My first day on Induction (Initial blood test results + Menus)

[joesabido]

Well... my first day on induction is getting closer to its end, it's 10:30pm and here's a breakdown:

7:30am - Wake up, shower and get dressed

8:10am - Arrive at clinic to get my blood tested for cholesterol, triglycerides and other stuff... I'll be taking monthly measurements to see if my levels improve.

8:20am - In less than 10 minutes 3 tubes of blood left my body, and around $40 dollars left my wallet Results will be ready at 5:30pm

8:30am - Got back home and had 3 scrambled eggs with butter and 3oz of left-over filet mignon, had maybe 100ml of Coke-Zero and around 400ml of water.

9:00am - Arrive at work.

12:45pm - Had 8oz of broiled rib-eye seasoned with red pepper, black pepper, garlic, paprika and salt... just delicious! A handfull of lettuce, some broccoli, 2oz pepper-jack cheese, half a Hass avocado and some celery with 2 spoons (1carb) of blue-cheese dressing, all drizzled with olive oil.

5:45pm - Pick up my test results, my blood chemistry (including blood sugar) looks great but my uric acid is high (8.9mg/dL), my bad cholesterol is high (225mg/dL) and my triglycerids are SKY HIGH (503mg/dL) well, that was expected having had a high-carb life for so long

6:15pm - Had 6oz of grilled skirt-meat (we call it "arrachera" here in México) with some butter and the same seasoning as the rib-eye, 2oz pepper-jack cheese, handfull of lettuce, handfull of celery, 2 spoons of blue-cheese dressing and the other half of the avocado, all drizzled with olive oil.

8:00pm - Had 15min of medium intensity bicycle, with 2-minute high intensity bursts. Moving my legs made me wanna go to the throne, and I did... generously...

9:00pm - Had 3 scrambled eggs with butter, a bit of mustard and 2oz of fresh bacon (from the butcher, it's less salty)

I didn't really keep track of how much water I had, but a wild guess would be around 1 gallon, which must be some kind of record for me...

I feel great so far...

Your thoughts?

[liv]

I think you're doing good. Keep it up. I would cut out that coke and I would watch not getting too much cheese. Also remember only 3 cups of veggies. And a cup is a fairly small amount.

Hope you have just as good a day today.

And good for you taking that bloodtest!!!

[imagood1]

if you don't already you might want to enter your food into FitDay (free accounts are wonderful) so you know how you are doing on your ratios of fat/protein/carbs daily.

be sure to get a variety of meats, fish and veggies so you don't get bored with the "same old thing" --

good luck!

[joesabido]

Thanks for the replies

I created an account on Fitday but for some reason I can't pinpoint I didn't like it, so I made an Excel spreadsheet that calculates the ratios in calories and grams, and it also has a graph for my weight and blood parameters.

What I'm doing is buy some beef and eat it a couple of days untill I finish it, then buy some pork and do the same, then I'll do some fish, etc. Takes me a couple of days to get bored of the same thing, so I think this might work

I'm starting to get a funny taste in my mouth and a slight headache... I believe I'm about to go into ketosis!

My pee is bright yellow (like anti-freeze ) and smells funny too...

I'm drinking around 1-1.5 gallons of dihydrogen monoxide

[imagood1]

congratulations!!

[Georgiana]

Originally Posted by joesabido

I'm starting to get a funny taste in my mouth and a slight headache... I believe I'm about to go into ketosis!

It's only on Atkins where you see people excited to get a headache.

[joesabido]

Untill we have a "The person with the biggest headache wins a million bucks" type of contest, your words will hold true