Here's some anecdotal evidence about fish oil and sluggishness.

http://www.mattmetzgar.com/matt_metzgar/2010/04/somethings-fishy.html
http://www.mattmetzgar.com/matt_metzgar/2010/04/somethings-fishy-ii.html
http://www.mattmetzgar.com/matt_metzgar/2010/04/somethings-fishy-iii.html

In summary: fish oil is recommended as a replacement for organ meats. However, the DHA/EPA ratios are off. High EPA might cause fatigue. Cod liver oil has less EPA than "fish oil".

I've stopped taking the fish oil for about three days and I feel better. I will take it again on Wed/Thurs to see what happens.

Hey, you are like within 1lb of your weight tracker target! Good job.

Also, I did cheat a bit on Sunday and Monday - Sunday was Mother's Day and I ended up eating 2-3 bites of cheese cake my mom had made.

It's always a good sign when you're counting your cheesecake cheats in bites instead of slices!

Cheated last night with about 3c (popped) popcorn.

Other than that, 170.8 today. If we stay on course, that means goal will be reached soon.

I'm still not at the BF% I want to be though, so perhaps I should set another weight goal. 165 or 160?

Start lifting weights.

Aaaand, ding. Hit the target weight today. I fasted yesterday, on a whim, so who knows if this will stick.

Now it's my turn to focus on BF%. I'm at about 20.2%, according to my scale. What's a good initial goal here? I was thinking 18% or 15%

Here's some anecdotal evidence about fish oil and sluggishness.

http://www.mattmetzgar.com/matt_metzgar/2010/04/somethings-fishy.html
http://www.mattmetzgar.com/matt_metzgar/2010/04/somethings-fishy-ii.html
http://www.mattmetzgar.com/matt_metzgar/2010/04/somethings-fishy-iii.html

In summary: fish oil is recommended as a replacement for organ meats. However, the DHA/EPA ratios are off. High EPA might cause fatigue. Cod liver oil has less EPA than "fish oil".

I've stopped taking the fish oil for about three days and I feel better. I will take it again on Wed/Thurs to see what happens.

About the fatigue.. Do you take fish oil in capsules made of gelatin ?

Quote from: jarnapal on May 13, 2010, 08:55:36 AM

About the fatigue.. Do you take fish oil in capsules made of gelatin ?

I do, but my Vitamin D and Vitamin K2 pills are also gelatin based. But that's an interesting question... I haven't been taking anything recently and have felt MUCH better.

I know several people including myself who are sensitive to that gelatin. These gelatin pills made me foggy always.

Gelatin has a very high content of free glutamate. If you are sensitive to free glutamate as it is in gelatin, you are sensitive to monosodium glutamate (food enhancer in most of the pre-made foods). Free glutaamte is also in wheat,soy and milk. But milk doesn't affect me as much as wheat does or those gelatin capsules did. But as we are cavemen we don't consume any wheat nor we should consume some artificial stuff. I supplement cod liver oil from the bottle.

Congratulations!

I think 15% body fat ought to be quite achievable.

Thanks. Any good tips for the BF side of things, or is it simply "keep doing what you're doing" ?

Edit:  got any before and after photos for the progress forum sticky?

Looking around now. I have some pictures from Nov of last year that should work. I'll take some pictures tonight, I think