Author : Entries by kurt@insuremonkey.com

Boredom is Dr Evil's younger brother the “sniper".   He lye's in waiting, dressed in his ghillie suit all day.  As the clock strikes 10:00PM he takes his shot. He changes weapons often, one day he could use a pastry, the next, a leftover brat.  There is no end to his madness, he is “Extra Evil".

OK here is the deal, I can't be left home alone.  I am out of control, I am an eating machine ...

Hey, I am back.

Yeah, I know, I went AWOL.  We launched the beta for our new health insurance web site on June 8th.  Shameless plug  www.insuremonkey.com. Longer workdays and higher stress levels, everything has been crazy around here. I set up my healthy living program and it was working. Then I stopped!

WHY?

That could take years of therapy to answer.  So for the last seven months, I have fallen back into my old ways. Random cheesecake ...

Whine – Whine – Whine… It seems as if that's all I do any more.  I don't eat what I want, when I want or as much as I want.  So I cry like a baby. It's a good thing that I'm not on The Biggest Loser. Jillian Michaels would want to kick my butt just for fun.

Food is Fuel

I have said it before, and I am sure I will say it again.  I am rock ...

The earth continues on its normal rotation.  Life in general just keeps moving forward. This is the natural order of things. Yet I find that it is harder to manage my emotions now.  As I restricted my calories and fat consumption I become agitated and aggressive, even moody.

My body is getting the nutrition that it needs, but is my mind rebelling over its lost freedom?  Does the mind fight the body over control? Or better yet, does the subconscious ...

Food is Fuel

It is easy to say food is fuel. It is much harder to believe it. As for me I still haven't bought into the whole thing.  In the past I looked forward to lunch. I would start planning it around 9:30. As the morning gave way to noon, my mood would pick up. I would get a spring in my step and a feeling of joy would fill the office.  “It is lunch time" I ...

Food is Fuel

OK, I am back in the game.

This week was much better than last week.  I am still very solid all day during the week. I have set up a controlled environment at the office. Alex and I went shopping, the kitchen cabinets here in the office are packed full of food that makes healthy eating automatic.

I have started to eat breakfast in the office, which eliminates even more distractions.  I often stopped at a Jack ...

Food is Fuel

I have the daytime weekday routine down. I am on target most, if not, all of the time. The afternoon snack can be a problem, but I am rock solid all the way until 3:00 PM.

Dinner and the weekends are a big problem. I went out to dinner four times, one business dinner, three social dinners. I drank Jack Daniels (the undisputed, pound for pound best whiskey ever). I ate pork, beef, and cheese (you ...

Food is Fuel

Morning
I am trying to settle into a routine.  Breakfast is fairly easy; I eat Quaker Weight Control oatmeal, Eggbeaters, or a Pure Protein bar.  That is 300 calories or less and I am off to a good start.  My first snack is very easy, I have Quaker Chewy Granola Bar that is 100 calories, or Nabisco 100 Calorie Pack, and of course that is 100 calories.

Lunch
This is also not all that bad. I eat ...

I have been missing in action for the last six weeks; I am not very techie and I had a technical problem. In that time I have made some changes. On the food front, I try to make smarter choices, and on the exercise front, something is better than nothing.

Food is Fuel

I have been working with the idea that if I eat small amounts all day, I will feel like I have eaten much more than I really ...