My 30 Day PAGG Experiment
I just bought, with 2 of my friends, 6 months worth of PAGG, the daily supplements Tim Ferriss recommends from his book The Four Hour Body. The idea is for all of us to use this supplement religiously for the next 2 months. I thought it would be fun to document my first 30 days of using it. So, here we go:
A Little Back Story
I started eating food advised in 4HB (The Four Hour Body) about a month ago. I’ve also been going to the gym at least 3 times a week for the last 3 weeks, so the logical step was to go for the PAGG and finish up the trilogy that is food, exercise and supplements. I’m no expert on any of this, I’ve once managed to go from around 240 lbs down to about 180 lbs and at that time I did it with a lot of working out, eating healthy and drinking protein shakes. This time, I’m going a similar route. I’m 230 lbs now and I want to get down to around 180, but at the same time stay healthy and do it without forcing my body down since that will only lead to the risk of gaining the weight back and even increasing it after that.
So my plan is to add PAGG to my exercise routine and list up, every week, what goes on in my head, body and soul. Here we go!
Week 1 - It’s All About I/O
Stats: 104 kg / 229 lb (-5 kg / -11 lb in 2 weeks) Total loss: 5 kg / 11 lb
Day 1: Input / Output. What comes in, must come out. Well, almost. I just took the first pill about 2 hours ago. We take an AGG before every meal and then PAG before bed. This is going to take some getting used to, but I’m pumped!
5 Days in: It’s weird taking all these pills. It makes me feel like I’m doing something to my body that it doesn’t want or need but at the same time I’m confident this will help me lose weight and if not, I can at least say I tried. Today is Saturday, which is binge eating day, so I can eat what ever I want and drink what ever I like. It’s also a break from PAGG since Tim Ferris says so. “Skip PAGG 1 day every week and 1 week every 2 months.” I think the idea behind that is to trick your body into thinking it’s not just going to get these new nutrients every day and prevent it from storing it as fat.
On Day 5: I was warned this might happen. My piss just started smelling like asparagus. Oh well, I guess I’m the only one who needs to know about that. Wait, doh!
Week 2 - Gas
Stats: 103.3 kg / 227 lb (-.7 kg / -1,5 lb) Total loss: 5.7 kg / 12 lb
Day 8: The title for this week says it all. I don’t remember ever having this much gas, ever! It started around day 4 but today it’s just been hurting, non-stop, all day. Hopefully that goes away and hopefully it’s just the amount of beans I’ve been eating, since I’m doing the 4 Hour Body diet as well. I’m pretty sure that’s the reason but non the less, week 2 has introduced gas, and lots of it :-/
10 Days in: I weight in today and I’m a bit sad that I didn’t lose more than .7kg last week. To be fair, I didn’t go to the gym at all last week. I ate healthy and took my PAGG, but no gym, no exercise and no burning of the calories I took in (see week 1, i/o). I’m hopeful that this week will be a greater fat loss and to try and guarantee it I’ve set myself a rule: No binge eating until I’m under 100 kg! That means that this Friday, October 21st 2011, if I’m not under 100 kg, I won’t binge eat the day after, on my binge eating Saturday. Lets see how that goes …
Week 3 - It’s Working!
Stats: 101.9 kg / 224 lb (-1.4 kg / 3 lb) Total loss: 6.9 kg / 15 lb
Day 15: I’m happy with the results so far. I’m consistent in my weight loss, neither going to fast nor to slow. I feel good even though my binge eating days sometimes have the effect on me that in the middle of the week I get cravings for random, nasty, unhealthy stuff. Other then that, it’s going great!
- – This journey isn’t over! Tune in after a week and see my progress. – -
