Kekkosdieetti (the Kekkonen Diet)

Days left: 0 & 15 & 23
Goal DB IV 137.00lb, DB V 138.00lb 137.00lb by vacation (134lb ultimate goal)
Start weight: 149lb
Weight: 139.50 (lb (63.28kg, 9.96st)
Loss:  .25lb (0.11kg, .02st)
Steps: 8,955


Daily goals:

Pushups: 6 reps
Squats: 10 reps
Ab exercises: several
Walks: before work: .7mi; lunchtime: 1.4mi;  after work: 1.5mi
Medical exercise: 3 reps
No sweets: none
No grains: none
No cow dairy: none

Today's food:

Scrambled eggs
Oat bran galette
Goat yogurt
Walnuts (6)
More Walnuts (15)
Hamburger w/ketchup
Goat yogurt

Several months ago, my cousin mentioned she was following a diet named after a former president of Finland, Urho Kekkonen.  The most important aspect of the diet, the "Kekkosdieetti", is that you have to weigh yourself every day, so that if there are upward trends, you can make a change quickly.  Daily exercise is also a must.  I laughed when my cousin told me about it, I said "I'm on that diet too", since I weigh myself every morning!  Here are the 5 rules:

Weigh yourself every morning and write the number down

No explanation needed here!  It helps you see if you need to change your eating habits quickly, before the damage is really bad. I think writing it somewhere also forces you to acknowledge the number.

Some people say that weighing yourself is the ONLY rule in the diet.  However, President Kekkonen had some other rules he always followed.

Eat fish and dark rye bread every day

This dark rye bread usually doesn't have wheat in it at all.  Not grain-free, but it is whole grain, not "white flour".

Drink watered-down "piimä"

Piimä is similar to kefir or buttermilk.

Exercise every day

Any reason not to exercise is just an excuse, or translated directly, he said a "fake reason".

Evening tea is a sufficient evening meal

In other words, unless there was an event, his evening meal was really just a snack, again dark rye bread (not a pastry).

So I follow the "weigh yourself and write it down" rule, and the "exercise every day" rule.  I also have a small meal, but at lunch instead.