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“Eat Stop Exercise” is a Despicable Rip-off of Brad Pilon’s EatStopEat
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I was going to include this in a link roundup I'm doing but then I thought nope, this really deserves it's own entry, the roundup can wait a bit.
You remember Chris, right? A mere shadow of his former self at 106 pounds lost in 7 months. He's not done, yet. Via email.
It's been awhile since I checked in. Last week I weighed in at 253 - 121 lbs lost now. This is officially the lowest weight I've been at since my 20's (I'm now 51). At 6'3", I'd like to get down to at least 210. Frankly, I'm not sure what my "mature adult weight" really should be. But the mirror is telling me I've got a way to go yet. Nevertheless, I'm thrilled with the results. To say the least, life is much better these days.
I asked what sorts of reactions he's been getting from family & friends.
Well, you can imagine the reactions are one of the best parts. One of my quartet mates has taken to calling me "the incredible shrinking man". And there's nothing quite like running into someone who hasn't seen you for a good while. It's often: "I almost didn't recognize you!" or "HOLY CRAP! You look great!" One of my favorite comments was - "Who invited Chris' younger brother?" I've been reluctant to spend much money on clothes, because I'm changing sizes so fast. Recently, we invaded the closet in my son's old room & I grabbed some shirts he wore in high school, much to his chagrin.... I've gone from 4-5XL down to XL shirts & 2XL on the bottom (unfortunately, I've always been pear-shaped). I've got to take some shots of me in my old clothes - hilarious!
Lots of people ask me what I'm doing, but I've learned to just say - "Oh, you know.....good old diet & exercise." Because, frankly, most people don't really want to know (unless you tell them about a secret pill or something). Once you say they have to make changes, their eyes glaze over......oh well. I've frequently referred people to your site & MDA, though. I figure the results speak for themselves & if they're really interested, they'll check it out.
As you can tell, I'm not much of a writer, but I can respond to promptings just fine. Let me know if there's anything else you're looking for.
Be so kind as to drop in a word of encouragement for Chris in comments and let him know if you want to know more and what. Yea, I love how this only solidifies the Palo way, but most importantly, Chris has gained a lot of health and I would imagine: self love. That's the healthiest place to be in life.
Way More Important Than… (106 Pounds Lost in 7 Months)
Real Results to Keep You Motivated
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I'd like to announce a great new resource that I hope you'll check out and enjoy. My friend, Diana Hsieh, whom I've been aware of as an Objectivist philosopher since the mid 90s -- and who emailed me out of the blue a couple of years ago to let me know she'd been reading my blog and had "gone paleo" -- has now really contributed to the movement in a big and unique way: Modern Paleo.
One thing that has irked me to some extent about the paleo movement and I'd bet far more for Diana, is a sort of romanticizing of the primitive. If that also bugs you then you'll be right at home where...
My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute. --Ayn Rand
And how that works in paleo and in practice is...
We live by that philosophy. We do not seek to return to the past: we want to fully enjoy the amazing benefits of modern life. We do not cling to dogmas or submit to authority: we think and act for ourselves, based on our best grasp of the relevant facts. We do not sacrifice our judgment or our values to others, nor ask others to sacrifice to us. We seek the best for ourselves by producing and trading voluntarily with other rational, productive people. We reject government controls and welfare on principle: every person should be free to live as he pleases, so long as he respects the rights of others. [...]
We regard Objectivism as compatible with a paleo approach to nutrition, fitness, and health. Yet we recognize that most Objectivists do not eat a paleo diet, just as most paleo diet advocates are not Objectivists. We're happy to forge our own path to secure our life, health, and happiness. That's what it means to be human.
And Diana has put together quite a list of resources. There's the BLOG, of course, an amazing and comprehensive statement of paleo principles with expandable text with tons of resource info (including many, many links to articles here and other blogs you know so well), three email lists and that's probably just to start with, an enormous list of resources, and finally, a description about what makes this particular approach to paleo modern & different.
So there you have it and rather than take up even more time talking about it, just go have yourself a good look and explore.
The Ultimate List of Primal and Paleo Resources in One Place
Paleo Tales of Success
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One of the more rewarding aspects of this whole health & fitness venture and blogging about it has been making so many friends amongst other bloggers. What you may not always be aware of is some of the "back chatter" that goes on from time-to-time.
One of those fellow blogger, email buddies is Mark Sisson of Mark's Daily Apple. And I'm here today to lend a hand with a very worthy goal Mark has set for himself. Mark is offering an amazing deal for anyone who purchases a copy of his most excellent book, The Primal Blueprint: Reprogram your genes for effortless weight loss, vibrant health, and boundless energy
Since the release of The Primal Blueprint readers like you have helped propel my book to the top of the Amazon.com book charts; it’s been as high as #4 on the bestselling Health and Fitness list. But I think we can do better. In the next 24 hours I’m looking to push The Primal Blueprint to #1, so I’ve put together an irresistible offer. It’s a win-win situation – you get all kinds of free gifts and get to have a hand in helping spread the word, and I get The Primal Blueprint the sort of exposure it needs to affect real change.
This offer is only available for the next 24 hours. It expires at 12 pm PST on Thursday, March 18.
Mark has delineated an impressive list of incentives for various numbers of copies purchased. Even if you purchase only one copy for yourself, friend, family member or co-worker there's five bennies Mark is making available to you.
So you get those, you get the book (for only $16.19), you help yourself or the person you give it to, and you help the Primal / Paleo / Evolutionary Fitness movement in general by helping to propel this state-of-the-art book to a #1 sales rank which will earn it a lot of publicity on Amazon & elsewhere.
So don't wait. If ever you were thinking about giving this book out, think of who all that might be and go ahead and get them today.
Update: If you want to read an extensive, excellent review of the book that just went online today, see my good friend Karen De Coster's review on LewRockwell.com: Healthy, Moving, Modern Humans – Not Cavemen.
Update 2; 3/17/10, 12:45 PST: As of this update, The Primal Blueprint is now at #3 on Amazon, for all books. Very impressive. Also, I just learned that Dr. Stephan Guyenet at Whole Health Source posted a very positive review of the book today.
Update 3; 13:00 PST: Just hit #2 on Amazon. Let's help bring it home. I've ordered 5 copies so far today. They will be easy to make use of. And also, the price has dropped to $14.84.
The Ultimate List of Primal and Paleo Resources in One Place
Get Primal With Mark Sisson
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And here's the gloating over it.
Bound Together Books and PM Press continue to try to prop up and foist veg*n antagonist Lierre Keith onto the radical community in the Bay Area. Today, at the 15th Annual San Francisco Anarchist Bookfair, where she was scheduled to be a featured speaker, Keith was served her just deserts for her obnoxious attacks on veg*ns in The Vegetarian Myth. She was pied in the middle of her speech in the main auditorium at the SF County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park.
According to the various reports by eyewitnesses -- many who have now commented at that link and condemned the actions of the three young "men" who assaulted Ms. Keith -- she was just beginning the part of her speech critical of factory farming.
While I'm tempted to rage a bit about this and call names, I think the assault & battery speaks for itself and is an excellent representation of vegetarianism and veganism in general. They deserve those three "gentleman" as their standard bearers.
Here are my past posts about Lierre Keith and her excellent book, The Vegetarian Myth. It would be great to see a good spike in orders for her book, so if you're inclined to help out, please do so. You can also listen to Lierre's recent podcast interview with Jimmy Moore.
Update: Jimmy Moore has now published an extensive entry on this incident. And when I exchanged an email with Lierre last night, she echoed the same thing she wrote to Jimmy: that the worst part was hearing the cheers of onlookers in the audience as the assault took place. Shameful.
Update 2: Now Tom Naughton has weighed in.
Update 3: Lierre Keith responds. This is a 15-minute interview with Keith in the beginning of Jimmy Moor's normally scheduled podcast for today.
Update 4: Comedian Tom Naughton has a new post on True Believerism using the attack on Keith as inspiration.
Update 5: A Local News report on the incident.
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Tipping the scale at 230+ (5'10) in May, 2007, at 33%+ body fat, I decided to do something about it. This blog is about that continuing journey. Having lost 60 net pounds -- on the way to 10% BF -- I'm ready to reveal my "secrets." I'm enthusiastic about helping others achieve real results. The mainstream advice is mostly wrong. One need only take a look around.
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