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What is Whole30? Whole30 is a paleo diet without the caveman. It is based on the book, “It Starts With Food” by Dallas and Melissa Hartwig. It’s a 30 day body detox, transforming journey to better eating and health. A great description is here: (Whole30 description) The short version: Eat real food - meat, seafood, eggs, vegetables, fruit, good fats. Don’t eat sugar, grains, dairy and legumes. What happens after the 30 days? The Whole30 take on things is that we don’t necessarily want to eat this strictly for the rest of our lives, but we’re building a solid base and a safe place to come back to, if we get in trouble. It is probably the strictest interpretation of paleo out there, which makes it great for re-learning and adapting. But a lot of paleo folks do fine with adding some dairy back in or relaxing some of the other rules, and maybe having occasional treat days where we get to have our pancakes or pasta. ...

Whatever your most important issue, it will get no love as long as Congress remains broken. If you care about any issue in the US, you should care about fixing Congress. I like this TED talk by Lawrence Lessig. It explains how Congress is broken and what we should be doing about it. Lawrence Lessig: We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim http://www.ted.com/talks/lawrence_lessig_we_the_people_and_the_republic_we_must_reclaim.html

I posted this in July of last year, and I decided to repost it here, in case some folks didn’t see the LiveJournal version of it. In the nine months since this writing, I’m down another 25 pounds, have started a workout plan that I like, and still feeling great.

Top 11 Biggest Lies of Mainstream Nutrition I love this article… it is a great summary of why everything we think we know about weight loss is wrong. Plus, it has links to real, honest scientific research. Some of the biggest lies: Lie 5. Low-Fat Foods Are Good For You Lie 9. Low Carb Diets Are Dangerous Lie 11. High Fat Foods Will Make You Fat I was also pleased to see that most of the “life lessons” I have learned along the way (in the last 2 years anyway) are actually listed here :) ...

I decided to create a new Wordpress blog for myself at blog.nekodojo.org. I’m hoping to use it to express some thoughts which don’t fit nicely in a Facebook or Tweet format. I’ll try to make sure things are mirrored to Facebook, LiveJournal, etc. I will likely still be reading Facebook every day, and probably visiting Twitter and LiveJournal on a regular basis.

I’m making a list of things I have discovered which are either unexpected, or actually the complete opposite of what I believed before. For now I’m expressing them as “old story” and “new story” and avoiding charged labels like “myth” and “fact”. The old story may work for some people… the new story works better for me. Here’s one: The story about quality vs. quantity. Old story: A great diet plan means eating whatever I want, in moderation. New story: If I find the right set of foods, I can eat whenever I am hungry, and not stress about it other times. ...

I found three people so far who are interested in taking me up on my offer: Do the Whole30 program and I’ll do it with you. (If you missed my previous post, click through to my journal). Anyone else interested? We will probably use Facebook to talk to each other, but if you are interested, and not using Facebook, contact me and I’ll still try to include you somehow. Or we can just support each other without broadcasting. I will totally respect your privacy. Ping me if you are interested!

I found the “Whole30” program and it sounds like exactly what I did when I started the paleo/low-carb lifestyle a year ago. I have lost 85 pounds total and I feel so much better. It’s like paleo, but doesn’t use the caveman as a role-model, it just focuses on the food. (Click image below for more info). I’ve had amazing results. I feel so strongly about this, that I will make this offer to any of my friends: If you want to try this, I will do it with you for 30 days. ...

What we are always told: Diet and exercise are both important. If you do only one, and not the other, you will not succeed. What I found to be true for me: Exercise never helped me to lose weight. It was usually either a distraction, or messed with my diet, or even worse, gave me pain and injuries. I’ve seen some news lately that suggests exercise is important for health, but not actually effective for weight loss. ...

Someone posted an article “How I Lost 100 pounds” which appeared on Lifehacker.com. I spent some time writing stuff in the comments, but what emerged turned out to be a pretty good summary of my low-carb experience so far. Read on if you are interested in my journey.