Progress Chart for Weight & Heart Rate

Again, this is my lowest weight for the year and late last month's lowest weight in was 229, WOW under 230.

Cutting back on the starches and sugar really makes a difference. Oatmeal and barley are still my grain of choice, and I can load a bowl of oatmeal up with plenty of blueberries and bananas and other fruit.

Last month my hrm watch needed a new battery and after replacing it the beats per minute did not match up so I got a new watch and will start listing the heart rates again next month.

OK the Holiday parties are almost over and I've done a pretty good job of staying away from the bad (fatty) orderves. There's a few more to go to and has much as I enjoy eating, I've done pretty good sticking with protein and veggies and not so much from the desert table.

I'm following Mike's Daily Apple online, his blog is a little pedantic for me, but ideas on diet match up with with my Blood Type, ANDI and my views of eating for high nitration and balance. Mike also has a free fitness ebook. I think it was made for anyone including someone like myself that's been starring into a computer screen for years. The ebook is not about getting you into unbelievable shape, but to get you healthy.

I'm slowing down my eating time, adding a glass of water before a meal, it helps in digestion and it makes fill up faster.

This is my lowest weight for the year and finally starting to see my waist starting to shrink.

After reviewing my blood type in Cook for your Blood Type, I've cut way back on starches - carbs and increased the amount of nutrients with veggies and protein with meat. I've started a weekly food journal that will start posting this weekend.

Another big change in my diet has been cutting out or slowing down the amount of chocolate and health food bars. Because of my blood type and Ayurveda types chocolate and processed soy isn't really healthy for me.

Maybe one of the most valuable lessons I've learned is not to eat while being distracted (like eating in front of the TV), instead I'm sitting quietly with all my attention on what I'm eating and making sure the food is chewed thoroughly experiencing all the food, chewing and the whole eating process has to offer. By doing this I notice when I'm full and consequently I don't eat so much.

Next month I'll start adding volumetric to my diet plan.

OK, It´s been a long time, and I've seen my all time heaviest weight 2 weeks ago, 248bls., UN-believable.

Just started a course at Learnable.com about the 4 Elements of food, that's about balancing the different tastes (sweet, sour, bitter and salty). By adding sweet foods, like dates, figs and not so much sour foods, I've curbed my ice cream binging. There are still several weeks left in the course and I'm so impressed with the class, I've added this to my over all diet plan.

Spring is here and most of the pollen is gone and this year´s experience with pollen has not been bad. Maybe just 2 bouts of sinus problems lasting about 20 minutes each, as apposed to last year that lasted almost a full month of sinus headaches and problems. I attribute my good fortune to cutting out almost all process foods, but that's just speculation.