{"id":744,"date":"2011-07-24T10:04:39","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T17:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teebiss.com\/blog\/?p=744"},"modified":"2011-07-24T10:11:48","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T17:11:48","slug":"six-months-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teebiss.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/24\/six-months-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Months In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So it&#8217;s been six months since I started my low carb, high fat lifestyle makeover.  As of today I&#8217;ve lost over 50 pounds.  And that&#8217;s without counting calories, measuring portions, starving myself, eating less, aerobic exercise, or any of that other conventional wisdom nonsense.  I feel the best I&#8217;ve felt in the last 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite foods: bacon cheeseburgers (no bun, of course), steak and salad with full fatty dressings, sausages and sauerkraut, broccoli and cauliflower smothered in butter and\/or cheese, berries and heavy cream topped with cinnamon, coffee with heavy cream, wine and bourbon, eggs and bacon, clam dip with pork rinds, full fat kefir, salami prosciutto pancetta, BBQ&#8217;ed chicken thighs and legs with the skin on, hot wings with ranch and bleu cheese, liver and onions with chopped bacon, piles of meat in a bowl at Chipotle.<\/p>\n<p>I still walk at work on my breaks and lunches, but I don&#8217;t do that any more now than I did before.  Still not going to the gym.  Not doing any exercises at home or anywhere else.  On weekends I like to hike and fly fish and camp and enjoy the outdoors.  I&#8217;m just as active today as I&#8217;ve ever been.  (So it&#8217;s not the exercise that&#8217;s causing me to lose weight.)<\/p>\n<p>When I eat out, my favorite places are In-N-Out, Carl&#8217;s Jr, Chipotle, and my local steakhouses like Cattlemens and Texas Roadhouse.  At In-N-Out I typically get three double doubles protein style (no bun)&#8211;each burger is over 500 calories.  At Carl&#8217;s I usually get two low carb six dollar burgers&#8211;about 700 calories each.  At Chipotle (my favorite) I get double meat pork beef, extra cheese, extra sour cream, double guacamole, and I skip the tortilla rice beans&#8211;this meal is around 1400 calories.  At the steakhouses I get a salad with all the fixin&#8217;s and the biggest rib eye on the menu&#8211;and I eat all the fat!  (So it&#8217;s not &#8220;eating less&#8221; that&#8217;s causing the weight loss either.)<\/p>\n<p>Weight loss continues at the rate of about 1 pound per week.  Effortless.  Easiest thing I&#8217;ve ever done.  My clothes are all baggy and hanging off my shoulders and hips.  I know that I&#8217;ll seriously need to shop soon, and that&#8217;s a great feeling.<\/p>\n<p>Low-carb saved my life, made it enjoyable again, and gave me my self-confidence back.  This is the only thing that has ever worked for me.  All that conventional wisdom bullshit about eating less and exercising more has never worked.  I plan on eating this way for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it&#8217;s been six months since I started my low carb, high fat lifestyle makeover. As of today I&#8217;ve lost over 50 pounds. And that&#8217;s without counting calories, measuring portions, starving myself, eating less, aerobic exercise, or any of that other conventional wisdom nonsense. I feel the best I&#8217;ve felt in the last 10 years. 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