i heart carbs

After my wedding in May 2010, I started to slack off on my diet. I ate whatever I want, drank beer all the time, and working out became a once a month deal. MS150 was over, so I had no need to train.

Well with the hiatus I was taking from health, I gained back around 12 lbs. I know you’re like WTF, but I can easily put on some weight. I crap and I lose a pound of two. That’s how quickly my weight can shift.

So a little over a month ago I started reading a book called the 4 hour body by Tim Ferris. And I found my self being motivated once again to start a healthy diet and to train again once more for MS150. I started a “slow-carb” diet. Which is a lot like the low carb diets out there. What makes it different is the low fat high protein approach which is similar to south beach diet. BUT! there is a cheat day. You designate a cheat day once a week where you eat whatever you want. When you include the cheat day, you purposely spike your glucose level and keeps your glucose in check for the rest of the week. You gain a pound or two the day after, but within 2-3 days, you shed that off minus additional weight.

*Tip – When you cheat, consume lemons, limes or grapefruit juice with your meals to lower the impact of weight gain. This works wonders.

How’s my diet going? I’ve lost around 15lbs in a month 22 pounds in 3 month. I’ve been training “almost” every Saturday for MS150, I’ve been eating healthy, and I feel great. Clothes that used to fit years ago are finally starting to fit once more. And people are finally noticing that I’ve lost weight.

*Tip – When someones dieting, and you tell them that you can tell they lost weight, it makes them feel like freaking rainbows.

For anyone interested, here is rough outline of my diet plan:

Breakfast
within 30 minutes of waking up, chug a EAS low-carb protein shake. (17grams of protein)
3 boiled eggs sometimes with turkey bacon (lean)

Snack
Celery sticks with some peanut butter

Lunch
Salad with tons of black beans, salsa, jalapenos, lean ground turkey, sour cream and guacamole. I have a rotation of black bean and lentil soup, or wild salmon with lemon and salad.

Snack
Roasted nuts.

Dinner
Salad or wild salmon fillets with steamed veggies.

I eat tons and tons of salads every week. I try to stay with only organic foods, especially organic meats and eggs. I’ll throw in another EAS protein shake once in awhile as a snack when I feel hungry. Great alternatives to snacking are cheese sticks, sugar free jello, grape tomatoes, scoop of peanut butter and raw nuts. (My meals vary, I try to change it up here and there.)

MS150 is this weekend and I feel excited to be apart of an amazing event once more. I dreaded the ride this whole year during training but now that it’s finally here I’m looking forward to the challenge once more. If you find yourself wanting to donate to the MS Society, please make your donation through my link: http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/jsuh . I’m $400 short of my goal of raising $1,000.

If you’d like to follow my progress of my ride during MS150, you can follow me on my twitter or facebook. My cyclemeter app will be auto updating every 15 minutes or every 10 miles of my status. If you reply on twitter or facebook, I’ll be able to hear your encouraging words to motivate me across the finish line.

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