Day 1 of the Slow Carb Diet

Hey Guys!  I'm starting this blog to track my progress and hold myself accountable as I experiment with the Slow Carb Diet.  A little background about me : I've never really had a weight problem per se - I was always pretty average and fluctuated a little bit up and down throughout the years, but I was about as far from fitness oriented as you can get through out most of my life.  In high school the day I dreaded the most was having to run the mile every year, I was almost always dead last ha ha.  I also ate whatever I wanted, and it was not pretty.  I remember seeing a picture of me on the beach years ago, and thinking wow I can't believe I look like that!  Like I said, it wasn't necessarily the weight itself, but my body composition in general was just sort of blah.

So for the past several years I have experimented with many forms of exercise, and I now feel comfortable saying that it will be a regular part of my life, but the nutrition portion is always what I have struggled with.   I have tried man different eating styles - "clean," macros, carb backloading, etc. yet I still don't feel like I have found the "one."  I just want something flexible, where the food tastes good, I feel good, and my body looks good, is that too much to ask?  So that leads me to the Slow Carb Diet (I don't like the word diet either but for the sake of reference...).  

After reading about the SCD in 4 Hour Body by Tim Ferriss (you can checkout the website for info: http://fourhourbody.com/) I thought this was something I think I could do comfortably.  I really liked the approach he took in the book - lower carb but still some from the form of legumes and such, balanced with veggies and protein.  Plus a cheat day of course haha!  I had been experimenting with carb backloading, but I felt it wasn't really getting me the results that I wanted, and honestly I felt like the SCD would require a little bit less tweaking to get me there.  

So here are my current stats:

waist: 27 in.

hips: 35.5 in.

thighs: 22 in.

weight: 133.4 lbs

bf: 23.1%

water weight: 56.1%

So I am recording my weight for the sake of measurement, but to me the measurements and bf% are what I am really looking to see results on.  I believe nothing beats the good ol mirror test so I will post progress pictures as I go along as well.  I am using a scale that tracks bf and ww, but I'm sure it is not 100% accurate, but I will use the same scale throughout to make it consistent.

So I am really excited to start this experiment, I want to try and update on at least a weekly basis, and if you stumble across this post and have any suggestions/experiences/etc you want to share I would love to hear them!