Well my target day I set out to lose as much weight as I could is next week (Oct 21, my beautiful wife’s bday). The good news is that I've been steadily losing it and the great news is that I'm only 1 pound away from this goal! WOOOT!!!

I started at 208lbs in March. Fast forward to October and I'm at 171lbs; 37lbs! I want to thank my wife for hanging in there and for being my inspiration. She's supported me through my let's-try-every-single-whey-protein-in-the-market-and-type-of-coconut-oil phase. The reality is that I did this all for her. I looked at my self on the mirror one day and said, Holly cow! I'm as fat as a cow!!! My wife deserves waaaaay better than this slow-poke energyless guy I had become. I'm now below the weight I was when I got married and feeling super energetic and full of life. 

Again, my only "secret" was reading Frank Suarez's the Power of your Metabolism book and increasing my intake of protein a day. Once I started to get my energy back (after 2 weeks) I started doing light workout because I was so full of energy I didn't know what to do with it. Now I work out 3-4 days a week and feel great :)

Hope this helps inspire someone and it will make a difference. Again thanks for all the support and compliments. I love you all :{D


EDIT- Here are the link for the book in Amazon.com: In English. In Spanish.

So even I was exercising 5 times a week I was not losing weight. I was feeling more fit (I even ran a 5K with my coworkers that I wouldn't have been able to do without the rebounding I had done thus far) but still nothing noticeable in my weight. So I went back to apply what I read in the book; changing the eating habits first then exercise. 

So I cut down sugars and complex carbs out of my diet. It doesn't mean I don't have a soda every once in a while or enjoy a slice of cake here and there. Here's what really changed everything - eating more protein. That simple. I was told by a nutritionist friend of mine that my metabolism was fine but it was lacking protein in general. Since when you grow older you start to lose some muscle mass and he recommended that should get about 145g of protein a day. So now I have 3 protein shakes (25g each) in a day to supply enough protein for the body. 

Here's what I do: I eat a protein shake for breakfast (protein + coconut oil + almond milk). I eat a good lunch and dinner (my wife is an awesome cook and cooks very healthy) and I just add a protein shake after lunch and dinner. The shakes are not only getting me the protein the body was lacking but I'm no longer hungry after each meal. Before I would eat a very healthy meal and then felt like I should have some cookies or a dessert of some kind or have to snack at 3pm. With the protein shake after eating, the body realizes that it has all the nutrients and protein it needs and doesn't feel hungry. It's like magic! And with that I started to drop weight like noting; between 1-2lbs a week (which is the recommended way to lose weight so you give the body time to adjust). I'm ecstatic about this! 

Also since I've started to do this I'm more energetic and actually feel like working out. Before I would force myself to work out but now I can tell the body wants to do it because it has that extra energy to burn. 

So I recommend that if you really want to get some very good information about nutrition and how to slim down, to read the Power of your Metabolism and start working on a healthier you by just eating smarter and healthier :{D

I've been consistently increasing my weigh at about 10lbs a year and when I finally got to 208lbs it hit me; I'm obese and I'm not doing anything about it. This is not healthy, not healthy at all. The good news is that last Friday (June 3rd, 2011) marks the day I finally beat obesity; I've lost 20lbs and now I'm just overweight and on my way to my ideal weight! 

So what have I done to lose 20lbs? For starters I read a book called The Power of Metabolism by Frank Suarez. My Mom gave me this book last November; I think she was trying to say something. So I read up on it and I really liked the viewpoint that Frank Suarez has; it's mostly what we eat why we're overweight, diets don't work since they just restrict you from something you can't have which in turn will cause you to crave it even more. Then eventually you’ll stop following the diet and you'll end up even heavier than before. Yes exercise does play its role but as Frank Suarez explains that comes after you've fixed your eating habits. 

I take full responsibility of how I became obese since there's no one I can blame but myself. I mean I was eating tons of fast food, cookies after eating lunch and/or dinner (yikes!), eating 2 slices of cake (it's always someone's birthday at the office) and eating late snacks (chips or candy). This wasn't helping anyone. 

So after reading the book Frank Suarez mentioned the best way to exercise was to do rebounding since you work out your whole body literally since every cell is being moved by the up and down motion of the rebounding (For more info on rebounding see David Hall's site www.cellersice.com). So I got a rebounder for Xmas and started using it every day. For about 15 minutes a day I would jog and do various exercises and I could feel my body was getting better because I felt better but there was still no weight loss. So what now?! I've always just worked out and went back to a reasonable weight. 

Stay tuned for the part 2 :{D