Food Dieting & Exercise

  • Calorie Tax - That’s it! I will have two 500 calorie meals a day and after that every thing will be Calorie Tax. If I want to eat past 1000 calories I have to pay the calorie tax first. It will be very interesting to see how long I can keep this [...]
  • Getting The Calorie Cost To Hit Home - My new Elliptical Trainer shows how many calories you burn as you go. Below you see my 100 grams of blue berries and 1/2 cup of rice milk. This treat is 93 calories. Before I ate it I got on my Elliptical Trainer and burned the 93 calories first. [...]
  • Kijiji Is A Good Place To Shop - You can find a lot of good deals on Kjiji. While Aylmer, Ontario is a very small town, London is just 40 minutes away with a population of 352,395 and a very good london.kijiji section. While a lot of people like london.craigslist I tend to go to kijiji [...]
  • Tunturi C20 Elliptical Trainer - Yesterday I bought a used Tunturi C20 Elliptical Trainer off Kijiji. The Tunturi C20 retails for around $749. I thought it would be a good entry level unit for me to start with and if I make good use of it I will consider upgrading to an Elliptical Trainer that [...]
  • Sweet Raspberry Salad Dressing - Anne Neufeld, a sister from the congregation I attend, gave me this great salad dressing recipe that I have been really enjoying that I want to share with you all. This Sweet Raspberry Salad Dressing is completely amazing! For you weight watchers out there be warned, this dressing has [...]
  • Fruit Shake - Here is the kind of shakes I am enjoying these days. Typically I am having 3 to 5 of these a day. I am using about 250ml of carrot juice in each 500g shake. Strawberries, Papaya, Cherries, Pineapple, Frozen Blueberries, Frozen Raspberries, Dates, Almonds, Brazilian Nuts, Chia, and Carrot Juice. Fruit Shake: Blended [...]
  • Average Speed On My Cervelo P2-SL - I purchased a Cervelo P2-SL back on March 29th and today I took it for its first 25km ride. I pulled off 12.59km in 24:55 which was an average of 30.3km/h. I did my 5km run in 30:59 which is 9.68km/h. My best running speed for 5km is 10km/h. On my [...]
  • To Burns Lake - I had a very good bike and run on Friday with my post-workout weight 160.8. I biked from home base to the Vedder dike 12.5km in 27:58 and ran 5km in 29:58. I really gave it on the want back to home base and did the 12.5km in 25:39. Shed building [...]
  • 05-11-09 Exercies & Food - I took off work early today so I could bike 25km and run 5km. For now I am just runnig 5km but I sure look forward to when my right leg is recovered enough to handle 10km with no problem. I am still suffering for the 20km run I [...]
  • 05-02-09 Exercies & Food - I weighed in after my morning workout at 163.2. My work out was 12.5km bike to Vedder dike in 31:49, 5km run on Vedder dike in 31:05, and 12.5km bike back to home base in 30:43. My calorie burn for the 25km bike was 450 calories (25km x 18cal/km at [...]
  • 04-24-09 Exercies & Food - I did a fasted 50km bike today in 2:05:24 and my post-workout weight was 163.2. I was trying to get my time under 2:00:00 but there was a good wind that I had to bike against on the way out to the Vedder River which is reflected in the [...]
  • Calories Burned in Running vs Cycling - You want to know if you burn more calories running or cycling? If so read on. I bike and run to burn calories and wanted to know the answer to this question myself. The following is what I found. I had it in my mind that it took twice as long [...]
  • 04-22-09 Exercise & Food - I am getting back on track with my diet and am trying to see if I had hit 159.8 which I am here in BC. I had a nice breakfast of a 500 gram Caesar salad and a 400 gram fruit shake this morning. The Dole Caesar dressing that comes [...]
  • 04-21-09 Exercise & Food - I had one of the Striploin Grilling Steaks that I picked up this morning. The steak was very good – I would rate it a 8 out of 10. These steaks are about 1.25″ thick and I cooked them on the George for 5 minutes and they came out just with [...]
  • Striploin Grilling Steaks - This morning I picked up a 1.8kg club pack of striploin steaks at Canadian Superstore in Chilliwack at 50% off. They were already at the amazing price of $17.60/kg and the 50% off bring the price down to $16.19 for 1.8kg. That ends up being $2.25 per 230 gram [...]
  • 20km Run In 2.5 Hours - It was an overcast day and I didn’t resist the urge to double up on my run. 20km took me 2:35:35 which is very slow. I picked a poor day to try to do a 20km run as I took Rex for a 4km run in the morning and I [...]
  • Fruit Shakes - I have been eating 3 to 4 fruit shakes a day. With my magic bullet it is quick and easy to put together a quick fruit shake. Here is a picture of some of the fruits I include in my fruit shakes. Except for the banana all the fruits below are [...]
  • Steamed Broccoli - Steamed Broccoli is a tasty low gram to calorie ratio food. There is 32 calories in 100g of Broccoli for a gram to calorie ratio of 1 to 0.32. See my gram to calorie ratio list of bulk foods to see other low gram to calorie ratio foods. Broccoli is a [...]
  • Yes I Am Still Working Out - My April the 7th post-workout weight was 162.2lbs. I got a good digital scales at the Super Store so I have been keeping an eye on my weight. Since December the 16th, 2008 (3 months 24 days) I have lost 32.8lbs. My goal is to lose 40lbs in 4 months. I have [...]
  • 04-01-09 Exercise & Food - My post-workout weight minus gear etc. was around 165lbs. I didn’t pick up a digital scales yet so all I had to go by was your typical bathroom scales. Since December the 16th, 2008 (3 months 16 days) I have lost 30lbs. My goal is to lose 40lbs in 4 months. My [...]
  • 1987 Centurion LeMans RS 12-Speed - I found a nice road bike on abbotsford.kijiji.ca for $38 and had Pedal Sport tuned up the bike, add a water bottle bracket, and install a set of Look pedals. I got the pedals from Dan Douglas the ower for $49 (they were slightly used). I brought the lock and [...]
  • 03-30-09 Exercise & Food - No workout today as I am traveling to Chilliwack, BC. I will be back on April the 16th.
  • Cervelo 2007 P2 SL Yellow - Since I am now biking 25km a day in my workout I decided that a bit better bike would be in order. Cervelo was the brand I wanted and I when with the P2SL triathlon model. I found one just my size on toronto.kijiji.ca. Cervelo P2 SL 2007 The Cervelo P2 [...]
  • 03-29-09 Exercise & Food - My workout weight including all my gear was 175.4. My post-workout weight minus gear etc. was 166.8. Since December the 16th, 2008 (3 months 13 days) I have lost 28.2lbs. My goal is to lose 40lbs in 4 months. 1st leg 12.5km bike 31:53 burning 499 calories, it was getting to [...]
  • 03-28-09 Exercise & Food - My workout weight including all my gear was 174.4. My post-workout weight minus gear etc. was 164.4. The scale turned the weigh off before my camera took the picture and I didn’t realize it until I when to post this picture. Since December the 16th, 2008 (3 months 12 days) I [...]

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