This episode is the second of three which chronicling my experiences with food, weight, and fitness. It picks up after high school when I decided to decline a full scholarship to play college football. That left me a 300 + lbs non-athlete with terrible eating habits. The next eight years would involve a struggle very common to most American’s situation. I attempted to lose weight and keep it off through the recommended method of portion control and exercise with minimal efficacy. That is until I was fortunate enough to discover a whole foods approach to eating which made weight management a breeze. No more starvation and exhaustion. Once pointed in the direction, one book and idea lead to another, which included Mark Sisson’s Primal Blueprint and Robb Wolf’s Paleo Solution, on a path that is still evolving to this day.
Which leads to part 3, the mastery of my physicality.
#013 Nutrition. Part 2. My journey, early adulthood
- Big intro
- Recap of #012
- Early 20s
- 3 tions
- Exhaustion
- Starvation
- Supported by common knowledge
- Cal in, cal out
- Medication
- Stackers 2
- Down to 280lbs
- Supported by common knowledge
- Decided to go to fire school
- 275lbs
- Moderate exertion
- Still difficult
- Couldn’t get FD job
- Went to Medic school
- Started to read more
- Hung out at Boarders
- Heard about fasting
- Found Fasting and Eating for Health, Dr. Joel Fuhrman
- Lost weight 215lbs
- Got a FD job
- Was running a lot
- Marathon training
- Skinny fat
- Diet
- Exclusion of processed food
- Lower fat
- High in legumes
- Higher complex carbs
- Found Primal Blueprint
- Whole foods
- Focus on minimal carbs
- Fat friendly
- Well presented for average person
- Added some muscle
- Became mildly car phobic
- Coconut oil before running
- Robb Wolf
- Paleo Solution
- More focused on athletes
- Early episodes of Paleo Solution Q&A
- Started Crossfit
- Started lifting weights
- 3 tions