How My Coffee Maker Crushed My Beer Belly

After a relative asked me jokingly "Bill when is the baby due?" I knew the time had come to lose weight. I looked ridiculous-you know the guy with thin arms and legs but a bloated belly. That was several million steps ago-maybe 12 million? At one point I was doing 20,000 steps per day. That was often invigorating but it seemed my weight only went down maybe 10 pounds-if that. Peruvian food is famously rich and delicious and if you add the drama of daily life then your cortisol never keeps you in the winners column for the battle of the bulge.

Notwithstanding focusing on high protein and low carbs in my diet and doing the walking and weights results were disappointing. "Well of course I need to fast" I said to myself. Thus began a seesaw. At best the measures kept me from becoming shamefully obese.

THEN IT HAPPENED (wouldn't you know it?)!

Luke Daniels is one of the best book narrators in human history or at least in the past 10 years....

My daily (M-F) global shortwave program QUORUM RADIO requires me to be constantly finding interesting guests. Not being Joe Rogan I have to pitch people to come on. How many just ignore me? A LOT! Many times I pillage those connected to my email in box that PR agencies are shoving non stop my way. Then there's my Audible list of Kindle-authors-and in one moment of desperation-I even sought out a book narrator. Specifically Luke Daniels who is like the Pete Rose of book narrators with over 1000 titles under his belt. Unlike Pete Rose or Carl Yastrzemski and pro baseball time keepers an audio book doesn't last just a few hours to finish voice acting on but can take days if not weeks! Luke narrated wealthy Canadian investor Andrew Wilkinson's autobiography NEVER ENOUGH From Barista to Billionaire. Boy did I enjoy that book. How can you NOT like a guy who as an 11 year old kid would go to an Apple Store and advise adult customers on which product to buy even if he wasn't a store staffer but would practically close sales anyway and maybe earn a few bucks from the store manager! He had some hilarious entrepreneurial escapades too on his way to business stardom-a failed pizzeria, a Warren Buffet Bronze bust sales gig and a very unsuccessful cat furniture business that makes you wonder if Wilkinson is a stand up comic when not snatching up companies.

One of those companies or, in this case, an invention in his sites was the Aeropress coffee maker created by a former Stanford University engineer Alan Adler. Luke Daniels best narration in the book by far is the chapter dedicated to Wilkinson's initial encounter with the Aeropress French press style coffee device-reputed to be the best coffee machine in the world. So I got one and stuffed it into my suitcase and hauled it back to Peru after trying it out in Iowa and yes it makes terrific non bitter coffee and is a joy to filter as it rains down brew into its beaker with a sweet plinking sound. Hint-use two filters each time you use it.

It's All about Ketosis!

This is the AEROPLUS XL-two cups and yes I do get a modest commission as an Amazon Associate if you purchase it (pretty greedy aren't I?)

Hearing that the holy grail of losing weight is attaining ketosis or switching the body over to seeking energy from stored body fat and not carbs and learning that heavy cream in the morning with coffee doesn't derail the ketosis genie I figured "why not combine my Aeropress brew with heavy cream?" So ​I did. ​The morning coffee with heavy cream (whipping cream) habit keeps me energized and stoked till midday. It was this routine that when coupled with one-meal-a-day at lunch vanquished my seemingly eternal beer belly. After a week of my new Aeropress coffee (with a strong brew mix-I like it viscous like orimulsion baby!) one meal a day diet, my wife has noticed the difference with my belly which has been flatter than ever when she hugs me. I'm on my way to 30 pounds of lost weight since that embarrassing day I was mocked as a pregnant lady. Dang this coffee-cream-OMAD diet works.