Comments on: Declaring A Jihad on My Weight

By: Player Profiles

Player Profiles — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 08:25:57 +0000

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By: Kaamajakaaya

Kaamajakaaya — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:31:10 +0000

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By: Adrian Bye

Adrian Bye — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:27:00 +0000

Have you read the hackers diet? http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/“target=”_blank”>http:// href="http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/” target=”_blank”>www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/
It uses knowledge of engineering to achieve weight loss. The author is one of the Autodesk founders and former Autodesk CEO , who retired to switzerland after making $50M. He lost ~60lb in 1991 and has kept it off (i've seen recent pics).

I've found it life changing and am down 15 lb so far, rather effortlessly.

By: Adrian Bye

Adrian Bye — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:22:01 +0000

Have you read the hackers diet? target=”_blank”>http://http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/“target=”_blank”>http:// href=”http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/” target=”_blank”> ” target=”_blank”>http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/
It uses knowledge of engineering to achieve weight loss. The author is one of the Autodesk founders and former Autodesk CEO , who retired to switzerland after making $50M. He lost ~60lb in 1991 and has kept it off (i've seen recent pics).

I've found it life changing and am down 15 lb so far, rather effortlessly.

By: Brad Feld

Brad Feld — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:25:04 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement. I’m down about 6-7 solid pounds from when I started. I’m still a long way from where I want to be, but I’m getting there.

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:21:48 +0000

Brad, I've been wondering how you are doing with your jihad. I wanted to help my BH reduce his cholesterol after last summer and we changed our diet recommended by a Cleveland Clinic cardiologist – John went from 210 to 156 cholesterol in 5 weeks by diet alone and I happened to lose 15lbs in 2 months. We're real foodies so love all things including meat (especially meat) but we went vegetarian and cut out extra fat in our diets and my weight just came off (I still chocolate and have a drink every now and then).

As another commenter said, each person is different but it's good to know there are options out there that work for some.

Keep up the good work!

By: Greg_Carlisle

Greg_Carlisle — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:58 +0000

Brad, I am not an expert but I have learned a lot from coaches at our portfolio company, Carmichael Training Systems (CTS). As you do so many marathons, your body adapts to the long distance training and you don't continue to lose weight. As CTS coached Dean Karnazas for his 50 marathons in 50 days and other marathoners as well, there is a need to do interval training at higher heart rates. The weight loss will continue as long as you change up the training so your body is continually adapting to new training.

By: deva_hazari2084

deva_hazari2084 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:58 +0000

Also, I'm guessing you watch Californication?

By: blennon

blennon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:57 +0000

Brad,

If your workout routine is strictly long distance running, you need to mix it up. Shorter duration, higher intensity cardio (think sprints and intervals around a track) will help. Lifting light weights for repetition will too. The weight will melt off.

Talk to a trainer, they are a tremendous resource.

Bill

"Pain is temporary, quitting lasts forever." – Lance Armstrong

By: cynthia

cynthia — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:57 +0000

losing weight is such a individual thing – what works for one person doesn't work for another person.

I think it's a big step that you actually *decided* to lose weight(and publicly announce it…).

It's one thing to 'think about losing weight' or say to yourself 'i should lose weight' . However – when a person *truly decides* to accomplish something there is nothing that prevent that from happening.

being a full on data geek – the thing that helps me lose weight is keeping track of everything i eat and my physical activity on fitday . So every time I eat something I have to decide whether I want enter it and STARE the data in the face the next day.

another thing that helps me is to just focus on one day at a time – i try to eat smart for one day and once I get past that day focus on the next day – after 3 or 4 days it gets easier for me as I don't want to blow the progress I've made.

looking forward to reading about your progress!