The '30-In-30' Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge
Mark your calendars with a big red circle on Tuesday, August 1, 2006.
What's happening on that date? Well, it is the first day of a new beginning of sorts for me and something that will hopefully motivate and inspire others who desperately desire to lose weight for good. If you are ready to get serious about your commitment to livin' la vida low-carb, then how about joining me in this new journey I am about to begin.
What is this journey you ask? In short, I'm going to consciously attempt to LOSE weight again just like I did when I took that first step on the Atkins diet in January 2004 and I want YOU to join me in this effort I have called the "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge.
What does "30-In-30" mean? Well, it stands for 30 pounds in 30 weeks and that is my one simple goal in all of this. After this recent blog post about my hanging, loose skin quite possibly being additional fat that needs to be burned, I have decided that it is time to go back on a weight loss plan. If I did it once losing 180 pounds, then why can't I lose a measly little 30 pounds?
I'm proud of the fact that my weight has remained relatively stable for the past two years since I shed 180 pounds off of my body in 2004. But lately I have seen the scale moving ever-so-slowly upward which is a trend I would like to nip in the bud right here, right now. What better way to do that than to set my mind and body into weight loss mode again?
My starting weight for this "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge is 240 pounds. Yes, I know that's 10 more pounds than what I weighed at the end of 2004, but that is why I am starting this effort at this moment in time. By the end of the 30 weeks, I hope to be down to a svelte 210 pounds. I don't think this goal is unrealistic for me and this renewed commitment to my weight and fitness training will help me refocus on my attention on living healthy and eating the best that I can.
The "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge will run from Tuesday, August 1, 2006 through Tuesday, February 27, 2007 -- 30 weeks in all! The goal? Lose ONE pound a week for 30 weeks. Sounds easy enough, doesn't it? That's right, it does and I am going to show you it can be done even for someone who isn't necessarily obese anymore.
I have some advantages and disadvantages starting this "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge.
The advantage I have is the fact that I have already been extremely successful on the low-carb lifestyle and long ago committed myself to this way of eating for the rest of my life. I don't have to deal with the sugar cravings, the leg cramps, the headaches and all the rest that you go through when you first begin low-carb. Those issues will not even be a factor for me now. My confidence that I will be successful is off the charts!
On the other hand, I do have a distinct disadvantage because I don't have that much weight to lose and it won't come off as easily as it did for me two years ago. That's okay, I'm still ready to do this, but I realize I have my work cut out for me. When I lost weight in 2004, my average weight loss was about 4-5 pounds a week. I only want to lose ONE pound a week for this challenge which should make it completely attainable.
What I will specifically do to get my weight starting back down again is moderate my carb intake to less than 50g carbs daily and stay in a carb intake range that will keep me in fat-burning mode for the duration of the challenge. Additionally, I will continue my regular workouts at the gym and push myself to keep going a little longer to burn those extra calories that have been making my weight start to go up again. I'm dead serious about this "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge and have no doubt in my mind that I WILL be a resounding success!
But don't think I'm in this "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge alone! Oh no, you're not getting off that easy! I want YOU to join me in this effort and I encourage you to take me up on my challenge right away. There's no sense in waiting until New Year's Day to commit yourself to a resolution to lose weight. RIGHT NOW is the BEST time to start making it happen for yourself and I'll be in this with you all along the way.
For some of you, 30 pounds is exactly what you need to lose and this "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge is just the kick in the pants you needed to get you going. But for others, 30 pounds will merely be the beginning of SEVERAL "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenges you will need to go through. That's okay and I encourage you to let this challenge get you started off on the right foot towards becoming the low-carb weight loss success that you deserve to become.
The point of this challenge isn't to see how fast you can lose weight (although if the pounds come pouring off, then GOOD FOR YOU!). Instead, it's about keeping your head in this weight loss game and never taking your eye off of the ultimate prize of maintaining your weight and staying healthy for the rest of your life.
That's why I took that first step over two years ago when my life and weight was a complete wreck and on the verge of collapse. Livin' la vida low-carb saved my life then and it's gonna save a lot of you now. We'll go through this effort together and keep each other encouraged as we see the progress we are making. YOU CAN DO IT!
I will keep you updated on my weight loss progress with weekly weigh-ins on what I will call "Terrific Tuesdays" along with the occasional comments about YOUR progress that I will share from time to time with everyone.
Are you ready for the "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge? Ready or not, here we go! LET'S DO IT!
E-mail me if you think you are up to the challenge! And be sure to visit the "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge blog to read current updates from me and your fellow participants in the challenge!
What's happening on that date? Well, it is the first day of a new beginning of sorts for me and something that will hopefully motivate and inspire others who desperately desire to lose weight for good. If you are ready to get serious about your commitment to livin' la vida low-carb, then how about joining me in this new journey I am about to begin.
What is this journey you ask? In short, I'm going to consciously attempt to LOSE weight again just like I did when I took that first step on the Atkins diet in January 2004 and I want YOU to join me in this effort I have called the "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge.
What does "30-In-30" mean? Well, it stands for 30 pounds in 30 weeks and that is my one simple goal in all of this. After this recent blog post about my hanging, loose skin quite possibly being additional fat that needs to be burned, I have decided that it is time to go back on a weight loss plan. If I did it once losing 180 pounds, then why can't I lose a measly little 30 pounds?
I'm proud of the fact that my weight has remained relatively stable for the past two years since I shed 180 pounds off of my body in 2004. But lately I have seen the scale moving ever-so-slowly upward which is a trend I would like to nip in the bud right here, right now. What better way to do that than to set my mind and body into weight loss mode again?
My starting weight for this "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge is 240 pounds. Yes, I know that's 10 more pounds than what I weighed at the end of 2004, but that is why I am starting this effort at this moment in time. By the end of the 30 weeks, I hope to be down to a svelte 210 pounds. I don't think this goal is unrealistic for me and this renewed commitment to my weight and fitness training will help me refocus on my attention on living healthy and eating the best that I can.
The "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge will run from Tuesday, August 1, 2006 through Tuesday, February 27, 2007 -- 30 weeks in all! The goal? Lose ONE pound a week for 30 weeks. Sounds easy enough, doesn't it? That's right, it does and I am going to show you it can be done even for someone who isn't necessarily obese anymore.
I have some advantages and disadvantages starting this "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge.
The advantage I have is the fact that I have already been extremely successful on the low-carb lifestyle and long ago committed myself to this way of eating for the rest of my life. I don't have to deal with the sugar cravings, the leg cramps, the headaches and all the rest that you go through when you first begin low-carb. Those issues will not even be a factor for me now. My confidence that I will be successful is off the charts!
On the other hand, I do have a distinct disadvantage because I don't have that much weight to lose and it won't come off as easily as it did for me two years ago. That's okay, I'm still ready to do this, but I realize I have my work cut out for me. When I lost weight in 2004, my average weight loss was about 4-5 pounds a week. I only want to lose ONE pound a week for this challenge which should make it completely attainable.
What I will specifically do to get my weight starting back down again is moderate my carb intake to less than 50g carbs daily and stay in a carb intake range that will keep me in fat-burning mode for the duration of the challenge. Additionally, I will continue my regular workouts at the gym and push myself to keep going a little longer to burn those extra calories that have been making my weight start to go up again. I'm dead serious about this "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge and have no doubt in my mind that I WILL be a resounding success!
But don't think I'm in this "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge alone! Oh no, you're not getting off that easy! I want YOU to join me in this effort and I encourage you to take me up on my challenge right away. There's no sense in waiting until New Year's Day to commit yourself to a resolution to lose weight. RIGHT NOW is the BEST time to start making it happen for yourself and I'll be in this with you all along the way.
For some of you, 30 pounds is exactly what you need to lose and this "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge is just the kick in the pants you needed to get you going. But for others, 30 pounds will merely be the beginning of SEVERAL "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenges you will need to go through. That's okay and I encourage you to let this challenge get you started off on the right foot towards becoming the low-carb weight loss success that you deserve to become.
The point of this challenge isn't to see how fast you can lose weight (although if the pounds come pouring off, then GOOD FOR YOU!). Instead, it's about keeping your head in this weight loss game and never taking your eye off of the ultimate prize of maintaining your weight and staying healthy for the rest of your life.
That's why I took that first step over two years ago when my life and weight was a complete wreck and on the verge of collapse. Livin' la vida low-carb saved my life then and it's gonna save a lot of you now. We'll go through this effort together and keep each other encouraged as we see the progress we are making. YOU CAN DO IT!
I will keep you updated on my weight loss progress with weekly weigh-ins on what I will call "Terrific Tuesdays" along with the occasional comments about YOUR progress that I will share from time to time with everyone.
Are you ready for the "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge? Ready or not, here we go! LET'S DO IT!
E-mail me if you think you are up to the challenge! And be sure to visit the "30-In-30" Low-Carb Weight Loss Challenge blog to read current updates from me and your fellow participants in the challenge!
posted by Jimmy Moore at
7/31/2006 09:25:00 PM
15 Comments:
Sounds Good Jimmy!
I will follow you as you go along.
Due to mt present bulk, I plan to drop more than 30 pounds in 30 weeks, but I will settle for 30!
Dave
We are excited to read about this and would like to join and and follow along. We are ready!
Mr and Mrs Fat
I just need to get this last 9 off. I was so close to goal and the GTT threw it off and the weight just won't come off! My goal is 137 and I'm hanging out in the high 140s - 146 this morning. I decided to cut out the flax because I think most of the extra weight is just bloating and the flax might be making it worse.
I leave on vacation on Sunday, so next week will be a lost cause for dieting. I won't be able to count calories or carbs so I'll be lucky to maintain.
I'm in. Sign me off of starches immediately!
I need to get 8 more off as of this morning (slowly losing the bloat). So I'll call mine 8 in 30. ;)
Invisible Blogger:
Reliance on BMI as opposed to Body Fat Percentage is very near sighted. My BMI is still 27.4 which puts me in the overweight category, but my BF % is under 12%, which is considered athletic. I would encourage Jimmy to set his goal weight based upon a body fat assessment. Instead of focusing on caloric intake, my only suggestion would be to train for an upcoming race or athletic event. There is nothing like half marathon to keep you motivated and eating that 14 oz ribeye.
I agree with Rob. Before Atkins, back in the early 90's, I gained weight on a hospital-supervised, high-carb, low-fat, low-calorie diet. Although I told my doctors that I tried this very same diet for so many years, they kept insisting that my fat intake was too high. Of course it didn't work, so they kept lowering calories until I was consuming less than 800 calories per day. And still the weight did not come off. My health, at the same time, detoriated.
My (obviously clueless) doctors were flabbergasted. It was then, after a horrible ordeal that lasted more than 6 months, that I finally quit the hospital starvation diet and started Atkins. I still remember that I left the hospital, fuming. And I also remember vividly the first thing I did (and what turned out to be the best thing to do!) was buying myself a proper meal with an enormous steak.
I consumed, especially in the beginning, almost 3 times the number of calories - and the weight came off, almost effortlessly, and in double-digit pounds.
Since those days I started studying nutrition and researching the medical literature. After losing more than 200 pounds this way, and keeping it off for more than a decade, I made a promise to myself. Never, ever, for as long as I live, will I succumb to the low-fat and/or calorie lie again. Of course, I realize that ultimately we are all governed by calories.
But what most experts forget is the very different metabolical pathway fats and proteins follow as opposed to carbs. Dr. Atkins, the great and brilliant pioneer, recognized this fact very early on and called it the "metabolic advantage" of LC diets. Of course he was correct but was scorned and rediculed for it - but most certainly he was 100% right on the money.
For the obese, there is simply no more efficient, effective, healthy and safe way to lose and maintain weight than a low-carb, ketogenic diet. It burns adipose tissue like nothing else whilst preserving and actually increasing lean muscle mass. Not to mention the long, impressive list of other health benefits.
Like Rob said, throwing carbs into your diet and provoking insulin responses throws a monkey wrench in this process.
As for losing weight: I am with you, Jimmy! I decided that I could stand to lose another 30 pounds.
Well, if you gonna go to results, Rob, then I lost 30 pounds in my first month on Atkins, 30 pounds in the second month and 100 pounds in less than six months.
I did all of this eating around 30-40g carbs daily. Of course the weight will come off slower THIS time because I don't have much weight to lose.
But if I discipline myself (which I will!) to get back down to that level of carbs and continue with my exercise plan, then that 30 pounds in 30 weeks will be a cinch.
Your perspective is always intriguing, so thanks for sharing!
Atkins didn't claim he came up with the concept himself. He read about low-carb in a medical magazine and tried it on himself.
But the fact is, Rob, we're NOT doing the 1972 version of the Atkins diet (I wasn't even barely born at that time!). Even Dr. Atkins realized there were ways to make his plan BETTER and he did it with his "New Diet Revolution" book. I'll never regret how I lost my weight and neither should any other Atkins devotee.
Hi Rob,
Found your blog very interesting, you seem to stir up quite a few comments from various people regarding your choices.
I say good luck to you, whatever works is fine, at least you're doing something positive about your weight gain.
Regards Jan
http://janie678.wordpress.com/
Rob, your'e right on Banting. He was indeed one of the first documented low-carbers, but he didn't invent it. His diet was designed by a French scientist, who told Banting's friend, a UK doctor. Atkins was a pioneer in the sense that he used the works of Professor Yudkin, and Professor Alan Kekwick and Dr Gaston Pawan and translated that into a more modern, palatable diet - supplemented with adequate vitanutrients. Not so much for weight loss, mind you, but to treat cardiovascular and related illnesses. He was a cardiovascular specialist by training, and became a "diet guru" only because one of the beneficial "sideffects" of his dietary regimen was spectacular weight loss. Eventually, this side-effect became the most widely known and publized. When he used the diet for weight-loss reasons on himself, in the mid-60's, and published his first book about it, he was bombarded as diet-guru.
His pioneering work was in the science of Preventive Medicine, while adapting and refining the diet, and combining it with several specifically targeted nutrient- and supplement formulas aimed at the treatment of all kinds of serious illnesses. Weight loss was not his primary goal for many of his patients, initially. The Banting diet, for example, does not allow pork - because in Banting's days pork was seen as a "saccharine"; a substance that contained starches and thus would incur weight gain. Incidentally, the Banting Letter on Corpulence Addressed to the Public still makes for a fascinating read!
Hey tobylover71,
You can have ANY sugar alcohol that you listed, but be aware of the side effects that ones like maltitol can cause. Also, some sugar alcohols can cause your blood sugar to rise so just be careful with those.
I would recommend erythritol if you are choosing products with a sugar alcohol. Of course, acesulfame potassium (ACE-K), sucralose (Splenda), and Xylitol are among the better sweeteners. READ YOUR LABELS!
THANKS for writing!
I'm starting tomorrow now that I'm back from vacation. I gained a ton of weight and am ready to get back on the wagon and work out and eat right.
You'll do GREAT, Newbirth!
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