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4 Hour Body

Okay, so I abandoned my blog. This is rather clear by this point.

The reason was, I decided to lose weight. So writing about food became depressing and embarrassing. Because dieting sucks, and no one wants to hear about it. Especially people who love food, like, well, me. But obese at 25 years old is a problem and when the numbers are climbing steadily it paints a pretty grim picture of one’s health (not to mention appearance) at 35, or 45, or 55…

And a normal balanced diet, which people love to tout rather than “dieting”, is great if you’re trying to stay at a reasonable weight. But it’s tough to change your life for the dim hope that in ten years you might be a healthy weight. So I sort of ducked out of my normal food-lovin’ lifestyle to try and sort myself out with a serious attempt at weight loss.

So, the bad news is, the whole “I’m fat and have to deal with it for the next year or two” thing is somewhat humiliating and I’ve shied away from sharing it with anyone in blog form. The good news is, I’ve lost 50 of those 80 excess pounds, and I’m feeling a little less shitty about the whole thing. And in the process, I have rather dramatically changed my eating and lifestyle habits, and actually done a whole lot more cooking and come up with a lot of really excellent dishes in the process. And I now cram all my indulgence into one glorious day a week, and it’s super fun basking in the glory of food that is just terrible for you on the weekend. So I think maybe I have some stuff to talk about.

So I’m going to go ahead and reboot this blog, and it’s going to have an obvious low carb skew, and I hope it’s still interesting to some people. If you’re wondering about the specifics of my diet, it’s the Slow Carb diet from 4 Hour Body, and I highly recommend it as I’ve had so much success with it and I find it’s been sustainable for a long term.

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