This is an interesting (and LONG) article on low fat vs low carb diets.

My reaction is here… Continue reading →

I have done battle with the AC and won. It is now running and the temp in the front room has gone from 78.1 to 75.6 in about an hour. Anyway, the effect is not instantaneous, but it may keep the room cooler than the outside. (Usually it is the reverse.)

I know I have not written in a while. Sorry about that. I have been a bit distracted with work, and with anniversaries and weddings and stuff. I’ll try to recap some of the things that have happened in the last month or so.

Anniversary dinner
Got a Tivo
Had to let a team member go due to cost cutting
Saw Josh
Saw Merlin & Lynette wed
Saw Spiderman movie

I have been trying to keep active, and watch my diet in a general way, but I have not been very good at keeping up the exercise the last couple weeks. I lost 8 lbs in May and about 8 in June, so that’s good… but I’ve been about the same weight for 2-3 weeks, so this will probably add up to not as much progress in July, we’ll see. As long as I don’t start an increase trend I am satisfiend, for now. My blood pressure seems to be fine, and my back and my leg are back to normal.

I am going to give the “half-assed” diet another try. The idea (as explained to me by Ambar) is to eat half of what you normally eat, and you will lose half your ass.

So I am taking baby steps, like asking for “no rice” with the cafeteria meals, getting salad instead of entree selection, half a doughnut instead of a whole one, etc. I managed to avoid pizza twice this week by getting salad instead. I got Chicken Marsala from By Th Bucket (reasonably cool italian place) and put half on a plate and half in a tupperware.

I’m discovering that leftovers are cool. Leftovers are, of course, much more effective if you stop eating *before* it’s all gone.

Anyway, I have dropped 5 pounds in a week or so, not a big deal, but I really want baby steps here. I’m looking for a lifestyle change, not a clever thing I can do for 5 weeks and get a brand new shape I can’t maintain.

Days passed Sunday-Friday: 6
Days with 15 min exercise: 5
Days we had restaurant food: 3-4?
Weight Sunday: 272
Weight Friday: 267

I have not been motivated to ride my bike or anything. I think I rode it once this month. C and I are probably going to go for a walk today, that will be cool.

I have also not paid much attention to my diet and have been stuffing myself with whatever tastes good. Not a good plan to lose weight. In general I think I eat pretty healthy, but usually eat a bit too much. I think my diet would be fine if I were more physically active, so the exercise is really the most important thing.