Weekly update

After seven weeks, I'm down to 245. For those keeping score at home, that's three pounds in the past week with a big assist to the gym. Then again, I wouldn't have joined the gym had I not first started SLD. Worked out on Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Have a few more sessions with a trainer. Found out that (as of Sunday) I have 38% body fat - nearly all on my torso. Apparently my goal of 201 is probably too low of a weight for my build, so the goal's been adjusted to 212. Now I'm 1/4 of the way there!

After six weeks,

I've lost another pound and am down to 248. While not up to the speeds of many others, I'm still over a pound a week. The recent beastly hot weather has curtailed much of my usual exercise, but that should change soon too.

Disapointment

No loss this week. I may have to start doing things I don't want to so I can lose more weight, like abstain from alcohol one or two nights a week. Grrrr.

5/11 256 lbs
5/18 254 lbs
5/25 254 lbs
6/1 250 lbs
6/8 249 lbs
6/15 249 lbs

So we'll see how the next week goes.

Week four

5/11 256 lbs
5/18 254 lbs
5/25 254 lbs
6/1 250 lbs
6/8 249 lbs

One pound loss on a week where I overdid it twice as to big dinners. I can live with that!

Bonus!

The idea of refraining from experiencing flavor for one or two intervals during the waking day is a central tenet to the Shangri-La Diet. It’s probably one of the things that will keep several people away from trying it – such as my wife who refuses to limit intake of diet sodas and chewing gum.

While the “flavor fast” in general seems quite useful and I enjoy the weight loss, I hadn’t expected that SLD would give me an easy out to my long-standing diet soda habit. I used to drink at least half a gallon of diet soda a day. Now I haven’t had a diet soda in over two weeks and I don’t miss them at all. Water is the main substitute, with occasional unsweetened iced tea or lemonade. It seems to me that avoiding those flavors helps in appetite reduction.

Week three

5/11 256 lbs
5/18 254 lbs
5/25 254 lbs
6/1 250 lbs

Averaging 2 pounds per week without doing anything difficult. Wahoo!