Down 2.6% and enjoying the food!!

Progress

I started the Slow Carb Diet from Tim Ferriss’ Four Hour Body a week ago, and so far I have lost 2.6% of my starting body mass, and the plan is to lose 18.5% of my body mass.

Having lost 2.6%, that means that I am 14% of the way towards my goal. That sounds absolutely incredible, and I hope to continue the downward trend until I hit 100% of the weightloss goal, and reach my target weight.

I have previously shared that the best method to achieve a goal is to measure progress. I created myself an Excel spreadsheet to track my weightloss, and that is where I have calculated the numbers from.

I set myself a goal to lose 0.5kg per week, entirely reasonable, and well within recommended weight loss targets, and I am tracking myself, almost daily, but only comparing weekly numbers rather than daily numbers. There are some days where I have put on weight, and that is most likely due to water intake, high carb intake, or even just time of day. I generally try to weigh myself at the same time each day to minimise fluctuations, but alas, I can’t help the weather.

I have found the best time is in the morning, as soon as I get out of bed, but after using the toilet (I have found that can make a difference of up to 0.7kg).

Eating

Of the dishes that are part of the Slow Carb Diet, I have found two that work well together, and I eat these for lunch, especially when I am at work, Fish Cakes and Bean & Bacon Coleslaw.  I love coleslaw at the best of times, and I love bacon, but beans not so much, but I am willing to eat the beans to enjoy the coleslaw.

The biggest change to my diet so far is the fact that I have cut out virtually all bread, pasta and potatoes.  I had expected to feel hungry without eating bread for lunch, but most days I haven’t felt the need for mid afternoon snacks like I previously did.  There is obviously something to the diet about increasing protein and reducing carbohydrates.

Exercise

During the period of being on the Slow Carb Diet, I have been for one 20 minute bicycle ride, with no other exercise.  Some would include walking, but any walking I did only had a reason to get my from A to B, without any other intentional walking.

I might expect to see increased weight loss if I started exercising, which is part of my plan, but I wanted to see how the first week went without the exercise.  So my second week of the Four Hour Body will include short periods of exercise, weather dependent.