Starting week eight on PUSH.tv

After waiting for my new PUSH.tv DVD for a long time, I contacted PUSH.tv and they resent it via 2-day air. It arrived on Friday, June 15, and, as Murphy’s Law would have it, so did the original DVD mailed on June 1st. Somehow this seemed inevitable.

My contact at PUSH.tv told me that the DVDs usually arrive very promptly (and that was my experience with the initial DVD, just not month two) but that it can take up to 12 days with the postal system. Given the four weeks I ended up doing what was supposed to be a two-week workout, I’d rather they either sent the new DVD earlier (say, at the end of the first two weeks on a new DVD) or sent it via more reliable mail, even if it cost a couple of dollars more.

Aside from the delay, I’m pleased with the new DVD. Like the second workout on the first DVD, this new workout is a challenging-but-achievable step up from the exercises I got used to. The incremental changes keep it from being overwhelming. I’m vaguely dreading the day we do full-body push-ups on the floor, but I feel like the step push-ups I’m doing now are preparing me. Continue reading “Starting week eight on PUSH.tv”

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Some time ago I wrote about high intensity interval training (HIIT). One of the claims of HIIT proponents is that the intervals keep your metabolism up well after the short workout is over. Ever since I got the bodybugg, I’ve been curious to check that claim. Continue reading “Interval training and the bodybugg”

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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 the publisher offered a review copy of the book, I jumped on it. Continue reading “The Shangri-La Diet: lose weight by drinking oil?”

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I don’t know that I would have been aware of it if I hadn’t done work on their blog (through my company, Blogging Expertise, and working with corporate blogging guru Debbie Weil), but GlaxoSmithKline’s new over-the-counter weight loss drug debuted today, apparently to some pretty eager buyers.

The drug is called alli, it’s the low-dose version of the prescription drug Xenical, and as I understand it, it works by basically passing a portion of consumed fat through the body undigested. It sounds like the general effect of this is “loose stools” but if you eat a fat-laden meal, look out. Continue reading “alli hit the shelves today”

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I have a weird relationship with food. (Okay, I know, just about every dieter in the world can say the same!) I eat because things taste good, even if I’m not hungry. I don’t really do the emotional eating thing much. I do sometimes eat when I’m bored or need a break from work, but not very often. I sometimes overeat when I get too hungry, but most of the time, it’s just because I like the taste of things.

I’m a pretty picky eater, and sometimes I say that I wished I liked more things (especially vegetables) because it would be more convenient to eat healthfully. But when I stop and think about it, that would probably just mean more things to overeat (does anyone really overeat peas, though?) . Continue reading “Weight loss and conflicting motivations”

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