Signs That You NEED to STOP Your Diet (Taking a 2-Week Break) Cheat by being at maintenance. At 280, my BMR is like 2500. Body heat generation. Leptin depletion due to the diet. OH WOW – carbohydrates INCREASE leptin This…

Hunger management 1 My hunger is being managed again. Just like that golden week where I lost 8 pounds. Basically, I had two days of eating trashy food, including general tsos, fried rice, wonton ragoons, etc. Then, the next day…

I haven’t had a legit run in weeks. Crisis with relationship, family. Flu recovery. Plateau. Not achieving my small goals. Work stresses. Everything’s coming together again – crescendoing again. I was already supposed to have done a half marathon. But…

I am at a plateau. Need to break through it. Two approaches: Cheat day with a crazy shit, followed by lower calorie week. Another approach is fast for 36 hours. Either way, something needs to rejigger this body. Also, I…

A while ago, I wrote: Is this therapy. Writing on this blog is a sort of therapy. It helps me clear my mind and also reinforce my plan. This is helping me shift my mindset. From – someone who was…

Respitory sinus arythmia DEEP INHALE: Speed HR DEEP EXHALE: Slow down HR

Say no to people, including your family, if you are not getting good food. Im sorry, but at least for now, you have to be ruthless. You have a plan, you have to keep going. Dont accept food thats not…

I need to constantly keep reminding myself about this. It is a long marathon. Just pay attention to the present. And slowly chip away. Reduce the noise. Covid test was negative today. Still have some symptoms but I cant want…

Getting better but not totally done yet. I am a bit afraid about running again. Worried that my lung and heart are weak. And also that the wind I am breathing is creating an issue. Nah, I think instead I…

I’m just below 280 right now. Eventually I will reach a plateau that will become ridiculously annoying to get rid of. The goal is to not let your eyes off of the target.