Dieting, weight loss, logbook
The organizers ask participants to include two "regular" weeks as a baseline, and to track their weight, mood, sleep, and a couple of other parameters.
Those two baseline weeks are over, #halftato starts today! Get ready for daily potato fun facts. :D
Fun fact! The German word "Kartoffel" is derived from the Italian "tartufolo", which comes from Latin "terrae tuber" (earth bulb).
We cooked "Himmel und Erde" today, a dish made from potatoes and apples!
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
Fun fact! The potato plant was chosen as the "poisonous plant of the year 2022" by a botanical garden in Wandsbek, because all of its green parts are slightly poisonous to humans. #halftato
@zormit@chaos.social and I made Hasselback potatoes today! So good!
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
I'm participating in the "Half-Tato Diet Community Trial"! https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2023/03/13/half-tato-diet-community-trial-sign-up-now/
The idea is to get ~50% of your calories from potatoes. 🥔
As I'm controlling my caloric intake anyway, I'm not expecting big changes, I'm just curious and willing to contribute data. And the idea of eating a lot of potato is just very funny to me. :D
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
The organizers ask participants to include two "regular" weeks as a baseline, and to track their weight, mood, sleep, and a couple of other parameters.
Those two baseline weeks are over, #halftato starts today! Get ready for daily potato fun facts. :D
Fun fact! The German word "Kartoffel" is derived from the Italian "tartufolo", which comes from Latin "terrae tuber" (earth bulb).
We cooked "Himmel und Erde" today, a dish made from potatoes and apples!
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
After aiming at 2100 kcal/day, my weight stayed exactly the same! 🎉
That's quite a change from the yo-yo effect I sometimes encountered in the past.
After three weeks, I decided that I had enough of a break, and went into a 500-kcal deficit again, according to what my tool https://github.com/blinry/nom predicted: 1800 kcal/day.
I've been staying there for two weeks, but today, there's an exciting change!!
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
I'm participating in the "Half-Tato Diet Community Trial"! https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2023/03/13/half-tato-diet-community-trial-sign-up-now/
The idea is to get ~50% of your calories from potatoes. 🥔 As I'm controlling my caloric intake anyway, I'm not expecting big changes, I'm just curious and willing to contribute data. And the idea of eating a lot of potato is just very funny to me. :D
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
Our current host kindly provided me with a body scale!
After 2 weeks at 1700 kcal/day, I still kept losing weight, slowly. My tool nom estimated that, to stay at 70 kg, I could eat 2100 kcal/day, so that's what I'm doing since last Thursday! :D
Interestingly, I don't feel less hungry, and it doesn't seem much easier to adhere to this limit. But I definitely can be less strategic.
Graphs generated with https://github.com/blinry/nom
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
After aiming at 2100 kcal/day, my weight stayed exactly the same! 🎉 That's quite a change from the yo-yo effect I sometimes encountered in the past.
After three weeks, I decided that I had enough of a break, and went into a 500-kcal deficit again, according to what my tool https://github.com/blinry/nom predicted: 1800 kcal/day.
I've been staying there for two weeks, but today, there's an exciting change!!
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
While travelling, I don't have access to a body scale, so I don't know my current weight… super curious to see what'll happen!
Another fun stat: I've been tracking what I eat for 115 days in a row! \o/
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
Our current host kindly provided me with a body scale!
After 2 weeks at 1700 kcal/day, I still kept losing weight, slowly. My tool nom estimated that, to stay at 70 kg, I could eat 2100 kcal/day, so that's what I'm doing since last Thursday! :D
Interestingly, I don't feel less hungry, and it doesn't seem much easier to adhere to this limit. But I definitely can be less strategic.
Graphs generated with https://github.com/blinry/nom
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
Another two weeks are already over!
I decided that after 3 months of eating a deficit of ~1000 kcal, it's time for a break. 😌
I'm aiming at keeping my weight where it is for the next month or so!
So last week, I added 500 kcal to my daily allowance! If I still lose weight on that, I plan to add more. This is pretty exciting for me! :D
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
While travelling, I don't have access to a body scale, so I don't know my current weight… super curious to see what'll happen!
Another fun stat: I've been tracking what I eat for 115 days in a row! \o/
Dieting, weight loss, question
Time for another check-in! In the last two weeks, I ate 1271 kcal/day, on average. That's the same energy contained in 3 liters of cola! 🍾
- I'm surprised by how steady my weight loss has been over the past 3 months!
- I lost 20% of my weight since November!
- Almost all of my clothes look much too big on me now.
(Graph created with https://github.com/blinry/nom)
Dieting, weight loss, logbook
Another two weeks are already over!
I decided that after 3 months of eating a deficit of ~1000 kcal, it's time for a break. 😌 I'm aiming at keeping my weight where it is for the next month or so!
So last week, I added 500 kcal to my daily allowance! If I still lose weight on that, I plan to add more. This is pretty exciting for me! :D
Dieting, weight loss, question
One challenge that I'll have to face eventually is to maintain my new low body weight.
If anyone can recommend strategies for that, I'd love to hear them!
Dieting, weight loss, question
Time for another check-in! In the last two weeks, I ate 1271 kcal/day, on average. That's the same energy contained in 3 liters of cola! 🍾
- I'm surprised by how steady my weight loss has been over the past 3 months!
- I lost 20% of my weight since November!
- Almost all of my clothes look much too big on me now.
(Graph created with https://github.com/blinry/nom)
Dieting, weight loss, check-in
Over the past two weeks, I ate 1224 kcal/day, on average! 
My tool https://github.com/blinry/nom estimates that I burn 2300 kcal/day. To make up for the difference of 15000 kcal, my body had to burn about 1.6 kg of body fat!
- Every time I got sad that I couldn't eat all the delicious things other people ate, I just asked to try a tiny bite of it. Which mostly made me happy again!
- My weight is now the lowest it has been in the last 9 years! 😮
Dieting, weight loss, question
One challenge that I'll have to face eventually is to maintain my new low body weight.
If anyone can recommend strategies for that, I'd love to hear them!
Dieting, weight loss, background
I got the idea that it's an option to lose weight that fast from the book "Fettlogik Überwinden" by Nadja Hermann (of @erzaehlmirnix@mastodon.social fame), which is a science-based look at weight loss and the risks of overweight.
Like her, I find that fast weight loss motivates me a lot! Instead of doing this for a year, it only takes 5 months…
One precaution I take is to take a comprehensive vegan multivitamin, so I don't run into deficiencies while I'm eating this little.
Dieting, weight loss, check-in
Over the past two weeks, I ate 1224 kcal/day, on average!
My tool https://github.com/blinry/nom estimates that I burn 2300 kcal/day. To make up for the difference of 15000 kcal, my body had to burn about 1.6 kg of body fat!
- Every time I got sad that I couldn't eat all the delicious things other people ate, I just asked to try a tiny bite of it. Which mostly made me happy again!
- My weight is now the lowest it has been in the last 9 years! 😮
blinry