When I started blogging about six months ago, I started getting followers on WordPress, many of whom appear to be earnest, decent, lovely people who are also blogging about their interests. The WordPress community offers many interesting perspectives on a variety of topics, some of which might not even be available in traditional media. IContinue reading “Despite What Some of the Diet Bros on the Internet May Tell You, Counting Calories Actually Works”
Category Archives: Exercise
Americans Don’t Suck Nearly As Badly As The Health And Fitness World Would Have Us Believe
I hear a lot about how Americans are crazy overweight. And we are. About a third of us are overweight and another third of us are obese. But there are certain parts of the media and certain denizens of the Twitterverse (especially those that spend a lot of time covering health and nutrition) that seemContinue reading “Americans Don’t Suck Nearly As Badly As The Health And Fitness World Would Have Us Believe”
Uncle Sam Wants You To Avoid Shady Quacks And Scammers
So one thing I’ve struggled with observing the diet and nutrition and fitness community on the Internet is trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. And by that I meant the…bovine fecal matter from the non-bovine fecal matter. I see dozens of people pimping supplements or little “medical” devices. I see hundreds more swearingContinue reading “Uncle Sam Wants You To Avoid Shady Quacks And Scammers”
How to Make Sure COVID-19 Doesn’t Make You Fat
So I, like many people, am stuck in my house for the foreseeable future. All is not lost, though. Since I’m a CPA, I’m able to work from home. But my wife’s business, which involves making assorted clothing and accessories and selling them at shows, is mostly defunct. Fortunately, she’s found a way to takeContinue reading “How to Make Sure COVID-19 Doesn’t Make You Fat”
Exercise #4 – Vacationing Without Getting Fatter
Early in grad school, I had an opportunity to go to the Bahamas over Spring Break. A friend of mine had a friend who’d graduated a few years earlier and worked security at one of the casinos in Freeport on Grand Bahama island. So we got to go to the Caribbean on a budget. WeContinue reading “Exercise #4 – Vacationing Without Getting Fatter”
Exercise #3 – How Is That Even Exercise?
Oftentimes, when I go home to visit my parents, I take a long nap in front of the TV after lunch. This may be in part due to the nearly euphoric food coma that comes from my mother’s southern cooking. But primarily, this is because my dad likes to watch golf after lunch. Now IContinue reading “Exercise #3 – How Is That Even Exercise?”
Exercise #2 – The Commute: How To Lose Weight While Avoiding Annoying People
Like many people, I often wonder why it was so easy to keep the weight off when I was younger. Like most young people, at least in my generation, I ate the worst crap I could get my hands on (usually to avoid cooking) and didn’t seem to gain a pound. Until college, where IContinue reading “Exercise #2 – The Commute: How To Lose Weight While Avoiding Annoying People”
Exercise #1 – The Value of Exercise and the Honey-Do List
I’m planning to do several pieces about exercise and how I’ve managed to incorporate it into my regimen and around my schedule. As I’ve mentioned in previous pieces, I’m a CPA, and it’s easy to pack on pounds when you’re a CPA, or in any other sedentary occupation. I used to exercise when I could,Continue reading “Exercise #1 – The Value of Exercise and the Honey-Do List”
I Have Fewer Chins Than I Used To
So I’ve managed to lose about 30 pounds in three months. Keeping the weight off has been increasingly a problem as I get older. It doesn’t help that I’m a CPA by profession, a rather sedentary job which lends itself to a certain portliness. I also got married not too long ago, and I discoveredContinue reading “I Have Fewer Chins Than I Used To”
The Drill Down Diet 