The only way I've ever been able to lose weight in the past is via out and out starvation. When I was around 19 I used this very successfully so go from 130kg down to 80kg. When I say starvation I mean eating nothing - for days. It probably worked well at the time because I was young and could get away with such an extreme method.
The last twenty years have been different. A lot of false starts. Not fad type diets, just me getting started on a low calorie program - the usual sort of stuff.
So over and over I would fail. I really had no plan, just cut down and hope for the best.
I've always been against the low carb movement. I think Atkins had a bit of a bad name, but now everyone has heard of the Paleo movement. I've always wanted to be a vegetarian, so really didn't give any of these sorts of diets more than a sideways glance. My diet has always included carbs, even when eating low calorie.
Two people have now changed my mind on this, and I have decided to give it a go.
The first is quite well known, Drew Carey. He was always very overweight right through his career and it was sort of his 'thing' to be a big guy. He lost a lot of weight and looks amazing. He even replied to a tweet I directed to him.
The other person is a photographer that lives on the Gold Coast, Adam Weathered.
I first saw him mentioned in the ex footballer, Matt Roger's, Instagram mentioning how much weight he had lost.
From what I can tell Adam has followed a clean eating, low carb eating plan and lost over 100kg very quickly. He is now an accomplished cyclist and finished Ironman Cairns last year.
Adam pretty much personifies what I wanted my life to become over five years ago but have failed so dismally to do. Pictures like this equally motivate and depress me, but I can honestly say I have never tried to follow a strict eating plan for any great length of time.
I have taken a week to finish this post and have some further posts in the works with some observations of the diet. These will follow.
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