Transforming biochemistry knowledge into weight loss:

This page was begun as an experiment. An experiment I was conducting on myself. An experiment to test which conditions would allow me to loose weight. Now that I have been at it for a while I realize this page serves as more. It serves as a means for me to research. It is a way for me to pick health topics of interest, research them from a biochemistry stand point, and then share them with the world. Sharing them with you gives me an official feeling and keeps me motivated. However, as described below, I am still experimenting on myself.

I wasn't born fat, but over the years I have become really fat even though I am a biochemist. I have a giant gut and breasts. It shouldn't be hard for me to put on my socks in the morning because I am so fat. My clothes shouldn't feel uncomfortable because they are pressing against my fat rolls. I shouldn't be embarrassed to go to a swimming pool. I shouldn't have to go to a big and tall store to get clothes that fit. The list of negative emotions associated with being fat goes on and on. In short, it just feels bad emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

How did this happen? I don't know exactly although I am almost sure it boils down to diet and exercise. I hope to find the answers as I explore my journey through weight loss on this blog. I was not always fat. Therefore, I know that I can be unfat again.

I am a biochemist. I should have known better. Of all people, I should have known how to avoid this predicament I am in now. I now wish to harness my scientific knowledge to experiment on myself as well as explore the chemical basis for weight loss methods.

Methods:

I will try new diets. I will experiment on myself. The diets will be chosen from among the most popular in our society. I will chronicle the results and my general experience in my blog here. I will also explore the biochemical basis for these diets as well as evaluate their effectiveness and truthfulness. I will also exercise as regularly as possible, 3-5 times per week, to avoid biasing the results. I will try to keep everything constant in my life except the diet. My method is not perfect. I don't necessarily want to lose raw pounds, but rather gain an understanding of what methods work best for me to permanently regain my health.

Hypothesis:

1. No diet will be clearly better than the others. Conversely, each diet will offer some truth, some piece of knowledge or methodology that I can take away with me to help myself. I think that in the end, I will be able to formulate my own diet based on a synthesis of all the things I have learned from all of these diets.

2. I have been on diets before, lost weight, and then regained it. I wasn't born fat. Given that, I think that my main problem will be shown to be psychological. I think that I may have compulsive eating problems- compulsive eating problems associated with very unhealthy foods.

3. I will lose quite a bit of weight. My blog will help keep my motivation levels high.

4. There will be a lack of clear scientific basis to many of the diets.

Monday, June 10, 2013

I'm back!

I'm back! It's been a long time. So what have I been up to? I have moved across the world. I have moved from America to Australia. Quite a big move. I have also taken my first faculty position. I now have my own lab to run. I can research whatever I would like. Very exciting and very scary. I do intend to do some obesity research as time unfolds. Things have been stressful. I had to apply and interview for my positions, not knowing what I would get. I had to make my research packages. I had to interview. I had to move. I had to start teaching. I had to adapt to a new culture. I had to write grants to fund my lab. A lot of stress. IN the shuffle, my weight loss plans have gone to crap. I am certain I am as fat as when I started. I am now hoping to get back on the wagon. I am also interested in taking some reflection on what happened. The good news is that life is a bit healthier here. There is no Taco Bell, taquerias, or Whataburger. I also walk a lot more than before. Unfortunately I haven't seen these small changes help in staying trim. It's strange, I have cut fast food (not nearly as much as I need to cut though) and am walking a lot more, but still feel really fat. I think I will need to take some drastic measures to correct this. Most importantly I will need to put some serious thought into the mental and emotional reasons for getting fat again. More soon.
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