In the beginning....
So... we holidayed with our friends Wing and Jackie July2015. And in the morning, we woke up to sounds of a breakfast being cooked - and they asked if we'd like them to add more stuff for us! Bacon, eggs, avocado - all prepared for us, no effort - so hey, sure!
This was followed by lunch, and eventually, the most of the meals on our trip! Everything was rich, full of bacon, fat, cream. And they were doing this because of health reason! Get more bacon, get healthy - I could live with that. So.... I decided to give it a go.
Oh, I should say that it is a Low Carb High Fat diet (or rather way of eating). Basically no added carbs (rice, noodles, bread, sugars, glucose), more fat content (butter, avocado, bacon... hmmm... bacon!) Lots of info found here http://www.dietdoctor.com/
So July2015, I was like 83-84kg. Unfit, bit flabby.
I had tried reducing rice, which brought my weight down quickly to 78kg in a month or 2, but slowly crept back up to 84.
Results - after a month of this change in eating patterns - nothing changed. Hmmm...
Well, month 2-4 was interesting. I started losing weight... hitting about 75 kg (9kg in 3 months). Then it kinda tapered off, although slowly inching down. I hit 72 kg a few weeks ago!
My wife wasn't too impressed with the weight loss though, too much she said, my cousin thought I was anorexic, and others who hadn't seen me in a while, thought I'd recovered from an illness. So I did the occasional Carbs, esp when my older son was back - he loved pizza, and noodles from Kenanga - which I also love. When I indulged in carbs, immediately I put on 1 kg the next day. then it comes off in a day or 2. And my older son who used to make fun of how flabby I was - exclaimed that I was much too bony now! Exaggeration runs high in the family....
What I found hardest on this diet was - not eating fruits. I love
fruits, often just eating a tray of papaya for dinner, or 1 kg of
dragonfruit or mangoes! Giving up fruit was the hardest. But I got over
it very quickly, got used to not eating fruit. Although I ended up
constipated for a number of months - which was not pleasant.
And why I like this diet (its important, because a diet only works if t is sustainable).
1.Eat when you are hungry; stop when you are full - I hate it when people say eat till 80% full, the u are left hungry all the time!
2.Bacon and fat. Food high in fat - tastes yummy. BACON!
3.Nothing wrong in skipping meals. I don't eat breakfast - so this diet is good.
4.Coffee is good. Without sugar and milk, which is how I take it.
5.Whilst exercise is good for you - it isn't integral to the diet.
6.I don't get that sleepy after meals effect.
7.Quick (good) results - are encouraging.
8.Just less flabby/sluggish in general
Medical Tests
I also just did a cholesterol test - I have been on statins for the last 20 years or so, with a history of high cholesterol that is largely genetic. Eating more fat, would of course mean higher saturated fat in the body. But the fact is, despite me being lazy, and only eating my meds once in 2-3 days, or whenever I remember, the total and bad cholesterol was marginally high (not any higher than before), and the specialist did say that I could stop my meds, although I'd need to keep monitoring.
Last words
Anyway, if you are interested, go check out the link above. I won't go into details about why fats are good, what type of fats, and why carbs/sugars are bad.
And this isn't for everyone - obviously. But it worked for me, sustainable - and I feel much better. I don't feel unhealthy at all.
Eat more bacon, it's good for u. :)
