Day 40 3/31/12

40 days already.  Doesn't seem like I have been doing this diet for that long.  It sure hasn't been difficult.

Breakfast was Steak and Eggs, Filet Mignon at Whitefeather and some Organic Eggs grilled up after a great morning workout.  Black Phoenix Coffee to drink.  I also had 2 glasses of Hartzlers Whole Milk.

Lunch was another big salad, red peppers, broccoli, and topped with Whitfeather Pork Pizza brats.  Water to drink.

Dinner I had a Chipotle Salad with double chicken, both beans, 2 types of salsa, cheese and I topped in with Plain FULL FAT Greeak Yogurt.  Water to drink.  I have 2 complaints surrounding this meal.

1.  Buehlers apparently believes FAT is poisonous and they advertise everything that is low fat or no fat like it was sent to earth on a Gold Platter.  Guess what Buelers.....if something is low fat or no fat there is a pretty good chance that it is full of carbs, sugar or chemicals your body can't even digest.  FAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU FAT!!!!  Anyway, I did find a container of Greek Yogurt that had fat in it. 1 container only.

2.  Chipotle also frustrated me.  The girl serving up my food decided to barely give me any meat or beans or anything else I wanted.  I literally got half as much of each item as I typically am given.  Apprently she was either going to save Chipotle money by giving half portions of food out or she just thought I was there to see her and not really hungry at all.  Oh well, my Greek yogurt helped fill in the gaps of that meal anyway.  I also learned from a wise old sage a few months ago that Greek Yogurt tastes identical to sour cream except the yogurt is full of good stuff.....try it sometime.

I am considering changing my weigh in day to Friday each week and possibly weighing in every 2 weeks rather than every week.  As I said before this diet is not about weight loss but about fat loss and if I get too tied up looking at the scale all the time I might focus more on the numbers than the mirror.  I will know for sure tomorrow what my plans will be.

The morning workout was pretty intense.  We had about 5 guys show up, one new guy who was broke in the hard way too.

We did a circuit of

Pull ups
Deadlifts with 225lbs
50lb Dumbbell Swings
Push ups
Sit ups
Sled pushes

I did all exercises for 10 reps, 8 reps, 6 reps, 8 reps, 10 reps.

No rest, Very intense.  Very fun.

Try crossfit out if you get a chance, you will enjoy it.

Day 39 Food Log 3/30/12

Breakfast was 2 Whole Eggs raw in some Hartzlers Whole Milk.  2 Empire apples.
I had a pack of Grassfed Beef smokies before lunch.
Lunch was 2 Tomato Basil Chicken Brats and a few Organic Eggs.  Water to drink.
Dinner is pictured below:  Hydroponic lettuce with no pesticide spray, red pepper, broccoli, 100% Grassfed Cheese, and Peppered Bacon.  No dressing needed.  Water to drink.

I did a mild workout in the morning before breakfast....not even enough to sweat but it felt good to just get some blood flowing.  I feel like I have gotten leaner this week more than any other previous week from what I am seeing in the mirror.  I don't know what I will weigh in at on monday but I have a feeling I will still be dropping fat.

I also recently built a nice big pull-up and dip stand pictured here.

Day 38 Food Log 3/29/12

Breakfast was 2 Raw Organic Eggs in Hartzlers Whole Milk and 2 Empire Apples.
Lunch was 4 Organic Eggs and a variety of pork sausage including some Hawaiian Pineapple Brats from Whitefeather.
Dinner was a Cauliflower crust pizza topped with Grassfed Beef and Bacon.  I can't say enough good things about the cauliflower pizza.  It is excellent.

****I received my 20ft climbing rope in the mail today.  I will be hanging it up in my gym and using it to climb.  It is a great workout for your arms and back if you don't use your legs to help you.  Yet another reason I am liking crossfit, it is fun.

I also heard that Carole over at Ageless Fitness is putting in new flooring as well as upgrading some equipment.  It should really complete her gym well.  Check her blog out by clicking her link over on the right side of my page.

I am feeling much more comfortable with my diet recently in that I don't even think about what I need to eat for each meal.  The food that I am eating is filling and I am never hungry so I guess I don't really even feel tempted to eat other things.  I am still planning on having a cheat meal once a week or once every two weeks.  I don't know when my next cheat meal will be but I do need to get it planned.  It isn't something that I should just let happen at a random time.

I still feel evergized every day and I am sleeping well.  I was wearing some jeans the other day that were previously tight but are now loose to the point that I NEED a belt to keep them pulled up.  It feels great when you aren't having to squeeze into your clothes.

A Precor rower that is in the gym.  I had never rowed until Carole showed me what they are all about.  It truly is an excellent workout or warmup.  They are much better than walking or running on a treadmill or stationary bike.  I highly recommend rowing if you are looking for other sources of cardio.

Day 37 Food Log 3/28/12

Breakfast was an Empire Apple and 2 Whole Eggs in Hartzlers Milk.
I had a pack of Grassfed beef Smokies before lunch and then another pack of Smokies and an Apple as my lunch.  As stated previously, my wednesdays are not good days for eating since I am busy all day.
Dinner was some Hickory Smoked Bacon, 4 Whole Eggs, a chunk of Ground Beef and water to drink.

Not a great day of eating but I will take it.  I will likely be adding in cheat meals either weekly or every other week.  I feel like I need to keep shaking things up on my diet every couple days and do my best to shoot my carbs up to preserve some muscle mass if I don't hit my protein intake each day.

*****I built a big pull up rack attached to a dip stand yesterday which I will likely keep for my gym.  It is about 8ft tall and heavy.  It took most of the afternoon to build but I am happy with it.  I will post a pic as soon as I get one.

Here is a view of a serious workout....a 40lb and a 20lb hammer with a stack of tractor tires.

This is really all you need for a good workout.  You can flip the tires end over end which simulates a deficit dealift.  You can do box jumps on them and of course hit them with the sledge hammers. 

Day 36 Food Log 3/27/12

Breakfast was once again 4 Raw Eggs mixed with Hartzlers Whole milk.  I had a few slices of Hickory Smoked Bacon too.

I had a couple Beef Smokies before lunch.

Lunch was 3 Venison burgers and 4 Whole Organic Eggs.  Water to drink.

I had a full pack of Grassfed Beef smokies in the afternoon.

Dinner was a large salad of lettuce topped with Hickory Smoked Bacon from Whitefeather.
I then had some Spicy hot Grassfed Beef Brats with some grilled onions and peppers.  Water to drink.
I had a large glass of Hartzlers Whole Milk before bed.

****I did Carole's circuit before breakfast also.  My time this week after doing the 10 minute warm up on the rower was 6 minutes and 58 seconds.  I found the workout to be much easier and I only took breaks to walk to the next exercise.  No stopping to breath.  I also did my pull up sets for the full number of reps each time.  I was still sweating and panting by the time it was over but I didn't feel nearly as worn out as the first two week.

This is a picture of my gym.  My father in law was nice enough to let me take one of his machine shed bays and close it in to use as my gym. 

****A little personal info about me.  I do have a family and I work a full time job.  I have found that the best time of day to workout is right in the morning upon waking up.  It takes some getting used to but that is really the only time of day that you have where someone isn't trying to use your time for you.  You feel great after a morning workout and it gives you energy all day.  I am fortunate enough to have a gym I can go to and not worry about making too much noise or whatever else but sometimes I am in the gym at 530 or 6am.  If you say you don't have time to workout it is only affecting you.  There will never be a time when you are sitting around thinking, "This would be a great time to go get a workout in".  Ain't gonna happen.  You need to make time.

My motivational speech is now over.  Plan a workout in the next few days, you will be glad you did.

Day 35 Food Log 3/26/12

Breakfast was 4 Whole Eggs RAW mixed up in a glass of Hartzlers Whole Milk.  I actually didn't mind eating my breakfast in this form since I often don't feel like making breakfast.

I had some Whitefeather Pepperstick Bologna before lunch.

Lunch was 3 venison burgers and 4 more Whole Eggs, cooked on a skillet this time though. 

I had 1 Empire Apple in the afternoon.

Dinner was 1 Tomato Basil Chicken breast and some peas. 

I had Hartzlers Whole Milk before going to bed.

I was pleased with todays food intake.  Good quality and I was full after each meal.

****My morning workout after I weighed in was a Crossfit workout called Fran.  If you know anything about Crossfit you already know that their workouts are named after womens names.  I don't know why they are named certain names but that is how they refer to them.

The workout incorporated Thrusters and Pull-ups.  A Thruster is where you hold a barbell in your hands and right at shoulder height, squat down, stand up and then press the bar overhead.  It is a very tiring movement.  A pull up is simply a chin up with an overhand grip.  Anyway,  the workout was 21 Thrusters with a 95lb loaded barbell then 21 Pull ups, 15 Thrusters and 15 Pull ups, and then 9 Thrusters and 9 Pull Ups.  You are to do this rep scheme as quickly as you can.  I completed it in 11 minutes and 28 seconds.  My legs were sore within an hour.  Excellent workout in less than 12 minutes.  No one can complain about not having time to workout.  My brother also showed up since he wants to get into shape also and he ended up completeing the reps in about 17 minutes.  He did well considering he is much lighter in weight and he still handled the 95lb thrusters.

I know that if you have never heard of crossfit then you probably think I am crazy.  Here are 2 pictures that it truly is a real sport.  I have never seen a competition but I am getting very interested.  There is something very appealling to me about, "The sport of fitness."

Day 34 Food Log 3/25/12 .......5 WEEK WEIGH IN

Breakfast was 6 Organic Whole Eggs along with several slices of Whitefeather Peppered Bacon.  Black Phoenix Coffee also.

Lunch was a 100% Grassfed Beef Sirloin steak and a half and some strawberries.  Don't ask.  The strawberries were the only other thing at the meal I was at that I could eat because everything else was a manufactured bread product or else drenched in frosting or sugar.  Not ideal, but I had to deal with it.  I had water with lunch.

Dinner is pictured here.  Not my best photo but it is what I ate.  2 Whole Eggs, Hickory Smoked Bacon and some 100% Grassfed Beef burger with a large salad.  Water to drink.

I have started to really enjoy eating eggs as they can go with just about anything and they are simple to prepare.  I try to leave the yolks runny because I think they taste better than when they are cooked further and they get dried out.  My diet this past week was not perfect but I am still feeling great and sleeping well.  I wake up and I am not tired and I don't get tired throughout the day like I used to.  I can't tell people enough how great this diet has been for me.  I used to get stomachaches and just feel bad in general.  It is amazing to know that the foods you eat truly make a difference in every aspect of your life.

******WEEK 5 WEIGH IN

I weighed in this morning at 224.6lbs which is another weight loss of 1.6lbs from last week.  As stated since the beginning my goal is not pure weight loss, I am trying to lose fat and gain muscle.  If I didn't lose another pound on this diet but continued getting leaner I would be perfectly fine with that.  My total weight lost so far on this diet is 15.9lbs in about 34 days of being on the new diet.  I don't follow anyone's exercise plan or take any diet pills.  I simply eat lots of FAT and PROTEIN while cutting out sugar and carbs other than carbs from vegetables and fruit.