Reading Time: 9 minutesPhoto from June 2017. Approximately 220 lbs. Almost at 200 lbs. Close to breaking the 200-lb. weight barrier. I haven’t weighed less than 200 lbs. since 2010. In the sixth week of my alternate day fasting I have lost almost 20 lbs. for an average of 3+ lbs. a week. Since my third week report … Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesLost 10.4 lbs. over three weeks. This is a slower rate than the first two weeks. I think I might be getting closer to my fat set point. A couple of other factors may be responsible. I discuss below. I added some more information to my weight loss chart to give insight to my performance … Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAlternate day fasting is when you fast one day and eat whatever you want the next. Alternately fasting and feasting restricts one’s caloric intake over time. In my case “fasting” consists of just non-caloric fluids and eating a single high protein meal of less than 500 calories. Second week results: I lost 8.8 lbs. over … Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction: Alternate day fasting means that you fast one day and then the next day you eat whatever you want, a feast day. So, a given week may contain 3 fast days and 4 feast days next will have 4 fast days and three feast days. By alternately fasting and feasting one can restrict their … Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRide your bike to work and come by to the Ferry building 7:30 – 9:30 AM on May 9th to see me and pick up your schwag bag. If you join SF Bicycle Coalition, you get the super deluxe bag.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnfortunately I have had my training for a marathon derailed for 2 weeks. A nasty cold turned into a lung infection which just lingered with all this darn rain. So I am wondering now how I get back up into the groove where I am pushing for 20 mile runs to get ready for a … Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutes Lily Tomlin said, “No matter how cynical you become, its never enough to keep up.” The more I dig into this mobile wellness space, the more that comment resonates with me. I am pretty excited about mobile fitness trackers. I get excited about the challenges of acquiring users and monetizing them in this space. … Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast week, I wrote about Nike Fuel and the FuelBand that is being launched this month. I took a spin over to the Nike channel on youtube and can see how the marketing is shaping up. This is going to be a hit. Nike has managed to wrap up the idea of “Just Do it” … Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesHot on the heels of my endomondo review from last week, comes news about fitbit. The company closed a round of $12 million in series C funding. The money ostensibly is to launch and gain market traction for their new product, the Aria, a wirelessly connected scale and body fat percentage sensor. I thought I … Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteFitbit’s new Aria isn’t the first wireless scale. A French company called Withings has had a wireless scale on the market since at least 2009. I believe Withings is going to fail. The products look cool in an international space-age plastic frog design kind-of-way, but the name is poison. I don’t know what it sounds … Read more