April 29th

Learned something very interesting last night. As much as I've missed the deliciousness of a juicy medium rare steak, the damn thing has stayed with me all night. Breaking this damn 207 mark will happen! Hopefully a workout at lunch and soccer game this evening well help me break though.

Weight: 208.2

Breakfast: left over scramble from yesterday morning.

Lunch: Chipotle veggie salad with salsa.

Exercise: Soccer game @ 5:50

Dinner: Lentils with bacon and chicken prior to heading to the beach.

Leaving for the beach weight: 206.6 (yes I broke through 207 just prior to my weekend exscape.

April 28th

The one thing I've learned again again is that water intake, salt and exercise have a profound effect on my body. Exercise is important, just not as important as swallowing enough water to flush out my salt intake on particular days. Other days, exercise is great to flush out excess water weight. Learning how to keep these three things in synch has been a fun and interesting experiment. After this morning’s weigh in I'm still on task to be sub 205 by Saturday morning.

Weight: 207.4

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with spinach, black beans, and ground turkey.

Lunch: Chipotle salad with less salsa and no guacamole.

Snack: Tuna with alfalfa sprouts, tomato, and cucumbers

Dinner: T-Bone steak, lentils with bacon and scallions, and broccoli and cauliflower.

Exercise: n/a

April 27th

What the shit!! I gained 2 lbs from yesterday, breaking 207 is going to be a tough road. My water intake was really good. I drank some where close to 96oz of water though out the day. I'm thinking the weight gain might have something to do with either all the shrimp and fried fish at dinner. We didn't have much (if any) mixed greens on the table either. I've decided to cut out both shrimp and fried fish are out for a while. Then again the gain might also be muscle mass from Sundays workout and Monday night basketball. We'll have to see

Weight: 209

Breakfast: eggs with bean salad and kimchee

Lunch: Cajun chicken with broccoli and carrots from The Chicken Bar in Hillsboro.

Dinner: Mixed salad and 7 plan chicken wings from The Pizza Parlor.

Exercise: Kiwi workout A (3 circuits)

April 26th (Week 4)

I'm not sure if it was the 2 hours of basketball or the ocean amount of water I drank yesterday but I'm back on track. Being back under 210 is great and I really hope to stay there even after this coming gorge day. Hopefully I'll be able to get measured again here in the next week or so. I'm extremely interested in seeing how many inches I've lost. The past 3 weeks have been education and fun and stress free. It's been nice to only have to squeeze in two work outs a week rather than 5 or 6 is nice! And the results have been far better.

Weight: 207 (yeah 5 lbs drop!)

Breakfast: fried egg, refried beans, and kimchee

Lunch: Chipotle chicken salad bowl with black and pinto beans, all salsas, and quacamole. Love having lunch with my lady!

Snack: Refried beans, broccoli, cauliflower and small piece of chicken.

Dinner: Way to much shrimp, bean salad (black beans, red beans, garbanzo beans, red onions, green beans) and fried fish.

Exercise: 6 Minute Ab workout

April 25th

Well this morning I didn't loose as much as expected. My water intake yesterday mornnig wasn't good enough, but after the Easter shindig at the Rokos I probably put down aroun 60oz of water. Finishing the Kiwi Workout B at 8:30pm didn't help get good rest either. My head was in motion well past midnight. Needless to say I didn't sleep very well. Hopefully by tomorrow AM most of Saturdays gorge fest weight will be lost. This weeks goal is to get as close to 205 as possible. If I'm to far off then this weekends Gorge fest will not be as grand as the past three.

Weight: 212

Breakfast: scrabbled eggs with spananch and refried beans.

Lunch: Lemon Grass chicken and beef with greans. However, I'm thinknig the sweet fish sauce must go next time. I'm pretty sure they're an ass ton of sugar in the sauce.

Dinner: 3 hard boiled eggs, refried beans, and mix of broccoli and cauliflower.

Exercise: basketball from 8:30 to 10:30 (man am I out of basketball shape)

April 24th

Wow was yesterday filled with some amazing foods. Thea surpreme cuisine was amazing as it stuck with me all day. My water intake was really good, but still gained a good amount of weight. Hopefully it all leaves tonight and I'm back on track for the end of the week.

Weight: 214

Breakfast: Pork chop, black bean, and kimchee

Lunch: rotisery chicken, refried beans, and spring green mix salad

Snack: Ham, salad of green beans, onion, and garbazo beans, coliflower and onion mix, and whiskey at the Roko Easter Party.

Exercise: Kiwi workout B

Dinner: left over rotisery chicken

April 23rd (Gorge Day 3)

Last nights dinner and late night snack through a wrench into things. Starting this weekend sub 208 would have been great. I'm pretty sure the extra 1lb is due to the high salt content in the chicken wing dry rub mix, the late night snack, and insufficient water intake. Today I'll taking extra care to drink at least 3 to 4 liters of water and stay way from salt.

Weight: 208.4

Breakfast: 2 fried eggs, black beans, and kimchee

Gorge Day Damage Control: 30 air squats, wall press, and stander push ups 20 minutes prior to Breakfast 2.

Breakfast 2: An amazing spread of pork chops, bacon, biscuit and gravy, 2 mini lox crumpet, home fries, red velvet pancake, and 2 donuts flushed down with a Blood Mary.

Lunch: Ikea meat balls with fries

Snack: Dairy Queen Blizzard (banana split with Snickers)



Dinner: Ribs, mashed potatoes, and grilled asparagus flushed down with a High Life

April 22

Today started at 5am, which again is becoming the norm. Weight was awsome as I'm ever so close to my weeks end goal of 206. Currious to see how the scale will be affected with tonights soccer game. I also need to work with Bill to get my measurements one last time.

Weight: 207.4

Breakfast: Lentils with turkey bacon, chicken sausage, and
kimchee

Lunch:Lemon grass steak with greens and fish sauces

Snack: 1 beer

Dinner: About 14 non breaded chicken wings with dry rub, 2 french fries, chili (no cheese), and whiskey. Probably not the smartest dinner but I was in a really good mood enjoying family.

Exercise: Soccer @ 10:50

Late night snack: Lentils with bacon.

April 21st

This morning started off great! After "delivering the mail" I was literally 1oz from hitting 207. My self schedule has changed dramatically here in the last few days. For some crazy reason I've been waking up at 5am ready to go. Maybe it's the excitement of my new job or just that my body is good with 7 hours and wants to get moving. With Steve's crazy 5lb loss in 1 day, I'm thinking about picking up the PAAG system for at least 1 cycle to see what happens.

Weight: 208.0 (actually down .5)

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with picked radish and green onions and a side of spinach.

Lunch: Repeat of yesterday, Chipotle's chicken salad with the works.

Dinner: Tulapia, kimchee, and lentils with turkey bacon, loads of garlic, scallons, and sausages. Flushed it all down with 3 glasses of whiskey. Probably one of my top 5 dinners of all time.

April 20th (start of week 3)

My water intake hasn't been where it should be. I haven't had my average of 3 liters since Sunday, which I'm sure has something to do with this plateau. With the LIT (low intensity) exercises from yesterday this morning I'm extremely parched, Hopefully by Friday I'll be able to reach my goal of 206 lbs. Let's see what happens!!

Weight: 208

Breakfast :scrabbled eggs with spinach and black beans.

Lunch: Chipotle chicken salad bowl with the works. Extra salsa and guacamole. So very tasty.

Dinner: Chevy's fajitas mix plate of steak, pork, chicken, and shrimp. Flushed it all down with some Jameson and 4 glasses of water.

April 19th

Yesterday ended with laying around house being extremely tired. I'm blaming the blue skies and wicked bright sun. :-) This mornings weigh in was good, but not great as I'm only down .5 from yesterday. I'm accounting the plateau to muscle gains. Friday's Kiwi B workout and Bridge to Brews run on Sunday have my body feeling a bit sore but strong like ox. :-)

Weight: 209.5

Breakfast: scrambled eggs with andoi sausage and spinach and black beans

Snack: chicken zatar and lentils

Lunch: chicken salad from Fire On the Mountain (I'm gonna miss lunches there)

Dinner: chicken de la diabla with extra refried beans from Matazlan.

Exercise: About an 8 mile bike ride then walked 9 holes at Claremont.

April 18th

This morning weigh in surprised me. Back down to 210 which is only 1 lb away from Saturday morning. Not knowing how much I gained after gorge day 2 would have been nice.

Weight: 210

Breakfast: organic eggs with spinach, black beans, and sour kraut.

Lunch: lemon grass chicken salad

Diner 1: chicken sausage, black beans, and sour kraut

Snack: 2 chicken sausages with hot sauce.

Dinner 2: fried fish, stir fry soy beans with bean sprouts and chicken, and cabbage soup.

Positive note: Saturday night Brian G. put $50 on line, stating there is no possible way I could gain 20lbs of muscle within the time line I've laid out. It's on bitches!!

April 17th

Today started in hurry. I had to be up and out of the house by 6:45am in an effort to be on time for the Bridge to Brews 8K run with May and Steve. Unfortunately I didn't think to weigh myself before i left so we'll have to guess. The run was delightfully smooth, but I'm thinking it might have ill effects on the weight when i check it tomorrow.

Weight: ???

Breakfast: scrabbled egg and coffee

Snack: 2 Bridgeport IPAs

Lunch: fried eggs, steak strips, extra spinach and a bloody Mary

Lunch 2Lamb chops, asparagus, chicken sausage, and lentils with onions and bacons.

Diner: home made sukiyaki. Ate beer and tons of mixed greens.

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April 16th Gorge Day 2

This morning weigh in was ok. Last nights late steak snack, the whiskey, and the killer work out probably have something to do with the scale. Unfortunately there's not time to adjust because today is gorge day!!!! With the exception of breakfast 2 (with Steve, May, Amelia, and others) at Stepping Stone Cafe today's intake "should" be much more reasonable than last weeks. Today is all about damage control. Wish me luck.

Wieght: 210

Breakfast 1: chicken sausage, black beans, and sour kraut

Breakfast 2: Thank you Stepping Stone Cafe for the Smothered B.A.!!! Bloody Mary, coffee, and water. I stole a few bites of French toast with peanut butter. Holy Cow was that an amazing new flavor I've been living without.

Snack: 10 mini pizza pockets

Pre Wedding snack:Pretzels, chips and salsa and a pint of beer

Diner:Beef tenderloin, mashed potatoes, ceasar salad, anti pasta meats. 3 glasses of whiskey

All in all it was a great day and even better evening. Congrats to Joe and Christine Re on a wonder wedding.

April 15th

Yesterday was a little tough because I didn't have a meal plan. On top of that my day started around 5:15am my body wanted food every hour and a half. I was able make it through the day satisfied and happy off the whiskey. I'm a happy to report the 2lbs gained Thursday morning or now gone. I was a bit stressed thinking the 6 whiskeys were going to through a wrench in the system. Looking forward to todays workout and soccer tonight.

Weight: 209

Breakfast: Chicken sausage, sour kraut, black beans, and steamed broccoli.

Lunch: Breakfast was so nice I ate it again. Chicken sausage, sour kraut, and black beans

Snack: Black Bean and chicken ceasar salad at Buffalo Gap

Exercise: Kiwi workout B and abs. (best back / legs work out ever!)

Diner: Steak, mixed veggies, black beans, and two whiskeys

Late snack: pieces of so delicious flank steak

April 14th

Damn it! Just when things starting looking better I gain a few pounds. My guess it was combination of a few things 1) having a super late diner 2) water retention from the run and 3) an increase in salt intake. It's crazy how your body reacts to the smallest of changes. Tomorrow AM's weigh in might be light as I'm sure I'll have a whiskey or 3 prior to tonight’s Timber inaugural match.

Weight: 211

Breakfast (5:30AM): Scrambled eggs with kimchee, beans with corn and a cup of coffee. The coffee really cleaned things out.

Lunch (10:00am): chicken zatar and lentils with onions and red bell peppers curtisy of Velo Cafe. SOOOOOO GOOD!

2:00 Tall Americana from Starbucks. Thought here was to use the caffeen to keep the machine running on high. Might have contributed to the crazy appitite I've had all day.

Snack (1:30): chicken spinach salad with carrots. Snack 2 (4:15): black and pinto beans with beef left overs (from Mayas). Wasn't to keen on eating this but I was so hungry and need something carry me to diner.

Snack (4:30): blank and pinto bean with steak bits

Diner (6:30): Matalzan Mexican grill chicken fajitas, refried beans, and 3 whiskeys

Snack (???): polish dog (no bun) and 3 more whiskeys

April 13 (1 week)

OH YEAH! Today started off with a great weigh in and I still feel the abs workout. Which I can only assume means the system works. I highly doubt 206 will be within reach this weekend, but you never know.
Weight: 209 (total 9-7 lb loss)

Breakfast: organic scrambled eggs with cabbage and mushrooms, kimchee, and beans with corn.

Lunch: Steak, chicken, pork, mixed veggies, refried and black beans, salsa, and guacamole catered by Mayas.

Snack: more pork and chicken, black beans and lots of salsa

Exercise: 3 or so mile run with Stevie B. We've got to lock sheot down for the Bridge to Brews run this Sunday.

Late Dinner: turkey patties, Chinese broccoli, black and pinto beans with corn, and bean sprouts.

April 12

Still in shock how good my abs feel after the 6 minute workout. Actually I'm pissed I've wasted countless hours killing myself pushing through Ab Ripper X (P90X). The kettlebell swings worked my body from heels to shoulders. On a scale of 1-10 work outs, yesterday was definitely an 8. This mornign weight wasn't quite were I wanted it to be, just a loss is a loss. I'm still confident I'll be sub 210 by weeks end.

Weight: 211

Breakfast: organic scrambbled eggs with kimchee and a side of refried beans.

Lunch: Ventured with Joe Re to the East India Trade Company for a delicious bowl of lentil soup, lamb chops over greens, chicken curry, and steamed cabbage. The food was tasty but the portions were small.

Dinner: Mad chicken (no cheese or bread) and side of humus

Snack: Glass of wine with my lady.

Looking forward to the scale tomorrow morning and measuring my TI.

April 11th

Interesting start to the work week and a good sign that things are working. Over half the gorge weight is gone. Figure with the new work out starting today and a run tomorrow I should see sub 210 by Wednesday morning.

Weight: 212 lbs

Breakfast: Hard boiled egg, stir fried bachoi, turkey bacon and refried beens.

Lunch: steak salad (no gorganzola for fried onions) and a side of baked beans with bacon. Two whiskeys went down quite nice too. Figured it was my good bye lunch and should partake in one or two drinks on the company.

Dinner: Fried chicken and fried whole tilopia lettus wraps with a side of refried bean

Exercise: Completed Six-Minute Abs and Kiwi's Complete Work Out A. Holy shit was this workout great! In and out of the gym in under 40 minutes. Six-Minute Ab is no joke! To put the less is more phillosophy to the test, I went with a the 2 cycle approach. Next week I'll add another cycle to the mix. However, I liked being done with the gym within the hour.

April 10th

Crap did that gorge day add on some lbs. Woke up this morning wanting to do nothing by starve myself until the damage is gone. But shit, the plan is proven (just look at Stevie B) so I'll get back to the grind. I'm Looking forward to an awesome week and I'm guessing the scale will read 206 by weeks end. Any bets it wont?

Weight: 214

Breakfast: scrabbled eggs with spinach and mushrooms, roasted veggies, and lentils.

Lunch: Roasted chicken, lentils, and mixed veggies

Dinner: Kimchee soup

Snack: Half chicken sausage, kimchee, and lentils.

The calcium/magnesium pills are definitely helping my get good sleep, not to mention my pre-bed stuffed feelings are no more. Can't wait to get my 20 minute work out on tomorrow.

Gorge Day 1!!!

Woke up this morning feeling elated to demolish some amazing high calorie fatty goodness with my teeth. Breakfast with Stevie B and May is going to be epic.

Weight: 210 lbs. Zero difference from yesterday which I'm contributing to shitty water intake and an inadequate about of greens.

Breakfast: An amazing breakfast sandwich comprised of bacon, omelet (eggs, mozzarella cheese, and other goodness), and a glazed donut as bread. Holy cow was it tasty. Followed this up with two more delicious donuts (chocolate cream filled donut and a green sugared). Flushed it all down with a French press coffee. By 10:30am I felt like a crack fiend watching the clock until my next score. Not to mention I was higher than the clouds. I now understand why people first began drinking coffee and gorging sugar.

Lunch: Super Bloody Mary, buffalo burger with pepper jack cheese, tons of fries, and 3 or so chicken wings. Thank you Buffalo Gap!!!

Snack: 2 fig newtons and 3 beers

Dinner: Spicy beef salad, roasted veggies, rigatoni with brown butter and parmesan cheese, corn and black bean salsa, and glass of wine.

Snack 2: popcorn, cup cake, 2 snack packs, mango juice, and 1 beer.

Exercise: cutting down a crab apple tree

Gorge day was a success. Stevie B, Miss May and myself are planning something even better for next Saturday! Monday I'll begin the recommended 20 minute works out which look pretty fun. The quick and simple abdominal workout is calling my name!

April 8th

Morning State of Mind: Even though I shared a toddlers bed with Amelia, I sleep pretty well. Pretty sure it's the calcium / magnesium pills mixed with a glass wine. Looking forward to getting out and running around the pitch tonight.

Weight: 210lbs. Not a huge loss from yesterday but it's still something. LBS should start falling with a little more activity.

Breakfast: Organic egg omelet (mushroom, shallots, and spinach), refried bean, and ....

First Lunch: Left over organic egg omelet, fish, fried chicken, and finished off the refried beans

Second Lunch: Chipotle chicken salad bowl, each flavor of salsa, guacamole, black and refried beans, and water! SOOO GOOD!!

Dinner: Lemon pepper chicken, lentils with shallots and turkey bacon, and roasted veggies.

Exercise: walked 9 holes of golf, took Amelia on a bike ride, and soccer at 10:50pm. Yeah, we play that late

April 7th

Morning Mental State: WOOT WOOT!!!! Things definitely seem to be working at the moment. Woke this morning feeling refreshed and ready to kick ass.

Weight: 211lbs (I KNOW!!!). The new scale is awesome. However to get some real numbers a small test was done using the old scale as well. After a few tests I realized the old scale was about 3 lbs off. Even though it looks like a 9lb lose, I'm going to run with 6lbs. But shit, 2 lbs a day is fantastic.

Breakfast: Scrabbled eggs with kimchee, refried beans, and mixed veggies.

Lunch: Spicy chicken, mixed veggies, and lentils. (Lentils are my new favorite food)

Dinner: Salmon and lentils with spinach

Exercise: n/a

Thoughts:

Looking forward to the scale tomorrow, but I can taste Saturday already. If anyone is reading this, please through some fatty goodness my way! For breakfast I'm thinking fried chicken and waffles the Buffalo Gap for lunch.

April 6th

Morning Mental State: Even with only 5 or so hours of sleep, I woke up feeling extememly refreshed. Might have something to do with the calcium/magnisum suppliment prior to bed. Even though I'm super full after meals, in no time I'm famished. Guess I need to eat more.

Weight: 218 lbs. Our current scale is old and isn't very trust worthy so I decided to get an average weight over 5 attempts. The scale showed a low of 216 and high of 222 of so for today I'm going with 218lb. After the 7pJP (7 point Jackson Pollock) test I'll be donating some hard earned cash to Bed, Bath and Beyond (if there's time) for a new digital scale.

Breakfast: 3 organic eggs, kimchee and refried beans. Yeah, it tasted just like it looked! AWESOME!!

Mid morning snack: Spinach, carrot, and chicken salad. No legugent, but I'll over do them at lunch.

Lunch: Chicken zatar and lentils (soooooo good)

Dinner: Stir fried chicken and broccoli, refried beans, and asparagus

Exercise: n/a

Water intake: over 2.5 liters

The Jackson Pollock results are in and it's a bit disappointing. On a good note I've now got good data to compare my results against. I've added a chart to the bottom of the page which wil track my daily weight and TI. Keep in mind, TI will only be calculated once a week. Thank you to Bill Writer for finding 20 minutes to help a brother out.

Total Inches: 200

% Body Fat: 18.9% (lets just call it 19%)

Needless to say I've got some work to do!

April 5th (day 1)

Morning mental state: Excited to get started

Weight: 220lbs (not so sure of the scale but I'll go with it for now).

Breakfast: 3 organic eggs with spinach and a side of refried beans.

Lunch: Fish, kimchee, and black beans.

Post Lunch Snack: Two bites of hummus, green beans, and Jameson. Business time with Ron.

Dinner: Fried chicken wings, asparagus, black and refried beans

Exercise: Todays run was a little tougher than normal. Might have something to do with the cold air causing some tight lung, or the fact I had a snack 20 minutes prior. Either way the run was super fun. Today's route

Evening Mental State: The book talks about not drinking beer but wine is OK. My experiment will have the occasional whiskey libation.

What The Hell Am I Doing?

Over the past few years (5 to be exact) I've struggled to get within 15 lbs of my glorious mid 20's weight of 180lbs. After 1821.25 days I've learned one thing...6 weeks is my breaking point. The past 2 years I've stopped and started p90x more times than I can count. The entire plan is great, but 90 days (3 months) is a long commitment, not to mention how tough it is to work out an hour and a half 6 days a week. Life and family tend to get in the way. In early 2010 I read "Born to Run" by Christopher McDougall and my views of modern shoe technology and the "fitness" world began to change. If I've know you for 10 minutes or 10 years, you've heard my 5 minute spiel of why modern shoes and heal striking are slowing killing your body. Maybe I'll start a new blog about the awesomeness of Pose Method running and Vibram Five Fingers. Or maybe you'll check the both out for yourself. Born to Run not only inspired me to learn how to run for the simple enjoyment of running, but it also made me take a good look at my diet. I had the asinine assumption my work outs and other activities were taking care of my shitty diet. I quickly learned that to be false and after hunting down various internet facts, red meat and pork were cut from my diet. For the first few months it was great, my intake of veggies and water was stellar. Just before the holiday I was down to 200lbs which was a great thing. Looking back I probably shouldn't have weighed myself, knowing I had lost 20 lbs gave me the excuse to gorge from Thanksgiving through January 2. The shitty diet was justified because I knew I was down all the weight. On top of that I stuck with not eating red meat or pork so I figured some of the weight came back, but not all. Well it's April 4th and all lbs are back.

My good friend Stevie B used his hard earned cash to purchased a copy of Timothy Ferriss's "The 4-Hour Body" for me. The 4 Hour Body (4HB) challenges modern diet and "health" methodologies along with modern "fitness" models. That's about as deep of a book report as your going to get. So back to the point of this blog, what the hell am I doing? I'm using 4HB as a guide to help me lose more than 20 lbs in 30 days. I say more because the book suggest you can easily lose 20 without any physical activity. Without the physical activity I'd go stir crazy. Within my experiment I plan to continue running 2 to 3 times a week, play soccer on Fridays, and kickball on Sundays. Long gone are the 250+ push ups and 100+ pull ups work outs courtesy of Tony H. and P90X.

The basic premise of the diet is pretty simple. Drink an ass ton of water and remove all white carbs, fruits, and wheat (including oats). Each Saturday I get to eat and drink as much "crap" my heart and stomach can take. Creating small obtainable goals is better than quiting tough ones (P90x). Another big point behind the 4HB is the 20 / 80 rule. Focus on the 20% of good that creates 80% of the results.

Below are some of the fundamental questions that need to be answered prior to starting the plan.

Do I really look like that in underwear?
Yes! Took three photos to track results, those will be posted next week. Please don't mind the white undies.

Do I really eat that?
I'll be posting pictures and descriptions of each meal.

Who can I get to do this with me?
Better question, who is already doing this. I’ll be tracking my results against Stevie B’s. With a weekly $1 bet.

How do I measure up?
I’ll find this out Wednesday with a 7 point Jackson-Pollock algorithm to measure my TI(total inches). Results will get posted every week.

With those questions answered it was time to focus on the diet. Each meal consists of three food groups, each of which I have free reign to eat as much as i wish. Items with noted with an * are suppose to produce the fastest loss.

Proteins

• Egg whites or organic whole eggs*
• Chicken*
• Beef*
• Fish*
• Pork

Legumes

• Lentils*
• Black*, pinto or red beans
• Soybeans

Vegetables

• Spinach*
• Mixed veggies (easy on tomatoes)
• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Sauerkraut*
• Kimchee*
• Asparagus
• Peas
• Green beans

Over then next 30 days I'll post the following data: starting weight, pictures of each meal( hand is there for scale), water intake, and mental state. I'm excited to see where I end up May 4th.

To all my friends, family and aquentences that my read this, please please please feel free to post anything you want. Tell me how wrong or great I am. I'm open to any bets or challenges that come my way.

So without further ado I give you