Category: Personal
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The Hacker’s Diet – January 2012
The math doesn’t lie—it was a good month! On the last day of December I was 197.6 pounds, and on January 31 I’d dropped to 186.8, for 10.8 pounds lost for the month and 35.2 lost overall since November 3, 2011! In December I lost slightly less (9 pounds), so what did I do to…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-29
Mark Bittman on what’s wrong with what we eat | Video on TED http://t.co/EfLgFmxb Hit the 180s this Sunday. Haven’t weighed this little since the 1990s. High protein and weight lifting seems to be preserving my muscles. @melanie_ching Thanks, Mel. http://t.co/mQyQZB9H kicks ass. 🙂 I haven’t been 188 pounds since the late 90’s. @melanie_ching I…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-22
Why gamers are a great fit at the gym – CNN http://t.co/1qI1GtOo Bacon, deli meat may raise pancreatic cancer risk – CBC News http://t.co/iFY6Iowy Tim Hortons’ extra-large coffee to get even larger – The Globe and Mail http://t.co/JPSSpjLQ 10 Foods for a Longer Life – http://t.co/sxFnJXQ5 50 Ways to Lose 10 Pounds – Prevention http://t.co/ZXiTssLj…
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What’s Happening to Me?
The changes I’m undergoing since beginning this food and fitness regimen are more than just physical. They’re mental. They’re emotional. I don’t recall such a sustained period of high functioning without periods of stress, depression or exhaustion… well, not since before parenthood, anyway. 🙂 It’s not that my circumstances have changed significantly. If anything, life…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15
burned 306 calories doing 26 minutes of “Manual treadmill (with HRM and calorie readout)” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 01/08/2012 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal Tips to Burn More Fat on the Treadmill – http://t.co/KP0nuFIw Just in time for doomed New Year Resolutions, Costco’s got a lots of diet supplements…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-08
burned 317 calories doing 29 minutes of “Manual treadmill (with HRM and calorie readout)” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 01/01/2012 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal lost 0.4 pounds since his last weigh-in! He’s lost 25.4 pounds so far. #myfitnesspal burned 367 calories doing 31 minutes of “Manual treadmill (with HRM…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-01
burned 610 calories doing 53 minutes of “Cardio/Strength Mix (with HRM and Calorie readout)” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 12/25/2011 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal burned 462 calories doing 50 minutes of “Shoveling snow” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 12/26/2011 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal…
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The Hacker’s Diet – December 2011
I lost 9 pounds lost this month (and 24.4 pounds in total)! My lowest weight was 197 and I’m not exactly certain why it spiked up nearly two pounds only one day after. Two theories: (1) my body is continuing to fight the weight loss, because the change is sudden and my equilibrium is still…
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-25
burned 550 calories doing 49 minutes of cardio exercises, including “Cardio/Strength Mix (with HRM and Calorie readout)” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for 12/18/2011 and was under his calorie goal #myfitnesspal burned 519 calories doing 41 minutes of “Manual treadmill (with HRM and calorie readout)” #myfitnesspal completed his food and exercise diary for…