If you don’t mind me asking, what do you eat?

Not drinking beer is not going against this diet. I mention that I have a goal of drinking 1 gallon per day of water. I also meant to say that I’ll be drinking nothing but water. This means no alcohol for this month.

Stay tuned for the update post coming Wednesday!

Thanks for the great article! Hope WE are successful! ;D

Thanks for sharing your goal. You share some great thoughts. I’m sure by simply sharing the goal publicly like you did will also make a big difference. I recently went to a seminar by a fitness and weight loss expert. She agreed with most of your thoughts, except #5. She argues that because you should eat small meals frequently that you should feel free to eat right up to when you go to bed.

Be sure to keep us up to date.

I’ve been eating some really healthy meals and working out. I’ll report with weight loss at the one week point.

Thanks again for your support =)

Or you can try only eating from 12 pm to 6 to 7 pm. You still get the full benefits of fasting but get to eat as well. Breakfast is a highly overrated meal, you dont really need to eat it first thing in the morning. You should check out Eat Stop Eat for more info on this.

It’s great that you have such a detailed plan, it’s looks good. Personally, I’d recommend eliminating grains as well, or at least limiting grain consumption to once a day- and make it whole, unprocessed grains (like oats) and eat it after the work out.
In addition to that, I don’t believe you have to do daily cardio to lose weight. It has little benefits for weight loss. I’d emphasize High Intensity Resistance Training about 3 times a week, and cardio on the other days. And on those days, I would just do sprints- way better than steady cardio. You could do intervals there as well- sprinting for 30 seconds, then 10 seconds rest, then again sprinting for 30 seconds… repeat for about 7-8 times. In my opinion those 2 spinning classes a week plus a good resistance training 3 times a week is more than enough.
The rest comes from nutrition.
Check out Mark for example http://www.marksdailyapple.com/high-fat-diet-no-cardio-washboard-abs/

I love that you mention chewing more and eating slowly. I found it to be very important. Not only does it help with digestion, it actually makes me enjoy food more, and be more aware of satiety. Many people struggle with their relationship with food, and it’s no wonder, when so many have the habits of eating quickly, with distractions like television. For me the eating process is a kind of meditation. Whatever you eat, eat it truly and totally, with full awareness, enjoying the process.

Good Luck and Shana Tova ve gmar hatima tova