Yesterday I ran the long loop of my favorite trail run, a 5K, and it took me an hour. My leisurely pace was 18’52”. It felt pretty good, although my left hip felt tight in the beginning. I got the Apple Watch badge for doing 50 minutes of exercise to celebrate the 50th anniversary of […]
More good news on the scale today! I’m down to 292.0, which means I took off another 1.5 lb. That’s pretty good, and here are my weight loss totals by month: April: -3.0 lb May: -3.7 lb June: +2.1 lb July: -8.2 lb August: -4.8 lb September (to date): -6.9 lb I reached my heaviest […]
Even though BMI is stupid, you might want to find out exactly how stupid by calculating your own Body Mass Index, or see what your BMI would be if you lost (or gained) a few. Now you can just search Google for “bmi calculator” to see Google’s own BMI calculator, in addition to a list […]
If you haven’t lifted before, you are going to want to start slowly. If you start off by going to the gym 6 days a week, 2-3 hours at a time, you’ll be so sore you’ll most likely stop within a matter of days. There’s a good chance you’ll injure yourself, too. You don’t want to […]
I started fasting for 16 hours at a time, with an 8 hour eating window (16:8). Actually, I wasn’t technically fasting when I started, because I’d drink a “bulletproof” (fatty) coffee in the morning. This means I’d have coffee with heavy cream or coconut oil — or both — but with Stevia instead of sugar. […]
On April 13, I was the heaviest I’ve been in years, although I’ve been doing IF for over a year. On April 18, I did my first 20 hour fast since last fall. Since that day, I’ve averaged 20 hours of fasting each day and I’ve lost 14 lbs. Today I just ran 3.5 miles […]
I’m sick. It started Thursday night. My kid had a cold all week, and now I’ve got it. I’m not going to worry about what I eat or anything else. I’m just trying to get as much rest as I can, to get over this as quickly as possible. I had to cancel a lot […]
Last night some friends were in town, so a whole bunch of us met at our favorite local restaurant and bar. I usually don’t drink alcohol (including beer and wine) — although I have found that I can drink some red wine and stay in ketosis. So, time for an experiment, where n=1. In other […]
BMI is essentially a ratio between your height and your weight: BMI is calculated by dividing an adult’s weight by the square of their height. Why square the height? Because volume increases exponentially while height increases linearly. If you think of yourself as being basically a cylinder shape (as opposed to, say, a sphere — […]
I like chocolate. I stopped eating it when I started following a ketogenic diet. But I missed it. I’ve discovered a delicious ketogenic chocolate snack I can have any time I want a quick boost: 4 squares (40g) of Lindt 90% Dark Chocolate 1/3 cup of raw cashews It’s so delicious! Let’s check out the […]