As I mentioned previously, since starting Neanderthin my weight
first dropped a bit, then began to creep up.  In a few weeks it
will be 3 years on the diet, fairly strictly implemented.

When I started, three years ago, my LBM was about 170, measured by
calipers and later by immersion.  The two methods agreed within a
pound or two.  My body weight had already gone from 255 to 222 on
the Zone, but I had lost LBM as well.  Switching to Neanderthin I
lost 7 more pounds, weighing 215, and stayed there for about a
year.  At that weight, my BF was about 21%.  My goal was, and
still is, 15%.

The following year I did some weight training.  My body weight
went up, but so did my LBM, to about 180.  So, at 220 pounds, my
BF was then down to 18%.  By limiting calories, I was able to get
it down to 17%, but I didn't keep it there long.

During the past year I didn't weigh myself much, or take
measurements.  I recently got an immersion test again and my LBM
is about 183, but my body weight is up to 235.  That puts me at
22% BF, so I am fatter than I was when I started Neanderthin,
though also stronger.

To stay at LBM 183 but get to my goal of 15% BF, I would need to
get down to about 215 again.  In short, I need to lose 20 pounds
of fat.  Of course, the reality is that it is very difficult to
lose 20 pounds of fat without losing at least *some* muscle, but
I'll ignore that and pretend that my LBM will remain constant.

How to do it?  I already know that out-of-the-box Neanderthin
doesn't work.  The Zone works but is so calorically restricted
that LBM loss is guaranteed.  So the trick is to find a
Neanderthin variation that creates a small caloric deficit and
try that.  I already am getting as much exercise as I want.

What I have tried this past week is a simple trick to reduce
calories without counting them.  I still eat what I feel like at
meals but allow myself just one small paleo snack in the evening.

Yesterday's menu:

Morning: 2 boiled eggs, 1 landjaeger, about 6 strawberries, a
handful of walnuts.

Afternoon: sliced chicken breast (only about 4 ounces,
unfortunately) on salad greens, with olive oil and wine vinegar,
plus a boiled egg.

Dinner: about 8 ounces of steak, with mushrooms cooked in coconut
oil.  Another half dozen strawberries and some walnuts.

Late snack: 1 landjaeger.

Was I hungry?  Yes.  But I did succeed in losing one pound by
eating this way for a week.  Can I sustain it?  I don't know.

Todd Moody
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