Exercise. I'm not really a fan of the word.  You see, I'm basically lazy and have been all of my life.  So the idea that I will take time from my schedule and dedicate it to sweaty, boring, repetitious activity just sounds like a dumb idea. But I gotta do it. I am not trying... Continue Reading →

I haven't spent a much time talking about the mechanisms for this weight loss process.  This may not interest anyone but hey, it's my blog, right?  🙂 This is a combination of exercise and diet change.  I learned years ago that "diets" were largely a prescription for failure.  They are artificial environments that aren't sustainable.... Continue Reading →

Another week where challenges decided to crop up. One of the things I've been doing with great regularity is getting out and either walking or running.  I still want to try for running a 5K this year to complete a goal from back in 2010.  So I'm working my way slowly towards the distance.  I've... Continue Reading →

If there's anything worse than a week when you know you're going to get hammered it just might be the week after that. You have to hope that you're going back in the right direction, hope that your eating will be better, hope that the exercise will click back in. And hope that your body... Continue Reading →

I was afraid of this. Camp is an AWFUL time to try and maintain weight loss.  The food is plentiful and carb heavy.  Plus there is a tradition that the staff cabin be loaded down with candy and other junk food for late night snacks.  We have to be out of our minds. I keep... Continue Reading →

This week was a difficult one. Lots of stress, preparation for a week of camp, last minute potholes in that process.  I came home tired and too often discouraged. And we know what happens then. So my eating was not all that it should have been this week.  My exercise was not as regular as... Continue Reading →

I'd love to say "Back in the Groove" but it's never that easy is it?  LOL. I AM back to the weekly routine of checking in here at the blog.  On the other hand the weight loss thing didn't go quite so well. It didn't go badly (no gain) but there was no weight LOSS... Continue Reading →

So the Phase I experiment lasted a week.  On Friday last my lady wife looked at me and said "This food makes me unhappy.  I don't want to do this any more".  Given that the same thought had occurred to me just an hour before we decided to move on. We have not given up... Continue Reading →

It's been a while, I know. Life has been busy and challenging and lots of other things.  This blog is just one of several things that got set aside.  May or may not have been the right decision but it was the one that got made.  One way or the other. This week we begin... Continue Reading →

OK this is a bad news/good news week. The bad news is that I back slid a little.  I know that this is normal and I'm not making myself crazy about it but I had been on a little bit of a roll so I'm disappointed. Here's the good news.  For a variety of reasons... Continue Reading →