Today I am embarking on a new longitudinal social experiment using Facebook as a means of publicly broadcasting my eating habits. The goal is to see what people will say and if being on the public stage increases my adherence to a healthy eating plan or not. It will be particularly interesting to see what people have to say on days when I blow my eating plan.
This whole idea started yesterday when I posted the status, "needs a healthy eating partner. Someone with whom I can be accountable for keeping a daily food log to be criticized and scrutinized for the next month. Who's in? Flippant, non-commital, fickle, or undependable people need not apply. I'm serious." But then I thought, why not make all of FACEBOOK my healthy eating partner? Perhaps it will increase people's own awareness of their eating habits at the same time, if not just my own.
Eating is a private and emotional thing for me, so I'm going to see if I can break that emotional cycle by opening myself up and letting people see my eating habits, for better or for worse. Hopefully it will be a cathartic experience!
I'll be posting daily food logs and a small commentary on the day. Comment often on my facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=12932770&ref=profile
In health,
Patrick
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Back to blogging
Well, it's been a whole year since I've blogged, and that's pretty pathetic. Anyway, as they say, there's no time like the present, and there's no present time like New Year's time. :)
I hope this new decade finds you well. (There's been some debate as to whether this is a new decade, but since we celebrated a new millenium as of 2000, I would say 2010 has to be a new decade.) It's time for everyone to get their bodies back in tip-top shape for racing season... I'm doing the same thing.
Did a 3-a-day today... swam, ate a monster lunch (Indian lunch buffet- you KNOW how good that is), wrote my Spinning class for the night, and then took the profile and rode it myself on my trainer at 5pm. Kicked my own ass. Then I had to teach Spinning at 7, so I did it all over again.
Class was fun tonight- I usually enter a new year with a bit of trepidation, as I am often frustrated by the bizarre antics of new students; tonight was the first ride of the spring semester, so of course, there were a large number of new people (7 of 30 bikes). However, they were all well-behaved. The music itself was (as usual) a fucking awesome mix, but it sounded a little metallic on the speakers at times. Can't complain though.
Now I'm in my favorite recliner, under my snuggie (bright pink as it may be), watching the superb documentary, "Blood Sweat & Gears" about the Garmin Slipstream/Chipotle team of 2008.
Smiles,
Patrick
I hope this new decade finds you well. (There's been some debate as to whether this is a new decade, but since we celebrated a new millenium as of 2000, I would say 2010 has to be a new decade.) It's time for everyone to get their bodies back in tip-top shape for racing season... I'm doing the same thing.
Did a 3-a-day today... swam, ate a monster lunch (Indian lunch buffet- you KNOW how good that is), wrote my Spinning class for the night, and then took the profile and rode it myself on my trainer at 5pm. Kicked my own ass. Then I had to teach Spinning at 7, so I did it all over again.
Class was fun tonight- I usually enter a new year with a bit of trepidation, as I am often frustrated by the bizarre antics of new students; tonight was the first ride of the spring semester, so of course, there were a large number of new people (7 of 30 bikes). However, they were all well-behaved. The music itself was (as usual) a fucking awesome mix, but it sounded a little metallic on the speakers at times. Can't complain though.
Now I'm in my favorite recliner, under my snuggie (bright pink as it may be), watching the superb documentary, "Blood Sweat & Gears" about the Garmin Slipstream/Chipotle team of 2008.
Smiles,
Patrick
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