While at my Glitter Gym, the gym paused the soccer mom workout music for an important announcement. It was a professionally made audio clip encouraging members to sign up for some nonsensical aerobic class, because it burned lots of calories. The implication is that burning calories will equate to permanent fat loss. Take the class and get [...]
Last winter I did a cold weather exposure project that I named No Jacket Required. It involved going without a coat the vast majority of the winter. From the post Still No Jacket Required:
Other than the Seattle snowstorm, I went this entire winter wearing at most a long sleeve shirt. On most days, even those that got [...]
Today at the Glitter Gym, the one trainer I respect the most turned to me in front of his client and commented on how lean I have gotten. Then he asked for my secret. I think he expected me to say that I eat 5-6 small meals a day. This is the message that he [...]
The newest trend in nutrition is actually the oldest trend. Evolutionary nutrition and fitness is gaining momentum online. When it comes to diet, I’ve been slowly moving in the evolutionary direction for a year now. One of the blogs I read regularly is Mark’s Daily Apple. When Mark Sisson came out with a book [...]
May 2009 was a tough month for me. I had severe back pain early in the month. The rest of the month I had neck and shoulder pain. With the exception of some light stretching and short walks, I was inactive the entire month. I did not lift weights a single time. My diet did [...]
The is my 4th post on Intermittent Fasting. For a background, I refer you to these 3 posts.
Intermittent Fasting – Fears and Motivations
Intermittent Fasting – Adventures in Not Eating
Intermittent Fasting – Tips and Advice
Last Friday was my 20th Intermittent Fast. What started out as unthinkably difficult is now part of my weekly routine. It is now [...]
A little over a year ago, I started seriously reading about Intermittent Fasting (aka IF). The Wikipedia definition of Intermittent Fasting is:
Intermittent fasting (IF) is a pattern of eating that alternates between periods of fasting (usually meaning consumption of water only) and non-fasting. A specific form of IF is alternate day fasting (ADF), which is [...]
