I woke up and weighed in at 247.4 today. Looks like things are working well. I also listened to the first half of the South Beach audio book. The guy who wrote it is a cardiologist, so it is fairly interesting. But, nothing new yet. Stay away from sugars, high glycemic index foods, no saturated fats, etc.
I had eggs and cheese for breakfast (found out South Beach says eggs are ok). Turkey, lettuce, tomato tossed salad for lunch. Cheese sticks for snacks. Bak Choy for dinner.
I started looking into sugar alcohols. The major one I use at home is sucralose. So, I started there. It is basically a sucrose molecule (table sugar) with a 3 chlorine substitution. It appears to be a miracle sweeter. It is sold as Splenda and marked as no calories. 85% of it is not absorbed (meaning it goes straight to feces) and the other 15% goes to the blood stream. It is not recognized as a carbohydrate and is urinated out, often in conjugation with glucoronic acid. I have found no studies that it spikes insulin at all. I have also not seen any studies showing it to be toxic or carcinogenic at all. But, the nefull of skeptics. I think it is harmless, and much more healthy than real sugar.
Transforming biochemistry knowledge into weight loss:
This page was begun as an experiment. An experiment I was conducting on myself. An experiment to test which conditions would allow me to loose weight. Now that I have been at it for a while I realize this page serves as more. It serves as a means for me to research. It is a way for me to pick health topics of interest, research them from a biochemistry stand point, and then share them with the world. Sharing them with you gives me an official feeling and keeps me motivated. However, as described below, I am still experimenting on myself.
How did this happen? I don't know exactly although I am almost sure it boils down to diet and exercise. I hope to find the answers as I explore my journey through weight loss on this blog. I was not always fat. Therefore, I know that I can be unfat again.
I am a biochemist. I should have known better. Of all people, I should have known how to avoid this predicament I am in now. I now wish to harness my scientific knowledge to experiment on myself as well as explore the chemical basis for weight loss methods.
Methods:
I will try new diets. I will experiment on myself. The diets will be chosen from among the most popular in our society. I will chronicle the results and my general experience in my blog here. I will also explore the biochemical basis for these diets as well as evaluate their effectiveness and truthfulness. I will also exercise as regularly as possible, 3-5 times per week, to avoid biasing the results. I will try to keep everything constant in my life except the diet. My method is not perfect. I don't necessarily want to lose raw pounds, but rather gain an understanding of what methods work best for me to permanently regain my health.
Hypothesis:
1. No diet will be clearly better than the others. Conversely, each diet will offer some truth, some piece of knowledge or methodology that I can take away with me to help myself. I think that in the end, I will be able to formulate my own diet based on a synthesis of all the things I have learned from all of these diets.
2. I have been on diets before, lost weight, and then regained it. I wasn't born fat. Given that, I think that my main problem will be shown to be psychological. I think that I may have compulsive eating problems- compulsive eating problems associated with very unhealthy foods.
3. I will lose quite a bit of weight. My blog will help keep my motivation levels high.
4. There will be a lack of clear scientific basis to many of the diets.
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