Day 236
I ended up taking a rest day today. It was unintentional. I was too tired and sore to run this morning, so I thought I would do a Cathe upper body DVD (Push-Pull premix) later, while the guys were out fishing. The storms put a stop to that, but we were going to go [...]
Rest Day
Week 2 Update
Day 238
Average calories (as calculated by FitDay) for week and month: 1474, 1500
Average cal burned through exercise (as calculated by FitDay): 152, 106
Weight trend as calculated by Hacker Diet spreadsheets: 87.7
Total lost (starting weight of 89K-weight trend): 1.3
Daily deficit (calculated by Hacker Diet): 104 calories
I’m not going to worry too much just yet about the [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup
I’ve been on a mission to eliminate high fructose corn syrup after a friend and I discovered it has been known to cause digestive problems. (Which I have.) At the time, I figured if I just quit drinking pop, that would do the trick. Not so fast there, zippy. I was idly perusing the little [...]
Week 1 Update
Day 245
Average calories (as calculated by FitDay) for week and month: 1,198
Average cal burned through exercise (as calculated by FitDay): 130
Weight trend as calculated by Hacker Diet spreadsheets: 87.8
Total lost (starting weight of 89K-weight trend): 1.2
I didn’t mean for my calories to be so low. I just haven’t really been hungry.
I need to start working [...]
Friday! Woo!
This link showed up in a comment to yesterday’s post (a comment? Heh, the comment on this blog in its new incarnation.) It’s full of Hacker’s Diet success stories and blogs and such. Yay! It’s such a sensible idea– I was sure there would be success stories!
I also noticed new incoming links in my dashboard. [...]
Hacker’s Diet
Monday, the same day I posted my previous post, I read The Hacker’s Diet. I downloaded the Excel file and am using the tools in conjunction with FitDay. I like the Hacker’s Diet because it removes all morality and judgment from the weight loss process. I did a search to find out if anyone else [...]
88 Kilos
I’ve switched to weighing myself in kilos. Less emotional baggage. I’m still working on why I’m so bad to myself. I need to get to a mental place where I can say to myself “No, you do not want soda. It’s disgusting and bad for you. It gives you stomach aches. [...]





