Diet

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

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. ...

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 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.