Wednesday 28 July 2010

Weight for it!

We've decided that Saturdays will be the weigh-in day to see how effective this new eating regime is.  I'm actually looking forward to it as I know I have lost weight (sneaky step onto the scales) and I'm positive that I can keep it up in the months ahead.

Starting weight was 125.1Kg (275.2lbs) and I have already lost 3.3Kg (7.3lbs).  Seems a lot for such a short period of time, especially as I don't feel like I am trying.  I've tried losing weight before with other diets and always felt like I was missing something but this Palaeolithic hunter/gatherer diet (we'll refer to it as Palaeo from now on) doesn't seem to be having that effect.  I don't miss a thing and have even been turning down offers of cakes and sweets at work (much to the astonishment of my colleagues as I was known for my sweet tooth).

I'm sure my doctor will be happy to see me losing weight although maybe not as quickly as I am at the moment.  I think they'd be happy with 500g - 1Kg loss a week.

Less to come...

Saturday 24 July 2010

Captain Caveman reporting

Grok
Well we're a week in with this new eating regime and I must say I'm not missing all the things I used to like. No more sugary foods, wheat based products, cereals and the like.

"Doesn't leave much" you might think, but there you would be wrong.

Beef chili with sweet potato (two nights in a row, with the second being better than the first - well it's always better the second day), pork belly with mixed salad leaves (watercress is so peppery), chunky lamb chomps with green beans. Mmm mmm all so tasty you don't miss the "bad" things.

We're eating a bread/cake thingy made with mixed seeds, nuts, fresh fruit and lard (but no wheat!) for breakfast, which is remarkably filling and tasty to boot. Eaten with five or six blackberries and a couple of fresh cherries it keeps you going until lunchtime.

Lunch for me is mackerel with salad leaves and a few pomodorino (or any smallish tomato) in a nice balsamic vinegar and avocado oil dressing. Bit boring you might think, but I love mackerel so always love tucking into it.

To cap it all I've lost 2.36 Kg in a week (that's 5.2lbs in old money - come on, keep up) without trying at all. Not going to weigh myself that regularly though, once a month will do and I can give myself a bigger surprise that way. Only weighed myself because I felt I had lost something and was checking.

Time will tell but I think I'm going to enjoy this way of eating.

Tuesday 20 July 2010

The Hunter/Gatherer

Started on a new eating regime this weekend, the hunter/gatherer method. I'm straying away from the word diet as most people don't use it in it's broader sense and this is a completely new way of eating. I already feel more vigorous and don't seem to be having the hunger pangs that I did, thanks to all the good food I am eating and which slowly gives me energy and keeps me feeling full.

Now you may scoff at this but it does make sense, eat the way your body is designed to and not the way your taste buds dictate. No more sugar, grains, cereals, chocolate, etc and more of the foodstuffs that we should be eating. Meat, seeds, salads, fruit, vegetables, etc are tasty in themselves and there are plenty of interesting things you can do with them.

Tonight was day 2 of a beef chili (the second day is always better!!) served with sweet potato. Delicious!!

To cap it all off I did lose 2lbs in weight without even trying and am looking forward to slowly losing more.

Having to catch up on though, apparently Mark's Daily Apple is a good place to start, so I will be checking his site out over the next week or two.