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Where is the magic button?
This is maybe more of a rant than an actual question, but does anyone else sometimes feel like there's a magic button of motivation and commitment somewhere in their psyche that gets turned on or off at random? For example, in September, I committed to 30 days of no added sugar or simple carbs. Just like that, I cut out…
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Where nobody knows your name
Today I had an unexpected NSV. It's one of my fast days, and there's a huge guest lecture lunch at work, so to keep myself on track, I ran down to the quickie mart in the basement of my building to buy a pack of sugar free gum. In the past, I have been intimately familiar with this quickie mart and its employees. I used to…
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NSV: Goodbye Emergency Fat Pants
You know that day, when you blow out the *kitten* of the last pair of work pants that still fit you? And you go to the Goodwill in a pair of sweatpants, and buy the ONLY pair of pants you can find that look halfway decent and kind of fit? I had that epiphany at the beginning of August. A closet full of clothes that fit a…
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After the crash and burn, I need witnesses
Today is the day I admit to myself that I've crashed and burned over the last year. In April 2013, I was down to my lowest in years: 173 lbs. I slacked off on my exercise and got sloppy with my eating. Then my dad was diagnosed with leukemia. He went downhill rapidly this May and died in June. I have basically spent the…
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In between sizes: Hobo vs. Sausage
Excuse me while I rant about the horrors of being between your established sizes. I'm at 189 lbs. as of this morning. Woohoo! That's 21 pounds lost since January. The problem is that I have a ton of clothes that will fit me once I'm back at about 180 lbs. I also have a small but respectable wardrobe of clothes that fit me…
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Help evaluating my daily activity?
I'm trying to get some accurate numbers on my TDEE, but I feel flummoxed trying to figure out exactly how active am I? Sedentary? Lightly active? I'm worried I'm over-estimating or under-estimating my calories burned with exercise, and as a result not eating the right amount of calories. Part of the problem is that because…
