Reading Time: 2 minutesProgress: We’ve passed the half year mark of my journey toward fitness. I check in with you now at 34 weeks. It’s been 5 months later since my last blog post. There’s been some ups and downs. I laid off the alternate day fasting about the time of my last post on the subject. You … Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesWeav was featured on the Apple app store, so I downloaded it. Weav promised to solve the biggest problem with running to music. It plays music that automatically adjusts the beats per minute to match your stride. Stride cadence is getting a lot of attention in running circles as being not only a crucial element … Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesimage: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickfarnhill/ Gear: ASICS Men’s GT-2000 4 Running Shoe – I have worn the same shoe for over 20 years. Every time I need a new pair of shoes I go to Sports basement or whatever shoe store. I try on at least 10 pairs of shoes from all brands and all types and I wind … Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesWeight has held steady for the last month with an uptick of a pound over the last week. This is to be expected with a couple of parties around Halloween. The good news is that my consistent weight training is paying off and I continue to gradually lower my body fat percentage. I adjusted the … Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesI gave myself a break these two weeks from fasting. Except for one pure fasting day where I ate nothing, I ate pretty much normally. I went to a party and completely blew out calories and drank a lot of them as wine. And my birthday party I somehow managed to eat 5000 calories. Oh, … Read more
Reading Time: 7 minutesImage: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasrousing/ I have been running for 37 years. I have been doing it wrong. That didn’t matter until last year. Last December I ran a trail race in Marin and afterward my knees hurt. Both knees now creak even when I walk down stairs. Any amount of running has become a pain. I thought … Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesPhoto: What I ate in France this summer. Body Composition My body weight has held steady for the last three weeks. Disappointing because my goal has been focused on reducing my body weight to take the stress from my knees. This plateauing of body weight correlates to my switching to the 4:3 pattern from … Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutes(picture from 5 years ago running half marathon at 220 lbs.) Plateau at 200 lb. My weight has been oscillating around 200lbs. for two weeks. In response, I had switched from eating 25% of calories on my down days to 0 calories. This didn’t move the needle much and was close to unbearable. I … Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutes(picture from 2 years ago, loading truck at 220 lbs.) Overview Week eight brought a breaking of the plateau around 200 lbs. Looks like I am well on my way to normal BMI of 25 at 188 lbs. by the end of November. I made a few tweaks this week. The biggest was switching … Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutes(picture from two years ago at 220 lbs.) The 10 Day Plateau – Then Success 10 days ago, I was so close to breaking 200 lbs. in body weight, something I haven’t done in over seven years. Then I got stuck in a plateau for 10 days. My weight had been bouncing around between … Read more