Archive for the 'Engine 2 Diet' Category

New Age Hokum – Week 2

Friday, January 8th, 2010

End of week 2 of my “Experiment With New Age Hokum”. I’ve eaten whatever I felt like, whenever I felt like it, and in whatever quantity I liked. Actually, that’s not strictly true. I was kinda hungry on the plane back from Savannah last week, but was flying coach class where they offered no food. [...]

The secret of dieting is eating nothing

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Just over a week on E2 Take 2, and I’m down over half a stone. Now I’m not a physiology major, so I’m going to have to assume that the oft quoted “you need a 3,500 calorie deficit to lose a pound of fat” is true. So we’d have something like: Pounds Lost = (Calories [...]

The Definition of Madness

Friday, January 8th, 2010

“They” — that great ethereal, widely cited, never seen body of sages — say that madness is doing the same thing again and again while expecting different results. Well in that case this dieting lark is madness. So I’m going to stop (again). I’m not giving up on losing weight, but I’m not banging my [...]

The secret of dieting is eating nothing

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Just over a week on E2 Take 2, and I’m down over half a stone. Now I’m not a physiology major, so I’m going to have to assume that the oft quoted “you need a 3,500 calorie deficit to lose a pound of fat” is true. So we’d have something like: Pounds Lost = (Calories [...]

The secret of dieting is eating nothing

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Just over a week on E2 Take 2, and I’m down over half a stone. Now I’m not a physiology major, so I’m going to have to assume that the oft quoted “you need a 3,500 calorie deficit to lose a pound of fat” is true. So we’d have something like: Pounds Lost = (Calories [...]

Exercise makes you fat. (I *knew* it!)

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Gordon’s exercise comment (to my item about why dieting is hard) was very timely. The cover article of August 17th’s Time Magazine is “The Myth About Exercise”, captioned: “Of course it’s good for you, but it won’t make you lose weight. Why it’s what you eat that really counts” The common yarn, spun from the [...]

Exercise makes you fat. (I *knew* it!)

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Gordon’s exercise comment (to my item about why dieting is hard) was very timely. The cover article of August 17th’s Time Magazine is “The Myth About Exercise”, captioned: “Of course it’s good for you, but it won’t make you lose weight. Why it’s what you eat that really counts” The common yarn, spun from the [...]

Exercise makes you fat. (I *knew* it!)

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Gordon’s exercise comment (to my item about why dieting is hard) was very timely. The cover article of August 17th’s Time Magazine is “The Myth About Exercise”, captioned: “Of course it’s good for you, but it won’t make you lose weight. Why it’s what you eat that really counts” The common yarn, spun from the [...]

Why dieting is hard

Friday, January 8th, 2010

PaulM makes some comments on my veggie burger video. I was going to reply in the comment stream itself, but I think he touches on an important diet-ish point that is worth discussing here. The simple truth is that most diet advice is rubbish. And the reason it’s rubbish is that it is to overeating [...]

Why dieting is hard

Friday, January 8th, 2010

PaulM makes some comments on my veggie burger video. I was going to reply in the comment stream itself, but I think he touches on an important diet-ish point that is worth discussing here. The simple truth is that most diet advice is rubbish. And the reason it’s rubbish is that it is to overeating [...]