See-Food Diet and Weight Gains

So I’m on the “see-food” diet, which basically means I need to be constantly eating.  And eating never seem like so much of a chore…

But, there have been some slow (albeit faster than previous) and steady weight gains.

As of yesterday, I had past the buck-fifty mark.  Yup, spider monkey now weighs 151#!  While this may be trivial, perhaps even amusing to some of you reading this, for someone of my build and metabolism, I find this to be a small reason for celebration.  In a little over a week, I have gained ~5 lbs.  Over the course of the year that I’ve been at PCF, I’ve gained ~15 lbs (including this past week).  So, in about 9 days I’ve been able to gain a third of weight gained in a year.  I hope I’ll be able to keep it on and continue to make gains.  Hopefully by the end of the month or early next, I’ll be at 155# and can top out soon after that around 160#.  This progression will be highly dependent on the amount (and quality) of food I can eat while I’m in Hawaii over the holidays.

There have been some benefits and drawbacks to this.  Benefits:  I feel like I can lift more (also helps that I’m consciensious about rehabbing my back) and physically look bigger (as mentioned by others and my mirror).  My shirts either fit better or are too small.  Drawbacks:  my pants are getting tighter, mostly around my leg.  I even fill out my jeans, which have a straight leg cut.  Good thing I didn’t get into the skinny jean trend.  My shorts are also tighter around the waist.  This problem does give me a good excuse to get a whole new wardrobe, but I think I’ll wait until I’ve gained all the weight I’d like to before I make that investment (I’d better hold off buying a new suit, too).

Weekend Food Update

Since my home laptop has been acting up, I haven’t been posting as regularly on the weekends on food intake and WODs.  I’ve tried to do reasonably well for breakfast as that was the meal Jon had tasked me to work on.  Saturday and Sunday breakfasts consisted of eggs, bacon, raisins, pecans. 

However, that’s where the food intake starts to degrade.  Saturday lunch was a Chipotle bowl with black beans, pork, salsa, some corn, lettuce, and guac.  It’s my quick fix solution when I realize I don’t have anything in my fridge and I need to eat.  Dinner was a french dip sandwich I had at Velocity Five.  Sunday’s breakfast turned into a brunch as I was running around doing some errands; dinner that night was a muffaletta with french onion soup and fries.

Clearly I need to focus on planning for the weekends as I do for the weekdays.  I feel more regimented during the week and have a general rhythm to eating – on the weekends, my plans are somewhat impromptu and I may not know where I am when I should be eating.

Food Log – 12/03/09

Breakfast:

• 7 oz chicken breast (I got tired after eating the first 7 oz last night, so saved this portion for this morning)
• 3 thick slices of bacon
• English muffin with cream cheese and strawberry preserve

Didn’t get the guac or avocado in like I had originally wanted to.

Snack 1:

• 42 almonds

Lunch:

• ~ 1/3 lb butternut squash w/ onion, cranberries
• ~ 3 oz of catfish w/ roasted peppers
• ~ 11 oz of meatloaf
• 30 olives

Snack 2:

• Rest of olives (15)
• 30 almonds

Post-WOD:

• Protein shake (whey protein powder, coconut milk = 67 g protein)
• 1/2 lb butternut squash w/ onions cranberries

Dinner:

• Yet another 7 oz portion of chicken breast
• 4 oz of grilled skirt steak (got it from Whole Foods and is delicious)
• 1/4 cup raisins
• 34 pecans
• Pint of milk (lactaid)

Food Log – 12/02/09

A caveat before posting food:

I am currently on the “eat everything you can in sight” program.  This is not 100% paleo, strict-zone.  My understanding of this diet (as prescribed by Jon M. and Aaron Mo-Jo) is to eat as much paleo food as possible, but don’t be afraid of having bagels, brown rice, chicken parm, to attain the appropriate carb intake.  With that, here we go:

Breakfast:

4 eggs (dash of milk, 4/3 tbsp butter)

2 thick slices of bacon (from Whole Foods)

3 heaping tbsp of guacamole

1 english muffin, with cream cheese and strawberry preserve

Pint of whole milk, cup of coffee, cup of tea (not all at once, thankfully)

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Snack 1:

42 almonds

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Lunch:

~ 10 oz of catfish with roasted red peppers

1/2 cup of maple sweet potatoes (I wish Whole Foods would stop adding the maple syrup)

1/2 cup of steamed vegetables

30 olives

Pint of orange juice

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Snack 2:

15 olives (rest of them)

30 almonds

1 cup of coconut milk

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Post-WOD snack:

Protein shake with coconut milk (60+ g protein)

1/2 lb butternut squash with onions and cranberries

1/4 cup of raisins

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Dinner:

7 oz of chicken breast

7 tbsp olive oil (with dash of basalmic vinegar and salt to make it palatable)

1/2 lb butternut squash with onions and dried cranberries