I wish you the best of luck and keep on keepin’ on.
You’ve got lots of people watchin now!

Do you worry about (at this early level) any of the ’saturated fats’ debate or is it something that doesn’t matter for this experiment?

Best

Bill Maxwell

But right about mini-meals and exercise. I won’t say “lift weights” specifically because different people like different sorts of exercise. I like tai chi and aerobics myself. Anaerobic exercises seem kinda like a waste of calories to me (!) but I do them when I’m targeting a specific muscle group for building up.

Generally though, it’s enough (and increasingly important as your diet proceeds) to keep your body flexible and get your cardiovascular workout. I say increasingly important for two reasons: (1) this isn’t just about losing weight, you are also losing toxins and you will eventually lose some defense mechanisms against those toxins as well, so you want to keep your system in good running order. And (2) YOUR BODY WANTS TO WORK. My tyrannical dictator mind prefers ignoring the body and putting words in a row all day and night. So I found it strangely unsettling (and more than a little mutinous) after so many years as a desk jockey to learn that my body was actually “happier” when I didn’t skip my exercise. Man o man, the peasants were demanding their rights n shit! But as it turns out, happy peasants make for a happier dictator.

Some people like swimming because it works the whole body. Dancing is good too (doesn’t matter if you’re good at it, as long as you move around!) Whatever works for you. Just choose some simple exercises for each body area and do them for 30 mins a day while listening to music or whatever. It’s hard to explain, but here’s a metaphor, think of a car engine. Certainly you can see how it’s better to cycle fuel (and impurities) through the system than to let it sit there with sediment settling in the tanks and hoses. Making your muscles work causes them to replenish themselves faster at the molecular level, it causes them to oxygenate (that’s what the ‘burn’ is), and it does amazing (perhaps counter-intuitive) things for your energy & alertness.

It’s all about training for the wreckage, dude. Get ready to kick some zombie ass.

- S.

Forget my suggestions, I’m sure you get enough conflicting advice as it is when folks find out you’re on a diet. Just do it how you’re doing it, it seems to be working great for you, so you don’t need to change it at all. Sometimes I forget my opinions aren’t always necessary to share.

Keep it up man!

Can I recommend something I’ve found to be extremely useful on my personal diet (its high protein/low fat however, but don’t hold that against me). You seem to only be eating breakfast, lunch, snack and dinner. I don’t remember what is suggested by the paleo diet, but I recommend you eat at least 6-8 meals a day, no more than 2.5 hours apart. You can pretend you’re a hobbit and call them breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, and so on if you want. Break your breakfast into two meals and your lunch into two meals. I’m telling you it works wonders. Even though it seems like you’re always eating so people won’t believe you’re on a diet, it totally works. Every 2-3 hours I’m eating, like clockwork. Even if its just a protein bar or egg or something. If you notice dudes that lift a lot (”meatheads” I used to call them) are eating all the time, and there is a reason for that. It works wonders.

Also everyone that’s saying you should lift weights are completely right. It will speed up your progress considerably. Nothing is cooler than gaining muscle while losing fat and watching definition form in your arms and shoulders. Plus theres just too many variables are inherently present to think that you are undergoing a controlled experiment and lifting would mess it up. Just lift and you’ll get healthy faster man!

If you need a reason, just do what I do when I don’t want to do any more pullups. I think to myself, “What are you going to do when the zombies are chasing after you and you have to pull yourself and your tribemates over the chain-link fence? Are you going to give up then too?” And then I do another set.

Anyway, that’s my $0.02, take it or leave it.