Since November 11th 2008, my weight has fluctuated from 237 to 228 lbs. The holidays have something to do with the highs. Then, I have been traveling for work quite a bit, which also does me NO favors. However, for two months, I have not been able to get away from 230 pounds plus or minus two pounds. This is frustrating because I have been running about 30 miles a week (when work allows) and I am eating fairly well when I am not traveling.
A couple of things have also hindered my weight loss goals. In the last 8 weeks I have traveled quite a bit, and it is hard to eat healthy when you are on the road. Especially when you are with co-workers so you go and eat out every meal. So, just as I have gotten down to 228 pounds, I end up traveling and gaining a couple pounds.
So, where is this leading you ask? Well, my uncle Gordy has started being a distributor for an all natural liquid supplement that is supposed to increase your bodies ability to burn fat. I am optimistically skeptical about this, but more optimistic than skeptical. I believe some people use these things and credit everything to the "super pill", but in reality, they started drinking more water, ate better and started to exercise. That alone will help any obese person lose weight!
What I like about the product, and its claims:
It is all natural products
It helps to prevent carbohydrate absorption, which in turn reduces insulin, which then reduces fat storage. This promotes your body to use its own fat.
For me, I have pretty detailed logs of my weight, and I eat very consistently the same things every day and my food at home is consistent. So, I have decided I will give this product a shot and see what it can really do.
Ultimately, I am hoping it gets me off of this plateau I have been on. Dreaming that it shoves me off the plateau and down the weight loss cliff and I shed the pounds. So, this will be an experiment of one, lets see what happens. Oh, I almost forgot! I will not be changing my eating or fluid consumption, and I won't doing much different for my work outs.
I don't think I will receive the product for a week or so. Once I receive it, I will start giving regular updates as to its efficacy. Honestly, I am hoping this works really well.
As a side note, my uncle lost 14 pounds in the first two weeks and he says he didn't change anything in his life, not even the alcohol.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Trying something different
Posted by Nick at 9:54 PM
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Interesting Nick. Would love to learn more. I know a sure fire way to keep your body from absorbing the carbs though: don't eat them! I'd been around 150 for years and couldn't get much lower no matter how much I was training or how "healthy" I (thought) I was eating. After getting rid of the carbs I quickly dropped down below 140, and I was no longer having to count calories or worry much about how much food I was consuming. Even better was how much my mood and energy levels improved. And I am no longer constantly hungry. As long as I stick to the Primal/Paleo (or whatever you want to call it) style of eating, I feel fantastic, recover from my workouts better, and overall just enjoy life a whole lot more.
As an added bonus, as I've learned more, I've become convinced that this is likely one of the healthiest ways to eat.
Tony, I agree with you. Limiting carbs, or more importantly eliminating carbs is the right way to go.
However, all of the travel has had me falling off the wagon a bit. I thought this would be an interesting trial. If it works, that would be great.
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