My daughter has some food sensitivities and decided to go on the AIP diet. That’s the Autoimmune Protocol diet. And so, my wife and I are going on it, too. Sort of. I’m an omnivore. And I don’t have any food sensitivities that I’m aware of. So, I’m going to cheat. But I’ll cook the…
May was a better month for staying on track for weight loss. I managed to get my average weight down to 205.8lbs. That’s down 3.1lbs from April. My heaviest was 209.6lbs and lightest was 201.2lbs. It’s a combination of things. Intermittent Fasting. Getting to bed early. Not watching as much late-night TV. And getting in…
I get Arnold Schwarzenegger’s daily newsletter. It’s full of tidbits of information about health and exercise. Five days a week. One of today’s nuggets was about dieting. But instead of restricting your food, you add to it. What? Instead of focusing what to remove, the suggestion is to keep a scorecard and focus on what…
Steve Albini died at the beginning of the month. I didn’t know him and wasn’t aware of his work. But Austin Kleon (Steal Like An Artist) posted about him in his weekly newsletter. And I went down a little rabbit hole finding out about Albini. One thing that struck me was a quote from an…
One of the biggest temptations for me is Food FOMO. Fear Of Missing Out. If someone brings in a treat, I want to have some. It’s easy to justify the indulgence. Just this once… The problem is that there’s always something that provokes the FOMO reaction. Two for one Teen Burgers! Free pizza! Homemade brownies!…
We are hard-wired to look for what’s wrong. What’s bad. What’s broken. And with those “glasses” on, it’s easy to overlook what’s good. What’s working. What went well. Last month, I missed two posts. I only posted 28 days, instead of 30 days. And my initial reaction was that I failed. Not only that, but…
As expected, this was a month where the pendulum swung the other way. The weight pendulum, that is. After a few months of decreasing my weight, I gained back most of it. My average weight for April was 208.9lbs. Almost up to my January weight. It would have been higher if I hadn’t revisited Intermittent…
I’ve been thinking about it for a while. I think it’s time I went back to some Intermittent Fasting. I fell off the Intermittent Fasting wagon a few months ago. Actually, it’s closer to eight months or more. Maybe “fell off” is the wrong description. I had wanted to try something else. The problem is…
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s newsletter had an item about the science of Overeating. Apparently, the texture of your food can cause you to eat more. Softer foods resulted in overeating. In fact, people were likely to eat more softer textured and less-processed foods. Than eating more-processed foods that had a harder texture. Which is unusual because people…
I went for my first run last Sunday. It was two weeks after the Around the Bay race. I took it nice and easy. Four kilometers. Slow pace. I’ll probably run twice this week. And slowly get back into the swing of things. I haven’t picked another race to train for. But I want to…
peter gruner 