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Memoirs of a Loser Holding An Ice Cream Cone That Just Wouldn't Melt...

Happy Hour Friday

so 5 days of near zero carb eating without exercise

belly is down about 1/2" and I am leaner, wearing these nice green pants without them hurting

what is truly shocking is how my appetite at night is so little, it doesn't take me much to be full, in terms of fat loss and being smaller doing nothing has done more than slogging at the gym - so I will continue this path and not beat myself up, just heal my metabolism and then put on muscle

so I am going for happy hour today in the city at Bacar, I need it and it should be fun

28th Day - 27 Day Assessment, thoughts and apologies

ok, so the last week has been really tough, so I haven't been able to post, sorry, but I have records.

After a refeed day on Saturday, I ate clean all week, including a total fast day on Tuesday.

Weighed myself this morning, took photographs, and took a rough tape measure across the broadest part of my middle - 44"

So, I think a big factor over the last month has been my personal issues. Normally, I am not a great sleeper, but the last month, sleeping 3-5 hrs a night with broken sleep cannot be good for your health and fatloss, but that will pass.

So again, starting stats

August 30

202.0 lbs
28.2 % BF
11 Visceral Fat
137.8 LBM

September 26

189.4 lbs (-12.6 lbs)
26.8% BF (-1.4%)
9 Visceral Fat (-2)
131.8 LBM

I don't pay attention to the last one as all my lifts are up in the gym. The LBM one is not the best parameter, neither is the absolute BF percentage but obviously I have lost a decent amount of weight.

Out of 27 days, I stayed on my low carb diet 21 out of 27 days. Two out of those days were actually true zero carb days.

Out of the remaining 6 days:

3 days were a lot of off-diet food (included in those 3 days is an evening of junk food with Sudip and Partha at Taxi's, so actually not 3 full days)

2 of those days were 'fat fasts', only fat in the form of ghee/butter were consumed at 960 calories one day and 715 calories another day

1 of those days (Day 24) was a total fast, no food, zero calories

So, I actually did pretty good. I was lifting a lot over the last month, but I think it terms of 'weight loss' I could have done better. Or, better explanation is that the creatine I started taking added a few pounds, as probably did the supplement Prime

Going forward, I am trying a different approach based on what I am reading at the zerocarbage website, although they are a bit too militaristic and loony.

A lot of folks there, on zero carb diets started losing fat a lot faster once they STOP exercising. It doesn't make sense, Charles, the moderator, has some thoughts on it, as he is ripped now, but started getting ripped once he stopped doing anything. Basically they say, zero carb with no exercise to lose fat, then lift/workout once you lose all the fat.

It's not going to hurt to try. So from tomorrow, meat only except for 'cheat days', like next Friday with beer and let's see how this no workout thing works. My next weigh in will be on Friday morning.

Day 20 of 27

woke up and had 1/4 tsp VAT, con-cret and 3 PowerFull

hit the gym for a chest and tricep workout

did some new stuff

Incline Press
37.5 lbs x 10, 8, 7 to failure

Incline Dumbell Stretch Press
15 lbs x 8
20 lbs x 8, 8
27.5 lbs x 3

Dips
5
+10 lbs x 2
3
3
3

Triceps
35 lbs x 12 to failure

came home had another 1/4 tsp VAT

ate about 2 hours later

2 big spoons of organic ghee
0.93 lb Holding Ranch beef with organic spices
1 tsp efas

6 Prime
2 Longevinex Advantage
4 Vitamin D
2 leucine

before bed 1-carboxyl (sleep)

Stats

192.0 lbs
27.4 %BF
10
132.4 LBM

Day 19 of 27

woke up had 1/2 tsp VAT, then some con-cret

breakfast

1 organic egg yolk - raw
3 organic eggs, sunny side up in organic ghee
4 slice bacon
2 sausage
small cup of organic heavy whip cream

4 Prime
7 Vitamin D
NC Brocollive
leucine

early dinner

1 organic egg yolk - raw
3 organic eggs, sunny side up in organic ghee
3 slice bacon
1 sausage
small cup of organic heavy whip cream with 1 scoop of Naked Whey

4 Prime
2 Longevinex Advantage

Stats

192.0 lbs
27.8 %BF
10 Visceral Fat
131.6 LBM

Day 18 of 27

didn't get much sleep, I was going to take the day off but I have too much pent up aggression

woke up and had 1/4 tsp VAT and a NC Brocollive

later some con-cret and 3 PowerFull

then I hit the gym for a back workout

T-bar
115 lbs x 25 (Sets of 1, rest periods of 30 seconds to 1 min)

1 Bad Chinup, with static hold and slow descent

Dumbell Row
55 lbs x 5 to failure, 3 to failure
immediately followed by
50 lbs x 3 to failure (both arms)

Barbell Curl
60 lbs x 5 to failure

Hammer Curl
30 lbs x 3 to failure

had a rich breakfast, I wanted to eat enough to not eat junk during lunch and I may go doing this fat fast on Tuesdays and Thursdays if it seems to work

1 organic egg yolk - raw
spoon of organic ghee
3 organic eggs - sunny side up in organic ghee
4 slices bacon
1 apricot sausage
small cup of organic heavy whip cream mixed with a scoop of Naked Whey

5 Prime
leucine
4 Vitamin D

went for lunch with my colleagues but I didn't eat anything, just iced tea
came home, took a nap, emotionally and physically exhausted
woke up and had another 1/4 tsp of VAT

Dinner with my brother at Outback Steakhouse, before I left

2 organic egg yolks - raw

leucine
2 Longevinex Advantage


Ny strip with lobster/mushroom sauce with brocolli
4 Prime

1/2 tsp VAT before bed

Stats

190.4 lbs
26.8 % BF
9 Visceral Fat
132.4 LBM

keep in mind, measurements taken on 2 hours of sleep, so may be skewed...

will maybe try fat fast tomorrow, organic ghee in am and night, or I may just go all zero carb again, let's see... I like the fat fast idea, it's easier

Day 17 of 27

didn't get too much sleep

woke up had a 1/2 tsp VAT and later a NC Brocollive

took 3 PowerFull and went for a long walk in the son

During the day I had 5 spoons of organic ghee and a tsp of efas with 2 Longevinex Advantage

that's it, a fat fast

went to my friend Loren's house, it was a traumatic evening

Stats

194.0 lbs
27.5 %BF
10 Visceral Fat
133.6 LBM