Weapon of Mass Reduction #2

Kellogg’s All-Bran Extra Fiber

This stuff tastes like cardboard. In fact, just to make sure, I ate a little cardboard and honestly, if I was cardboard, I would file against Kellogg’s for “Taste Infringement”.

However, a bowl of this stuff in the morning is worth only 50 calories! How scientists managed that is beyond me. And, it’s obviously loaded with fiber, which is why I chose this as my only “meal” during my fast. Although I’m not a professional in the area, I’m fairly sure this aided the flushing of my system, if you know what I mean!

The back of the box encourages some sort of “10-day challenge” – quitters! I’ll be All-Bran-ning my mornings for the next 27 days.

It’s a decent scorer on my new favourite website, too: nutritiondata.com

TIP: cardboard + a few slices of banana = bearable/borderline tasty.

Weight-loss strategy

The idea: Lose as much body-fat as possible, as soon as possible, and replace that with muscle mass.

As our guru, Jason Hough, once told me, the more muscle mass you have, the higher your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), enabling your body to burn more calories per day. Which makes a lot of sense, if you think about it: When I was a teen, I could eat pretty much anything I wanted because I was so active and had a much higher percentage of muscle mass. As you get older, and less active, your body-fat increases and muscle mass decreases. I really don’t want to eat less, rather, I want to get my body back into calorie-devouring shape. I want to boost my own metabolism.

The method: Stage 1) 3-day fast/detox. Stage 2) Muscle-time!

The 3-day fast/detox has two main benefits: 1) cleanse/flush my system from all the junk I’ve been consuming, and 2) *hopefully* accelerate initial weight-loss. Because true fasting can have a pretty radical effect on one’s body I’m trying to do it as sensibly as possible. For three days my diet will consist solely of: a single bowl of Kellogg’s All Bran Extra Fiber, 2 soft-boiled eggs, a LOT of water, green tea and cranberry juice. Thereafter, I simply plan on eating healthier foods, in smaller portions for the remaining 24 days. I’ll try to eat 6 smaller meals throughout the day, focusing on some of the renowned muscle building foods. My wife has always cooked healthy and delicious meals, so for dinner, I’ll eat the way we usually do, just earlier at night and, again, in smaller portions. Hopefully, this eating plan in conjunction with an intensified training program will help me achieve my goal.

Now, I’m off for a run!