Ultra Lite Program – Day 17

It’s the morning of day (17) on the Ultra Lite program and I’m now down a total of 10 lbs – 164.5 lbs. This is new territory for me. I haven’t been here or below since undergrad. As a gauge, I graduated high school at 157lbs, though with not much muscle. [...]

February 11, 2010 Read the full article →

Ultra Lite Program – Day 16

It’s the morning of day (16) on the Ultra Lite program and I’m now down 9.5 lbs – 165 lbs, my marriage weight of June 2003. I would be down more but tried a 24hr experiment that failed miserably.
So, I wanted to see how my body would respond to a cheat day, as I know [...]

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Ultra Lite Program – Day 12

It’s the morning of day (12) on the Ultra Lite program and I’m now down 9lbs – 155.5lbs. .5lb more and I will be at exactly where I was at when I got married, in June of 2003. This is the easiest program I have ever tried and I fell more energetic than [...]

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Ultra Lite Program – Day 9

It’s the morning of day (9) on the Ultra Lite program and I’m now down 8.5lbs – 166lbs. This is the (7th) day of ketosis, and I lost another .1% of body fat, down to 13.5%. At this point I expect about 1/2 fat loss very 2-4 days, depending on activity level.

The photos above are [...]

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Ultra Lite Program – Day 7

January 24, 2010 – It’s the morning of day seven on the Ultra Lite program and I’m now down 8lbs – 166.5lbs. This is the fifth day of ketosis, and I lost another .1% of body fat, down to 13.6%. All of my excess water-weight is now off, so I will finally be [...]

January 24, 2010 Read the full article →

Ultra Lite Program – Day 5

January 22, 2010 – It’s the morning of day (5)  of my Ultra Lite program and now down 7.5lbs – 167lbs.  This is the third day of ketosis, and I lost another .3% of body fat.  Now down to 13.7%.  I just got a new body fat tester, more accurate and I [...]

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Ultra Lite Program – Day 4

January 21, 2010 – It’s the morning of day four and now down 6lbs – 168.5lbs. This is the second day of ketosis, and as expected, I lost 1% body fat. Now down to 22% (home scale) 14% *(Omron fat-loss monitor). If this keeps up, I’ll be to my goal weight and BF% [...]

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Ultra Lite Program – Day 3

January 20, 2010 – Morning of day three and already down 4lbs – 170.5lbs. This is the first day of *ketosis as well, so now I expect the body fat to start dropping too.
*Ketosis is determined by dipping a ketone stick in to a specimen of morning urine. The state of ketosis means that I [...]

January 21, 2010 Read the full article →

Day one of my Ultra Lite program

January 18, 2010 – Day one of the Ultra Lite program that my wife and I will be doing for the next five weeks. This will serve two purposes: one, I am a Ultra Lite certified practitioner and administer this program in my practice. Two, is that I want to know all the ins and [...]

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Home Cooked Christmas Eve Dinner 2009

Braised Brussel Sprouts with Crispy Applewood Smoked Bacon
Braised Beef Short Ribs with Sweet Cherries
Creamy Pollenta
2000 Alban Seymour’s (Syrah) 96 spectator/96 Parker

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