You may have noticed that several of the links on my “Kindred Spirits” blogroll go to blogs that talk about “SLD” or the Shangri-La Diet. I enjoyed specific posts by these bloggers, but really didn’t know much about the diet (except for the odd mention about drinking oil!) or the book that started it. When [...]
Up until yesterday, I’ve been generally delighted with the bodybugg. It basically does what it is advertised to do, and provides very helpful feedback on my diet and exercise (i.e. I can see if it’s making a difference). I really haven’t even started to use it for the fun experimentation I have in mind, and [...]
Last month, when I signed up for my PUSH.tv subscription, I also measured myself in addition to my daily weigh-in. I’m pretty lazy about measurements, just because they take a little longer and require more personal effort than stepping on the scale, but pretty much all fitness professionals agree that measurements (and how clothes fit, [...]
This week I graduated from my first PUSH workout to my second. I was very curious going into it about how the two would differ. For one thing, I received these resistance bands in my PUSH package; you know, those long, thin, stretchy sheets of some wonder-material (they always make us think of the movie [...]
Today I finally broke down and bought a bodybugg. If you’re not familiar with the bodybugg, it’s a nifty little gadget that tracks actual calorie expenditure (or as close to it as you can get outside of a lab setting). There are two parts: an armband that you wear during all waking hours (except when [...]