Last night, I could not sleep for hunger. My stomach was rumbling and I felt nauseous. This morning I scarfed like I was getting paid for it, but when I’d eaten 800 calories by 10am I knew I had to put on the brakes and start moderating again. Trust that I would be the one […]
I recently watched a BBC documentary called Eat, Fast and Live Longer. (I know, Oxford Comma problems with the title, but we’ll ignore that for now.) This documentary explored the concepts of fasting and severe calorie restriction. Here’s a news article summing it up. If your local PBS is running this program, it’s definitely worth […]
Today I went to the gym, taking full advantage of the time that funemployment affords me! I started out with Couch to 10k, Week 5 Day 1 (out of a 14-week program). I’m going to try to pick up my pace a little bit; today I started at 5.5 for the running portions, increasing up […]
I was almost dreading the 10K today, because I tried to run outdoors on Thursday and it.was.bad. The race began at 6am, but I arrived around 5:15 – like any self-respecting Angeleno, I had to scope out free parking. Groups were started in waves according to their anticipated finish time – I was in the […]
Last week I texted my pops and told him the only time I miss eating beef and pork is when I walk by the Cuban bakery and see people on sidewalk seats eating their Cuban sandwiches and pasteles de carne and papas rellenas… He texted back saying it was great that I don’t eat meat […]
