Daily Update: August 31, 2013

Weight: 226 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 1.5

Real Food Meals

Lunch: Large asian-style buffet. Dinner was excessive amounts of toast and cheese.

Hunger

Poor. I should have had HSS throughout the day.

Bowel

Loose and a big gassy.

Notes

At a conference, so only 1/2 of a day's worth of Hacker School Soylent instead of my usual 2/3. It would have benefitted me to drink it throughout the day since I find that it helps me with appetite and eating control, but I didn't. So I was "snacky" most of the daytime and then overly full when I had the HSS for dinner.

Daily Update: August 30, 2013

Weight: 226 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 1.5

Real Food Meals

Lunch: Tacos and Mexican food. Dinner: Ravioli and asperagus.

Hunger

Good appetite control most of the day.

Bowel

Loose and gassy. Back to "normal" but still less frequent than before. Note that I am having soylent for only 1/2 day and eating lunch at a conference and dinner at home.

Notes

At a conference, so I've reduced my Hacker School Soylent intake so that I can eat a social lunch at the conference.

Daily Update: August 29, 2013

Weight: 226 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 1.5

Real Food Meals

Lunch: Chicken. Dinner: Meat, Potatoes, Broccoli.

Hunger

Due to a conference, I wasn't able to sip Hacker School Soylent throughout the day as I normally would and I got decently hungry. Once the conference ended for the day hunger dropped back to usual and, in fact, I had good appetite control for dinner.

Bowel

Loose and gassy. Back to "normal" consistency, but still less frequent than before. (See Notes)

Notes

Yesterday evening and today brought a lot of "normal" foods back into my diet. Today because of a work conference, so I ate a social lunch and reduced the amount of hacker school soylent I ate. Additional "social snacking" happened.

Daily Update: August 28, 2013

Weight: 226 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 2

Real Food Meals

Burritos and salsa

Hunger

Hungry towards dinner time and beyond.

Bowel

Loose and a bit gassy. Not as gassy as before Hacker School Soylent.

Notes

I was very hungry after dinner and ate a fair amount of toast. Some with butter, some with cookie butter. This is the first time I've been meaningfully hungry at the end of the day.

Daily Update: August 27, 2013

Weight: 228 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 2

Real Food Meals

Japanese Curry

Hunger

Pretty low, but I broke down and ate both twinkies today.

Bowel

Loose in the morning, solid in the evening.

Notes

[none today]

Daily Update: August 26, 2013

Weight: 228 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 2

Real Food Meals

Broccoli, Beef and Rice.

Hunger

Pretty low, even though I had a big "lunch" (500mL) instead of several smaller "snacks" throughout the day (200mL at a time).

Bowel

Looser than recent days. A bit more gas. Not as bad as before Hacker School Soylent. Still more control than before. But not as good as a few days ago.

Notes

There was break-room cake--which I didn't feel a need to eat. My wife bought me Twinkies, which I've wanted to eat since Hostess went under. Before dinner I was already thinking that I might have only half of one. In the end I decided to wait for another night. My food intake control seems to be vastly better than a few weeks ago. This could be either because of happier emotions in the past few weeks or because of Hacker School Soylent in the past week.

Daily Update: August 25, 2013

Weight: 229 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 2

Real Food Meals

Spaghetti and Meatballs. Bread and Olive Oil. At friend's.

Hunger

Pretty low throughout the day.

Bowel

Back to loose. Still no gas bursts.

Notes

I've had three nights, now, of high AHI--mostly centrals. This could be related to the mask, or vacation but the timing could also indicate the soylent. I'm going to give it a few more days and see if it settles down, otherwise I'll try a week off and see if that makes a difference for the AHI.

Daily Update: August 24, 2013

Weight: 330 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 2

Real Food Meals

Cashew Chicken. Grapes.

Hunger

Pretty low throughout the day.

Bowel

Solid, smooth. No explosive gas.

Notes

I think I would benefit from shrinking the portion of rice we make with some of these recipies.

Daily Update: August 23, 2013

Weight: 331 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 2

Real Food Meals

Spam fried rice.

Hunger

Pretty low throughout the day. I'm getting fairly sufficient at just having another 100mL soylent instead of a snack.

Bowel

Still a bit loose, but no explosive gas.

Notes

Snacked a lot when I got home. Less than I did a few weeks ago, but I had nuts and cookies and candy on top of one of the most calorie-laden dinners we eat.

Daily Update: August 22, 2013

Weight: 332 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 2

Real Food Meals

Ravioli and asparagus.

Hunger

Pretty low throughout the day. I even ended up with 100 mL left over.

Bowel

Still a bit loose, but no explosive gas.

Notes

2 mile walk in the morning.

Daily Update: August 21, 2013

Weight: 331 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 2

Real Food Meals

Dumplings, rice and edamame.

Hunger

Even as I ate I knew I wasn't hungry. That I was anger-eating.

Bowel

Still a bit loose, but might tighter than it's been in months.

Notes

I had a lot of upset eating today.

Daily Update: August 20, 2013

Weight: 229 lbs.

Servings of Hacker School Soylent: 2

Real Food Meals

Meat, Potatoes, Brussels Spouts and Broccoli

Hunger

Minimal Throughout Day. I had little desire for other food and the drink was enough. I was able to resist the layed out snacks at work.

Bowel

Bristol Stool Scale: 6
Loose, gassy at the beginning of the day. More regular poop at the end of the day. I feel like I've been "working on" a poop for several hours.

Notes

Drank about 400ml for breakfast, and 200ml every few hours. Had about 300 ml when I went to parents for dinner.