And on a happy note. I lost some weight over the last week while camping. I weighed 227.4 lbs/103kg when I left, but I'd been feeling a kind of backed up last week. I think I'd been eating too much high fiber sourdough bread.
So let me preface that my <220lb/100kg weigh-in does NOT count. I weighed myself post-shower after a sauna session after driving home. The Sauna was great for loosening up after driving 4 hours, but I didn't stop once to pee during the drive home, so I was dehydrated. I didn't drink much after my morning bike ride, and I didn't guzzle because I didn't want to get stuck in Hartford rush hour traffic if I had stop once an hour for pee breaks. I got through Hartford around Thursday 3p.m. Only had about a 2mile stretch where people were driving fast bicycle speed (like 20mph). Not complaining, traffic was moving; it wasn't stop and go.
Anyhoo. Drumroll please! Booyah! Sorry, it's been a dream when I started at 291.6lbs last June to see a weight below 220.
This morning pre-breakfast
After breakfast was 222. So I'm getting SUPER close to getting under 220. Yay! Ideally I'd love to be lower 210's so I have a buffer from 220. I want 220 to be my new max weight. Fingers crossed, keeping the weight off will be so much easier now that I figured out high fiber, healthy, filling food I like.
I think the key to dropping 5+lbs this past week, was that I didn't bring any sourdough bread with me. I ate my current favorite bean patty recipes (pre made at home).
https://dishingouthealth.com/chipotle-black-bean-burgers/#wprm-recipe-container-9978
and this new Indian bean patty recipe I found.
https://ministryofcurry.com/black-bean-burgers/
I'd eat the above in a low carb whole wheat wrap with lettuce, onions, peppers and some sauce (see below)
I worried a little about running out of the patties above, so I bought a frozen bag of bean and cheese burritos from Walmart (210 calories each, I'd eat two at a time). I'd get them again. Ate 6 out of the 8 before getting home.
I also brought a gallon size ziploc bag of broccoli, and a separate 1 gallon (~4liters) bag of lettuce. I just stuff a few paper towels in the bag to absorb moisture and change the towels every couple days.
I had diced bell peppers and red onions and 2 small bottles of siracha spicy mayo and southwest chipotle sauce
I kept all the burrito making stuff in a plastic shopping bag, so it was easy to pull it out from the Dometic cooler fridge to make a wrap.
For dessert i had dates, dark chocolate covered almonds, apples, or home made baked beans, https://hunneyd.blogspot.com/2025/11/deconstructed-instant-pot-baked-beans.html
For snacking, roasted unsalted peanuts, wasabi almonds, or the aforementioned dates/ choc covered almonds.
For breakfast I started with protein smoothies with almond/soy milk, but figured out how to use my tiny 1.5 liter hawkins induction ready pressure cooker on my induction cooktop to cook 1/3 cup of steel cut oats for breakfast
You have to be careful the pot doesn't start spewing foam after the pot starts venting. I found medium heat until it vented once, then reduce to low for 5 minutes, and then let it naturally cool another 5-10 minutes (it's cold outside when camping).
I'd then add
- 1 scoop Orgain chocolate fudge protein powder (plant based)
- 1 scoop PB Fit powder
- 1 spoon/tablespoon of ground flax seed
- 1 spoon natural peanut butter
- at least 1/2 cup of soy milk
Not vegan, but I like the shelf life of soy/almond milk. Soy is thicker and if water consumption is a worry it uses far less than almond/dairy milk during the milk making conversion process.
I did use an insulated Yeti bowl for the first time while eating and during cold mornings 40-50F/5-10C it kept the oatmeal nice and warm while I ate. In a normal bowl, it will somehow get grossly too cold to eat by the time it cools enough to start eating it. It's like you get a 30 second window to wolf down the whole bowl.
Yeti bowls are overpriced, but I would recommend a double insulated stainless steel bowl for camping. I got the big 2quart/liter size one and it's big enough as a small dish sink, so the hot soapy water stays hot as you clean up. Win win.
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