Intervals

I’m at Fenway Park, aka “My Happy Place” and it doesn’t really matter what I have to say on this episode of Intervals…it’s just good to be back at “The Cathedral of Baseball”.

I'm back at Fenway to watch my beloved Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees!! play Ball!!

My friend, fellow runner and coach: John Ellis, ran an impressive 5:47:52 today in the Boston Marathon. This was a beautiful day in New England and I very much appreciate the fact that runners like John had the courage, indomitable spirit and athleticism to run 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to downtown Boston. Thank you John, and everyone who ran Boston today. You taught me a valuable lesson.

Greetings fellow runners...I'm STILL Steve Runner, even though...I really can't run for awhile. Injury has fallen upon me to the point where the pain is too excessive to run. No worries though! I'm still losing weight (much more slowly) and keeping busy staring at walls, watching snow melt, grass grow, paint dry and lot's of exciting stuff. Listen in, or fall asleep. GO SOX!

My friend, John Vaughn posted "Thinking its time for an intervals update from Steve" on FB today. Well John, things are going well. I'm Burning 40 and enjoying the light of the afternoon sun!

I'm a sailor peg And I've lost my leg Climbing up the top sails I lost my leg! I'm shipping up to Boston whoa I'm shipping up to Boston whoa I'm shipping up to Boston whoa I'm shipping off...to find my wooden leg

On bitterly cold New England day, with snow flurries falling all around: I find myself in sunny, warm Ft. Meyers Florida at the Spring Training camp of my beloved Boston Red Sox, who took to the field for their very first games of 2014 against my old technical school: Northeastern University and for the double header, Boston College. It was a very good day.

It's official, I've reached the halfway point of my "Burnign 40" goal to weigh 180 pounds...but I'll be on vacation in Florida for the rest of this week and next...and the temptation to EAT CRAPPY FOOD will be something I'll have to learn to deal with.

I’m almost at the halfway mark of my Burning 40 goal, and it feels good. I still have a long way to go…but I’m confident that I’ll be at the 180 pound weight by early June (or sooner.) Also in this episode I tell you about a great project for fans (like me) of Black Lab at http://blacklabworld.com/ and I’ll be revealing my “Diet Secrets” LIVE on the Slow Runners Club slowrunnersclub.com tomorrow (Sunday the 23rd) at 3:00 PM Eastern / 12 noon Pacific on Google + Hangout (watch us live and say “hi”).

I’m losing weight and feeling much better. It’s a bit of an introspective episode this time; trying (as best I can, which means “hardly”) to answer the question “WHY NOW?” Why have I decided to REALLY get healthier now? The answer isn’t a big secret. I guess I finally “give a crap”.

I’ve dropped 11.8 pounds since I started this new diet on January 26th, exactly 2 weeks ago. On January 30th, weighing in a 214.5 and still overcoming a case of influenza, I checked into the UMass Memorial health center to have some blood drawn for a checkup following some chest pain I had experienced about six months ago. I’m pretty sure that the chest pain was muscular in origin (not cardiovascular) but since I was obese (according to the BMI charts) my doctor wasn’t taking any chances. An electrocardiogram treadmill test showed that my heart was in very good shape…but at my current age of 52; my doctor wasn’t taking any chances. Today I’ll reveal some PHI and talk about one of the reasons I’ve decided to lose some weight and get healthier.

Greetings from the incredible shrinking runner. Today I'll answer the question "Yeah, but what are you really eating?". Short answer? Not cardboard.

After just one week, I’ve lost 18% of my goal of 40 pounds. Today I’ll talk about how beer and wine has contributed to my weight gain…and what I’ve done about that. Of course, at this early stage my weight loss isn’t REALLY 6.8 pounds…but by this time next week I should be closer to a state of “nutritional ketosis” (keto-adaptation) where my body’s glycogen has dropped off and I’m fueling myself mostly by burning FAT.

My first weigh in....don't get too excited for me; but to quote the crystal life forms of Velara III (Star Trek - Next Generation reference) I am just an "ugly bag of mostly water". Today I'll tell you a little bit more about my new diet, and how I plan to lose 40 pounds.

Today is the first day of a new diet that I'm going to follow. It doesn't really matter WHICH diet it is; all that matters is that I learn some discipline.