Many people enjoy listening to music while working out. Lately I’ve been throwing on the MP3 player and going for a 24km bike ride around the river valley every day. Well, a recent study quantifies just how we respond to the beat. The study participants were given categories of music to choose from so that they were listening to styles of music they actually like, then made to pedal on a stationary bike. This is actually an important psychological thing; [...]
If you’re reading this long after I wrote it, the title won’t make much sense. But as I type, Angelina Jolie has a movie in theatres called “Salt”. Here’s a mother of six in her late 30′s who is a UN Goodwill Ambassador and a busy actor (the highest paid female actor in the world, currently) who had to bulk up to play a CIA agent whose shining service record is matched only by the gloss on her puffy lips. [...]
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” ~ Zig Ziglar 177.2 lbs The world was a different place when I started this project. A simpler one. Google and Topeka were taking turns naming themselves after each other. Kids were listening to Lady Gaga’s “Telephone”. The World Health Organization was, ironically enough, set to celebrate World Health Day on April 7th, just 3 days into my brutally unhealthy starvation. Those were [...]
“I like rice. Rice is great if you are hungry and want 2000 of something.” ~Mitch Hedberg 179.8 lbs. Yup. Passed the 180 barrier. I wonder how scrawny I’d be if I hadn’t stalled out for 3 weeks… but considering I can now sometimes see my heart beat, I think I’d rather not know. I ate an entire greek salad today. Though it was mostly lettuce, it was bloody filling. I’m looking forward to having more variety in my diet [...]
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” ~ John F. Kennedy 186.1 lbs. With a little more than 2 weeks left of the starvation phase of this project, the long road to bringing my BMR (basal metabolic rate, for new readers) back up to normal stretches before me like a… long road. I’ve been down this road once before; going from fat teen to muscular army boy, with a stopover at getting my butt in the gym.In [...]
“He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.” ~ Tao Te Ching 190.8 lbs. Still hovering around the 190 mark. It’s depressing to be going through all the stresses of starvation without the dramatic shrinking the news media are clamoring for. With less than a month to go I’m also starting to think about the upcoming recovery phase; getting my BMR back up to speed so I don’t puff up to my starting weight – or [...]
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” ~Winston Churchill 189.4 lbs. Today I walked around the Broadway area (the artsy, “small town”ish section of my city – like Whyte Ave in Edmonton, Davie Street in Vancouver, and so forth) with a friend of mine visiting from out of town. I had just gone with him to a local bike shop where he’d purchased a bike with a few extra do-dads separately, had them swap the [...]
“You will feel hungry again in another hour.” ~ Fortune cookie message 194.3 lbs Last night I went to see a friend’s show at a nearby bar. While her show was awesome (she’s a talented fire eater, sword swallower, and grinder girl) being one of the few sober people in the room isn’t much fun. Especially when a dizzy spell would kick in and I’d be stumbling with the drunks. It was nice to get out, though… this project was [...]
“A wonderful bird is the pelican, His bill can hold more than his belican. He can take in his beak Enough food for a week; But I’m damned if I know how the helican.” ~ Dixon Merritt 205.4 lbs. Almost there. I’m creeping up on the 1/2 way mark of this project, approximately 35 lbs lighter. For almost 2 weeks however I hovered around the 207 – 210 lb. mark, a testament to just how vehemently our bodies attempt to [...]
“A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.” ~ Erma Bombeck 210 lbs. So after a week, I’m back to 210 lbs. That would be healthy if I weren’t starving myself. Seriously; 7 days of minimal food and I’m still the same weight? My BMR must be lower than my IQ right now – and that’s saying a lot. Between the weight setback and the slowdown in comments & facebook ‘likes’, this project is starting to be [...]
“When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.” ~ Lao Tsu 210.4 lbs. There you have it. 27 days into this crazy starvation and I’m lighter now than when I was 12. Of course, I was a fat 12 year old. Starving yourself for 100 days (or more, if you’re actually anorexic) carries with it all sorts of health risks. But even recovery can be problematic. [...]
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