Comments on: Fatblogging: Huh?

By: Andy Lee

Andy Lee — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 16:45:45 +0000

I too have felt the effects of too many years of slugitude. I started exercising regularly again about a year ago, and was startled at how much fitness I'd lost and how slowly I'm regaining it. I've found the No S Diet pretty simple, no-nonsense, and effective. I haven't permanently changed my lifestyle around it; I only use it occasionally when I need pants to fit again. Now would be a good time to get on it for a few weeks, actually... For exercise, I sometimes wonder if something like the Shovelglove would suit me. I belong to a judo club and go to practice two or three times a week, but I need something supplemental to help with my fitness, and I never seem to make it to the health club. I'd try Dance Dance Revolution, as sad as the sight of a flabby middle-aged nerd hopping around to a computer game would be. But I live in a tiny flimsy apartment with a downstairs neighbor. I've thought of getting a Wii too, but I'm concerned about the noise issue. Best of luck -- I look forward to updates!

By: bbum

bbum — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:34:43 +0000

Thanks! I managed to lose 17 lbs last year and gained 7 of it back over the winter. This year, I’m more focused. It really is all about changing mindset, habits, etc. for me. With a six year old who loves the outdoor and just learned to ride his bike, hiking and biking (beyond to/from work) are quite a natural addition.

I’m using the Google 15 widget to track my weight. Brian Fitzpatrick wrote it, btw. Doesn’t draw graphs on Tiger’s Safari, but otherwise works and the Safari team has already fixed the problem in ToT.

http://www.red-bean.com/fitz/ig/google15/faq.html

By: Jim Roepcke

Jim Roepcke — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 16:06:04 +0000

Hi Bill,

Congrats on your decision to lose weight! The more often you get your heart rate up (doctor’s say for at least an hour but I think every little bit helps) the easier it will be, and it looks like you’ve already found lots of ways to do that. Just talking about hiking gets my heart rate up.

I finally realized I had to lose weight last August, and blogged about it in September. I haven’t been updating my status, er, fatblogging, but at the time I did post a link to a Google spreadsheet that I said I would use to track my weight. I’ve kept that up. We recently found a home scale that can weigh me (without breaking ), so now I update the spreadsheet more often. I doubt anybody watches it but me.

Good luck with your weight loss, I hope you have to buy a new wardrobe soon!