Category: Regimen

The 3fatchicks.com Web site has been updated with a new look and feel! This is one of the few weight loss resources that I use religiously.

We’ve made several changes to our website design, based on visitor feedback. As many of you know, we suffered a corrupted database a few weeks ago, and we’ve been unable to properly update the site. Our new changes will allow us to resume daily website updates, and continue to grow. We appreciate your patience, and hope the new site will make using our features even easier.

I’m extremely pleased this morning…down to 234.8 pounds with a percentage of 33.0%! The weight is the lowest it’s been since I was 18…quite an inspiration to myself!

Another two miles on the elliptical and half an hour in the pool last night. Felt really good to move around now that the weather has cooled off.

I’ve been slacking for the past month and have only made it to the gym a few times. Between work, cleaning the house and preparing for parental visits I really haven’t had the time and, even had I made time, I really wouldn’t have been up to it. I finally made it back to the gym this evening and, with Kelly gone for the week, I can workout late. Hopefully this will get me back into the swing of things so I can start making a rhythm out of it.

Ronaldo M. Ferraz has a quick writeup on The Hacker’s Diet and Richard Tallent has been at it for a few months now. Jeremy Sharlack has also started his Fitness Blog based on The Hacker’s Diet and The Atkins Diet.

I barbecued a bunch of venison sausage this evening for myself and the troops. Quite yummy, low fat and zero carb! We were quite pleased with Frank’s Red Hot as the only condiment. No sides…just sausage…a pure testosterone meal!

Another trip to the in-laws has been successfully penned into the history books! This time around everything went quite easily…Karen (Mom) and Jan (Dad) went out of their way to have lots of low carb goodies around the house! Not only did I have a steady supply of sugar free Jello but also diet sodas, lunchmeats, cheeses, veggies and other miscellanea. As a special treat, I also got pancakes yesterday morning made from Soy Flour! Not exactly the pinnacle of taste treats but still special nonetheless. Heavy cream and butter whipped up into a topping made for an extremely high calorie but low carb substitute for syrup.

Diet Rite doesn’t suck…

So, it turns out that Diet Rite doesn’t entirely altogether suck! Years ago I tried regular RC Cola and, quite frankly, had a rather immediate distaste for it. Imagine flat Coke mixed with orange pumice soap…that was the unfortunate feeling that my teeth felt as they were eaten away and softened immediately by the putrid concoction. Well, not really, but that’s how it felt.

Anyway, I begrudgingly tried Diet Rite on the recommendation of my father in-law because a friend of the family recently went on Atkins and has been drinking the stuff religiously. Amazingly, I rather liked it and proceeded to spend the rest of the visit inhaling it nonstop. Better than Diet Coke, not quite as tasty as Waist Watchers.

Enter the Fourth…

The Fourth of July Eve and Fourth of July parties hosted by the aforementioned friend of the family, Dennis, were amazingly survivable due to the fact that he was on Atkins. The grill was running nonstop and had an infinite supply of venison, beef, chicken, hot dogs, salads, cheeses and dozens of low carb goodies to choose from! Not only did I manage to stuff myself all day to the point of being bloated but still ended up losing weight after my four day visit. Mind you, I didn’t lose much weight but I didn’t gain any either! I can’t imagine how much weight I could have packed on if I had cheated and started eating carbs…

One of the Webmasters for Carb Solutions felt inclined to share an email he received from a rather disappointed customer:

From: xxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 9:05 AM
To: ‘[email protected]’
Cc: ‘[email protected]’; ‘[email protected]’
Subject: Carb Solutions Taste Sensations – Creamy Chocolate Peanut Butter

Dear Carb Solutions,

I’m trying to lose a few pounds and last night I tried your Carb Solutions Taste Sensations – Creamy Chocolate Peanut Butter (Serial Number: MC53097 BEST BY040704) for the first time. The bar was a substitute for my dinner because I was on the road.

I want you to know that I have discovered your secret formula for weight loss and I plan on stealing it. I too will make something so truly disgusting in taste that it makes the victim… err, uhhh… “dieter” not want to eat anything because they’re physically nauseous.

This morning I defecated an exact replica of the bar I ate last night. I plan on taking my feces and your bar to shopping malls and asking people to take a bite of each and see if they can tell the difference.

It is true that my butt won’t be able to produce as many “Taste Sensations” as your company can, but at over $2 a bar it will be a nice second income for me. Like your company, I will probably only be able to sell one bar to a customer before they decide never to buy from me again — so I’ll have to keep moving all of the time. They’ll probably make a movie about me.

Soon to be your competitor…

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Bellingham, Massachusetts

In an amazing show of iron will, I’m actually surviving the inlaws! I raided the freezer and started thawing out all of my meats for meals over the next few days. At least that way I can quickly choose anything I’m in the mood for while the rest of the family teases me with all of their evil side dishes!

It now appears that I’ve overcome the little plateau that I hit when I cheated at Margaritas last Friday. Although I’ve been in ketosis all week I really hadn’t lost all that much weight. As of this morning my trend line shows a drastic drop! Maybe I can finally get back on track…I’m finally back under my projected weight loss schedule for the first time since the 15th.

On the other hand, Kelly’s parents will be visiting and there are plans to make halushki. If there was ever a dish that would send Dr. Atkins running in fear, this would be it. Not only is it extremely high in fat with bacon, butter and cheeses but it’s also a high carbohydrate dish due to its processed potato base. On top of that, the house has been stocked with plenty of caramels and candy bars to appease the inlaws.

Either way, I have a feeling that I’ll be devouring a lot of barbecued meats and cheeses this weekend as the wife and the rest of the family prepares their heart attack surprise!