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Saturday, April 2, 2011

Challenge Results....

February 28th weight = 189.5
March 31st weight = 179.5

Starting belly measurement = 35"

Ending belly measurement = 32.5
" (2.5" decrease)
Starting hip measurement = 40.5"

Ending hip measurement = 38.5"
(2" decrease)

Pictures: (Before/After)






Recap on 30 days:
No fruit, caffeine, minimal booze in the form of wine, no additives (that I know of), no dairy, no legumes. Can it be done? I think the results speak for themselves. I tweaked this plan as I went along and I will continue to follow it with some differences. Main idea: Eat protein and veggies Sunday through Friday and have a "refeed" day once a week (Saturdays). This is adapted from the Anabolic Diet, Ketogenic Diet, and Tim Ferris. For the month I stayed clean on the refeed days focusing on quality ingredients with lots of fat and sweet potatoes as the carb source. From now on my "cheats" will be on Saturday with a little leway during the week because we all know that it happens. I will allow anything I want to eat on these cheat days. Main focus during the week will still be protein and veggies. I'm going to try another approach this month in terms of food quantity. The amount will stay the same but I will eat more meals that are smaller. I think to trim the last bit of fat off the waistline really minimizing insulin spikes in any form is the key: smaller meals more frequently instead of the 3 large meals I have daily. I'm still going to keep track over the next 30 days to see any difference, it just may not be as detailed. Looking forward to this next month!



1 comment:

Jodellm said...

Wow - I never would have thought you had 10 lbs to lose but you really can see the difference, especially the face and abs. The tan doesn't hurt, either!