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New Year

by John January 8, 2012

The good news is I started on a weight loss contest at work. First weigh-in was on January 6th and the contest goes for 3 months. Cash prizes for the winners! Bad news is I haven’t done much yet to get into the swing liked I had hoped. I have exercised a couple of times [...]

Monday’s Leftovers

by John April 18, 2011
Monday's Leftovers

I’m trying a new weight loss strategy. Not eating all of my food. I know it isn’t rocket science, but the fact is not eating all of the food in front of you is one of the easier things to control. At least I think it is. We’ll see how it goes! First, go check [...]

Winter Doldrums

by John February 28, 2011

I’ve never thought I was a candidate for seasonal affective disorder but I have to think that may be what happened to me this month. It’s simply been a very tough month, and as the days of February dragged on I felt myself slipping further and further into the winter doldrums. Primary sign? I stopped [...]

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Reasons I’m Fat #1 – Driving

by John January 19, 2011
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I think it should be obvious to anyone that has been overweight for years that in order to get in shape and maintain that shape you need to be changing some habits. So it’s important to review the reasons and behaviors that may have helped make you the shape you are now so that later [...]

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Random Thoughts on Progress

by John January 11, 2011
Thoughts

I’ve lost 13 pounds over the last two months, which is a little ahead of the pace I have challenged myself with. So of course I am very happy with that. But I also know that these 13 pounds are going to be the easiest. I started off at 304, which is the highest I [...]

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Planning for Another Good Week

by John December 27, 2010
Calendar

Last week I did something I had never done before which was to post, ahead of time, what I was planning to eat for the week. Coming into last week I had five straight weeks of losing weight and I wanted to go for a sixth, but I knew that with being out on the [...]

I Need a Good Week

by John December 19, 2010
Week Calendar

Somehow I managed to lose a pound over the last week, but I did so while making numerous poor decisions despite a week that I should have been able to do well. This week has me nervous, because it is really important that I keep my streak going (losses 5 weeks in a row) but [...]

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Strange Rule for a Fitness Center

by John December 10, 2010
Fitness Center Sign

Friday Funny So who is the biggest moron here, the person who ordered the sign, the printers, the receivers or the installers? At some point in this process you would think someone would have said, “F^%&!” via Fail Blog

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What I Ate This Week

by John December 5, 2010
Food

I lost two pounds this week which of course makes me very happy. I’ve only just restarted so I have a long ways to go, but I have now booked three weekly losses in a row for a total of 8 pounds. That feels like a great start to me! How did I do it? [...]

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