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PostPosted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Maybe you can borrow Heather's whip.  Devil


And why exactly would I want to do you any favors?  Dunno  Roll Eyes

Maybe I should ask Heather for assistance, since BJ isn't here yet  Devil .


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Alex wrote:
jeff wrote:
Maybe you can borrow Heather's whip.  Devil


And why exactly would I want to do you any favors?  Dunno  Roll Eyes

Maybe I should ask Heather for assistance, since BJ isn't here yet  Devil .

Awwww, c'mon.  It's the holiday season.  Heather can definitely give you some pointers on how to best punish me.  Devil
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 7:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Day           Calories        Total Calories         Avg. Daily Calories
1               4260                 4260                      4260
2               3101                 7361                      3681
3               6423                13784                     4595
4               4606                18390                     4598
5               4712                23102                     4620
6               3884                26986                     4498
7               3990                30976                     4425
8               3375                34351                     4294
9               4875                39226                     4358
10             4827                44053                     4405
11             3981                48034                     4367
12             4772                52806                     4401
13             3597                56403                     4339
14             3504                59907                     4279
15             3981                63888                     4259
16             4967                68855                     4303
17             4676                73531                     4325
18             3386                76917                     4274
19             4091                81008                     4264
20             3635                84643                     4232
21             3807                88450                     4212

Day 21 was 3807 calories and 83% fat.  I had a little salmon today, but other than that it was all the normal stuff.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jeff, I see that you got to 85% fat on some days and needed to eat extra cream and butter, what is your normal percentage of cals from fat when not doing experiments? I sometimes find hard hitting 70% which is optimal, I think.

Given that you pretty much proved AC wrong do you plan to go off ZC for Christmas or you'll stick to the end of four weeks?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Adapaz wrote:
Jeff, I see that you got to 85% fat on some days and needed to eat extra cream and butter, what is your normal percentage of cals from fat when not doing experiments? I sometimes find hard hitting 70% which is optimal, I think.

Given that you pretty much proved AC wrong do you plan to go off ZC for Christmas or you'll stick to the end of four weeks?

Yeah, I have a hard time getting above about 65% fat with just normal eating.  I don't plan on going off plan for Xmas, but hey, I'm human.  We'll see.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Day           Calories        Total Calories         Avg. Daily Calories
1               4260                 4260                      4260
2               3101                 7361                      3681
3               6423                13784                     4595
4               4606                18390                     4598
5               4712                23102                     4620
6               3884                26986                     4498
7               3990                30976                     4425
8               3375                34351                     4294
9               4875                39226                     4358
10             4827                44053                     4405
11             3981                48034                     4367
12             4772                52806                     4401
13             3597                56403                     4339
14             3504                59907                     4279
15             3981                63888                     4259
16             4967                68855                     4303
17             4676                73531                     4325
18             3386                76917                     4274
19             4091                81008                     4264
20             3635                84643                     4232
21             3807                88450                     4212
22             2849                91299                     4150

Day 22 was 2849 calories and 81% fat.  My lowest calorie day, but still a good 600 extra.  Typical foods.  I had 14 ounces of the beef tenderloin that I got from the Pig.  Yum.  I slice them nice and thick so that almost all of it is raw after searing the outside.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 4:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I do IF as well, and the combination (probably from all the ketones) gets me really high. Better than any drug, that's for sure. Yup


How do you do IF for yourself?  Do you eat 2 meals just later in the day?

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Kim wrote:
Dean wrote:
I do IF as well, and the combination (probably from all the ketones) gets me really high. Better than any drug, that's for sure. Yup


How do you do IF for yourself?  Do you eat 2 meals just later in the day?

Kim

Lately, I've just been eating one, and drinking coffee with half & half, so that might be considered two. There is quite a bit of time in between this consumption, which is my IFing. I definitely never graze or snack anymore. Haven't for some time now, and I really notice the difference in the way I feel. There comes a point during the day, after I've gone a long time without food, that I get this real super good feeling. I really think it's ketones in my brain, or some type of hormonal cascade that kicks in the endorphins just right. Cool
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I may try that someday.  I eat 2 meals without snacks right now.  At noon and then when I get home from work.  I am not particularly hungry during the day and have gotten used to not eating all morning.  I don't drink coffee either.  Sometimes I feel like I am eating too much at meals just for the sake of eating, not from hunger.

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PostPosted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Day           Calories        Total Calories         Avg. Daily Calories
1               4260                 4260                      4260
2               3101                 7361                      3681
3               6423                13784                     4595
4               4606                18390                     4598
5               4712                23102                     4620
6               3884                26986                     4498
7               3990                30976                     4425
8               3375                34351                     4294
9               4875                39226                     4358
10             4827                44053                     4405
11             3981                48034                     4367
12             4772                52806                     4401
13             3597                56403                     4339
14             3504                59907                     4279
15             3981                63888                     4259
16             4967                68855                     4303
17             4676                73531                     4325
18             3386                76917                     4274
19             4091                81008                     4264
20             3635                84643                     4232
21             3807                88450                     4212
22             2849                91299                     4150
23             3347                94646                     4115
24             3293                97939                     4081

Getting caught up here for the past couple of days. Days 23 and 24 were both right around 3300 calories, 76% and 83% fat respectively.  I had 3 MGD Litghts on the 23rd, and way too much sodium both days.

I weighed myself yesterday morning.  170  Up one pound.  To this point I have consumed about 45,000 excess calories.  I should be up almost 13 pounds.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Day           Calories        Total Calories         Avg. Daily Calories
1               4260                 4260                      4260
2               3101                 7361                      3681
3               6423                13784                     4595
4               4606                18390                     4598
5               4712                23102                     4620
6               3884                26986                     4498
7               3990                30976                     4425
8               3375                34351                     4294
9               4875                39226                     4358
10             4827                44053                     4405
11             3981                48034                     4367
12             4772                52806                     4401
13             3597                56403                     4339
14             3504                59907                     4279
15             3981                63888                     4259
16             4967                68855                     4303
17             4676                73531                     4325
18             3386                76917                     4274
19             4091                81008                     4264
20             3635                84643                     4232
21             3807                88450                     4212
22             2849                91299                     4150
23             3347                94646                     4115
24             3293                97939                     4081
25             3385               101324                    4051

Day 25 was 3385 calories and 82% fat.  Butter, eggs, beef tenderloin, sausage, cream and cheese.  Only 5 days to go!!!!  Yippeeeee!!!!!
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You know that four weeks is only 28 days??

Grin

But you're going to be a trooper and go 30???

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You da man!!!

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 26, 2007 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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You know that four weeks is only 28 days??

Grin

But you're going to be a trooper and go 30???

Shock

You da man!!!

Jessica

I did consider doing only 4 weeks, but the original idea was for 30 days.  So that's what I'm going with.  We run a tight metabolic ward here on the Bus.   LOL
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 2:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah!  Grin

Well i'm here, rooting for you all the way!!!  Cool

What is the plan when the 30 days are up?

You're going to eat a little less fat, and calories are going to be lower?

Sorry if you already mentioned it.  Blush
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Ah!  Grin

Well i'm here, rooting for you all the way!!!  Cool

What is the plan when the 30 days are up?

You're going to eat a little less fat, and calories are going to be lower?

Sorry if you already mentioned it.  Blush

I'll just return to my normal eating.  Around 2500-2800 calories per day.  And yes, alot less fat!  LOL   Since that is where all my extra calories have been coming from.  And exercise!!  I'll be back on the treadmill and on my way to the beach.  Sunny
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Day           Calories        Total Calories         Avg. Daily Calories
1               4260                 4260                      4260
2               3101                 7361                      3681
3               6423                13784                     4595
4               4606                18390                     4598
5               4712                23102                     4620
6               3884                26986                     4498
7               3990                30976                     4425
8               3375                34351                     4294
9               4875                39226                     4358
10             4827                44053                     4405
11             3981                48034                     4367
12             4772                52806                     4401
13             3597                56403                     4339
14             3504                59907                     4279
15             3981                63888                     4259
16             4967                68855                     4303
17             4676                73531                     4325
18             3386                76917                     4274
19             4091                81008                     4264
20             3635                84643                     4232
21             3807                88450                     4212
22             2849                91299                     4150
23             3347                94646                     4115
24             3293                97939                     4081
25             3385               101324                    4051
26             3143               104467                    4018

Boxing Day was 3143 calories and 78% fat.  I couldn't resist having a couple of glasses of pinot noir along with my thick, juicy, rare prime rib.   Wine

For the last few days I'm thinking of cutting my calories way back.  Maybe just at, or slightly above my 2200 baseline.  I'm thinking maybe my body might need a few days to futile cycle out some of the excess energy.  I've also had alot of salt lately......bacon, eggs, sausage, ham.  So I'm going to try to avoid those foods and drink alot of water in the next few days.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 7:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just marking my place. You're really making me want to try this. But reading your menus makes me feel full!
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Just marking my place. You're really making me want to try this. But reading your menus makes me feel full!


You have no idea!!!  I could not do it without eating butter and drinking heavy whipping cream.  There is no way I could eat 4000 calories worht of meat.  Now carbs on the other hand.......
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Boxing day, eh? Wink
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Boxing day, eh? Wink


I think some of your Canadian ways are rubbing off on me.  LOL
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Day           Calories        Total Calories         Avg. Daily Calories
1               4260                 4260                      4260
2               3101                 7361                      3681
3               6423                13784                     4595
4               4606                18390                     4598
5               4712                23102                     4620
6               3884                26986                     4498
7               3990                30976                     4425
8               3375                34351                     4294
9               4875                39226                     4358
10             4827                44053                     4405
11             3981                48034                     4367
12             4772                52806                     4401
13             3597                56403                     4339
14             3504                59907                     4279
15             3981                63888                     4259
16             4967                68855                     4303
17             4676                73531                     4325
18             3386                76917                     4274
19             4091                81008                     4264
20             3635                84643                     4232
21             3807                88450                     4212
22             2849                91299                     4150
23             3347                94646                     4115
24             3293                97939                     4081
25             3385               101324                    4051
26             3143               104467                    4018
27             2682               107149                    3968

Day 27 was 2682 calories and 70% fat.  The main difference was no heavy whipping cream.  I never thought I'd see the day when 70% fat seemed low.   LOL   I did have more sodium than I wanted because I ate the toppings off 2 slices of pepperoni pizza.  Mad
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I still have to get an oven proof skillet so I can try Dean's pizza recipe.  It sounds so good, I wish someone would come over here and make it for me!  I guess I'll eat some chicken thighs, too tired to even think about cooking...thank goodness for microwaves.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 7:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bobi wrote:
I still have to get an oven proof skillet so I can try Dean's pizza recipe.  It sounds so good, I wish someone would come over here and make it for me!  I guess I'll eat some chicken thighs, too tired to even think about cooking...thank goodness for microwaves.

Maybe I should post this in the recipe thread but is it a cast iron type? Would that work?
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Heather wrote:
Bobi wrote:
I still have to get an oven proof skillet so I can try Dean's pizza recipe.  It sounds so good, I wish someone would come over here and make it for me!  I guess I'll eat some chicken thighs, too tired to even think about cooking...thank goodness for microwaves.

Maybe I should post this in the recipe thread but is it a cast iron type? Would that work?

I have used my cast iron skillet in the oven.  Not with this recipe, but I'm sure it would work fine.
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Day           Calories        Total Calories         Avg. Daily Calories
1               4260                 4260                      4260
2               3101                 7361                      3681
3               6423                13784                     4595
4               4606                18390                     4598
5               4712                23102                     4620
6               3884                26986                     4498
7               3990                30976                     4425
8               3375                34351                     4294
9               4875                39226                     4358
10             4827                44053                     4405
11             3981                48034                     4367
12             4772                52806                     4401
13             3597                56403                     4339
14             3504                59907                     4279
15             3981                63888                     4259
16             4967                68855                     4303
17             4676                73531                     4325
18             3386                76917                     4274
19             4091                81008                     4264
20             3635                84643                     4232
21             3807                88450                     4212
22             2849                91299                     4150
23             3347                94646                     4115
24             3293                97939                     4081
25             3385               101324                    4051
26             3143               104467                    4018
27             2682               107149                    3968
28             2275               109424                    3908

Day 28 was 2275 calories and 75% fat.  Eggs, country style pork ribs and prime rib.  That's it.  Well, and coffee of course.   Wink
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Day           Calories        Total Calories         Avg. Daily Calories
1               4260                 4260                      4260
2               3101                 7361                      3681
3               6423                13784                     4595
4               4606                18390                     4598
5               4712                23102                     4620
6               3884                26986                     4498
7               3990                30976                     4425
8               3375                34351                     4294
9               4875                39226                     4358
10             4827                44053                     4405
11             3981                48034                     4367
12             4772                52806                     4401
13             3597                56403                     4339
14             3504                59907                     4279
15             3981                63888                     4259
16             4967                68855                     4303
17             4676                73531                     4325
18             3386                76917                     4274
19             4091                81008                     4264
20             3635                84643                     4232
21             3807                88450                     4212
22             2849                91299                     4150
23             3347                94646                     4115
24             3293                97939                     4081
25             3385               101324                    4051
26             3143               104467                    4018
27             2682               107149                    3968
28             2275               109424                    3908
29             2237               111661                    3850

Day 29 was 2237 calories and 71% fat.  boneless country style pork ribs, fried eggs, shrimp and butter.  I had a full pound of shrimp.  Since these things are practically fat free, they only had about 400 calories......which is where the butter comes in.  I melted 5 Tbs. of butter and added some garlic and poured it over the shrimp.  Yummmm.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So Jeff, why are you reducing calories before the experiment is over, again? I can't remember.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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So Jeff, why are you reducing calories before the experiment is over, again? I can't remember.

2 reasons:  1.  I am really sick of eating that much.   LOL
                2.  To give my body a chance to futile cycle out any excess
                     energy.

Does potential excess energy weight anything?  I have no idea.  I seems like it should, but that is the kind of thing that is beyond my knowledge.  At any rate, I still will have overeaten enough so that I should have gained at least 13 pounds.  It's not like I've reduced my calories below my energy needs.
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Day           Calories        Total Calories         Avg. Daily Calories
1               4260                 4260                      4260
2               3101                 7361                      3681
3               6423                13784                     4595
4               4606                18390                     4598
5               4712                23102                     4620
6               3884                26986                     4498
7               3990                30976                     4425
8               3375                34351                     4294
9               4875                39226                     4358
10             4827                44053                     4405
11             3981                48034                     4367
12             4772                52806                     4401
13             3597                56403                     4339
14             3504                59907                     4279
15             3981                63888                     4259
16             4967                68855                     4303
17             4676                73531                     4325
18             3386                76917                     4274
19             4091                81008                     4264
20             3635                84643                     4232
21             3807                88450                     4212
22             2849                91299                     4150
23             3347                94646                     4115
24             3293                97939                     4081
25             3385               101324                    4051
26             3143               104467                    4018
27             2682               107149                    3968
28             2275               109424                    3908
29             2237               111661                    3850
30             2998               114659                    3822

Day 30 was 2998 calories and 74% fat.  Sausage, cheese, ribeye steak, 2 glasses of chardonnay and 1 MGD Light.

Well, there we have it.  During the past 30 days I have overconsumed 48659 calories.  At 2200 calories per day times 30 days, that's 66,000 calories that my body would have required.  I actually consumed 114,659 calories.  That's a difference of 48,659 calories.  48,659 divided by 3,500 is 13.9.  So, I should have gained 13.9 pounds, or thereabouts.

Tomorrow we will see the final results.  For those interested, I drank about 4 gallons of heavy whipping cream.  Shock    LOL
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Remember Morgan Spurlock and Supersize me?  I was thinking about that the other day.  Wondering how many calories he ate and how much he gained compared to what I did.

He was 32 years old, 6'2" and weighed 185.  This would put his daily energy needs at about 2400.  It's not entirely clear, but his average daily calories seemed to average around 5,000.  So, he would have overate by about 2600 calories per day.  This means he would have consumed 78,000 excess calories.  78,000 divided by 3500 equals just over 22.  So, by the calorie theory he should have gained about 22 pounds.  How much did he gain?  24.5 pounds.  So it worked out just about right.

Just as a side note, I cannot imagine eating only protein and fat and averaging 5000 calories a day for a month.  That would be about the equivalent of eating 4-5 pounds of meat every day.   Shock
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Whew!!!

Congrats on finishing!!!

Grin

I think the guy on Supersize Me came down with some health issues as well, right? I never saw the movie, just read about it.

Oh, and ummmm.... personal question, but how were your... ummm... bathroom trips?  LOL

More often, solid, ????

Just curious!

Eating lots of meat and fat without vegetation never seemed to affect me badly, even though the average person thinks you need fiber.  Wink

Again, good job Jeff!!!
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Jeff-  I think your experiment is very interesting.  Great job, man.  I admire your discipline.

Thanks Heather L.
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Whew!!!

Congrats on finishing!!!

Grin

I think the guy on Supersize Me came down with some health issues as well, right? I never saw the movie, just read about it.

Oh, and ummmm.... personal question, but how were your... ummm... bathroom trips?  LOL

More often, solid, ????

Just curious!

Eating lots of meat and fat without vegetation never seemed to affect me badly, even though the average person thinks you need fiber.  Wink

Again, good job Jeff!!!

My bathroom trips were really no different from before.  Lack of fiber certainly doesn't hurt me any.  LOL   Interesting to note though, that I didn't seem to "go" any more than usual.  One might think that with all the excess calories there would be alot more waste.  Not true.  Which I think just endorses the idea that the excess calories are just futile cycled out.
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This morning I weigh 169 pounds.  No change from 30 days ago.  Poor AC.  He'll be crushed.  LOL
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I think we can safely put this issue to bed now.
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I think we can safely put this issue to bed now.

Yes, but I'd still like to see Dean do it.  Wink   LOL
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thanks for doing the experiment for all of the lc'ers who argue the metabolic advantage.  we have a link posted on another lc board and someone was wondering how many carbs you ate in a day. did you do a log? maybe if i go back to the beginning, i'll see it. do you have an idea?
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Wow - congrats! You're a trooper. I think this is fascinating.

So when does Dean start?? Grin
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thanks for doing the experiment for all of the lc'ers who argue the metabolic advantage.  we have a link posted on another lc board and someone was wondering how many carbs you ate in a day. did you do a log? maybe if i go back to the beginning, i'll see it. do you have an idea?

How many carbs?  That's a good question.   LOL   Not that I didn't keep track, because I did.  It's just that a couple of things in particular I'm not positive what the actual carb count is.  I have seen varying information on coffee, for one.  Fitday puts it at .7 grams per six ounce cup.  Whereas CalorieKing puts coffee at 0 grams per 6 ounce cup.

Same thing goes for my heavy whipping cream.  The label on the carton says 50 calories per Tbs, and that all 50 calories come from fat.  But, I know that there is sometimes some rounding off that goes on with these things.  If I were only using maybe a few Tbs per day I wouldn't worry about it.  But I drank at least 2 cups of heavy whipping cream every day.

So, to actually try to answer the question, I'd say my carbs were either around 5 per day, or around 15 per day.
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Wow - congrats! You're a trooper. I think this is fascinating.

So when does Dean start?? Grin

Tracy, you're next right?  Maybe you and Dean can do it together.
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Congratulations on finishing the experiment, jeff...and Happy New Year!!
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jeff wrote:
Red wrote:
I think we can safely put this issue to bed now.

Yes, but I'd still like to see Dean do it.  Wink   LOL

jeff wrote:
Tracy wrote:
Wow - congrats! You're a trooper. I think this is fascinating.
So when does Dean start?? Grin

Tracy, you're next right?  Maybe you and Dean can do it together.

Red wrote:
I think we can safely put this issue to bed now.

What Red said. Wink


Seriously, I may actually try this pretty soon. I want to lose a bit more fat first. Maybe I can go on Kimkins and do it. Roll Eyes

In the last two months I have been eating loads of animal fat, probably more than 80%. I have been slowly losing weight during this time. I might use a lot of butter to get those calories up, as I am not too fond of drinking tons of cream. But, I will probably try this sometime. In the meantime, there's Rich, and now Tracy who are ready to jump right in. LOL
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Speaking of Spurlock, has anyone seen this video?
It claims he was a fraud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccdfzq2M1Ec
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jeff,
what do you think would have happened if you had eaten around 60 grams of carbs/day vs. 5-15 grams?

I just read the part about you on Jimmy Moore's blog. Cool!

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 1:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Carolyn wrote:
Jeff,
what do you think would have happened if you had eaten around 60 grams of carbs/day vs. 5-15 grams?

I just read the part about you on Jimmy Moore's blog. Cool!

Carolyn

I'll have to go check out Jimmy's place.  Maybe I should hire an agent first?   LOL

Obviously at some carb level I would begin gaining weight with that many calories.  I really don't know what that carb level is......and it is probably not the same for everybody.  My hunch is that at 60g of carbs per day and 4000 calories, I would probably have gained a little.  It would seem to me that the higher the calories, the less leeway you would have with carbs.
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Carolyn wrote:
Speaking of Spurlock, has anyone seen this video?
It claims he was a fraud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccdfzq2M1Ec

Interesting.  So, are they insinuating that he ate more than he claims?
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

okay, so if spurlock didn't eat 5k calories a day does that mean he needed way less on that kind of diet to lose weight. i would think that's the case anyway. if you can eat 3k calories/day on mcd's and not gain weight, you are doing really well. even teenagers, who should still have the benefit of a rapid metabolism, can't do it!!
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spurlock may have eaten 5000 calories/day but it wasn't just with the food from Mcdonalds according to this video. To get to 5000 calories he had to have eaten more food at home. Apparently, his food log is not available anywhere. Gaining lots of weight in one month makes for a more dramatic and interesting movie.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jeff wrote:
This morning I weigh 169 pounds.  No change from 30 days ago.  Poor AC.  He'll be crushed.  LOL


Congratulations Jeff!  That was a great experiment.

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jeff wrote:
This morning I weigh 169 pounds.  No change from 30 days ago.  Poor AC.  He'll be crushed.  LOL


LOL   AC could use a little crushing. Bonkers


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