Another month bites the dust

Well as another month draws to a close I am able to give another update on my primal journey. While it has not been as strict as it should have been eating wise I am able to report another weight loss for the month.

We weighed in a little early this month with it done on Wednesday 27th. That said I can report that it was a 10lb loss this month. For the first time in more years than I remember I am under 220 lbs. yup you got it I am 219 lbs. I feel better than I have and the complements have been coming thick and fast which is a little weird for me.
I am still initially aiming for 200lbs but as I see my body just now I have the feeling that I may have to continue my journey all the way to 180. It's still a wait and see thing but if I end up in the 100's it will be a shock for me.

Still no return to the bike yet but I am still hopeful. I still want to ride a century but as long as I am not getting on the bike it does not look hopeful for this season.

Well enough for now. Talk to you soon

S.

3 months on body stats are showing a change.

Well it has been 3 months since I was "measured" and I got my stats taken again last night. Over this time I have been complimented on my changes and for me it has been difficult as I have a little problem with taking compliments. But with this knowledge I wanted to see how it translated into cold hard facts.

Body fat - a loss of 2.4 percent so I am down to 32.7 percent. Still not great but a step in the right direction

Waist - 4.5 inches lost
Neck - 0.25 inches lost
Chest an shoulders - both 2 inches lost.

So yeah. Stevie is a changing and here's hoping it continues.

S

May Update

Well another month has passed and its now been 152 days since I committed to the primal lifestyle. To say that it required a rethinking of what I do and how I eat is an understatement. When I started back in trying to lose the 30ish pounds I had gained I didn't realise the improvements I would make and where I would be now.

When I started I had crept back up to 268lbs (my pregnancy weight LOL) from 232. Now as most know 232 is not where I want to be that is another 30-50 pound lower so that being said it meant I was 70-90 from my goal but still a good 50 lbs less than I was. Even with that good news (what good news) I was not happy being heavier again. 152 days later I can happily report that I am now down to 229 lbs that is the 36lbs I gained plus 3 *grin*. For the month that means I lost 7lbs for the month.

Its not just the weight that has changed thankfully. I am seeing it in other areas also. For the first time in ohhh 20ish years I am in a size 36 Jeans. I will admit its a loose size 36 but hey its 36.  I am also working out more than I used too. Not as much as I should really be doing but I am trying to rectify that. In the 2-3 months I have had gym membership at NFC I have visited it more than the last one (3 times in a year erk). Most times it is to work with weights with Jen but on those times she is with her PT I instead do cardio. Cardio for me is still the bike and if I can get 30 mins on even a stationary bike it means I still get 30 mins.

On the food front I have been fine tweaking what I eat, a good example being that at the start of the year i was eating way to much red meat, and have been trying to vary the primal foods that I can have. We purchased coconut and almond flour to assist us and these have resulted in "alternate" cooked foods that are primal. Over the last few months coconut flour pancakes have become a regular breakfast food at the weekend (more for ember as she LOVES them LOL) but my most recent discovery was primal banana nut bread which I baked a couple of days ago and it has been a huge hit (just need to reduce the amount of salt in it though) and use the almond flour. Given time I am also looking at trying some of the almond flour breads just to see how they work. For those interested the nutrition info for the pancakes and banana nut bread are as follows

	Cals.	Fat	Sodium	Carbs.	D.F.	Sugar	Protein
Pancakes per pancake (14 per batch) we include a banana	92	5g	39mg	8g	3.5g	3g	4g
B.N. Bread per slice (assuming 20 per batch)	142	11.5g	135mg	6g	2g	3g	5g

Laters peeps
S.

Check in Time

Ok well its been a HECTIC month but its coming to an end thankfully. Big event of this last month is I will be graduation with my Masters in Instructional Technology this Friday so I am a happy camper *grin*.

On topic however. I have not been able to work out much the last 3 or so weeks what with Embers birthday, the in laws visiting and just other stuff going on. I weighed in this morning and the weight is 236 lbs which is a drop of 4 lbs. Hopefully its a drop of fat and not of any muscles I had.

Goals for the next month

• minimize sugar - we are doing a 21 day sugar fast to try squeeze sugar out
• get to the Gym more. I must must must do this.
• Relax!!!!! ohhhhh yeah

Ok just a short post. Laters guys.
S.

Embers Birthday.

Take a first birthday party. Add cake and pizza and you have a primal disaster waiting to happen.

It was our daughters first birthday and we had a scheduled bad day. I went in knowing it would be bad and came out being bad and having the upset stomach to show for it. The day after and I am happily back on primal and trying to get my stomach to be happy with me.

I think that it should not upset my primal lifestyle and that the stats will continue to change. Now that the birthday is over I think I can get back to the gym (not working on the house ). I guess I will find out in about 2 weeks hey just in time for college stress to be ending.

Talk to you soon.

Steve

Getting back

I have not posted quite as much as I wanted this month, guess life took precedence *LOL*. Its another 30 day block over and done with and the one stat that we check at the end of each block i that of weight. Yeah I know its not a true indicator of how well things are going but when you are obese its something you can look at and see that some ground is being made.

Weighed in on Saturday and the scale reported 240 lbs so that's a loss of 9 lbs for the month. I am again happy with this as it is not too drastic of a weight loss for the period (only 1-2 lbs a week). I am hoping that I can continue to go to the gym and continue to eat as primally as I do. I will say that the eating part has not been bad and the working out has actually been fun although I missed most of last week due to "stuff".

I still think I have problems with my eating though as I think I am still not eating enough or drinking enough water. To top this off I got my vitals checked and while BP was a LOT better than it has been in a long time (it was 126 / 90 WOOT) and my triglycerides were way down I have elevated LDL and cholesterol. For now I am having to make some changes to my red meat consumption (reduce it and meat more fish and chicken) but I have elected to avoid all drug use to combat it until I can let the primal lifestyle do its work and hopefully equalize my stats. My hope is that one year from now I will be able to report lower weight and better all round stats.

Enough for now. Laters S.

working out

I ended up getting some numbers run on me at the Gym last night and it really surprised me. Seems part of my problem may be that I don't eat enough. I had thought I as doing ok and maybe a little under on what I ate but I may be under eating by half each day. The numbers show that to help me lose a healthy amount of weight I should be eating about 2100 cals a day of which I need to get about 260g of protein. That's not a typo people I need 260g of protein a day.. ERK. On top of that I need to drink a gallon of water, this to a guy who is lucky to drink a cup *LOL*

I'm gonna try work hard to eat the way they have suggested though. In the 2 weeks since I had my stats taken and my body fat was measured at 35.1% I have dropped half a percent of body fat. Not a lot but I am happy with it. I keep going to the Gym, I keep eating primally and I might just get to a point I am happy with.

Ok I need to get back to it people. Be safe and see you on the swingside

S.