Tuesday, 4/3/07
Morning Weight: 166 pounds.
| + Basal Metabolic Rate*: | 1849 kcal |
| + General Activity*: | 1063 kcal |
| + Extra Activity and Exercise: | 287 kcal |
| - Weight Loss Goal: | 1000 kcal |
| Day Quota: | 2550 kcal |
| - Consumed: | 2663 kcal |
| Calories Left: | -448kcal |
7 bananas: 735 Calories
Steamed Spinach: 122 Calories
Dinner:
Five Small Potatoes: 592 Calories
Three TBS Raw Flaxseed: 177 calories
Two cups Lentils: 459 Calories
Snacks:
One Cup Cantaloupe: 53 calories
Five Bananas: 525 Calories
An auspiciousness title, I think.
Before I begin , I'd like to mention a few things that popped into my head last night that I figure are worth mentioning. First, have you ever noticed that your tongue is sometimes, if not always, covered with thin film? I have-In fact, I even have a ayurvedic tongue scraper from way back ago which has served me nicely over the years-. Anyway, I noticed that by day four or so my tongue was completely clear. I don't know if this corresponded with improved breath, but it felt a lot better.
The other matter was merely an interesting note. At 180 pounds, running for 20 minutes at 9 miles an hour will burn 380 calories, but only 345 at 166 pounds. The downside of losing weight is that meeting your exercise goals gets harder and harder. I've stared a few days at the counter on the treadmill, aghast has how few calories I was racking up. I suppose I could always run with a weighted vest, or just view it as me having exercised with a 14 pound weighed vest for the past 5 years. Either way, it's now a hell of a lot less tiring to run.
So, after going to the gym this morning and noting my 166 pounds, I decided that I needed to get myself back onto cooked foods slowly. I started off with four cups of steamed spinach with my normal bananas. Wondering if it had cooked enough, I stuck my fork into the steamer and popped a piece into my mouth; It tasted like rubber. I asked my girlfriend, who was besides me in the kitchen, to try a bit, thinking that I had a bad batch. She assured me that it tasted just like any other spinach that she had had, so I shrugged and forced it down.
By the time I left my dorm, I noted that my head felt a bit groggy, and I noticed in my first class that my throat felt a bit scratchy, but it didn't last long. I generally felt pretty good.
For dinner I had potatoes and lentils. It tasted good, but within an hour I was really hungry again, so I ate some bananas, which satisfied me to some degree. I'm writing this soon after dinner, and, perhaps it's my imagination, but my concentration doesn't seem nearly as good, and one thing that I've certainly noticed is that my energy and ambition, which have been pretty much bottomless during the last week, are flagging. I don't even really feel like finishing this blog entry.
In fact, I don't think I will. I am still curious to see if I'll gain weight on just the potatoes tomorrow, or if it'll take grains. Also, I wonder if this energy level is temporary, or just something I had adapted to from eating cooked for so long. I'm going to go lie down and read.
P.S. I added some pics from the morning, my last raw shots if you will.
1 comment:
Andrew - I eat raw food 95% and please explain to me how you are preparing/eating raw potatoes and lentils? Maybe I missed something. But if you ARE eating them raw, you are eating way too much starch for your body to really detoxify. Go with the fruit if that's what you want!! Some days all I eat is bananas, dates and coconut!
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