22/02/26 👀

 Had an interesting one today, thought that is. 

What if I make one of my days dry fasting or more even. Dry fasting is no food and no water for whatever time you choose. A lot of people go 5, 7, 10 days which is fucking insane but not in a bad way. 

You think "how can they go without water?" but they can for one simple reason. Each fat cell is 50% water so you know what your body will do when you go dry? Correct it will break the fat cells down to get at the 'metabolic water' as its called. 

Supposedly and the data is scarce on this but supposedly dry fasting is three times more powerful than water fasting which is pretty amazing. 

It makes sense to me because if you look at it from a Primal point of view if you haven't got food and water your body will compensate and make you stronger to go find it, it has its own survival mechanism in place. 

I've done it two times before but only for 24 hours and It was one of the most amazing things I've ever experienced waking up the day after, I honestly felt like a 15 year old gymnast I'm not even kidding I felt fit, strong and flexible like I could run through a brick wall it was fucking amazing. 

I'll say this though, the next morning was amazing but the day of was not. It was not crazy hard but it was weird like no cravings no thirst but I felt kind of hot and just weird ish. I don't know how to explain it. I remember going to bed early to get it over with and that was good. 

What I might do is if I'm working from home I will dry fast and If I'm out and about water fast. This is my three days a week I'm talking about. I'd like to be sneaky and count it as three days each one but I wont. When I did it in the past I kind of cheated but didn't I mean I woke up drank water drank coffee and then started for 24 hours. It is still technically 24 hours but I'm not sure how the dry fasting community would take that. 

I might try tomorrow, stay tuned. 

21/02/26 👀

 I just had a shower thought: 

A lot of people do IF or intermittent fasting because it works, it lowers insulin so the long term benefits are weight loss and a general feeling of well being.

However and I guess this has been discussed by the communities before but if they are eating their food in a smallish window of say 12-8pm so fasting 16 hours wouldn't changing the eating window to say 6am to 2pm work better for health reasons. Eating earlier allows the body to digest the food which takes a considerable amount of resources and then rest. The benefit I see from this is when sleeping in theory Autophagy should kick in earlier allowing for a deeper more beneficial sleep. 

I think I'm going to have to make one of my months just this. 

20/02/26 119.6 📏

 Its weird that sometimes my weight is steady while fasting but goes down after a couple of days of eating. I guess thats all the hormonal changes people talk about. 

So trying to think about what to do next month, I'm really happy with my eating at the moment although I probably don't eat enough I'm just never hungry. The perfect recipe for losing weight I guess. 

I am constantly surprised at my fitness level which really has been non existent for the last couple of years, I unloaded a truck yesterday for a few hours in the sun and I was tired but an hour later I felt like I could go again. I don't feel any after effects like soreness or tiredness and the next day (today) I felt good and went for a walk when I woke up. 

Oh and the other strange one was I got sunburned pretty bad on my face and neck but there was no hurt and today its gone like it didn't happen. Another benefit I guess. 

With all that in mind I'm not going to change my diet, I am going to have a couple of cheat days between now and March 1st because I miss some foods but I'm going to try to keep them clean as possible.

Rules for March on the search for the final solution. First amendment to the rule: If I hit my goal weight early I start on the next month regime. 

1. When I wake drink 500ml water with electrolytes, 1 tbsp EV Olive oil, 2 tbsps Apple cider vinegar. Coffee only after walk. 
2. Walk daily, 30 minute short walking track outside my house. If I have to get up early I get up early.
3. Drink at least 1.5l water through the day no exceptions.
4. In bed by 9:30 every day no exceptions.
5. Meditate daily
6. Maintain a dirty carnivore diet.
7. No stepping on the scales.
8. At least one long walk on the big track outside my house each week. 
9. When I'm working at home at least 2 10-15 minute mindfulness breaks with short dumbell sessions or TaiChi 
10. No yoghurt, maybe on its own but definitely 
11. No fruit

Adding these rules which I really should be following anyway will achieve two things. 

1. I should boost my metabolism

2. It will help prepare me for Gym in April or later, whenever I add it into my regime. 

19/02/26 📏

 Ok so today is just a check in, I'm not sure if I'm going to fast tomorrow it would be my 4th day of the week and I wasn't really planning on that. I'm starting to think I may have slowed my metabolism but I guess thats all part of this 12 month trial and error. 

Maybe I should do the exercise month in March instead of April and do the religious carnivore later, it does make sense as it should increase my metabolism and assist in losing weight the right way. When I did Keto I walked and I mean I walked a lot I didn't have a step meter but it would have to be at least 20000 steps per day, keto has not worked since and I blamed faux foods but maybe it was more the underlying metabolism rate which was low.

I need to set new rules for March I might mark that on the header.

I had a very long chat with Chat gpt about why I suddenly don't like the taste of pepsi max it just tastes foul. There is only one real difference between that and Coke zero which is pepsi has a preservative in it and I believe my body senses that and does not want it.

Interestingly McDonalds coke no sugar also has that preservative but not in its store bought products we think this is to make it last as it comes in a syrup. Interesting stuff, I'll talk more about why I can sense bad foods with my body later, as i said this thing is huge.

18/02/26 121.6

 Not getting too excited about the 121 but the numbers on the scale are motivating, I broke my fast today at 72hrs I was going to go 120hrs but I don't even know why but I just decided to stop. 

Somebody posted something the other day which didn't make sense to me so I looked it up, it was about your metabolic rate or how much your body needs to stay alive each day. I was kind of wondering if I had lowered mine. I mean losing around 2kgs a weeks is pretty good but when I did Keto I was losing 3.5kgs week in week out. 

I do lead a fairly sedentary life so it would make sense I don't burn as much fuel as someone more active. I figure I'll work that out when I add gym in April I think? 

Not a lot else going on, work is getting busy and I'm trying not to stress, its crazy how I'm doing all this stuff like eating right or not eating at all but the basics I ignore like sleep and water, its not that fucking hard but I've always had this thing about sleep. 

Nuff for today. 

16/02/26 Update I guess

 Nothing to see here, its Monday so a fasting day but I'm thinking of extending it. At a minimum I will do three days in a row but I want to push it to five and I'm honestly thinking of going to seven. Yes seven which I have never done, never gone past five but here I am about to go to bed on day one and zero hunger, I've had a few twinges but really nothing. I'm very interested to see the healing I'll get from seven days but I don't know yet. 

I felt like I had a big weekend of eating but I didn't really just normal carnivore with the exception of a couple of glasses of Baileys which I loved going down Oh that sweetness and the burn is so yummy but fuck me I regretted it later, I had the sweats something terrible and was pissed as. 

Woke up ok but not one of my greatest ideas. (it was kind of an experiment, which I later thought was stupid because adding sugar and alcohol is a recipe for disaster)

Anyway lets see what the scales say tomorrow. 

16/02/26 🖼

 Ok so I put a painting on the top to indicate its a post that will start explaining what the final solution is. As i have said its long. 

I guess weight gain started when I became more sedentary i.e. driving and stopped playing sports and I guess or rather know when I started to eat a lot more junk food. I guess between mid 80s to early 2000s I didn't really try to deliberately lose weight but there would be times it would drop. Kind of naturally I guess but more I had other things on my mind and didn't eat. 

Around 2000 I hurt my back at work and from memory I was around 100kgs somewhere I'd love to be now but it those days it was devastating. 

I had genuinely hurt myself but the insurance company etc made it so hard I decided I was all in and had a year off on almost full pay. 

During that time I went all out I milked that insurance for everything, Chiro, Massage and a full membership to the best gym in town because over the year I was going to get fit and lose weight. I know now why it was hard but at the same time I enjoyed it and for the most part I felt good. 

Basically it was a low calorie diet with only a basic watch on the calories using a weight watchers book and whatever it said on the packaging. I was also doing a lot of walking and I mean a lot, probably 25000 steps every day and if I missed a day I hurt. 

After a year I had lost 15kg and was super fit and ready to work which I did with no problem although they kind of made it hard to start with all their restrictions but eventually they gave up caring.  The weight started to come back slowly due to stopping exercise so much and eating more junk food. I couldn't really cook in those days so a lot of food was instant or take away or very basic carby foods.

So what has this to do with the final solution? Well this lesson was probably more about what not to do and what I learnt about how diets work. 

So people say Calorie restriction diets work because calories in calories out blah blah and technically yes they do but there are some real fundamental problems. 

lets say you're eating 1800 calories a day which is not much for a grown man so you have a deficit of I don't know 800. That sounds great you'll burn 800 calories a day and the fat will melt off right? 

The answer in a very Australian way is Yeah nah kind of, technically some fat comes off well a very small amount and def not 800 calories worth. Why you ask and that's a good question, for starters the 1800 calories you are eating most likely contain a lot of carbohydrates I mean one of my favorite go to snacks was pretzels, a bag of those salty crispy treats that "Only had 150 calories" was like crack to a junkie I loved them. But they are basically sugar or wheats etc which get readily converted to sugar in your body. Sugar is energy and your body loves that, in fact I joke about 'Crack' but sugar is exactly that to your system. 

So while your body is eating all those yummy carbs any fat you eat which will of course be minimal because 'Calorie counting' will be put away for another day. When your body is using sugar for energy it is not interested in converting fat to energy that is too hard so what does it do? It makes you feel fucking hungry because it wants more sugar. As i was exercising so much it had little choice but to burn some fat along the way hence the 15kg drop but in reality i was fucking starving all the time and the only way to calm that feeling was more carbs. "ooh and apple is only 100 calories yay" but also a lot of fucking sugar, yes I'd get the rush but the crash would come soon enough. It would be at least another 10 years until I learn why calorie restriction doesn't work, well I guess you could say "isn't a sustainable solution" but at that time i thought it was the only way. 

15/02/26 👀

 Currently watching a video by Dr Mindy Pelz, she's one of the 'influencers' I watch and respect. She is quite female centric but is an actual doctor who believes in this stuff because she's seen the results.

In this particular video she's talking about what she is letting go of in 2026--Interesting.

First thing which has really resonated with me is she's stopping counting, everything, scales, bloods, sleep time etc and moving to an intuitive approach. This is what I want, A sustainable lifestyle for the rest of my life. Lets see what else she has.

Oh fuck this is getting bigger than Ben Hur, you see every new thing that I see or read about which I truly believe will help me I have to incorporate into my life. So number two is ditch the gym and concentrate on functional fitness, stuff that gets you fit but isn't a strict regime. I guess I was never planning on the gym being all or nothing rather more of an all round fitness tool. I love walking so I want to be able to get back to that, I want to do Rucking and cycling. I actually believe that Metal detecting (a very short lived hobby I didn't stick to mostly due to laziness and lack of fitness might fit into this category very nicely -walking in nature, stopping starting, hills, digging, getting up and down, leg strength, arm strength its got it all) Nice. 

Ok so number 3 is I'm not in anyone else's hurry, not bad and for the most part that is something I already incorporate. Saying that I have put a timeline on this years results and some other things. 
Side note to this: I have noticed with my current mental state and I mean that in a good way, I feel great, sleep great, feel strong and fit or fitter even though I haven't really started any work on fitness but what I have noticed is when I'm in traffic I'm calm and not stressed which I would of been in the past. The other day i literally stopped for 5-10 minutes in one spot, people were freaking out but I just sat there chilled and eventually we got there no stress. One thing that has always stuck with me that someone told me, it was a truck driver and I was talking about driving in traffic, I said doesn't it drive you crazy? he answered No you always get where you're going. Its funny while I say that its etched into my brain so much that when I'm on the freeway in heavy traffic I'll quite happily sit behind a truck because I know they'll get there eventually, also bonus is its highly unlikely anyone will squeeze into the gap because no one likes to be stuck behind a truck. 

I've paused the video, I need to eat something. 

So 4 is to prioritize health over productivity, health comes first, I'll go deeper into that at some stage.

5 is Stop consuming so much crap, not in so many words but I do agree if you watch for instance the four doctors I do on all this stuff they are all pretty much in agreeance but add in doomscrolling other reels and you'll see a lot of contradictions, pick what you're interested in and go deep. And go old school reading studying etc. Good idea that. 

14/02/26 121.5 👀

 So seeing 121s is great but that was a day after fasting so don't get too excited. This is a short one I need to work out how to put like side notes into this thing to keep ideas that need to go in the final solution. 

I might for now put an emoji or something like an ideas symbol to remember but anyway stick with me. 

Todays note or idea is after March when I intend to stop Carnivore I need to add other foods in slowly, that may be easier said than done because I'm craving tacos which would have corn, other veg, spices and sauce so realistically they might have to wait 😞

I'm not completely technologically disabled but maybe I'm still in the 90s, I couldn't highlight or even put an emoji in the title using buttons supplied above but I could using the windows key period buttons so I put eyes, that will do for now. Back later. 

Ok I just thought of something new to add. I just tried sardines for the first time and I'm not hating them, I was terrified of eating a whole fish (actually I was worried about eating the head and guts but i googled how to eat them and saw they are headless, need to check all brands do that) Honestly I think I'll add them to my carnivore routine, they're simple and quick and supposidly full of good stuff. I am worried about the olive oil because I read somewhere that the oil in sardines is cheap and possibly cut with seed oils which is one of the main things I want to avoid forever. Both google and Ai both say it is legit but they could get paid to say that, Olive oil is expensive and they would use a lot so I'm sceptical. I also read to buy them in springwater and add your own quality oil so when I'm fully broken in and used to them I'll try that. 

Anyway the thing I though of was after March if i start to introduce new foods which I'm still not sure of, each time I finish a fast (Because I'm doing 200 days this year) I'll break it with a different food to see my body's reaction. Ooooh Science!

 13/02/26 Haven't looked.

I decided not to look until tomorrow morning after the third of three days fasting this week. Hopefully its down a bit. I said 120 by the end of the week but that was a fuckup I meant 120 by the end of the month. If I don't do that I'll throw up.

Around 4 this arvo I got really hungry and nearly gave in, plus the wife is off to her sisters for the weekend so it feels like a leave pass. But I didn't give in which is good its 9pm now and no hunger at all. 

Not exactly excited about tomorrows food, probably all leftovers, Carnivore crack and half a BBQ Chook I have in the fridge. Its not meant to be easy I guess. Very interested to see what my weight is, I feel like its down, hopefully not disappointed. 

Weird thing I've noticed, I'm trying to very gradually add in some exercise with the aim of doing a good solid month of gym as one of my trial months but for some reason I feel stronger and fitter than I have for a very long time, like my muscles are harder but I've done like one set of basic dumbell for the whole year? Fasting does promote HGH but really this much? 

11/02/26 CW 123.3

 Just a today update. 

Weight not changed so that kinda sucks but I did eat Greek yogurt and frozen strawberries which isn't exactly carnivore, well the fruit isn't while the yogurt is technically an animal product. 

Fasting today, day two of this weeks ADF, not feeling hungry at all but I had a few thoughts creep into my head like "I could just go and eat a burger meal and no one would know" but I know it wouldn't even satisfy me just like I know when I wake up tomorrow morning and at some stage eat I won't really enjoy it. 

Its different this time the ADF it seems to be working well for everything possibly except the weight loss but I'm pretty sure that will come in waves, maybe its just high tide at this time. 

Yeah one day of no weight loss and the sky is falling, it will be down tomorrow morning I know. I have a target of 120 by Saturday morning I should reach it. Hopefully by the end of the weekend its not about 121 fingers crossed. 

 So what is this blog about? 

The answer to that is a long story, but its nothing to do with world war 2 its all about my life and my journey from a fit athletic kid to an extremely overweight adult fast approaching 60. 

The final solution part is I finally believe after somewhere around 15 years I've found the answer. 

To put it all into perspective the final solution has been made by piecing together bits and pieces of knowledge I've picked up over the years especially including weight loss trials and tribulations. 

I know very little about blogging, I may have read someone's blog post at some stage and not even known it. I'm not here to make money I don't care if anyone reads it, its more like an accountability diary. I don't know if its policed by Google or moderator, I am kind of worried not in a scared type of way but more in a I've just wasted my time kind of way that I may get flagged and shut down if I mention my thoughts on Big food and Big Pharma, the health care industry in general and about three quarters of the influencers out there. 

Its the influencers out there that have really driven me to this as lately everyone wants to be one and if they aren't saying something different to the next guy they think they're going backwards. I spend considerable time in the Reddit subs that cover anything I believe in but when I comment there is always someone who just has to come over the top with some ridiculous counter argument but its so loud and brash that they are the ones that get traction while I'm just genuinely trying to help someone with facts that I know are real from my own experience. I say that also "its just my experience that..." There are some good people there so I'll still hang around but I'll save the comments for myself or here. 

My final solution is so fucking complex I don't even know where to start, I know one thing for sure and that is I can't explain it all in one week let alone one day. Also I guess I am telling little lies when I say its complete because it isn't and may never be. When I say that I mean this is the year I will achieve it but here in early Feb I think I already have. Technically I could post what I believe is the perfect diet plan or as we umm I was about to say influencers but I really mean knowledgeable ones like to say perfect lifestyle. When I say it may never be finished I mean I have learnt so much over the last 15 years but last December on my birthday I decided it was time to get fucking serious and over the last 2.5 months I've learnt so much more. 

You need to remember this always and I mean it. Nothing I say is bullshit, there is nothing posted here that I have not tried and tested myself or otherwise verified. As I said I'm not in this for the money or views I just want to put it all down and hopefully by the end of the year and I will have something I can hold onto for the rest of my life. If someone chooses to come along I hope you learn something that can help you, I honestly doubt anyone will I mean I might get to the point where I tell an online friend or even real life friend to take a look but really its really just for me. 

Oh by the way I have ADHD and I like to spew words onto a page I can't help it my brain never stops so sometimes I might wander off topic because I forget half way through or I might not post for a while because its not new and shiny anymore. I also like typing so its gonna be a ride. 

So what I might do is do a daily blog and every now and then I'll write part of what I did at what time in my life that gave me some part big or small of the answer. My daily will just be a check in, I'll post my weight each day because I can't keep off the fucking scales and what the hell its only for me. 

I have no idea how to format this, personally I'm happy with just a page to type on but I guess I'll have to make a header or something for accountability's sake. 

Speaking of accountability my current weight as of this morning is 123.4kgs I'm in Australia so that's how we measure it, if you want to convert that to pounds you x it by 2.2 so its a lot. On December 5 last year however I was 133.6kgs, how I dropped 10kgs is all part of the story but if you just read my daily blog you'll be able to work it out but you won't know the full story unless you read the rest. 

Oh god I was just about to sign off and I thought "What if someone does read it?" Well mysterious and somewhat weird person one of the reasons I'm doing this is it might help one person and if it did then its a bonus I would be very proud of, I mean its like a profitable side gig where I'm getting the accountability points and have a way to keep it on track and someone else changes their life because of it. That would be fucking awesome. 

My eyes are closing, I'm tired and thats enough for today. I'll work on formatting some other time. Good night all.