Well, here it is still March and it's already time for the traditional Post Minicon Diet. This year I decided to go with one round of the Rotation Diet and then segue into a less structured 1600-1800 calorie diet. My goal is to lose 20 pounds by fall. My big challenge this year is to find some way to replace bike commuting as my primary summer exercise now that my company has moved to *ptui* Shakopee. I plan to continue ice-skating once a week at the Richfield Arena, and do as much recreational biking as I can fit in. But it's so much easier to get enough exercise when it's just part of your day instead of a time-consuming side trip. *sigh* If I could find another job on the Southwest LRT Bike Trail I'd snap it up. Anybody know of any network-oriented testing jobs in St. Louis Park or Eden Prairie?
Here's an amusing link to a remarkably OLD article on the Rotation Diet.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,961068,00.htmlI hadn't realized it was such a big fad back in 1986. It still holds up, though, if you ignore some of the more hyperventilated promo material (Lose a Pound a Day!!!). The 3-week rotation gimmick makes it more fun, but ultimately it devolves into the same old perfectly mainstream plan for weight maintenance: Eat Less and Exercise. But I like Katahn's meal plans, and enjoy his style of writing ("You think YOU'RE fat and out of shape ... you don't know from fat. Now I was SO fat...") I also think he's spot-on in his approach to exercise. Funny - over the past two decades there has been so much nonsense written about losing weight through exercise, but the latest studies in that area come right back to what Dr. Katahn said in 1986.
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