Neat article about some significant weight loss. An article about how, yet again, our food industry thwarts our health. There’s something incredibly warped about America’s food industry, combined with the insistence on relying on our “air-conditioned wheelchairs” (as Edward Abbey calls it) to get everywhere. We’re like veal. But what are we being fattened up [...]
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Week 4 Update
Day 224 Average calories (as calculated by FitDay) for week and month: 1641, 1547 Average cal burned through exercise (as calculated by FitDay): 418, 247 Weight trend as calculated by Hacker Diet spreadsheets: 87.8 Total lost (starting weight of 89K-weight trend): 1.2 Daily deficit (calculated by Hacker Diet): 91 calories Estimated metabolism: 1391 Sigh. I [...]
Body Image
Today at the pool, I realized I feel exactly the same way about my body in a bathing suit that I did when I was a healthy weight. I felt fat then. I feel no fatter now. Basically, at 140 pounds, I felt the same as I feel at 190 pounds. That is so wrong. [...]
Can You Have That?
I have been dieting forever. I think I’ve been seriously dieting since mid-1996, when my baby was just six months old. (And in the 90s, it worked. I got back to within 5 pounds of my pre-pregnancy weight.) My husband is very supportive of my weight loss efforts (but I think he would like me [...]
Rotation Ideas
I need to write down my exercise hopes for this week so I don’t forget them. Yesterday: Cathe GS Chest, Triceps/ Bellydance class Today: Run to water tower & back/ Cathe Core Max floorwork Tomorrow: Run to water tower & back/ Cathe GS Back, Biceps, Abs Thursday: Run to water tower & back/ Cathe GS [...]
Week 3 Update
Day 231 Average calories (as calculated by FitDay) for week and month: 1648, 1505 Average cal burned through exercise (as calculated by FitDay): 196, 147 Weight trend as calculated by Hacker Diet spreadsheets: 87.8 Total lost (starting weight of 89K-weight trend): 1.2 Daily deficit (calculated by Hacker Diet): 79 calories Sigh. It’s becoming clear to [...]