I think I have found the greatest thing since sliced bread- sliced low carb pizza! Dominos is selling low carb pizza now. When you are low carbing, sometimes you get desperate for things like this, and it's nice to have alternatives to the real thing so as not to loose your head. The idea here, though, is not to take it as something of a staple in your diet. Based on the ingredients and the carb count it is something you would want to eat sparingly, maybe as a treat. There is about 8 grams of carbs per slice (I think this boils down to about 20-25% of the normal stuff).The major ingredients are modified wheat starch, water, and wheat flour. So it's not something I can recommend for the hard core low carber but it sure is nice to know it exists. Now, only of McDonalds had something like this! I just ordered a low carb cheese pizza, and it tastes great (to me). You can tell a difference but its not huge. It still has all the grease and cheese of regular pizzas, and tomato sauce has few carbs. So if you make an order of wings and then add to it a couple pieces of low carb pizza you will be in good shape carb count wise and will have been able to satisfy a real craving.
I weighed in at 129.9 kg this morning but then upon reweighing I bounced around in the low 130's now matter how many times I tried I got a different number. So, I think my scale is hosed. I will pick up a new one soon. I had the usual eggs and cheese this morning and then a seafood salad for lunch (no greens, just shrimp, crab, celery, mayo). I felt tired after lunch so I think there may have been carbs hiding in the salad. Then for dinner of course I had Dominos.
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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