Halloween

I’m not really big into celebrating holidays…at least not in the “I have to decorate everything, come up with elaborate costumes, and buy everything I’m told makes the season” kind of way. I try to celebrate holidays for their meaning, not for the consumerism aspects. Regardless, Halloween isn’t something I’ve really done much of. As…

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To maintain the status quo

Things have just “been” for the last week or so.  Daniel isn’t really doing anything new, I haven’t done anything that exciting, work hasn’t really changed at all.  I’m making a conscious effort to eat less and I’ve been recording my weight daily, but I haven’t put it into the computer or looked to see…

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CPR class…

I took an Adult, Child, and Infant CPR course (with AED) last night.  I was “that guy”, as Josh so readily pointed out.  The guy who adds on to what the instructor is saying, showing other people the right way to do things, etc.  I read a lot leading up to it, had learned a…

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Weight loss

18 months ago, I weighed in at 288 at my annual checkup. My doctor gave me six months to work on that before putting me on high blood pressure medication, because I had adverse side effects the first time I was on medication. I lost 12 pounds in that six months, getting down to about…

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And so it goes…

I was going to go to bed at 10:45.  By the time I remembered a few things I was going to check online, went to get my glasses out of my car…which reminded me to get and charge my iPod…which reminded me to put my Q-Unit mashup stuff on there…which forced me to manipulate the…

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Calorie cutback

I’m trying to cut back my caloric intake because of lack of exercise time of late.  A few weeks ago I was doing really well, basically eating a Quaker Oatmeal to Go bar for breakfast and another for lunch for a total of about 450 calories.  I was also drinking several glasses of tea, increasing…

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