Stop Thinking AI Does the Work — 12 Weeks Proved It’s Still All You
Twelve weeks in, and I'll be upfront: I'm below 248. Somewhere between 15 and 18 pounds down depending on the day, and moving in the right direction. But I want…
11 Weeks In, Down 15 Pounds: I Tried to Fix Chicken Salad and Completely Failed
Eleven weeks in and I'll be straight with you — the scale barely moved this week. Hovering right around the same weight, maybe up a little. Two meals out probably…
10 Weeks In, Down 15 Pounds: The Food Is Good — You Just Have to Stay Hungry
Let's be honest about something: dieting is not easy. If it were, there wouldn't be so many people struggling with their weight. Ten weeks in, I can tell you exactly…
9 Weeks In, Down 12 Pounds: The Kids’ Leftovers Were the Problem All Along
Nine weeks in. The scale is hovering around 12 pounds down, give or take water weight depending on the day. Still a long road ahead, but the direction is right.…
8 Weeks In, Down 10 Pounds I Ate More This Week on Purpose (Here’s Why)
Eight weeks in and I'm still sitting around that 10-pound loss mark, give or take. Here's the interesting part though — I spent this entire week eating more than I…
7 Weeks In, Down 10 Pounds: Stop Skipping Pizza on a Diet
Seven weeks down and the scale is sitting around 255 — that's roughly 10 to 12 pounds from where we started. Happy healthy wife and happy healthy mother-in-law both say…
6 Weeks In: I Caught Myself Stopping Halfway Through a Burrito
Week six was a big one for food — tomahawk steak in the oven, AI-lightened eggplant parmesan with goat cheese and cream cheese, a from-scratch green bean casserole (no cream…
5 Weeks In: I Kept Losing Weight During Steak Week (Then Quinoa Humbled Me)
Wrapping up steak week with a recap, and yes — lots of steak happened. Weight-wise, I'm down about seven or eight pounds so far. Not huge in the grand scheme…
4 Weeks In, Down to 260 Pounds: Why Walking 4 Miles a Day Did Nothing
We made it to the end of week four and I'm happy to report the scale is still moving in the right direction. I'm officially below 260, which feels good…
5 Pounds Down by Week 3: Inside the Cook-Once-Eat-Twice System That Made It Easier
Writing this one while cooking honey Dijon pork chops on the George Foreman grill, which has become a surprisingly useful tool for this diet. The fat just drains right out…