Not starting just yet...

So, it's the morning of the last day of the year...



I'm getting ready to implement many of the ideas in Tim Ferriss' "Four Hour Body" and I want to be accountable - at least to "the internets" and as importantly - have a place to track my progress (or lack of progress). This is that place.



Right now, I have a bunch of shopping and measuring to do - and I've done enough of this sort of thing to know that choosing a "hard" start date is unlikely to be successful - so, my goal for this FIRST week of the New Year is to ease into it. I want to get all the supplies I need - and get the initial measurements out of the way.



I just asked my fiancee to grab a flexible tape measure so I could determine my "TI" or total inches. This is the sum of the measurement of both upper arms (mid bicep), waist (horizontal at navel), hips (widest point below the waist), and both legs (mid thigh). I've also sent e-mails to the 3 places in town that have the "bod pod" system - and will measure my overall body composition as soon as I can schedule it.



I'll post my "before" pictures here, as well as pictures of everything I eat, once I get started.



I'll start with losing weight. The rules for this are pretty simple:



1) Avoid "white" carbs

2) Eat the same meals again and again - each should include 20 grams of protein

3) Don't drink calories

4) Don't eat fruit

5) Take one day off per week



I don't each much fruit now, or drink many calories, other than what is found in beer. I DO drink that - but I'd been thinking of cutting that down anyway - so those two shouldn't be a problem.



That leaves 3 rules - and I don't anticipate problems with the first two, other than boredom with number 2. But, nothing is free, and I'd rather be bored and healthy than entertained and fat. At least, entertained by eating and fat...



Taking one day off per week will be harder. Part of my job is to "network" and as such that means lunches out. I'm expecting to probably fall off the wagon during these lunches, so I'm hoping to achieve good results by spreading my cheat meals to a couple different lunches per week. I think that's currently the biggest weakness in my plan. But I'll see how it goes.



I'm hoping to eat about every 3 hours I'm awake, or about 6 times a day - shooting for 6, 9, noon, 3, 6 and 9.



Supplements are recommended, so I need to stop by GNC or the Vitamin Shoppe and get:



Potassium (4,700mg per day) - so 300 - 400 mg tablets

Calcium (1,000 mg per day) - 150 mg tablets

Magnesium (400 mg per day) but I'll take this SEVEN times, including just before bed, so 50 mg pills are fine.

Cissus Quadrangularis - (7,200 mg per day) - half hour before "cheat meals" or all day during cheat days - 9 tablets per day at 800 mg per tablet

Policosanol
Alpha-Lipoic Acid
Mega Green Tea Extract (decaff)
Allicin 6000


Also will need some groceries, including:



Macademia nut oil

Eggology

Eggs

cottage cheese

chicken breast

grass fed beef

fish

lentils

black beans

spinach

Mixed vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower - other cruciferous)

sauerkraut

fructose

grapefruit - for juice

limes - for juice

Saigon Cinnamon - 2.5 grams per day x 30 days 75 grams



That's the basic list, and those are the simple rules. There is more complex stuff I'm planning, detailed below (and the stuff I need to accomplish it is listed in the lists above in ORANGE.



Binge meal rules:



first meal of the day cannot be a binge meal

have fructose in grapefruit juice before the binge meal

PAGG

drink lime juice squeezed into water before and after

2 minutes exercise before main course - air squats, wall push ups

Also, incorporate no more than 2.4 grams of saigon cinnamon 1/2 hour prior to meals.

Finally, an ice pack on the back of my neck for 30 minutes in the evening...

I think that's enough to start - I've got some shopping to to!