35 Mile Sunday Road Bike Ride

June 13, 2011

On Saturday I went on a 15 mile bike ride that included one to many stops for cocktails. I ran into my parents at Pi, a local pizza place, and had a few slices of their Chicago style pizza. It was delicious. I figured it was Saturday and I could make it a cheat day. [...]

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Power and Efficiency on a Bicycle (1449.28 MPG)

June 9, 2011

  I had an interesting conversation over lunch about exercise efficiency. It all started as I was explaining how I hate running. Then we started talking about how running used far more energy than cycling and one thing led to another. Anyway, I brought up the fact that a bicycle is one of the most [...]

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Fat IN Your Belly Doesn’t End Up ON Your Belly

June 1, 2011
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I read an interesting article on the NYT Well blog: Eating Fat, Staying Lean that contained some data from a recent Johns Hopkins study. Kerry Stewart, director of clinical and research and exercise physiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is publishing initial findings of a long term study on diet and exercise. Study [...]

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Carbs = Fatness

May 10, 2011

“In contrast to the hormonal activation of adenylate cyclase and (subsequently) hormone-sensitive lipase in adipocytes, the mobilization of fat from adipose tissue is inhibited by numerous stimuli. The most significant inhibition is that exerted upon adenylate cyclase by insulin. When an individual is well fed state, insulin released from the pancreas prevents the inappropriate mobilization [...]

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Substitutions

March 24, 2011

I’m down 4.6 pounds in 5 days.  Not too shabby considering I was out of town 2 of those days.  Reference Timothy Ferriss in 4 Hour Body, “Having followed this diet in 30+ countries, I can state without exception that travel is not a legitimate excuse for breaking the rules.” I took a bag of [...]

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Around Town on the Mountain Bike

March 22, 2011

I took the mountain bike out for a quick spin around the city. It took me a moment to realize I could jump curbs, ride down stairs and ignore potholes. I did a couple of climbs on the cobblestones at the landing and cruised down Washington Avenue. The time and speed both look pretty slow [...]

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60 to 30 by 30

March 19, 2011

Its been a long, long time since my last post.   I’ve gained 20 plus pounds.  And that’s not just because I fell and broke my coccyx.  Nope.  That happened in November and now its March.  I’ll tell you a little secret: I’ve gained weight because I haven’t had any exercise and I’m eating more.  [...]

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