The China Study

The China Study has changed my diet! I am now implementing a psuedo-vegan diet. Basically vegan whenever possible but its okay to cheat occasionally. My goal is to decrease my intake of animal fats and proteins. I should be able to get plenty of protein through the nuts, beans, and other veggies I am eating. I was already doing lots of chipotle with no sour cream and no cheese, so now I just do no meat and put the rice back in. My weight loss stopped temporarily as I gorged on cookies and other carbs that I have been missing out on.

177.4!

I am nearing my goal of 175! I think this may be the lightest I have weighed since high school.

Also, I am reading the book The China Study which may end up changing my diet. I am still doing the low-carb diet, but cutting back drastically on my animal protein. I am still working out occasionally and trying to play lots of volleyball and soccer. I am also skipping meals or eating very lightly on days where I have no physical activity. Once I hit 175, then the weight loss goal will end, but a new diet based on The China Study may start.

Restarting

So I am restarting the low carb diet this week. I also plan to do more workouts. I had a cold for a couple weeks and suspended the diet. I may have kept binge eating and gained a few pounds over my lowest weight. My parents are running a Biggest Loser challenge in Utah. So I am going to track my weight along with theirs.

Workout Started again

Finally got another leg/chest workout in. These workouts are really short.

Leg Press 12 @ 440 (5/5)
Incline Chest Press 6.5 @ 140 (5/5)
50 Kettleball Swings.
10 Vertical Jumps
10 Lunge Jumps

Week 3

So another week went by on this diet, and I struggled this week. I had a conference all week (GDC) that interfered with my diet. I also had some carb cravings. However I seemed to come out about flat. The last day or two I dropped a couple pounds to bring me down to 185. This is my lowest yet.

	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3
Weight	191.4	191.4	185.0
BF%	18.1	17.6	16.7
TI	140.1	142.0	139.0

Workout #2

This workout is Leg Press, Incline Bench Press, and Kettle ball swings. I had to find my max first, which I was a little scared to do on the leg press. So I got close to failure at 550 and then just called 570 my max.

Leg Press
5 (1/3) @ 250lbs
5 (1/3) @ 300
5 (1/3) @ 340
5 (1/3) @ 390
5 (1/3) @ 430
5 (1/3) @ 480
5 (1/3) @ 530
5 (1/3) @ 550 (close to failure)
3 min rest
12 (5/5) @ 400

Incline Bench Press
5 (1/3) @ 90lbs
5 (1/3) @ 140
5 (1/3) @ 160
3 (1/3) @ 180 failure
3 min rest
6 (5/5) @ 130

Next workout is scheduled for Tuesday. My previous weights were 80 on Lat Pulldown and 110 on Shoulder Press. I hit my target on Shoulder press so I will go up to 120.

Schedule

According to the plan I should have two days between the first exercise and the second. So my second should be on Saturday then repeat exercise A on Tuesday. Woohoo!