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Feb 20, 2023

Hello and welcome to Experimental Fat Loss, where I run personal n=1 experiments in order to lose body fat. Down 50lbs so far!

I recommend you start with this introduction/manifesto:

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Losing 43lbs in 144 days on the ex150 diet

tl;dr I went from 292lbs to 249lbs in under 5 months That’s about 10lbs/month of fat loss, or 0.3lb/day Despite 25 days (or 17%) off my diet since starting it Diet is effortless with no cravings, no willpower, no working out The ex150 diet is the result of running many fat loss experiments…

4 months ago · 3 likes · 6 comments · Experimental Fat Loss

And then follow up with a post on how my criteria for diet success have evolved over the years:

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The Definition of Diet Success

Here's my definition of a successful diet in one sentence: Diet success means sustained, sustainable, effortless weight loss of 4-8lbs/mo or more for at least 30 days leading to normal weight. Almost everything else is a failure. And in one paragraph…

4 months ago · 2 likes · Experimental Fat Loss

Unfortunately, I don’t know WHY the diet works. This is quite frustrating. I have several hypotheses you can read about here. This page also lists the experiments I’ve done so far.