Diet

KiFit Body Monitor – The Update

February 27, 2011
KiFit Body Monitor - The Update

I’ve been wearing KiFit body monitor for 3 weeks now and have just downloaded the stats for analysis. I love this bit. I have masses of data points for each day and feel compelled to create myself a database to store it all in. I can look back on each day determine my calorie intake, [...]

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Running Snacks and Protein

February 19, 2011
Running Snacks and Protein

I’m on the look out for the perfect running snack to sustain me through the long runs. I know that the sugar laden syrupy shots are very popular, but they make me gag and besides, refined carbs play havoc with my weight. As a runner with a weight problem I struggle with the concept of [...]

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Ki Fit Body Monitoring Gadget

February 7, 2011
Ki Fit Body Monitoring Gadget

I’ve been watching back to back episodes of the Biggest Loser for quite some time now and in the later series the Bodybugg became an integral feature on the flabby arms of the contestants. I’m not sure why the new gadget took so long to register with me but within three days of me acknowledging [...]

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9 Top iPhone Apps for Runners

November 9, 2010
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I’ve been running with my iPhone for a couple of years and I think I have now got a fairly stable armory of running or health related apps that I would be prepared to recommend. I’ll split them into 4 sections and go from there. The Running Logs The iPhone is my ever present mobile [...]

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Great North Swim 2009

September 15, 2009
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So the big day arrived, not quite the day that every girl dreams of, but as days go it was big enough to require the same sort of dietary preparations. 6 weeks of off and on Stella abstinence brought me to a point where I was prepared to at least attempt a public shoe-horning of [...]

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Tag You’re It!

August 17, 2007
Tag You're It!

Oh dear, I’ve been had, EatDrinkWoman tagged me the other day and although I did my best to ignore it, I now notice that Kathy got in on the act and tagged me too. Clearly no escape, I have to answer a list of questions, boring you all senseless in the process and then make [...]

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Weightloss for Nerds

January 30, 2007
Weightloss for Nerds

I’m building up for another assault on my weight. Over the last 15 months I lost 20lbs! Unfortunately no whooping and a hollering is deserved as the net position sees this 20lbs declining to a mere 7lbs loss. I went through 3 clear weightloss phases and as the chart shows, I don’t have too much [...]

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Health Statistics

January 27, 2007
Health Statistics

Latest Nerd Diet Stats Here is the latest trend chart, updated at PhysicsDiet.com and based on the Hackers Diet principles that I blogged about here. The blue line is the exponentially smoothed moving average (trend) and green means great! Monthly Phys Stats Here are the approximately monthly results from the speak your weight machine: [TABLE=2] [...]

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About Me & Contact Details

January 27, 2007
About Me & Contact Details

It struck me a few years ago that my life was a little unbalanced, in that my love for all things cerebral seemed to prevent me from taking part in anything physical. As a consequence my health wasn’t all that smart and I weighed in at a massive 22 stone! Walking to the corner shop [...]

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Running, Beer and Motivation

August 4, 2006
Running, Beer and Motivation

Click image to enlarge I have committed to cutting back on the alcohol, in order to get the diet back on track again. Therefore this view of the brewery is the closest I’ll get to a beer for a while. It’s the sight I get on the last few hundred yards of my run, just [...]

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