I am just now getting over another bout of bronchitis.  Second time in a year - what's up with that? Why are my lungs so fragile? I'm not a smoker (well, besides the occasional cigar), I try to eat healthy, and I take my vitamins. Once upon a time I used to exercise fairly regularly, but ... See Full Entry »

This is an update on my previous post, The Birth Control Pill and Hair Loss. Take about abrupt! Everything I've read has said that it takes about 6 months for the pill to completely leave your system and things to start going back to normal.  I had expected gradual changes leading up to the 6-month mark, ... See Full Entry »

I just finished a workout. Today was legs. I'm doing high reps with no or light weights. My legs build muscle easily and are naturally rather muscular so I'm not looking to add any more bulk. Often, when doing high reps, it's easy to get discouraged. You feel the burn at a count of 6 and ... See Full Entry »

A calorie is a calorie is a calorie right? Not really. Now that I'm working on the treadmill again, I'm paying more attention to not only what I eat, but when I eat it. Some may argue that a 500-calorie meal of steak and veggies is the same as a 500-calorie meal of white rice and fish, but ... See Full Entry »

I just finished watching a BBC Horizon documentary called "Why Are Thin People Not Fat?"  It was a lot more interesting than I had expected and changed some of my beliefs about obesity and body weight. The documentary covers an experiment where they take 10 slim people and have them eat double their normal calories for ... See Full Entry »

Now that I am working out a lot, I am eating more food while trying to be a bit more conscious as to what I'm putting in my body.  I'll write a proper blog entry on that later, but here's a quick rundown of the staples of my diet: non-fat yogurt with fruit on the bottom low-carb ... See Full Entry »

Have you seen Kelly Osborne lately? She's lost 42 lbs and looks great.  The best part? She did it all through diet and exercise. She can afford to turn to liposuction or hiring an intense personal trainer, but she did it gradually in a way that allowed her to stick with it and eventually grow to ... See Full Entry »

I ordered a large pan pizza from Pizza Hut tonight. They currently have a deal where you can get "Any Pizza, Any Size, Any Toppings" for just $10.  So, being the greedy piggies that we are, I ordered a large and piled on the toppings. Tim's half was covered in mushrooms, diced tomatoes, onions, green ... See Full Entry »

A few days ago, I came across an article titled "Get shredded, ripped, cut up, lean, losing body fat, cut carbs to lose weight, diet and muscle gain." Yeah, it's a mouthful though I'm sure that's for SEO reasons. I didn't read it at the time because it's rather long, but I took the time tonight ... See Full Entry »