Observations

Great Visualization of Obesity Data

January 22, 2012

I don’t see how you can view this short video illustrating the obesity epidemic in the U.S. and not want to change something. Yes, I recently reviewed a book called The Great Fat Fraud but really the point of that book was the importance of fitness, as opposed to the dangers of obesity. Yet, you [...]

End of Summer Purging

September 12, 2010
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As per usual I’ve been doing about everything other than focusing on improving my fitness, although a couple of weeks ago I did strength training every day for the first time in a long time. My back has been sore since. One thing I have been doing well at this “end of summer”* period is [...]

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Why Do I Do The Things That I Do?

December 26, 2009
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A little post-Christmas, pre-New Years reflecting: When I make peanut butter toast for my kids I spread a very thin dollop of peanut butter on one slice of bread. When I make peanut butter toast for myself I spread as much peanut butter as my knife will hold and I slather on it two slices [...]

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Ree Drummond is the Devil - Peanut Butter Pie is Sin

June 13, 2009

I am hesitating to even write this post on the off chance that some of my readers don’t know Ree Drummond, aka The Pioneer Woman - her cooking site, The Pioneer Woman Cooks is not a site for anyone trying to lose weight. I try to stay away but I am drawn back daily by [...]

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Changing a Tire Should Be Easier Than This

June 12, 2009

I had just finished up a little shopping with my son tonight (a TaylorMade Men’s Burner Rescue Utility Wood for me, but nothing for him because they were out of the kids’ sets in his size) when I got the call from my wife that one of her friends was stranded on the side of [...]

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Catching Up on a Few Things Including DVT

June 6, 2009

A few days after I wrote my post questioning whether I could have Deep Vein Thrombosis I went ahead and scheduled a doctor’s appointment since my sore and swollen calf had not been getting any better. As this week progresses and it started to feel a little better I thought about canceling the appointment but [...]

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Are You Checked Out?

May 9, 2009

One of my favorite weight loss blogs is Escape from Obesity. Lyn is an incredible writer who is prolific in both the quantity and quality of her posts. She always seems to hit the nail on the head for me. I’ve been reading her for some time through RSS but for some reason had not [...]

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5 Things I Have Learned Since Gaining The Weight Back

April 18, 2009

As my faithful readers know, I have been in the slump to end all slumps. Thank you for the support you showed on my last post, I Am The World’s Worst Weight Loss Blogger. I have yet to figure out all the pieces I need to shake out of this slump, but in the end [...]

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Eating at a Super Bowl Party

February 4, 2009

photo credit: PinkMoose I was hoping to get this post out a couple of days ago but this week has just been crazy. How about that Super Bowl? Damn, that was a great game. And I say that not just because my wife won the 3rd quarter numbers and I won the final score numbers! [...]

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