Vegetarian: Week Three

Vegetarian Week Three:

Closing in on 100 Kilos, and then double figures. Currently 101.8. The vegetarian diet not hard in the least, 3 weeks in and other than the occasional reminder that I'm not having meat (ordering fish and chips etc..) it does not feel like I am on a diet at all. 15 more days and does not feel restrictive in the slightest.

Lentil burgers are one of my favourite dishes, followed by Felafel rissoles in Pita Pockets. This diet works as meat is a substantial portion of the meal, but coupled with the dietary habits taken from the previous months (no snacking, low to no added sugar, reduced carbs at night) it adds to a continuing weight reduction.

Not really thinking about this diet at all and am thinking more of what to do next. Options are dairy free, gluten free, 3 meals a day and Vegan. Vegan is likely a no (or not right now) as it's Max's birthday within the next diet range and we're planning on going out and I'd like to eat more than a garden salad if we go to a restaurant.

Vegetarian: Week Two

Vegetarian - Week Two. This seems like the easiest and least impactive of the diets I have trialled so far. It's not hard in the slightest and seems to come with no cravings, no losses or issues attached.

Simply removing meat is not hard at all. I was a vegetarian for a year or two when I was in my late teens, and I don't even think about it.

I have kept up with a reduced sugar, carb and snack regimen - but without removing these things entirely. I don't bother snacking after dinner any more and a cup of tea is about it for me generally. I did have a small salted popcorn when at the movies the other night, but only because it was free with La Premiere. They offered me a free drink as well but I just went water.

I was 102.8 Kilos this morning and was finally able to fit the t-shirt you see above.

I bought this on sale for $99 in Sydney over 10 years ago and it has NEVER fitted me. I bought it thinking that one day it might because I loved the shirt design that much (That's John Coltrane if you don't know) and it was half price at $99 - the most I have ever spent on what is basically a t-shirt.

I have been trying it on once a week for the last 6 weeks or so and this morning when I put it on it felt like it fit properly and I did not feel like a sausage in it.

Aspirational clothing, this is the one I wanted more than anything else.

Vegetarian: Week One

Vegetarian Week One:

Vegetarian is not really that hard, I was a vego for 2 years or so in my late teens. There was not a real driving force behind it other than curiosity and to prove that I could. This transition is going to be the easiest as up and down the road where I work there are Vegetarian, Vegan, Hare Krishna and Indian places to eat.

Whats more fascinating is that I'm kind of in training for a diet a few months from now. Vegetarian this month, No-Dairy next month and then after that the big one - Vegan. I suspect that one will suck majorly and hence I'm kind of in training for it. So I have been a vego for 4 days now and other than wanting to try the Crack Pie from Hard Luck Cafe, I haven't really had to think too hard about it. I eat salads and vegetables more anyway, and when I was eating meat I was not consuming that much of it as I fill up very quickly.

The return of carbs to my diet in the afternoon/evening has almost created a zero sum in that the meat has gone so they kind of balance out.


On the too much information side though my weight has now reduced by another kilo, clocking in at 103.2 kilos this morning, down from 104.0 last night. However since losing a bit of weight an reducing my intake considerably and for better foods, my regular toilet schedule has changed. Where it was very regular on a daily basis, the frequency has halved and my body seems to be expelling less. The weight loss pattern now staggers around the expelling of waste as well as a general reduction as my diet has improved markedly. So some days I stay the same and 2 or 3 times a week I make a jump down (or should that be dump?).

No Carbs After Lunch: Week Four

No Carbs After Lunch Week Four.

This diet has become a slightly different diet than when I started it. It's still bound by the no carbs after lunch rule, but it would be more truthful to say that it has become the big lunch small dinner diet.

More often that not the dinner meal (with the exception of being sick) which I have not been skipping but committing to eat every day, has become a regularly small meal. So usually that means a salad or a soup or if I'm hungry sometimes both.

The hard part is avoiding bread which feels so natural with soups. Particularly my go to soup which is Tomato Soup with chili added and grated parmesan (fresh) cheese swirled in.

Even so this diet continues to add (or subtract) from the weight loss figure depending on which way you look at it.

Interesting things to note are that my shows and socks are getting looser, not something I had considered that I put on weight in my feet? However shoes are now looser and some socks I have to replace as they slip off my feet inside my shoes, which is weird. Also as I have a nasty cold at the moment so I feel less and less hungry and have to remind myself to eat more, which is kind of odd too.

However hopefully this cold will be gone by the weekend and I'll be back to normal (as normal as things are right now).

Current Weight 104.8 kgs.

Next diet: Unknown, either zero dairy/vegetarian or 3 regular meals a day zero snacking.