I’ve dieted and lost weight many times. I’ve lost over 30lbs since January and there is no way it’s coming back, I’ve made a lifelong change to watch what I eat. I’ve become obsessed with reading about fitness/diet research studies and success stories. And I’ve become obsessed with being healthy, losing weight, and gaining muscle. I’ve also learned a lot through trial and error and through helping my wife along — she’s lost over 25 pounds on the first diet she’s ever been on.

Also, maybe this is pathetic, but I often fantasize about helping obese people lose weight. I think about motivating them but most importantly teaching them about nutrients, the body, and how to lose weight. What would I tell them about losing weight? I’ve turned it into a three part post. This is my manifesto for losing weight, I’m sure some of the finer points will grow and change but these points I’ll never alter.

I think there are many facets of losing significant amounts of weight but only three stick out as being key for everyone. In this (long) article I’ll talk about each key in detail. I’m not claiming that I’ve discovered anything new or a magic bullet, just relaying what has worked best for me and what, based on research I’ve read, seems to be best. I apologize for the formatting of this article. I have been sitting on it a while and getting all the HTML correct is tedious and boring so I decided to just post up my rough draft that I’ve been piecing together for months.

The 3 keys to weightloss:
1. Maximize your metabolism
2. Count and limit calories
3. Banish white carbs

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Photo by Leo Reynolds.

Look who decided to make a blog post!

I’ve pretty much lost my will to post lately, nothing seems worthy (worthy of the blog or worthy of my time, I’m not sure). However, I will make an update on my progress losing weight and getting fit.

I missed my goal of 155 lbs this month but I’m sure I’ve put on some muscle and that if I could measure fat loss it would be more than 5lbs. This morning I was at 156 lbs and my waist measurement is down 1″ from last month.

In the past month I’ve made a several changes and learned some new things which I’ll summarize in this post. I’ll also talk about my future goals and the future of this blog.
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