cat slave diary

Weather good in SF — grouse city. Here’s some interesting WW stats you might want to mention on Monday night:

* Lots of people are either fat or obese. Marti could move over here and be busy for fifteen lifetimes. It is scary. I see why “Supersize Me” is (a) so relevant, and (b) caused so much furore.
* “Low-carbs” is the big thing you see here, not lo-fat
* Ben & Jerry’s have an ice-cream flavour called “Choc chip cookie dough” which sounds shocking, but tastes exactly like it claims, and is bloody beautiful
* there is a kind of chocolate called “Godiva”. Fabulous stuff. Dark chocky around a raspberry liquer
* Nutritional information highlights calories, sodium, carb, and transaurated fats on almost all packaging.
* Queznos is a chain of stores in competition with Subway, and they are sooooo much nicer
* Subways has their 7 subs with < 6 g of fat or whatevere the proimotion is. It’s the only reference to lo-fat food I’ve seen
* How many points is clam chowder in sourdough loaf?
* I have been walking up many hills to work off choc chip cookie dough vs godiva vs clam chowder

BTW, there is a CD store in Berkeley which claims to have over 1 million CDs, tapes and vinyl in the one store (new and used). I went there today, picked up a font line assembly single for $3 (AUD), and the new Future Sound of London for AUD 15.

Gotta go to bed; doing the golden gate bridge tomorrow, 0020 now!

PE

Only went up +0.2kg, which is often considered by yours truly as being within environmental parameters, so effectively no move, despite my week of gastronomic debauchery.

I really felt for one person I spoke to there last night, who has started on WW AND quit smoking at the same time. Good on her, I say, (what an effort!) but it must be hard…

Consider the following facts:

1. A total absence of any decent exercise since last WW;
2. A schmooze-y work dinner on Tuesday night;
3. Dinner out with some friends with (I only realized it later) mashed spuds with *cream* and butter
4. Enagagement/housewarming bash on Saturday arvo for the genetically aligned, which included a piece of black forest cake, and a piece of cream sponge (not to mention chips)
5. Some chocloate based sinning on a stressful Friday last week.

Here are some interesting reflections from this:
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I’ve just lost 0.2kg in 15 mins. The secret? A hair cut and beard trim.

As I was walking back from the barber, a guy has approached me: “Hey, mate, I haven’t eaten for two days –”

I cut him off and said, “What remarkable self control! Who is your group leader?” and kept walking. He stared after me, quite confused, poor petal.

Documentary on Fast Food Sparks Both Criticism and Intrigue

Three burgers a day.
http://film.guardian.co.uk/features/featurepages/0,4120,1233176,00.html

Sundance Channel: Morgan Spurlock
http://www.sundancechannel.com/festival/profiles/index.php?ixContent=5611

Debunk the Junk: Soso Whaley’s McDonald’s Adventure
http://www.cei.org/pages/debunk/debunk_the_junk.cfm

The Super Size Me Con
http://www.techcentralstation.com/supersizecon.html

Super Size Me [QuickTime]
http://www.supersizeme.com/

America’s Fattest and Fittest Cities
http://www.mensfitness.com/rankings/200

Morgan Spurlock’s recent documentary and extended nutrition experiment has
garnered great attention, both in the United States and abroad. By now, most
people know that the documentary consists of him making his way to McDonalds
and eating there several times a day for 30 days in a row. Since its
release, the film has also done quite well, as it passed the 200-screen week
this past week, and has already grossed over $6 million. Things continue to
look positive for Spurlock as he has recently signed a tentative book deal,
and has also just signed a deal to create a one-hour reality television
show. All is not completely tranquil, as a number of critics and other
pundits have begun to embark on their own separate projects that emphasize
personal responsibility when it comes to eating habits and such matters. One
such critic is Soso Whaley, an animal trainer based in Washington, DC, who
is making her own documentary where she also eats at McDonald’s for thirty
days. The twist is that she eats the healthier options available on their
menu, and as a result loses weight and her cholesterol also drops
significantly. She plans to enter her film in the Sundance Film Festival as
well, thereby keeping the ball rolling on the whole debate for at least
another year.

Was feezing cold and windblown by the time I got hom elast night, so I knida blew out my points a bit with a couple of cheese toasties with some hunks of roast beef atop. Yum, but 10 points

Okay, so I bought a Bonus Buddy.

I’ve read a couple of other places that 11,000 paces is about right for a continuous weight loss regime. I’ll try a day of “Andrew” exercise, and get back to everyone about how bad that is, and then I’ll up it if I can to 11,000 whilst I’m in Sydney.

I’d be interested in seeing how many steps a bonus point takes according to the pedometer.

I’m also staying with a vegetarian whilst in Sydney, so I’ll find some of the better places and eat there. Back to tracking!

Andrew

hi everyone, how’ve we all been? i don’t really have alot to say i think i’m having a bad year at the rate i’m going! i have been losing but very slowly (ie 2kgs in just over 1 month) which i know they say is the best way to go but its a little discouraging! i worked as a volunteer with st john’s at the footy last weekend and had to run the entire length of the mcg (we had a guy who had a cardiac arrest) and it opened my eyes to just how unfit i really am so i am making a conscious effort this week to up the exercise otherwise i’m never going to get to goal! (by the time we got there I thought they may’ve had to revive me!) anyways, you guys are going great guns by the sounds of it so keep up the good work!

I’m now down to a BMI of 27.2. For the hell of it, I worked out the next milestone BMIs for myself:

27 95.4
26 91.9 (note that at 94.6 I will have lost 20% of my starting mass!)
25 88.4

To hit a BMI of 23 (in theory the mid range, although I suspect that would make me a bit too scarily skinny) I would need to hit 81.3kg. (too light?).

Strangely, WW says my 25 BMI is 87kg. Perhaps I was having a short night when they measured me (I’m assuming 188cm, but 1.87cm does hit 87 kg, in which case my BMIs would be 27 == 94.4; 26 == 90.9, and 25 == 87.4)

Out of a WW book, last night I made a risotto with bruschetta on the side. It tasted like cardboard.
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