Correction!  My weight is now 153.4 (not 163.4).


> On Mar 15, 2017, at 8:07 AM, Jim Swayze <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Quick update.  I am six weeks into an eight week experiment based primarily on Phinney and Volek’s excellent Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living.  Really, it’s a moderate protein, low carb (zero), moderate to low fat diet.  Yes, you read that right: moderate to low fat.  No, I’m not afraid of fat!  But, yes, my body has plenty of fat and therefore I don’t need to consume any for energy.  (Supplementing fish oil occasionally when I’m not eating grass fed beef and lamb or wild fish). I’m using a scale, but I’m also using skin fold calipers.
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> For additional context, I have a moderate to small frame with a large relatively muscular upper body and small hips.  I tend to store fat in my chest and love handles areas.  I am 5’8” and weighed 132 when I graduated from college in 1989.  I weighed 168.4 when I started this diet.  I am 50 years old and do high intensity weight training twice a week.
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> So far, I’ve managed to increase my muscle mass by about five pounds — with a moderate decrease in training intensity -- while losing exactly 15 scale pounds as of this morning.  Translated: I’ve lost 20 pounds of fat and water so far.  My weight is now 163.4 and my waist has dropped from 33.5 to 31.  I am feeling great and actually it seems I’m about, oh 12-15 years younger.  Of course that’s a subjective thing.
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> This is a great experience!  Let me know if you’d like more details.
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> Cheers.
> 
> Jim Swayze
> www.fireholecanyon.com <http://www.fireholecanyon.com/>