About this Blog
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So many people wish they could lose weight. This blog is an attempt to put together something to share about my experience. I started January of 2012 at 232 lbs and I had been trying to lose weight, probably shaving 5 lbs off my maximum, which would have been closer to 235. My last measurement showed a mere 160.4 lbs. The means over the last year I would have lost 75 lbs. In the picture from the summer of 2012 I weigh 175. I would love to get down to the 150 to 155 range over the next year. Why so slim? Mostly because if its worth doing its worth doing well. But also because arteriosclerosis runs thick in my family and if I can live at an ideal weight of course I should. I'm also fully content to live life at 160 if that's how it is to be, but I think its worth a try. This blog lets you join the adventure! The main thing was I just decided I'm in charge of my own weight. Policitians and actors do it. Why not me? Do I just did. No hocus-pocus. No hormones or any kind of pill. No extreme behavior, diets or fasting. No worries about mysterious toxins. Just a series of straight-up, science-based strategies. That why I think I have something to share. I can weigh whatever I want. Although I take what I know from science, I don't have access to scholarly libraries or time to do full scholarship on what I put here. I don't claim to have all the science right. If you know something I should know, add in a comment. This blog is a work in progress, I will keep editing the pages as I get ideas, insight and feedback. All my best -- Rob |
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Conclusions
Now I know I can be any weight I choose. A diet of 1200 to 1600 calories of whole food keeps me healthy and energetic. When I started this diet I lost weight so fast I didn’t even use the data—about a pound a day. Soon I learned to adjust my weight loss to between 1.5 and 2.0 lbs per week. In the future I want to fine tune my weight, bringing it from 180lbs to about 150lbs and building just a hint more muscle in my arms and shoulders. My body seems much attached to the fat around my tummy. I use it as a reminder that I’m not starving to death. Seems that the fat redistributes itself around the body in the months after a weight loss, but I’m not too worried about that.
The key is to understand that my ultimate goal is not to lose weight, but to manage my weight as I choose it. To control my weight I need feedback, and a means to raise and lower my weight. The quality and timing of food into my body matters as much as how much. My body is made to try to reduce consumption during famine and store during feasting. To manage my weight I have to give it a feast in day and a famine at night when it won’t be stressed. That way I balance my energy needs each day. In the future I can see that by keeping records I will know when my weight trends upwards and be able to take early action.
This is a preliminary rough draft report. After the year is up and I am able to show long term control of my weight, I’ll be able to make this a final report. Also, I plan to edit this and make it a little longer and more detailed. Let me know if you have any questions you’d like to see answered in the final edition.
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