This blog needs an enema!
In lieu of an enema (because I am sure my readers would be horrified at the process of giving a blog an enema), I'll be starting up a regular series of posts on my blog. Lucia does Sweater Thursday, 11frogs started up Essay Tuesday (which I am still working on this weeks one. What word would describe me. Ideas?), and now I do Podcast Fridays!
Every Friday I will strive to review a podcast I listen to or have randomly found on the Internet. The podcasts will range from tech podcasts to game podcasts to pet podcasts to current event podcasts to sex chat podcasts. If you have some suggestions for podcasts for me to checkout, leave a comment or shoot me an email.
My first podcast to review is a favorite of mine, TWiT!
Name:
TWiT (This Week in Tech)
Length:
1 hour, +/- 15 mins
Frequency:
Weekly
Site:
http://twit.tv/twit
Audience:
Geeks, Mac enthusiasts, Gadget early adopters, technology activists
Rating:
8/10
This Week in Tech is run by Leo Laporte. Leo is a formal star of The Screen Savers on Tech TV. He is well known for helping people out with technology and getting it to work for them. The podcast is run by Leo and has a wide range of folks who join in. From the cranky John Dvorak (http://www.dvorak.org/blog/) to top editors from CNET to Cali Lewis from GeekBrief.TV (a future Friday Podcast review) and more. Topics range from tech politics, new technologies, upcoming tech trends, book recommendations, and the weird of the web. It is a great tech podcast to find out what new gadgets are coming up, what technology is emerging to watch out for, and what political issues are popping up with the technology and society.
25 January 2008
24 January 2008
Dropping the Pounds, Week 3
I skipped the week 2 update. Why? I just forgot to do it. :-P
So far I have been able to keep somewhat on track. While I have not kept on the initial pace I set, I am still on a downward track. My current weight is around 278.1 down from 281.1. My goal was to lose 1.5 pounds a week, but i have found a weakness that dampened my progress: Special Events.
Over the last few weeks, it's been my birthday, WG's 30th, a chili cook off, and more fun. I did manage to enjoy the events and ended up overeating on those days. Eating out in general is still a challenge, but I am slowly learning. The aim of the diet is not only to lose weight, but to get more familiar with the various foods and how much I should be eating. The only main food change I made was to only drink zero calorie liquids. That is working out. It's amazing how many calories I was taking in drinking soda, juice, and sweetened tea. Other than that, my diet is the same make-nutritionists-cringe diet. I still eat out at fast food (though I am cutting back a bit due to costs) and having a snack now and then. The difference now is I am keeping a better gauge on how much I eat. I can still enjoy the good stuff, only not as much.
I am learning what to eat and how much and losing weight, so it's all on track. I did make a change to try and lose a bit more per week. I've decided to shoot for 2 pounds/week. It gives me a bit more wiggle room in case I overeat one day. Also when I was on the 1.5 pounds/week calorie intake, I didn't feel as hungry as I thought I should. As of the start of this week (weeks start on Monday in my book), I am down to eating 2,340 calories. To maintain my weight, I would need to eat almost 3,300 calories. Seeing now how much food it takes to get to that amount and how fat ass I am now, I am amazed I ate that much.
More updates as they come.
PS: I also have more motivation now. WG sent me a picture of myself at her 30th birthday party (the party was in the neighborhood of damn awesome). That picture is now serving as motivation. I didn't realize I looked that damn huge. Then again, can't really be surprised at it.
So far I have been able to keep somewhat on track. While I have not kept on the initial pace I set, I am still on a downward track. My current weight is around 278.1 down from 281.1. My goal was to lose 1.5 pounds a week, but i have found a weakness that dampened my progress: Special Events.
Over the last few weeks, it's been my birthday, WG's 30th, a chili cook off, and more fun. I did manage to enjoy the events and ended up overeating on those days. Eating out in general is still a challenge, but I am slowly learning. The aim of the diet is not only to lose weight, but to get more familiar with the various foods and how much I should be eating. The only main food change I made was to only drink zero calorie liquids. That is working out. It's amazing how many calories I was taking in drinking soda, juice, and sweetened tea. Other than that, my diet is the same make-nutritionists-cringe diet. I still eat out at fast food (though I am cutting back a bit due to costs) and having a snack now and then. The difference now is I am keeping a better gauge on how much I eat. I can still enjoy the good stuff, only not as much.
I am learning what to eat and how much and losing weight, so it's all on track. I did make a change to try and lose a bit more per week. I've decided to shoot for 2 pounds/week. It gives me a bit more wiggle room in case I overeat one day. Also when I was on the 1.5 pounds/week calorie intake, I didn't feel as hungry as I thought I should. As of the start of this week (weeks start on Monday in my book), I am down to eating 2,340 calories. To maintain my weight, I would need to eat almost 3,300 calories. Seeing now how much food it takes to get to that amount and how fat ass I am now, I am amazed I ate that much.
More updates as they come.
PS: I also have more motivation now. WG sent me a picture of myself at her 30th birthday party (the party was in the neighborhood of damn awesome). That picture is now serving as motivation. I didn't realize I looked that damn huge. Then again, can't really be surprised at it.
09 January 2008
Weight Loss Week 1
First week of the diet is down, many many more to go. Overall, I think it was good.
My progress so far is either a 1 lb loss or a 3.1 lb loss.
The two options originate from the very first weight reading. On the first day, I clocked in at 286.2, but the days after were on average much lower than that. I think that the 286.2 reading was an anomaly. With the high initial start, I would be on track to losing 3.5 lb/week. That seems excessive. Without the initial high start, I would be losing about 1.2 lb/week which is much closer to the 1.5 lb/week that I intended to be losing. With the Chili party over the weekend throwing me off for one day, I feel the 1.2 lb/week reading is correct so that is what I am going with.
The Chili party threw off my Sunday intake, but it was worth it. Sooooo many great chili's to try. The rest of the days have been on track so the future loss is looking good. More updates each week!
My progress so far is either a 1 lb loss or a 3.1 lb loss.
The two options originate from the very first weight reading. On the first day, I clocked in at 286.2, but the days after were on average much lower than that. I think that the 286.2 reading was an anomaly. With the high initial start, I would be on track to losing 3.5 lb/week. That seems excessive. Without the initial high start, I would be losing about 1.2 lb/week which is much closer to the 1.5 lb/week that I intended to be losing. With the Chili party over the weekend throwing me off for one day, I feel the 1.2 lb/week reading is correct so that is what I am going with.
The Chili party threw off my Sunday intake, but it was worth it. Sooooo many great chili's to try. The rest of the days have been on track so the future loss is looking good. More updates each week!
05 January 2008
Dropping the Pounds
The first goal of the year I am working on nailing down is losing some weight. I bought an accurate scale to start things off and found out I have ballooned to 286 pounds. Man I am a whale.
I have dropped weight before. I dropped from 250 to 210, so I will be able to do it again. To help me on my quest, I have setup a few guidelines to keep me on track.
1. All liquids will be calorie free
2. Always eat something in the morning, no matter what
3. On Fridays, diets do not exist
- Read this for an explanation of why, it has a good purpose for weight loss. Why Cheating on Your Diet is a Good Thing
4. Keep track of everything I eat on thedailyplate.com
- Helps me keep on track to only eat 2600 calories a day which should result in about 1.5 pounds of weight loss per week. To maintain my current weight I would have to eat 3400 calories. Which makes me wonder how the hell I managed to eat so much to get this heavy.
5. Track my weight on physicsdiet.com
- A nice site that will compute the weighted moving average of your weight to actually see the trend of your weight loss
Working with those guidelines, the first few days have been right on track. I don't have a goal weight of where to stop at ultimately, but I plan to keep on the diet track for most of the year. After that, I will still use the tools to see how I can safely maintain my weight.
As an added bonus, here is a link where you can see how I am progressing weight wise. Hopefully, the trend will continue on a downward trend.
http://physicsdiet.com/Public.aspx?u=uwflatlander
I have dropped weight before. I dropped from 250 to 210, so I will be able to do it again. To help me on my quest, I have setup a few guidelines to keep me on track.
1. All liquids will be calorie free
2. Always eat something in the morning, no matter what
3. On Fridays, diets do not exist
- Read this for an explanation of why, it has a good purpose for weight loss. Why Cheating on Your Diet is a Good Thing
4. Keep track of everything I eat on thedailyplate.com
- Helps me keep on track to only eat 2600 calories a day which should result in about 1.5 pounds of weight loss per week. To maintain my current weight I would have to eat 3400 calories. Which makes me wonder how the hell I managed to eat so much to get this heavy.
5. Track my weight on physicsdiet.com
- A nice site that will compute the weighted moving average of your weight to actually see the trend of your weight loss
Working with those guidelines, the first few days have been right on track. I don't have a goal weight of where to stop at ultimately, but I plan to keep on the diet track for most of the year. After that, I will still use the tools to see how I can safely maintain my weight.
As an added bonus, here is a link where you can see how I am progressing weight wise. Hopefully, the trend will continue on a downward trend.
http://physicsdiet.com/Public.aspx?u=uwflatlander
01 January 2008
2008 Ahead
Watching Soul Music with puppies sleeping at my feet, it's time to look forward to 2008. New Years resolutions never hold, but they do get out into the open what one hopes to have happen given the drive and determination.
Here's to hoping. Better than hoping, here's to planning to make it happen.
- Wife restored to health
- Get my resting heart rate down to around 70
- Drop 15 pounds
- Learn my banjo
- Be better connected with my friends
Here's to hoping. Better than hoping, here's to planning to make it happen.
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