Okay, I am honestly dismayed that I haven’t blogged for
almost a year! Where has the time gone
and what in the world have I been up to?
I can’t even tell you, not because I would have to kill you, but because
there hasn’t been much worth sharing.
Okay, I did go to Paris, but that’s a story for another time. Let me just say it was magical and I can’t
wait to go back.
So, why am I back to blogging? Because I finally have something to share and
because I will do better being accountable during this process.
I have been superficially interested in Tim Ferris’ books
The 4 Hour Workweek and the 4 Hour Body for several years. Which is lamespeak for I never bought
either. However, whenever I would watch a
seminar or interview by Gary Taubes, I would inevitably be drawn to a seminar
or interview with Tim Ferris. Unfortunately,
the process of interest stopped there…until about a week ago. I finally bit the bullet and order the 4 Hour
Body and have been entranced ever since.
A little background on me.
I have been overweight to some degree since I hit puberty. Although when I look back at pictures of my
youth I realize that I wasn’t as heavy as I thought, but like most young women
I had a distorted view of my body. Fast
forward about 20 years and I found myself shocked to realize that I was now not
only fat, but I was obese. All it took
was a picture from a year-end party at work that circulated the office to
finally get my attention. Couple that
with being in another beautiful wedding and a remarkably awful trip to Alaska
and I was ready to get the weight off. I
lost 67 lbs, doing mainly low-carb eating and have kept 57 of it off for two
years.
I am very proud of my weight loss and that I have kept it
off for so long. But I have found myself
in a sort of purgatory. My weight is…well…okay,
but not where I want to be and although I have tried to lose an additional
20-30 lbs, it hasn’t happened. I seem to
lack the motivation to get out of the “I feel alright” and move into the “I
feel fantastic” place I want to be.
This is where the 4 Hour Body comes in. I am dedicating myself to a 30 day experiment
or challenge, if you will.
In order to be successful or as successful as possible, it
is important that I be accountable. In
an effort to do that, I will be documenting my meals through pictures and
posting them and my thoughts here. Why
take pictures? Because studies are
showing that people that take pictures of their food are more accountable and
lose more weight than those that don’t. (See this article)
Here are the details:
My challenge will go from May 12, 0213 through June 11,
2013.
So, what are the rules for my challenge?
Rule #1 Avoid “White” Carbohydrates. (he gives you a list of
foods to eat to get you started)
Rule #2 Eat the same few meals over and over again
Rule #3 Don’t drink calories
Rule #4 Don’t eat fruit
Rule #5 Take one day off per week
That’s right folks, you get a “cheat day”, or as Tim calls
it “Dieters Gone Wild” (DGW). And when he
says eat anything you want, he means eat ANYTHING you want and as much as you
want in that 24 hour period. Um,
yeah? How cool is that? Before you get freaked out by this idea, you
should know that people that do this, lose more weight than those that chose
not to do this part of it. Seriously,
twist my arm!
So, I have weighed myself, taken my measurements and
documented my body fat percentage using the Omron. I will be weight, measuring and Omroning (is
that a word?) every Saturday morning before eating. Saturdays will be my “cheat day”.
To say I am excited about this is an understatement. Over the last year and a half I have been
become very interested in health and food.
I am obsessed with gluten free eating in conjunction with low carb and
authors like Gary Taubes and Maria Emmerich.
This challenge is going to be a great way for me to kick start getting
where I want to be, but also for completing something that I have committed
myself to.
So here I go.
P.S.
Here is a video of Tim Ferris giving a talk at Google.
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