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YouTube likely has millions…tens of millions?…of weight loss videos. Here is the simplest rendering of the science suffering yo-yo dieters should digest: In short: to…
Peter Attia has put together an interesting visualization of “three levels” to healthy eating in his blog: they are calorie restriction, time restriction, and dietary…
Going to the sauna was a missing piece of previous health regimens. I find it relaxing and the local YMCA makes it easy to go…
To be successful in exercise, you have to be consistent. This is the paradox of fitness: Consistent is predictable. Predictable is boring. Ergo, consistent is…
I stumbled on another powerful, at least for me, exercise from a lesson in Sam Harris’ meditation course. In this case, on how to “reboot”…
The Bad News – Plateauville: I feel like I’ve hit a plateau on the weight goals. From Mar 1 to May 1: in short, 222…
Weight went from 228.2 to 222.6, -5.6 lbs. Body fat 63.5 to 59.4, -4.1. Fine, but under my target desire of losing 6 pounds of fat/month. I am still, by the measurements of BMI, just over 30.0, obese. However, I am half-way to the goal of 195.
The highlight of the month was a twenty mile run, the preparation for the LA Marathon March 15th. No land speed records were set, but I felt good during it, and that I could have gone further. Like the 16 mile peak in January I didn’t really re-fuel mid run and there was not much water along the course. My body feels like it is in the middle of re-composition. I look better, and compliments are rolling in from people I had not seen since November. I felt proud waking early Sunday morning to do it.
A second full month is complete. My introductory thoughts and first month is here. I’m pleased with results. Weight went from 241.x to 228.x, and body fat per my Fitbit Aria 72.7 to 63.8. The daily fluctuations on body mass are worrying me less – consistently 165 give or take 1.5 lbs.
Now for a post on the personal topic which either terrifically bores or engrosses people: my speculations on diets. I’ve decided I have to get down to 195 pounds, or under 11% bodyfat. And stay there. Five pounds a month is easily achievable.