Running for my Life

I've recently discovered to my disgust and worry that when I wasn't paying attention I piled on nearly 10 pounds in a month. My family has a horrible history with cholesterol and various heart problems in addition to obesity and diabetes; thus the title: Running for my Life.

Today I decided to bring back the wight loss charts, buy a scale and hit the treadmill for the second bout at attempting to stay healthy this year. I'm a huge fan of "Lose It" an app I have had on my iPod for nearly 2 years. I don't always remember to use it but I'd be a lot better off if I did. It's basically a food diary, but it does calculations for you and tracks how many calories etc you should intake to lose your goal weight .

After 2 days of keeping up I realized that all my "healthy" snacks were probably the reason I'd put on so much weight. In my mind they are healthy food, but I guess I was just writing the calories off as not counting. I was taking in over 3,000 calories a day and I am supposed to be consuming only 1,123 calories a day. I was OVER DOUBLE.

I am adamant not to let myself do this to myself again... but I also know I'm a horrible yo-yo dieter. I need someone to hold me accountable.

But here we go, a valiant effort and a new pledge to be healthier... I walked/ran 2 miles tonight and now I'm so hyped up its crazy!

Ch. 20 - William Golden - The Big Push

This piece is from the corperate identity section of the book. I personally chose it because I like the drawing. Really a bad reason I'm sure, but I enjoy the cluttered line work and we can all relate to the masses of grocery carts that always seem to be feet from the cart coral rather than in it.

The sharp contrast between the spidery illustration and the bold headline... the neat column of text... I just love it! :D

Ch. 19 - Cipe Pineles - Seventeen

I had to do a presentation on Cipe for a different class, and I enjoyed her unique style of photographical use.

This piece in particular makes me smile. At first it looks like a mirrored image, but if you look at the model's faces and hair styles, you can see that in reality it's two different people. Also the umbrella handles are on opposite sides of the exteneded legs. overal it's a balance piece with an 'X' shaped layout and the standard "seventeen" header.

(From pg. 384)

Ch. 17 - a careless word poster

By John Atherton, this WWII poster has a powerful message in it. The simple white text accents the white cross tieing in the idea that secrets need to be kept to protect the soldiers. I like the simplicity and directness of this poster... how it's somber and almost peaceful but stands for tragedy.