11/09/24 96.1 36.71 0 0
10/09/24 96.4 36.66 0 0.25
09/09/24 96.7 36.63 0 0.25
08/09/24 97 36.84 0 0
07/09/24 96.6 36.58 0 0
06/09/24 96.8 36.76 0 0
05/09/24 96.5 36.56 0 0.25
04/09/24 97 36.66 0 0.25
03/09/24 95.9 36.83 0 0
I've put my thyroid dose back up a bit because I'm getting hypometabolism symptoms, sluggishness mainly, plus plantar fasciitis (a very recognisable type of foot pain that's always been a low-thyroid symptom for me), in spite of having a waking temperature that I would once have considered normal or even a bit high (seven day average 36.67C = 98.0F, absolutely bang where Broda Barnes said it should be but my way of measuring it gives slightly higher readings than his method so I think he'd still think I was a bit low.)
That does seem to have fixed the problem, so I reckon I still need a bit of exogenous thyroid assistance, and maybe the fact that it's still maybe 0.2C lower than he said it should be means that I'm still a bit underpowered even with the assistance?
My weight is pretty clearly dropping, maybe 1/3 of a kilo/week?
So I think I'm currently slightly above set-point, but not much.
I'd describe my current diet as whatever, moderate-protein swamp (no PUFAs, no sulphites). Mostly carbs, buttered toast and porridge with a bit of cream and coconut oil, not much animal food apart from the cream, the odd egg and bit of black pudding. Almost vegan. I think there might have been a block of cheese. And I naturally drink lots of milk and put it in porridge, so lots of milk. OK maybe not very vegan. Oh yes butter. At least a couple of blocks of butter.
So I'm guessing, high-protein fatted calf diet at Mum's put my set point way high, spectacular weight gain resulted. My attempts to eat low-protein at home were failz because it turns out that bread and potatoes have lots of protein in them. But they did help a bit.
Back home and choosing foods for myself, I'm naturally less protein-seeky, and that's moderated the PUFA-effects and now I'm slightly above set point and not eating that much. But I'm not food-averse like I often am on ex150ish.
I've been experimenting with rice. I don't like rice. Nasty gloopy stuff that they eat in places that are too crap to grow potatoes and wheat. But it's low-protein carbs so I was wondering if there was any way of eating it.
Turns out rice pudding is nice. You boil rice to buggery in a little pan and then add lots of milk and cream and honey and spices and butter and coconut oil. Lovely. Low-protein swamp!
I think I just invented vegetarian curry.
Anyway, weight dropping slowly, the epistemically virtuous thing to do would be to keep my hands away from the controls and watch what happens, but I don't like being this heavy. I can feel it and I don't like it.
So next week, ex150ish-7, the 'let's take off and nuke the site from orbit diet'.
I expect this to work.
Mild headaches on ketosis entry, so a few days of keto-electrolytes to moderate this 'keto flu'.
Non-existent appetite, rapid weight loss, excellent mental clarity, overheating resulting in dropping remaining thyroid dosage, the "two fuels" problem where I can get my mind tired while still having plenty of physical energy. If any of these things don't happen I'll be surprised.
Mostly that's a bit subjective, but weight-wise I can make predictions.
I expect it to work like ex150-5 did, when I started from a similarly ponderous position, except without the disruptions caused by pickled cabbage.
So I expect to lose around two kilos of actual body fat in two weeks, plus a 1.5kg water-weight loss due to glycogen depletion, followed by a 1.5kg water-weight regain at the end.
Current seven-day average is 96.6 kg, so in two weeks time I expect to be 93.1 kg, and then to bounce back up to 94.6kg in the following week.
Carbs into the forbidden cupboard, off to Sainbury's for supplies. Wish me luck.
Have you tried my (delicious) method for cooking rice? I suspect not, but thought I'd ask. :)
It's the only way to make sure.
Btw I think rice is only a little bit less protein than wheat or potatoes. One random entry in the USDA database shows it as 9.5% protein of kcals, and wheat/potatoes at 10-10.5%. I think I have seen a 7% entry before, but not sure if that was potatoes or rice.
I guess 7% vs. 10% would actually make a pretty big difference.