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Potato attack
Now, here’s the kind of item that blogs are made of… …at least sometimes. A nice way to come back to posting here now & then. This comes by way of the Alaska Newsreader blog at the Anchorage Daily News, … Continue reading
Dissolve
It was as I’d hoped yesterday: the grey was dissolving. Though it took a night’s sleep to really turn the trick. Not quite enough sleep — I’m still pretty tired — but at least I feel more than dead inside … Continue reading
The grey
Depression, despair, blah blah blah: whatever one might call it, it’s been a factor of my life for a lotta years — all of my adult life, & some before, at least as far back as the summer after my … Continue reading
Rozz's last day in Anchorage
Rozz departs late tonight, or rather tomorrow extreeeeeeeeemely early, on a redeye flight to Seattle to go to acupuncture school. It won’t be until December that she gets a break to come home for Christmas. In fact, a three-year program, … Continue reading
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More than 5 percent
Red currants, walnuts, & cinnamon on my morning oatmeal (steel-cut oats) Maybe you’ve heard that oft-cited statistic that, of all people who go on a weight loss program, 95% regain all that weight. In other words, only 5% succeed at … Continue reading
An interval training primer
Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training blog today had part 1 of an interval training primer, entitled “The Best Cardio Intervals For Fat Loss – part 1”. (Full information on Ballantyne’s program is at his main Turbulence Training website.) This is good … Continue reading
Tweaking my diet with Precision Nutrition
Posted in Insulin resistance, Nutrition
Tagged blood glucose, books & resources (insulin resistance), books & resources (nutrition), carbohydrates, Diana Schwarzbein, John Berardi, low vs moderate vs high carb, precision nutrition, Schwarzbein Principle (book), tweaking my diet
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Two & a half inches
A couple of weeks ago while loading out the junk — er, I mean the stuff — in Jesse’s old room, I discovered a belt we’d bought him at some time in the remote past that he has never worn. … Continue reading
Precision Nutrition
Just received my Precision Nutrition package. Will be reading/viewing/listening over the weekend & working out what I need to do.
Tweaking & optimizing
I was attracted to Precision Nutrition by John Berardi’s discussion at his website of insulin resistance & insulin sensitivity. In my own research on insulin resistance, prediabetes, & Type 2 diabetes, I learned a few months back about how fat … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Insulin resistance, Nutrition
Tagged Melz stats (health/fitness), precision nutrition, Turbulence Training, tweaking my diet
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