The goal is to move more and be more active than you currently are. You don’t have to hit the gym. You don’t necessarily have to set time aside for it. You just have to incorporate moving into your life more often.
Weight Loss
#runstreak day 9: follow-up and community check-in
Today’s run was pretty easy. A 9:27 mile, and my heartrate never went over 165, really. Not that I noticed, at least. And that’s awesome. Recovery runs aren’t meant to tax you. They are just there to keep you moving and making sure your body doesn’t wither away into a lifeless husk.
#runstreak day 2: the weigh-in (Health Hacks Episode 13)
Day two of the runstreak happened. I recorded while dripping sweat from my run (or maybe it was from the rain that started in while I was out). I ran 1.1 miles, and my shoelaces came untied at 0.9. Never try to run a quarter mile with loose shoes. It’s just bad.
7 Simple Hacks to Move More Every Single Day (Geek Fitness Health Hacks, Episode 006)
If you want lasting wellness, you have to change the way you live your life every single day.
How to lose 100 pounds? Harry Potter and Heart Disease, That’s How
I lost 155 pounds, and I learned more than a few things that keep me fit, active, healthy, and geeky. The most important lesson, though, is this: Diets don’t work. Lifestyle changes do.
It Takes Discipline to Make Any Kind of Progress
Pretty much any kind of progress you want to have in your life is precipitated on you having enough discipline to work at it.
#Geekspiration from Jean-Luc Picard: “Make It So”
There are few fitness lessons as important as the one you can learn from Captain Jean-Luc Picard: make it so.
What “Being Active” Really Means
Being active has nothing to do with exercise. It’s about moving around when you wouldn’t ordinarily be moving around.
It’s Okay To Take A Break From Fitness
Mental and physical rest days are important to reaching your fitness goals.
Weight Loss Maintenance Mode is Total Garbage
I don’t think about weight loss maintenance because I’m not maintaining weight loss. I am living my life as a healthy guy now, not in the past as a fat guy.