Slowly but surely, the weight continues to drop about 1 lb. per week on the LCHF diet.

Update:And then in Oct 2015, Multiple Myeloma broke my back with a L5 compression fracture (lost about an inch in height) and I kinda stopped caring about life for while. Trying to get back on track, now my motive is to reduce the weight on my L3-L4-S1 spinal fusion.


Buh bye 280's, been nice knowing ya, NOT! :D

This morning I weighed in at 275.8 lbs. I usually gain 2-4 lbs. of water weight in a day. I weigh myself every morning first thing and every night before going to bed. Sometimes more when I'm bored. Only saw 280.0 once this week during one of my mid-day weigh ins.

Almost 50 lbs. down since starting Low-carb High-Fat eating last summer, and I only just started working out at the gym again this month.

Blood results are in. Most numbers are better, but not all are in the standard range yet.

Component: Recent results on 4/1/14 on HFLC (previously results on 6/25/13 on HC) [Goal range]
Home Measurements:
Weight: 278.4 lbs. (325.2 lbs.) [230 lbs.]
Body Fat: 32.4% (36.7%) [15-20%]  I use a handheld Omron Body Fat device.

Lipid Panel:
Cholesterol: 199 (229) [<200 mg/dL]
Triglycerides: 116 (299) [0 - 150 mg/dL]
HDL Cholesterol: 36 (31) [>40 mg/dL]
LDL Cholesterol: 140 (138) [0 - 129 mg/dL] Calculated
   (I have read that the whole cholesterol theory is wrong, so I'm not too concerned, the doctor also showed no concern this "bad" cholesterol value. He knows I'm doing LCHF.)
VLDL-Cholesterol: 23 (NA) [0 - 30 mg/dL]
Cholesterol/HDL Ratio: 5.5 (7.4) [0.0 - 5.0]

Basic Metabolic panel:
Sodium: 142 (143) [133 - 144 mmol/L]
Potassium: 4.0 (4.5) [3.4 - 5.3 mmol/L]
Chloride: 103 (105) [94 - 109 mmol/L]
Carbon Dioxide: 24 (25) [20 - 32 mmol/L]
Anion Gap: 15 (13.0) [6 - 17 mmol/L]
Glucose: 85 (87) [60 - 99 mg/dL]
Urea Nitrogen: 12 (22) [5 - 24 mg/dL]
Creatinine: 0.96 (1.0) [0.66 - 1.25 mg/dL]
GFR Estimate: 83 (79) [>60 mL/min/1.7m2]
Calcium: 9.7 (10.1) [8.5 - 10.4 mg/dL]

THYROID STIMULATING HORMONE
Name: Value (Reference Range)
Date: 04/08/2014
TSH: 4.21 (0.45 - 4.50 uIU/mL)
Date: 11/01/2012
TSH: 4.64 (0.45 - 4.50 uIU/mL)
T4 Free: 1.13 (0.70-1.50 ng/dL)
Date: 02/03/2012
TSH: 5.08
Date: 08/11/2011
TSH: 4.79

10 Reasons Why Low Fat is NOT High Nutrition

Here are the cliff notes version:
1. Healthy bile release requires fat
2. Gallbladder health requires fat
3. Fat-soluble vitamins are found in fat
4. Cholesterol balance requires plenty of good fats
5. Blood sugar balance requires fat
6. Protein utilization requires fat
7. Hormone balance requires fat
8. Detox requires fat
9. Weight loss and weight management requires fat
10. Fat makes food taste good

Read further explanations for each issue on the list here.

Even a cavegirl knows: Fat good. Sugar bad. *ook*

Braarudosphaera Bigelowii

Braarudosphaera bigelowii (Prymnesiophyceae) is a coastal coccolithophore with a long fossil record, extending back to the late Cretaceous (ca. 100 Ma).

Interesting, nature discovered the dodecahedron 40 million years before primates evolved, about the same time the bees emerged. Larger version of the image in the article linked above. 

Looks like it even knew about the "Golden Ratio"in its dividing of the edges of the pentagonal faces. :o)

Final weekly weigh-in of 2013

Today I weighed in 291.8 lbs. @ 34.5% bodyfat

Down 33.4 lbs. since June 21 (@ a high of 325.2 lbs. & 36.7% bodyfat

My secret: a low-carb/high-fat diet and lots of shoveling exercise.

That's about 1.24 lbs./wk, the first 8 weeks I focused on eliminating the junk food (again, I had relapsed back into eating candy and donuts the past year) though I was still eating bananas, oranges, and oatmeal with raisins, it wasn't until August 16 that I stopped eating the bananas, oranges, and oatmeal. I weighed in at 314.4 lbs. @ 36.3% bodyfat then. The weight remained stable for a couple weeks, then I cut out the cheese and ever since September I've been seeing steady weight loss.

Yesterday I saw my chiropractor, he noted my weight loss and was impressed at how little adjusting I needed (despite all the shoveling I've been doing, I've been shoveling my house, plus 3 other houses of older neighbors), he pushed my next appointment out to 7 weeks.

No, I'm not losing 30 lbs. in 30 days, but that's just crazy talk anyways, losing a pound a week is a good pace. At this rate I'll be close to my goal weight around my 50th b-day next year (will I eat cake or steak to celebrate? Probably steak, or maybe Brazilian all-you can eat meat? :o)

O Solstice Star!

O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
Thy angles are so unchanging;
O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
Thy angles are so unchanging;
Not only geometric when summer's here,
But also when 'tis cold and drear.
O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
Thy angles are so unchanging!

O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
Much pleasure thou can give me;
O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
Much pleasure thou can give me;
How often has the Solstice Star
Afforded me the greatest glee!
O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
Much pleasure thou can give me.

O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
Thy lights shine so brightly!
O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
Thy lights shine so brightly!
From base to summit, gay and bright,
There's only splendor for the sight.
O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
Thy lights shine so brightly!

O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
How richly I have decked thee!
O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
How richly I have decked thee!
I made thee true and faithfully,
And admire you unchangingly.
O Solstice Star! O Solstice Star!
How richly I have decked thee! :o)

Diet, Health and the Wisdom of Crowds

A new speech given by Fat Head's Tom Naughton.

Happy Phi Week's Eve

Tomorrow is the first day of my own personal holiday I call Phi Week, a 12 day period that starts on August 3rd, the Golden Section of the Solstice Calendar (which starts on the Winter Solstice),  which marks .6180339 of the way through the Solar Year. It ends on August 14th, the Julian calendar’s Golden Section point. August 8 is Phi Day, the midpoint between Aug 3 and 14th. August 8th also written as 8/8 which represents the double infinite nature of Phi (1.6180339...) and it’s inverse 1/Phi (0.6180339...).

This website explains the Golden Section: http://www.goldennumber.net/golden-section/

I haven’t developed any sort of rituals surrounding my holiday yet, I just make a note of it when it arrives.

It’s a geometry geek thing for me. √5 x .5 ± .5 = Phi or 1/Phi  it is also a fundamental aspect of the pentagon and the Dodecahedron.

Not a religion, just something I like to have fun with. :o)  That golden number website can be religious though, oh well.

Happy Phi Week!