THE MODIFIED VIRGIN DIET DAY 21

Yesterday, I completed Day 21 of my modified version of The Virgin Diet. 

MY SYMPTOMS

• Acne - No
• Chronic mucus/stuffy nose - No
• Constipation and/or diarrhea - No, not since stopping the shakes
• Fatigue - Yes - In the afternoons on the days I work
• Food cravings - No
• Gas and bloating - No
• Headaches - No
• High blood glucose - No
• Inability to lose weight - No - Starting weight 147.8 - Current weight 144.8 - Goal weight 136 - To get back to goal, need to lose 8.8 more pounds.  Can button "measurement shorts" with a slight "muffin top".  Weight stayed the same yesterday for a total of 3 pounds in 21 days.
• Insomnia - No
• Joint pain - No
• Thinning, limp, lackluster hair - Yes
• Muscle pain  - No
• Nausea - No
• Swollen fingers - No

MY MENU

Yesterday, I ate this:

129g fat (77%)
66g protein
21g carbs


MY EXERCISE

I took a 2-mile walk after dinner.


THREE WEEK SUMMARY

Yesterday was the last of the 21 days of elimination.  My symptoms are improved, as you can see above.  I have lost a total of 3 pounds this past 3 weeks.  It would be fun if it was more, but Ill take it.  Today I start a week of eating eggs for four days in a row.  I have really missed eggs.  I am hoping that I dont have a resurgence of symptoms, because that will mean that I am intolerant of eggs and will only get to eat them occasionally or not at all, heaven forbid!


If you are interested in getting a short synopsis of how this plan works, you can click on the link at the beginning of this post or you can listen to Jimmy Moore interviewing JJ Virgin by clicking here.

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DAY 21 2016 WEIGHT LOSS AND BLOOD GLUCOSE CHALLENGE

Christmas Eve 2015

Today is Day 21.

Weight goal - 150 or lower
Actual weight - 148.4

Blood glucose goal - 89 or lower
Actual blood glucose - 81

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.

Its getting rather tiresome to keep recording everything I am eating, so unless I say that there was a change to the general way I eat, you can just assume that I am eating in the same way that I did for the first 20 days.

20 DAYS DOWN.  71 DAYS TO GO.

17 FEAST DAYS AND 4 FAST DAYS.

5.6 POUNDS GONE.  12.4 POUNDS TO GO.  

31% OF THE WAY TO MY GOAL AFTER ONLY 23% 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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AUGUST 21 WEEK 127 RESULTS

I tracked my food six 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 lost a total of 5/8", which includes:
I lost 0" around my neck
I lost 0" around my bicep
I lost 0" around my bust
I lost 1/8" around my midriff

I lost 0" around my waist
I lost 1/8" around my navel
I lost 1/8" around my hips
I lost 0" around my thigh

I lost 1/8" around my calf

Lost 0.000 points off my waist-to-height ratio

Gained 0.002 points onto my waist-to-hip ratio

 Lost 0.2 points off my body fat percentage

Gained 0.2 points onto my lean body mass percentage

Lost 0.4 lbs. of body fat

Gained 0.2 lbs. of lean mass
Lost 0.2 lbs. on the scale

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

A total of 31", which includes:
Neck - 13.75" to 12.125" - down 1.625"

Bicep - 12.5" to 11.5" - down 1"

Bust - 39.5" to 36.5" - down 3"

Midriff - 33.75" to 31.25" - down 2.5"

Waist - 35" to 31.875" - down 3.125"

Navel - 41.75" to 36.375" - down 5.375"

Hips - 45.5" to 40.125" - down 5.375"

Thigh - 25.75" to 22.75" - down 3"

Calf - 15" to 14" - down 1"

BODY COMPOSITION

TODAY

12.125" neck
31.875" waist
40.125" hips
0.506 waist-to-height ratio
0.794 waist-to-hip ratio
35.7% 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, 3.125" around my waist and 5.375" around my hips.  I have lost 9.1 percentage points on my body fat. 

ONE YEAR AGO

12.5" neck
31.25" waist
41" hips
0.496 waist-to-height ratio
0.762 waist-to-hip ratio
35.6% body fat

In the past year, I have lost 0.375" around my neck, I gained 0.625" around my waist and I lost 0.875" around my hips.  I have gained 0.1 percentage point onto my body fat.


ONE MONTH AGO

12.125" neck
32.25" waist
40" hips
0.512 waist-to-height ratio
0.806 waist-to-hip ratio
36% body fat

In the past month, I have lost 0" around my neck, 0.375" around my waist and gained 0.125" around my hips.  I have lost 0.3 percentage points on my body fat.

ONE WEEK AGO

12.125" neck
31.875" waist
40.25" hips
0.506 waist-to-height ratio
0.792 waist-to-hip ratio
35.9% body fat

In the past week, I have lost 0" around my neck, 0" around my waist and 0.125" around my hips.  I have lost 0.2 percentage points onto my body fat.


MY NEXT GOAL

12.125" neck
31.5" waist
39.875" hips
0.500 waist-to-height ratio
0.790 waist-to-hip ratio
35% body fat

To achieve this, I need to lose 0.375" around my waist and 0.25" 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 5.75" around my waist and another 2.875" 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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