SuperRob
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Starting January 1, I resolved to lose 100lbs. in eight months. It's a ridiculous goal, but I believe it shooting as high as possible. Plus, I have a lot of motivation.
1. Getting married September 10th, and I want to look good for the pictures.
2. Going on a cruise/honeymoon to WDW, and I want to look good in summer clothes/swimsuits.
3. Want to look good for my tiny little fiancée.
4. Want to go on the Harry Potter ride and not have one of their staff have to shove me into the damned ride.
I bought Tim Ferriss's book "The 4-Hour Body." Despite the title, it's more a body about "hacking" your body, rather than getting in shape in four hours. There is a small section where he explains about the "minimum effective dose" and how he was able to achieve a specific goal in only four total hours of working out.
The losing fat part of the book is a pretty standard low-carb diet that he calls "slow carb". He simplifies by giving specific rules.
1. Avoid "white" carbs (or carbs that can be white). Why? One reason is that one of the chemicals used to bleach flour and other foods is chlorine dioxide. This combines with some proteins to form alloxan. Alloxan is used by researchers to induce diabetes in mice.
2. Eat the same few meals over and over again. Form a habit and it's hard to break it. For breakfast, you should eat a lot of protein, and preferably within 30 minutes of waking. This is HARD.
3. Don't drink calories. This means mostly water, and some coffee. One of the things you're supposed to do is drink 500ml (about 16oz.) of ice-cold water immediately on waking up. This is harder than it sounds as well. Diet pop is out too (aspartame promotes weight gain).
4. Don't eat fruit. (Fructose converts easily to Glycerol phosphate, which the liver turns into triglycerides, which goes immediately to fat storage.) Tomatoes and avocados are the exception.
5. Take one day off per week and go nuts. There is a method to the binging madness, as it keeps your metabolic rate from plummeting.
There's a lot of other stuff, like tracking your statistics, specific supplements, but it's all extra. But I am tracking because I'm a nerd, and if you don't have data, what's the point?
I bought a decent body monitor scale, measuring tape, etc. Tim claims you can drop 20lbs. a month, and more specifically, 20lbs. of body fat.
So this is where I'll track my progress. I'll keep it simple for y'all, and I won't post daily updates.
January 1: 281.2lbs, 47.6% body fat.
Notes: Ugh. Not the heaviest I've weighed, but it's up there.
Current: As of January 14, I'm at 272.2 lbs. and 46.7% body fat. 9lbs lost, 6.7 of that is body fat.
1. Getting married September 10th, and I want to look good for the pictures.
2. Going on a cruise/honeymoon to WDW, and I want to look good in summer clothes/swimsuits.
3. Want to look good for my tiny little fiancée.
4. Want to go on the Harry Potter ride and not have one of their staff have to shove me into the damned ride.
I bought Tim Ferriss's book "The 4-Hour Body." Despite the title, it's more a body about "hacking" your body, rather than getting in shape in four hours. There is a small section where he explains about the "minimum effective dose" and how he was able to achieve a specific goal in only four total hours of working out.
The losing fat part of the book is a pretty standard low-carb diet that he calls "slow carb". He simplifies by giving specific rules.
1. Avoid "white" carbs (or carbs that can be white). Why? One reason is that one of the chemicals used to bleach flour and other foods is chlorine dioxide. This combines with some proteins to form alloxan. Alloxan is used by researchers to induce diabetes in mice.
2. Eat the same few meals over and over again. Form a habit and it's hard to break it. For breakfast, you should eat a lot of protein, and preferably within 30 minutes of waking. This is HARD.
3. Don't drink calories. This means mostly water, and some coffee. One of the things you're supposed to do is drink 500ml (about 16oz.) of ice-cold water immediately on waking up. This is harder than it sounds as well. Diet pop is out too (aspartame promotes weight gain).
4. Don't eat fruit. (Fructose converts easily to Glycerol phosphate, which the liver turns into triglycerides, which goes immediately to fat storage.) Tomatoes and avocados are the exception.
5. Take one day off per week and go nuts. There is a method to the binging madness, as it keeps your metabolic rate from plummeting.
There's a lot of other stuff, like tracking your statistics, specific supplements, but it's all extra. But I am tracking because I'm a nerd, and if you don't have data, what's the point?
I bought a decent body monitor scale, measuring tape, etc. Tim claims you can drop 20lbs. a month, and more specifically, 20lbs. of body fat.So this is where I'll track my progress. I'll keep it simple for y'all, and I won't post daily updates.
January 1: 281.2lbs, 47.6% body fat.
Notes: Ugh. Not the heaviest I've weighed, but it's up there.
Current: As of January 14, I'm at 272.2 lbs. and 46.7% body fat. 9lbs lost, 6.7 of that is body fat.
