Colin

Sprinting to goal

by Colin September 26, 2010

It’s 3 pm and I’m at a net 85 calories eaten for the day! Also, best ending: ran 4.2mph for 30 mins, bumped it up to 4.5, then after hitting my “finish line” at 45 mins, did a 1-min cooldown — then ran 6 mph for one minute to finish hard! I’d never tried the [...]

Started a 5am Boot Camp program

by Colin September 18, 2010

Hey all, my local bootcamp (there are several in Austin) seems to be working out. Not only am I getting used to getting up at 5am, but I’m sore in areas that my usual exercise wouldn’t reach. Also, it’s interval training, which is the most effective, but not something I have the inclination to do [...]

Dreams

by Colin May 23, 2010

A couple weeks ago I was hoping to see 195, but today I weighted in at 193.6, six pounds down in 23 days. My thoughts: I’m feeling tempted to spend money on fitness stuff, which is strange, because I’m doing ok as I am (heart rate monitor watch (what for?), personal trainer, gym membership) I’m [...]

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Getting more motivated

by Colin May 9, 2010

Six days ago, I was hoping to see 197 within a few weeks, but I saw it today! I know I only *saw* it. It’ll take a while longer before I’m reliably 197, but seeing new numbers as my low-fluctuation is still an indication of progress. So, awesome: *saw* it ahead of schedule, and now [...]

Quick Update

by Colin May 3, 2010

I’ve had ups and downs for the last couple years, but am in a really motivated phase right now. Just posting to share that. Doing treadmill once a day, putting in intervals of running to burn about 550kCal/hr, am eating right (and not much), and am thinking about going to 2x a day on the [...]

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Tired of starting over!

by Colin December 27, 2009

I’ve had a pretty rough year, and have really let myself go. I’m afraid of weighing myself and finding that I’m nearly back where I was two years ago, and I also dread everything that comes with “starting over”. Dusting off the calorie-counting software, facing the treadmill every day, and not having food as an [...]

"New new" strategy

by Colin July 4, 2009

So in May I was all excited: exercised my ass off, ate 1300-1700 calories a day.. down eight pounds by mid-month! Then I stalled somehow, and had it all back — plus one — at the end of the month. I assign the blame to three things: 1. Serious undereating. Cannot have been good for [...]

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New strategy, not revolutionary.. actually, slow and boring.

by Colin June 11, 2009

As much as I talked about my calorie-counting and exercising, that was NOT was I was actually doing. I was crash dieting. I did it with good tools, but it nevertheless what I did! I realize now that I would get really gung-ho and seriously overdo it. I would adopt an aggressive diet in my [...]

Relaxing without quitting

by Colin May 24, 2009

I’m not going to spin out all the details, but I had a setback — a lapse in discipline, we’ll say — when I had some meals that weren’t easily entered in my diet software, skipped a couple days of exercise, etc. Any kind of slip seems to create a cascading effect, so, I need [...]

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