Just finished watching Fat Head with three friends. Great movie as it illustrates concepts that were outlined in Gary Taube’s book, “Good Calories, Bad Calories”. Basically, fat is not bad. Your body needs fat; it can even help lower your LDL and raise your HDL.
On my journey to losing 45 ( or 44 depending on the day ) pounds, I tried a few methods over the last few years. I’ve done low fat, low calorie and low carb. Eating primal or low carb has helped me the most. I’ve stuck with that now for a good 4 months. Sometimes I cheat. However, I have noticed a significant weight drop even then.
That being said, I’m fat.
Once again proving the scale has nothing to do with progress, I weigh 137.52 pounds as of today. And I am 28.4% fat.
To give a little perspective, I went with a friend today who is about 33 years older than I am. He had 8% body fat. That will motivate you.
How do I know how much body fat I have? After reading a recommendation in Timothy Ferris’ book, “The 4 Hour Body” , I decided to give BodPod a try. Even made it a goal. That is one more goal completed!
My Stats - October 16, 2011:
Based on the report that I was given, I have “Excess Fat”, which “Indicates an excess accumulation of fat over time.” Yea, no kidding.
The Plan or Phase Two
What next? Two things: do a juice fast for 10 days as described on my goals page and begin a high intensity workout session. I’ve already begun planning this.
When I begun two years ago, I decided that I would lose as much weight as possible with no or little exercise. Tracking only the scale. You cannot track progress without a measurable metric.
Once, I got low enough on the scale then I would begin Phase 2: Body composition and muscle building. It is now time for Phase 2. And it will be tracked with BodPod and the goal of lowering my percentage of body fat.
Time to kick the fat to the curb!
I hit the “130s” today! I can barely believe it. Only 9 more pounds to go until I reach goal. We’ll see how much belly fat I still have by then. I swear there is this one area in the middle around my belly button that I call my “kangaroo pouch”. It is proving to be the last to go and still bunches up when I sit down.
I can do this! 130 and/or flat stomach, here I come!
From Moo to Woo! This month, it will be 2 years of Get Gary Fit.
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I’ve been eating Paleo now for going on two months. One of my favorite foods or weaknesses is cookies. I was delighted to find these Paleo friendly cookies online. To start, I ordered a small bag of the Original and Tropical flavors.
The taste of these wonderful gluten free treats is amazing. The “Original” has a short ingredient list: honey, almond meal, walnuts, raisins, ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon. That is it!
My favorite was the “Tropical” kind. It too has a small ingredient list: almond meal, honey, unsulfured coconut, macadamia nuts and ginger. Yesterday, I ordered a large bag of the Tropical and a small bag of the “Alpine” ( chocolate ) to try next.
The small bag includes 6 cookies for a little over $5. Great way to give them a taste. I also found a 15% off discount code online to use: Spartanburg
Give it a try! I now have a new favorite treat.
( Disclaimer: Caveman Cookies did not ask me to write this. I was impressed by the taste and Paleo friendliness of these treats and wanted to share. )