Another week, another update Weight: 111,4kg (-0.1kg) Chest: 109.5cm (+1,5cm) Waist: 109cm (unchanged) Belly: 110cm (unchanged) Body fat: 26,8% ( average week 27.7% ) One hell of a week, loads of stress, chronic lack of sleep and I feel like shit. Kept on track with my nutrients, and lost a bit of weight in the…
Thinking of fat, getting into the weird!
From kilocalories to kilotons, a journey through belly physics Even though human fat is one of the most studied topics in biology and medicine, I honestly believe that up to 98% of the population has no real idea what it actually is, how much energy it stores, how it was gained — or how to…
Human Gas Reserve (c) (r) ™: approx 18 m³ remaining
Human Gas Reserve™ – ehh wait… wh0t?! “Shedding fat, one sarcastic calorie at a time.” Let me explain. This morning, my scale showed 111.2 kg. To reach a healthy BMI of 25, I need to get to 92 kg. That means: 111.2 – 92 = 19.2 kg of excess body weight still to go. 1…
Reacher update 10th of May 2025
Another week, another update! More data rules! Weight: 111,6kg (-1.4kg) Chest: 108cm (-1cm) Waist: 109cm (+0.5cm) Belly: 110cm (+1cm) Body fat: 27,5% ( -0.4% ) What a week. The 113 kg plateau has been conquered. Down 1.4 kg — finally some movement! Next weigh-in: 7 days from now. Brain out.
The Day My Brain Resigned from Volunteering
“Volunteering should give you energy, not drain your battery” Volunteering is supposed to be good for the soul. Build community. Give meaning. Do things together with a common goal. You know — that whole “do good, feel good” thing. And you know, volunteering should give you energy, not drain your battery. Sounds plausible, right? Hmm….
The Valve! About our insane eating and diet needs
We want the grind of champions with the effort of couch potatoes Yesterday I came across an article about Weight Watchers on the brink of bankruptcy. It seems that Weight Watchers has a debt of over 1,5 billion dollars. These bad results are for a large part because of people losing weight through means like…
The Thought Train v2
I wrote a similar article on my anonymous blog. I’m going to remove that blog soon so it is time to “move” over all interesting stories from there to over here. So lets go! The Thought Train? I’m not sure if this is an official term, but I use The Thought Train to describe a…
School: Autistic Edition — The User Manual I Never Got
Introduction The title is a pretty good description of how I felt about my school years: The User Manual I Never Got. I can vividly remember many times when I thought, “I wish I had known all of this beforehand.”“Can’t I do this year again? Because now I know what is expected.”
Reacher update 03rd of May 2025
Another week, another scale! I finally have a scale again that measures visceral fat, water content, and more. More data — yes! Weight: 113,0kg (-0.4kg) Chest: 109cm (+0.5cm) Waist: 108.5cm (- a lot?!) Belly: 109cm (-1cm) Body fat: 27,9% Solid week. Nice caloric deficit, steady progress. I’m losing weight — a bit slower than I’d…
Meet My Brain: WTF… It Works HOW?!
Preface This is the first real deep dive into how my brain works. You’ll notice that I’m trying more and more to fit in my Brain Factory™ analogy into my stories. Enjoy! Visual Thinkers I’ve started reading a book by Temple Grandin called Visual Thinkers. In it, she broadly categorizes brains into two ends of…