The Deep Rest That Fuels Real Change
Waking up truly rested changes everything. No alarm. No racing mind. Just peace. When you honor your body’s natural rhythm, you unlock deeper energy, clearer thinking, and the kind of steady joy that transforms your health journey from a grind into a gift.
💤 Sleep multiplies the benefits of everything else
This morning, I didn’t wake up to an alarm. I didn’t bolt upright with my mind spinning. I just rose—slowly, calmly, like floating up to the surface of a still lake. I’ve felt this kind of rest before, during the golden stretch from January to April on COMAD. Back then, it wasn’t a one-off. It was my norm.
The biggest lesson? Go to bed when your body says it’s ready. Don’t push through that first wave of sleepiness just to scroll, snack, or binge a show. Skip the second wind. Protect the first one. If you do, you’ll wake up rested. If you don’t, you’ll wake up behind.
And when you pair real rest with a clean, aligned diet—like my current One Food A Day Carnivore reset—sleep becomes a multiplier. It takes the healing you’re doing during the day and supercharges it at night.
⚖️ Daily Progress: The OFAD Effect
Here’s how I’m doing today, on the morning after my second day of OFAD.
Weight Loss
| Date | Weight (lbs) |
| Weight Goal | 176.4 (80.0 kg) |
| 8 May 2025 – Worst day | 207.2 (94 kg) |
| 10 May 2025 – Day 1 | 203.5 (92.3 kg) |
| 16 May 2025 – Week 1 | 198.2 (89.9 kg) |
| 23 May 2025 – Week 2 | 195.3 (88.6 kg) |
| 24 May 2025 – Day 15 | 193.8 (87.9 kg) |
📉 Today’s Change: -1.5 lbs (0.7 kg)
📉 Total Loss (in 15 days): -13.4 lbs (-6.1 kg)
📉 Average Loss Per Day: -0.89 lbs (-0.41 kg)
🧠 Doing less can give you more
I’ve noticed something surprising: the most exciting part of this journey isn’t just the weight loss—it’s the learning.
I’m pausing the strict diet today and tomorrow. Not because it’s failing (it’s working beautifully), but to reset and go all-in with a single carnivore food. It’s about clarity. About one food, one window, one truth.
If you’re just trying to shed pounds, this might not be your path. But if you want to understand your body—to know what fuels it and what drags it down—then simplifying is the secret.
Add one food back at a time. Watch the data. Learn from the signals. One change. One effect. One truth.
Blood Pressure (BP)
| Date | BP – Before Food (Best of 3) | BP – Before Food (Worst of 3) | Average |
| BP Goal | 120/80 | ||
| 12 Apr / 24 Apr 25 – Worst days | 134/86 | 161/88 | 147.5/87 |
| 10 May 25 – Day 1 | 151/86 | 168/88 | 159.5/87 |
| 16 May 25 – Wk 1 | 133/83 | 150/94 | 141.5/88.5 |
| 23 May 20 – Wk 2 | 125/86 | 134/88 | 129.5/87 |
| 24 May 25 – Day 15 | 130/81 | 145/101 | 137.5/91 |
💪 Today’s Systolic Change (1st number): +8
💪 Today’s Diastolic Change (2nd number): +4
This is the trickiest metric for me. It’s still higher than I’d like, so I’ll monitor closely.
Blood Glucose
| Date | Blood Glucose – Before Food (mmol/L) |
| Blood Glucose Goal | 4.2 |
| 23 Apr 2025 – Worst day | 7.4 |
| 10 May 2025 – Day 1 | 6.4 |
| 17 May 2025 – Week 1 | 4.4 |
| 23 May 2025 – Week 2 | 5.3 |
| 24 May 2025 – Day 15 | 4.9 |
📊 Today’s Change: -0.8 mmol/L
📊 Days in Normal Range (3.9–5.6 mmol/L): 8 out of 15
Back in normal range—as expected.
This number is the easiest for me to manage, but I do expect it to bounce while I’m off plan briefly.
🌱 One core truth: Protect your first wind
Of all the changes I’ve made, the one with the biggest ripple effect has been sleep. Choosing to go to bed when I first feel tired changes everything—how I eat, how I think, how I wake up.
Forget chasing hacks. Protect the basics. The first wind is your green light. Catch it, and you’ll ride the wave. Miss it, and you’re swimming upstream.
🔑 Start with sleep, and the rest begins to work
Want to feel clearer, happier, and more in control of your health? Don’t start with another diet. Start with sleep. Protect your first wave of tiredness tonight—and see how different tomorrow feels.
See You Tomorrow! 😊
Warmly,
Paul
