tropicalfruition

It’s the middle of summer and I’m still trying to get rid of my extra belly fat. I’ve been working out and eating a relatively healthy diet for the past couple of months (more protein, more veggies/fruit, little fried stuff, no sugar) but I still have a pretty thick layer of ugly, stubborn fat around my midsection. I expected it to be gone by now and feel pretty frustrated about its continued presence!

So a couple of days ago I decided to take a more drastic approach to losing my unwanted body fat. Since I hate waiting and always prefer to see results quickly I chose one of the only “fast weight loss” approaches that’s at least semi-proven to work: the low-carbohydrate diet… or at least a modified low-carb diet.

So for the past few days I’ve been eating nothing but protein (mainly meat and eggs), nuts, vegetables, and fruit. Yes fruit. More specifically, I’ve been eating a couple servings of fresh oranges and grapes each day. That’s why it’s a “kinda low carb” diet. I know that eating fruit, which contains some natural sugar (fructose), goes against most low-carb teachings and will prevent my body from going into ketosis, but I don’t really give a dang! Fruit is healthy, full of fiber and other good stuff… and I just love eating it in the summertime!

This is the third day on this diet and I’m definitely feeling different… and I’m pretty sure I’ve lost some weight/fat. I guess I should get a scale one of these days. But I think the mirror is the best measure of progress when it comes to fat loss. Overall, I feel pretty good on this diet… although I seem to have less energy for my morning workouts. Oh well, as long as I’m losing my belly fat fast I’m happy. Wish me luck!