Every so often I try to reinvent myself. That doesn’t mean that I become a different person, just skilled in a different area. A few years ago I decided I wanted to learn how to write computer programs, so I went ahead and did it. I decided not long ago I wanted to try to […]
Or at least that’s what Time Magazine seems to be claiming in this article. One of the interesting statements in the article was that, “as recently as the 1960s, doctors routinely advised against rigorous exercise.” It appears that for getting and keeping weight down, focusing on nutrition is a better investment in time and energy. […]
I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: I’m learning. In particular I’m learning more about my body and my newest activity, swimming, but I’m also learning […]
I’m on vacation, finally, after a really long work stretch of eleven days, a relapse of a cold, and a lot of stress. I still have many things to do before I get on the plane on Monday night, including preparing enough blog posts to make sure I don’t miss any days while I’m on […]
I’m bouncing. No, not like Tigger from Winnie the Pooh or like a pair of breasts from some juvenile prank in a cheap movie; I’m bouncing between 186 and 183 in my quest to get my weight down further. I’ll admit it–it’s discouraging. While I think my fitness is better–for instance, I did a 60 […]
The weigh in. Necessary, but controversial, in a weight loss quest. Why is it necessary? Two really simple reasons: if you don’t know where you’re at when you start, you can’t set a goal reasonably and if you don’t know if your plan is working as it goes along, you don’t know whether a change […]
“Portion control” really sounds like something other than a diet issue, but it is, really, a diet issue. It basically has to do with how much you eat. My biggest diet weakness–and it remains a huge weakness for me–is portion control. In my case, it’s more like portion out of control. I have a desire […]
If you have success with losing weight, it’ll be very evident on the scale early on. If you’ve been eating poorly and not exercising for years, once you start, if you keep at it, you’ll definitely lose weight–and for a little while, rapidly. There’ll be other changes too. Your clothes may start fitting more loosely, […]
To a large extent, managing your blood sugar is like dealing with a car. You have necessary fuel (food), you may have some additives to your fuel (medication), and you have movement (your activity level). All of these impact your sugar levels. We all need food. That’s a given. Foods with more non fiber carbohydrate […]
The power of goals is in keeping your vision and managing your behavior in large ways and small to meet that vision. Having goals in and of themselves is not going to assure someone reaches them, but if there are no goals then the chances of them reaching one are zero or less. When I […]