The period when I was consulting with a dietician on a regular basis was a good learning time for me. That was really what it was about, so after a while, I really felt like the sessions were not as valuable to me. If you’re taking lessons on doing anything, there comes a time when…

Welcome to the 18th in our series shattering the yoyo. Episode 46 was really about the external factor, motivation. And that’s important to what I’m doing now, but the key word is DOING. So the philosophy is great, but what I am really interested in now is the action I was taking. I recommend if…

It’s interesting to hear this, and I remember how good it felt to fit into those clothes. I felt pretty good, and you can tell I was really enjoying life, I was commenting on the beauty all around me, the spillway, the water, ducks, dogs.   Read the full post at http://RunningAFEVER.com/280 Photo: “Duck at…

I feel like I really am learning as I listen to this, even though it was the tail end of the Biggest Loser contest. At that point, I was talking the talk but not yet walking the walk. I couldn’t resist starving myself for the contest. Read the full post at http://RunningAFEVER.com/279 Image by truthseeker08…

So here is the problem. You can hear by the sound of my voice, though I am trying to speak to myself with this rational idea of losing weight slowly, gaining health, not losing weight, etc. There is still a kind of pride there. And you know the old saying ‘pride goeth before a fall’?…

At this point in my fitness journey, I did not have my own biometric impedance analyzer. I could get that measurement at my dietician, otherwise, I was just using BMI to estimate my body fat. Since then I have acquired a scale that gives me BIA as well. And right now, I don’t have a…

When I recorded this episode I had lost 50 pounds, more than ever, and I had a goal of losing 100 total within the year. That’s probably twice as much as I should have lost. I think when I spoke with my cardiologist a few weeks ago, he said something like 3 or 4 pounds…

Being reasonable, having patience is a recurring theme in my diet and exercise work. I’ve been on both ends of each. Eating too much or too little, exercising too much or too little. You might say I am an expert at impatience. Read the full post at http://RunningAFEVER.com/275 Image by Robin Higgins from Pixabay https://tinyurl.com/robin275…

One of the things you notice I’m doing is counting calories. I have not been doing this very accurately this time, and I need to have that done by the next time I do an episode. Read the full post at http://RunningAFEVER.com/274   Image by Oberholster Venita from Pixabay https://tinyurl.com/venita100   Check out this episode!

In episode 38 I met with Tom and we talked about our goals and priorities. At the time I had set the specific goal of running two complete laps at Lake Fayetteville in a day. I wound up meeting the goal, adjusting for the fact that by November of 2018 I had decided that running…