I read the Dao De jing and analects of Confucius, some books on wing chun that were written under the guidance of Ip Chun, who's Ip Man's son (Ip Man was Bruce Lee's wing chun instructor). That and just googling as much information that I could everyday. I'd read kuen kuit which means fist poems or little sentences that contain some principle based in wing chun philosophy. I also got high a lot and zoned out on it, hardcore. Since I'm a musician, most of my schedule is determined by me and here in NOLA, things slow down around July and August, so for two months I made it a point to read information on it daily. I changed my diet drastically. I'm actually not sure how much I lost but I calculated my acceptable weight based on my age and height and ate pretty much vegetables with rice and the occasional meat mixed in or a salad from April (it was before then but around April was when I started taking notes on what I as doing) until about now. I've slacked off because of the holidays but I timed it right because I hit my ideal weight 170 around October. But, whenever I do cook or ate at home, which is almost everyday, I still pretty much eat the same way.
