As expected, my weight went up at the end of December. It was worth it. Even in the pandemic, there was lots of food to celebrate with. The funny thing is that I still managed to get my average weight down for the month! My December average weight was 186 pounds. That’s down 1.6 pounds…
It’s that time of year again. Imagine Paul Revere, riding his horse through town shouting: The Holidays are Coming! The Holidays are coming! For some, the holidays are already here. And for others, they are just around the corner. Holiday time is tricky. Especially, when you’re trying to watch your weight. Even in these pandemic…
Last month, I posted about keeping track of the monthly “mile” markers on my journey to my Marathon Weight. My weight goes up and down, so I keep track of the monthly average. It shows me how effective my weight loss has been. November’s monthly average was 187.6lbs. Yay! That’s down 0.9lbs from October’s average…
In my previous post I talked about the things that “sucked” about Intermittent Fasting. It was a bad news first proposition. So, here’s the good news: 5 things that are Awesome about Intermittent Fasting. Simple. Basically, you just don’t eat as often. It’s crazy how simple it is. No complicated recipes to follow or exercises to do.…
Intermittent Fasting is a great way to lose weight. I’ve lost more than forty pounds using it. But when I mention Intermittent Fasting to people as a method of weight loss, a lot of them say that they couldn’t do it. Actually, I used to be one of those people. I thought it was crazy…
Running a marathon is hard. It’s 42.2 kilometers or 26.2 miles. As you cover more of the distance, it gets harder to complete it. The enthusiasm and fun diminish as the pain sets in. And worse, the temptation to stop creeps in the longer you run. That’s why it helps to have “mile markers” or…
“It’s the good advice, that you just didn’t take And who would’ve thought it figures?” Alanis Morrissette A year ago, my brother suggested that I make a Kindle version of my book Laund-o-mat at the End of the World. (The typo in the title is deliberate.) It’s a collection of three of my one-act…
If you had asked me a year ago if it was easy to lose weight during a pandemic, I would have said, “Heck, yes!” I saw the movie Contagion. A pandemic brought hoarding, looting, scarcity of resources and scavenging. It would be like the Zombie Apocalypse without the zombies. But the reality of a pandemic…
When December started and some of the annual reviews start happening, I got a momentary pang of stress. It’s the end of the year… What have I accomplished…? But then I remembered: I started my year in April! I’ve got almost four more months to get things done. Suddenly, the rush of season feels a…
I was listening to the song “A Plea from a Cat Named Virtute” by the Weakerthans the other day. I love that song but it always gets me. It hits me in the emotional gut. The song is the imagined monologue of a cat to its depressed owner. I remember the first time I heard…
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