Day 48: Back To The Usual, With A Twist

I've shifted back to the usual kind of Plateau Buster - one with sugared foods. In fact, after yesterday's debacle, I've shifted over to the other extreme, for test purposes. My "big breakfast" was a small bag of caramel corn and two snack cakes, both of which total 1,060 calories. The residuum of 190 calories is reserved for supper.

Before I reveal the result, I should add a warning about the "extreme" use of the Plateau Buster that I'm currently using. Once the morning ration of (in this case) approx. 1000 calories is gone, that's it for the end of the day except for supper. If you're on a, say, 1000 calorie/day limit, then approx. 800 calories' worth of sweet stuff is all you'll eat until a small snack-sized dinner at the end of the day.

The trouble with using candy or (in this case) caramel corn or snack cakes as a sugar booster is that they hardly fill up the stomach. Once again, I emphasize (with stomach growling) that once the big breakfast is done with, that's the end of the eating for the day except for the small supper. Danishes, donuts, et. al. seem to provide an adequate compromise between sugar-caloric and stomach-filling. Calorie-rich candy doesn't.

So, again, I say that this variant is only for experimental purposes, to see if it's the sugar that results in the metabolism boost/extra water clearout. So far, the answer to this question is "yes," but the full effect won't be seen until early next week. Happy rest-of-the-weekend.


Weight as of approx. 6 PM today: 224 1/2 pounds.