Argh. I finally got around to putting a security lock on my phone and it kicked in after two minutes — chopping off the recording. Unfortunately I didn’t see it until I got home. -.-
The episode is a bit short today and I’ve reset the timer to 1 hour so I won’t have the problem tomorrow.
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It sounds like you are at the stage where you really want to set some goals for the weight loss and follow a path to reach them. My only success has come from finding what I need for a daily goal and then logging everything to see how I do. I put it that way, because I do not always meet the goal, but I often also go under the limit. For me seeing the numbers in terms of what I do and also what I achieve keeps me going.
I already told you about Weight Watchers. Recently I also got a program called Perfect Diet Tracker which is java and works in Linux, Windows, and Mac. You can enter your goal and see the calories needed per day. You can also add in exercise which I find motivational to do more of same. They also have an app for android and I think iphone. http://www.perfect-diet-tracker.com/
My plan is to continue WW for a year, but also track on the java program. Then after a year I’ll be ready to go with just the program. It seems like a waste of money on the WW, but I promised myself I would do WW for a year and I’ve always been rewarded when I keep promises to myself. 🙂
You can definitely do this, especially if you get writing on that treadmill and get real honest on what you are eating. I do overeat sometimes, but I know exactly what I did in terms of numbers and it makes the next day much easier to do well. Knowledge is Power!
+1 on what Anita says 🙂
I have an iphone app (tap&track) and enter everything as I go. There are 100s of the little apps on android and apple market Not sure about the blackberry market.
Only way to keep me out of the cookie jar.
Unrelated to this episode, but interesting: A friend posted a URL to an interview with Seth Godin – http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2012/interview-seth-godin-on-libraries-literary-agents-and-the-future-of-book-publishing-as-we-know-it/
My friend said:
I responded:
I thought this might interest writers and listeners. 🙂
Indeed. Like the music industry and even supermarkets… the big publishers take a huge big cut of your money for giving you shelf space. The thing is, unlike supermarkets, the shelf isn’t the only place to buy a book now. They’re trying to justify why you should give them money but really they are aware that the value they used to add as middle men ain’t quite as useful any more. Sure, if you’re an indy you won’t be covering bookstore walls across the country but you could be making an ok living.
The singer/musician/songwriter/youtuber Alex Day had some interesting offers from music companies when he got his single to number 4 in the UK christmas charts. Their offer was essentially: ‘We want to sign you on to the label. We will get you into a studio and produce an album. We will control what songs, what genre, when it’s released, what its about, etc. We also wont allow you to put it on youtube, etc. Oh and we can’t allow you to produce your own stuff in parallel. You must only work on the stuff we tell you to. Oh and we’ll need to change how you handle the social media stuff. We may even get someone in to write your blog posts for you. Oh and we’re taking a huge chunk of the money… you might get a percent of the sales…maybe
When asked what they were giving him in exchange ‘We’ll promote you and get you into music stores.’
Big woop!
They industry is still tied to physical shops. It amazes me that they’ve been so slow to react to the whole ebook, mp3 thing. They actually think it’s more important to be in a book store than it is to make a living as a writer. Not only that, they actually think that the legitimacy of being on a physical bookshelf is worth 90% of your money?
No thanks folks. Nate happens to have a small and dedicated fanbase and a virtual bookshelf already. If you want to see how he’s doing we’ll see you in the 21st century 😉
Loved your comment StephanK. Naturally, I put myself in the role of the buyer. So, here I am in a little town in Montana, 110 miles from a Barnes & Noble and a Hastings. Seldom get there, read vociferously, often while listening to music. Like songs, usually not albums unless symphonies, etc. I buy everthing on the internet. When I do get to “the big city”, I often go into the bookstore and check out everything in hand and then go home and check if it is on Amazon, cheaper (I am retired after all-fixed income), preferably in ebook form. Too many books already in piles and boxes.
The point is, how many millions of folks like me are there in this country alone. Little towns, no bookstore to browse, etc, etc. Our kindles (ex.) are a blessing for me and a blessing for the author. Many of Nathan’s fans would never have heard of him if he was only in storefront bookstores.