Saturday, day one-hundred and eleven, weekend feed day Weigh-in at start of day wt. 115.8lbs (analogue scales corrected ~113.7lbs); 0.4lbs gain
... t.measures - ub. 28.9, w. 26.2, t. 31.8, h. 35.25 inches
Well, I'm swithering here - the scales initially read 115.4lbs but then moved on to 115.8lbs and stuck there - do I take the lower, waggier, reading or go with the gain? The analogue scales look pretty much as they did yesterday, but picking up anything less than a 1lb shift on them is unlikely. Hmmm. I could go for the lower and put the upper reading down to the eeevil scales-fairy, or go with the gain and put it down to the V&P vary-fairy (which, given my carborific indiscretions on Thursday, is perfectly reasonable; indeed the rise fits in with my wobbly hypothesis that "it's the carbs wot done it", all 72.71g of them). Ach, the higher one it'll be then. But I've decided to stop ignoring the changes on the tape measure, so I'm doing a waggy FatDog dance round the living room anyway.
Thus my
report for the end of week 24 on 4:3 : 1.8lbs weight lost, and a slither off under-bust, double slither waist and stomach, and a half inch off hips.
If truth be told, the hips measurement might well be a further double slither off that. And, when I first did my waist this morning (using my 'close your eyes and dig your nails in' blind method) the tape read 25.5 inches! No muffin top, but I couldn't comfortably wear a skirt like that all day so went for the 'slack tape' reading, given above, which still had me staggering out of the bathroom in disbelief to check the tape in the mirror. Definite, measurable, shrinkage.
Lots of bargains needing used in the fridge, so methinks the menu will be butternut squash and sweet potato mash (40p) with stilton (35p for 125g), steamed cabbaged (20p), veggie sausages (50p) and onion gravy.
The mash was more like a soup(!) and / so the gravy didn't happen - but it all tasted rather good; no complaints from OH - "excellent", he said (methinks a man of questionable taste, but I enjoyed it too) although I was somewhat confused, as it wasn't what I'd meant it to be.
........ Calories 1668.72 Carbs 61.60 Fat 80.94 Protein 56.67 Fibre 19.71
Hankered after a pudding so went for some dried apricots - which rather busted the carbs - and was otherwise distracted and did some "munching in front of a video". Video was rather gubbing / moving in parts - would now recommend "The Corporation" to the (politically) converted and unconverted - but don't expect to see how you live in the same way again. Oddly, I've just noticed that Ferriss recommends that video at the end of his "spotting bad science 101" appendix.
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Sunday, day one-hundred and twelve, weekend feed day Weigh-in at start of day wt. 115.8lbs (analogue scales corrected ~113.7lbs); 0.0lbs loss
... t.measures - ub. 28.9, w. 26.2, t. 31.8, h. 35.25 inches
Well, it might have been worse - it could have gone up! Think that this is still compensation for misdemeanours earlier in the week.
So, needing to keep things on the straight-and-narrow, I immediately go and over-do it. I'm not that convinced by the figures for turnips or red lentils in my dinner but, however benignly I read the numbers, I'm still stuffed when it comes to my carbohydrate intake today. And calories!
As a simple example,of my hopelessness, I succumbed and ate a tiny slice of my Flake "birthday cake" (I'd resisted it up until now): apart from being fairly horrid to eat, it was just an 8g sample but it made a serious dent in my carbs (4.5g!). At which point in my weak-willed carbocalypsed state, I near gave up and thought of a Ferriss 'binge', but turned to a "cheese crisp" (pinged cheese - not those dangerous potato things) and nut spree instead - I just hope that the damage won't last for more than a couple of days
So, the accounts are terrible - may be this is the blow-out that I didn't have on my birthday?
........ Calories 1900.98 Carbs 71.22 Fat 96.50 Protein 44.69 Fibre 17.76
The herb / spice list below might look intimidating but it's actually a cobble-together of the seasonings in the Niter Kibbeh oil and Berbere paste that the original recipe calls for. It worked too - "delicious" was the verdict all round.
Ye' atakilt W'et, Ethiopian mixed veggie stew; adapted from CBB's World Vegetarian Classics, p174
carrots, co-op, prepared, 35c/C6.0/F0.5/P0.7/F2.8/100g
......... 400g 140.00 24.00 2.00 2.80 11.20
mangetout, co-op, 40c/C4.2/F0.2/P3.6/Fi2.6/100g
......... 300g 56.80 5.96 0.60 10.80 7.80
tomatoes, tinned, chopped 15c/C3.0/F0.1/P1.0/Fi0.7/100g
......... 400g 60.00 12.00 0.40 4.00 2.80
lentils, red, 332c/C51.0/F1.3/P23.8/Fi5.0/100g
......... 150g 498.00 76.50 1.95 35.70 7.50
onion, red, co-op, fine sliced, 35c/C7.6/F0.2/P1.3/Fi1.4/100g
......... 126g 44.10 9.58 0.25 1.64 1.76
garlic, minced, 149c/C33.06/F0.5/P6.36/Fi2.1/100g
......... 10g 14.90 3.31 0.05 0.63 0.21
tomato puree, 410c/C18.1/F0/P4.8/Fi2.5/100g
......... 45ml 184.50 8.15 0.00 2.16 1.13
sunflower oil, 125c/C0/F13.8/P0/Fi0/15ml
......... 60ml 500.00 0.00 55.20 0.00 0.00
ginger, dried ground
......... 2ml 0.00
cardamom seed, fresh ground
......... 5ml (approx 18 pods) 0.00
cinnamon, dried ground
......... 1ml 0.00
cloves, fresh ground
......... 2 of 0.00
nutmeg, dried ground
......... 0.5ml 0.00
fennugreek seed, fresh ground
......... 1ml 0.00
turmeric, dried ground
......... 1ml 0.00
basil, dried
......... 2ml 0.00
cumin seed, fresh ground
......... 5ml 0.00
black pepper corn, fresh ground
......... 1ml 0.00
coriander seed, fresh ground
......... 2ml 0.00
chilli flakes
......... 2ml 0.00
allspice, dried ground
......... 1ml 0.00
paprika, dried ground
......... 10ml 0.00
total for Ye' atakilt W'et 1498.30 139.49 60.45 57.73 32.40
FatDog's1/5 portion of Ye' atakilt W'et 299.66 27.90 12.09 11.55 6.48Method: 1. cook the onions
without oil on a medium heat until softened - stir lots or they'll stick (or use a non-stick pan and then transfer them to your big lidded casserole pot); 2. add the oil, garlic, herbs & spices and stir well until the aroma is delectable; 3. add the veggies and mix until they're well coated, then cook a few minutes with the lid on; 4. add the stock, lentils, tomatoes and tomato puree; 5. bring to the bubble then reduce to a low simmer and cook with the lid on until the veggies are soft and the lentils are done, the longer the better methinks; 6. serve on top of turnip rosti.
I'm pretty certain that red lentils aren't that carbiferous - but all the silly packet side nutrition data is for cooked weight, not raw (I'm supposed to get the lentils separated back out of my stew to weigh them once they're cooked how?) - and them figures above are the only ones I can find for raw (three different sources but all equally daft).
turnip rosti, FatDog & VBF recipe
turnip, peeled and grated, 24c/C5.0/F0.3/P0.7/Fi1.9/100g
......... 560g 134.40 28.00 1.68 3.92 10.64
sunflower oil, 125c/C0/F13.8/P0/Fi0/15ml
......... 90ml 750.00 0.00 82.80 0.00 0.00
s&p 0.00
total for turnip rosti 884.40 28.00 84.48 3.92 10.64
FatDog's ¼ portion of turnip rosti 221.10 7.00 21.12 0.98 2.66Method: 1. have a kitchen slave (aka best neighbour) grate your turnip; 2. coat with oil (but next time do not allow the VBF to add the oil - she does not understand the word moderation - I'd have used half the amount) and season well with salt and pepper; 3. pack flat out onto an oiled baking tray; 4. cook in a pre-heated oven at 200C for 20 minutes then up the temperature to 230C for another 10 minutes or so to brown the top nicely.
And the turnip nutrition data is actually swede nutrition data - if anyone has reliable turnip info I'd be grateful to update this.
Oh, and the more I read Ferriss, the more I realise he's utterly bonkers (self declared "mad-man", can't remember the page) but also seriously inspired! YMMV.