UPDATE: [Sunday 26apr2026, weekly weigh-in of 222.6 lbs / ~ 101kg]
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 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 technically 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 water while driving because I didn't want to get stuck in Hartford rush hour traffic if I had to 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 steadily moving; it wasn't stop and go.
Anyhoo. Drumroll please! Booyah! 219.8lbs. Sorry, it's been a dream when I started at 291.6lbs last June to see a weight below 220.
This morning pre-breakfast, wearing 0.8lbs of clothing.
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 large, 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 lunch or dinner. I usually alternated between Mexican and Indian.
For dessert i had the options of 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, remove the pot from the burner for minute to calm down, then add back to the burner on low for 5 minutes, and then let it naturally cool another 5-10 minutes (it's cold outside when camping). Too fiddly/complicated? idk
I'd then add
- 1 scoop Orgain chocolate fudge protein powder (plant based)
- 1 scoop PB Fit peanut 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. With the yeti bowl, you'll have to blow on each spoonful the first minute or two, but then you can just start slurping the oatmeal down and it stays warm until you finish in my experience.
Yeti bowls are overpriced, but I would recommend a double-walled, insulated stainless steel bowl for camping. I got the big 2quart/liter size one and it's big enough to use as a small dish sink, so the hot soapy water stays hot as you clean up. Win win.
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