My roommate and I headed down to the Taste of Chicago yesterday. I was on my skates and he was on his bike for almost 15 miles. Normally, the route would be a little shorter, but we had to go north to Sheridan to stay out of the Pride Parade’s route.
Below is our route:
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An interesting article from the NBC10 (Philadelphia) website discusses some of the benefits from a big breakfast diet:
Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz of the Hospital de Clinicas in Venezuela said an overall low-carb diet may cause a quick weight loss, but pounds come back quickly, as well. Only 5 percent of carb-restrictive diets are successful after two years, she said….
All told, those on the new diet lost more than 21 percent of their body weight, compared with just 4.5 percent for the low-carb group.
For more information, check out “Big Breakfast Key to Weight Loss, Doc Says” at the NBC10 website.
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Tagged: breakfast, fitness, health, weight loss
I was traveling last week for work, so I brought my skates with me and made it out in Elmwood Park, IL and Mt. Vernon, IL, far from the familiar Chicago Lakefront trail, but enjoyable nonetheless.
In Elmwood Park, my trip was about 13.5 miles to Berwyn and back:
In Mt. Vernon, I didn’t venture too far due to the road conditions, so I plotted out an impromptu 1.3 mile loop course and did 5 intervals for a total of about 9.3 miles.
Overall, it was a 45+ mile week on the skates. I’m going to try to push for 70 and 100 mile weeks over the next two weeks to maximize the amount of weight I’m able to lose while on the Master Cleanse Diet.
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Tagged: elmwood park, fitness, health, in-line skating, inline skating, mt. vernon, rollerblading, skating, weight loss
I skated to Navy Pier today and on Saturday, each being about 12 miles round trip. Today’s trip was pretty smooth and took about an hour. On Saturday, however, I was affected by the heat and came down with heatstroke. It will be really important that I’m monitoring my fluids as the heat rises and I step up my workouts.
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I’ve made little progress since my 19 mile skate 2 weeks ago. This is largely due to an increased workload prior to our Golf Outings at work.
To offset my lack of progress, I’ll be getting on the Master Cleanse Diet within the next 2 weeks. More about this soon.
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