Coconut Oil Diet

He said that he started taking it an that after a few days his pants “fell off”. Pretty interesting concept considering the fact that coconut oil is 100% fat as with any oil. Further reading, however, showed that this interesting substance has major health benefits and that it doesn’t act like a traditional fat when ingested in the body. That’s when I decided to give this a try.

It took a WEEK to find this stuff. Just so you know, coconut oil does NOT look like a traditional oil. It only begins to melt at 76 degrees, so it’s a solid most of the time. I ended up finding some at Whole Foods a week later and picked some up to see how this works in the real world.

Recommended serving is 1 tablespoon of coconut oil 1-4 times a day, but most of what I read said go with twice a day, so that’s what I’m doing.

The goal is to keep track of things for about the next two weeks and report results in the comments section of this thread.

Now everything in the body works together, so let me frame up for you the other aspects of how I’m living.

Food:
I’m currently in what I consider my “transitional” stage of diet. I’m struggling to integrate as many organic foods into our family diet as possible. All things considered, I’m realistically only at about 50/50 real food vs. non-food.

Nature's Way Organic Coconut Oil

I’m drinking two cups of “Super Tea” each day. One cup of green tea in the morning before breakfast during my Bible Study time and once before dinner.

I’m eating a large breakfast. Lunch and dinner are more moderate. I’m eating as large of an organic salad as possible before both lunch and dinner. I do the whole “dip your fork in your dressing” thing for organic ranch dressing. With organic Italian or Vinegar and Oil I pour it on…but in strict moderation.

I’m eating at least one organic grapefruit each day. I’m eating at least one organic apple each day.

I’m drinking 1-4 bottles of water. Each bottle is 28 oz. I drink at least two of these before breakfast. Unfortunately, a reverse osmosis water filter is still in the future, so I’m ingesting unacceptable amounts of chlorine and fluoride except when I get the 5-gallon blue bottles and put them on the water cooler. I’m also flooding my skin and lungs with these two toxins while taking a shower, as I have yet to get a shower filter. This might slow down progress.

Fitness:
Exercise lever is VERY moderate right now. I am only really doing 30-40 minutes of yoga first thing in the morning to wake me up.

I’m going to be adding in a good amount of walking in about two weeks, and it’s around then that I’ll call it quits on this initial coconut oil test. Once I start walking 60 mins a day and sweating in the sauna for 15 mins a day, the results will probably be accelerated and won’t apply to this self-study very well.

Other Natural Supplements:
I’m not currently taking any other natural supplements except Vitamin D3 (1000 iu p/day) and Apple Cider Vinegar (1 tsp twice p/day). No weight loss pills, energy pills, energy drinks or anything like that.

My starting weight today is 246 lbs. My body fat according to my scale is 55%. Crazy.