Primal Journal-deMuralist page 298

[demuralist]

Paula, that is where we are, well I am, I do all the chauffeuring in our house. It is tedious, but he has no interest in driving. He just recently started to ask about the insurance. It was right after I asked him about his senior prom. He just rolled his eyes when I asked if he planned to get his license or was he going to double date or make the girl drive (he doesn't have a girlfriend and won't admit to any interests).

So I learned something about myself today...I can easily physically skip a meal and have no dizziness or nausea the way I used to. that is the good news. Mentally, I get a "hey I skipped lunch so I can eat this" attitude which leads to over eating. So no more meal skipping for a while anyway!

[demuralist]

SW 2/26/13 =274.8
CW=269.4 up 1.2
Sleep= 6:31 w/ 91% efficiency
Urine Ketones= ever so slight change in color
Blood Ketones= no data yet-sorry, will read the directions today and do one tomorrow, promise.
Calories = 2659 clearly this is too many!
Net Carbs = 30g/4%
Fat= 254g/85%
Protein= 68g/10%
Steps = 6021

So the percentages were spot on but numbers were way too high, and I have just given a perfect example of how not to do your macros! I just do not skip meals well. Mentally anyway, physically I was fine, which is an improvement. I had not planned to totally skip the lunch, but the World Quest Bowl took twice as long as we expected.

I will take my measurements in a bit and record them for posterity in my MFP.

[Pebbles67]

You Tease.

[demuralist]

ok, so every measurement has either gone up or stayed the same.

Scale Body Fat is 54.5% and using the calculator that was just added to the EMF thread, that was supposedly the closest to that person's DEX scan results it was 28.11% (Body Fat Calculator)

I will report back here this afternoon if my bone scan (DEX) includes the BF%.

I am, oddly, not discouraged with the results so far. I feel like I went off course enough that it was a less than complete experiment. And I really need to do the blood ketones. I think that will get and keep me on track.

[Ddraig Goch]

I wouldn't beat yourself up too much.

I can't remember what you are shooting for protein wise but the number you posted doesn't look bad. For NK I think its important to keep the protein & carb right so the only number that should change is the fat. If you have a heavy day then the fat% will increase & you may not lose scale weight but it shouldn't affect NK. I think that is the key - cheat on the fat & it will put you back only in terms of scale weight for a day, cheat on proteins or carbs & it will throw you out of NK, which will put you back up to a week as you get back into NK again. But what do I know - you're the one with the monitor LOL. I cant wait for you to find out what really happens.

[demuralist]

Well the carbs are net, so the total number was 44g I think. I don't like the total over 35g. the protein was fine, I shoot for under 70g. I have read the directions and done the control for the monitor, so tomorrow when I weigh in I will do the NK test. I think I may do it every day when I am home and see what happens. The strips are expensive, but nothing compared to what it will cost me if I don't get this excess fat off!

p.s. I am interested to see Dr. Ede's next post as she is supposed to tell us why Dr. Rosendale suggests not to test for ketones. mmm

[RMS123]

Okay, this is crazy, but I'm excited for your blood monitor results

[demuralist]

yea, me too, I was a bit irritated when I weighed in this morning that I had not had a chance to read the directions and do the control test.

[athomeontherange]

I did the blood ketone last week and tried to do it this morning only to get an error!! GRRR!! Expensive error!

[RMS123]

Yeah. That's the problem with those strips. I'm going to start checking my FBS soon, so I'll have more data points, too