100% diet, who's with me? and help! with exercise page

[alg2435]

I'm going 100% on my diet, leaving out what I know may be keeping me from progress. No dairy, coffee, sugar. Very little fruit.

I was way to relaxed over this summer and I can tell I've gained some fat mass. Yucky! My naturopathic doctor prescribed a series of fasts and detoxes to clear up my psoriasis, but I need to clean up my regular diet first.

Who's with me?

And when it comes to exercise, I'm not a huge fan. But my goal is to at least walk an hour a day, 6 days a week. I really need to find something I enjoy that I can do on my own. Any suggestions?

[Scott F]

If you can get to some hiking trains do that on weekends. Take a small backpack (day pack), and just relax while you stop for a picnic. If you drink wine bring along a single serving of wine. Use your weekday walks as a goal to improve your weekend hikes.

[alg2435]

Hmmm, sounds like you have some experience with this wining and hiking, Scott! I'm trying to plan a hike this weekend, hopefully it works out!

[steve.mull]

If you like body weight exercises look up the max capacity training app. It's a 3 day a week, 12 week program with everything you need in the app. Best of all it's free

[alg2435]

Yesterday went well, I think. I still probably ate too much (especially in the fruit department), but at least it was all healthy. Except for that one cup of coffee, which I want to repeat today. Hmmm....

I went on a walk, about an hour, while listening to soft music on my cell phone. I was barefoot, and walked in the mud around a drying-out swamp. Today I'm hoping for another walk. If not....then I will do some calisthenic something or other.

This morning I've already eaten some delicious beef and cabbage from my crockpot, vegetable/lamb broth soup, and tea with supplements. I feel pretty good.

[alg2435]

It is so hard to resist dairy when your family buys raw milk with a thick layer of cream on top. Such a perfect food for me. I haven't given it up yet...

Today I ate pretty well! lamb broth/avocado/egg yolk/herb soup for breakfast, a small portion of leftover beef and cabbage for lunch on the trail, and chicken with sauteed broccoli (in grassfed butter) for dinner. All pretty nutritious...except the coconut oil/cocoa powder/stevia mixture I had for dessert was a little overboard.

But any excess calories I ate today are GONE though! I hiked at least 3 hours today, and most of it pretty strenuous. Cronometer tells me it burned about 1000 calories, but I'm not so sure. LOVED it, though!

[alg2435]

SUCCESS the past few days. It's easier to eat more strictly if you don't have time to think about food. AKA, college started again. I haven't had any dairy except for raw kefir (which I'm supposed to be taking). I made this really good gelatin pudding on Sunday night: dissolve 1 packet plain gelatin in 3/4 cup of fresh lemon juice. Mix in 1 cup boiling water and 10 drops of stevia. Add 5 egg yolks and whip until frothy. Chill for a few hours or overnight. I think what will keep me focused will be little 'treats' like this. I also just got an order in from vitacost! Coconut flakes, creamed coconut, raw cocoa powder, sea vegetables, cashew butter. I made little chocolate/coconut/cashew drops tonight, and will eat one with lunch every day. (: This will keep me sane and away from the dairy and coffee for a while! No exercise really since the hike, as I've been very busy with school. I try to drop and do 10 pushups as often as I think of it when I'm home. I roasted a beef brisket for dinners and cooked ground beef with pureed spinach to take with me for lunches. One concern I have is too many calories! I want to get into ketosis, so I'm eating mostly protein and fat - but fat calories build up FAST!