Blood test results back

So was a bit worried about the absence of weight lost. So went and got my blood tested. Results came back with some very interesting values. I most certainly have something called hypothyroidism, which means that my thyroid doesn't work as it should, which means that my metabolism is much lower than for people with normal values. I will not let that bring me down and have not given up. I am just going to go harder and better!

I got my blood checked because I hadn't lost anything in two weeks while I was following Tim's plan to the point. I was even exercise quite a lot, and that without cheat snacking or anything like that. I eat plenty of proteins and drink heaps of water, and have never cheated. I haven't had anything even remotely white. I followed the simple motto, if in doubt, then don't eat it. On top of that I have even done the cold treatments. I have done my best to spike calorie intake on the cheat days and I have even been doing air squats and push-ups and drinking grapefruit to keep the food from getting stored as fats on cheat days. So I went and got my blood checked.


Not all was bad though. I could see the results of going on the diet. I had a lot values increased above the norm thanks to diet and specifically to increased protein intake and vitamin intake. My cholesterol was much better. LDL was down to 4.2, which is the lowest in a long time. But my TSH was 5.1 mU/L and it is supposed to be between 0.4 and 2.5, but never above 3.5. I will not start hormone treatment yet, but will wait to get some more tests done. It is nothing serious, you just have to take a pill to replace the lost hormones. It is usually a medication called Levaxin. But it might take a while before the right dose is found. You start on the lowest and work you way up until your TSH is where you want it to be.

Will instead try and order some virgin coconut oil and have that everyday to see if it can help me speed up my metabolism.

Probably going to see a huge increase in fat loss as soon as I start on Levaxin, but that has to wait. I am going to do it anyway. I just have to up the cardio even a bit more.


Don't give up -  never give up!

First week - not much change to report

Not much difference. Looks exactly the same. Will keep pushing on. More soon.

These were taken before the cheat day.

One meal left to chEAT day

I have made it so far and everything is good. I didn't do the morning cardio this morning. The alarm rang at 5.10 am but I hadn't gotten enough sleep so slept another hour and then got up to work. It is 42 degrees celcius in some parts of Sydney and I have no fan or no air-condition. My fiancee doesn't want to use the fan because it has got dust on it and she is afraid it will spread around in the room. I have told her that the fan is more like a vacuum cleaner when it comes to dust - it collects it, it doesn't blow it around. Anyway, a woman's word is law so no fan.

We tried ice treatment last night and I couldn't feel any difference, but my fiancee claims to have felt much hungrier in the morning, or at least that was a theory of hers. We will keep doing it and hope for the best. Anybody know where exactly to put it? Or does that not matter.

We have a whole eating day planned tomorrow. We are just going to eat all day. I will try to get some grapefruit juice after the meals and do some air square to minimize fat gains. See how it will go. I'm really looking forward to putting myself into a food coma.

Will try to review the pills I ordered in a post soon. I can say that some of them are so big I don't understand who can swallow them whole. I usually don't have a problem with pills.

See you on the other side!

Not a beautiful pic, but it's a tasty breakfast

Day 4 and everything is going according to plans. This was what was left of the chicken salad I had for dinner last night. It was actually more to start with, but I remembered to snap a picture half way through. I added a can of lentils. Picked up a siv at the supermarket and when you use it to drain the lentils and clean them properly with lots of water, they're actually quite alright.

Same lunch as always. Thai chicken basil without rice and added lentils. Hopefully the PAGG stack will work wonders. Have taken it twice now. I quickly realized that I must soon order again. It's a lot of pills everyday. PAGG plus multi mineral/vitamin and fish oil on top o that.

Also decided today to start with the ice therapy, but will dedicate a separate post for that later. Tonight I'm making omelette with a side lentils salad. Yummy! Will try to remember to take a photo so you can behold the beauty.

See you!

PAGG stack arrived last night

Finally the PAGG arrived with fedex. They were here a day earlier but since no one was home at midday on a weekday they took the package with them and returned the next day. My flatmate was lucky enough at home to sign for it. I was a little bit worried that all of it wouldn't make trough customs, but everything arrived just fine. When I ordered the stack from bodybuilding.com they didn't let you buy the policosanol to Australia because of country restrictions, but I managed to trick the online system buy having more than one tab open in the browser and in that way I was able to get the policosanol in the order. Don't know why they won't ship it to Australia - it's not like it is illegal here or anything.

This what the letters in PAGG stands for:
P - policosanol. Once a day, before bedtime.
A - alpha lipoic acid (ala). 4 times per day.
G - garlic extract. 4 times a day.
G - green tea extract. 4 times a day.

This creates the following pill intake schedule:
AGG before breakfast directly when you get up.
AGG before lunch.
AGG before dinner.
PAGG before bedtime.

Hopefully this help speed up the process. I am in the good shape and I have cheated in anyway and kept to the diet 100% so far.

My thoughts this morning goes out to the flood victims in QLD who by some unfortunate irony have now also been hit by the tropical cyclone Yasi. Yasi is the strongest cyclone in Australian history with wind gusts up to 295 km/h. Fitness and extreme dieting seem quite futile and unimportant in contrast to what people o QLD has suffered in recent times.

I'm however not quitting in anyway, but wanted to send my regards. I hope all ends well.

See you soon,
David

Tim Ferris building a kettlebell

This one is from the book. I haven't tried it yet, but Tim loves it and talks highly of it in the book.

End of Day 3 on the slow carb diet

So another day finished. It's been a good day and I have had a lot of energy and I have been eating plenty. Tim states that you can eat as much as you want if you follow the rules, in fact you are suppose to eat bigger portions to get enough calories and carbs and not get completely brain dead. So hopefully it will work. What do you think? Can that really be the case?

Had a good session at the gym tonight, but I have to confess that I didn't get up at 5:10 am this morning for morning cardio. I got to bed too late, and when I woke up at 5:10 I was simply too tired and opted to get some more sleep and not ruin the whole day. In hindsight, I think it definitely was the correct decision. It's not often you feel that way in hindsight.

Had a great green salad with mixed veggies, and fried some chicken breast fillets to go with it. Used a barbeque spice on the chicken and it was a hit. Damn, just realised I forgot to snap a picture. I have to get better and this. Sorry. It's early days and I haven't gotten into the habit yet.

Will try and tell you my training program in a few posts.

Till then. Take care!

Ciao