Transforming Me

Update!

2018-10-10T21:50:01Z

OK, so I decided to stop posting daily because it felt like I was posting just to post. So anyway, here is an update. I am still sticking to Keto, I have not had any alcohol (not easy) but other than that, my willpower is still very high. I have been working out at least 3x per week, but I am still working on my own plan – kind of designing as I workout to get a feel for what I think is working or not.

So far, I am down to 178 lbs – the lightest I have been since March 2016. Four more pounds and I will be the lightest since 2012. Goal is under 160 to match 2008…

Day 9

2018-10-02T03:05:01Z

Well, yesterday I had lost 8 pounds, but today I guess I gained a pound. No biggy, it will all balance out. Today, my diet was good and my workout this morning was pretty good too – so, I will just keep plugging away.

Day 8

2018-09-30T21:28:34Z

Today is fasting day and I am hungry… trying to drink more water to reduce the hunger. I also need to figure out what I am going to eat this week as the pork belly almost made me sick…

Oh, and last night my neighbor was trying to get me to go play some cards and drink some alcohol. I finally gave in but he got back too late and by the time he wanted to play, I decided I wanted to just chill. But I think I lucked out by not drinking as it would have affected my Ketosis.

Day 7

2018-09-30T21:24:29Z

So, I did get a workout in today and I kept to my diet. I went to a butcher and bought a juicy looking bone-in ribeye about 1.5 lbs and was so looking forward to grilling it. I decided to follow the advice of an online recipe. I brought it into the house after grilling and it was way undercooked. So I then put it in the broiler … for too long and it got overcooked … I still ate it, but ruined a $30 piece of meat. I should have just gone to Outback and got one cooked there (but I was avoiding the temptation of beer).

Day 6

2018-09-28T16:43:19Z

Happy Friday! – today is a rest day and I am happy about that, my abs, legs, and shoulders are sore today. My diet is still on par and I have lost 7 lbs this week (water weight probably). Looking forward to tomorrow’s workout. I am also doing some research and may create a custom workout to start on Monday. I like Afterburn – and may stick with it, but this custom workout might be a customization of Afterburn – or totally new, we shall see.

Day 5

2018-09-27T15:12:34Z

I did yesterday’s workout this morning – it felt pretty good, glad I added a day of rest. When I got to the HIIT part though, I just felt drained. Anyway, I hope some of the old Fat Coalition folks get back into this, it would be nice to have some conversations instead of feeling like I am talking to myself!

Day 4

2018-09-27T15:10:18Z

First, my body was just too sore to work out this morning, so in order to not injure myself the first week, I took the day off. My diet was good, I was at my limit for carbs and fat, so for dinner I had a protein shake since I was low on that. Short and sweet post …

Day 3

2018-09-26T04:14:47Z

Still working on this diet, I was short on calories yesterday. I had 1,178 calories, 22g Carbs, 94g Fat, 67g Protein. Today was a 24 hour fast day (no food until 7pm). For dinner I had Pork Belly. It was good, filling, and WOW it is high in fat. 0 Carbs, 7% Protein, and 93% Fat…

Anyway, still working through the plan, but I have lost a few pounds – but I always lose a lot the first week. I still feel confident that this plan will work. My body is so sore, but I am looking forward to tomorrow’s workout.

Day 2

2018-09-25T03:05:57Z

So, yesterday I started with the 24 hour fast (7pm Saturday to 7pm Sunday). I then ate 3 eggs scrambled and 3 slices of bacon. Then as I made my hard boiled eggs for the week, I ate one. That adds up to 908 calories, 11g carbs, 72g fat, and 54g protein. Wow, that added up quick.

This morning, I couldn’t sleep, I woke up at 2:30am – sat on the couch, played a little on my phone, then realized that I may as well get the workout out of the way since I couldn’t sleep. I was initially starting this on October 1st, so I didn’t really have my workout planned out. I decided to start off with the Afterburn program since I remembered it and it has worked in the past.

The workout took less than an hour and then I got another hour of sleep. Now it is time to get ready for work… one day at a time

Almost 10 years later…

2018-09-24T01:05:49Z

Finally bringing the blog back. It has been another 10 years of the typical ups and downs of weight loss. Here it is, the last quarter of 2018 and I have started a new journey TODAY (September 23, 2018).

A lot has happened in the last 10 years, but I will catch people up real quick. I have moved from Minnesota to Northern California (for work) in 2011. Lost my job after 24 years and moved to Southern California. Love it down here, but I am now making half the money I used to and bills are twice as much. I am a software developer now and I love it, but I am at a startup and am desperately looking for a higher paying job before I end up having to move back to Minnesota. As far as my body goes, I had gotten up to 207 pounds and then down to 175 and hovering around 185 for a couple years now, but as of today I am 189 and need to do something about it.

DIET:
I will be doing a combo of Intermittent Fasting (IF) and Keto. I did Keto in January this year and lost almost 20 pounds. I have done a lot more research since then and I realized that I was taking in way too much protein at the time. I believe I have the diet spot on this time. As far as IF goes, I will be starting off with Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday of 24 hour fasting. I am going to give it a couple of weeks, if it gets too hard, I will go to the typical 16/8 fasting schedule which I will have no problem with.

EXERCISE:
I have to workout at the apartment gym now, so I will need to find a good time when it is not busy. The plan is to start off with a quick full body workout and then HIIT in the morning 3x per week (on non-fasting days).

BLOG:
I really feel like I am going to do it this time which is why I am blogging it. I want to have a record of what I am doing so I can look back at it. I will also work on a new theme soon. I would have started from scratch, but I wanted to have all my old posts in here to look back on as well.

I am currently 46 years old and 5’7″ tall.

CURRENT STATS:
Weight: 189 lbs
Waist: 42″
BF %: 30-33%