New Diet Part I

In this post a couple of months ago, I mentioned a diet that I was testing out on myself and was waiting to give my approval or disapproval after I was on it just a little while longer and had some blood work done to make sure there were no harmful effects on cholesterol, glucose, etc.

Well, I'm here to give the results.

First, I've been following this diet 90% of the time (following a diet 90% of the time is the standard that you should be meeting when on a diet. Sorry but if you're only following a diet 50% of the time, then you're not following it) since roughly the middle of November.

Before starting the new diet, my weight was roughly around 170 pounds. I didn't necessarily need to lose body weight but, wanted to lose some body fat since it increased some since I was coming out of a muscle building phase for the 3 months prior.

My new workout consisted of a basic fat loss workout that included strength training 3 days a week for roughly 30 minutes each session and 2 days a week I did an interval workout that lasted roughly 20 minutes a session on a bike.

The results:

Weight: actually dropped to 158 pounds. Lost quite a bit of body fat too as I'm seeing definition around muscle that I've never seen before.

Strength: Has increased quite a bit in all of the big lifts (Squat, Deadlift, Bench Press, Pullup). I'm creating new records on a regular basis now.

All of these were taken in a fasted state:

Total cholesterol: 146 (down from 166 in June of 2005)

HDL cholesterol (the good stuff): 60 (up from 53 in June of 2005)

LDL cholesterol (the bad stuff): 76 (down from 97 in June of 2005)

Triglycerides: 49 (down from 81 in June of 2005)

Blood glucose: 90 (up from 81 in June of 2005)

Blood pressure: 104/70

Resting pulse: 70

All other blood work was within normal range.

The doctor was happy and I was pretty happy about them as well. These are great numbers for overall health and preventative care for years to come if I continue to follow the healthy lifestyle that I've set out for myself.

So are you ready to strangle me if I don't give you the details of what this diet is all about? Are you anxiously awaiting it's unveiling?

Well, check back in the next couple of days and we'll go over the details. You won't want to miss this.

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