Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
– Adam Smith (1723-90) Scottish economist.
This is day 2 of experiment #1, which is trying to answer the question “Will I gain body fat if I eat more calories than I expend daily?” First, let’s look at the body measurements from today.
| Body Measurements | |
|---|---|
| Body Weight | 190.6 lbs |
| Body Fat (Impedance Scale) | 13% |
| Body Fat (Skinfold Calipers) | 11.26% |
| Body Fat (Average) | 12.13% |
| Lean Body Mass (From Average Body Fat %) | 167.48 lbs |
| Fat Mass (From Average Body Fat %) | 23.12 lbs |
So it seems like the extra 300 calories from yesterday did not make a big dent in the numbers. Interesting… let’s see if the trend stays the same as the experiment progresses. Here is the food and exercise log for today. I developed some pain in my feet from running constantly the last couple of weeks, so instead of running today I did some stationary bicycling.
| Breakfast (506 Cal) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cottage cheese, no salt added | 1 Cup | 160 |
| Greek Yogurt, Fage, No Fat | 0.5 Cup | 60 |
| Oats, rolled, old fashioned, dry | 0.5 Cup | 150 |
| Psyllium Husks Powder | 9 Grams | 31 |
| Protein Powder, MuscleFeast, Strawberry Isolate | 28 Grams | 105 |
| Lunch (597 Cal) | ||
| Steak and Tendon Pho | 1 Serving | 597 |
| Dinner (1,221 Cal) | ||
| Chicken Burrito (Whole Wheat, Blk Beans, Guac, Xtra Meat) | 1 Serving | 1,030 |
| Cottage cheese, no salt added | 1 Cup | 160 |
| Psyllium Husks Powder | 9 Grams | 31 |
| Exercise (200 Cal) | ||
| Bicycling | 45 minutes | 200 |
| Calorie Log Summary | ||
| Nutrient Breakdown (Fat/Carbs/Protein) | 22%/40%/38% | |
| Grams of Fat | 58.9 | |
| Saturated | 17.3 | |
| Grams of Carbs | 247.2 | |
| Fiber | 42.8 | |
| Sugar | 25.4 | |
| Grams of Protein | 232.7 | |
| Calories Eaten | 2,324 | |
| Calories Spent | 2,113 | |
| Exercise | 200 | |
| Basal Metabolic Rate | 1,913 | |
| Caloric Deficit(-) / Excess(+) | 211 | |
Another day with an extra 211 calories consumed.