What I take & What's my plan.

Each and every day are different.  Some are easy and some are hard.  Nutritionally, I modify each day according to a few different things, which I'll tell you below:

• Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, & Fridays= Atkins level low carb (not full keto, but closer to 50g of carbohydrates on these days.  
• Saturdays & Tuesdays = 24 hour fasts (not eating until dinner)
• Saturdays have the cheat meal to close it all out
• Tuesdays have a normal meal, meaning whatever my wife prepares.  
• Wednesdays have been, at least lately, my normal to high carb day.  

Now, this was after a 2 week ketosis primer (<25g carbs).  It was challenging, but easy to maintain for that short amount of time.  Currently I'm still in weight management mode, but it's much easier with the addition of some carbs.  

My foods generally look like:

• Green vegetables such as broccoli, brussels sprouts, asparagus, bell peppers, celery
• Lean proteins such as chicken, tuna, or eggs.....sometimes red meat (if we have steak leftover)
• When I do have carbs, it's usually sweet potatoes or butternut squash.  

I usually don't eat until 1030 in the morning or later, most days.  On fast days, that's dinner.  

Supplementally, I keep it simple.  There are some daily but some are specific to a day or two.  

• Protein supplements.  My goal is 1g/lbs of body weight, so around 200g per day.  
• Greens supplement.  My fast days need something to preserve muscle mass, so this helps provide vitamins and minerals. 
• BCAAs.  Same thing with the fast days, but it's entire purpose is preservation of muscle. 
• Digestion pre/pro-biotic.  Digestive health, feel better, live better. DAILY

I keep it simple and purposeful for myself.  I've lost about 5 inches or so in the last month and continue to feel and move better every single day.  This took some trial & error and some strategic
planning to fine tune.  I have some other strategies that I employ to keep me on track (my clients too!).  But I wanted to let you all know what I've been doing to get it done.  

The wager

On Friday January 26th, I entered a nationwide contest, with a team of 5.  This wager is to win $10,000. 

In selecting the team, I chose teammates that are very familiar with how to exercise and what works best for their bodies.  We all have several pounds to lose and it doesn't hurt us in that.  Our team name is Dad Bod Heroes, which means that all of us are of course....Dads. 

My weigh in was 220lbs.  About what I thought, but nevertheless a moderately depressing number.  This isn't the heaviest I've ever been, but it is far from the best I've felt.  As I write this, over a week later, I'm down below 215 already.  Most of which was a combination of ketosis and intermittent fasting. 

In the next several weeks, I'll be going through how ketosis works and why the "fad" of this is so popular, even though figure athletes and many others have been doing it for awhile.  I'll also be going through intermittent fasting and why that works.  This is not to say that they're the best, but they generally work to reach a goal. 

The main part of my journey lasts 3 months, with a maintenance of 9 months after.  My target is 190 or below, so wish me luck.   Several weeks into my journey I'll share a time lapse of how I look (via mirror selfie...with pants on!).  So you can follow me in the process.