Andy Herr
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I should add that their suggestion of 6 liters of water a day for my body weight is a bit ludicrous - I would spend at least 4 hours (haha) of my ...
Usually the sugar is in the very small amount of skin (its cooked ham, probably had sugar in the glaze). Not enough sugar to avoid entirely - use ...
I should add I rarely use soy, maybe once every week or two.
Lol sugar detectives, I love it. Make your own condiments, and you can be sure they will lack added sugar. I prefer habanero hot sauce with 3-4 ho...
Re: Condiments/marinades?
Little EVOO, little beef broth, little soy sauce, lots of minced garlic, decent amount of fresh ginger, dried rosemary, and whatever other dry spices you want your meat to taste like. For condimen...
Yea, I have been for 6 months and already lost over 90 lbs. I'm in the incremental gains arena, and have mostly dropped the beans and upped the nu...
Re: Almost a year - My Transformation!
Awesome results dude. I am at your July and trying to get more like your January, maybe by the summertime Haven't permanently added oatmeal yet, but I have been doing a bit of IF and lifting plen...
Re: belly fat reduction
That's it for your breakfast, 4 eggs? No meat or vegetables, or beans? Provide as much menu detail as you can remember. We don't know what you eat exactly, and if we did we could troubleshoot.
Re: Holding off on Cheat Day until sugar cravings cease
The best way to beat the mental game for me is to make sure my fridge is always well stocked with a great variety of yummy SCD foods that I have grand recipe ideas for. This makes me excited about...
Re: KFC Chicken
Do some google research on how that chicken makes it from a living, breathing animal to the wax-covered cardboard box its served up in. I have been avoiding fast food like the plague since I 'swit...
Drank probably another 4 liters of water with all the above, successfully avoided the cheat day ills SO FAR, but was so sleepy I had to take a nap...
Haha so after my lunch at the cantina: bowl of popcorn chicken, choco choco chip muffin w/ almond butter, 8 piece sushi roll, 2 beers, 1 glass of ...
I ate breakfast around 8ish, had a protein bar at 10, gym at 11, now in at the cantina I just finished my first cheat - Mexican style cheeseburger...
Re: Very excited for my third cheat day
Yesssssss happy cheat day! Everybody post your favorites! I'm goin nuts today, last cheat day I didn't have anything I wanted due to being snowed in, and I finally got a BF scan below 10% this mor...
Also if you have to have a sweet thing, have it nowhere near mealtime.
Tomatoes and peppers are mostly water and they carry a lot of nutritional benefits. They're fine. Dense milk chocolate and pancakes on the other h...
Awesome link haha. Go Ramsey!
Re: Phew! ate bread but the scales dropped
Haha I hear ya on this one. I was taken out to a very, very expensive dinner last night at a french restaurant and ordered as SCD as I could (demi caesar salad, french onion soup, yellowfin sole a...
Re: How badly is the odd cheat going to hurt?
Take all of these items that aren't SCD. Eat them on your cheat day. This isn't just about calories. It's about what causes physical and psychological hunger, calorie density, insulin production....
Last paragraph is what worries me most about my upcoming cheat week experiment! One of the things I love about SCD/paleo is the increased flavor s...
Nice, congrats! If you want some pointers, check out all my questions and answers under my profile I've been doing mounds of nutrition research ...
Re: When does the the 30 minutes start for protein intake in the AM?
Go make breakfast when you make the decision that you won't be falling back to sleep.
Half Year Mark! Time for a week off!
Happy Valentine's Day 4 hourers! Today happens to mark 6 months since I started caring about my health again August 14. I have reached my goal, more or less, and am in maintenance. For me this mea...
Another good way to add protein is dump some shelled hemp seeds or chia or whatever you got in there. Does she like beans in her salad? You could ...
I eat a huge salad for 60%+ of my meals. Here's what I do: Jam spinach and mixed greens into a large bowl, add desired additional veg (I like thin...
Re: Protein Shakes
The ones with the shortest ingredient lists are the best. Essential aminos. Stay away from sucralose, soy, and gas station rip offs.
Re: New Experiment: Egg Protein Powder
I use egg protein sometimes. It seems to mix better than WPI but doesn't taste as good to me. Haven't judged any discernible differences in terms of weight loss or muscle gain.
Re: Need a clarification
Tim avoids soy for biochemical reasons of general health and longevity. I like to occasionally use coconut flour, good stuff.
Re: 5'11" male. Currently weight 203. Can I go to 165?
Any exercise will accelerate fat loss if you don't overeat to compensate. At 5'11" you may want to set a higher goal than 165, which would be a little skinny. Set a bodyfat goal, and try to r...
Re: Quick lunch???
I like to mash up tuna, cannelini beans, and finely diced crunchy veggies and fry it up in a bit of butter and garlic, the make a lettuce leaf wrap out of it. Maybe throw in a bit of salsa, almond...
Re: Running before breakfast
Try running semi-fasted. Consume a small amount of protein in some form before you run and you'll ensure minimal muscle loss. Even though you want to lose weight more than build muscle. The more m...