Kirk Petersen

My new favorite iPhone app is Lose It. You start by putting in your current weight and your target weight and how many pounds per week you’d like to lose. Then it shows you how many calories you can eat per day and has a nice interface for adding your calorie intake (food) and any calories you burn over the baseline (exercise). There is a weekly view that makes it easy to go over a bit on Saturday due to a dinner party but then make up for it with a Sunday run.

If I remember correctly, the app is even free.

My only complaint is with its food database. Every time I search for something I end up getting lots of fast/processed/packaged/frozen options. And the entries often seem to be too low. But it is fairly easy to simply increase the portions to account for that.

It is time to exercise again. It has been a few months since I’ve done anything and that lethargic feeling has returned. My left arm/shoulder, which I tweaked on the trampoline, is now back to about 90%, so I have no excuses.

My current weight is 225. That’s what it was 5 years ago when I lost a bunch of weight and started taking better care of myself. 225 is my self-imposed all-time limit, which I am never allowed to exceed, so I need to start burning some calories.

The plan is to start doing acrobatics at SANCA again, starting this week. This summer I’ll probably do Seattle-to-Portland, so lots of bike riding when the weather gets a little better.