This is the graph of the whole experiment:
** First question: Those double dot days are because I came back home and thus couldn't count calories as accurately anymore. So
you'll have to make due with an estimate zone.... aw
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So did I make it? I guess I did. Despite probably going over a few times in the later part, I'm fairly confident that I stuck to it
very strictly in the first part, probably under-estimating several times. So it all works out. But hey the scale doesn't like. I
lost 20 pounds in those 41 days, from a predicted 15.7. So yeah there you go. I'll give you a more in-depth update later on. For now,
here's the log from the second half. Enjoy basking in my stupidity.
COMMENTS:
On day 27 I was forced to go back home because of something that happened in my close family. So from that point onward I had a fainter idea
of what I was eating. It was a good test to see if I could keep myself from devouring all the tasty shitty food there that I don't
have to pay for. I'd eat entire rows of cookies as a snack sometimes or like half a pizza. YUMMY.
THINGS I'VE LEARNED:
- Breakfast cereals have way too many calories. All of them.
- You can eat normally pretty much every day BUT DON'T DRINK OR TAKE DESSERTS. I think that's the biggest killer. You'll eat until
you're decently full on normal food but if you drink or eat that muffin or those 5 cookies, that puts you in the red zone by 200-500
calories really fast. 500 extra calories per day is a pound a week. 52 pounds in one year. That's REAL FAT, REAL FAST.
-Eating pastries/beer is doubly bad because it actually makes you MORE hungry. Eating one piece of cake makes you hungry for like 70%
of the amount of cake you've eaten. You will eat until its gone.
- 2000 calories a day isn't for sedentary people. The food guide people should tone those estimates down because I bet all those "based
on a 2000 calorie diet" values on labels of just about all the food you buy are bs. They made the food guide based on the dietary requirements
of a greek marathon runner, not a cubicle rat. Seriously look at the food guide. It says 6-12 servings of grains per day. They count
those in slices of bread. That's anywhere from 600 to 1200 calories OF BREAD ALONE. That covers 1 food group out of 4. Holy shit
you have to be a rocket scientist to manage to eat everything they recommend but still find food that will give you under
1800 calories.
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DAY 21
Total: 0/0
Comments: Been drinking Coca-Cola 0 all day. Quite frankly this entire week is going to suck no
matter what I do. Plus I went to the store only to find out there's like 4 calories in a stick of gum. There goes that plan.
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DAY 22
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 1 cup salad |
70 |
| 15 grapes |
30 |
Total: 100/100
Comments: I loves me some grapes. I feel just as bad today as yesterday. I'm tired.
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DAY 23
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 1.5 cup salad |
105 |
| 47 grapes |
94 |
Total: 199/200
Comments: The remainder of my spaghetti has been sitting in the fridge untouched for like 5 days now.
Tomorrow I can finally eat some of that...ARRR
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DAY 24
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 1 cup spaghetti |
262 |
| 7 grapes |
14 |
| 24 Pickle slices |
24 |
Total: 300/300
Comments: Shit my leftover spaghetti was rotten by the time I got to it today. Smelled like
garbage. So I cooked up a new batch of non-wholegrain. BIG MISTAKE. It has 340 calories per 1/5th of package while the whole grain
kind has 340 calories per 1/4th for the same size of package! That's 25% more calories.
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DAY 25
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 1 cup spaghetti |
262 |
| 1 cup fruit juice |
110 |
Total: 372/400
Comments: Almost out of the red zone now...
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DAY 26
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 1.5 cup spaghetti |
393 |
| 3/4 cup fruit juice |
83 |
| Celeri + Mustard |
15 |
Total: 490/500
Comments: That 1.5 cup of spaghetti felt like the first real meal I have eaten
in two weeks...Plus that 3/4 cup of juice ( which was the last of that juice that I bought almost a month ago ) that made 476
calories. Kinda sucks when you've been up for 2 hours and have eaten all you're gonna eat for the day. Also, celeri is
disgusting. It's like bad-tasting water.
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DAY 27
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 2 toasts with peanut butter and a banana |
300 |
| 1 apple |
55 |
| 1.5 cups stew |
250+??? |
Total: 550-700/600
Comments: Bad day today. I was forced to go back home because of something in the family. Now I'll have no idea how many calories
I'm eating. I have bigger problems.
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DAY 28
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 2 toasts with peanut butter and a banana |
300 |
| 1 cup pasta with goulash |
250+??? |
Total: 550-700/700
Comments: Had to go buy pre-made food at some local place. There are no indications on the
packages as to the contents. I estimate as best I can.
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DAY 29
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 2 toasts with peanut butter and a banana |
300 |
| 1.5 cup pasta with goulash |
325+??? |
Total: 625-800/800
Comments: You know it's pretty sad that 2 toasts are half my calories for one day.
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DAY 30
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 2 toasts with peanut butter |
220 |
| 1 cup pasta with cognac chicken |
250+??? |
| 1 apple |
55 |
| 1 cup pasta with cognac chicken |
250+??? |
Total: 800-950/900
Comments: 900 is like a feast at this point. I haven't eaten normally in over a month now.
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DAY 31
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 2 cups cheerios + 1 cup milk |
380 |
| 2 cups pasta with cognac chicken |
500+??? |
Total: 880-1030/1000
Comments: Hmmm such delicious food. NOM NOM, say I.
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DAY 32
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 2 toasts with peanut butter |
220 |
| 2 cups cheerios + 1 cup milk |
380 |
| 1 piece dark chocolate |
40 |
| 2 cups meat and veggies |
< 460 |
Total: 900-1100/1100
Comments: God damn cereals. You know those "part of a complete breakfast" breakfasts you see
on the cereal commercials? I bet you those are at least 600 calories. It's like a bowl of cereal, a glass of juice, 2 toasts with butter and
a muffin? Yes your kid will be very plump indeed.
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DAY 33
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 1 cup stew |
200-250 |
| 1 piece dark chocolate |
40 |
| 2 toasts with peanut butter |
220 |
| 20 grapes |
40 |
| 1 peanut butter toast |
110 |
| 1 peanut butter toast |
110 |
| Trout, corn, rice, beets |
290 |
| 1 piece dark chocolate |
40 |
| 1 Nutella toast |
120 |
Total: 1170-1220/1200
Comments: Woah look at that huge list of things for today!
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DAY 34
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 1 bowl cheerios with soy milk |
400 |
| 2 cups veggies with cognac chicken |
300-350 |
| 1 Nutella toast |
120 |
| 1 bowl of soup |
120 |
| fish, rice, corn |
290 |
| 1 piece dark chocolate |
40 |
Total: 1270-1320/1300
Comments: For some reason, I am MORE hungry when I'm eating than when I'm not.
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DAY 35
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 1 Nutella toast |
120 |
| 1.5 cups Cheerios w 1/2 cup soy milk |
280 |
| Little bit over 1 cup of stew |
270-320 |
| 1 Nutella toast |
120 |
| 3 cups salmon/potatoes thing |
540-580 |
Total: 1310-1400/1400
Comments: Wow seriously I ate like 600+ calories for breakfast and 4 hours later
I'm ravenously hungry. I guess I'm back in "can eat 40 hamburgers" mode
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DAY 36
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 1 cup salmon thing |
180-195 |
| 1.5 cups Cheerios w 1/2 cup soy milk |
280 |
| 2 Whole grain bread banana/peanut butter sandwich |
540 |
| Mustard Rabbit with mashed potatoes |
400-450 |
Total: 1400-1465/1500
Comments: Man that mustard rabbit was delicious. I ate a lot today. I am...full..
...what a ... strange feeling...
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DAY 37
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 1.5 cups Cheerios w 1/2 cup soy milk |
280 |
| 2 Nutella toasts with banana |
280 |
| 2 Nutella toasts with banana |
280 |
| 1 apple |
55 |
| Fish and potatoes and corn dinner |
590-650 |
| 1 apple |
55 |
Total: 1540-1590/1600
Comments: I feel fatter already. I guess my body works like this: I gain weight when I eat 1500
calories but I lose 2 pounds per second that I don't eat. Makes perfect mathematical sense! My body makes 1 pound of fat from 1500
calories but somehow burns one pound of fat in 1500 calories. Maybe it stores inneficient fat? Is that possible? Maybe some people
have super-dense blubber that you could put in your car instead of gas?
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DAY 38
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 3 cups Cheerios with 1 cup soy milk |
450 |
| 2 Nutella toasts with banana |
300 |
| Bowl of macaroni with cheese |
400-450 |
| 1 apple |
55 |
| 1 cup salmon thing |
180-195 |
| 1 portion salmon |
160 |
| Mustard Rabbit ( YUMMY FOR MAH TUMMY) |
200-250 |
Total: 1465-1580/1700
Comments: I eat big breakfasts apparently.
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DAY 39
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 2 cups Cheerios with 1/2 cup soy milk |
280 |
| 1 apple |
55 |
| 2 cups Cheerios with 1 cup soy milk |
340 |
| Mergez with mashed potatoes |
300-330 |
| Lamb, veggies, 10% stout yum |
700-770 |
Total: 1675-1775/1800
Comments: First beer I've had in over a month. Whew Beer is high in calories! Wee ... I had
forgotten how hungry alcohol makes you...Even though I was at my limit for the day, I was ravenously hungry like 30
minutes after drinking. Hungry and tispy.HUNPSY.
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DAY 40
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 2 cups Cheerios with 1/2 cup hemp milk |
285 |
| 2 cups Cheerios with 1/2 cup hemp milk |
285 |
| 1 cup salmon thing + some mustard rabbit |
460-560 |
| Pea soup with cheese, chicken, potatoes |
450-550 |
| Bread pudding ( haha what?) |
250-350 |
Total: 1730-2030/1900
Comments: So I gained a pound in the last few days. Haha. I'm starting to think that
the 2000 calories a day requirement is bullshit...Especially since I feel like I'm going to explode just from eating
around 2000.
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DAY 41
| FOOD |
CALORIES |
| 3 cups Cheerios with 1 cup hemp milk |
450 |
| 2 cups rice |
440 |
| Some kind of pastry for fat fucks |
190 |
| Nutella Toast with super-bread |
150 |
| 2 cups spaghetti with some garlic bread |
600-630 |
Total: 1930-1960/2000
Comments: LAST DAY HAH
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