Thursday, April 24, 2014

Maintenance Plan for Week 11

Well I am almost to the end of my 5 N day experiment of No Sweets on N days, and I have decided for the time being to go back to the way it was before--allowing sweets anyday of the week. Only I want to try setting a moderate limit to it next week and see how it goes. (No more than 1/3 of my bites or so for each meal for Sweets) (candy, cookies, desserts, p butter)  Sweets is not jelly, yogurt and stuff like that.  If that doesnt work well for me, then I will probably go back to the way it was originally, where I decide how many bites of sweets I shall have and it is basicly unlimted, as long as I am within my bite count. So many experiments!

In the Meantime, I found out that Tryglyceride Fish Oil is about 70% more absorbed than Ethyl Ester Fish oil, at least for some time, so I am trying to change to Nordic Naturals to see if that also helps me more.  I take around 4 grams of EPA, a high dose of fish oil for my mental health. This is my personal choice, along with exercise ect to help boost my mood as a natural alternative
  



Current Weight: 146.6  lbs   Current BMI  23.3

Inside  5 lb Maintenance Range (144.5 to 149.5)

See Goal Range/Trend wieght graphed out here
https://trendweight.com/u/cd1f67ad57c04c/



Week 11 Maintenance Plan....



Monday-Friday (N days): 45 bites
Saturday-Sunday (S days): 55 bites

N day Plan..


7:30 or before Start exercising 4 miles

Meal 1 7-7:30 AM-  7 bites

Meal 2   Noon- 12:15  14 bites

Meal 3  6 PM or when family eats  24 bites

45 bites total



Questions and Comments Welcome!

7 comments:

  1. I' found your blog from everyday systems. I'm impressed with your dedication, but I'm curious about the number of calories you're consuming. I counted my bites and one banana for me is 22 bites. Your bites must be a little larger. Thanks in advance for your answer.

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    1. Hello! Thank you for commenting! I don't know how many calories I am eating, that is the whole point, I don't have to count calories :) However, I estimate that my calories per bite is somewhere around 35 or a bit more, that would be average per bite.

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    2. My bites are about 3/4 Tablespoon give or take. Small bites are great, then you just get twice as many. I like enough food in my mouth that I can taste all the different flavors better. When I took smaller ones I didn't like that as well

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  2. Hi Amanda,
    My bites would be small and many which would make it a pain. Even then, I would swallow twice, so I wouldn't be counting my swallows as some instruct.
    I know how you feel about the sweets thing. Even after being on No S for a long while, I still long for the sweet treats. Hope you find your comfort zone. By the way, I'm the punctuation police. Etcetera is etc... wouldn't mention it except you use it a lot. Disregard is you don't give a flying fig :)

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  3. I always need a sweet after I eat. It makes the meal end for me. Great work!

    http://countingbitesdietblog.blogspot.com/

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  4. Are you still doing the peanut butter & prunes after each meal? I tried but then I got sick of eating them so often. I could probably do once a day.

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  5. Hi, No I stopeed the Peanut butter. Been having heart palps again and I am also trying to help my Omega 3 absorb. Peanuts and Peanut butter is high in Omega 6 which competes with and prevents Omega 3 from absorbing as good. So I still eat a little peanut butter, just not as much as I was. No, not doing the prunes, might do it again though. I did start wheat grass again. I feel more energized or something on Pines Wheat Grass powder

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