Day 17

So today is the day to start hitting the fitness. Motivation so so. But when I think about what I want, I feel like Rocky Balboa. Must never forget the reasons of why this journey began. Just need better results for the process to become unstoppable.

fat
muscles
water
bone
sugar

The plan, as I know nothing about fitness, is to follow this approach.
I will give it all, and instead of spending hours walking in the forest, which is nice and really improved many things, despite a small weight drop, will spend it at the gym. As the full body muscles will be at work, hopping better results. Long walk will be on hike, on some weekends, in the mountain.

Bill Phillips tips and plan

Interesting video from Bill Phillips here

Today workout and new scale
Weighted myself on the scale at the fitness. The results are completely different from my scale. In particular, the body fat isn’t 37% but 27% as per the fitness scale. The weight was accurate. Bought myself another scale. It give 27% fat as well, confirming the fitness scale. Below, the print out from the fitness scale, and the result from the new scale.

Fitness scale
New scale weight and fat %

Workout: upper body weight training. Small walk from home to the gym and back (5km total)

The workout is easy: about an hour. No tiredness. But need to better prepare the next one to avoid hesitating how the exercise need to be done. Also, I have an idea of the weight I can lift and can from now set goals for the next workout.

Day 15

Registered yesterday to the fitness.
Walking, while it improve a lot of biological parameters that can’t be measured just by the weight, take time and lead to still, small weight loss.

At the same time, it could be the calories intake. But I eat healthy. I need to change my approach, and burn more in a smaller time period. Will see if it will change the outcome, for a same diet.

Day 14

While the progress sounded slow until now, I’m starting to see progress. I think the weight on the scale don’t say it all. I also think that fat is getting burnt at a much higher rate, and that it will show on the scale. As the walk doesn’t cause any pain, I guess the body is done with its adaptation for this workout, and that I have adapt to the diet too.

My first conclusion would be to say, in the first 1-2 week, on regular workout, the body and mind adapt. This phase done, progress start to show up.

My second conclusion would be during long walk, the body learn to burn energy from the fat storage, much like in a diet.

Finally, my third conclusion is that the results depends on many factors, such as the starting weight, global health condition, past life style, etc, and that everybody will see different progress at different point in time. For me, it was a slow start, and traction seems to happen. I just feel it.

To confirm those 3 assumptions, I will continue this current lifestyle, especially now I feel things are changing.

I also see 1 month as a body month, not a human month. Human and body time are different, and it’s not because quick results are always expected, that the body have or will to produce the results we expect in the timeframe we expect.
My guess is as long as we do it right, meaning, progressive and regular workout and healthy balanced diet, time (body) will make it happen, sooner or later.

As time goes, we also learn our body, adapt to workout and diet, naturally and easily becoming able to improve things. What seemed healthy on day 1, a good workout, etc appear differently as time goes. Also, as the processus is progressive, it goes a long way: if I was eating the way I do today starting from day 1, it would have been a bigger jump compare to a progressive change, and as such, a more difficult change not necessarily a healthy one. The things is to listen to its body, and learn what hunger means for example. And to react to that signal, and not for example to an emotional one for example. Obviously, eating healthy and avoiding carbs as the cause hunger and are addictive.
In my case, I removed the platzli and I’m eating mostly salad, which I found delicious and able to feel full. There is also the time frame to eat, the little change we put on the diet, between 2 days, listening to what the body feel to eat.

Of course, time will come soon to change the workout routine, hitting the gym. I wouldn’t be able to do these long walk on week day as I can do today, but this one month incubation period will have allow to adapt (body, mind, diet, workout, fitness, learning and discovering preferences and defining new objectives) and to become aware and to evolve in the right direction, higher, better.

By the way, found a useful online tool, to know important things about the metabolism: https://tdeecalculator.net/

Also that:
– Sleeping well and between 7-9h a day
– Drinking lemon juice 30 min before meal
– Drinking apple cider 30 min before meal
– Drinking green tea
– Drinking water
All together, help to achieve better results

Day 13

Almost 2 weeks since this journey started.
242’647 steps, 45’996 kCal, 188 km and 675 floor later, the weight drop is of -1.9kg. Small drop! But the weight is not all here!

There is:
– The blood sugar: from 29 mmol/L early Jan down to 8.5 mmol/L out of meds!
– The fat %: from 36.4% day 7 down to 35.8% today
– Muscle: 37.5% day 7 up to 38.1% today
– The energy level that doubled
– The start of the journey
– The new lifestyle it has induce, including the diet
– Smoking consumption dropped from 2+ packet a day down to 1/2 packet a day
– Waist 127.5cm down to 123cm today

I doubt I can do more in term of diet. It’s really all green, almost vegetarian, low carbs. So I still believe better results will show up, thinking it’s all about body adaptation. Two weeks is after all a short period of time.

I believe I can improve however:
– The calories expenditure (intensity)
– Drinking more water
– Be more patient

Also, gained +0.6% of muscles in the last 7 days. Probably 1% since day 1. And 1% of 119.2 kg, the initial weight, still represent 1.2 kg of muscles gained, while my weight dropped by 1.9 kg. That’s a 3.1 kg of fat dropped at the end which is not bad.

I may change my workout this week still.

fat -0.1%

mus +0.3%

tbw -0.1%
bone +100 g

Workout:

fat
muscles
water
bone

Day 12

fat -0.3%

weight -700g

mus +0.1%
tbw +0.3%
bone
sugar without meds

Slow process but moving forward!

Wind measurements today. Walk in forest still not recommended, due to risk of trees fall.
Yesterday, Meteo Swiss recorded winds to up to 200km/h (124 mph)

Added olive oil and green tea to the “diet”. Cutting carbs where possible in the favour of fat (keto “diet”). Typical daily meals includes:
– jack fruit
– parmesan cheese
– few light bred slices
– salad
– anchovy
– pear
– green tea, olive oil, coffee, water
– supplements:
Vitamin C, Omega, Electrolyte, Iron, B12, Probiotics, Folic Acids, Magnesium, Calcium, D3, multivitamins and minerals), Q10.
Sometime, proteins powder.
– Eating between 2 and 6pm. Few time later

Day 10

Watched yesterday a documentary. Learned lot of very interesting things.
Among them, eating slowly as it take 20 min for the stomach to notify the brain that it is full, after it is full, the importance of the Calcium and Omega (but many others matter too), the importance of eating bio (more nutrients, almost no pesticides), etc.
In French: M6, RTS (1, 2, 3).

But one that kept my attention is the ketogenic (or keto) diet: it mimic the fasting effect and produce results. I will give it a try from now. One of many video here (English).

Slept again most of the day. Noticed many body changes. Things are happening physically and mentally. The first week are like a period to pass. Once done, the journey really begin. The body seems to have adapt to a new lifestyle and ready to support it, making it easier. The mind is motivated by the initial results and build a routine that it also support. It also knows more things that will allows reaching results in a healthier way Looking forward for more results and Motivated!

Day 9

Slept yesterday, mostly. I’m wondering if I will reach my goal.
I see 3 options: 1. New workout. 2. Fasting 3. Continue and give it time.
Quitting is not an option. Will see what is the plan for the day.
Thinking option 3 and 1. Option 2, really considering, but not today.
I guess I’m at the heart of the problem: trying and giving up. That’s a lesson. It’s exactly in such moment were one can make the difference.
I’m decided to. For the sake of changing it for good.

Done. Time to get lazy

After workout measures

fat -0.2%

weight -400g

mus +0.1%

tbw +0.1%

bone +100g
sugar

Day 8

fat -0.4%

weight -0.5kg

muscle +0.3%
tbw + 0.3%

bone
sugar

Finally, results start to shows daily. -0.8kg in a week. Out of Metformin for the blood sugar, since Wed. Almost -50% for the glycemic index, and 3x less since Jan. All parameters, weight, fat, muscles, tbw are moving in the right direction, meaning the actions taken so far are beneficial for the health.

Watched documentaries yesterday about which sport activity is the most suitable to burn fat. But no matter which activity, I came to realise that what matter is the calories burn during the work out. That’s all that matter, no matter how they are burn. So the question is more, which activity one like the most, is the most suitable for its capacities, and the time one have. To build muscles, its another story.

If I could drop 1/2 kg per day, I will drop 11 kg by month end, for a weight of about 109kg. It means creating a deficit of 3’500 kcal per day. Which sounds feasible!

Heard yesterday that Vitamin C (400mg a day) and Omega 6 play a role in resp carrying the fat out of the fat store, and triggering the release of fat from the fat store.