Author: John

I knew when I started to get back into regular workouts & trying to eat right that I needed to set goals for myself, both long & short-term. The only other time I’ve tried this, there was really “don’t look like a fat bastard in your wedding photos”. It mostly worked (didn’t look fat, always… Continue reading Setting Goals

When I did my “serious weight loss” before & immediately after my wedding, I modeled everything after the Weight Watchers plan. My then-fiance did Weight-Watchers, I figured out the “point formula”, and ate according to that plan. I never went to meetings, though – I’m just not really a “share your feelings” kind-of guy (that’s… Continue reading Non-Scale Victories

My roommate my senior year of college had some weight issues. I don’t take such a statement likely, as, well, my “in my head” version of myself includes seven chins. But he had weight issues, and they trumped my own. Now, my senior year of college was probably my strangest one with regards to my… Continue reading How not to get healthy

I know I sound a bit like a broken record, but I do almost all of my running around a park in my neighborhood. This is the park where George W. Bush played softball when he made a campaign stop in Carlisle, making my life downright odd as I passed through multiple security checkpoints just… Continue reading Park Usage

This weekend has been a strange one. It’s hardly the last weekend that I’ll have with a Saturday night gig, but it was the first. And, because of the gig (and the great-unknown that was my opportunity to nap), I chose not to work out. Well, I walked the dogs with the kid attached to… Continue reading Just where does the energy come from?

I woke up & spent an hour incessantly & relentlessly pounding. I’m sweaty, out of breath, & have a silly smile on my face. -my incredibly clever & uproariously hilarious double-endentre tweet from this morning This morning was type the morning that a cyclist dreams of. Temperature just on the “warm” side of cool with… Continue reading Sometimes, you need to break your own rules

So I mentioned that I went to my nephew’s first birthday party on Saturday. My sister asked me to bring my guacamole. See, guacamole is one of my two favorite “healthy” snacks (hummus is the other). Well, it turns out that I make a pretty decent guacamole (my hummus sucks), so the recipe is to… Continue reading Guacamole & Meetings

This weekend was memorial day weekend, and that means that it’s traditionally a very active weekend for me. This year proved no different. Saturday morning came & the weather was iffy. I fully intended to mow the lawn, but it was spritzing, the grass was soaked, & I just wasn’t feeling it. So, I ran.… Continue reading Holiday Weekend / The Benefit of Crosstraining

I had grand plans for today. I’m four miles away from running a marathon over five days (4 on Monday, 7 on Tuesday, 4 on Wednesday, 7 on Thursday), which would be kind-of cool. It’s a great day to bike into work. I really wanted to watch another episode of Dexter, and that would have… Continue reading Resting

This morning started out a bit iffy. CJ woke up early — right around 4AM. I got up, changed him (little brat starts laughing as soon as he recognizes me, like he was yelling but just really wanted to see his daddy), took him back over to the bedroom for feeding. It’s now just past… Continue reading I think my iPhone is dying