July 31 2002 / (9)

...foursixtynine...

I need to eat more, but I also need to lose weight.
See, I'm getting a bit pudgy -- maybe 15-20 extra pounds in the traditional spare tire formation just above my waist. It's more a hassle than anything else; I've had to buy new pants one inch larger, I've had to listen to my more athletic brother tease me about it. Still, I want to get rid of it.
I've been considering a diet. Problem is, I don't eat that much to begin with. Breakfast is usually a granola bar (if that), lunch most days is a fairly thin sandwich, a pickle spear and some chips. Dinner is of average size, almost never followed by dessert.
My body would really like me to eat something around 5pm, which is at least two hours earlier than dinner is served. On my way home from work, my blood sugar drops and I start to feel "brain-dead," eventually becoming either depressed or angry, depending on my thoughts and traffic conditions. Dinner doesn't help if I make it to either of those stages -- I just stay quiet and moody the rest of the night. I fear a diet would only make that worse.
So I'm probably going to eat a snack on my way home -- which'll probably ruin my appetite for dinner, but it's better than being grumpy -- and try to exercise more instead of dieting. I've said that before, of course, the exercise thing, but this time I mean it. I can't afford to keep buying new pants.

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July 31 2002, 02:12 PM / bran

Huffy - why don't you try eating smaller meals and cut down your carb intake? Maybe you could kill 2 birds...

July 31 2002, 02:27 PM / Roni

Eat the snack. Your body wants food and you have to give in. Smaller meals spaced out evenly are actually better than 3 large meals...even if yous aren't so large. the snack might even make you hungrier by reboosting your metabolism...could happen. ;)

July 31 2002, 04:13 PM / Andrew

If I eat any smaller meals, I'll be eating next to nothing. Not eating enough is part of the problem. I do plan on reducing carbs. I do plan on eating a snack. I do plan on exercising.

July 31 2002, 06:10 PM / paul

I hate to be the one (the kettle says to the pot), but you'll have to give up the beer.

I found giving up air conditioning pours off the pounds as well.

By the way, I think fair food can be considered small meals, spaced out evenly (by the time you get to the next booth) so we both shouldn't need any pants when we get back from Springfield.

July 31 2002, 08:49 PM / Andrew

Yeah, I've made an executive decision to only drink snobby beer -- that should cut down on consumption other than occasional visits to Hopleaf.

August 01 2002, 09:33 AM / Peter

Run a mile every other day. It sucks the first couple of times, but after a month you'll notice the difference. If you hate running as much as I do, join a sport that involves running.

Or you could start smoking!

August 01 2002, 09:57 AM / Todd

Honestly, good old-fashioned Speed will do the trick...pop a few pills and watch the pounds melt away! Of course, you won't be able to sleep nights, but who needs sleep when you're thin and happy?

August 01 2002, 10:08 AM / Andrew

Hahahahahaha! Todd, you crack me up. Speaking of crack...

Pete, as we've discussed before, my knees can't take running. I'll probably bike more in the next few weeks, now that some of my evening projects are finished (see here).

August 01 2002, 11:10 AM / Peter

OK fine, then swim. You'd be using all of your muscles and you wouldn't be expsoing your knees to too much stress.

I'm sure Cinnamon wouldn't mind buying you a euro-trash speedo.

However, I'd give the speed proposal some thought.





    

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