Happened across a YouTube video the first week of January by a cardio-vascular research fellow by the name of Dr. Jamnadas. He has several videos on how Americans have gotten too used to eating frequently and eating poor foods like sugars and processed foods. His basic premise is

(1) greatly reduce sugar,
(2) avoid processed foods like cereals and breads,
(3) increase the time between meals or skip meals, and
(4) do intermittent or longer term fasting.

Too many sugars too frequently and your body spikes insulin and you store fat.

So I started casually following his approach as I had already eliminated excess sugars, and went to one slice of toast with my morning eggs. The hardest thing to stop eating was corn chips and cereal as I had gotten into the winter habit of snacking on them which is part of the psychological trap we fall into regarding eating. Started skipping meals, and drinking ginger tea and water to avoid getting hungry, replaced some meals with nuts or fruit, and did a few 18 hour fasts,

The first thing I noticed a few days after changing my habits was that I would wake up without the normal aching I thought was part of being 67 years old. Now almost 8 weeks out:

Weight Loss: 15 pounds
Blood Pressure: Running below 120/75 consistently. (First time in 25 years as I have been Pre-hypertension with the docs warning me I might have to start medication for it every visit.)
Man Boobs: Gone
Heart Burn: Hardly ever happens.


I still enjoy sugar with my coffee and my Chardonnay but overall happy with how this is all going. Do a search on YouTube using Dr. Jamnadas and you will find plenty of motivation. I love the enthusiasm he brings to the topic.