Hey ya’ll!

So, it’s been a couple of weeks since I totally overhauled my diet and boy do I feel so much better.

As most of you know, I started this journey following the ketogenic (high fat, low carb) diet. I was able to lose the first 40 pounds or so by eating copious amounts of meat, cheese, butter, and green veg. 

Obviously, this way of eating was immediately appealing to someone like me, it allowed me to eat all of the best foods, I could have a 9 oz steak with some green beans and follow it with a ketofied cheesecake. Or, I could wake up and have an omelette and bacon, just hold the toast and hashbrowns. This felt like a compromise made just for me.

So, why the switch? Honestly it was sort of a spur of the moment change. I was listening to a podcast (You Made it Weird with Pete Holmes), he had a guest named Dr. Joel Fuhrman on, and as a loyal listener, I clicked the episode without knowing anything about Dr. Fuhrman. Within the first 10 minutes, I was hooked and I knew that I wanted to know more.

As is typical for me, I began researching immediately after. I watched all of Dr. Fuhrman’s live talks on Youtube, I watched his interviews, I read blogs, I checked his research, I found other peer reviewed documents that supported and denied his approach and weighed the pros and cons of both stances. By the end, I came away with this:

Give it a month, at the very least, you will up your vegetable intake... a lot. 

And so, as we go into week 3, that’s exactly what has happened.

I haven’t cheated once, and haven’t felt the need to. I’ve eaten tons of fruit, vegetables, rice and bread, and limited my intake of excess sodium, oils and sugar, and guess what? It’s working.

Who knew? Fruits, Veg and the Gym, the trio of results.

So, although I find myself occasionally craving a slice of pizza, or a burger, or wanting to indulge in some dank chicken pad thai, I just slice an apple, smear it in peanut butter, throw on some sliced dates and I wind up feeling just as satisfied.

Oh, and another benefit of this way of eating? I am never bogged down by food, I never feel too full, I never feel pounds of food sitting in the pit of my stomach, it’s been really great for keeping hte gym in my schedule and also for just feeling comfortable in pants again.

Oh, and! I’ve continued to lose weight, I weighed in at 242.5 this morning, I can feel the 230s right around the corner and I can’t wait.

I’m getting back in the Tumblr game, so I’ll be back with more info and possibly a branding overhaul, we’ll see, I’m still thinking I should wait until the end of the month to see if the nutritarian lifestyle is going to be my longterm choice.

Until next time,

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