I’m 53 years old and 170 pounds lighter than I was a year and a half ago. That’s the number everyone asks about. It’s also the wrong number. The number that actually tells the story is one the bathroom scale never showed me. Over one six-month stretch, the scale said I’d lost 35 pounds. The […]
I’m 170 pounds down on tirzepatide. The most-asked question I get now is ‘is it keto?’ It wasn’t. A 50-something dad untangles what keto, carnivore, low-carb, Mediterranean, and DASH actually are — and what the evidence says about each.
A study of 479,000 adults found cyclists had 22% lower Alzheimer’s risk, 40% lower young-onset dementia risk, and measurably larger hippocampi than nonactive controls. Here’s what the data actually shows, the APOE caveat the headlines missed, and the negative RCT you should hold next to it.
I paid for two scans six months apart while losing 35 pounds on Zepbound, and the number I bragged about here is the one I got wrong. An earlier version of this post had a parenthesis in it that I am now embarrassed by. I wrote that my second DEXA scan showed 9.6 pounds of
I need to vent for a minute. I work hard in the gym and I am a data nerd. I like toys and numbers but Garmin just pisses me off. I get why VO₂max matters and would love to track it (ideally without killing myself in a lab). What I am frustrated with is how
Many fitness tracking apps and wearables offer metrics — so many metrics, that it’s easy to get lost. scores for everything: sleep, fitness, training readiness, heart rate (variation) and many many more. I am a self-confessed data nerd and I feel overwhelmed by these metrics. I am trying to pay only attention to the things
On my weight loss journey for a year only tracked scale weight but I finally wanted to gain more insights. Dexa scans are widely considered the gold standard for body composition analysis, in addition to their original target of bone density analysis. I found a Health/Fitness optimization place nearby that had a Dexa machine and
After starting GLP-1s, I knew I had to work out to avoid losing muscle mass and to help with general fitness. Alas, I had never really worked out… ever. So, I started slowly and bought an indoor bike. This seemed like a good choice as I hate running (I blame a bum knee!) and I
November 2024 Once my PCP prescribed Zepbound, the challenge began: convincing insurance to pay for it or getting it filled while paying myself. For background, I work for a large company and think I have pretty decent health insurance (administered by United Healthcare). My pharmacy called me to tell me that the insurance rejected the
October 2024 I had avoided getting a physical for years because I felt guilty and was tired of doctors telling me “you could lose some weight”. I know this is a stupid attitude and I am embarrassed about it — however, alas I suspect this is a pretty common pattern with middle-aged, overweight men. My
