None of the workouts or diet tips and tricks that I’ve previously discussed could have been effective until I was willing to commit to the schedule changes and lifestyle changes necessary to support them. When I first started to think about losing weight two or three years ago, I added myself to my wife’s gym [...]
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Losing a third of me: Making a commitment to change
Posted: 11th April 2011 by ElShaddai Edwards in PersonalTags: lifestyle change, weight loss
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Losing a third of me: When to carb or not to carb
Posted: 4th April 2011 by ElShaddai Edwards in PersonalTags: diet, weight loss
Recent studies have begun pointing an evil finger at the carbohydrates in our lives. And I’d certainly be hard-pressed to argue that processed food is not an epidemic in our modern culture. However, one of the most important points that my trainer made was that carbs as a whole are not the problem, it’s when we [...]
Losing a third of me: Cardio, strength, repeat, rinse
Posted: 28th March 2011 by ElShaddai Edwards in PersonalTags: weight loss, workout
Some people will swear by cardio training, some people by lifting weights. I tend to favor cardio, but my daily routine tries to incorporate both. I typically work out for about an hour, alternating between 12-15 minutes of cardio and 10 minutes of modest strength training. During cardio, I’m pushing hard to hit 85-90% of [...]
100 reasons I haven’t been blogging…
Posted: 19th March 2011 by ElShaddai Edwards in PersonalTags: weight loss
For those keeping score, it’s been about a year and a half since my last post on this site. I certainly haven’t been absent in cyberspace as my friends on Facebook and Twitter will attest, but this particular arena has been lying fallow for many reasons, most of which I am not going to discuss. However, [...]
I had to chuckle yesterday. I was browsing through my blogroll links, checking out new posts while drinking my morning coffee. Seems like there’s always something new on Iyov’s blog, even if most of it requires more time than I have in the morning to properly digest. In any case, my eye was drawn down [...]