What’s your biggest remaining challenge?
No excuses. (I’m brimming with them, but really, there just aren’t any.)
Weight loss so far:
-17.8 since starting Biggest Loser Blog Edition
-24.6 since starting blog
-41.6 from highest weight
I’m back on track now, though. This actually was worse a few days ago.
Sun, December 21 2008 » Progress » 3 Comments
First, let me say: two people found me today by googling for “chances i’d eat my friends if trapped and starving.” Hmm. (I actually remember one of my early posts being a quiz of this sort, so that must be how they found me. Even so, it was pretty funny seeing that phrase listed on [...]
Sun, December 21 2008 » Everything else » 2 Comments
My mother and I go way back with weight issues. She just left after a week here and, I have to say, it was one of our better weeks together. (We really only had one snippy point, when I couldn’t resist criticizing her beloved Lou Dobbs as a ridiculous conspiracy-theorist fear-monger. Oops! I quickly [...]
Fri, December 19 2008 » Everything else » 6 Comments
eBay and the Brain: What Psychology Teaches Us about the Economic Downturn: Scientific American
Most of the useful books I have read this year about understanding why we do what we do (such as Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness, Influencer, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, Sway: The Irresistible Pull [...]
Thu, December 18 2008 » Strategy » 3 Comments
I’m not going to talk about Oprah.
But I do want to talk about this statement in a blog about Oprah:
“For people with disordered eating or an eating disorder, weight is but a symptom of a larger, often emotional problem.”
(Disclaimer: I’m not suggesting Oprah or fat people have emotional problems.)
The realization that I needed to focus [...]
Wed, December 17 2008 » Strategy, Stress eating, Support, Useful tools » 3 Comments
Different Exercise Affects Appetite Differently: Scientific American Podcast
Listened to an interesting podcast today on exercise and appetite — aerobic exercise like running suppresses appetite better than anaerobic exercise like weightlifting.
Sun, December 14 2008 » Strategy » 2 Comments
OK, this is getting ridiculous. I could blame TOM or my mother (visiting), but reality is I exercised too little and I ate too much (and not of the right stuff). Interestingly, I’ve also been getting stressed/weirded out by being in the top three of the BLBE and I suspect I’m sabotaging myself somehow around [...]
Sat, December 13 2008 » Motivation, Progress, Stress eating » 3 Comments
My resting heart rate is 56 now. (Used to be in the 70s.) Amazing.
One really motivating thing to me about exercise — our bodies improve so quickly! They so appreciate our efforts. Walk a block today, and in a short week or two, we can walk more distance-wise and more easily effort-wise. Before we know [...]
Fri, December 12 2008 » Everything else » 3 Comments
Well, I have to say, I enjoy reading Karno’s books (and blog).
I first read 50/50, his book about running 50 marathons in 50 days in 50 states — as in, in a row (thanks to Andrew for that tip).
I immediately had to order Ultramarathon Man. No intention of doing one (a secret fantasy, though.) Certainly [...]
Thu, December 11 2008 » Motivation » 4 Comments
I keep seeing people time their laps and other distances and talk about splits. I thought it was the time of a lap or length, but that’s not it. The term makes it sound like a difference between laps or lengths, but that’s not it. It seems to be based on total distance, but I’m [...]
Tue, December 9 2008 » Useful tools » 2 Comments
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