I raced Jack’s Generic Triathlon this year. Here’s my lessons learned from this sprint triathlon, including my thoughts on the race overall.
Lessons Learned: Jack’s Generic Triathlon 2019 Race Report
Fitness Plan
In modern marketing and advertising, “fitness” has become code for things like “movement”, “athleticism”, and even “health”. However, the word means far more.
“Fitness” means being able to do the things one wants to do.
When I’m fit, I’m able to do things I want.
When my tools and situation are fit for my purpose, I’m able (though not guaranteed) to get the results I want.
These essays explore the relationship between how things are, and how they impact getting what we want. They may also explore the more modern and limited subject of fitness as athleticism.
Plans, Part 1. Plot a Path to your Product
Create and execute a plan to build a bridge to your product.
Afraid you may be a food addict? Finally stop evening food binges.
When we don’t eat right, our bodies have an uncanny way of correcting our failure to do so. When we do eat right, everything seems to work in favor of self-control and satisfaction. How do you feel? Have you ever had uncontrollable cravings in the evening, followed by a ravenous eating binge, where nothing you […]
5 Surprising Weight Loss Facts You May Not Realize: Knowledge Is Power
Collectively, Americans spend almost a quarter trillion dollars annually on weight-loss or related products, plans, medical procedures, and pharmaceuticals. You can’t walk 100 feet in a grocery store without seeing a “diet”, “sugar free”, “low-fat”, or “light” product, or a magazine article about losing weight, tightening abs, or being fit. For all the money we […]
4 simple steps you can use to conquer uncontrollable cravings
Do any of these sound familiar? My friend said she has an uncontrollable desire to drink wine every night: two glasses only, but never one. I recall evenings during heavy physical training where I’d ravenously polish off two pieces of fruit and half a pound of chocolate covered almonds. A client told me she had […]
How Many Ways Have You Tried To Lose Weight?
Despite a $66 billion industry full of offers and promises about weight loss, over 2/3 of US residents are overweight or obese. Still, despite the enormity of the problem, the numbers above don’t accurately total the real costs. In fact, medical costs related to obesity cost us another $147 billion. Human body fat and related illness is […]
Are you moody or hangry? No! You’re not a monster!
Have you known anyone who said they suffer from the hangry monster? Do you know someone who becomes impatient and angry often (sometimes when they’re hungry)? Do know anyone who experiences mood swings, for no clear reason? Have you ever observed a moody toddler with an amazing parent, who made it clear they knew it […]
4 Reasons Why It May Look Like You’re Not Losing Weight
Some people begin a weight management journey, they feel different, and they may even look different, but the scale doesn’t always seem to agree. Here are reasons why it may look like you’re not losing weight, even though you’re doing everything right. 1. Body Proportions Don’t Change The last time I lost significant weight (more […]
60 Reasons You’re Chronically Overweight Or Obese
Success or failure in any endeavor begins and ends with our mental relationship to the undertaking. Physical achievements are no different. Once we create a mental framework that supports a condition, the condition naturally comes into existence. Our historic mental framework has gotten us where we are today. We will have to create a new […]
Why Doesn’t It Look Like I’m Losing Weight?
We were on the phone. My client was 5 weeks into her new, individualized eating plan. “Why doesn’t it look like I’m losing weight?” She knew she was doing everything right: Base every meal on a protein Mostly Vegetables and Fruit Healthy Fat Limit processed foods, and processed sugars and starches Stay below BMR (Basal […]
