Is Shakeology the Answer for Me?

March 23, 2011

I’ve been fairly active, mostly with running and walking for the past year and a half, but I’ve had little discipline with my diet. Often, I would have a healthy breakfast of cereal and a banana, but then I’d eat poorly for lunch and/or dinner. Plus, I’d have big portions. I need to change all [...]

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Yet Another Weight Loss Show #11 – 234 – A Near Miss

March 20, 2011

It was a close one this time! This episode breaks my streak of consistent weight loss, but hey, at least I didn’t gain. I call it a near miss because I came in at 234.0 on the scale. Just a tenth of a pound more and I could have reported 233 (yes, I remove the [...]

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Yet Another Weight Loss Show #10 – 234 – I Survived McDonald’s

March 16, 2011

Another week with a loss! True, not a massive loss, but a loss nonetheless. I’ll take it. More Info: Click here

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Yet Another Weight Loss Show #9 – 235 – Still Winning

March 7, 2011

Here we are on the ninth episode of Yet Another Weight Loss Show, and it’s my third consecutive check-in with a loss. It almost wasn’t – yesterday I weighed in at 236 for our Road to Thin podcast, today I came in at 235. Well, no matter – I’ll take it! More Info: Click here

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The Hills are Alive with Running Punishment

March 5, 2011

I am running my first 5k this morning since relocating from northern NJ to Austin, TX. One thing has me a little worried here, and that’s the “slightly hilly course”. Back in NJ, all of the 5k races and other runs I’d go on were almost entirely flat. The hill thing is a new animal [...]

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Yet Another Weight Loss Show #8 – 236 – Fast Food, Poison

February 27, 2011

Down four pounds in one week! Not bad, eh? In this episode, I focus on two things. First, how I dropped four pounds in a week – without being sick. My body was in weight-loss mode after being ill a couple of weeks ago, and I managed to keep it in that mode after I [...]

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Fat Microblogging with #LetsMove

February 25, 2011

I’ve been fatblogging here, as it offers a place to share pictures and extended details on my efforts. But there are lots of people doing a similar thing on Twitter with the #LetsMove effort. I see it mostly from Tweets by @corybooker, mayor of Newark, NJ. So, I guess if blogging about exercise and weight [...]

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Adding Tennis to the Exercise Mix

February 23, 2011

I’ve been running and walking regularly, but haven’t been participating in sports otherwise. But recently I signed up for tennis lessons, which is something I’ve meant to do for a number of years. I played racquetball for with friends a lot in college, and I am having a tough time shaking my tendency to try [...]

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Yet Another Weight Loss Show #7 – 240 – The Secret to Weight Loss, Discovered!

February 21, 2011

I’m back after a two-week absence with a new episode! Why the missed week? Well, it just so happens that I’ve discovered the secret to weight loss, and I simply had to miss last week’s episode in order to show that it really works. Illness! That’s right – get sick. Get so sick that you [...]

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Best Site for Tracking Runs

February 18, 2011

I’ve been playing around with a variety of tools in my quest to find the best to track my exercise, which is mostly centered around running and walking. I started out using Nike+ with my iPod, and I continue to use it these days. I like the system for keeping track of runs, and it [...]

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