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Saturday, February 25, 2012

No sugar, no problem

These past few days I, along with my wife who helped me test to know it would help me, decided I needed to go off of sugar.  To most this would seem like a huge letdown and be overcome with the thought of "I will never taste good food again."  However, in all honesty, so far I do not miss sugar and I am discovering that there is indeed life after sugar.

I will admit there is still one thing that I eat that has sugar, that is Greek yogurt, Fred Meyer brand.  It is only because the benefits are too great to pass up on.  With that said, it is funny just how much healthier you can be when eliminating sugar.  Also just how many less carbs you are going to consume.

The first thing that is important to note I do not recommend and will not myself use any of the Aspartame to sweeten any of my food.  You might as well dump in a cup of sugar into everything you eat, it would be healthier.  Instead of using crap like that, that has been found to cause cancer among other things, I prefer to use stevia and xylotal.

Both of these are natural products, not chemically altered, and have been found to have not side effects (unless you are a dog).  Back to the point, cutting sugar has really helped me have an easier time to cut the carbs in my diet.  It has also made me feel better and I have noticed that a rash on my arm that I have had for years is slowly starting to fade away farther than ever before.

In the next few days I will post some great recipes that you will sit there going, wait, I can have that even without sugar?

For now however it is important to know just how bad sugar is for you.  Alright, let me back up just a little bit, it is not bad for you in moderation, however with the amount that is put into our foods today and the amount of sugar that is being consumed on a daily basis, sugar is extremely dangerous.  Did you know that most people eat up to 500 calories a day in just pure sugar?  Think about that coke or even worse mountain due you had for lunch.  Did you bother to see the amount of sugar in just one 20 ounce bottle?  Think of this, in most 20 ounce soda drinks there are about 16 teaspoons of sugar in them, yummy.

Not only do we have to worry about the calories it adds to our diets, but it is important to also think about the fact that sugar is addictive.  Tell me you can't just eat one just one whopper?  Nope, it starts with one followed by two, three, the box, then a ride to the store to buy a few more.

So sugar is addictive, and can be a huge calorie increase, it can also be very dangerous for your blood including in kids.  Sugar is a simple carbohydrate.  It digests quickly and goes straight to the blood stream, rising your glucose levels and causing your pancreas to work overtime to get the sugar out of your blood and into energy.  On top of all of that it has been linked to one of the big reasons our kids are having such an obesity problem.  I know sugar was a huge problem for me.

Do yourself a favor, try to really cut the amount of sugar in your life, it'll help you lose weight, cut calories, keep your blood sugars down, cut those crappy carbs out of your diet, and make you feel so much better!

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

A week in

Ah, I bet my silence has made you think maybe I already fell off the wagon huh?  Fear not for that is not the case, although it was difficult with a birthday and everything I made it!  My net 100 diet is working better than I had anticipated!  You don't believe me?  Well than let us go to the numbers.

I started this diet a week ago and I weighed in at 196.6.

Yesterday (one week from the start) I weighed in at... wait for it... wait for it...

191.8

So for one weeks work I would say that 4.8 pounds is pretty good.  I can say too that this week is starting off pretty well too!  So we will see what I'm able to do this next week.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Net 100 diet Day 1: Maybe a Valentines day start was a bad idea

Alright, so note to self, Valentines day is probably not the best day to start a diet.  I was good all day however until I got home from work and the wife surprised me with an awesome dinner that had chicken, rice, and sauteed veggies.  That doesn't sound too bad, including since I was good the entire day.  However we did have dessert as well, chocolate dipped strawberries.  Below I'm going to list what I ate (not including my meal with Kate haha).  The good news however?  I still lost weight and I'm down to 195.4 this morning.  It looks like my morning exercise routine kicked into gear yesterday.

Breakfast: 


CaloriesCarbsFatProteinFiberChol
Isolate Advantage - Whey Protein Isolate - Rich Chocolate, 1 Scoop (30g)1106120110Ico_delete
Franz - 50 Calories Per Slice Bread 100% Whole Wheat, 1 slices50101320Ico_delete
Adams - 100% Natural Peanut Butter Creamy Unsalted, 1 tbs10538410Ico_delete
Blue Diamond Almonds Breeze - Almond Coconut Blend, 2 cup120140220Ico_delete
Whole Foods 365 Organic - Wildflower Raw Honey, 1 Tbsp (21g)60170000Ico_delete
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445501029610
Lunch:

Homemade - Turkey Chili , 1 Cup
19620124642Ico_delete
Sargento - Pepper Jack Shredded Cheese, 1/4 cup100276025Ico_delete
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29622830667
Dinner
Fresh Express - Heart of Romaine Lettuce, 2 cups910110Ico_delete
Kraft - Light Raspberry Vinaigrette Reduced Fat Dressing, 2 Tbsp5054000Ico_delete
Victory Garden - Sweet Grape Tomatoe, 15 tomatoes1550120Ico_delete
Chicken of the Sea - Pink Salmon Skinless & Boneless (6 oz/170g Pouch), 2 oz (56g)700213020Ico_delete
Generic - Pumpkin Seeds (Pepitas), Raw, Organic, 0.1 ounce (28g)1511100Ico_delete
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15912716320
Snacks
Archer Farms - Raw Almonds, 1 oz. - 10 almonds10649620Ico_delete
David - Pumpkin Seeds 2.25oz Bag, 2.25 oz / 64g Bag2806221520Ico_delete
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38610312140
Totals1,2869456961997
Your Daily Goal1,790246606721300
Remaining5041524-292203
CaloriesCarbsFatProteinFiberChol
This again does not include my meal with Kate.  So if we look at this we can see that I had 94 carbs, but 19 fiber.  So in total I had 25 net carbs still to work with.  Something tells me since I had brown rice and melted down chocolate chips I didn't get too far over that 100 mark and it has showed this morning.

Workout:

For my morning workout yesterday I did the following:
40 side crunches
20 bicycle
20 reverse crunches
40 regular crunches
2 reps of 16 shoulder press at 60 and 80 pounds
2 sets of bicep curls using a tension band
and playing around with an 8 pound medicine ball.