, it looks charming. Looking into that led me to "1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up" by Julia Ecclesh...

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 63.9%, Body Fat 39.1%, # Fasting I think my digestive system would appreciate a rest from food till this evening. I felt a momentary pang of sorrow as I decided to fast, but my stomach is somewhat acid today, and the idea of a fast also brought a sense of relief...

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.3% Didn't fast, new schedule: Monday is to be allotment day, so it can't also be a fasting day. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday already somewhat too busy to be allotment day. I would have preferred Monday and Thursday as fasting days if I want...

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.1%

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 5/16", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.2%, Body Fat 39.3%, #

Missed lunch, had a generous evening meal but it didn't suffice: the offer of dessert, apple crumble, with cream - I did not say no. Does that alone explain the weight/waist hike?

Graham

MerryKat and Eschano, Thank you both for your kind words. Sam was a very fine cat. In addition to his other good qualities I must add my admiration for how brave he was. I hope I could meet death as well as he did. I do not mean to suggest any of my other cats, or cats in general, met death less wel...

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43", BMI 26.2, WHtR 63.7%, Body Fat 38.9%, #

Graham

12st 1 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.2, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.9%, # So, a long time since I was below 170lbs. Not a happy day though. Sam, one of my remaining 2 cats, died last night. I'd had him since he was born about 16 years ago. Noisy and eccentric, insistently chummy. He was sweet, needing a lot of...

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 3/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.6%, #

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.4% #

Graham

12st 2lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 40.1%

Graham

12st 3 1/2lbs, 43 3/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.3%

Graham

Hi Tomj, it sounds to me like you might be being too hard on yourself. Digestive systems are very emotional things, very feelingful parts of ourselves. Going from heavy snacking to 3 meals which sound a bit low-calorie to me is maybe being a bit too drastic with yourself. Maybe try 3 meals but make ...

Graham

12st 2 1/4lb, 43 1/4", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.1%, Body Fat 39.4%, # I am not insisting on "no seconds" at the moment, nor my 5 to 7 a-day veg and fruit. I am noticing myself eating less, with 2 possible contributing factors (plus one scary one) and not wanting to delve in case I spoil things. Lots of mus...

Graham

12st 2 1/2lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 40.3%, #

Music to rehearse, choir every day till Sunday, not fasting.

Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 7/16", BMI 26.4, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.7%, # Yesterday I count neither green nor red. I had no lunch, so tea with biscuits at 3 was more like a mini-meal. Then a rushed repast before choir another, and finally a 4th at 10pm. Not ideal, but not excessive. I would rather manage to l...

Graham

I was beginning to think they'd gone..
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Graham

12st 2 3/4lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.4%, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40.8%, #

Graham

12st 2lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.3, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 40.4%, #

Graham

12st 3 1/2lbs, 43 3/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.3%, Fasting

Graham

12st 3 1/2lbs, 43 3/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.3%, Body Fat 39.4%

Graham

12st 3 1/2lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 40%, #

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 39.9%, #

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 39.8%, #

I have a lot of music to practice before Friday night's choir rehearsal, I am doubting I can do myself justice if I fast tomorrow.

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb, 43 11/16", BMI 26.7, 64.7%, 39.8%, #

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.5%, # This fast ended unhappily. I ate a decent meal with SO at 6, went to my tango class, danced a while, came home at 11 and sat with SO who was snacking - and I started snacking too. Her snacking isn't an issue for her, however, once I cros...

Graham

12st 4 1/2lbs, 43 5/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 39.7%, Fasting Here in London I don't have a working bike to use. I haven't put any effort into remedying that situation, my bike workshop opportunities clash with a Saturday tango class and practica. The lack of regular cycling has some bearing...

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 39.9%

So, I'm lighter and slimmer than yesterday, and last Sunday - but with no particular explanation to offer.

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.1%, #

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 44", BMI 27, WHtR 65.2%, Body Fat 40%, # Fasting

Things not looking too good. Fasting now is just putting the brakes on to stop me hurtling downhill even faster. I got no exercise to speak of yesterday, I ate well, but not foolishly or excessively, or so I thought...

Graham

12st 6 1/4lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.9, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 39.8%, # Another disaster. I didn't just snack, I ate 3 unsatisfactory meals, and had a pint of beer. It was the day, a day I couldn't handle as a No S eater. Breakfast was bitty instead of one plate. It is all muddle when I try to cater for SO and...

Graham

12st 5lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.8, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40.2%, # I am so disappointed with these figures. I think my final meal, when it had got rather late, was the killer: rice and lentil dal with mango chutney and yoghourt. And I had seconds, almost 2 plates in the end. It was moreish, I was hungry, and ...

Graham

12st 3 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.6%, # By eating a middling-sized meal around 6pm I managed fine at the dance class. At home later, I had a gentle but resistible urge to eat more. I'm looking forward to my next fast now. A new challenge: how to incorporate 7-a-day instead of ...

Graham

12st 5 1/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.8, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 39.8%, Fasting

I want my fast to be impactful, yet not to exhaust me before a new dance class this evening. Tricky.

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 39.7% And this is exactly where I was last Sunday... I have but one hope: that my eating today, though it be an S day, will be more moderate, and that a fast tomorrow or Tuesday (new dance class on Monday evening, post-fast stress not suitable) w...

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.1%, #

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 39.7%,# Fasting

Graham

12st 5 3/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.9, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 39.7%, # A further speculation about Tuesday's lapse: instant mashed potato. I was recalling what I read years ago about addictive substances: one factor was how quickly they were assimilated and eliminated, the gradient of impact. Instant mash i...

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40.2% # I think I know what went wrong last night: a meal I made for myself ended up being shared with SO. So I was probably just under-fed when thoughts of chocolate and then ice cream came calling. And I'm dealing with some tricky emotional stuff...

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 43 11/16", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.7%, Body Fat 39.8%, #

My evening meal was stir-fried marinated tofu, onions, red peppers, pineapple and beansprouts with rice. I'm wondering which is better nutritionally speaking, tofu or Quorn.

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 27, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 39.4%, Fasting Another crazy Sunday surge. I wonder: is it ice cream, or do Sunday surges happen without it? I will check. And this fast is inconvenient, as I have a new dance class this evening, and don't want post-fast tiredness to obstruct me. I...

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.4%

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.3%,#

Graham

12st 6 1/4lb, 43 5/8", BMI 26.9, WHtR 64.6%, Body Fat 39.2%, # Fasting

Graham

12st 5 3/4lb, 44", BMI 26.9, WHtR 65.2%, Body Fat 40.2%, #

Graham

12st 6 3/4lb 43 3/4", BMI 27, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 39.4%, #

Graham

12st 7 3/4lb, 44", BMI 27.2, WHtR 65.2%, Body Fat 39.7%, #

My least active fasting day to date. I had a good book, spent all day reading it, then caught up on a TV series recorded whilst I was away.

Graham

12st 7 3/4lb, 44 1/4" BMI 27.2, WHtR 65.6%, Body Fat 40.3%, Fasting

2 Litres of Ice cream seems to have been an unwise investment.

Graham

12st 5 3/4lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.9, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40%

Graham

Back in London , forgot weight and waist (or was it too chilly?) A pity not to know, I ended up not having either breakfast or lunch as I drove back from Southport, the motorway service prices spoil my appetite. Then I found myself feeling oddly uncertain whether and what I wanted to eat once I was...

Graham

12st 5 3/4lb, 44", BMI 26.9, WHtR 65.2%, Body Fat 40.2% #

Graham

12st 5lb, 44 1/4", BMI 26.8, WHtR 65.6%, Body Fat 41.1%, #

I ate breakfast late - but twice! So hungry after plate 1 of fried potatoes, halloumi and egg that I made a second portion almost as large as the first. I didn't want to feel so hungry.

Graham

12st 6 1/4lb, 44 1/8", BMI 26.9, WHtR 65.4%, Body Fat 40.4%, # So, I'm thinking about the simplicity of cooking for one. Even if I choose to serve my meal as some, and then the rest, technically failing at No S, as I did last night, I've still determined the meal size in advance by choosing how much...

Graham

I thought I'd reported these guys ages ago, but anyway: http://everydaysystems.com/bb/viewtopic.php?p=140378&highlight=# 140378 I see it is listed as edited @ 1 1/2 months after the original posting, perhaps that's when the spam url was added, but the text was already botty. http://everydaysystems.c...

Graham

12st 8 3/4lb, 44 1/4", BMI 27.3, WHtR 65.6%, Body Fat 40%, Fasting What to think of this weight hike? The scales seemed a bit undecided about what to tell me: 5 3/4, 7, 8, 8 3/4lb was what it settled on, and re-weighing told the same story It motivated me to choose to fast, which I had been reluctan...

Graham

The title of a very interesting article in the NY Times. It throws an informative light on a factor which may be behind some of our collective tendency to pile on the pounds. I can't say it will help you get slimmer, but you may feel a little more enlightened. I did, and found some comfort in that. ...

Graham

12st 5 3/4lb, 44 1/8", BMI 26.9, WHtR 65.4%, Body Fat 40.5%

Graham

12st 5 3/4lb, 44 1/4", BMI 26.9, WHtR 65.6%, Body Fat 40.8% # Good things about today: 1. I was able to cycle today. My knee was less bothersome last night following a cycling break, so I was happy to do it today. 2. I have discovered a really good weekend treat: Divine chocolate. It is a fair-trade...

Graham

12st 5 1/2lb, 44 1/4" BMI 26.8, WHtR 65.6%, Body Fat 40.9%, #

Graham

12st 5 3/4lb, 44 1/4", BMI 26.9, WHtR 65.6%, Body Fat 40.8% # Visited a neighbour to watch England v Denmark. Accepted "hospitality" though I'd already eaten. I was torn between No S and "good guest" modes and some little appetite for ice cream dessert. I still didn't have to have seconds of that, o...

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.3%, # I'm not trying to hold to one plate at the moment, whilst adhering to no sweets and no snacks. I'm riding my bike daily, not managing 3 meals so a little untidiness around the evening meal seems tolerable, and liveable in a way one-plati...

Graham

12st 5 1/4lb, 44", BMI 26.8, WHtR 65.2%, Body Fat 40.4%, # When is a fast not a fast? I had milk in my morning coffee but then despite cycling and later DIY project with my neighbour, apart from a cup of tea, again with milk, I didn't eat all day!. Then had some toast before my evening meditation an...

Graham

12st 7 1/4lb, 43 7/8", BMI 27.1, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 39.5%

Unless this is the scales I'm in a mess. (I weighed myself twice, the first said 12st 8 3/4lb - which seemed crazy) What did I do yesterday? No exercise, a quiet day recovering from 400g of peanuts after bike ride hunger.

Graham

12st 5 1/4lb, 44 1/4", BMI 26.8, WHtR 65.6%, Body Fat 41%, The figures don't look great, and I have a stomach-ache. Actually yesterday started "good" - I rode my bike for about an hour in total for the second day in a row, discovering that I had become shockingly unfit over the time I'd not been cyc...

Graham

Maybe you don't need to hear this, but if you want to feel encouraged to keep to "No Sweets" or would like an extra virtuous glow, read this: http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/eating-too-much-added-sugar-increases-the-risk-of-dying-with-heart-disease-201402067021?utm_source=review&utm_medium=email&...

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40.2% #

Graham

Bennedicta, I don't know how long you fasted for, or what the meals you didn't have would have contained, but the meal you ate sounds rather unsatisfying to me - low in protein, and what type of soup was it? Maybe it just wasn't enough to replace what you'd gone without? Also you don't state how act...

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb, 43 7/8", BMI 26.7, WHtR 65%, Body Fat 40.3%, # Fast went well though interruptions brought my exercise plans to naught. Today's figures might have been the same even if I hadn't fasted, the evening meal was generous. The No S fail is the result of a can of cola. @Eschano, by fasting I ...

Graham

12st 5 1/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.8, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 39.8%, # Fasting The decision to fast wasn't easy. I do and don't want to, then it was time for coffee, black or white? And I chose black. So, that's it. I have had a stable weight over many days without fasting. Last night I ate a generous meal ...

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.4%, #

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.7%

10/3/2014 added this note: this is the day I drove to Southport, so weight/waist figures from Wednesday 26th (the next entry here) are now measured with a different electronic scale and tape measure.

Graham

12st 3 1/4lb, 43 11/16", BMI 26.5, WHtR 64.7%, Body Fat 40.2%

Sunday weight/waist drop - a rare event! I went to a post-performance farewell party for dear dance teacher - ate, drank, danced tango.

Graham

12st 4 3/4lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.3%, #

Graham

12st 4 1/2lb, 43 1/2", BMI 26.7, WHtR 64.4%, Body Fat 39.4%, # I have loosened my grip on the 5-a-day thing, it was requiring me to sometimes cook rather larger meals than I'd otherwise have produced. Last night, tired, I yielded to an offer of pasta, pesto and broccoli rather than the vegetable and...

Graham

12st 4 1/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.6, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 40.1%, # So is this what happens when I eat ice cream instead of eating "properly"? It does make me wonder about the wisdom of my diligent efforts to get my "five a day". It probably leads to me eating more than I should. Ice cream? Laziness plus...

Graham

12st 5 1/4lb, 43 3/4", BMI 26.8, WHtR 64.8%, Body Fat 39.8%, #

Graham

12st 6 1/4lb, 44 1/4", BMI 26.9, WHtR 65.6%, Body Fat 40.7% I did eat plenty yesterday evening, and then a doughnut on top, for sentimental reasons - but a 2lb gain and 1/2" on my waist in one day is an unsettling result. Last day of Tomatis, singing so not fasting. That effort must wait a few more ...

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