Diet Change

[Swiftflow 6]

Well, as I had mentioned in my blog I was acting as a guinea pig for the calorie shifting method of doing 3 days low cal 1 day high. And this past week I had a few days of stall anyway.. So my body was able to get used to this pattern a bit anyway. I wanted to be truthful about this as I was just testing it. The true zig-zag method is supposed to only shift a couple hundred calories and not a drastic amount like my 3 days around 800 cals and 1 day around 1800. I still think the method helped me some the first few weeks, but in itself has not been a stall preventer. So I am going to go back to a low carb focus and try to randomly vary calorie amounts each day instead of a strict 3 to 1.

Tiffykins method of low carb the first few months is where I am going to try and focus now. For me I was calorie focused this first month and did not count carbs--I did get protien and liquids in, but did not even worry about carbs past that. I get to start some exercise this week too since I will hit 6 weeks out, and this will help as well.

Anyway, I said I would test and report my results back so although I would have liked to continue to drop 5+ pounds every week on my shifting method it has not been the magic pill.

[citizenwill 7]

Thanks for the update Swiftflow.

I was curious about this myself.

Will

[Mary Gordon 3]

great thanks for the info.....i'll try it as well, make sure to keep us posted.:thumbup:

[stcyt 15]

Thanks for being our guinea pig swiftflow....its all good info. It looks like stalls just may be part of the package.

[goodlife 3]

You're still doing great my sleeve buddy.

scale doesn't seem to be moving much over here...sigh.

[Swiftflow 6]

Good news.. The addition of new cardio has kicked the Weight loss back into gear!

My favorite cardio outside of running is the Stairmaster stepmill (small escalator looking stairs)--it really kicks my butt. I tend to push myself pretty hard in cardio as well. I like getting up right near my limit of tolerance and pushing it hard (30 mins for now), and then I cooldown with a easy treadmill walk.

[stcyt 15]

Great news Swiftflow. I love that escilator thing. It is a killer. I think it does me better than anything else they have at the gym.

I'm still not weighing but I've got my fingers crossed for when I weigh on the 21st (my sleeveaversary)

[sickofrollercoaster 7]

Thanks for the report! I am sticking to the low carb, high Protein and seems to be working ok for me. This week I am going to add some exercise but it will just be walking as I am not released to do anything like the elliptical until 2 months out.

You are doing great!

[sickofrollercoaster 7]

Stacey, can't wait to see your success on the 21st!!!