Well I’ve been eating the Paleo Zone way for two weeks and two days now. I weighed in this morning at 194.2, down from 210 two weeks ago. Not bad progress. I am a little worried that I may be losing muscle but we shall see in a few days when I start working [...]
I read an interesting article recently on the effect of photographing the food that eat throughout the day. The original article can be found here – photo. Basically, the article summarizes a study done by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In the study, researchers asked 43 or so participants to either photograph or write down everything [...]
Well I was out sick yesterday. I slept most of the day and when I wasn’t sleeping I was trying to figure out if I should eat or not. I choose not to eat, lets call it an IF (intermittent fasting) test….So, I ate a zone breakfast and then dashed off for some physical therapy [...]
Well the sore throat is gone but now I have a chest and upper sinus congestion. Perhaps I do have a cold and I am not dying from some sort of crazy thyroid condition. Actually, I’m going to continue the thyroid research just for general knowledge. The Zone diet is going good. So far I [...]
Woke up with a slightly stuffy head and mild headache. Probably because I staid up so late working on my speech. For the first time in my life my stuffy nose is almost completely clear. I guess I should clarify, for the first time in my life without the use of a nasal steroid, Nasonex, [...]
I took pictures this morning and last night for my upcoming blog – http://www.crossfitallen.com. I plan to take four pictures of myself from the same vantage point in the same four poses every morning until I get down to my target weight. What I hope to do is stitch them all together and show a [...]
Fasted all day yesterday as it was fast Sunday. Broke the fast with a dinner of Lamb, Spinach, Strawberries, and macadamia nuts in zone propoertions. Before I went to bed I ate the zone late night snack of ham, blueberries, and 3 cashews. For breakfast today I had 4 egg whites, some rancid salsa, 1 [...]
Started 9/7/2008 Goals Go from 210 lbs down to 165 lbs without losing muscle. I am going to do my best to not lose what little muscle I have. I will not workout during the first few weeks because I am recovering from thumb surgery and a broken toe. I will begin in a three [...]
