This has long been a goal of mine but I didn’t pursue it for many reasons.
1. I thought it impossible
2. I was not willing to learn what it took
3. I had a lot of bad advice on how to achieve my goal

What It Takes
Now, I am so close I can taste it. I have been up and down in weight and body fat. I was close to 40% body fat at one point and I am now down to 12%. I persevered, learn and made changes to my DIET!

The Secret To Success
Diet is the important thing when trying to achieve a fitness goal. Too many people start with the exercise. I learned the hard way, you cannot outeat a bad diet.

What Is Good Eating
I can tell you all the conventional, high carb – low fat mantra is garbage. I tried that and my weight either yo-yo’ed or worse increased. Specifically, my body fat increased, which is the exact opposite of the desired effect.

Key To My Success
I monitor only two things. First, what I don’t monitor. Calories! Yes I know about what my caloric intake is over a given day or week but I don’t stick to the “calorie” number.

I limit my carbohydrates to less than 50 grams per day and I try to eat at least 200 grams of protein per day. That’s it. I eat all the fat I want. In fact, in a given day 55% to 70% of my calories are from fat.

I eat bacon and eggs daily and have lost 30 pounds since making this switch, eliminated my sleep and lethargy problems and super boosted my sex life.

Almost There
My goal is 8.5% body fat which equates to between 213 and 218 pounds. Why the range? I would weigh 213 at 8.5% body fat at my current lean body mass of 195 pounds.

I am increasing my lean body mass to 200 pounds (a subgoal). At 200 pounds of lean body mass with 8.5% body fat I would weight 218.

I currently am 221 at 12% so I am very close. I am really enjoying the journey and all the bennies. I can’t wait for the next post. Maybe when I hit 10%. 19 months ago