Time on Atkins: 102 days
Status:  Unknown

Current weight as of 9/28/08:  253 lbs.

No notable meals.

Been getting kind of lazy.  I've been sticking to my Atkins diet, but I've been letting things slide here and there.  Like last week I ate like 30 potato chips.  Fortunately it hasn't upset my diet too much.  Been losing a great deal of weight even still.  Its been a month since i've checked in here and i've lost almost 10 pounds.  So that's good.

There are, of course some drawbacks to losing weight, like having to buy new clothes all the time, realizing the clothes you used to wear that helped cover up some of the fat, now is loose and makes you look fat.  Another thing I have a gripe about is the disillusionment i've had in some cases.  Let me give you the most recent example:

I bought a pair of Guess jeans about 4 years ago because I had randomly bought a pair by accident when i was in a store on Broadway the year before that and really loved them.  They were a really nice pair of jeans, but when they arrived, I discovered I had gotten too fat for them.  So I put them aside and said to myself "i'll lose weight soon so i can wear them.  It shouldn't be too long."  Guess again.  4 years later, i've finally lost enough weight to fit into these jeans, and they look good, they'd look better maybe in about a week after i've shed another pound or two, but i'm REAL happy with them. 

However, like all things in life, there is a catch.  You see, back then, the fashion trend was leaning towards the button fly, and I discovered to my chagrin that button flys SUCK.  WHen you have to go to the bathroom, BUTTON flys are NOT speed release!  No, you have to undo those fuckers one by one.  FOr me, it was a private tour of hell.  In the rush to the bathroom, I became confronted with a desperate scene, something akin to a hostage crisis, with my wang as hostage, my hands as negotiator, and my jeans as the terrorist.  I mean, I can't just twist off a single button and try that, NO, my package is suprisingly too LARGE for that one button.  TWO?  Noooo you may be Asian but you grew up in AMerica, you ate all those AMerican hormone foods!!!  You Grew up like Big STRONG AMERICAN BOY!!  THREE???  It'll come out but its gonna hurt!  Keep MOVING!! 

So I'm fumbling with these buttons desperate to yank out my wang and pee, minutes pass as i attempt to solve this pelvic gordion knot, I am in danger of wetting my pants, something I have not done since I was 6 years old.  Its terrible!  I want to destroy these jeans, but they look good and I think I paid $120 bucks and 4 YEARS OF MY LIFE for them.  I have to keep them, but I have to be careful with them.

Conclusion:  Guess jeans button flys are not emergency pee pants.  Stay off the liquids when you are wearing these bad boys.

- Z

Time on Atkins: 66 days
Status:  Haven't checked

Current weight as of 8/13/08: 265.2 lbs.

Latest Meals:  Lunch - Fried Brie Cheese, Cajun Prime Rib and Buttered broccoli
Dinner - Beef and Broccoli, with roast duck.

Comments:

Another week without much weight loss.  I need to seriously redo my meal plan.  Definitely switching to salads on a long term basis where I can't be positive of the culinary composition of a meal.  I need to check one of my ketostix to find out what's up.  What with the recent move, we haven't had gas set up at the new apartment, so I can't do my own cooking yet.  Lunch today was good, there's a rather expensive steak and ale place behind our apartment building that turns out superb food.  I think i'll avoid the Chinese food from now on unless i've prepared it myself.  Honestly, I think i was eating healthier and eating cheaper when I was doing my own cooking.  So with that decided, I hope to shed another 5 pounds by next week.  Pretty dissapointed with my progress, but according to the scale, i've traded 1% fat for 1% muscle.

Hopeful Observations:  Moved down another hole on my belt.  At this rate I'm going to need a new Brown belt by next month, and definitely a new black belt, which is now on its last hole.  Size 48 suits are now too big, i think i'm a 47 because 46 is just a little bit too tight.  Pants are now at size 40.

- Z

Time on Atkins: 52 days
Status - Too tired to check.

Weight as of 7/30/08:  266.2 lbs.

Today's Meals
Breakfast: pork rinds, slice of american cheese.
Lunch:  Green salad with some roast chicken slices and ranch dressing
Dinner: stir fried broccoli with chopped up hot dogs, ground beef and scrambled eggs.

Comments:

WOOT!  Finally under 270!  Been cheating on the diet a bit.  Morgan's friend Victor came to see us over the weekend and we wined and dined him all over New York, including at a Northern Chinese restaurant whose "Yu Xiang Chie Zhi" or Eggplant in Garlic sauce was a little TOO sweet to be good for us.  Most likely its been the stress of moving and staying up late and exhausted that has helped offset that.  Judging by the shifting body fat and muscle percentages, i've decided to cut back on fats in my diet.  I'm losing weight, that's great, but I shouldn't build up too much fat, my body can only process so much, and while the fats should be processed pretty quickly since my body needs the energy, I think depriving it of dietary fat should help speed up the process.  This means, less pork rinds, less bacon, less oil in my food.  Stuff I didn't normally care about because Atkins was effective enough.  But I worry that as i continue on my diet things will slow down, so best to take precautionary measures.

Hopeful Observations:  Now on the 4th hole of my watchband!  That's NEVER happened before!