Healthy Travel Plans Made
Saturday was my monthly meeting at the Lake County General Health District. My body fat percentage stayed about the same, most likely because I hydrate poorly, especially in the mornings. Cori did...
View ArticleMy Sadistic Track Coach is Back!
In my own personal tribute to the Boston Marathon victims, I logged two marathons worth of miles last week, over 52 miles altogether. But this was only brisk walking, about two hours a night Monday...
View ArticleThis Contest is Crazy
Congratulations to all who advanced to the second half of the contest, especially to those on the bubble who literally busted their butts this past week. To those who did not advance, please do not...
View ArticleA Deal with the Devil Can Be a Sure Bet
This contest started when I was of the ripe-old age of 20,138 days. Although the metabolism slowed and bad habits peaked at the age of 9,131 days, I think I took a turn for the worst at 10,957 days of...
View ArticleYet Another Great Perk
What a great perk the YMCA membership is!This morning, I went to the Painesville branch with my girlfriend, since she is already a member there. She swam her crazy amount of laps while I used the...
View Article2 a Day is Better than 1 a Day
No, this blog is not about multi-vitamins... It's all about exercise.Thanks to the wonderful opportunity to work out at the Y with our free membership, plus the nicer spring weather and longer days, I...
View ArticleFlat and Happy
The weight loss graph I set up in Vitabot at the start of the contest is looking a little flat lately, Not like the first three months which resembled the stock market in 2008 - dropping like a rock....
View ArticleBucket List Item Ready to Cross Off
Today on the Lighten Up Facebook page, I mentioned that there is no "D" in Lighten Up. If I hit all of my goals, I can only hope everyone else hits theirs. Fitness is not a zero-sum game.To be...
View ArticleDiet is Like Golf
Recently, I read another of many interesting Facebook posts from Ron Graham. I associated that information to the struggles we all have with weight loss. To summarize, the post stated that it is a...
View ArticleLSD
No, I am not a "druggie". The title of this blog could not be further from the truth in that respect.Now that I am running regularly, I am fondly re-living past experiences that were forever etched in...
View ArticleLife's A Beach
Recently, on the Lighten Up Facebook page, there was some serious talk and some jokes about wearing swimsuits to the weigh-in. I admit to joining in the fun. My personal favorites are the "Speedo"...
View ArticleNever Ending Hard Work (Then More Work)
Eight weeks of the contest is left and it won't be over soon enough. It is getting to be a lot of hard work. Considering what it took earlier on to make progress, maybe it's just MORE work.Thanks to...
View ArticleRoad Races
Since I have been doing some running lately, it is now time for some fun and some new T-shirts. Time to start entering some road races. The Johnnycake Jog on July 21st will likely be my first. After...
View ArticleKick in the Pants
I can never say enough about the resources available to us through participation in this contest.The encouragement, the free healthy meals from Cabanas, the health department assessments, Laura's...
View ArticleI am a Running Dinosaur
What in the world is a "running dinosaur"? Whatever it is, over the weekend, I felt like one.In pursuit of my return to serious running, I discovered that the sport has evolved. The evolution has...
View ArticleSqueezing Water Out of a Rock
The longer this contest progresses, the harder the weight loss. And I don't mean simply hard. I mean crazy difficult ridiculous nearly-impossible hard.The best analogy that comes to mind is that it's...
View ArticlePlugging Along
Monday's assessment at the Lake County General Health District went well. After hovering around 24% body fat since late March, I dropped more than 2 percentage points to 21.6%. That's a good sign...
View ArticleSeeing Eye-to-Eye
Two interesting experiences occurred this past weekend. In one of those experiences, my improved fitness made an impossible task bearable and even "fun". The other experience most likely made a...
View ArticleAre Barbecues Diet Doomsday Disasters?
After this contest ends, life will return to normal. A new normal, for sure, but it will still include one of my favorite seasons: barbecue. Barbecue is not really a "season", the time to barbecue...
View ArticleNew Aerobic Activity
Things have a way of working out. I was trying really hard to break 160 lbs by the weigh-in, but missed by less than a pound.The reason was obvious. It was something I have tried to avoid the entire...
View ArticleFinal Barbeque Scorecard (I can do this)
My barbeque Saturday went really well. Thanks to a lot more work being done than food consumed, it only cost me a mere one pound.The "work" consisted of moving and setting up a huge amount of stuff:...
View ArticleThe End is Nothing to Dread
In their blogs recently, a lot of contestants have noted the "light at the end of the tunnel" - the end of the contest which is approaching fast. Many are happy with their progress, as well they...
View ArticleOn Auto-Pilot
A lot of my friends have noticed my recent weight loss. I hand out coupons for Lenscrafters to the ones that don't. This is flattering and makes me proud of my accomplishments.After the usual...
View ArticleUpcoming Race
The Johnnycake Jog is Sunday and I have to admit, I am a little worried. Call it karma.In previous blogs, I made a few cocky and overly-confident references to the race and how I expected it to be...
View ArticlePut a Fork in Me - I'm Done
The Johnnycake Jog is complete. My finish was 376th place with a time of 45:32 or a pace of 9:07 per mile. The race was a great experience and well-organized. I did not do so well since I ran a...
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