My Filipina Wife Does Low Carb

17 stone 1 lb this morning that's 27lbs in 61 days.

Not a competition, I am a very big man that means that my energy requirements are relatively speaking high so a very rapid reduction is not surprising in me, she has done very well, Ana was about 50kg but she is pretty tall for a Filipina.

How far off her target is she now John?

You can reach a point where you start to see effects from fluid retention and timing of bowel movements, just record it and ignore it Jim.

Personally I find electronic scales to be quite unreliable, but they will still show the trend even if they are not exactly accurate, also make sure that you weigh yourself at the same time every day.

For example this is me for the last fortnight see the yellow marked block, up every day for nearly a week then down again (note I keep the time I weigh myself in the third column, Sunday 28th is probably because I spent longer in bed and peed a bit more before weighing )

Yeah I think a lot of people on diets of any kind get to a point where they are scale watching too much and a couple of days of odd readings can dishearten them, on the other hand abandoning scale watching gives your subconscious licence to indulge a bit in foods that will comfort you.

I know you might not agree but a lot of things related to weight reduction are psychological and maintaining the right frame of mind is important, the LCHF regime is really helpful because it leaves you feeling sated but people can still be vulnerable to the quirks in their own mind and it can be hard to reach a balance.

As for me I record everything because to me this is a science experiment and I want the data, my personality is such that doing that helps me, one thing that is different this time is that in the past I would never tell anyone what I was doing I would just do it as I found the feedback from others always had a negative effect on me and my motivation but this time it seems not to be so big a problem for me.

Ana is about 5' 5" or 5' 6" at 50kg she had a bit of a tummy left over from childbirth but she was really quite thin, she is one of those who finds it hard to gain weight no matter what she eats although as she gets closer to her 50's she was starting to put on some weight, I think in Korea she has lost that again.

I actually got up early today, surprising for me on a bank holiday, I had my cooked breakfast at 10am

Mrs Ash does not have too far to go to get to 45kg as you say skipping a meal helps but from what you have said she is still on the downward slope anyway, and as you say she would only need to take additional measures if she reaches an equilibrium above her target.

The problem for me is that I have other complications right now, the tachycardia is a problem but I am about to start exercising gradually, I think I might have caused heart problems by being confined for the last year and working from my couch, also the couch is definitely the cause of the repeated infections and blockages in my fistula, had I been working normally I would not have been hospitalised last year and each infection leaves me feeling bloody awful, had one this week which coincided with my landlord wanting an electrician to inspect my flat last Friday because of government regulations he was obliged to fulfil.

So a few days later I have an infection in my backside again but I also have Covid symptoms headache sore bones was running a 37.8 degree temperature 2 days ago, if I actually got infected with SARS-CoV-2 I would end up confusing it with my fistula infection and a lot of these symptoms are similar to keto flu as well.

I'm at 30g carbs a day on average it climbed recently as I introduced nuts but that made a huge difference in terms of fibre and bowel movement and the fibre helps with the fistula problem as well, just tried some mixed nuts from Morrisons 20 grams of these are only 2g carbs and they are great lots of fibre too.




From a psychological viewpoint as I near 17 stone I am switching my visualisation in my mind to looking back from 15 stone, picturing myself at 15 stone and imaging all the changes in between, gestalt theory works, a complex topic but something I received a course on back when I worked for the SSEB, it's a broad subject but has practical applications as a self programming mechanism for the subconscious most people end up thinking it is brainwashing but the brainwasher is you yourself it works I've used it many times in the past.

The seton is getting loose because fat is gone from my arse, that has been noticeable I might need to get it redone this year if it gets too loose.

I should have posted the rear of the packet, I agree that the labelling is designed from a low fat perspective so it has an inbuilt bias I accept that.

This is the actual rear of the packet and from that 100g is 9.8g carbs which for 1/5th of that is about 1.9g I bought these to try them out and very nice they are too, just about to order more although the fibre content is not as good as roasted peanuts.

If I get down a bit further then yes exercise will become easier and I really need that after a year in lockdown.

Yes I am where n=1

I think I have an appointment on May 6th related to the Tachycardia and I think it is at the GP although it is labelled as some other organisation, will see what they have to say, I have a month of better weather to try to get a bit more fit by at least going out walking.

Yeah those are nice

I know Cashews are not so good which is a shame as they are great in cooking.

I bought some Pecans which I have not opened yet about 3 weeks ago.

The ones I got are not too bad on the teeth, fairly soft and I am being careful eating them, I have also noted that eating lots of nuts results in interdental blockages that you are not necessarily aware of and can cause toothache, I use interdental brushes every night and they are great they clear out all this kind of nut debris.

I am nursing a very worn incisor which is so worn that I cannot bite on it without agony, after my second vaccination I will be making appointments for a root canal and crown on that tooth, it's in a gap on my chrome plate so it will not affect my plate in any way, I won't need a new plate but the root canal and stuff will cost a bit, my dentist is not keen on doing the root canal treatments and prefers to make private referrals for those he is a young lad, so I can't get it all done on the NHS and the root canal work costs about £600.

Regards cooking I find baking and the prep a pain but I should look into almond flour to see how it tastes.

I had to learn to cook when I was 21 and I had walked out of my parents flat after a huge argument, I've always liked cooking from a technical perspective but the actual rigmarole of doing it every day I find tedious, I became a good cook but to get into it I have to find ways to batch anything these days, my mother was a fantastic baker but I don't have the patience although I could probably find ways to batch almond flour pizza.