Day 13 - In which my problem is revealed.
So I mentioned that I got a GoWear Fit armband last week. This thing has basically already paid for itself in motivating me to move a lot. But today I purposely did a 'normal' day for me IE not climbing the stairs, and it just so happened that I had to take the bus because it was raining and couldn't bike or walk to work. I knew the results would be depressing, but just how much has shocked me.I thought maybe I'd have burned 1400-1500 calories by now, but as of 4:30 my burn is only at 1100, and I've eaten about 900 calories. I feel hungry but not crazy low energy yet since I ate and moved a lot Saturday and tapered down yesterday but still ate more than a weekday. Even yes

Day 12 - Where My Girls At?
So yesterday I realized why I gained weight last week and now I really don't feel bad about it: I was PMS'ing. I've heard of people who gain 5, even as much as 10 lbs (mostly water) and thank goodness I'm not one of them. But anywhere from .5-2 lbs is definitely in the realm of possibility every month and even that sucks when you're trying to see steady progress that's masked by swelling. I also got my new GoWear Fit which has been a lot of fun so far. I spent a lot of time at work this week listening to podcasts. One of my favorites these days is Leigh Peele, who I became aware of via the Fitcast but she has her own thing as well. I

Day 9
An exciting day around here for all concerned: I took off work because we were getting new windows. Well, we ended up only getting 5 of the 7 new windows we ordered actually delivered to our house. Rather disappointing in that winter rapidly approaches and our old house needs to level up its armor class substantially.But a day off work isn't a day to take off working toward Peak Condition! We made our semi-monthly trek out to Trader Joe's, where R. gets his favorite Weetabix cereal, and I get lots of yogurt, liquid egg whites, fruits, veggies, and nuts. I stocked up more at our regular grocery run. Even 4 days worth of food takes up a lot of room in the fridge. I need to g

Day 8
Barely one week into my experiment, I think I'm starting to figure out what's missing in this equation. My job (reduced to its very basic terms) is to make maps. While sitting at a computer. No computer, no maps, no money. It's not terribly uncommon for me to come in, log on, tackle an issue for 4 hours until lunch, grab lunch, and work for 4 more hours and then go home. Trust me, I'd LOVE to have a job where I'm out and about and active.I work out at least 3 days a week, and I have varying levels of activity on the weekend and evenings when I'm not in the gym. And I work out hard. Mostly because I want to feel like I'm maintaining my fitness le

Day 7
One week done! And guess what? I actually gained .4 lbs. but I don't feel like a failure at all. With that small of an amount it's hard to tell exactly what happened. Maybe I re-hydrated some? It could just as easily be gain of muscle, fat, muscle glycogen, or undigested food or any combo of the above. In any case, I didn't see any fantastic results and so I don't think that my water intake is too poor and now I'm going to stop kicking myself and feeling bad that I don't drink gallons of water every day. That said having consciously made an effort to drink a moderate amount more water did seem to have some effects on my hunger levels/cravings and oddly enough, I swear I sweated more