October 29, 2008

New math

As you may know by now, I have started on the path to a healthier lifestyle by exercising on a regular basis. In the past 8 weeks, or so, I’ve lost about 6 pounds and a lot of my moobage. (I would have lost more weight but I’ve been lifting weights now too and the added muscle messes with my weight loss. So I now go by the mirror test. If I can stand to look at myself in the mirror, then I’m doing okay.) I can now run three miles pretty easily and I look pretty darn good with my shirt off. You’ll just have to trust me on that one.

Lately, however, when I’ve been on the treadmill at the gym and I’m watching the calorie counter creep up to my goal 400+ calories burned, I start rationalizing things in my head.

I’ll think, “If I stop running at 250 calories, then I can just eat less tomorrow and it’ll be a wash.” Then I start thinking about what I can cut out of my diet the next day that will help me reduce my caloric consumption enough so that I may step off the treadmill early in good conscience. The only thing that is off limits is my morning mocha. Moobs or no moobs, a guy needs his coffee.

In fact, I have a new strategy. Since eating celery apparently burns more calories than it provides, if I go on a celery & mocha diet, I should still lose weight. I’m kinda surprised this isn’t being touted on late night TV as the next big thing. Maybe I should patent it.

Oh well. First things first. I need to go get my mocha. And some celery.

6 Comments

  1. The “celery burning more calories than it provides” is kind of an urban legend – it really only works if you are eating celery with nothing added, and you have to eat a LOT of celery. (Sorry, I was watching “Food Detectives” on the Food Network.)

    Still, get a patent. NOW. Imagine the infomercials!

    Comment by Deanna — October 29, 2008 @ 8:46 am

  2. Aw! Just failed the mirror test! Again!!! At least you’re doing the old quit-exercising-now-eat-less-later thing while ACTUALLY using a treadmill rather than while sitting on the couch watching the kids play.

    Comment by Lynnie — October 29, 2008 @ 12:26 pm

  3. I prefer my celery in a Bloody Mary. But that’s just me.

    Comment by Kate — October 29, 2008 @ 2:05 pm

  4. I’ll start slowly, with the Mocha and think about adding the celery later.

    Comment by James — October 29, 2008 @ 3:15 pm

  5. Let me know exactly how much celery one needs to consume to burn off a martini.

    Comment by Anissa@Hope4Peyton — October 29, 2008 @ 5:02 pm

  6. This is kind of funny because we were talking the other day about how lettuce (by itself) burns more calories while eating it than it gives you. The only problem… lettuce tastes blah by itself.

    Comment by Julie — October 30, 2008 @ 7:30 pm

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