This week I recorded everything I did and the results. I'll be repeating this experiment from 3/3-3/9 to see if the results are reproducible.
Saturday 2/19 - Ate anything I wanted, and, in fact, went way overboard to spike my calories (~3500-4000 calories).
Sunday 2/20 - Fasted until 8 PM and then had some carrots and 2-3tbsp of mixed-at-home ranch (see below). Drank 6 liters of water.
Monday 2/21 - Breakfast was 9 slices of bacon, sirloin steak (Steak Eze), 3 scrambled eggs. For lunch I ate about half a can (large) of chicken, a boiled chicken breast, and a big helping of Broccoli. Dinner was a baked chicken breast and green beans. Drank 4-6 liters of water.
Tuesday 2/22 - Friday 2/24 was the same breakfast (swapping steak with chicken a couple days) and lunch each day was 2 boiled chicken breasts, large helping of broccoli and a pretty big salad consisting of bagged mixed lettuce, 5-8 pieces of bacon, and 3 tbsp ranch.
Dinners for the week varied between more chicken, a big bacon salad, and steak and eggs. I usually had a snack of four little Slim-Jims while drinking a liter of water before bed (and watching some TV).
Sometimes I would eat 2-4 spoon-fulls of natural peanut butter for a snack if I wanted something "sweet". I eat Whole Foods 365 brand which only has 1 ingredient.
Saturday 2/25 I skipped breakfast altogether and had a garden salad with ranch, 10 oz filet mignon, broccoli, and brussel sprouts for lunch. (And I cheated a wee bit and had 3 fried mushrooms dipped in ranch, a small piece of dinner roll, and a large diet coke). For dinner I had 2 boiled chicken breasts and 6 or 8 Slim Jims. I drank 1 gallon of distilled water (because I had a ton of sodium all day) from 7pm - 1 am.
Sunday 2/26 I had 2 boiled chicken breasts for breakfast and fasted for the rest of the day, drinking about 2/5 of a gallon of distilled water.
It's important to note that I was never hungry outside of meal times. Eating that mammoth breakfast took place within 30 minutes of waking (which is not enjoyable during the process). Forcing my water consumption to 4-6 liters a day (130-200 ounces) means a minimum of 16 ounces per hour for 8 hours. You end up so busy drinking water you don't have hunger pangs at all. For me, I believe I have been living in chronic dehydration and was never in any danger of water poisoning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication) as I felt noticeably better all week. I should also note that I was drinking spring water not distilled so there were still trace amounts of electrolytes.
With that said- let's recap my numbers- Sunday night 2/19 I weighed 6-7 pounds heavier than I did on Friday 2/17 from the carb-overload and we'll call that my zero weight. Monday morning saw a predictable loss of 3 pounds through the night. By wednesday I was -9 putting me 2-3 pounds under my weight from Friday the week before. By Friday I was -12 and a full 5 pounds under the previous week's weight.
As of this morning I am -16 pounds from the previous Sunday night and 8-9 pounds under my weight on Fri 2/17.
I've been monitoring my ketosis through the week and didn't go in to it until Friday so today I will be overloading on carbs from noon till bed time to break the cycle. My weight should come back up 6-8 pounds by tomorrow morning and reduce 2-4 pounds by wednesday morning leaving my Friday weigh-in close to what I am now.
The Ranch
I found a great recipe for ranch at http://lusciouslowcarb.blogspot.com/2011/02/low-carb-ranch.html
It is truly great. Here's the ingredients incase she ever deletes her blog:
1 cup of full fat mayonnaise
1/4 cup of sour cream
1/2 cup of heavy cream
1/4 cup of water
1 packet of Hidden Valley Buttermilk Ranch mix (0.4 oz)
2012 Recap
Blue line is weight loss, red line is total inches lost, and yellow line is inches lost specifically from my torso.
