So it’s been four weeks since we left for Italy to get married and honeymoon with a brief stop in New York on the way home. The Plan When we left, I had dropped 15 pounds and Zanna had lost 10. Our plan for our trip was a noble one: ease up a bit butContinue reading “Maintenance Plan Meets Honeymoon”
Category Archives: Weight Loss
Maintenance Plan
Okay, so you achieved your goal, now what? It’s time for a plan to maintain your good fortune. You certainly didn’t work your way down to your current amazing weight to rocket on back to your old weight. I know I haven’t. Yes, my wedding is right around the corner (it’s this tomorrow, October 12)Continue reading “Maintenance Plan”
From the Future Mrs. The Whole Geek…
I don’t think my story is unique; you workout you maintain a decent functioning body and then you meet someone, fall in love, and as I like to say, gain “10 pounds of love weight.” The phenomenon is not for women only: men seem to go through this too, so it’s no surprise that PaulContinue reading “From the Future Mrs. The Whole Geek…”
Goal Achieved! Now What?
This morning I stepped on the scale and was overjoyed to see I had surpassed my goal with a weight of 159.0 as you can see. Wow. This begs the question “Now what?” Well after hugging Zanna I answered this question by putting on my running shoes and banging out a hilly 4 mile run.Continue reading “Goal Achieved! Now What?”
Be Prepared!
The old Boy Scout refrain is quite apropos when it comes to staying on plan with weight loss and fitness. Yes, it means more planning, but that’s the small price to pay for the huge benefits you are bound to accrue for your efforts. For example, I hauled the following to work today in oneContinue reading “Be Prepared!”
My No-Diet Diet. Yes, it Really Does Work!
A little over a month ago, I took to heart what I read by Timothy Caulfield in the book The Cure for Everything: Untangling Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness, and Happiness so I decided to embark on a diet based on Caulfield’s diet chapter. For more details on this great book, see my earlier postContinue reading “My No-Diet Diet. Yes, it Really Does Work!”
Simplify, Simplify
Originally posted on theyearofthewarrior:
“Let food by thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” –Hippocrates After secreting the third 100 calorie pack into the bedroom and knocking it back like a shot of tequila I realized that I had a problem. It was 9pm and I was so hungry that I had gone into a…
Coming Soon: Paul’s No Fuss, No Gimmick Diet Plan
I am working on post where I share my dead-simple, gimmick-free, evidence-based diet plan and why I think it could work for you. Stay tuned… Update… Since originally posting this, some additional posts… Here’s the post I promised on the diet. And here’s me reaching my goal with an actual pic of the scale!
Steal …Err… Buy This Book!
When I was a kid, there was a subversive counter-culture book with the crazy title Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman. While I would never endorse stealing – it goes against my ethics – one of my siblings obtained (hopefully purchased or borrowed from a friend rather than committing the act endorsed by the book’sContinue reading “Steal …Err… Buy This Book!”
The Whole Geek 