So another week gone by in this lifestyle. I`m not saying diet anymore because the word diet is so negative and denotes a regime that we go through and inevitably for most of us ends in failure, depression, remorse, and even more weight gain than when we started. So I am on the Paleo/ caveman/ancestral lifestyle of eating. And now after week six I hit another goal. I broke 250 and tipped in at 249. That`s a 4 lb. loss for the week. But I have to admit I have been working out really hard on top of eating right. Six days a week, three with my trainer, doing Tibatas workout and 3 days a week lifting weights in the gym on my own.
Tibatas is a workout where you have 10 – 12 stations and you go full speed for 20 seconds with a 10 second rest. You do this 8 times then rest for 1 minute. That`s 1 round. Eric (my trainer) puts me through anywhere from 5 to 8 rounds. Sometimes 10 to 12 if he wants to push me. On my lifting days I alternate chest and triceps, then back and biceps, and legs on the third day. I only do about a 20 – 25 minute workout and if I feel good I`ll do a 15-20 minute lifecycle. It really makes a difference in the weight loss.
So i`m losing about three plus pounds a week but it`s a solid three pounds, not water loss but fat. I`m feeling really good and can now see a difference in my muscle definition. I want to hit 225 by thanksgiving. We are going to Jamaica for the holiday and I want to look good on the beach. Also, being away I can avoid the temptation of the holiday cooking and excuses that it is the holidays-so-eat crazy syndrome. Being fit and looking good will make me want to stay that way so even though it`s an all inclusive vacation (meals included) I feel I can be in more control than if I was home making turkey and gravy, potatoes and stuffing, pies and yams etc etc etc. for my wife and guests. And by the first of the new year I want to be 210. I haven`t been that weight since college 45 years ago. And I will finally be in that safe weight range on the BMI chart for the first time ever when I go for my yearly physical. These goals seem very attainable, realistic and definitely the new me. For the first time in my years of weight loss programs I feel that this is it and I am finally doing it right and can add years on to my life and live the remaining time I have on this earth, healthy, happy and looking good. I plan on living to 90 plus so with a little luck this lifestyle will make it happen. As always… to all of you… stay the course, don`t give up , keep up your program and stay thirsty my friends.
