DAY 19 2016 WEIGHT LOSS AND BLOOD GLUCOSE CHALLENGE

Christmas Eve 2015

Today is Day 19.

Weight goal - 150.4 or lower
Actual weight - 147.4

Blood glucose goal - 89 or lower
Actual blood glucose - 80

Today is a Feast Day!




For me, that means a ketogenic diet - high fat, moderate protein and very low carb. Each day, I will weigh in, check my fasting blood glucose, find out if I will feast or fast that day, update my chart and post it here on the big blog. Im posting it to motivate myself not to give up, and if I think that anyone is looking at this, it will help to keep me accountable.

Yesterday, I had a cup of coffee with Stevia, a cup of chai with Stevia, a cup of beef broth with sea salt and a large glass of limeade made with water, ReaLime juice and Stevia. 

I hit a new low for my weight, which is always nice!

18 DAYS DOWN.  73 DAYS TO GO.

15 FEAST DAYS AND 4 FAST DAYS.

6.6 POUNDS GONE.  11.4 POUNDS TO GO.  

37% OF THE WAY TO MY GOAL AFTER ONLY 21% OF THE DAYS!

I made a few charts to track my progress.  The orange lines are my goals. The blue lines are my actual results.  The last chart is a little heat map to show at a glance how often I actually have to fast to achieve the results I am after.

(click on charts to enlarge

This is a personal challenge just for me, but if anyone reading would like to join me, please talk to your doctor and make sure that it will not conflict with your current medical condition or medications.  If you are taking the challenge, please be sure to let me know how you are doing!  Thanks for reading!

To find out more about this challenge - the rules and how it started - click here.

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JUNE 19 WEEK 118 RESULTS

I tracked my food five days this past week on Fitday.  Here are the averages of what I ate:

I take my full measurements every Sunday.  In the past week:

I gained a total of 2-5/8", which includes:
I gained 1/8" around my neck
I lost 0" around my bicep
I gained 1/4" around my bust
I gained 1/8" around my midriff

I gained 1/4" around my waist
I gained 1/2" around my navel
I gained 5/8" around my hips
I gained 1/4" around my thigh

I gained 1/8" around my calf

Gained 0.004 points onto my waist-to-height ratio

Lost 0.006 points onto my waist-to-hip ratio

 Gained 0.9 points off my body fat percentage

Lost 0.9 points onto my lean body mass percentage

Gained 1.7 lbs. of body fat

Lost 0.3 lbs. of lean mass
Gained 1.4 lbs. on the scale

Here is what I have lost so far, since starting to lose weight in February 2009:

Neck - 13.75" to 12.125" - down 1.625"

Bicep - 12.5" to 11" - down 1.5"

Bust - 39.5" to 36" - down 3.5"

Midriff - 33.75" to 30.625" - down 3.125"

Waist - 35" to 31" - down 4"

Navel - 41.75" to 35.875" - down 5.875"

Hips - 45.5" to 39.5" - down 6"

Thigh - 25.75" to 22.25" - down 3.5"

Calf - 15" to 13.625" - down 1.375"

BODY COMPOSITION

TODAY

12.125" neck
31" waist
39.5" hips
0.492 waist-to-height ratio
0.785 waist-to-hip ratio
33.9% body fat


AT THE BEGINNING OF WEIGHT LOSS 2/22/09

13.75" neck
35" waist
45.5" hips
0.556 waist-to-height ratio
0.769 waist-to-hip ratio
44.8% body fat

Since my heaviest weight in February 2009, I have lost 1.625" around my neck, 4" around my waist and 6" around my hips.  I have lost 10.9 percentage points on my body fat. 

ONE YEAR AGO

12.5" neck
31.375" waist
40.625" hips
0.498 waist-to-height ratio
0.772 waist-to-hip ratio
35.3% body fat

In the past year, I have lost 0.375" around my neck, I lost 0.375" around my waist and I lost 1.125" around my hips.  I have lost 1.4 percentage point off my body fat.


ONE MONTH AGO

11.875" neck
29.75" waist
38.625" hips
0.472 waist-to-height ratio
0.770 waist-to-hip ratio
31.6% body fat

In the past month, I have gained 0.25" around my neck, 1.25" around my waist and 0.375" around my hips.  I have gained 2.3 percentage points on my body fat.

ONE WEEK AGO

12" neck
30.75" waist
38.875" hips
0.488 waist-to-height ratio
0.791 waist-to-hip ratio
33% body fat

In the past week, I have gained 0.125" around my neck, 0.25" around my waist and 0.625" around my hips.  I have gained 0.9 percentage points onto my body fat.


MY NEXT GOAL

12" neck
30.5" waist
39.125" hips
0.484 waist-to-height ratio
0.780 waist-to-hip ratio
33% body fat

To achieve this, I need to lose 0.125" around my neck, 0.5" around my waist and 0.375" around my hips.

MY ULTIMATE DREAM GOAL

11.875" neck
26.125" waist
37.25" hips
0.415 waist-to-height ratio
0.701 waist-to-hip ratio
25% body fat

To achieve this, I need to lose another 0.25" around my neck, another 4.875" around my waist and another 2.25" around my hips.

If I reach this goal, I will have lost 1.875" around my neck, 8.875" around my waist and 8.25" around my hips since February 22, 2009.

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