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Posted under 2006, Health News, Rants, Weight Watchers - Jun 14th, 06 - No Comments

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 for?  [...]

Week 4 Update

Posted under 2006, Hacker's Diet, Weigh-Ins - Jun 12th, 06 - No Comments

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 just don’t burn enough.  I’m trying to [...]

Body Image

Posted under 2006, Body Image - Jun 11th, 06 - No Comments

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?

Posted under 2006, Family, Plans and Goals, Support - Jun 11th, 06 - No Comments

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

Posted under 2006, Plans and Goals, Rotations - Jun 6th, 06 - No Comments

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 Chest, Triceps
Friday: Cathe Legs [...]

Week 3 Update

Posted under 2006, Hacker's Diet, Weigh-Ins - Jun 5th, 06 - No Comments

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 me that my metabolism is pretty [...]