The Skinny Farmer

By Skinny Farmer Ok.  I screwed up. I said it.  You happy? I'm not.  I'm quite upset about it actually. I let carbs sneak back into my life and I have only myself to blame. As you may know, I have been on the Ketogenic diet since the beginning of this year.  I was cruising along, losing weight like crazy, and then I thought I was invincible.  I let myself get sloppy. I can handle a few carbs.  So I let my guard down and had a few.  And then a few more. Before I knew it, the cravings were back. Has something like this ever happen to you? I had been keto-adapted, and now I was falling back into my old ways.  But I'm not going to let it beat me.  I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do about it.

By Skinny Farmer Here at Skinny Farmer we are working to start a movement. Not a political or societal movement. This is a much more personal movement. Not THAT personal, silly!   The movement we are talking about is your body.  It's time to get up and move it.

By Skinny Farmer Goals are good.  Goals can motivate.  Goals help measure success. Everybody knows that. But not me.  Skinny Farmer has discovered that goals can be bad, too.  Goals can hinder.  And goals can give a false reading of where one is with regard to success. Say what? You are probably wondering right now if Skinny Farmer has spent a little too much time in the hot sun. I assure you that I haven't.  Goals aren't all they are cracked up to be. Martha, hide the children!  Skinny Farmer is about to tell them they can be listless drifters! No, I'm not.  What I have found is that there is something much more powerful than goals to help you succeed. What is that?  I'm fixin' to tell you.

By Skinny Farmer I admit it, I'm tired this morning. You ever feel that way too?  Of course.  We all experience it from time to time.  I used to feel exhausted every morning, until I started taking steps to improve my sleep. But not lately.  Lately I've been extra tired in the morning. And I only have myself to blame.  That's because I'm not following my own advice. I just want to crawl in. What do I need to do to improve my sleep? There are some fundamental things that, at least for me, have made a big difference. I'll list some of them and then tell you where I screwed up.

by Skinny Farmer I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Now that the long weekend of eating that marks the unofficial end of summer is over, it's time to get down to business. The Holidays will be here before you know it and it is time to get our eating right before things get too crazy.  The key to eating right is what I hinted to in the title to this post. The Key To weight loss is Keto. What is that?  I'm going to tell you.

September is Self-Improvement Month. How cool is that? As the leaves begin to change, so too you can begin your change.

We hope you have noticed our tag line by now. Sow Good It's not just a motto. It is our Mission Statement here at The Skinny Farmer. Personally, I think it's pretty clear and speaks for itself. That reminds me. Whenever I hear the phrase, it speaks for itself , it calls to mind of one of my favorite old professors.  I'll call him Professor K.  Back in the day, if a student ever said in class that something speaks for itself, he would indicate for us to be quiet, lift it up to his ear, and listen.  Then he would raise his eyebrows and say, "I don't hear anything." In honor of Professor K, I'll do some speaking in this blog post on behalf of our Mission Statement.  Especially since it directly relates to my not actually being a farmer--at least in the technical sense.

For those of you who jumped ahead to read this blog post in front of the prior ones, I say welcome. For the rest of you, you probably have been waiting to read what I have been doing to lose weight.  What is the secret weight loss hack? I'm going to tell you, but first, I ask you to have an open mind. You might read the secret and think it isn't for you.  If you read with that prejudice, you might deprive yourself of the best weight loss system I have ever tried.  Believe me, it's worth a try. Furthermore, it doesn't just help you lose weight.  Following this plan I am more energetic and many of my everyday aches and pains have gone away.  I believe it will do the same for you.

I have a question for you. As a reader, this has an impact upon you just as much, if not more, than it has on me.  So I would like your opinion.  Post your answer down below in the Comments section. For those of you who have been following this know that I have often written that I am on a journey and that I want you to join me on it. I write that for several reasons: First, as you know, despite my name, I haven't yet reached my goal of being Skinny.  But I will.  So I write that I'm on a journey. Additionally, I write that I want you to join me on this journey because I really want the best for you.  I want you to join us as we work and learn and develop healthier lives.  If you join us, we can help keep each other accountable.  Only I am dumb enough to start a blog called the Skinny Farmer when I am neither Skinny nor a farmer.  But if I keep working the plan, both those goals will be realized. I ask you to join me on the journey bec...

I looked like I lived on a couch in a donut shop. No matter how much I worked out....No matter how much I dieted....No matter how much I suffered, it didn't matter. I was fat. I know the thin people would look at me and think, "If he would just stop eating all those donuts and get up off the couch once in a while, you would be thin...like meeee ." Ever feel that way? The truth was, I hadn't touched a donut in years.  No, for me, if I looked at a carrot, I'd gain weight. I didn't veg on the couch in front of the television either.  I was too busy with work and life.  I didn't even have cable. I exercised and tried to eat right. Was I perfect? No. Nobody is. But occasional slip ups didn't account for being so overweight.  They couldn't.  I needed to lose over 100 pounds! I didn't start out fat.  I was almost underweight when I was born.  Ounces away from the incubator, according to my parents.  And I maintained a healthy ...

We already established in the last post that I'm not skinny (yet) and that I'm not really a farmer...at least not in the technical sense.  I'll write more about that at a future date. I will be both of those things in the future and will be writing about my journey here. I need, however, to establish one other thing that I am not: I am not a medical doctor. What that means is that nothing that I present to you is to be construed as medical advice. I know what you are thinking: "Why should I listen to this Skinny Farmer, guy?  He is neither skinny, nor a farmer.  Heck, he isn't even a medical doctor." I'll tell you why. You should listen to me because I have already lost about 60 pounds and it has been relatively easy. Seriously. I plan to tell you how I did it and discuss what I'm doing from this point forward. You won't be receiving medical advice from me.  What I will be telling you about is what has worked for me and what hasn...