Been out of town for another week and did pretty well. I did not visit the gym, but chose to walk to many of the venues for dinner and fun. One way ended up being just over a mile which was nice. I’ve noticed that I tend to drink a little more coffee (decaf) than I would when at home. Next time I will need to bring my water bottle that makes it too convenient to want to drink anything else.

Cranial Activity

On this trip, I had a chance to hear a talk about change from Chip Heath. Chip and his brother Dan wrote a book, “Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard”, that I highly recommend you read. It is written in a style that provides content along with great examples. Chip is also an outstanding speaker (check out this snippet about his last book, Made to Stick), who among other things talked about how hard it is to eat right these days. With the complexities of nutrition combined with the lack of clarity from things like the food pyramid, it just makes it tough. He mentioned a book to cut through the confusion titled “Food Rules”, written by Michael Pollan. This is quite possibly the best way to start rethinking about what and how to eat. I read this on my Nook and was very satisfied with the experience. Some books on food and nutrition have lots of pictures and charts which don’t translate well, but this book was ideal for my Nook.

Physical Activity

Before I left on my trip, I joined LA | Fitness. In addition to the membership, I will be working with a trainer to continue my work on really getting healthy. I am very proud of the progress I have made which includes changing my eating habits as well getting moving. However, I think the next step is to add a bit of strength training to build a some muscle. This will need to be a combination of continuing to lose weight, working towards my health goal and getting stronger to increase my metabolism. I have my initial session tomorrow morning – looking forward to it!

Obligatory Chart

I am still on a bit of a flat point on losing weight, but am ok with it. It is a challenge to do the right things when travelling,but I made good choices and still managed to drop a pound when it was all said and done.

That said, I need to pay a little closer attention to what and how much I am eating now that I am back home. Getting into a rhythm on walking, mini-tramp and gym workouts again will bring back the balance.

 

Next Milestone – Weight=180, target date = 05-DEC-2010

Reminder: This will take me out of the obese classification and simply into overweight.