Still going strong

Sorry for the lack of updates. Have not been able lately to take the time to write.

Things are moving along well though. Will try to snap some pictures. I have lowered my calorie intake substantially. Due to low thyroid activity I am not eating more than 1500 calories a day. It is quite easy to count. Just google the food you eating plus calorie count.

I measured my waist which was 96 cm (at the bellybutton) at the start of diet. It is now after 4 weeks, coming up to 5, 90 cm. So I have lost 6 cm on the abdominal section. That is very good news.

I was afraid I was loosing too much muscle so I will do body fat measurement next week. Only down 4 kgs but the abs reduction is a good sign that it actually is fat and not muscle I am loosing. Will wait and see what the calipers have to say.

If you're doing the diet and feel it's not going fast enough don't give up. Make some changes, but keep going. You have to be thick skinned and really fight. Don't cheat and keep at it and you will most definitely see results. Pics coming soon.

Updated pictures in My measurements

Hi everyone!

I have successfully finished another week on Slow Carb Diet. It's definitely working, but it is not going as fast as was hoping for. I am going to do it for 3 months to start with, so I'm not stressed. I just have to keep at it.

Will update the measurements soon too. Check the "My Measurements..." page.

All the best,
David

Measurement update

R bi 33 cm
L bi 32 cm
Waist 94 cm
Hip 102 cm
R leg 61 cm
L leg 60 cm
R calf 39 cm
L calf 38 cm

Improvements!!! Maybe because it is hard to measure correctly but I have tried my hardest to be honest. Hopefully it is correct.

Pics after week two - one day after cheat day

I don't know if maybe you can see some differences. I think there is a slight change. But then again pics are hard because I can pull in my stomach or push it out. I try to stand the same every time.

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!