If you're a man, it's all about the visceral fat.

Fortunately, that's the easiest fat for men to lose. When I was at my top weight- 30 pounds heavier, 240 pounds- I had a shelf in front of my body. That's what my visceral fat looked like. Visceral fat is so dangerous because it wraps around the internal organs and poisons them. It can lead to many degenerative diseases like diabetes. You can tell if you have visceral fat by measuring your waist. At my fattest, my waist was 46 inches. Now it is 40. I feel a lot better than I did in those days. When my waist was bigger, I would wake up in the morning feeling terrible and I think it was my visceral fat that was making me feel that way. My should have a waist of no more than forty inches; women no more than thirty-five. Women have the "advantage" of not having so much visceral fat until they get to menopause at which time they catch up. Before that, much of their fat is subcutaneous which means that it is visible (which they hate), but not as unhealthy as the hidden visceral fat. I speculate that visceral fat adds to the fatty liver. By the way, my weight today is 210 and a half pounds, down half a pound from yesterday.

I am at 211 pounds right now.

And I am still doing stopwatch eating and it is still working for me, but it does kind of make me a weirdo. It's not natural to eat in such a strange way. I need a watch that rings one minute after I touch it so that I can keep my eyes up and participate in the social activities. Stopwatch eating is okay if I am eating alone, but not for social eating. My waist is good though. I look like I have lost a lot more than I have. I've lost one pound in two weeks, but I've lost one inch. And that's a lot. 

Speed (eating) kills!

Just eat more slowly. I probably still overeat, but what was really killing me was the speed at which I was eating. My digestion could not handle it and I was starving all of the time. I was eating so much, but it wasn't filling me up. I was like a circus act. I should have charged people to watch me eat.

I'm 211.5 pounds now.

I lost half a pound. I am back to losing weight slowly that's for sure. I don't have to worry about losing too fast anymore. I am still waiting a minute between bites and that stops me from stuffing myself and allows me to enjoy my food.

I lost a pound and a half today.

Now I'm 212 pounds. I would like to lose 12 pounds or a couple of inches. I think I was gaining weight because I was eating chia seeds. They are very fattening. I think it's important to keep things in perspective. I was 219 pounds last October and have spent months eating way too fast and getting nowhere. Now, I am slowing down and my life is a little bit better. Eating more slowly has amazed me because I am eating way less and I am less hungry. And that is amazing!

Maybe I should re-name the blog the weight gain blog.

I gained a pound today, but lost an inch around my waist so I should just forget about my weight. Like the b.m.i., weight doesn't tell you a thing about fitness. There are people who are skinny, but not fit and people who weigh a lot, but who are getting fitter.

I stilll have a grease headache thirty hours after eating transfats

Dear reader: there is rancid fat in French fries. Beware of them. I'm going to take my own advice.