Gimme Five

[Southieinnc]

Right now I am on a 6 week metabolic reset diet.

Ground beef, browned with butter.
Ribeye.
Sirloin, with butter.
Chicken thighs, not boneless/skinless. Eat the skin. Once a week.
Salmon, in butter. Once a week.
Eggs. Lots of eggs.
Bacon. Lots of bacon.
Broccoli florets, summer squash, zucchini.
Garlic.
Avocado.
Coffee, with or without ghee.
Water.
Salt and pepper.

Sounds like a lot but think about it.
Every morning is bacon eggs and avocado.
Every lunch is ground beef with chopped garlic and squash/zucchini with garlic butter
Dinner is steak 5 days a week with chicken once a salmon once.

No snacking.

First two weeks I cheated. I had a couple Medjool dates with peanut butter in the morning and a handful of cashews in the afternoon.
First week I dropped 6 lbs. Second week I dropped 2.
I quit cheating and I dropped 3 1/2 last week. I know Medjool dates are loaded with natural sugar, so that's on me.
3 weeks left and I am aiming for another 10 lbs. I will then start adding back in natural sugars, Apples, Bananas, Berries. Maybe Yogurt.
AND CASHEWS!!!


One of my 2025 goals was under 200 lbs, which would be a 19 lb drop since last fall or 27 off my heaviest.
If I hit that in the next 3 weeks I will reset my goal for 2025 to be under 190.
I also set a goal of a half marathon in under three hours. We'll see what my knees say about that with less weight pounding on my knees.

Watch your kidneys. I could eat a diet like that when younger but my kidneys are getting old. A high protein diet can be very hard on old kidneys.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Lot's of eggs, so you dipped into your retirement? Damn Bird Flu

My wife robbed me!!!
I just opened my breakfast and there is 3 half soft boiled eggs...it's supposed to be 3 eggs!!!

Fuck it. I'm going to buy a donut.


Or three.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

Watch your kidneys. I could eat a diet like that when younger but my kidneys are getting old. A high protein diet can be very hard on old kidneys.

It's not a forever diet. Not for me anyway. And it is more about a balance of fat and protein than it is just high protein.

Things I am going to add back in, for certain:
Beets, potatoes (in moderation), rice (Sushi), shellfish (Sorry BK), bananas, apples (with PB), dates (with PB), milk in my coffee, onions, peppers, tenderloin, yogurt, cabbage, ribs,

 

[nefansince75]

Gimme Five: Gimme five things you use to do but no longer do.

1. Detail my own car

2. Create my own rubs

3. Stay up past midnight

4. Handouts to the street people

5. Work out regularly

You should get back to number 5, scaled appropriately to your abilities of course.

Handouts may actually help some, but most are just taking advantage of someone with a good nature.

 

[nefansince75]

Right now I am on a 6 week metabolic reset diet.

Ground beef, browned with butter.
Ribeye.
Sirloin, with butter.
Chicken thighs, not boneless/skinless. Eat the skin. Once a week.
Salmon, in butter. Once a week.
Eggs. Lots of eggs.
Bacon. Lots of bacon.
Broccoli florets, summer squash, zucchini.
Garlic.
Avocado.
Coffee, with or without ghee.
Water.
Salt and pepper.

Sounds like a lot but think about it.
Every morning is bacon eggs and avocado.
Every lunch is ground beef with chopped garlic and squash/zucchini with garlic butter
Dinner is steak 5 days a week with chicken once a salmon once.

No snacking.

First two weeks I cheated. I had a couple Medjool dates with peanut butter in the morning and a handful of cashews in the afternoon.
First week I dropped 6 lbs. Second week I dropped 2.
I quit cheating and I dropped 3 1/2 last week. I know Medjool dates are loaded with natural sugar, so that's on me.
3 weeks left and I am aiming for another 10 lbs. I will then start adding back in natural sugars, Apples, Bananas, Berries. Maybe Yogurt.
AND CASHEWS!!!


One of my 2025 goals was under 200 lbs, which would be a 19 lb drop since last fall or 27 off my heaviest.
If I hit that in the next 3 weeks I will reset my goal for 2025 to be under 190.
I also set a goal of a half marathon in under three hours. We'll see what my knees say about that with less weight pounding on my knees.

That might seem difficult if that were the list of what you were giving up.

I probably don't know what a metabolic diet is..... but....

Popcorn is probably fine. I pop mine in a microwave popper (nothing added, takes two minutes) - then drizzle a couple tablespoons of avocado oil and a couple tablespoons of nutritional yeast and some salt.

I pop a couple of dried apricots when I have an edge of hunger between meals.

 

[BigKen]

Gimme Five: Gimme five things you use to do but no longer do.

1. Tune my car's engine

2. Mow my lawn

3. Electrical work in my house

4. Any plumbing work that requires a complete change of anything

5. Own a dog

 

[Yankee Traveler]

That might seem difficult if that were the list of what you were giving up.

I probably don't know what a metabolic diet is..... but....

Popcorn is probably fine.

Nope. In a few more weeks.

I pop mine in a microwave popper (nothing added, takes two minutes) - then drizzle a couple tablespoons of avocado oil and a couple tablespoons of nutritional yeast and some salt.

I pop mine in coconut oil then sprinkle it with yeast and salt.

I pop a couple of dried apricots when I have an edge of hunger between meals.

Nope.

 

[YankeeRebel]

1. Tune my car's engine

2. Mow my lawn

3. Electrical work in my house

4. Any plumbing work that requires a complete change of anything

5. Own a dog

I have never been a pet person, don't have the patience for animal care.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I have never been a pet person, don't have the patience for animal care.

I'm a bit of a prepper.

As such I like redundancy.

My German Shepherd Dog provides both an alarm system and security in the event of a power failure.
Also, we were traveling to Vermont one Christmas eve years back when the alternator in that chevy seized and sheared apart at -25 halfway between hell and nowhere. My wife had her boots in the back of the truck and was wearing running shoes. Her feet started to get cold as we were waiting on AAA, and she didn't want to put her feet in boots that were -25 degrees. I told her to put them under the dog we had at the time.
She put her feet up on the bench seat next to the dog and the dog just curled up on them like it was her duty, without even being spoken to. Happy wife!!


I will forever miss that dog, CJ will live in eternity in my memories.

Best. Dog. Ever.

 

[Southieinnc]

That might seem difficult if that were the list of what you were giving up.

I probably don't know what a metabolic diet is..... but....

Popcorn is probably fine. I pop mine in a microwave popper (nothing added, takes two minutes) - then drizzle a couple tablespoons of avocado oil and a couple tablespoons of nutritional yeast and some salt.

I pop a couple of dried apricots when I have an edge of hunger between meals.

I’m allergic to the sulfites in dried apricots. Probably outlaws when Kennedy gets his way.