Slow Carb Diet – Day 6

9:15 am – 166.4 lbs / 17.8% bf / 62.7% water Cheat day was fun, but now it’s over and back to standard meals. I don’t feel nearly as bad today as I thought I might. So that’s good. I’m concerned that my stats don’t seem to be changing for the 1st week. Everything is…

Slow Carb Diet – day 5 (CHEAT DAY!!)

9:00 am 166.2 lbs / 17.8% BF / 62.7% water I know this really should be Day 6, but I started on a Tuesday and I want Saturday to be cheat day. I’m probably more excited about cheat day than I should be. Or maybe that’s how it’s supposed to work. Delayed gratification and “reward”…

Dietary Supplements

I just ordered a shitload of supplements from Amazon for my diet. I ordered the recommended stack from The 4 Hour Body (allicin garlic, alpha-lipoic acid, policosanol, and decaf green tea extract) for fat loss to accompany the slow carb diet. I also ordered several supplements for my brain; ginko biloba for brain function and…

Slow Carb Diet – Day 4

About 6.5 hours sleep. Was difficult to get up initially, but woke up pretty quickly. 165.4 lbs / 17.7% bf / 62.8% water Breakfast 2 eggs (fried) spinach 1/2 cup lentils 16+ oz water 12 oz coffee w/ 1 tsp coconut oil, 1/4 tsp vanilla extract, 1/2 tsp cinnamon Lunch 1:30 pm 2 hard boiled…

Slow Carb Diet – Day 3

3 hours of sleep. fuck i’m tired 🙁 165.6 lbs / 17.7% BF / 62.8 % still no body measurement still no bowel movement since Monday or Tuesday Breakfast 7:15 am 2 eggs 1/2 cup black beans spinach water coffee (first of many today) Lunch 12:15 pm Chicken shawarma (no bread) Tabbouleh Hummus Olives I…

Slow Carb Diet – Day 2

6:45 am – 165.8 lbs 17.9 bf 62.7 % Breakfast 7:00 am 1/2 cup black beans 2 eggs cooked in butter 2.9 oz spinach 12 oz coffee (+1 tsp virgin, unfiltered coconut oil, +1/4 tsp vanilla extract, +1/2 tsp cinnamin) 16+ oz water 8 oz coffee at work 12 oz bottle water Lunch noon 2…

Slow Carb Diet – Day 1

This is Day 1 for me of the Slow Carb diet. I read about it in The 4 Hour Body by Tim Ferris. I know I should wait for the scale I ordered to start it so I have accurate starting stats, but I figured it couldn’t hurt. So I have no accurate weight or…

Slow Carb Diet

I’m about to start the Slow Carb Diet as described by Tim Ferris in his book The 4-Hour Body. I just need to order the bio-impedance scale and body measuring tape. And go to the grocery store. It seems like a pretty easy diet. It’s mostly about what not to eat rather than counting calories…

Pickling for banh mi

First time pickling for banh mi! Val bought the book for me for my birthday. Daikon and carrot, citrus purple cabbage, and lemon grass snow pea. They are all sweet pickles, but I used about half the sugar the recipe called for. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!