I'm Back!

It's been nearly 5 months since I finished my slow-carb experiment. Since then, I haven't been tracking my food and exercise. I haven't been blogging. I haven't been exercising. I haven't been for a walk, or used the cross-trainer. I've been eating too much, too often. I've been eating a lot of crap. Not surprisingly, I've put on weight. I've gotten fatter. I've gotten less healthy than I was before. 

Today, I'm back. 

In 5 months, I've put on 20 kg (44 lbs). That's not good. Not good at all. But there is some good news, which is that I didn't undo all the effort I've put in since I started back in Feb. 2010. As far as I can remember, this is the first time I've ever started up again without first hitting a new top weight. That's good, right?

So in February, I weighed 146.1 kg (322 lbs). Today, I weigh 166.3 kg (366.6 lbs). 

So using what I learned from my slow-carb experiment, I've cut the carbs again. Today is my official start, but I've actually been doing it since Saturday. So far, it's been going pretty good. The only thing is I've been getting these intense hunger pains. Sometimes really intense, and often within just an hour or even half an hour after finishing a meal. 

I've done a little research, and I think it might be because even though my meals are big, there might not be enough fat. I know, right? But like last night for dinner, I had a big serving of fish (shark, pan "fried" with just a little oil spray), some sweet potato fries, and a big salad with no dressing. It was delicious, it was filling. I left the table totally satisfied.  But less than an hour later my stomach was growling like I hadn't eaten in days. 

So I had a couple of pieces of bacon (short-cut Australian bacon, which is more like Canadian bacon than American) and two scrambled eggs, and then I was fine. So I'm going to have to remember to cut carbs, but not fat. 

My goal for August is to lose 8 to 10 kg (17.5 - 22 lbs). That fits in with my results with slow carbing, and my plan is to do pretty much the same again, minus the big Saturday carb binges, which I'm not sure were all that helpful. Exercise will be some walking, some cross-trainer, and some weights. 

If I stay on track, I should be back down to 146 kg by mid-October at the latest, and to around 120 kg (265 lbs) by the time I go back to work in Feb, 2012. 

Those are my goals. I've got a plan for achieving them. If I stick to the plan, it will happen.