Personal Ban on "White Foods" & Touting the Russian Kettlebell
The Wonderbread Years are over. As of my drive in to work this morning, I've decided that I will try to avoid "white foods" for the next while - not sure how long this will last, but everyone seems to be keen on "Atkins-type" diets these days (http://atkins.com/), so I am swayed to give it a shot.
Not that I am looking to lose any more weight - I'm already down to 170 lbs from last summer's high of 193 lbs. I have achieved this new level of sveltitude not by any drastic diet fad, but by returning to regular physical activity (gasp!) - for the past year I've been working out at GoodLife Fitness three or four times a week - this, in addition to playing hockey once or twice a week has shed the weight. I'm in tip-top shape. No really, I am.
The only other significant change I made that may or may not have affected my weight was that I stopped drinking Coke - I was once having three or four cans of the swill a day. I'm not missing the glucose-fructose influx, nor the badness, which was, I am convinced, the direct result of those six to eight teaspoons of refined sugar that is dissoved in every can of Coke. I'm sure stopping the Coke was worth 5-7lbs right off the bat, and happily, I have not had to interrupt a round of golf with a sprint to the woods and leave a perfectly good golf towel behind, in more than a year. So now, every time I would have had a Coke at my side, I have water instead.
I'm thinking that it can't be a bad thing to avoid white bread, white rice, and potatoes for a while... we'll see what happens. Fraser just told me that corn on the cob is out too.
A friend of mine (Dave Weir, no relation to Mike), is now touting the use of the Russian Kettlebell as his fitness tool of choice. I'm intrigued, yet somewhat disturbed by the images of the shirtless doodes in black speedos hoisting this old-world implement. I'm diggin' the way this site touts the Kettlebell - after all, who wouldn't want "TOP DOG, LORD-OF-THE-MAT, ALWAYS-WIN Strength and Endurance"?
Anyone? Didn't think so...
Not that I am looking to lose any more weight - I'm already down to 170 lbs from last summer's high of 193 lbs. I have achieved this new level of sveltitude not by any drastic diet fad, but by returning to regular physical activity (gasp!) - for the past year I've been working out at GoodLife Fitness three or four times a week - this, in addition to playing hockey once or twice a week has shed the weight. I'm in tip-top shape. No really, I am.
The only other significant change I made that may or may not have affected my weight was that I stopped drinking Coke - I was once having three or four cans of the swill a day. I'm not missing the glucose-fructose influx, nor the badness, which was, I am convinced, the direct result of those six to eight teaspoons of refined sugar that is dissoved in every can of Coke. I'm sure stopping the Coke was worth 5-7lbs right off the bat, and happily, I have not had to interrupt a round of golf with a sprint to the woods and leave a perfectly good golf towel behind, in more than a year. So now, every time I would have had a Coke at my side, I have water instead.
I'm thinking that it can't be a bad thing to avoid white bread, white rice, and potatoes for a while... we'll see what happens. Fraser just told me that corn on the cob is out too.
A friend of mine (Dave Weir, no relation to Mike), is now touting the use of the Russian Kettlebell as his fitness tool of choice. I'm intrigued, yet somewhat disturbed by the images of the shirtless doodes in black speedos hoisting this old-world implement. I'm diggin' the way this site touts the Kettlebell - after all, who wouldn't want "TOP DOG, LORD-OF-THE-MAT, ALWAYS-WIN Strength and Endurance"?
Anyone? Didn't think so...
posted by Mike McAllister @ 10:23:00 AM
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