My Personal Six Weeks Challenge
by dclary on Oct.17, 2009, under Potpourri
I have received some public and private queries about what I have referred to in my Twitter postings as my “alternate six weeks challenge.” Here’s my attempt to explain it.
This all started a few weeks ago when the new book by Dr. Eades started getting some notice amongst the people I follow on Twitter. My initial reaction was that it wasn’t at all in line with the primal/paleo philosophy that I had adopted as had a lot of the folks I follow on Twitter. The idea of relying primarily on protein shakes for a couple of weeks had no appeal to me at all. At the same time as I was reading Tweets from people who were trying the program, I read this article on Marc VanDam’s excellent blog.
It’s a great post but the bottom line is that if you want to lose weight, you have to eat less. You can eat all the right foods but if you eat too much, you’re not going to lose weight. When I read the article, it was easy to see myself in it.
Marc also had another post praising the push up. I sent him a picture I took of my monitor at work where I had placed the words: DO MORE PUSH UPS! Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, I do a bunch of push ups through out the day at work. So my personal six weeks challenge can by summed up this way:
EAT LESS — DO MORE PUSH UPS!
I started on Monday, Oct 5th at 208.8 pounds according to my bedroom scale. Yesterday morning I was at 204.0. I was pretty excited about the results I was going to be able to report on Monday morning. But as often happens, I got derailed the last couple of days. It was a pizza pig out Friday night, and 12oz ribeye this evening chased with a little ice cream. I still have plenty of time to show good results for six weeks, and that’s what I plan to do.
One final point. It’s not my intention to knock Dr. Eades’ book or anyone who is trying the plan. Good luck to anyone who is trying it—I hope you get the results you’re looking for. Meanwhile I’ll keep my plan going while surrounded by temptation!! 
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Greetings!
This blog is basically a personal diary kept in a public place. I'm documenting my transformation from a rather obese, unfit person to one who is leaner and a lot healthier. I find that doing this provides some self motivation to continue. I may, from time to time, post something that is actually interesting to read. I'm starting fresh from a Blogspot site. My old blog can be found here: Old Blog
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November 16th, 2009 on 8:15 pm
Dave did you ever see my article What our ancestors ate?
Primal and Paleo are different.
Basically my belief is… there’s a time and place for shakes. Primal is ok with shakes, paleo is not. Being overweight and falling off the wagon, eating pizza and ice cream is not primal or paleo either. Achieving homeostasis and health is the main objective PB. Thats the vibe I get from Mark anyway.
I’m dieting somewhat non-paleo (but primal) for 24 weeks (4 left) to undo almost 30 of neglect. I feel amazing. Haven’t been this healthy ever. Even in the womb! Seems like a fair tradeoff to me.
I have a specific plan and it’s pretty easy to follow. This is why I chose the 6WC. The shakes are only the first two weeks and you don’t have to drink them. Most new fasters would have a tough time eating only one smaller meal a day without them, causing failure. My protein is 2 ingredients: Whey isolate and extra leucine (which I added so I don’t have to take pills).
Not ranting at you, just offering a different perspective
BTW: Good job on your progress!